Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #252 - Follow the Sketch

 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge!

Challenge #252-Follow the Sketch

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The prize is 7 digital stamps!

Create a project inspired by the sketch below-

For inspiration see:  http://retrosketches.blogspot.ca/2012/07/retrosketches-22.html

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used. If you use a Cricut Explore machine, at least one cut must be from the Cricut catalog of images.

 

This is my 1st post as a Design Team Member for the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog.

I am super excited to share with you my creation using the provided sketch.

 

 

I used the provided sketch to create a birthday card for my best friend. She recently adopted a couple of Chihuahuas. I personally have 2 Chihuahuas myself and even talked my mom into adopting a Chihuahua last year. So my best friends Chihuahuas all have the same black and tan coloring so I designed this little Chihuahua to look like the ones she has. I know she will love this card when I send it out to her for her birthday.

 

I made a modification to the Chihuahua cut from the Cricut Lite cartridge Four Legged Friends...I cut off the heart and replaced it with a party blow-out from the Celebrations Cricut cartridge and added a party hat from the same cartridge. I also used black brads for the eyes instead of the ones from the cut. I then cut out the tag from the Cricut Lite cartridge Four Legged Friends and stamped it with "Party Animal" from the CardzTV clear stamps set "Good Times." Lastly, I applied red glitter glue from Studio G to the tag, hat and collar.

 

 

 

So before assembling the card I decided to emboss the Kraft cardstock with Fiskars texture plate PAWS and I just love the way it looks. I finished it off with a paw clear stamp (I believe from Studio G) going up the edge. Then I just assembled the card like the sketch but I did put some foam mounts from Stampin' Up behind the tag and the Chihuahua.

 

The inside of the card I kept very simple. I added a strip of the same dog bone paper from the front to the inside and stamped it with "Happy Birthday to You!" also from the CardzTV clear stamps set "Good Times."

 

 

 

I used these items to create my card:

• Cricut Lite cartridge Four Legged Friends - Chihuahua and tag
• Celebrations Cricut cartridge - party hat and party blow-out
• Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge - Kraft cardstock
• Fiskars texture plate PAWS - Kraft cardstock
• paw clear stamp - Kraft cardstock
• black eyelet - tag
• black brads - eyes
• CardzTV clear stamps set "Good Times." - outside and inside sentiments
• Studio G red glitter glue - on tag, party hat and party blow-out
• Stampin' Up foam mounts from - behind tag and Chihuahua

 I am entering my Party Animal card in the following challenges:

• Scrappy Moms Stamps - Terrific Tuesday Challenge - Animals
• DL ART - May Linky Challenge

 

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my 1st creation as a Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog Design Team Member. Make sure to check out their challenge and enter your own creation.