I'm on the Poppystamps blog today with this little hungry critter. Who knew a birthday card could be so tasty? I guess the Whittle Beaver did. I wanted to use a lot of white on this card to make the colors, textures and shapes really pop.
I die cut the beaver from both kraft cardstock and dark brown cardstock. I trimmed the kraft version along the etched lines in the shape to just have the belly, and glued it on top of the dark brown one in order to make the beaver two-toned.
I die cut two Stitched Envelopes and then had the idea to make it look like the beaver had gnawed a chunk out of one. I cut off a little piece, shaped it with my scissors and then glued it underneath his tiny paws. (I told you he was hungry.) To make a distinctive bite mark from the pink envelope, I use a standard office hole punch and punched along the cut edge.
I cut the scalloped frame from a dusty blue cardstock. I made it small because I wanted the frame to ground the beaver. I glued everything onto a small piece of white cardstock. I used Tim Holtz's Tiny Attacher to add interest to the frame. I matted the white onto two patterned papers in the same colors as the envelopes, twisting them a bit so they would show up behind. I wanted to add another super subtle embellishment so I made a thread "nest." I did this by just wrapping some peach colored thread around my fingers several times and then spreading it out and gluing it behind the matted portion. I used a 3D embossing folder on a white piece of cardstock for one last textural element on the card. I printed the It's Your Birthday from my computer, and used the Poppystamps Whittle Wild Animals Sentiments for the "Gnaw-some." I glued these down last.
I love the white background and was trying to emulate the look of an Inge Groot card. She's one of my favorite cardmakers. You can see her creations here.
Ingredients:
CS: Neenah Solar White Classic Crest 110lb, Stampin' Up! Whisper White, Memory Box Earth Neutral 6x6 pack, SU Crumb Cake, Seaside Spray (blue), Pink Pirouette, Calypso Coral
Patterned Paper: SU Pink Pirouette and Calypso Coral designer series paper
Stamp: Poppystamps Whittle Wild Animal Sentiments
Ink: Versafine black ink
Embellishments: Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher, peach thread
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