Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Birthday Bash

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We have an awesome new sponsor, Top Dog Dies, for the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Birthday Bash!  The designers received some fabulous Tog Dog Dies to work with for this challenge...such a quality product!  The LEAD of this challenge will receive a prize from Top Dog Dies!

I fell in love with this tiny envelope and heart die that are included in the Heart Mini Album Finishers Die Set.  I paired it up over some sunburst stamps from the new Happy Everything stamp set from Whimsy Stamps (this was just released).

What I love about these "finisher" sets from Top Dog Dies is that there are so many dies included that can be used for OTHER things.  The Heart Mini Album Finishers Die Set has lots of heartsy things but I found a way to use this set for Birthday too!

Birthday Bash Designers

Amber Kroening

Amy Kolling

Amy Tsuruta

Gayatri Murali

Kim Singdahlsen

Laurie Willison

Lisa Henke

Marisa Ritzen

Maureen Plut

Monika Davis

Sheri Gilson

Sarah Gough

Stacey Schafer

Tenia Nelson

Tracey McNeely

Stop by the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Birthday Bash and play along with us!

{a whole lotta HAPPY}

Stamps:  Happy Everything (Whimsy Stamps)

Paper:  White, Lemon Tart, Melon Berry (PTI)

Ink:  Peach, Island, Chamomile, Fuchsia, Pink Lemonade (Fresh Ink), Onyx Black (Versafine)

Dies:  Heart Mini Album Finishers Die Set (Top Dog Dies)

Misc:  Foam Adhesive

Danielle's Special Delivery Blog Hop!

Hi everyone!  I'm here today with a ton of blog friends helping to celebrate a new baby!!  Danielle, from Neat & Tangled, had a baby GIRL!  We wanted to do something special for her so join along to wish her well and for some fabulous baby card ideas.  You should have arrived here from the Neat & Tangled blog to start the hop.

I had the pleasure of meeting and rooming with Danielle last fall........she is a sweet and lovely person inside and out.  It was so fun to meet her after working on her DT for over a year.  I even got to watch her design in her sketchbook....hehe.  Here's a picture I had to share of Danielle and I.......with a MDQ photo bomb!  :)

Congrats Danielle.....enjoy every second with that precious one!!

I created a little "onesie" shaped card courtesy of some dies and added a sweet "Special Delivery" message (from Santa Tags by Neat & Tangled) embossed in white on vellum.  The tiny button dies were tied up with mini crochet threaded bows.  I will never tire of Danielle's handwriting stamps.......they are just beautiful!!

There's lots of great ladies celebrating during the hop.......your next stop is Jessica Pascarella!

{Special Delivery}

Stamps:  Santa's Tags (Neat & Tangled)

Paper:  White (PTI), Vellum (Michael's)

Pattern Paper:  Memories Captured (Fancy Pants)

Dies:  Onesie Card and Finishers Die (Top Dog Dies), Stitched Mats: Rectangles (Lil' Inker Designs)

Misc:  White Embossing Powder, Versamark, White Crochet Thread

Top Dog Dies---Purse Card Die

Hi everyone!  I'm back here today with a sneak of a darling purse card using the Purse Die and Purse Die Finishers Die set from Top Dog Dies!  I'd love for you to check out my full post over at Top Dog Dies blog.  Thanks so much to Meagan and the Top Dog Dies team for inviting me to share my projects wtih you!!

***side note.......my daughter promptly took this card from me when I was done, saying that this card was for her!  LOL  So this die will definitely get some use at my house!***

Thanks for sharing a part of your day with me!

Top Dog Dies--Baby and a Giveaway!

 Hi everyone!!  I'm so excited to share that I'm a guest for Top Dog Dies!  Guess what?  There is a giveaway too.......$50 of exclusive Top Dog Dies!!!  Read more about that at the end of my post.

Top Dog Dies is a new online store that offers their own brand of wafer-thin and steel-rule dies, along with dies from brands you already know and trust, including My Favorite Things, Lawn Fawn, Taylored Expressions. Savvy Stamps and Cheery Lynn Designs. Top Dog Dies is also the leading U.S. retailer for Tattered Lace, a new line of intricate dies designed by British designer Stephanie Weightman.

I'm sharing a fabulous steel-rule die called Onesie Card.  I'm a fan of shaped cards......kind of changes up the standard size card.  However, this Onesie Card IS an A2 size so it fits perfectly in an A2 envelope.

I started by cutting an entire white card using the whole die.  Then using only half of the die, I die cut another onesie using pattern paper and adhered to the folded card.  This gives it just a bit more stability.

Tip:  To make this stand up (because it has a rounded bottom), simple trim the back bottom panel at a straight line leaving the front panel still rounded.

There is a Onesie Card Finishers Die set that can be used with this and it includes the most adorable finishing touches you can add to make this Onesie Card come alive.  You can see some little details I've embellished my card with using the dies in this set.  Just look at all the detail in this cute duck......and it even has a die for its wing!

Next, I wanted to show you that you can use the Onesie Card Finishers Die set without using the Onesie Card Die.  I created a small card........3 x 3 1/2 that can be used to attach to a gift bag or as a stand alone card.  I've used the MFT Chevron Border dies to trim the bottom front edge of my card.

 

Using more of the Onesie Finisher Dies, I die cut several of the word 'baby' and of the teddy bear.  Gluing them together gave them dimension without having to adhere tiny pieces of foam adhesive.  I've added some black Enamel Accents for the eyes and nose.

Here are the Onesie Finisher Dies........look at all the details you can add with these dies!!!

Now for the giveaway part!  There is a guest designer giveaway for the whole month of March.  The winner will receive $50 worth of exclusive dies from Top Dog Dies (their choice!!)

Visit the giveaway page HERE and enter to win!!!  Deadline to enter is March 31st at midnight CST.

Thanks so much Meagan and to the Top Dog Dies team for having me today!  

{Hello Sunshine} and {Baby}

Cardstock:  White (PTI)

Paper:  Hello Sunshine (Lawn Fawn)

Dies:  Onesie Card Die, Onesie Card Finishers Die Set (Top Dog Dies), Chevron Border Dies (MFT)

Misc:  Foam Adhesive, Black Enamel Accents, Twine (Timeless Twine)