Birthday Dogs and Cats

Today I'm playing at Crafty Animals Challenge where it's always anything goes but be sure to include an animal of your choice!

Today I'm sharing a colorful birthday card! I started with a rainbow blend of Distress Oxide ink in pastel colors. Next I added a sparkly pawprint texture with the Paw Prints Stencil and some sparkly texture paste.

I made a frame from the Eyelet Rectangle die by cutting it first from white cardstock, and then adding a rectangle die inside the stitched area and cutting the piece again. You can turn just about any basic shape die into a frame by cutting out the center with another die.

Birthday Dogs and Cats from Pretty Pink Posh are added inside the frame with adhesive foam tape to make them more dimensional. Even the sentiment is included in the stamp set so nothing else is needed.

I'm totally an animal lover so this one makes me happy. I sure hope you're smiling too!

Finished Size: 4.25 x 5.5"
Stamps | Pretty Pink Posh Birthday Dogs and Cats
Dies | Pretty Pink Posh Birthday Dogs and Cats, Eyelet Rectangles
Stencil | Pretty Pink Posh Paw Prints

PPP = Pretty Pink Posh
SSS = Simon Says Stamp
SCB = Scrapbook Dot Com

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Birthday Dogs & Cats PPP | SSS | SCB

Birthday Dogs & Cats PPP | SSS | SCB

Eyelet Rectangles PPP | SSS | SCB

Paw Prints PPP | SSS | SCB

Layle By Mail Summer/Fall Season Pass

Today I'm sharing three cards I made with the Layle By Mail Season Pass. I was first introduced to Layle Konar when I was on the Simple Stories design team. Layle was our coordinator and I was always impressed with her amazing projects!

Layle started her own business and has a quarterly kit called a Season Pass. The kit that includes pretty papers, washi, stickers and stamps! The kit comes in a reusable mesh bag and there are enough die cuts and papers to cover three months of cards!

The Summer / Fall Season Pass is designed to cover July, August, and September iconic images. My cards today feature August. Think back to school, fall leaves, and Summer's last hurrah.

The papers are coordinated to work together so you're not limited with only three sheets for each month. And many of the images are appropriate for all three months like the florals, butterflies, and art supplies.

There's also an optional notebook that you can add to your kit. We like to take road trips and document our stops noting the place we stopped or significant things we've seen and even the cost of gas and food so we can plan future trips. A decorated journal would be welcome on any of our adventures!

Here's all three cards! I'll be sharing another set of three next month, and if you're curious I did post three for July!

You can find Layle by Mail Here! Her shop includes Simple Stories and lots of fun journaling projects that make crafting more enjoyable.

I'm linking up to If You Give A Crafter A Cookie where it's Back To School. I thought these cards would be perfect for the challenge!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!






All cards finished size: 4.25 x 5.5"
Layle By Mail Season Pass Summer/Fall

Potion Bottle Shakers

Halloween is my most favorite holiday of the year! I love that you can be whoever you want if only for a day. For me Halloween has to be spooky but beautiful at the same time. I want the glamor of treats to tempt you to take a second look. I'm joining the Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge with this card!

Pretty Pink Posh has done it again! Another fabulous release! The new Potion Bottle Shaker Set is awesome! I cut mine in lots of fun Halloween colors.. purples and greens and filled them with glass beads to shake shake shake!

I embellished the green bottle with dragon wings from the Halloween Bucket Additions and the purple bottle with spider webs from the Halloween Holder Additions.

I love a little sparkle and shine for Halloween - it must be magic after all! So the bottle tops and bands have some glitter paper.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you're smiling!

Finished Size: 4.25 x 5.5"
Stamps | Pretty Pink Posh Halloween Greetings
Dies | Pretty Pink Posh Halloween Greetings, Halloween Bucket Additions, Halloween Holder Additions, Potion Bottle, Pierced Leafy Vines
Glass Beads & Clay | Pretty Pink Posh Boo To You, Spellbound, Halloween Night

PPP = Pretty Pink Posh
SSS = Simon Says Stamp
SCB = Scrapbook Dot Com

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Halloween Greetings PPP | SSS | SCB	Halloween Greetings PPP | SSS | SCB	Halloween Bucket Additions PPP | SSS | SCB	Halloween Holder Additions PPP | SSS | SCB	Potion Bottle PPP | SSS | SCB
Pierced Leafy Vines PPP | SSS | SCB	Boo To You PPP | SSS	Spellbound PPP | SSS	Halloween Night PPP | SSS