Outta this world!

My oldest son, Jordan, turned 5 on January 2nd, so of course I had to make him a great card to go with his present. Jordan is really into Space and the planets right now, so for his gift I got him a solar system mobile (he loves it!). I used the new paper 'You Rock' in the current catalog. The card ended up being similar to the one I made for another boy, but I like the result. I embossed the green planet on a transparency, and added some more little stars to the one B&T paper. Although it is hard to see I used some foam strips to pop up the scalloped circle that the alien is on as well as put some liquid glass on his eyes.

Materials used: (all CTMH unless otherwise stated)

Your rock level 2 paperpack- colours: Goldrush, Olive, Outdoor denim, Smokey plum, Indian corn blue
Nestabilities scalloped circle and circle cutters
Black, smokey plum, and clear ink pads
Olive and goldrush markers
Olive embossing powered
navy blue thread and ribbon (not CTMH)
outdoor denim brads
diamond stickles
liquid glass
3D foam strips
transparency
heat gun, sponge, sewing machine, scissors, paper trimmer

Stamps: Merry Monsters, Believe in your Dreams

Birthday Pictures:Jordan opening his gift with his brother watching

Jordan and Myself

Cupcakes

Jordan in his room playing with his newly set up mobile

Alien Celebration

A few Weeks ago was my friend's sons 5th birthday. What 5 year old doesn't like aliens and monsters, I know my kids do, so I decided to go with that theme for his birthday card and was quite pleased with the results. I used liquid glass on the aliens eyes for a bit of pop and shine although it is hard to see from the picture. I didn't have a large enough scalloped circle cutter so I cut a slightly larger circle then I wanted and got my corner rounder and created my own, I also did the same for the scalloped rectangle behind the alien. The colours used are black, white daisy, sunflower, dutch blue, olive and outdoor denim.

Materials used (all are CTMH unless otherwise stated):

sunflower ink pad, outdoor denim ink pad, dutch blue ink pad, black ink pad, and bamboo ink pad, goldrush marker

ek success corner rounder, Martha Stuart scalloped edge punch, cm circle cutter, cuttlebug swiss dot embossing folder

sand paper, sponge, liquid glass, outdoor denim brads, sunflower bigger brads, black spotted ribbon (from dollar store)

Stamps: Spot on backgrounds, Say it in style, Believe in your dreams, Reach for the stars, Merry Monsters.

A Camping We Will Go

Well we are of to go camping for 10 days, tomorrow morning. It will be great to be outdoors enjoying the fresh air. I can't wait to sit on a beach all afternoon, soaking in the rays and watching the kids play and splash in the water, and sitting around the campfire every night singing silly songs, basking in the fires heat and roasting marshmallows and eating junk food. My kids absolutely love 'mish-meh-woe' time. Last year was the kids first year going camping and they still talk about it, they are very excited to get going. My parents, one sister, aunt, uncle and one cousin are coming as well so it will be great fun. My Dad will have his birthday while we are there, so I thought it was appropriate to make him a camping birthday card. I got the inspiration for this card from a card that Yvette West made.

One of a Kind Sister

Today is my younger sister Jacqueline's Birthday. So in honour of her birthday here is the card I created for her last night. I really like that the black gives it a bit of punch and flair. The pink paper flower was stamped in hollyhock to add some fun texture and dimension.

Featured Colours:

Blush

Hollyhock

Heavenly Blue

White Daisy

Buttercup

Sweetleaf

Black

Stamps Used: Spotted Backgrounds, Intrinsic backgrounds, Happy Birthday, Be Yourself, and Natures vein

Baby Dedication

My Nephew Orion got dedicated last Sunday. It is a tradition similar to the Catholics baby baptism. In a dedication though, you as parents and a church body promise to raise the child in a loving christian environment. We do not baptize the baby since we believe that it is the child's choice to make when he is older, and at that point to be baptized. This is the card I made for my sister Amy her husband Scott and Orion.

The colours used are:

Chocolate

Crystal blue

Heavenly blue

Colonial white

I stamped the dimensional elements 'D' using the 'argyle backgrounds' stamp and coloured it blue by sponging it. I also added a lot of interest by adding a bit of stitching to the card using my sewing machine. To finish off the look I added a few buttons with hemp added through the holes. All product used are CTMH.

Sorry it is so dark, I forgot to take a picture of it until I was already at my sisters house.