Animal Stories – Happy Birthday

This stampset Animal Stories is one of the ones that caught my eye in the new Summer Mini and I had to have it, however, I haven’t played with it as much as I should.  Today I played along with the Weekend Sketch Challenge on Gretchen Barron’s blog and decided to use Animal Stories with the matching Tall Tales Designer Series Paper (also in the Summer Mini).

I stamped the Giraffe and the Elephant onto Whisper White card using Chocolate Chip ink.  I filled the space above the elephant by stamping “happy birthday” from Happy Moments (Free Sale-A-Bration stampset) in Chocolate Chip Ink onto Whisper White card and punching out with the Small Oval Punch.  I layered it onto a Large Oval in Chocolate Chip and trimmed the right hand side to match the edge of the larger piece of Whisper White card.  The base card is Chocolate Chip and I added an Old Olive card layer.  I added  three narrow strips of Tall Tales DSP onto the Old Olive card and also a piece of Chocolate Chip card with one edge punched with the Scallop Edge Punch.  I wrapped the Old Olive card piece with 5/8″ Old Olive Grosgrain tied a knot and attached it to the Chocolate Chip folded card.  The image panel is attached using dimensionals.  I am happy with the way it turned out and I am sure my grandsons would love it as well.

Don’t forget that Sale-A-Bration and the Summer Mini both end on the 31st March, so contact me (k.mcintosh1@optusnet.com) if you would like to be eligible for FREE stamps.

Bye for now, Kris.