Birthday Wishes Panda Card (KBD Aloha Friday Challenge #144 Mid Inspiration)

Happy Friday! :o)

This is my second post today. If you missed the first one just scroll down or follow a direct link here.

Today I'm sharing a mid-inspiration project for an ongoing Aloha Friday Challenge at Kitty Bee Designs.

The challenge for this fortnight is #144 - Cards for Guys.

We have two sponsors for this challenge: All Dressed Up and Polkadoodles, so there will be double prizes! :o)

And here's my take on the challenge: CAS (clean and simple), masculine, Birthday Wishes Panda Card. :o)

My today's card is a CASE of my own card that I made in April 2016 (here). I really liked the card design and wanted to recreate it for our masculine challenge. :o) I used same image and other stamps on my both cards, went with same color scheme, layout, embellished both cards similar... but I made some changes. :o)

Form my card I used super cute 'Panda Love' from 2013 January Panda Releases. Love all of them! :o)

How I made my card....

I printed the panda on a white cardstock paper, stamped circles around his eyes, colored them with black fine liner and fussy cut the panda leaving white thin border around him. Using a white pigment ink pen, I drew white dots in panda's eyes and drew white highlights.

Then I stamped a sentiment on a white top folded card base, glued 3-D foams on the back of the panda and placed him on a card.

I colored a thick cardstock die-cut arrow with a black permanent marker and glued it on the card. I got the die-cut (and many many more) from a dear crafting friend Alice of Scrap & C. Thank you so much Alice!!! ♥

I stamped little stars on the card base, following similar order like I did on the card I CASEd. 

Lastly, I embellished the card with blue enamel dots, arrows and stars and my card was finished. :o)

Card measurements: 101 mm x 133 mm (4" x 5 1/4")

List of supplies:

• Kitty Bee Designs 'Panda Love' Digital Stamp from 2013 January Panda Releases
• Create a Smile 'Mini Birthday' mini stamp set (sentiment)
• Create a Smile 'Eggstraordinary Egghunt' stamp set (circle.. panda's eyes)
• Mama Elephant 'Cosmic Stars' stamp set (star)
• white cardstock paper
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen F (fine) 0.6 mm
• Mitsubishi Uni Pin 0.2
• Mitsubishi Uni Pin 0.1
• Uniball Signo White Pigment Ink
• Create a Smile 'Frosty Fun' Enamel Stickers 
• thick cardstock paper arrow die-cut
• UHU liquid glue
• 3-D foam squares, 5 x 5 x 2 mm
• printer
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• scissors
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• crafting needle

I hope you'll like my take on our challenge theme and get inspired. For more inspiration, stop by the Kitty Bee Designs blog and check out lovely projects my Design Team mates created. And don't forget to join us in this challenge. We are looking forward to see your projects. :o)

I'm linking my card to following challenges:

Note: bold text and challenge badge (if any) are direct links to the current challenge and blog badge (if any) is a direct link to blog or challenge home page.

1) AAA Cards, CAS Game 141
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

Happy 5th Birthday!!! ♥

2) Addicted to stamps and More, Challenge #344 - Clean and Simple
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

3) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, Masculine
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

4) Uniko, Challenge #53 - Anything Goes optional twist Masculine
This is my 7th entry to this challenge.

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Stop by in an hour, I'll be sharing one more card with you. Enjoy and smile! :o)

Milka