Old and Grumpy

My slimline card uses the cute "You're A Hoot" digital stamp set from the Beccy's Place Store.  I combined the "Augustus" pre-coloured digital stamp with the "Old and Grumpy" digital sentiment from the same digital stamp set.  Although this is a new-to-me stamp set, it is retired from the Beccy's Place Store, it was a recent "48hrs of Throwback Thursday" purchase.  I'm so glad I did, as it's a fun set and wonder how I missed it, given that I've been a fan of Beccy's designs for so many years.

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I opened the "Augustus" pre-coloured digital stamp in Silhouette Studio and sized the image to fit neatly on the front of a landscape slimline card (8 1/2" wide x 3 1/2" tall).

I perched him on a branch from the Bird On Branch cut file (see ingredients), then added the "Old and Grumpy" digital sentiment from the same digital stamp set.

I printed the image-sentiment panel on smooth white 300gsm Letter sized cardstock, scored at 3 1/2", folded, burnished the fold, then trimmed off the excess cardstock to finish my sweetly sentimental slimline card ... the older I get, the more I appreciate quirky sentiments like these.

This is such a fun set, so of course there will be more to come using the assorted images and sentiments.  I've already made a second card from the "You're A Hoot" digital stamp set, it uses the "Ophelia" pre-coloured digital stamp, along with the same sentiment, giving me a "his" and "her" version.

You can read all about it HERE

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INGREDIENTS

You're A Hoot digital set from the Beccy's Place store

"Augustus" pre-coloured digital stamp

and "Old and Grumpy" digital sentiment

This digital stamp set is now retired but you can see

projects created using it HERE on the Beccy's Place Blog

Bird On Branch by Lori Whitlock

Silhouette Design Store Design ID #31596

smooth white 300gsm cardstock

scoreboard & bone folder - to form top fold of card

sharp craft knife + self healing cutting mat + steel ruler

- for cutting image panel to form card

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I have entered my card in the following challenges:

April Challenge at Beccy's Place Challenges