Kitty & Hedgie Birthday Wishes

Hello Blogger Friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit with The Charmed Life Blog today. Can you believe that we are almost mid-June? 

We went strawberry picking at a farm the other day. We came home with 10lbs of strawberries. I was going to make some strawberry jam but I wasn't up to it on a 90 degree today. It's a lot of work. So I washed and froze about 3/4 of them. It will be nice to enjoy them in the winter if they last that long. 

Today I made some strawberry ice cream in my VitaMix. One word to describe it- DELICIOUS!!! I have never made anything in the Vita-Mix except smoothies. I found the cookbook that came with this machine and there are some good recipes in there. I will be trying some for sure. It's quick and easy. 

So onto my card for today. This one I created for my weekly DT post on the CottageCutz Blog. For my card today, I am featuring the new Garden Cat w/Wagon die and created a birthday card. This little cat and hedgehog are just too cute and I thought they would make a great whimsical card. So let's get started with some details on how I created my card.

I started off by selecting my cardstock and designer paper. I had a sketch picked out to use with several layers, but it didn't work for these images. So I flipped the designer paper over and decided to use the striped side. My original plan was to use the side of the paper with balloons but it wasn't working for me. This is also a square card. I hadn't planned on that when I started though (lol)!! I realized this was going to be a work in progress this week.

Pacific Point card Base: 5 3/4" Square
Striped Designer Paper: 5 1/2" square

Next, I cut the cat in an ivory confetti cardstock and sponged fossilized amber ink for a different look. The wagon and hedgie are cut in different shades of brown cardstocks and also sponged in the matching inks for more depth.

I plan on giving this card to a little 5 year old boy so I didn't want to place flowers in the wagon. I thought balloons and then pulled out the Festive Birthday Greeting die. It was released in June 2019. I cut 3 for inside the wagon and then 2 additional for the cat to carry.

Because of the bold striped background, I needed another layer to place my images on. I picked one of the colors (lemon-lime) in the designer paper and used the largest Wacky Stitched Rectangle die. Looks like it's out of stock but the Stitched Rectangle die would be a good substitute.

I thought I would use the Happy phrase that's part of the Festive Birthday Greeting die and then stamp birthday wishes in the corner of the rectangle. I stamped with Stampin'-Up pacific point ink.

Now I am ready to start card assembly. I attached the images to the rectangle panel with dimensional adhesive. That always gives a nice look to the card.

Attached the designer paper to the card base with double sided tape and then the image panel with the same adhesive. For the balloons that the cat is carrying, I used a dab of ranger multi medium matte adhesive. To finish off my card I added a few royal blue enamel dots. And, that completes my card for this post.

dies I used to complete card:

I am also entering:

1.  Alphabet Challenge is E for earthbound animal. 

2.  Cut It Up has the perfect pet challenge.

3.  Festive Friday inspo list - I picked green yellow and a "sweet" sentiment.  

4.  Aud Sentiments is anything goes + a sentiment. 

5.  Cute Card Thursday has a masculine challenge. My card is for a little boy.