Angry Birds and Star Wars for my boys!

 

Today I wanted to share with you the cards I made for my boys for their birthdays!  I'm definitely way behind on posting these.....as their birthdays were in January.  My two little guys LOVE Angry Birds and Star Wars, and of course they love Star Wars Angry Birds.  I wanted to make them different cards, but wanted them to both love them, of course!  They were so excited to see these!  The Angry Birds one went to Joey, my youngest.  It was pretty easy to find tons of inspiration for the Angry Birds characters out there on other blogs, the Star Wars one was not as easy.  I found myself "making up" most of the characters from pictures I had and just wingin' it.  I think the Star Wars one could use some fiddling with, but it was a huge hit with my 5 year old.  Let me tell you, the looks on their faces when they got these cards was awesome!  It was so cool for them to actually care about the card more than the gift!  Thanks for looking!

Art party card! Happy Birthday Ava!

 

 

Holy Moly!!  I can't believe I've neglected my blog as long as I have.  Shame on me!!  I haven't been crafting much, but I have done a little, it just hasn't made it to the blog.....yet!  Between the holidays and then both of my boys birthdays, then our whole family got sick......seems like I can't get caught up with life, let alone craft time. 

 

 Anyway.....here's a fun little card I made for our little friend Ava!  Her party was "Arts and crafts" themed!  My kids had SO MUCH FUN!!  The party was really cute!  Ava's mommy is so crafty and super talented.  Check out her blog here .  I used Crystal effects on the "paint" to make it look wet. For the paint brush, I used my Simply Scored board to give a little definition.  You can't tell in the card but I also used my bone folder to make small lines/indentations on the brush to give a little texture.  I couldn't fit a sentiment on the outside, so I added it to the inside.  I used my markers to ink up my favorite stamp!

 

 

I got lucky and just happened to have the perfect gift bag in my "re-use" stash, so it all came together pretty well, I think!

 

Have a great day!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

 

Clean and Simple Snowman! (DD#29 and BlackTie #10)

Here's a clean and simple card I made for the Dynamic Duos color challenge #29 and the Black Tie Friday challenge #10.  The color challenge was for black and marina mist and the Black Tie challenge was to use a cut out.  I saw the idea for a snowman cutout on pinterest and since the "dessert" challenge option on Dynamic Duos was for a snowman, I thought I would give it a shot.  I was just sort of "wingin' it" with my circle punches.  Then I used my square punch for the hat and just some free-hand snipping with my paper snips for the brim of the hat.  I am really happy with how the card turned out, although it does look a bit like Mr. Frosty is leaning to the side!  Or maybe I should say "Mrs. Frosty" since after all, she does have those fabulous marina mist flowers with rhinestones instead of buttons!  And what frosty lady doesn't need a little bling??  I used my white gel pen to just doodle around the edges.   Thanks for checking in today!

for the new Mr. and Mrs.

Supplies:

Paper--Whisper White CS, Sahara Sand CS

Ink--Regal Rose, Crumb Cake

Stamp Set--Petite Pairs

Embellishments--Neutrals button, Linen thread

Tools--small oval punch, sponge

A Note of Thanks

Supplies:

Paper-Pool Party Cardstock, Early Espresso Cardstock, Old Olive Cardstock, So Saffron Cardstock

Stamp sets: Thank You Kindly

Ink: Early Espresso Classic Ink

Tools: 1/2" circle punch, 3/4" circle punch, 1+3/8" circle punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack (circle), Lattice Embossing Folder, Big Shot

Inspiration: somewhere on Pinterest.  see below.

Many of the cards you will see on my blog were created before I ever thought I would post pictures of anything on a blog.  Therefore, I CASED or found inspiration from many blogs, Pinterest, Stampin' Connection, and Splitcoaststampers.  Unfortunately, I did not take note of where the inspiration came from on many cards that I made.  I absolutely do not claim to have the insane amount of talent as many of the wonderful stampers out there.  If you see a card on here that you possibly "inspired" me to make, please let me know so that I may give you credit.  And please, accept my apology for not noting you in the first place.