Ralph's 60th ~ STB Party!

My favorite Uncle Ralph turns 60 years old today and he's always been a jokester so I thought he'd enjoy this fun little card!  I just love this cute group of farm animals called {From The Herd}.  

I'm playing along with Sieze the Birthday with the toppings option of "Party".  I think these guys look like they're ready to party, right?  LOL!

I colored these guys with my blendabilites.  I used the new Pink Pirouette set to color the pig and a few noses of the other animals.  I'm so glad SU came out with the softer pink colors.  What a nice addition to an already great set of markers.  

I added in some Gumball Green "grass" and some bakers twine to match the basecard.  The sentiment is from {Just Sayin'} and cut out with the coordinating Word Bubble die.

I'm gonna let you in on a little secret....I actually colored these guys twice.  The first time I colored the llama in brown tones.  Once I had finished the card, I set it up to admire it from afar (as I'm sure most of you do, LOL) and I noticed that he blended into the buffalo too much.  So, I restamped the image onto a scrap, colored it and fussy cut it out to layer it over the top of the original image.  This time I outlined the llama in gray and I liked him much better this way.  Now he stands out as an individual!  Haha!  Anyhoo, if you look closely you can see where it's layer on.  It was a little more work, but I'm much happier with the result!

Here's a list of my supplies.....

Stamps: From the Herd, Just Sayin"

Ink: Memento Black, Soft Sky, assorted Blendabilites

Paper: Baked Brown Sugar, White, Gumball Green DSP

Accessories: Word Bubble die, fringe scissors, Baked Brown Sugar bakers twine

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny