Angry Birds

I know I have slacked on my posts again but it has been so nice out! I hope you all are having a wonderful summer too! :)

I had a special request for an Angry Bird card for a young boys birthday thank you cards.

This is what I came up with, I used the Circle Die for the Big Shot and I am happy that it turned out looking like an Angry Bird! To make the bottom white part I placed the bottom of my Real Red circle back on the Circle Die and ran it through the machine again.

To make this card;

Card Stock - Whisper White, Real Red, Basic Black and Pumpkin Pie
Big Shot - Circle Die

Punches - 1" Circle (eyes), 1/2" Circle (eyes) Small Tag (eyebrows), 1 1/4" Square (beak) and 3 Heart Punch (Tail/hair?)

Roar!

Here is another really cute boy birthday card! My son enjoyed making one with me to to give to one of his friends. I know, Concord Crush just retired but it would easily be substituted for Elegant Eggplant. I did decide to add a brad to the end of each purple strip after I took this photo, it finished it off! I chose to use one of my bigger clear mount blocks and then stuck both the dinosaur and the saying on it so I could stamp them at the same time and have them lined up just right.

To make this card;

Stamps - Dinoroar

C/S - Lucky Limeade, Concord Crush and WHisper White

Ink - StazOn Black, Lucky Limeade and Concord Crush

TI Embossing Folder - Square Lattice

Other - Dimensionals and Pewter Brads

Square Lattice Folder
119976 $9.95
Pg. 189

Dinoroar
W 122535 $30.95
C 122537 $21.95
Pg. 64

Happy Dirt Day!

I love this stamp set! 

I think maybe it is because I used to operate equipment like this and I also have two boys who love heavy equipment. I made two versions of this card, one with presents and one with the dirt pile in the box of the dump truck. I chose to pop up the dump truck using dimensionals so it looked like it was further out than the Excavator. I just ripped the Chocolate Chip Card Stock to make it look rough. I also sponged all edges so that the card looked dirty! :)

To make this card;

Stamps - I Dig You!

C/S - Chocolate Chip, More Mustard, and Whisper White

Ink - Chocolate Chip, More Mustard, Basic Black, Real Red, Tempting Turquoise and Old Olive

Other - Sponges and Dimensionals

I Dig You!
W122720 $33.95
C 122722 $24.95
Pg. 69

Happy Dirtday!

My nephew turned one last weekend so the boys and I thought that the I Dig You stamp set would be the set to use! This is the first stamp set I ordered from the new catalogue when it came out, not only do I have two boys but I love heavy equipment! EVen though he only turned one, I know he loved our card!

To make this card:

Stamp Set - I Dig You

C/S - Chocolate CHip, More Mustard, Whisper White

Ink - Chocolate CHip, More Mustard, Basic Black, Marina Mist, Wild Wasabi and Peach Parfait

Dies - Timeless Type

Other - Sponges

John Deer Birthday!

The boys were invited to a birthday party today and the theme was John Deer. I wanted to make a tractor card and this is what I came up with. I am not sure what the background wheel is called, it is retired from several catalogues ago. It is hard to see but I sponged the sky with Bashful Blue and the ground with Soft Suede. The presents stacked on the inside of the card are kind of funny looking don't you think? I always like to involve my boys in the card making process when it is for the friends. I asked Craig to pick the present colors and he picked pink so naturally I said 'your friend that is a boy does not want a pink present' and Craig said 'but mom, pigs are pink.' They always have a reason for doing things. So Craig picked Black polka dots to be like a cow, the pink box is for the pig and the Striped boxed is for the chickens and rooster.

To make this card:

Card Stock - Garden Green, Yo Yo Yellow, Whisper White, Sahara Sand, Basic Black and Daffodil Delight

Ink - StazOn Black, Soft Suede, Bashful Blue, Blushing Bride, Old Olive, Black, Cajun Craze, Close to Cocoa and Daffodil Delight

Punches - 1 1/4" and 1 3/4" Square, Scallop Circle, 1 1/4", 1" and 1/2" Circle and Word Window

Other - Wheel ? and Sponges

Have a great day!

