When I started working on this Zany Zoo Foxy Birthday Card, I had no idea what I was going to make. I only thought I would use the Zoo Crew Designer Series Paper because I hadn’t used it too much yet. I looked through the papers, this little fox on a Pool Party scooter caught my eye and as I played around, this card came about!
The little fox on the designer paper was already partially colored and you can leave the characters that way or you can color in some of the uncolored parts. I used Stampin’ Blends on the scooter seat, light, tires, and the fox’s scarf.
For the balloons, I stamped the raccoon holding balloons in the Zany Zoo Stamp Set on Basic White cardstock. I die-cut the raccoon and then cut off the balloons so I could use them with the fox! I colored them in with several Stampin’ Blends colors.
The card base is Pool Party cardstock with a layer of the black and white side of the Zoo Crew Designer Paper. I diecut two circles in the Stylish Shapes Dies, one in Basic White and one for the layer in Pool Party and adhered them together. To break up the background, I added a narrow strip of another black and white pattern, to go underneath the circles.
After adhering the circles to the card front, I cut out the fox on the scooter with my Paper Snips and popped him up over the circles with Stampin’ Dimensionals, plus stuck on the balloons, too.
For the greeting, I stamped the sentiment from the Zany Zoo Stamp Set and die-cut it with the banner die in the Zany Zoo Dies. For the Pool Party layer, I held the greeting banner on the Pool Party cardstock and just cut around it by hand! It turned out fine. It would have been nice to have a layering die for that, though!
For embellishments, I tied a little bow with the Black & White 1/4″ Gingham Ribbon and adhered it with a Glue Dot. For a little sparkle, I used the Pastel Adhesive-Backed Sequins around the fox and on the birthday banner.
For not knowing WHAT I was going to make this time, I was quite happy with my card when I was finished! So even if you don’t have any creative ideas in the moment, just get out some designer paper you like and see what you end up with!