Birthday challenge

Hello Stampers!

It's Monday and that means a new challenge on the

Eureka! Stamps Blog

Stop over there to see all the particulars about the challenge

 and to join in the fun.

This weeks challenge theme is

"Birthdays"

For my card I used

"Lg Wrapped up Kitty and Puppy" (#17802) from

Eureka! Stamps

I stamped the image onto white card stock and colored it with

water color crayons.

I inked around the image with distress ink.

I then layered the image panel onto orange and blue card stock

using my Perfect Layers Mini and Perfect Cutting Mat.

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I decided that my card needed something more,

so I found some ribbon and bows to mimic the ribbons on the image.

Thanks for stopping by today.

I hope you will join in the fun of this 

Birthday Challenge.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Well blog fans, I'm making a little dent in my Christmas cards!

Here is one I made using

Lg Wrapped up Kitty and Puppy (#17802)

From Eureka! Stamps and

Tree (#14501) from

QKR Stampede

I started this card by stamping the "Lg Wrapped up Kitty and Puppy" onto white cardstock and coloring it with FlexMarkers.

I fussy cut the image, adhered it to red cardstock and fussy cut it again.

Then I was trying to figure out what to do on the front of the card, I came across a piece of the vellum and thought it would work great with this cute image.  But it just wasn't working until I spotted the "Tree" image what I had already colored with water color pencils and fussy cut.

I don't have a clue what I had planned to use it for, but there it sat, waiting for me to use it.  So I adhered it under the vellum and I love how it looks.

I love the pine tree and the sprigs on the vellum together.

Don't ya just love when things work out like that?!?!

Have you started your Christmas cards yet?

Why not pop into the Eureka! Stamps or QKR Stampede shops and see what you might like to use to get started?  There are lots of wonderful images that you can use for Christmas cards in both shops.

Thanks for stopping by today, hope you enjoyed your stay.

Come again soon.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!