Saturday 2 July 2011

Ellephantastic Birthday Blog Hop Celebrations

Good morning and a fine welcome to Saturday.  I have a lot to tell you about today and to start with it's a very Happy Birthday to 

To celebrate we have a Birthday Blog Hop, 'Celebrations' themed challenge, lots & lots of Sponsors with fab prizes, plus there is a big  Birthday Blog Candy up for grabs.

The Challenge
July's challenge starts 2nd July ~ 5th August 2011
our theme is
'Celebrations'
so we want to see any kind of Celebration card or project

The Blog Hop
Our Birthday Blog Hop starts on the Challenge blog!!
Leaving a comment on each blog if you arrived from Nikki's blog you're on the right track if not head on over to the challenge blog to start at the beginning.
When you reach Helen's blog leave your name on the linky to be in with a chance to win some 
BiG Birthday Blog Candy.

(Michelle is on hol so her post will be live Sat evening)
Tamara (you are here)
Don't forget to comment on ALL the blogs
Our sponsors for this month are 









Right onto my card for the challenge and I decided to use happy birthday as my celebration

Puppy Surprise image by The Stamping Boutique

Have fun on the blog hop and don't forget to head on over to Tina's blog for the next leg of the blog hop. 


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34 comments:

cheryl said...

oh hun this is just stunning oh just love this so beautiful,hugs cheryl xxx

Doreen said...

Oooh I love this-love the colours and absolutely love that image.Just totally love this card.xxx

Did I say I love it.????

Helen Laurence said...

Thank you for you help & hardwork with the challenge blog. Your card is super cute. Have a great weekend x x

Irene said...

Hi Tamra,


I am running so behind...missed a lot of your gorgeous creations since the 28th so .....each and every single one is a beauty......boy you are such a busy crafter hard to keep up for your fans LOL!!!

Enjoy the wekend, Irene

Mary J said...

What a sweet, gorgeous card, Tamara! Your colouring is amazing!

Joanne Gilch said...

Tamara, Lovin this image! I like the fact that you used the open weave fabric across the card and 'tied' it in with the leather strapping under the image...cool creative touch!

Claire said...

Gorgeous card Tamara - love the sweet image. Hugs, Claire x

Heidi said...

This is gorgeous Tamara!
Love that cute image:)
Beautiful colours and design. You're so talented.
Have a lovely evening.
Hugs, Heidi:)

kayc said...

Hi Tamara. He is so cute. Gorgeous image. Have a good weekend. Kathleen x

Babette said...

Stunning card, love this image it's so cute.
Hugs,
Babette

Lora said...

Oh this is so cute! Love the image and your colouring is fab!
The papers you have used go perfectly with the image and love how you have done the sentiment.
Lora x

lady Anne Howard said...

Fabulous cards
Love ~ Lady Anne xx

happyglitzygirl said...

Gorgeous card Tamara, love all the details. Well done, blessings Hilde, am off to finish the bloghop

Teresa Arsenault said...

OMGoodness, Tamara, that is SO...SOOOO cute! I love how you cut each letter of birthday and inked each slice. A fabulous card.

BTW, I am now following you. I hope you will visit me at my blog, Tickell Expressions, sometime.

Blessings,
Teresa

Kathleen said...

lovely card.
and congrats on your 2nd blogaversary.
kathleen mc x

Scrappy Scatty said...

Wow how cute!!
lovely
love Jan
xx

Steph said...

What a super cute image!! Love the warm chocolately colours too x

Tidbits Trinkets said...

Oh my, I've been spelling Ellephantastic wrong in all my other comments. Whoops! Let's do this right:

Happy Birthday Ellephantastic!!

I love love love the puppy image, and you made a wonderful card with it, Tamara.

Please feel free to visit my blog:
http://store.tidbitstrinkets.com/blog>

Hugs!!

Bekka @ Tidbits Trinkets

Unknown said...

Gosh where does the time go to :-)

darling Ho said...

This is so cute!! Love the cutting letters.
Thanks for sharing it. ~darling Ho~

Jans said...

Passing by from Ellephantastic's Blog Hop!:) Glad to discover your site!:) Love that card, esp. the colors!:)

Happy birthday Ellephantastic!:)

Dawn said...

Love your fabby blog! Stopped by on the Ellephantastic Blog Hop!
Your card is soooo cute! Thanks for sharing!
Hugs
Dawn xx

Josephine said...

Beautiful! I love that frill - so unusual!

Suzi Mac said...

This is so adorable, I love that image and your design. Thank you for a lovely Hop.
Hugs
Suzi x

Littlehamsterz said...

I just love the card :) Fabulous!

ankee said...

Hi Tamara, your card so cute!
Hugs AnkeE

Debbie said...

Hi Tamara,Ahh your card is so sweet.What a cute image.Love the colours and the papers you've used.Great car.Thanks for sharing.Debbie Johns x

Carol said...

Such a cute card. Carol x

sparklingblackrose said...

Ooh I love this, the colour scheme is fab! Happy birthday ellephantastic! Elaine-xxx-

Stef H said...

what a fabulous card. your textures are divine!!!

hugs :)

Tiggerbird said...

Your card is amazing, and the colours are great! It took me a while to find this post on the blog hop... but looking through all your posts to date, was so worth it as you have given me so much inspiration :)

Helen said...

Fabulous card - love the way you did the sentiment!
Helen x

Anne said...

this little guy is a cutie.. what a nice birthday card (does it come with a 'free' puppy)... i love how you did the letters in the word birthday.. very nice..

Skylark said...

I love your card it can be for so many types

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