Bowwow Birthday / H2H Challenge

I decided to play along with the Heart 2 Heart Card Challenge this week:  "Dog Days of Summer."  The challenge was simply make something with a dog in it.  I hadn't used CTMH's "A Bowwow" stamp set yet, so I started with that.

The dog image is obviously from the Bowwow set.  I colored him with Copics and added a little bling to his dog collar, using the sparkly Spica pens for the nose and eye.  The butterfly is from CTMH's Delight stamp set.  The body of the butterfly is glued down, but the wings are popped up with dimensional adhesive.  "Happy Birthday" is from CTMH's Card Chatter-Birthday stamp set.  For the background, I used B&T paper from CTMH's new Dakota paper pack.  Lastly, the grass was cut with a MS punch.

Here's the sentiment inside--also from CTMH's Bowwow set.

Spiral Pop-Up Birthday Card

I used CTMH's Lucy paper for this birthday card.  The large butterfly is from CTMH's Quick Cards stamp set "Butterfly," and the little butterflies are CTMH Flutter Paper Shapes.  The sentiment (front and inside) is from CTMH's "Card Chatter - Birthday" stamp set.  The front mat is Grey Wool cs.  The butterflies are popped with dimensional adhesive, and ribbons are attached under each one.  It's hard to see in the pics, but the small butterflies have glitter down the center, and there are glitter accents on the large butterfly too.

Here's the surprise inside:

There's a spiral that pops up, attached to either side of the card, and it's covered in hearts. Originally, I was going to add more butterflies to the spiral pop-up, but I decided hearts worked better with the sentiment (wrapped up in love).

To order any of the products used in this card, click HERE for my shopping page.  Remember, it's "Stampaganza" at CTMH this month.  Buy any two stamp sets, and you get the third set free!

Mojo Monday Challenge 222 with Cherry-O

I played along with the Mojo Monday sketch challenge today.  Here's the sketch I started with:

All the materials on my card are from CTMH, except for the mini blue flowers, which are from Recollections.  The paper is from the CTMH paper pack "Cherry-O" and the stamps are "Zoology" (ticket) and "Card Chatter - Birthday" (sentiment).

The inside of the card reads:  "I'm just extending the Celebration!"