I was in the mood for an easy and fun card and when you want that, you just might turn to the Zoo Crew Designer Series Paper! What turned out was this Zoo Crew Fun Birthday Card. There is no denying how cute and fun this designer paper is along with the stamp set and all the whimsical characters you can create with!
The card base is Basic White with a layer of Soft Sea Foam cardstock. I felt it needed something so I looked through my embossing folders. I chose the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder because it has that texture but nothing that competes with the rest of the card.
In my package of Basic White, I found one of these Radiating Stitches die-cuts in the bag so I tried that out to see if it would work on this card and I liked it! It provided a backdrop for my characters to help them show up better but wasn’t distracting. When I saw a narrow strip of a black and white scallop pattern in the designer paper, I stuck that underneath the die-cut just for a little interest there.
The characters on the card front are simply cut out of the Zoo Crew Designer Series Paper. This is just some of the cutest paper that Stampin’ Up! has carried. What is fun about it is all the different characters doing all sorts of different things – knitting, camping, singing, playing musical instruments, dancing, even doing yoga! The characters are partially colored in and look fine as is, but if you want to, you can add more color with whatever coloring technique you like. I chose three characters who were celebratory – one singing, one juggling cupcakes, and one bringing a gift. I did add some extra color with my Stampin’ Blends because I like doing that! There are some dies that fit with some of the characters, but I just cut them out with Paper Snips.
The greeting is in the Zany Zoo Stamp Set. I stamped it with Memento Ink and die-cut it with one of the center dies in the Countryside Corners Dies. It was a good fit! I layered it on a strip of Pool Party cardstock and flagged each end. It is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals, as are the three characters. Remember, we have Mini Dimensionals for those little spaces.
For a final touch, I added a bunch of Pastel Adhesive-Backed Sequins in pink, gold, and blue all around the card. Can you ever have too many sequins??!
Here’s another card, sort of a similar design, except with three dancers, that I made previously with the Zoo Crew Designer Series Paper.
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