Birthdays are Bananas

Hello everyone! Justin here, and today I am sharing a creation using the adorable monkey from the Party Animal stamp set! As soon as I saw this set, I knew that this monkey was going to work so perfectly with the new Fun Balloons Die Set! I figured I could create a little semi-scene with the monkey floating up with the balloon die cuts!

I colored up my little monkey from the Party Animal set with Copic Markers, and then cut them out with the coordinating dies. I also used the Fun Balloons Die set, and cut them out in colors that coordinated with the colors used with my monkey, along with some black balloon strings. Using some dye ink, I distressed the edges of each the balloons to give them a nice shadow and highlight area. I also added some gel pen and Wink of Stella glitter accents to accentuate the highlighted area as well.

For my background, I took an A2 sized piece of blending cardstock and splattered it with some gold metallic watercolor accents. I also took a strip of paper from the Year Round Plaids Paper Pack, matted it with a slightly thicker strip, and adhered it to my white A2 panel. I adhered my Fun Balloon Die Cuts to my panel, and trimmed the parts of the balloon that went over the sides of the panel. I used some foam tape and adhered my monkey, along with a heat embossed sentiment, to my panel.

I finished my card off by adhering a few Gold Glossy Accent embellishments and my card was completed!

And there you have it! That’s how I created this adorable birthday card!

Below is a list of products used to create this card:

Pink & Main Products Used:
Party Animal Stamp Set
Party Animal Coordinating Dies
Fun Balloons Dies
Year Round Plaids Paper Pack

Other Products Used:
Copic Markers
Copic Coloring Paper
Catherine Pooler Dye Inks: Be Mine, Cummerbund, Sweet Sixteen, & Lime Rickey
Colored Cardstock
Prima Metallic Watercolor Accents
Wink of Stella Brush Pen
White Embossing Powder

Thank you so very much for checking out my post and stopping by the Pink & Main blog today! I hope this post leaves you with some inspiration for how to make your next birthday card with some of the adorable critters from the Party Animal set!

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See you next time! Happy Crafting!

Justin