Dory & Merlin Birthday Card

Hello Crafters,

Today begins the PDE Linky Party #168 Card Challenge.

For this challenge I'm sharing with you a birthday card I made for my neighbor's daughter who is like a niece to me.   

I try to make a card to follow the theme of her birthday party and this year her birthday party theme was Findy Dory.    

As soon as I found out what the theme was I knew I had to use the Dory and Merlin that I got free from the SVG Cutting Files Best Friends Blog Hop from 2014 and accented them with various types of seaweed.  

I used my CuddleBug Polka Dot Embossing folder to emboss the blue paper I used for the water.   I printed and then cut the "Guess who's turning 5?" on a speech bubble.  

My eBrush got a big workout accenting all the seaweed and the paper I used for the sand.   

Here is a close up of Dory and the seaweed that I placed on the left hand side of the card.  I used some of my gel pens to give additional accents to the seaweed.

 Here is a close up of Merlin and the seaweed that I placed on the right hand side of the card. 

 Here is a close up of the sand and the purple coral that I used metalic sharpies to accent. 

 Card Recipe:

• Card base 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" 
• Dory & Merlin from SVG Cutting Files Best Friend 2014 Blog Hop
• Sorry, this file was only available during this blog hop; you can't purchase it. 
• Beach sea shells from SVG Cutting Files - #PP-2492 Sea Shells
• From Silhouette Design Store - 
• Sea Plants - Design #27860
• Underwater Scene (Green seaweed) - Design #30279
• Seacuties from Designs on Cloud 9 
• Sorry this company is no longer in business.
• Cuddlebug Polka Dot Embossing Folder
• Neon Sakura Gel Pens

Hope you share your card with us over at the PDE Linky Party blog for this challenge.   Click HERE for the link.

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Crafting!

TTFN,

Debby

PDE Linky Party Friday Challenge - #159 Cards

Happy Friday Crafters,

Today starts the new PDE Linky Party Friday Challenge.

This weeks challenge is my favorite cards.

Back in 2015 SVG Cutting Files had a blog hop called Hakuna Matata Lion King Blog Hop where you were able to get free files by hopping along.   

One of those files was the quirky Ed.  

As I was scrolling though my files to figure out what I was going to design, I saw Ed and knew he would be fun to put on an age type birthday card.  

In fact I fell in love with him I made two cards with him but slightly different. 

For the first card I paired Ed up with the "Your Age Does Not Compute" sentiment from Jaded Blossom Robotastic stamp set.

I thought it was perfect with the way he's tilting his head and still makes me laugh when I see it. 

For the second card I paired Ed up with the "You're How Old?" sentiment from Scrappy Moms Stamps Whimsical Words Stamp set.  Doesn't he look mischievous asking someone how old they are?  HeHeHe...

Card Recipe:

• Ed from SVG Cutting Files Hakuna Matata Lion King 2015 Blog Hop 
• This file is not available for sale.   Was only available during this blog hop.  Sorry.

• Card One:
• Card Base 5 1/2" x 5 1/2"
• Yellow mat cut at 5 1/4" x 5 1/4"
• Music Note pattern paper from Echo Park 6"x6" Fine and Dandy Paper Pad by Lori Whitlock cut at 5"x5"
• Grass cut using Lawn Fawn grassy hillside metal dies boarders.
• Sentiment from Jaded Blossom's Robotistic stamp set.
• Card Two:
• Card Base is from SVG Cutting Files - Posted Stamp card base that I resized to 5 1/2" x 5 1/2"
• White mat cut at 4 3/4" x 4 3/4"
• Green mat cut at 4 5/8" x 4 5/8"
• Pattern paper cut at 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" and is from DCWV Glitter Sweet Mat Stack 4.5"x6.5"
• Sentiment from Scrappy Moms Stamps Whimsical Words stamp set 

I hope my cards made you smile and I hope you join us for the PDE Linky Party #159 Card challenge.   Click HERE to for the PDE Linky Party blog to link up your cards for this challenge.  

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Crafting!

TTFN,

Debby