SAS4K Challenge: CAS for Kids - Birthday cards

Happy Saturday!  Time again for a new Send A Smile 4 Kids Challenge and this time around it's Clean and Simple cards for Kids!

We've got three great prizes up for grabs:

a $15 gift certificate for the Doodle Pantry

3 sets of digis or cutting files from The Cutting Cafe

and 4 digis of the winner's choice from Sassy Studio Designs

The DT got some lovely digis to play with... first up is Harry from Sassy Studio Designs

I had a lot of struggles with this one. My first idea for a card used the entire digi. I can't tell you how many times I colored it... ok, I can. Four. Some of the areas were so small it was difficult for me to keep in the lines, but worse, even when I did, it would bleed. The fourth time I got pretty close, except for a bit of burgundy bleed on his hand and an unfortunately blue halo around his, well, let's say... behind him. LOL So I thought maybe I could salvage him if I fussy cut him out... and then, it happened. Oh, Harry. A broken wand. And no Elder Wand at the ready to magically repair it. Sigh.  I probably could have finagled some sort of Glossy Accents and toothpick support, but by that time I was too annoyed. I was going BIG on my next try! I sized Harry up to get his head and wand hand into a 5.5" square and added a sentiment in a Harry Potter font knockoff. I colored him up and added Glossy Accents to his glasses before layering it over a 6" black base card and adding some dark red gems. Clean and simple. And best of all? DONE! LOL

My next card went so much easier.... I saw Cowboy Birdie by the Doodle Pantry and I knew exactly what I wanted to do from the start...  

Cowboy Birdie comes in a set with both black and white line art and a colored version. I wechose colored, fussy cut and with a touch of diamond Stickles on his hat band and boot flames. =)  I created the main layer in Word, inserting a rectangle shape  with a bold black outline and filled with a red paisley digi paper from Summer Driggs' Freedom set at Summertime Designs. (LOVE her!) My sentiment is done in a font called Rustler. I popped Birdie boy and a little blue star I also Stickled to death (haha) on foam dots and then layered it up on black cardstock and added it to a 5x7 white card. A pop of bright color, plenty of white space and a touch of cute. =)

I'm itching to get crafting now! LOL Why don't you head on over to Send A Smile 4 Kids and check out my teamies' creations while I pull out a few Copics and a bottle of Stickles. I'll catch you later! 

Happy crafting!

Christy