...Farm Fresh Birthday

It's Farm Fresh Friday time again at The Greeting Farm Blog, and this week our challenge is...Birthday Bash. We were to create a card with a birthday theme, and I chose to use my neglected "Laurie Skunk" image. I forgot that I even had this sweet little stamp until I did some organizing in my craft area the other day. There she was...in the floor...behind my largest shelving unit...staring up at me...with confusion in her eyes. LOL! I picked her up, dusted her off, and inked her up immediately. Bless her poor little heart! :) I reached for some patterned papers from Stephanie Fizer's Spring Collection from My Favorite Things, then added some stitching around the edges. I created the circular and focal panels with Nesties and a Big Shot, and added some Pink Rhinestones to the scalloped piece for a little sparkle. The sentiment was from the new "OA-Happy Day" set, and was also stamped in black into a scrap piece of Regal Rose Cardstock. It was punched out using the Word Window Punch, then a Green Galore Cardstock heart was attached to the right side of it. Once all of the layers were attached, I could see that it needed something else...don't you hate it when that happens? I decided to add some piercing inside the scalloped panel with a Mat Pack and Paper Piercer, and I also distressed the edges of the large patterned paper panel. The constructed patterned paper panel was attached to the Regal Rose Cardstock base with Dimensionals to complete the card.

Now let's see what the other DT and Critter Crew members have up their sleeves:

• Jessica Diedrich
• Cindy Haffner
• Cheryl Walker
• Kadie Ensley
• Mary Giles
• Melyssa Connolly
• Randi Wall
• Kim Nath
• Heather Schlatter
• Jami Bova
• Sandra MacLean
• Sparkle Smith

That's it for me today! Thanks for stopping by to see me...I don't know about you, but I am so glad that it's Friday! LOL! I will be spending the day stamping with my buddy (bet you can't guess who! LOL!), but I will see you back here tomorrow with a card/project using some stamps from My Favorite Things. My new MFT goodies came yesterday, so I'm going to play today! Until then...

Supplies

Stamps: Laurie Skunk, OA-Happy Day (The Greeting Farm)

Papers: Regal Rose, Green Galore, PTI White, Stephanie Fizer Spring Collection (My Favorite Things)

Inks: Black, Green Galore

Accessories: dimensionals, distressing tool, sewing machine, nesties, big shot, mat pack, paper piercer, word window punch, small heart punch, scissors, copics, rhinestones