Birthday Wishes

Happy Thursday to you!
After starting the week off kind of rough and fretting over not being able to print any images or use my cricut, I realized that I have this whole bin of rubber stamps that I have collected over the years and I never use them!  So now is the perfect opportunity for me to start doing that!

Making this card took me way back to the days when I first started paper-crafting.  I even pulled out the stencils to cut shapes out by hand! But honestly, I absolutely love the way this card turned out :)

It's so cute!  I just loved that pup when I came across him in my bin :)  The rest of the card is pretty simple.  I used some stencils to cut out the circles and wrapped a green ribbon around the card with a little bow.  I used my scallop scissors to cut the frame around the image.  Scallops always seem to add character to an otherwise boring card :)

The sentiment is a stamp from the Verve set Wonderful Wishes.  The balloons are from the Black Tie Birdies set but I only stamped the outside line and not all the interior detailing.  While I love the detailing on those balloons, I wanted them simple for this card :)

That's it!  I think my favorite part of this card is the bright pop of color coming out behind the pup in that patterned paper :)  Just love that!

I've learned today that rubber stamps and stencils are still great tools to use when making a card.  I'm glad I've kept them all these years :)

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
    By the Cute and Girly-Birthday
    Crafts 4 Eternity #91-When I Grow Up
    Cute Card Thursday #237-Lotsa Ribbon
    Daisy Doodles #68-One for the Boys
    Lollipop Crafts #91-Something Old, Something New (Old-Puppy Stamp, New-Papers & Ribbon)
    Mojo Monday Sketch #261
    Papertake Challenge-Happy Birthday
    The Sisterhood of Crafters-Happy Birthday

Thanks for stopping by!!! <3