Krafty Chicks challenge #766 - birthday

Good morning lovely friends. I hope you're all doing ok and having a great week so far.  I can't believe we are already at 1st of May - where has the beginning of the year gone?  

It's time for a new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge and this week we are on Week 1; and as always the theme is 'birthday' and Leanne is our hostess. It can't get any easier than this week's challenge so we hope you will come over and join in the fun with us.

I have a fun card for you today!  It was recently our puppy Wesley's 1st birthday so of course I had to make a card for him and I thought I would share it with you today for our birthday challenge.  Before I share the card here is a photo of my gorgeous birthday boy:

Isn't he just the sweetest?  He is definitely a wild child and tries to eat everything he shouldn't but he is so much fun.  Anyway onto the card (and the reason you are really here).

Here is my card:

A closer look at the cute images:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I started my making my card base from light grey card to 5" x 7" and then trimmed the top to create a 'roof' shape.  I scored the front to resemble shiplap boards and then made a roof front from black card (using the card shape as my template) and added that with liquid glue (I also added one to the back).  I cut an arch shape from black card for the door opening and again adhered that with liquid glue.  I stamped all the images onto alcohol marker friendly card, coloured them with Promarkers and added some white gelly roll pen highlights.  I used the matching dies to cut them out (apart from the banners, which I fussy cut, as I don't have the dies for those).  I die cut his name from white card 4 times and adhered them together with liquid glue.  I adhered the name above the doorway and the banner below it, both with liquid glue.  I added the dog and ball in the doorway with foam squares and the other small images either side, again with foam squares.  As I had a bone left over I decided to add that under the roof again with liquid glue.  As an after thought, I didn't think the scored lines stood out enough so I carefully went over them with a very light grey Promarker to add some definition.  For the inside I used the card shape as a template and sized down to create a white panel which I adhered with liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink and as I had lots of left over die cuts arranged them in the left lower and right lower corners with liquid glue. Finally I added another banner at the top with liquid glue.  A really fun card and I'm really happy with how it turned out.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - make your mark

Allsorts challenge - inspired by a song - hound dog by Elvis Presley

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG but must include an animal

Crafty Gals Corner challenge - adorable....puppy

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

Dragonfly Dreams challenge - animals

Halloween & Other Occasions challenge - birthday

I Love Promarkers challenge - ATG or masculine

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - ATG

Tic Tac Toe challenge - die cut/birthday/stripes

I hope you will be able to join us for our 'birthday' challenge and I cannot wait to see your creations in our linky. Please leave some love for my fellow chicks - Leanne, Diane and Lori. 

I'll be back in an hour with my card for this month's AAA Birthday challenge so I hope you can pop back and check it out.  Thank you so much for stopping by; I appreciate your lovely comments.

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

Neat & Tangled - puppy's favourite things stamp & die

Promarkers

Mama Elephant - B2B arches die set

MFT - little letters die set - retired

MFT - sweet birthday wishes (for balloon) - retired

MFT - sending sweet celebration wishes (for banner) - retired 

Simon Says Stamp - fog card (for card base)

Hobbycraft - A4 black card

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card - not currently available - they do have 300gsm bright white card available here

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

Versafine - onyx black ink pad

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card