Tuesday, August 16, 2011

It's Raining Cats & Dogs

Hello everyone! I hope you are all having a great start to your week. Recently, I won my first blog candy giveaway and thought I'd share with you some cards I made using the prizes I won. Sherry at Up Or Down They're Beautiful was sweet enough to include a few extra goodies along with the matstack I won. Included in those extra goodies was paper from The Pets mat stack by DCWV - the designs are so adorable! 


This is also my first set of "twin" cards I've created. One is cat-themed and the other dog-themed, but the designs are the same. 





This picture shows the close-up of the border around the sentiment. Some of it is hard to read, but the paper is patterned with popular cat and dog names. The cat paper reads "Patches Boots Felix Mittens" and the dog paper reads "Sparky Duke Rover Spot Lady." I thought that was so cute!


The cards were fairly simple to make. I used the paper from the mat stack along with colored cardstock.  My iRock was used to add the white gems and I used the Spots & Dots embossing folder to emboss the paper. I also added white glitter to the white border at the bottom, but it's sort of hard to tell based off the pictures.

Thanks so much for reading, I apologize for the shortness of this post. Classes start next week and I feel like I still have 320520358 things to do, so much for a break! 

Ashley

12 comments:

  1. Cute cards! Love the paper and the embossing looks great! :)

    Karen
    craftedwithlovebykaren.blogspot.com

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  2. Such cute and adorable cards Ashley. And those sayings are just so true.
    Hope you have a great week. Hugs -- Tenny

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  3. These are so adorable, Ashley! I love the cat and dog paper and the cute sentiments! And the embossing really adds texture! Love them :)

    Lisa
    http://indymermaid.blogspot.com

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  4. Congrats on winning some blog candy, I haven't won anything since I've been participating in blog land :( Your cards are adorable! I love the embossing, I've been playing around with the idea of purchasing a cuttlebug. Worth it?

    Linda
    http://lasteve1.blogspot.com

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  5. Love both of these! The sentiments you used are great too :)

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  6. Very cute cards!Love the mix of papers and textures.

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  7. What adorable cards ! I love textures and pattern papers !
    Thanks for commenting in my blog and become in my follower ;)
    Have a great Thursday !
    ~Maria Elena~
    http://mariaelenaworld.blogspot.com/

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  8. I love the colors and layout for the cards. Blog Candy at my place. Come and Visit.

    Blessings,
    Carol

    http://3kidcropshop.blogspot.com/2011/08/75-follower-blog-candy-give-away.html#comments

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  9. Great cards! I love the embossing and bright paper used.

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  10. Great looking cards! Love the papers, design, and embossing! Your sentiments are perfect!
    Thank you for visiting my blog and becoming a follower! I am now a follower!
    Glenda
    http://glendascards.blogspot.com/

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  11. Hi Ashley!!
    Thanks for visiting my blog and becoming a follower. I want to follow your blog, but the section for followers is blank. Could be a display issue since I am on my work computer...LOL. I will try again from my home computer. I just love these twin cards, but especially the dog one. Where did you get the sentiment from, it is so true and I love it!!
    Kathy
    http://3spoileddogs.blogspot.com/

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