Never enough birthday cards . . .

Hello All!

How's the weather in your neck of the woods?

It has been fabulous here in Ohio!

Which means I've been spending more time outdoors and

less time in my crafting cave!  {sigh}

BUT ... I wanted to play along in a few challenges and have a quick & cute card to share with you today!  The first challenge is always one of my 'GoTo' challenges and that is the Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge.  Here's the sketch they are showcasing this week:

Okay ... so now I have the sketch I want to follow ... next is my focus image!  And for that I decided to check out my file of digital images and found this cute image from Bugaboo called 'Frame It Balloon Boy' so I'll also be sharing in their Bugaboo May Crafty Awesomeness challenge.

I just never seem to have enough kids birthday cards in my sale box so that is the theme I'm going with today.  

After coloring my image using Spectrum Noir alcohol markers, I decided to pull my paper patterns using his shirt as my inspiration.  I found these cute papers in an older American Crafts 6x6 Dots & Stripes paper pad.

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 Here are a few other challenges I'd like to share my creation with:

Card Mania Challenge #92 - Life is Colorful

Crafter's Cafe Challenge #173 - Birthday

Craftyhazelnut's Pattern Paper May Challenge - ATG w/pattern paper

Crafting When We Can Challenge #144 - Bright & Colorful

My Time to Craft Challenge #345 - Masculine

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Please come back tomorrow when I will be hosting a new challenge

at the Double D challenge blog.  I think you're going to like the theme and mood board I have come up with! 

As always . . .