Stamp Act: Happy Birthday from all of us!!!

Boy, I am on a roll!!! I have another card for you!!! This card is for Cindy's MFT Sketch Challenge #27! As usual, I didn't COMPLETELY follow the sketch because I couldn't fit a sentiment on the card where it was supposed to go! I am sure Cindy will forgive me!!! LOL!! Anyway, here is my card ~

The base of this card is Whisper White with a mat of Basic Black cardstock and then the orange and then striped pattern from the NEW Basic Grey Cupcake Collection!!! Jennifer sent me this paper collection for my Birthday!!! She also included a Quickie Glue pen which will NOT go to waste!!! Thanks Jen!!! If you are looking for this paper, Tamara will have it in her store within the next few days!!!

The strip across the bottom is first Basic Black cardstock in which I used my scalloped scissors to add the decorative edges and then a red decorative piece from the Cupcake collection. I topped it off with ribbon I got from Michael's. I did add Black Diamond Stickles to the centers of all of the flowers on the ribbon. The stamped image is by My Favorite Things and is called Let's go for a walk (Michelle has this on sale). I stamped the image using Basic Black ink on Whisper White cardstock. I colored using my Prismacolor Pencils and my Copic Spica glitter pens. The balloons were punched using my Quickutz. The "string" is by Making Memories. I threaded a small needle and poked 2 holes at each dogs mouth and noses. I wanted to make it look like they had the strings in their mouths.... I taped the balloon end of the string to the back of each balloon and then took another piece of the string and tied a knot at the base of each balloon. I mounted these balloons using dimensionals.

Here is a close up of the dogs faces ~