Another Birthday Alpaca!

Hello & welcome! How's your weekend going? I'm resting up from the chorus retreat and watching the last day of the Olympics, plus Twins baseball. 

Thought I'd fit a card into my day for two challenges: Day of the Month Card Club #66 - Alpaca Day and Seize the Birthday #289 - Cute Critters. Here's my creation:

Supplies: Paper - Recollections A2 card; 

Neenah Solar White; Tim Holtz Jewel cardstock;

Doodlebug Sugar Shoppe; many scraps

Stamps - Taylored Expressions Simple Strips Birthday

Dies - Marianne Design Eline's Alpaca;

A Jillian Vance Design Stitched Dot Rectangle Backdrop Set;

Taylored Expressions Simple Strips

Other - Copic Markers C2, C00 for shading;

preprinted sentiment strip (brand unk); foam tape

I was lucky enough to get an alpaca die set from friend Gundi (papierelle) for my birthday last year - perfect for this challenge, plus it's the only alpaca item I own!! Thanks again Gundi!! You can see a previous card I made for Craft Roulette with this set HERE. Gundi is on the DT at DotMCC and friend Hilary (Fiddling About) is guesting this month. Thanks for the inspiration!!

I simply die cut and assembled the alpaca, shading a bit with Copics. Isn't he the cutest?? Added to a die cut rectangle & onto an A2 card with some Doodlebug papers. The two sentiment strips were in my bits box. I liked using the Spanish one since alpacas come from South America. I think my baby sister will get a kick out of this for her birthday. We both speak some Spanish & often use it in our conversations.

For a change I'm actually using the "Topping" at Seize the Birthday. I usually just take the Anything Goes option. Friend Darnell (djkardkreations) is a Surprise Party Guest and inspired me to play along. Plus I know a couple of the DT from my Merry Monday Challenge (no longer with us) days. Thanks for the inspiration!!

Nothing else for today - hope you enjoy your week! Thanks for visiting!!