Birthday Splash!

Summer is definitely here in AZ – 115 degrees yesterday! What that means for me is more time inside and for playing in my craft room!

One of my favorite stamp companies is My Favorite Things, so I decided to use their interactive swing dies, along with this stamp set called “Sunshine & Friendship,” to create a card with movement. (Motivated by the challenge at Just Us Girls #636, as well as several other challenges with a “summer” theme.) The alligator moves back and forth, getting ready to jump in the water with the other critters. The two photos below show it in different places. *Remember, attach a penny to the back of your swinging element to keep it swinging!

I had no real plan when putting this card together, I did a little bit of everything – die cutting, stenciling, the waves were the last scrap I had left over from a background I made a while ago, coloring and cutting, embossing, etc.! Anyway, when I finally finished it I realized my cousin’s birthday is Sunday so I better get it mailed today!

Challenges entered:

Just Us Girls #636 – moving element

Creative Knockouts #456 – summer fun

Challenge Up Your Life #148 – summer fun in the sun

Make My Monday #176 – summer fun

Scrapping4Fun Challenges #213 – water/ocean

7 Replies to “Birthday Splash!”

  2. Melanie… love the swinging alligator… brings so many fond memories back of Danbury Lake. Great background EF, too! Thanks so much for joining and sharing at Just Us Girls this week.

  3. such an adorable swimming card with fun animals, one of my favorite activities in the summer is swimming! I love your card and the swing feature. Thank you for playing with us at MMM

  4. WOW, that is quite warm! We have a heat advisory today here as well. The temps are 95 but the feels like will be your 115. I want so bad to visit Arizona! As for your fabulous card…It is as darling as can be. I found myself looking it over for quite a while. Love the swinging element and the way you did the waves and splashes! One of my favs of yours for certain! Thanks for playing at Just Us Girls and stay cool!

  5. This is so awesome! Thank you for the tip about the penny, I didn’t know about that at all. Thanks for joining my challenge at Make My Monday! Hope to see you in the gallery again soon.

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