Happy Birthday---Keeping it Clean and Simple

Do you like kittens and hedgehogs?  I sure do!  What could be more cute than a kitten juggling roses along with a hedgehog running to supply them?  What a happy way to send someone some birthday wishes!

I used the Penny Black stamps for my images of the kitten and hedgehog.  Together, they made such a cute scene.  Of course I coloured them using my Blendabilities and then chose paper for the background that pulled out the colours that seemed happiest to me.  My base cardstock is Naturals White.  Then I placed two layers askew, one in Cajun Craze and the other in Crushed Curry.  On top of those I placed my stamped and coloured piece of Whisper White, set straight to match the lines of the base cardstock.

For my Happy Birthday sentiment I used the fun and funky Sassy Salutations stamp set.  To finish off, I set a Cajun Craze Candy Dot at each corner of the Crushed Curry.  I kept my card very clean and simple.  All my stamping is done on the one layer of Whisper White.  I think it really shows off the happy scene better to place all the attention on it rather than on all sorts of added embellishments.

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