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Birthday Kitty

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Hello.  I finally made a card!   I feel like I'm being relatively productive, but when I actually need a card, I don't have anything in my stash!  I think I agonize too much over what to make and where to put things and it takes me forever to finish a card!  I'm finally posting it now since it arrived in the mail to the intended recipient, whew, luckily it made it on time.  I thought I would have more time over fall break, like not needing to wake up so early to get the kids ready for school, but I don't know where the time goes, maybe watching too much X-factor!
First I wanted to use my new Spellbinders heart circle.  Which was part of my problem because I couldn't find any card sketches online last week that used a big circle!  And then I didn't want to waste too much time web surfing when I had to get this into the mailbox.  Then I wanted a birthday-ish image, so out of all the Wild Rose Studio clearance stamps that I had bought, this one seemed the most appropriate, except now I'm thinking I should have colored the cat gray or something to match the cardstock better.  And ack, but I don't actually have a sentiment on the front, which feels a little weird to me, but I couldn't find a good place to put it.  I actually wanted to use my Papertrey Ink Big Birthday Wishes but it was hard to squeeze those large sentiments, numbers, plus this large cat image onto the heart circle.
So I just put those on the inside.  Which is why there is a pink circle on a pink card since I had already glued the numbers down to the circle.  OK, that's about it for me.  Eva, I'm looking forward to more of your crafty creations.  I'm thinking at this rate, I better get started on some Xmas cards and forget Halloween already!

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Creations by Shirl said…
What a very pretty card Cheryl~
That heart spellbinders die is really pretty, very cute kitty cat....
October 14, 2011 at 6:55 PM
RiNNE said…
I think your card worked out, even without a sentiment, or a challenge, or that the circle was glued to the square. Because you did corner-rounding and had the purple embossed paper, it all blended beautiFull
October 14, 2011 at 7:35 PM
eva said…
thanks for this card! h really liked the glitter and the colors. nice to see you on the blog again too!
October 14, 2011 at 10:09 PM
Cheryl said…
I thought I just posted the last card not too long ago, cuz it seemed like a major crafting event, but I guess it's been a month already! And I almost didn't add the stickles! Right when I thought I was going to put it in the envelope already, I thought maybe it looked too plain or something. Good thing there was still enough time for it to dry!
October 15, 2011 at 4:46 AM
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