Hi, crafty friends. Some cards come together quickly, and this was one. I love creating all kinds of cards, but I probably make more holiday and birthday cards than any other.

This one is sooo simple. Directly on the card base, I ink blended Blueberry Sky and Harvest Gold inks from Papertrey Ink over the Smart Mask Diagonal High Low stencil from My Favorite Things. This created the perfect spot for a sentiment, and the hurra  part of the Hipp hurra die from Kort & Godt was the perfect size for the opening.

I die cut four layers from Tropical Teal cardstock from Papertrey Ink for both words, stacked them and added Frostbite Astro Paste from Simon Hurley on top for a fun, textured effect.

I mounted the panda from Kort & Godt with foam tape, adhered the hurra word in the opening and the hipp on top of both the panda and the other word.

To embellish, I simply added some faceted pearls from Kort & Godt in a visual triangle around the panda and sentiment. I love these, they’re kind of different from regular pearls, but not quite gems either.

Kort & Godt products used:

ST1007 (panda)

Die 245 – Hipp hurra

ST178 (pearls)