Best Fishes Birthday Card

Today I once again have the honor of guest designing for the Kleuren met Potloden (Coloring with Pencils) January challenge. My card features digis from the sponsor The Paper Shelter's Swimming with Friends collection. The timing was perfect for these stamps and this card. I plan on sending it to a male cousin whose birthday is in March; not only is he a Pisces, but he likes aquariums and has always had a thing for fish.

I took full advantage of digital stamp flexibility and resized the stamps as well as flipping the dolphin to face the other direction (this is why I love digis!). Since I liked the design of this 2022 Best Fishes card so much I decided to reuse it. I colored the digis, fussy-cut them, and propped them up with 3D double-sided sticky foam pads.

The die is Creative Expressions Lisa Horton netting background. The background paper is Prettygrafik. The sentiment was created with Mister Sirloin BTN Rare font. The inside sentiment will say, '...for a FIN-tastic birthday!'. 

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Supply List

Paper – cardstock, Prettygrafik
Digital stamp – The Paper Shelter Swimming with Friends
Dies – Creative Expressions Lisa Horton netting background, Die-namics rectangle stax
Font – Mister Sirloin BTN Rare

Caran d'Ache Luminance 6901 pencils

Gelly Roll .08 white pen

Pentel .05 black fine line pen

I'm linking up with the following challenges: Crafter's Cafe #315 – ATG w/opt. Birthdays, Seize the Birthday #298 – ATG Birthday, Krafty Chicks #752 – Masculine, Creative Knockouts #539 – Something to Say, and Creative Fingers #293.