Wild About Animals!

This is such a cute card that could be used as a birthday card or child's birthday party or baby shower invitation. It would be a great to use as a Vacation Bible School invitation too.

Ingredients:
Cardstocks: Soft Sky, Brilliant Blue, Kraft, and Whisper White
Classic Inks: Summer Sun, Pumpkin Pie, Bordering Blue, Basic Black, Glorious Green
Wild About You Stamp Set, Chocolate Chip Marker, Coluzzle Cutting System

Directions:
Use Coluzzle to cut out circle from Kraft Cardstock. Cut in half to use as ship. Draw lines across it with the marker to make it look like wood. Adhere soft sky to white card base. Cut scallops in brilliant blue to make it look like ocean waves. Paste on top of Soft Sky. Stamp all animals in their appropriate colors on Whisper White and cut out. Line up where boat should be with your EYES first--take this advice from me--you'll never line it up right if you don't lay all this out first and then start gluing! Figure out where boat should be and then use your scissors to cut hole in brilliant blue. Put boat in this hole. It doesn't need to be perfect--it's water! Jagged is fine! Then put your animals in the boat. Happy Sailing!

Marbled Valentine's Day Penguin

This card is simple, but very classy. I have it listed here as a Valentine's Day Card, but you could easily stamp any other sentiment on the inside.

Cardstock: Real Rose, Whisper White, Basic Black
Ink: Whisper White Craft Ink
Stamp Set: Wild About You
Accessories: White Grosgrain Ribbon, Heat Gun to set penguin image, and glue stick.
See directions below for marbled background.

This card uses the "marble" technique. Yes, you get to play with marbles! To achieve this background, you will need an empty plastic stamp set box, Basic Black cardstock, Whisper White Re-inker, a glue dot, and a marble or two. Put a glue dot on the back of a piece of Basic Black Cardstock. Put this piece of cardstock into plastic box (glue dot will help hold this in place for technique). Squeeze 2-3 drops of Whisper White ink into corner of box. Put marble(s) into box and shake to roll them into ink and across cardstock to create unique backgrounds for each card you make. Just pull the cardstock out of the box and adhere to card. Experimenting with more and less ink in the box will create different looks.