I dig you!

Well happy birthday indeed! It's my birthday month as well, so as usual, the Friday Mashup challenge is very fitting! I had a wonderful time last month with the Friday Mashup as a guest designer! This month, there are two new designers, and I'm back to playing along :)

The mashup this week was one which I unfortunately could not mash. I have yet to delve into the world of pastels, but I think I might  very soon!

So here is the "Mashup" Challenge :

1. Make a "Birthday" project.
2. Or Make a project using "Pastels/Chalks or Pastel Colors".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a "Birthday project using Pastels"

Of course, I was not going to let that stop me from participating, so I made just a plain ol' birthday card :) I did want to add something a little extra, so I did some heat embossing on it (The excavator and the sentiment).

Happy Dirtday!

(FM40)

When I first got this set, I knew that I wanted to try and make it 'interactive', so I added some brads to the arms of the excavator and left them free from the card. In all honesty, I forgot the main piece of the arm, so only two parts of it move :P I taped the brads down on the back of the middle piece so that when the bucket was moved, the brads didn't twist and show. Then I popped up the excavator on dimensionals so you'd have free range to move as much as you'd like! I suspect my kiddo is going to get a kick out of this.

Materials used:
Cardstock: Basic Black, Marina Mist, Whisper White

Stamps: I Dig You
Ink: Basic Black, Marina Mist, More Mustard
Embellishments: Mini brads, White bakers twine
Tools: Clear embossing powder, heat tool, Oval punch, Scallap oval punch

This set reminds me of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and their digging song: "we dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig in a mine the whole day through..."

Until next time - Happy Stamping :)

-Tara