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#stampinup   #faithfulinkspirations   The "Animal Outing" stamp set is simply adorable! You can use it for both kids and grownups. I think one of my favorite ways to use this set will be for baby cards. Look at this adorable image!

I stamped the kangaroo image (yes, that's a koala bear in her pouch!) in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink onto Thick Whisper White Card Stock. I colored the image with Light Crumb Cake and Light Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Markers. If you look closely, you'll be able to see how I was able to intensify the color to add shadowing with just the one marker--that's one of the things that makes the Stampin' Blends so great. I also don't get those streaky, hard-to-blend lines as when I color with Stampin' Write Markers.

I cut the colored image out with a Layering Oval Framelit and adhered it to a scalloped Basic Gray Card Stock Oval that I cut with another Layering Oval. I aligned the three parts of the sentiment on a single acrylic block and stamped the sentiment in Basic Gray Ink onto Thick Whisper White Card Stock and cut it out with one of the smaller Layering Oval Framelits. I adhered this to a small scalloped Basic Gray oval.

I embossed a 3-3/4" by 5" Whisper White Card Stock panel with the Polka Dot Basics Embossing Folder. I adhered this to a 3-7/8" by 5-1/8" Basic Gray Card Stock mat. (PROTIP: If you think ahead, you can cut both the scalloped ovals from the center of this mat. No one will ever know!!) I wrapped a length of Gray Granite Textured Weave Ribbon around these pieces before adhering them to a Powder Pink Card Stock card base.

To finish the card, I adhered the stamped oval elements to the card with Stampin' Dimensionals and tied a cute Whisper White Baker's Twine bow onto the Gray Granite Ribbon. 

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Product List

Animal Outing Clear-Mount Stamp Set [146600] $21.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.00	Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad [149165] $7.50	Powder Pink 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [144244] $8.50
Basic Gray 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121044] $8.50	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $9.75	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [140272] $7.75	Crumb Cake Light Stampin' Blends Marker [144582] $4.50
Layering Ovals Framelits Dies [141706] $35.00	Polka Dot Basics Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [143709] $7.50	Gray Granite 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Textured Weave Ribbon [147656] $7.50	Twine Baker's Whisper White [124262] $3.00
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.00