Basketball

This was the stamp set that Craig got for Christmas, he asks to stamp with it all the time. Craig thought it was pretty neat that I used his stamp set to make a card. This card is basically the same as the soccer post from the other day. I chose not to do the grass since basketball is played on a court not the grass.

Have a great day!

Soccer Birthday

I bought this stamp set for Ryan for Christmas, he was so excited to get his very own stamp set. This card would be good to have in stock because it is great for kids of all ages whether they are a girl or boy.

To make this card:

Card Stock - Black, Garden Green and Whisper White

Ink - Garden Green and StazON

Stamp Set - Goal and Inspired by Nature

Have a great day!

Ryan's 2nd Birthday!

Ryan celebrated his second birthday on December the 6th. He had originally been interested in a Handy Manny party but switched to Mickey Mouse when we were shopping for supplies. I will admit that it made things easier for me, I know I have seen lots of great Handy Manny projects out there, but to make all the tools would have been to time consuming. Ryan couldn't stop talking about his Mickey birthday for two weeks before his party and two weeks after, he was just so excited.

For the invitation I used a Mickey Mouse stamp I picked up for $2.00 a year ago. I always choose to use the Family Phrases set for the kids invites and cards. I used Real Red, Basic Black, More Mustard and Whisper White for the colours

I like to make my thank you cards simple, especially when you have no idea how many you will need to make. I used the 1 3/4" and 1" Circle Punches to make Mickey's head. I also used the Word Window and the Modern Label punches onthe invites and thank you's. The more Mustard paper on both cards is run throught the Big Shot using the Square Lattice embossing folder.

Ryan's birthday card is Mickey's head! I was very proud of myself when I came up with this one, in case you don't know I love to make stuff using punches. I used the Circle Die to make the card, I folded my paper in half, then I placed it on the Circle Die leaving a little space so that it would not cut the complete circle. I cut out another circle using Blush Blossom (retired), used pencil to freehand an outline of his face and then cut it out. I used the 1 3/4" Circle (ears) Wide Oval (mouth), Large Oval (eyes ans nose), Small Oval (Centre of eye) and small heart (tongue) punches to make Mickey's face. To sinish off his face I used the Black marker to draw in the rest of Mickey's smile.

I used my Circle Scissor Plus to cut out a slightly smaller circle and stamped in happy birthday from family phrases. Ryan was pretty excited when he saw his birthday card. He just kept saying 'Mickey' over and ovaer again.

Ryan's 1st Birthday!

Happy 1st Birthday Ryan!

Here is the birthday boy, enjoying some cake. We were pretty happy when the blue icing washed off both the boys, they looked stained.

I really like to make my own birthday cakes. I am really happy with how cookie monster and elmo turned out. Ryan was eager to get into them, he already started to eat the word's before I got a picture!

This is the Birthday card that I made for Ryan. I have seen similar ones on SCS.

This is the card that Craig and I made for Ryan. I wanted a stamp that was just an outline so that Craig could color the picture in for Ryan. This stamp is not from Stampin' Up!, unfortunately they do not have any Sesame Street characters.

Here are the party favors that I made, I came up with the boxes on my own and then used the Scallop circle for the Big SHot. I did get the idea from SCS, I just don't remember who, sorry. I put a box of crayons, a bag of cookies and a Sesame street ornament on each of the young children's boxes, in the big kids I did the cookies and smarties or M&M's.

Craig's Birthday!

Happy Birthday Craig! My son turned two yesterday and we had a wonderful day! We had family and friends over for a BBQ. I decided to use the Choo Choo set and make trains the theme.

Here is the invitation we sent out!

This is Craig's birthday card from us, I I am so happy with how it turned out.

Craig stood there looking at the trains for a few minutes, almost like he was reading a book, I am glad he seemed to like it.

These were our party favors. The entire train is made using Stampin' Up! paper. I used the All in the Family stamp set to fill each train with children! There is a little boy in the center of every train that is meant to be Craig.

Both sides of the train looks the same. It is hard to see but in each box there is a licorice type treat for small children and I made a cover for each one and put a train on the front

Keeping with the theme I made covers for chocolate bars to give to the older kids.

Here is his cake, I really enjoyed making this cake, it was a little difficult to ice since the train was upright.

And finally here is our sweet little birthday boy! He had more fun putting this bow on his head then he did opening gifts, what a cutie!