Panda Birthday ... and A Liebster Award

Today's card is for this week's Hambo Hoedown Challenge (Show us your gifts!) ... and features the sweetest panda all ready to PAR-TAY!

"Panda Birthday"

Stamps:  Panda Gift (Hambo Digital Stamps)
Paper:  White (Neenah); Hello Sunshine DP (Bo Bunny)
Ink:  Basic Black, Pink Pirouette (SU!)
Accesories & Tools:  Big Shot, Balloon die (C.C. Designs), Twines (Mandarin, Honeydew and Lemondrop - all from The Twinery), Crystal Effects, glue, glue dots, adhesives, and dimensionals

I used my Basic Black and Pink Pirouette Stampin' Write markers to color in the panda.  I printed off a second image and coloured in just his arms and paws and cut them out.  I mounted them on top of the paper pieced gift, gluing them flush at the top, and using a rolled glue dot on his paw.  I secured the twine from the balloons in-behind so it looks like he's holding on to the bouquet of balloons.  His hat is also paper pieced ... and the balloons are covered in Crystal Effects to make them shine.

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Shirley from shirley-bee's stamping stuff, nominated me for a Liebster award ... thanks so much Shirley!!

Here's the details of the award:

ABOUT THE AWARD

This award was designed to be a blog award in the pay it forward fashion. Once you've been nominated, you award it to blogs that you like that have fewer than 200 followers, to encourage new visitors to visit these new blogs.

RULES FOR ACCEPTANCE

Thank the person who gave you the award and link back to their blog. Post the award onto your blog. Give the award to five bloggers who you appreciate that have fewer than 200 followers. Leave a comment on their blog letting them know that you have given them this awesome award!

PAY IT FORWARD

Here are the five blogs that I'm nominating.  If you haven't visited these blogs before, go and have a look. Better still, follow them then you won't miss out.

Carole's Creative Critters
Made by Meadie
Snippets
Stamping with Klass
Stamping with Kokirose