Hello! I’m excited to share my card today, which is for a guest spot over at Seize the Birthday Challenge. Anything for a birthday is the minimum requirement to enter, but there’s always an extra “topping” you can play along with too.
For this challenge (#255) the extra topping is “use your initials,” – just include one thing on your card that was inspired by one of your initials. I ended up using all three of my initials to inspire my card: MLH for monkey, leaves, and hearts.
My monkey is from a set by Pretty Pink Posh called “Monkey Friends.” I attached it’s tail to some leaves I die cut from a few scraps of an alcohol ink background I made a while ago. The background was “smooshed” in some oxide inks mixed with water, then splattered with black paint. I added a few hearts and finished it off with a birthday sentiment.
Great use of your initials. this has come together beautifully. Love the background and those splatters xx
Sweet, adorable card! I love the use of your initials, Melanie! Didn’t think a brown background would look this awesome either! Love it! Thank you for this awesome inspiration!
Melanie, great use of your initials with the hanging monkey. This is so adorable and your leaves look so real. Thanks for being our Surprise Guest for this challenge.
Great job using all of your initials, Melanie, and it’s fun to be designing with you as Surprise Party Guests. I love that little monkey, and the leaves he is swinging from are gorgeous as is that fabulous background. Wonderful creation for this fun challenge!
Melanie, this is just so amazing and what fabulous inspiration for the use of ALL your initials! I love that little monkey and your leaves are beautiful! Thank you for a wonderful card for STB and for being our special party guest!
Wanted to come by and give you a proper comment on this most adorable card. I love your heart swinging monkey and that you carried the celebration in the inside with those fabulous vines. Thanks for guesting with us and doing such a wonderful job with our topping. Take care!
I love overachievers who use all three of their initials. Lol I see that several of us did that. I sure hope that we are a good influence on others. Your card is over the top cute and that monkey is spunky with the swinging hearts. I loved the inside too.
So cute! Love the hanging guy with those pretty leaves. Well done
I love your smooshed background and your leaves look so textural. Fabulous card!!
What a cute little monkey! Love the AI leaves and that background, made even more perfect with the spatters, when I try that I get huge blotches lol! Great use of all of your initials too. Thankyou for being our guest for this challenge, Cathy x
Fab card, Melanie! I’ve got to say, I would never have thought to put monkeys, leaves and hearts on one card, but it’s a great combination, well done! Love the inside too!
This is so terrific Melanie! Such an adorable card with an amazing background … and thanks for going ‘all in’ on the challenge. So glad you could join us at Seize the Birthday.