Darling Donkey's Birthday Card

 Hi!  Thanks for coming by and checking out my latest card.  Today' card is simple and fairly quick.  I wanted to add some cards to my stash quickly and this is what came to my mind!



How To:

Make your card base using whisper white (or the new basic white).  Add a piece of DSP to your card base.  I used a piece of the new True Love DSP.  Using a panel of whisper white that would fit the front of the card base (see dimensions section), cut out a "snow bank" or curvy piece.  I used the Home Together dies, but they are retired.  I would have used the Curvy Keepsake Dies but do not yet have those.  You could even cut your shape by hand or just have a rectangle.  

Using the Darling Donkey's stamp set, I stamped the donkey that is kicking up it's heels on the right side, in the dip of the panel.  I added the little stars up behind his heels, to represent the action of kicking or clicking his heels.  I then stamped the sentiments, HeeHaw! and It's your birthday! on the right hand side.  I used Memento Black for all of my stamping.

Color your donkey or leave him as is.  I used the Smokey Slate Stampin' Blends (dark and light) along with the color lifter.  Nothing fancy here!  You can certainly get fancy with your shading/coloring if you like, but again, I wanted something quick and simple.  

I then chose a color to use for sponging around the panel with the donkey.  You can use any color you choose here, in the photo below I used Calypso Coral.  I just wanted a tiny bit of color.  Sponging is easy... take a sponge and get some ink on it from your ink pad.  Hold the paper you want the color on and brush the sponge along the sides of the paper.  Need more direction or to see it done?  Watch my video here.

                                                      



Dimensions:

* Basic White cut at 8.5" x 5.5", folded to be 4.25" x 5.5"

* Piece of DSP cut at 5.5" x 2.5" (the 2.5" can be more if you want you DSP piece to be larger than you white piece)

* Basic white cut at 5.5" x 4.25" for the making of the curvy panel.

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