PPC&F - Your Next Stamp - La La Llama

 Good morning, crafty friends!  I am so excited because one of my favorite shops - Your Next Stamp - is sponsoring us this week at Passionate Paper Creations & Friends.  I absolutely love the stamps and dies that they carry, and I get excited when their sponsorship comes around!  I might have gone a little crazy when I went shopping!  😁

When I saw the La La Llama stamp set, I knew that I wanted to make a card reminiscent of a pinata.  I colored up the adorable llama and packages with Copic markers (colors below), cut them out and set them aside. 

To create the pinata strips, I cut 1" x 4 1/4" strips of colored card stock (65#).  On the back of the strips, using a ruler and pencil, I drew a horizontal line at the 1/2" mark and then I marked along the bottom every 1/8".  I am terrible at trying to eyeball things, and I wanted them to be somewhat even, so this was the method that worked for me.  Once I had them all marked, I cut along each of the tick marks. 

To create my card, I layered a panel of white over a panel of purple.  I used my darkest purple Copic marker to run ink around the edges of the white card stock and then adhered the panel to my card base. 

I adhered the pinata strips using liquid adhesive, starting with the bottom strip and working my way up.  When I ruffled the strips, I didn't care for the white that showed at the very bottom, so I added a thin strip of purple under the bottom strip, and one over the top edge of the top strip, followed by a piece of pink grosgrain ribbon. 

I stamped the first sentiment on the right side of the white panel and the second sentiment on a strip of white, which I then created a banner from.  I added a green banner and then arranged both of them behind the llama.  I adhered the packages to the llama and then popped them up on foam squares.  Lastly, I added some pink and green embellishments from Kindred Stamps. 

Colors Used:

Purple - V09, V06, V04, V01

Pink - RV09, RV06, RV04, RV02

Green - G07, YG25, YG11, YG00

Yellow - Y08, Y13

Brown - E29, E27, E25, E21

To say that I love this card would be a gross understatement!  It was so incredibly fun to create.  

Please make sure to come over to Passionate Paper Creations & Friends to take advantage of the generous discount that Your Next Stamp has provided for our members and then get to shopping!  You will not be sorry.  If you are not a member, just click the "Join" button, answer the questions, and you will be in like Flynn!  

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope that you found something that inspired you to get crafty!

Xoxo, Kim