Have An Otterly Great Birthday!

I am back with another card that was inspired by Lawn Fawnatics first card challenge theme: happy birthday along with the colours for this week's Color Throwdown challenge: orange, turquoise and yellow. It features a really cute otter from Lawn Fawn's Year Five stamp set. I just love this stamp!

To create this card, I first stamped the images with memento tuxedo black ink and coloured them in with copic markers. Since I don't have the coordinating dies, I had to cut the images out myself. I also cut a slit on the front arm of the otter so that it looked like it was holding the presents. Next, I die cut two panels with the largest stitched rectangle from white cardstock paper. With one of the stitched rectangle panels, I die cut the waves using the Ocean Waves Trio die set. I did the same on vellum paper. Using the distress ink in Peacock Feathers, I did some ink blending on the edge of the wave and then splattered it with water drops. 

Next was to create the sun ray background. To do this, I cut a triangle out of scrap cardstock and used it as a template to pivot around in a semi-circle on the center of the card to mark each sun ray on the other white stitched rectangle panel. Using post it notes as my mask, I did ink blending with distress inks in Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed, Dried Marigold, Carved Pumpkin to create the sun rays. 

Then I assemble the card together, first with gluing the coloured images with glue and the ocean waves. The top wave panel had a foam sheet behind it to give it some depth. 

Lastly, the sentiment is heat embossed with clear embossing powder except for the word Otterly, I used a turquoise colour embossing powder instead so that it stands out. For the finishing touch, I added yellow and orange star sequins. That completes the card!

Materials used:

- Lawn Fawn - Year Five
- Lawn Fawn - Party Animal
- Lawn Fawn - Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables
- Mama Elephant - Ocean Waves Trio
- Distress Inks in Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed, Dried Marigold, Carved Pumpkin, Peacock Feathers
- Memento Ink in Tuxedo Black
- Versamark watermark stamp pad
- EK Success Powder Tool
- Recollections Embossing Powder in Clear
- Recollections Signature Embossing Powder in Tourmaline
- Recollections Signature Vellum Paper
- Staples White 110lbs Cardstock Paper
- Elmers Foam Sheet
- Copic Markers
- Sakura Gelly Roll in White
- Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer
- Hampton Art Stamp Perfect

- Tombow Mono Aqua Liquid Glue
- Scotch Advanced Tape Glider
- Star Sequins

This card will be entered in the following challenges. You can click on their badge to learn more about it. 

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #1 - Happy Birthday

Stamp Ink Paper Challenge #91

Color Throwdown #435

Thanks for dropping by!

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Nathalie @ natnatbot