Monday, August 15, 2011

'Snappy Birthday' alligator card

I had my brother's birthday card made and ready to go for his birthday on Wednesday, until he told me about the trip his friends are taking him on for his 30th birthday, so I decided to make another one more tailored to his birthday this year - let's just say it represents a little hunting trip they are all going on next month...
I used Animal Kingdom for the alligator, Create a Critter for the birthday hat, and Gypsy Wanderings for the tag.  The sentiment stamp is from My Pink Stamper 'More Punny-licious', I used the Tiny Mosaic Cuttlebug embossing folder to give the alligator his texture and I used 2 layers of ripped paper to make it look like he's in the water!  All the paper was from my stash! 

Knowing my brother, he'll get a kick out of this card!  I guess you only turn 30 once, so he might as well do something he's never done before that I'm sure he will enjoy, being quite the country boy!

I'm entering this in My Pink Stamper's Pinkalicious blog hop challenge - it was to make a project showing your style!  This card shows my style most of all because I made it specifically for my brother - I love making my cards completely personal to the person I'm giving it to - I think it makes them more special!  Also, it has my favorite colors - green and blue!  Green has always been my favorite color and now that I have 2 little boys, I love the green/blue combo!  And lastly, I'm a sucker for pun cards, so My Pink Stamper stamps are perfect - my husband just rolls his eyes every time I make one, but I know he secretly loves them too!  :-)

Have a great night, I'm off to bed!  I had planned to be in bed by 10p tonight since I haven't gotten much sleep lately but once again, that didn't happen, so I'll shoot for 11:30p instead!  :-)

9 comments:

  1. Super cute!

    Carri~abusybee
    www.doubleclickconnections.blogspot.com

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  2. OMGoodness, what an adorable card creation. Amazing! ~Shen

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  3. This is so cute- I love all the embossing! You'll want to check out my blog today- I have something for you :)Amy
    amyscraftingspace.blogspot.com

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  4. Adorable alligator…I love the embossing!

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  5. This is so cute, the embossing on his body looks great!!

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  6. Love the embossing on your gator! Thanks for linking up and hopping with us!

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  7. This is sooo cute! I love the embossing and I love the way you did the water! I bet your brother will love this card!

    chrissandlou.blogspot.com

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  8. CUTE!! The embossing makes it!!

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