A Yappy Birthday Card for My Puppy Loving Son

So what do you do when your son wants a dog of his own for his birthday.. that's it... whether he's got to steal yours or rescue one but he can't have one where he's living?  You make him a birthday card with some puppy balloons!

I'm also up on the Three Amigos Blog with this one announcing that our July challenge will be a little late because of vacations and the holiday!  We will have our new challenge and winners post up by July 6th!  Thanks for your understanding!  (I have used a die cut using an MFT die for the "birthday" word since our June challenge is Machine Die Cutting but I also included a hint to what our July challenge will be... can you guess??)

When I was trying to decide what his card would look like, I thought of the Balloon Alpha set from Little Acres Creations and then I thought of the adorable Bork (Stubby Pup) stamp set from The Ink Road.

I took some inspiration from our resident artist over at Little Acres, Miko (check out her awesome card here!) and stamped my balloon alpha letters in versamark onto vellum (I used vellum that was already colored because I had it and I knew it would be easier) and heat embossed in white.  I let it cool and then fussy cut them out

Stamped, colored and cut out my pups and then I arranged all of my "balloons" on the card and when I had the look I wanted, I attached everything using various levels of foam tape... letting some overlap (love the way the vellum let's some of the puppy parts show through...lol!)  I added liquid glass to my pups eyes and noses and added some highlights on the balloons, Miko style, using a white gel pen.

Finished off my sentiment by adding the MFT Birthday die cut.. I cut it three times in Glacier cardstock and stacked them.  Then I added some liquid glass to make it stand out.  After all was dry, I cut a few vellum balloon strings using the Craftin Desert Divas Party Die Set and added those in tucking some behind, cutting some short and letting some of them lay across another balloon or the sentiment.  LOVE it!

SO!  I created this using the colors I did to fit the Double Trouble Challenge and the Color My Heart Color Dare challenge which both use these colors!  I may have added the twist of "strings" for Double Trouble, but I'll let them be the judge of that... while I have no ribbon or twine or anything... I DO have balloon strings!...lol!  But honestly I'm good whatever the verdict because I wouldn't have done anything different.

Thanks for stopping!  See you again soon!

Little Acres Creations June Challenge is All About Summer!

It's time for a new challenge over at Little Acres Creations!  The theme this time is Summer and you do need to use Little Acres Creations stamps in your project!  See the Little Acres Blog Post here for all of the details!  Here's what I've made for today:

I am LOVING the new Balloon Alphabet available now over at Little Acres Creations!  I knew I wanted to make something using it and I decided a little Celebration scene with a sunny setting would be perfect!

Although once I got my letters colored and cut out I was a little worried they might not fit...lol!  But luckily balloons are never in a straight line... they just don't behave!  So I varied mine in height and used a little foam tape for some.  I love how it looks.  I added liquid glass for dimension and shine and was so excited at the effect once it dried.  I drew my lines in with a white gel pen and love that I could make them go wherever I wanted...

And then I turned to the baby goat from the Stinkin' Cute stamp set because he just looks like he's in celebration mode along with his little chickadee friends (who may just have celebrated too much already..lol).  An that sweet little heart balloon from Stinkin' Cute was perfect for that one little chick to bring along...

I'm playing along with the Outlawz Twisted Thursday Challenge and this week's Twist is Anything Goes!  My Favorite!

So be sure to check out this month's Blog Post for the details of this month's challenge, find out who won for May, get some inspiration from the team and you'll find a link to the Facebook Group there too so that you can join and play along!

Thanks for stopping!

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop Final Project

Well, I guess there's no getting around it ... it's time to say goodbye to the Spring/Summer 2018 Coffee Lovers Bloghop!  I mean... you still have a few hours left to play along if you wish, but this is my last one.  You can check it out here if you think you might be able to play along this time or if you want to check it out for the next time!  I'm ending where I began and playing along with some Little Acres Creations along with a couple others:

One of my favorite coffee cards to make is one that is made with sets that are not coffee related... and these cuties from Little Acres were not created to be added to a coffee card!  But here they are!

I started by doing some quick ink blending of blue for the sky and green for the ground.   Then I cut my first layer using the CDD Crazy Stitched Frames because I love that little bit of detail it gives.

I knew I wanted these guys to be flying over some trees or something and then I remembered the Perfect Blend stamp set from Sugar Pea Designs and that it had these awesome coffee bean trees on it, so I thought they'd be perfect!  It's a Coffee Bean Tree Orchard they are floating above!

And what really started this whole idea was this cool new stamp set from Little Acres, Balloon Alphabet.  I knew I wanted to use these for a coffee card of some sort and then when I thought of these cuties:

Love these baby animals from the Stinkin Cute set that was released last month!  And I decided they'd be just the sort to cheer someone up that needed it.  So I tied the balloon letters to them and set them off to do their job!  And I decided that the sentiment from the Piles of Smiles set would be just right here.  I just may have been inspired by my teamie Julie's card from earlier in the month... you can (and should) check that out here when you're done visiting with me!

Aren't they so cute!!??  That little lamb just looks confused... and the horsey's just going along with it.  I drew the balloon lines and then also drew some lines and tiny bows around the animals too!

And this guy is so excited... I'm not sure he even needs the balloon to keep him up in the air... but it's there just in case...

And on the inside I used some more beans from the Sugar Pea set and these sentiments from Honey Bee's Blah Blah Blah Stamp Set... love that set!

I'm playing along with the Outlawz Twisted Thursday with a Twist of Anything Goes this week... and I'm pretty sure this is Anything!

SO... that's that.  Another one in the books.  I've had SO much fun this hop!  I wish I could have fit in every stamp set I have ...lol!  But I'll be working on it so come back soon if you like what you see here!

Happy Making!!  And if you happen to be one of the Awesome Sponsors of this hop, thank you so much for your generosity!!  The creating... the inspiration.. the friendships... and the awesome prizes... some of the most fun I've had, I've had with my fellow caffeinated drink lovers (and yes, those who drink.... decaf... yuck... sorry... it just comes out like that... but I won't hold it against you!)