Monday, October 5, 2020

Air Mail Birthday Wishes

Hello, there!  It's a new week and I'm glad you're here.  Let's start out the week with a birthday card for my 3 year old neighbor girl.  I had plenty of cute stamps in my collection to choose from, but because I'd already made this stenciled sky background I decided to float some foxes.  They're just so darn cute, aren't they?  It's TCP's For Fox Sake stamp set which I've used often and had bunches of fun every time.  The sentiment is a Poppy Stamps Birthday Blowout.




You might be able to catch a glimpse of Wink of Stella sparkle on the balloons in the photo below.

About that background... I set out one day recently to play with my Heffy Doodle Cloudy Skies stencil, try some different colors, tuck them away in my background bag.  This was not a perfect piece, but I thought it was usable.  I do like it a lot, and the stamps help minimize some of the goofs.  Colors are SU inks -- Soft Sky and Barely Banana.  Stamps are colored with Copics.



I played with my cloud stencil some more after this, but didn't get very far before I decided I'd made enough of an inky mess for a while.  Not very much of it ended up in the background bag, either.  Cards happened... you know how it goes.


I must run now.  Too long on the computer makes Leslie a dull girl... or something like that.  See you again soon!


Stamps:  TCP For Fox Sake, Poppy Birthday Blowout  Paper:  SU Whisper White, Barely Banana, Soft Sky, Neenah Super Smooth 110 lb for fox stamps  Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, SU Barely Banana and Soft Sky  Coloring:  Copics  Other:  Wink of Stella on balloons

22 comments:

aussie aNNie said...

Ever so cute for the little girl Leslie, what a gorgeous stamp. The clouds look awesome. Found a few videos so am playing with the stencil tomorrow. xx

Ros Crawford said...

Oh my... Imagine receiving this on your birthday... What a cheerful and exquisite card! Absolutely wonderful!

Diane said...

Adorably cute little foxies, and such pretty clouds. Don't you just love the cloud stencils, I think mine is a Lawn Fawn one, I have really gotten into the stencils lately, they add so much like the cute scene you have created, which I am sure she will love!!

Yogi said...

so cute. Have a great day

Darlene said...

OMG this is just adorable and that little one will LOVE IT!!! How cool that we both played with 'foxes' this week! LOVE your cloud background and would have NEVER thought to use yellow with blue for clouds but it works!! Who knew??? LOL Your balloon floating foxes are just adorable and LOVE the sparkle you've achieved on the balloons! What a sweet, fun card! Perfect for that little 3 year old neighbor!! Going to make her giggle! Hugs and Happy day my friend!

Ida said...

Oh my goodness this is so adorable. Love those cute little floating foxes and the shimmer on the balloons and your pretty cloudy sky. It all went together beautifully.

Verna Angerhofer said...

This is so cute and wonderful.

Bonnie said...

These foxes are adorable and fun, Leslie! So are the balloons and a fantastic background!

Nanny's Pansy Patch said...

What an adorable card and just perfect for a 3-year old! I'm sure she will love it! I think your clouds turned out really nice and love that stencil! Like the cute foxes floating down on their balloons! We decided on a quick road trip today to see some foliage. Hard to believe that most of the leaves have already turned. It was nice to get out for a few hours. Have a great week.

Christine Alexander said...

love your rainbow clouds and those little foxes floating away. Any 3yr old would love this card, any adult would love this card :)

Loll said...

LOVE your cloud background Leslie! The colours looks amazing together! I looks like a bright, sunny day with blue sky and bursts of yellow from the sun. AWESOME! And those flying foxes are adorable. I bet your neighbour LOVED her card! :) xx

Cat Craig said...

I so love that two toned sky, fabulous and those sweet foxes will brings smiles galore. Love this card.

crafty-stamper said...

Fabulous stencilled sky and love the cute flying foxes
Carol x

pam said...

Love the background you created Leslie, adorable cute fox`s.
Pam x

nancy littrell said...

Adorable foxes floating with their balloons thru the colorful clouds. So creative and clever, Leslie. I love your skinny tall card format too...so trendy:-) Your little neighbor will Love her fun and special card. Love and Hugs...Nancy

Traci M said...

Such a cute card, love your pretty colored clouds, too, Leslie!! Our clouds have been so colorful here in Colorado, unfortunately due to wildfires. I hope you and your family are all doing well. I always enjoy my visits here.

Conniecrafter said...

Oh so adorable, those little foxes are just the cutest, fantastic coloring of them and I would say you did a wonderful job on the that background, I love the colors you chose to ink it with, pretty matting to bring out the colors in your background, such a lucky girl :)

Cindy Beach said...

You know I'm loving this, Leslie! I bought my first ever TCP stamps over the summer, they are so cute! Lovely card, the background and balloons make those foxes even cuter!

Maria Rodriguez. said...

Good Grief, Charlie Brown, this is adorable!!!!!!!!
I love, love this sweet little foxes flying around under that glorious sky and clouds.
I need to get me some cloud stencils or stamps, I just love the fluffiness of yours, they look like they are made our of merengue.
Totally beautiful.
Thank you for sharing.
XO
Maria.

laurie said...

This is so cute!

Lynette said...

So adorable!

Stacy Morgan said...

Oh how sweet is this little guy. Oh what a sweet birthday card! Great coloring and super cute!