Birthday card

I made this birthday card for my brother using the market street stamps challenge as a guide. I like how it came out. I just wish that I could trim down the time it takes me to make these cards. I don't know why but it takes me over an hour to do it. I thought by now, I might start doing better on time. I love watching the pink stamper videos especially how sometimes she just picks items as she goes along! I am always in awe of that.

But, back to my card. I used My Mind's Eye "just dreamy 2" paper for the card base (I love double sided paper, it gives you automatic coordinating paper to use as a mat!), I also used the layout paper that comes in the imagine cartridge for the background mat with the little ice cream cones. I don't normally use those papers because I don't want to use too much ink and I have LOADS of patterned paper. But I couldn't resist because it went just too perfectly with my color and theme. I used the stamps from "ain't no sunshine" for the ice cream and the "sweat". I stamped the images then cut them out, for the sweat, I used the opposite side (of double sided paper) that I stamped. The big smiley face was from peachy keen stamps everyday character face assortment, it was the really big face in the corner. I thought it fit great. I liked the way it came out, although I probably put too many embellishments on it, but I had to have the false teeth in the jar! After I put it all together I stood back from it and decided I should have left out the stamped birthday background. But oh well...