Friday, March 20, 2026

Today is your day!

Happy Friday!!!  It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog.  This week, the challenge is: Forever Green

Here is my card for your inspiration:
My oldest daughter's birthday is this week and it just so happens that green is her favorite color, so I took the opportunity to use this "Forever Green" theme to create a birthday card for her.  She's turning 20, though I have absolutely no idea how that happened!  I felt like something a little different, so I created a gate fold card.  I die cut the paw print cover panel out of green card stock and adhered it to some green check paper.  Then I adhered the whole thing to one side of the card base and used a craft knife to cut off the overlap so it would fit perfectly on the other half of the gate fold base.  I used some brown glitter paper to die cut the "20" and also two paw prints that I layered on top of some of the green leftover pieces and inlayed back into the main panel.  I used some green mulberry paper to mat the sentiment circle and added a cute little pup to the bottom circle.

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 "Just Sentiments: Birthday"; Mama Elephant "Lunar Animals
Dies: Your Next Stamp pawprint cover plate die; Papertrey Ink "By the Numbers" border die; unbranded circle dies from Amazon

Challenges:
Cards Galore #145--anything goes
Crafter's Cafe #328--fancy folds OR anything goes
Creative Inspirations--cute critters
Paper Funday #85--anything goes with the optional twist: fur or feathers (I went with fur)













Aud Sentiments #335--glitter/bling AND/OR St. Patrick's green
Colorful Options--green or rainbow
Love Those Pretty Papers--anything goes with the optional twist: circles
A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes
Creative Creases #133--anything goes with more than one fold
Word Power--sentiment as focal
Shopping Our Stash #569--I'm counting on you
Crafty Catz #709--anything goes

























Fab n' Funky #633--four-legged friends

20 comments:

Darlene said...

What a fun card! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Love Those Pretty Papers & Word Power challenges! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.

Darlene
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS
Love Those Pretty Papers Co-Owner
Word Power Co-Owner

Julia said...

What a fantastic birthday card! The gate fold design and die cut paw prints are so fun, and the glitter “20” adds the perfect touch.

Alyson Mayo said...

This is so cute and I love how you turned it into a gatefold card. Thanks for sharing with us at TSOT :)

Dena J said...

A sweet gatefold! I love the gingham behind the paw prints. Thank you so much for joining the challenge at TSOT.

Donna Walls said...

Lovely birthday card for your daughter, I can guarantee she loved it. Thanks for joining us and sharing at The Paper Funday Challenge. We hope you'll pop over to The Inspiration Station Challenge and play along there too.
Donna xx
Paper Funday Challenge
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The Pick 3 Challenge
Beautiful Blossoms Challenge

Deanne Saunders said...

Me again!! Thanks so much, as well, for participating in my IF YOU GIVE A CRAFTER A COOKIE... challenge!!!.Psst!! I want to let you know about a NEW scrapbooking blog called One More Page Check it out!! I started it in March!

Julia Aston said...

What a sweet dog theme card for your daughter - such a pretty card design with the gatefold and the die cut paws! Thanks for joining us at Inkspirational: Visual Prompt! Julia xx

Laurie Unger said...

Darling take on the sketch, Heather! Wonderful gate fold card too! I love all the puppy paw prints. Thanks for playing over at TSOT.

Debbie Mageed said...

Absolutely adorable gatefold card, Heather! The lil' pup is too cute and looks like he got into some paint! LOL Thank you for participating in the Creative Creases Challenge! We hope you can join us again soon. Your support is greatly appreciated!
Debbie, DT
Secrets To Stamping

Treva said...

What an adorable birthday card like the pawprint cover plate die!

Polly said...

Your card is adorable! Love all the paw prints and cute little puppy image! Thanks for sharing with us at TSOT!

Gerda said...

What a super adorable card!! Your Daughter will love this card!! Love it!!
Have a great day,
Gerda

tilly said...

happy birthday to your daughter with this pretty gate-fold card, thanks for joining us at Crafty Catz challenge, Tilly

Paper Scissors Glitter said...

Cute little dog card, love the paw die. Thanks for joining us at Creative Inspirations Jayne DT


Billie A said...

Fun card and Happy birthday to your daughter. Thanks for sharing over at Aud Sentiments, Crafty Catz

Helen said...

Such a cute design!

Thanks for joining us at the Crafts Galore Encore Challenge.

Helen x
DT

Melanie R said...

Nicely done, Heather! I especially like the way the gingham shows through the paw prints. Very cute. Thank you for sharing with us at the TSOT Challenge.

Ginny said...

fab entry, thanks for joining us at FNF for this challenge :)

Marjeta said...

Beautiful card. I love design and pretty papers. Thanks for playing with us at Pattie's Challenge

Pattie G said...

What a cute image and card! Thanks for joining us at Pattie’s Creations Design Challenge.
Good Luck,
Pattie G
Artist