Hot Air Balloon with Dogs

A friend has a birthday in a few days, and I like to include dogs in her card, if I possibly can, in honor of her two sweeties.  I decided to squeeze two white doggies into the basket of this hot air balloon.

The balloon, dog and sentiment are all from "Going Places" by W Plus 9.  The sentiment is on "Stitched Fishtail Flag STAX" by My Favorite Things, and the background is "Cloud Cover-Up" also by My Favorite Things.

On the inside, the sentiment is from "Big Birthday Balloon Set" by Your Next Stamp.  The white frame is cut with "Cross-Stitch Rectangle STAX" by My Favorite Things.

Balloon Bash Variation

I just changed the paper colors for this version of the card I made a few weeks ago (July 1):

I was also feeling a bit lazy and didn't want to ink-up a background for the next card, so I just used patterned paper:

On the inside, the "dotted" frame is "Embossed Dots Rectangles" from L'il Inker Designs.