Animals!

My friend asked me to make an 'animal' themed birthday card for her son's 2nd birthday this Saturday. I love it when people ask me to make a card & give me a theme! It really makes the whole card making experience so much better. It's a lot easier & a lot more fun when I am making cards for someone else to give away! I cheated with this card...I don't have a cart with animals, so I bought stickers! I used my Cuttlebug to emboss the sheet behind the monkey & I used my Doodlecharms cart to get the palm tree. I finally got to use my new ribbon punch that I have been dying to use. It evenly spaces little holes perfectly sized for my ribbon. I love it!


I'm pretty proud of my swinging monkey. All it took was layered paper, an eyelet and 'rope' for my little monkey to swing freely! Kids are easily amused by moving objects & I wanted to make sure my card interested him...at least for a couple of seconds. ;)



I couldn't decide if I wanted to use the sunshine & the cloud above the animals. I'm pretty sure I will because the card feels so empty without it. I left the brown spot open for the sentiment. I haven't come up with a cute saying yet...