A Big (Belated) Bovine Birthday Wish | Mama Elephant Lunar Animals

Hi everyone,

I'm here with another birthday card tutorial. I made this card for my eldest uncle on my mom's side of the family. My uncle was also born in the year of the bull/cow, so I'm using the awesome Lunar Animals stamps from Mama Elephant to make this birthday card.  While my uncle has a very healthy appetite (he especially loves seafood and soup), he is also very healthy.  He can do all these crazy difficult yoga poses that I can only dream of doing.  Haha.  He spends half the year on the East Coast, so I thought the sentiment from Mama Elephant's Up and Away stamp set was also perfect for this card.

Materials:

• Mama Elephant: Lunar Animals Stamps and dies
• Mama Elephant: Up and Away stamps
• Mama Elephant: Reindeer Games stamps and dies
• Mama Elephant: Ella and Friends stamps and dies
• Spellbinders: A2 Matting Basics
• Sizzix: Circle Framelits
• Mama Elephant: Sew Fancy dies
• Mama Elephant: Picket Fence die
• Distress Ink: tumbled glass
• Copic Markers:
• C00, C1, C3, C5, C7
• R20, R22, R24
• Y00, Y08
• Ranger Liquid Platinum Embossing Powder
• Martha Stewart Heat Tool
• Versamark Ink
• Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
• Foam Adhesive
• Glue Pen
• Adhesive Tape Runner

Directions on YouTube:

• Visit my Bubblegum Paper YouTube channel to see how I made this card from start to finish.  You can also click the image below:

Click the image to watch a video of this card!

Directions - Step By Step:

• Stamp the cow, bunny, gifts and party hats with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and color with Copic Markers. Die cut all the pieces.
• Die cut the cross stitched card front twice.  In one insert, die cut the Sizzix circles in the lower right corner to create a window.  Stamp the sentiment and heat emboss using embossing powder.
• In the second insert, cover the cross stitch edge border with washi tape and ink blend a sky background using tumbled glass distress ink.  
• Die cut the picket fence from white and green card stock.  The green will server as the grassy bottom layer.
• Assemble the card according to the image above. Move from the back to the front, so start with the grass, then the cow w/hat, then the fence and finally the bunny and gifts.
• Using foam adhesive, layer the "sending smiles" front on top of the card.
• Enjoy!

Happy Happy Birthday, Da Jiu Jiu!