Double Digit Boy

A couple of weeks ago my darling son turned 10! Yes, he is now a 'double digit boy'! :-)
Here is the card I made for him.

It is a case from the IB&C on pg 11 but of course I changed a few things.


He really loved it and of course my daughter has asked for a card like that for her birthday next year :-)

Supplies:
Paper: Pacific Point, Old Olive, Tangerine Tango, Summer Sun, Basic Black, Baja Breeze, Good Morning Sunshine DSP
Accessories: On Board So Tweet, Chocolate Chip Double Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon, Circle Ice Rhinestone Brads, Flower Fusion Felt Flowers
Non- Stampin' Up!: Hand held heart punch, Speech Bubble - computer generated

Until next time....

ALWAYS - so versatile

Here is another card I have made using the lovely set Always. This one was for my mother for her birthday. It is a very similar design to the card I made for my Husband. For the heart I used the rock and roll technique. The greeting is from the Wonderful Favourites set which is a very handy set indeed. The scalloped boarder was made using the slit punch.

SUPPLIES:
Card: Pale Plum, Perfect Plum, Very Vanilla, Enchante DSP (retired)
Ink: Perfect Plum, Pale Plum
Stamps: Always, Wonderful Favourites
Accessories: Slit Punch, 1/2" Circle Punch, Dimensionals, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Sponge Daubers

All supplies available from Stampin' Up!

Until next time....

Birthday Card for my Little Princess

Today is my Darling Daughter's 6th Birthday. She is a real girly girl and loves anything to do with fairies, princesses pink etc. You know the type. I like to make really special cards for my children's birthdays and this was to be no exception. Dana said she wanted a fairy card and since Stampin' Up! don't have any fairy stamps in the NZ catalogue I was a bit stumped. And then I remembered the lovely set I shared with you a few posts ago - Pretty Princess. I decided to make the cute Princess into a fairy. I stamped some butterflies from the Time Well Spent set onto vellum cardstock in Stazon ink. Carefully cut them out making sure to cut the head and feelers off and voila! - fairy wings! I stamped the Princess onto the Vellum cardstock as well. Coloured them using my Stampin' Write Markers. Glued the wings on the back with the Two Way Glue Pen, added a bit of Stampin' Glitter, and there you have a very sweet fairy!

I decided to make a garden scene with the fairies flying around some pretty flowers. Using a variety of flowers from Time Well Spent, I stamped onto cardstock in Stazon and coloured using ink pad lids and my aqua brush. I attached these to some of the die cut flowers from the Spring Mini with rhinestone brads and pearls from the Pretties Kit. I also coloured two of the smaller flowers from the Pretties Kit with my Markers - SO easy!
I made grass by snipping card with the Paper Snips and leaves and stalks from scraps of card.






SUPPLIES:
Card: Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Wild Wasabi, Vellum Cardstock, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie
Stamps: Pretty Princess, Time Well Spent
Ink: Stazon
Accessories: Pretties Kit, Markers, Aqua Brush, Dimensionals, Paper Snips, Snail, Glue Dots

Dana really loved the card and it was worth the time it took to create - this was NOT a ten minute creation! She has had a lovely day too so all in all everyone is happy.
I hope you like it.

Until next time.....

All supplies from Stampin' Up!

Birthday Stars

This is a variation of a card design I have seen all over the place. It is so easy to do yet very effective. It makes a great birthday card or would be equally suited to a Congratulations card. I have made it up in masculine colours for a workshop but you could easily make it girly with a different colour combination.
I chose the colours for this card from the gorgeous DSP Jersey Shore.




SUPPLIES:
Stamps: Classic Stars (Jumbo Wheel), Wonderful Words
Ink: Brilliant Blue
Card: Pumpkin Pie, Brilliant Blue, Whisper White, Jersey Shore DSP
Accessories: Large Star & Star Punches, Striped Grosgrain Ribbon (Pumpkin Pie), Dimensionals

Here are another couple of cards using the same design but in different colour combinations. This time I have used the Stem Sayings for the greeting.


And just to prove how easy this card is to make, here is one done by my 8 year old son for his friend's birthday a few weeks ago. My children love to play with the wheels and punches!

One for the Little Girls

If you have a little girl in your life, then you can't go past the gorgeous stamp set Pretty Princess. This set is so sweet and I know my daughter just loves it and wants me to use it for her birthday card this year. She is already giving me instructions as to what colours I am to use - pink is obviously in there - lol! This is a great set to use when you have a lot of little girls birthday cards to make and the saying which comes in the set is so sweet. It also comes with a yummy looking birthday cake which can be used for the big girls in your life too. I borrowed this set from my friend Jamey (thanks Jamey ;-) ) to make some cards with.

Here she is in all her sweetness!

SUPPLIES:
Stamps: Pretty Princess
Inks: Basic Black, Certainly Celery, Whisper White
Card: Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, Perfect Plum
Accessories: Soft Subtles buttons, Mat Pack, Hemp Twine, Dazzling Diamonds, 2 way Glue Pen, Stampin' Pastels, Blender Pens, Markers, Dimensionals, Glue Dots










And here she is again in another colourway.

SUPPLIES:
Stamps: Pretty Princess
Inks: Basic Black, Pixie Pink
Card: Pixie Pink, Pale Plum, Whisper White
Accessories: Ribbon, Dazzling Diamonds, 2 way Glue Pen, Stampin' Pastels, Blender Pens, Markers, Dimensionals, Glue Dots

I hope you like her.

Until next time....





All supplies available from Stampin' Up!

Hubby's Birthday

It was my Husband's birthday last month and so I thought I would show you the cards that my children and I made for him.

First up it is my one. This uses one of my favourite sets, Touch of Nature.

I got the idea from a blog tutorial I read on lining up the four circles. You can read it here.
EDITED: Once again I am having trouble linking so if you can't follow the above link to the tutorial, the address is: http://prairiepaperandink.typepad.com/amyr/2008/05/lining-up-4-pun.html

SUPPLIES:
Stamps: Touch of Nature, Wonderful Words
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Card: Bashful Blue, Spring Showers DSP
Accessories: 1 1/4" circle punch, Mat Pack, Blender Pens, Stampin' Pastels, Paper Piercer, Stampin' Dimensionals, Sponge Daubers


The children had a great time looking through all my stamp sets to find the ones that they wanted to use on Daddy's card. We talked about design and colour and we had a fabulous time making them (although I did need a large glass of wine afterwards - lol!!) They had very definite ideas on what they wanted to create.

Next up it is Joseph's (8 yrs) card.



















SUPPLIES:
Stamps: Birthday Whimsy (retired), Big Deal Alpha, All in the Family
Card: Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White
Ink: Chocolate chip

And finally, Dana's (5 yrs) card.
Dana wanted to stamp a rainbow and since we don't have any rainbow stamps in the SU catalogue, she drew hers.


















SUPPLIES:
Stamps: Fun & Fast Notes, Reason to Smile (retired)
Card: Yoyo Yellow, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Grey, Regal Rose
Accessories: Word Window Punch, Dimensionals

They turned out really well I thought :-)

Until next time....