70 amazing years

Happy Friday!!!  It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog.  This week, the challenge is: Inspired by a Song (please let us know which song you were inspired by)

Here is my card for your inspiration (I was inspired by the Happy Birthday song):

A family member is celebrating his 70th birthday this weekend and that deserves a special card!  I created a gatefold card, which is actually a little difficult to photograph as it doesn't want to stay flat!!  But I think it adds a fun twist.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you will hop over to the Cut It Up blog for the full details of the challenge and to see what the rest of the Design Team has created. 

Supplies:

Stamps: PaperTrey Ink "Big Birthday Wishes" both sentiments

Dies: PaperTrey Ink "By the Numbers" border die; Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"; MFT "Blueprints 13" banner; Verve larger 3 stars; Stamps of Life smaller stars

Challenges:

Creative Creases #92--anything goes with a fun fold

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #597--sketch

Double Trouble #176--Something, Anything, Everything (Thing #1: anything goes)

As You Like It--What is your favorite card shape and why?  (I almost always create A2 rectangle cards.  Why?  Well, you can get two card bases from one sheet of 8x11 card stock.  And A2 envelopes are inexpensive and easy to find.)

Cards Galore #128--anything goes

{Pin}spirational Challenge #318--shapes (I used rectangles, circles, and stars)

Snippets Playground #490--anything goes using snippets (other than the card base and the blue star paper, everything was cut from scraps.)

Moo

Happy October 1st!!  It's time for a new challenge on the Critter Crazy Challenge blog!  As always, it is a month long challenge: Anything Goes as long as you feature a creature.  Here is my card for your inspiration:

I took my favorite cow and turned him into a Christmas cow!!  Actually, I have a set of punny Christmas sentiments and I found this one that says "Merry Christmas to Moo!" and I knew I had to pair it with this adorable rolly polly cow!!  Ooo . . . I just love him!!  Other than figuring out those wonky paper strips, this was a pretty quick and easy card.  I stamped, colored and fussy cut the cow and winter hat, die cut 3 of the snowflakes and layered them together for dimension and finished everything off with a tiny strip of gold cardstock and several clear rhinestones.  Before adhering the snowflake to the card, I spritzed on some white shimmer which you can see better in the photo below.

Thanks for stopping by!  Hop on over to the Critter Crazy blog and check out the details and the rest of the projects from the Design Team.

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT "The Whole Herd" cow; Pretty Pink Posh "Penguin Pals" hat; Cardz TV "Christmas Critter Captions" sentiment

Dies: PaperTrey Ink "Fancy Flakes"

Challenges:

ABC Christmas--S is for stencils, T is for Traditional Colors (I chose traditional colors)

Pattie's Creations #222--anything goes

Creative Fingers #285--anything goes

Sketch Saturday #760--sketch

Fab n funky Challenges #601--add gems or pearls (I added clear rhinestones)

Inkspirational Challenge #325--headwear

Penny's Challenge #581--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes

Art Impressions #388--Farm fresh (farm elements)

Krafty Chicks #735--all occasions

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Simon Says stamp Monday--Christmas or winter card

Girlz Creative #92--anything (Christmas) goes