Welcome to Lily Pads 1st Birthday Blog Hop!  Can you believe it!  Where did the time go! It feels like only yesterday when I was one of the Guest Designers at the pond. Well today I am so happy to share a birthday creation with you in honour of such a wonderful event.  If you arrived here from Barb's blog than you are on the right track. I am sure that Barb's Birthday creations really got you in the mood for celebrating and now I hope I can add to the inspiration being shared here today.

I wanted to create a card with a frog or at least a pond of some sort, but I must admit that it was a difficult one for me to wrap my head around. So here is the card that I came up with using the Digital Image "Toadly" from Whimsie Doodles and I just adore this little guy webbed feet and all! Lol.

Close Up of Colouring Using STAEDTLER Triplus Finetip Markers & Karat Aquarell Watercolour Pencils

I am submitting this card to the following challenges:

Simon Says: Anything Goes Challenge

Stampin' For The Weekend: Anything Goes Challenge

This post is edited with better pics and also a Blog Give-Away! Be sure to check the details below!

So what is a party without presents or in this case prizes. There are three prize packages with a total retail value of over $300! These prizes will be awarded by random draw. There are two ways to be eligible for the prize drawings. You can “like” us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lily-Pad-Cards/209133745764119, but if you do not have a Facebook account, you can also be eligible for the drawings by leaving a comment on the Lily Pad Cards blog. To better your chances even more, leave comments on the other blogs participating in the hop. For each comment you leave, you'll get your name entered again! (but only one comment per blog, please.)

In honour of such an exciting event and also to celebrate a much belated birthday, I am having a give away here on my blog. I had a birthday back in December and was suppose to have had a give away back then, put the hustle & bustle of the season put a squash on that! So I am sharing this with you today! I have pulled some amazing product together and hope that you sign up to be a follower.

Prizes Consist of the Following:

Cloud 9 Sentiment Stamps, Scrapbook Adhesives Photo Cd Pockets,

2 Hero Arts Stamps - one was just newly released, Hero Arts Cards,

Hero Arts Flowers & Buttons, 3 Scrapbook Adhesives EZ Runners

To be in the running for this prize you must do the following:

1. Become a follower of this blog, but please only follow if you like my work.

2. If you are a follower, you can share this on your blog, FaceBook or Twitter or any other social forum you like.

That's it! Your name will be added to the draw and the winner will be chosen by Random.Org and announced the next day. Unfortunately, I can only ship to Canada and the United States. Sorry! Winner will be chosen once I have reached 200 Followers. Thank you for being here and supporting me on my crafting journey!

Thanks so much for coming by and I sure hope that I inspired you with a great idea for your birthday card creations. Now the hop isn't over yet! The next stop is Virginia's blog. I am more than sure that her blog will be a hoppening place with loads of inspiration. Make sure to check it out. If there are any broken links along the way please return to the Lily Pad Blog.

Happy Birthday Lily Pad! Here is wishing Deborah, Vicki, & their design team another year of wonderful creations, connections, and continued success. Don't worry Freddy your important too! Love ya buddy! Lol.

Love & Blessings
Dana