Red-Eye Stamper

I made this card today for a friend. I decided to use up some old paper (Loves Me Designer Series Paper). I love this paper. All of it is fabulous. I used the polka dots for the first layer. On the turquoise layer, I used my mat pack and pierced holes and did some faux sitching connecting the holes with my chocolate chip marker. On the close to cocoa layer, I used my crop-o-dile to do some dry embossing. To dry emboss, set the cropodile to an A1 setting. This allows you to emboss without punching all the way through your paper.

A tip to line the circles up evenly: Take the top of an order form and use the holes as a guideline. You can also use the eyelet holes on the mat pack to get even circles too. Another way is just to use the black block on the cropodile and line it up evenly each time. I always seem to start embossing crooked with this method. I opt for the top of an order form.

I don't know if you can tell from the picture, but I used my 2 way glue pen and added dazzling diamonds to the icing layers and the hearts on the cake.

I decided to add the "Happy Birthday Wishes" last after everything was done. I tried to line it up with my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, but the knot got in the way. As you can see, the greeting is a little off center. Oh, well, as much as it bugs me, I ain't doing it over!