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Meet Patti, the panda who is ready to celebrate a birthday, for this week’s Global Design Project, “reasons to party.”

Patti

The Big Little Things Stamp Set has adorable, realistic, animals. Patti, the panda, said she was the cutest, and insisted on being featured on today’s card. She said she was super easy to work with. In her words, “just stamp me in black ink on white paper, and cut me out with scissors. Be careful around my ears.”

Next, she wanted a bamboo forest for her background. She said she was a growing girl, and needed to eat a lot of bamboo. To create the foliage, I cut Splendid Autumn Designer Paper, Mossy Meadow Cardstock, and Old Olive Cardstock, with Beautiful Motifs Dies and Petals Of Beauty Dies. Before gluing the foliage to the Basic White layer, 4″ X 5 1/4″, I splattered it with dots using a Mossy Meadow Stampin’ Blend. Then, I added a strip of Splendid Autumn DSP to the bottom, 3 7/8″ X 1″, and glued the layer to a Mossy Meadow card base, 8 1/2″ X 5 1/2″, folded at 4 1/4″.

We debated about where Patti would sit, and decided to let her sit on the sentiment label. “Big Birthday Wishes” is from her stamp set, cut with a Fragrant Layers Die. She told me I had to cut it twice; once from Basic White Cardstock, and once from Nests Of Winter Designer Paper, so I could frame the words in the green and white stripe. Pretty smart for a panda, huh?

Patti was excited to share her card with Global Design Project, and can’t wait to see what everyone creates for the “reasons to party” theme. She’ll be upset if you don’t tag it #gdp527.

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