Happy Birthday to Ky'k!

Yesterday was my sister's birthday, so the card today was made for her. I used my new stamp set from C.C. Designs called Sweet Treats. It is just so darned cute! It might not even be meant for birthdays, but it has ice cream on it and ice cream says birthday to me!

Anyhoo, the card is based on an Amy R sketch and I thought it was perfect to showcase the monkey. Now, as Jamie knows, I don't have a lot of Copics right now and am limited in coloring. Normally, when I make a card, I figure out what paper I want to use and then color the image accordingly. This time around, I just wanted to use the image so I stamped and colored it in without planning the paper first. I used whatever pastel colors I had to color in the ice cream, and then when I was done coloring the image, just went to search for whatever paper might fit. Luckily, this pack of DCWV line, uh...Sweet Things or something like that, had this plaid paper thing going on that went perfectly with the monkey. Wahoo!! The other paper is just some random Michael's paper pack that I Cuttlebugged with Swiss Dots and another one that I can't remember the name of but I just got because I was ordering some books from Amazon and shipping was $5 but if I just spent $5 more, than I would get free shipping. And it just so happened that this embossing folder was $5 so I thought might as well get it as not. =D hahaha!!

Also, I had actually stamped a sentiment on a round piece of paper and mounted it on another round piece of paper, but when it came time to position it on the card, it ended up covering the cool embossed paper. So I decided to place it on the inside but unfortunately forgot to take a picture of it. Oh well, I got a picture of the important part at least.




Card Details
Stamp: C.C. Designs Sweet Treats
Paper: Memory Box, DCWV, some Michael's paper
Ink: Copics, Memento
Accessories: Cuttlebug embossing folders