a big happy birthday!

Hi there! I have a card to share that shows off 2 fun Avery Elle sets: Loads of Happy and Hot Dog.

I started out by stamping and die-cutting the dog and confetti images from Hot Dog, and then I colored them using copic markers.

Then, I cut a piece of white cardstock for the card-base, and used a blending brush and an aqua-colored ink to add color to the background. I created an ombré effect by heavily saturating the top of the card, and blended it down to almost white at the bottom. It's a fun and easy way to add color and interest to a card base in only a few minutes!

Then, once I planned out my sentiment placement, I heat-embossed the large happy birthday greeting (from Loads of Happy) in white, so that it would really pop! I stamped the secondary greeting, from Hot Dog, in black ink at the bottom. 

To finish off, I added the gift-bearing dog to the empty corner, and adhered party confetti all around. To fill in some of the blank spaces, I added dots using a white gel pen.

I hope you like my card for today! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:

Loads of Happy

Hot Dog

Hot Dog Elle-ments

♥.

you're a wiener! (Neat and Tangled)

Hi there!

I'm still playing with my newest set for Neat and Tangled, Hot Dog:

I giggle every time I stamp out these little guys! I stamped "#1" into the middle of the trophy, and made one hot dog present it to his sassy friend, who was obviously expecting the honor. ha. Just standing there, with his hands on his hips. He knew it.

I added a Stitched Sunburst behind him so he'd shine even more.



I grounded the hot dogs with a picnic-ready gingham patterned paper and added the sentiment to a sentiment flag.

A few scattered stars finished things off.

I hope you like it! Thanks for stopping by!

♥.

Hot dog! (Neat and Tangled release week)

Hi there!

It's the final day of new product reveals for Neat and Tangled's June release week. We're showing off my second set for the month, Hot Dog, featuring a trio of hilarious characters.

I love the hotdog with his hands on his hips, so sassy.  For today, I left him out in favor of a bigger sentiment:

I watercolored a navy blue background, and cut Journaling Alpha letters out to spell F-R-A-N-K-S. How I know this stamp is for our generation and not the kids? I had to explain the joke to my 13 year old, who had never heard a hot dog referred to as a frank before. But she giggled when I did, so there. The wiener sentiment on the other hand, hahaha. That one is clearly for them.

I colored the mirror-imaged dogs, one with a mustard topping and the other with ketchup. You know, variety. I gave them little rosy cheeks for added cuteness.

I hope you find these little guys as charming as I do! Be sure to check out the Neat and Tangled blog this morning for Danielle's giveaway of this set, but before you go leave me a message here! Tomorrow morning, Danielle will announce the winner of a 25$ gift card to the NT store, on comment chosen from among the design team's blog posts this week.

♥.