Hip Hip Hooray!

What are you celebrating today?  Is it a birthday?  An anniversary?  A new job?  A new baby?  An upcoming vacation?  Or simply that it’s Thursday and not Monday?  Whatever the reason, do it with joy and spring in your step, just like this happy little fox from the Birthday Memories Suite.   Reminiscent ofRichard Scarry’s Busytown Books,  or the animated characters from Disney, these happy, lighthearted woodland animals will bring a smile to anyone’s face, no matter what the occasion.

And can you believe there is very little stamping on this card?  The Birthday Memories Designer Series Paper and coordinating  Birthday Friends Framelits make for quick work with this lively suite.  All I had to do was run the paper through theBig Shot and stamp the sentiment on the banner.  That’s it!  Seriously cute and amazingly quick.. 

Base:  Real Red, 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″, scored at 4 1/4″
Layer 1:  Whisper White, 5 3/8″ x 4 1/8″
Layer 2:  Birthday Memories Designer Series Paper, 5 1/4″ x 4 “
Layers 3 & 4:  Pacific Point and Real Red scraps,  1 1/2″ x  4″
and 1″ x 4″ respectively, and cut with Triple Banner Punch
Layer 5:  Whisper White, cut with Oval Stitched Shape Framelits
Layer 6:  Shapes cut from Birthday Memories Designer Series Paper

1. Adhere Layers 1 & 2 to base. 
2. Adhere Layers 3 & 4 together, and add to card. 
3. Lightly sponge the edge of the Oval Stitched Shape with Real Red ink, and adhere to card with  dimensionals. 
4. Stamp sentiment in Pacific Point onto banner.  Arrange all cut out figures on card and adhere with dimensionals. 

***Michelle’s tip:  A little bit of ink goes a long way!  You don’t need to saturate your sponge.  Simply tap it a few times in the ink pad, and use a gentle “flicking” or brushing motion against the edge of the paper, to give it a nice, defined outline.