Puppy Birthday Card

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!  I have a birthday card to share today that I made for one of my students who recently got a puppy.  I used my Cricut Explore for this one, using a cut from Christmas Gifts for the presents and Nate's ABCs for the puppy.  The sentiment on the tag is from Papertrey Ink's Tiny Tags, and I added some stars from the My Creative Time 4x4 Journal Die + More.  The "Happy Birthday" sentiment is from MCT's Wow So Many Candles, and I die cut the background with MCT's Stitched Square Dies Inside & Out.

Products Used on this Card:

Cricut Explore Machine Cricut Nate's ABCs PTI Orange Zest Cardstock PTI Enchanted Evening Cardstock PTI Pure Poppy Cardstock PTI New Leaf Cardstock PTI Stamper's Select White Cardstock PTI Rustic White Cardstock Core'dinations Krafty Cardstock Echo Park All About a Boy MCT Stitched Square Dies Inside & Out MCT 4X4 Journal Die + More MCT Wow So Many Candles Stamp Set PTI Tiny Tags Stamp Set Hero Hues Black Ink

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Big Balloon Birthday Card

I found a fun card on Pinterest that inspired me to make this birthday card.  I made mine all in Cricut Design Space, using a balloon from Cricut Celebrations and a dog from Nate's ABCs.  I popped up both of them with dimensional adhesive so that I could extend some twine between the two and tie a bow around the balloon.  The sentiment is from My Creative Time's Live Love Bark.

Products used on this card:

Cricut Explore Machine Cricut Nate's ABCs Cricut Celebrations PTI Stamper's Select White Cardstock PTI Dark Chocolate Cardstock PTI Pure Poppy Cardstock PTI Ripe Avocado Cardstock Echo Park BIRTHDAY WISHES BOY 6 x 6 Paper Pad BDB84023 MCT Live Love Bark Hero Hues Black Ink

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Guest Designing Today!

Hi, today I am guest designing for Liz, an amazing crafter and a wonderful friend, who is over at Liz's Paper Loft!  For my project, I made a little gift for my niece, who is in love with her puppy, Blua.  I thought Liz would enjoy this too, since she has an adorable new addition to her own family!

This doghouse was made with the new Cricut Tags Bags Boxes and More 2 cartridge.  I just thought it was so cute, and it was fairly simple to put it together.  I cut it at 5".  The letters on the doghouse are cut at 1/2".

For my card, I used an 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" rustic white card base, scored at 4 1/4".  My polka dot layer is 4" x 5 1/4", and I added strips of red and ruler patterned paper to it before stitching around the edges.  I then distressed the edges with my Tim Holtz Paper Distresser and adhered it to the card base.

To make the note paper, I just cut a square of rustic white cardstock and edged it with the ekSuccess Binding Edge Punch.  I added the lines with the Papertrey Ink Library Ledger stamp set, the dog from My Creative Time's Keepin' it Classy, and the sentiment from My Creative Time's Classy and Fabulous.  A pretty button and some twine finished it off!

Now, Liz has some exciting news to share with you, but not quite yet.  However, in the meantime, while she's recovering, she is reading every comment!  Not only is she reading them, but she's counting them too, because at the end of all of this she will have two big announcements!  The first will be a winner of some exciting BLOG CANDY!  The second, it's a big one... and no, she's not coming out with stamps... you'll just have to wait and see!  So be sure to head over to her blog and leave a comment for a chance to win!

Products used on this project:

Cricut Tags Bags Boxes and More 2 Cricut Nate's ABCs Pink Paislee Hometown Summer Green Acres Crate Paper Farmers Market Paper PTI Rustic White Cardstock PTI Pure Poppy Cardstock Core'dinations Cardstock ekSuccess Binding Edge Punch MCT Keepin' it Classy Stamp Set MCT Classy & Fabulous PTI Library Ledger Stamp Set PTI Dark Chocolate Ink PTI Fine Linen Ink PTI Pure Poppy Ink PTI Pure Poppy Buttons PTI Rustic Jute Button Twine Tim Holtz Paper Distresser Brother CS6000i Sewing Machine

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