Top Dog Dies meets Curtain Call Challenge

Happy Monday...hope everyone had a good weekend and found some time to make a card or two.  I've been busy working on some cards for my new design team assignment with Top Dog Dies.  I was so lucky to receive a great big package of dies to work with and today I am sharing my first card.  This week Top Dog Dies is sponsoring the Curtain Call Challenge with the theme Birthday Bash.

Top Dog Dies has a ton of dies to choose from absolutely perfect for birthday projects, but since I always try to make the most of my dies...today I am using dies that come from non-birthday sets.  Are you curious?  Take a look:

Every birthday party needs some colorful balloons and that is what I thought of when I saw the bright, cheery colors of the inspiration photo.  I made a little faux washi tape using torn patterned paper strips (Echo Park That's My Boy Collection).  I added the medium size photo frame from Top Dog Dies Photo Mat Dies.  No matter what size frame you need for a project...you will be sure to find the perfect size included in this die set.  I used the heart border included with the Top Dog Dies Baby On Board Die Set and added small strips of coordinating card stock behind it.  Those cute balloons?  They also come from a variety of Top Dog Die sets...the star, heart and button are from Top Dog Dies Diaper Card Finisher Die Set.  The sweet butterfly and balloon strings are from Top Dog Dies Butterfly Finishers Die Set.   Doesn't that butterfly trail make a great balloon string?

You still have time to play along with the Curtain Call Challenge...you have the chance to win some great Top Dog Dies too if your card is chosen as the Lead or Show Stopper, so get busy and don't forget to visit the Top Dog Dies shop...lots and lots of great dies there just waiting for you to place your order!

Top Dog Dies Photo Mats Die

Top Dog Dies Butterfly Finishers Die Set

Top Dog Dies Diaper Card Finishers Die Set

Top Dog Dies Baby on Board Die Set

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Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge

It's a lazy Saturday morning here in CA...still in my pj's and finishing off a card for the January 1st Curtain Call Challenge.  This week's challenge theme is Smitten and has a beautifully knit pair of mittens as the inspirational photo.  I have absolutely zero knitting-themed stamps, but instead, decided to try one of my new dies from Lil Inker (Cover Up Die - Stitches and Stripes) of which I am certain I will soon be "smitten".  Here's the inspiration for my card:

I loved the beautiful mitten colors, so my card uses Smokey Shadow, Lemon Tart, Berry Sorbet and Hibiscus Burst card stock.

In addition to the Cover Up Die - Stripes and Stitches from Lil Inker.  The cute pink diagonal strip (On the Diagonal Die) is just the right size to hold one of the stitched pieces left over from the Stitches and Stripes die.   I also used one of their newest stamp sets (Love Things Stamp Set) to stamp the cute XoXo sentiment.  I love the cute little heart inside the O.  The stitched hearts and arrow are from another Lil Inker die set (Of the Heart Dies) which just happen to be on sale now in the Lil Inker store. Hint Hint!

Since I used several stamps and dies that I have never used yet, I am linking this card up to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge where the theme is Use Something New.

You still have some time to show us what you are "Smitten" with...here's a link to this week's Curtain Call Challenge.  Let's see what you've got!