Monday, 21 February 2022

The Meerkat's Birthday

Less than a week before the teenager's birthday I found that I had no card for him... plenty of feminine cards but masculine, none whatsoever! I let serendipity help in the choice of supplies, which in turn influenced the design. Mixing my supplies, especially old and new makes me happy! 


For a fun card I chose the Katzelkraft Meerkats stamp set (KTZ216) and let the character dance on the table. The latter is a new die, a freebie from Creative Stamping (issue 105), as is the Happy Birthday sentiment. 

I wanted a balloon and thought of the Shaker Balloons #1 Heart by STAMPlorations but thought it was too big for the card so I drew a balloon shape out of it by tracing the right hand side of another heart die-cut: 



The background is alcohol inks, lifted and applied to photo paper, an experiment that wasn't altogether convincing... but seemed OK as a foil to Mr Meerkat!


Thanks for coming by,

 Craftyfield   I am entering the Allsorts, Stamping Sensations, We Love Stamping, 
                                                      Addicted to stamps challenge
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11 comments:

  1. Rainey's Craft Room21 February 2022 at 20:02

    Many thanks for sharing this fun card with us at Allsorts this week.
    Lorraine

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  2. Linby21 February 2022 at 20:46

    This is such a fun card - I had a little lol! Thanks for taking part in my challenge theme of I love at Allsorts this week.
    Lynn x

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  3. brenda22 February 2022 at 06:54

    A super inky creation Christine, I always think Meerkats are such fun creatures and sure your special boy will love it, many thanks for joining in with our 'I love....' theme at Allsorts challenge this week.

    B x

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  4. Mervi22 February 2022 at 08:59

    Fabulous and fun cat card!
    Thank you for sharing at Allsorts;-))m

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  5. Linby22 February 2022 at 09:32

    me again! thanks also for sharing at We Love Stamping and Stamping Sensations.

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  6. Let's Art Journal23 February 2022 at 12:14

    Oh my, Mr Meerkat really made me smile! Loving your design with the balloon, let's hope he doesn't take flight (grin!) 😀. I hope you're having a lovely week! Hugs Jo x

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  7. Crafting Queen23 February 2022 at 21:36

    Love the background you created and the adorable image. Thanks for joining Stamping Sensations and We Love Stamping. Anesha

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  8. Inkyfingers27 February 2022 at 13:33

    What a fun card and you used such a great background technique!
    Thanks for sharing with us at ATSM and I hope you will join us again soon.
    Hugs
    Carol x

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  9. Izzy Scrap2 March 2022 at 07:39

    That's a fun birthday card with this meerkat ! Love the way you made it dancing on the table. Your background is really beautiful too. Thanks so much for sharing and for playing along at ATSM.

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  10. Crafty Claire3 March 2022 at 21:55

    A great card. He looks very pleased with himself and his balloon xx

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  11. Flo Langley8 March 2022 at 11:45

    Brilliant! What a fun card. Great idea with the balloon. Hugs Flo x

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