March 31, 2010
Male Birthday Card
It was my brother’s and nephew’s birthdays last week, so I thought I’d share with you the cards I made. This is the card for my brother:
Design by Julia. Stamped Images © Stampin’ Up! 1990-2010
I started with the patterned paper (Windsor Knot DSP) and pulled the colours from that to use for the cardstock and inks (Sage Shadow, Old Olive, So Saffron and Chocolate Chip).
The stamp is from the Sale-a-Bration set Happy Moments – which is very cute. This stack of birthday presents has come in very handy for masculine birthdays. I stamped the image a couple of times on co-ordinating patterned paper and cut out the presents I wanted, and glued them over the stamped image – this saved colouring in all the presents!
You can just about see the Polka Dots embossed cardstock – that’s made with the Sizzix Big Shot which is available as from tomorrow!!! WooHoo!!
This next card is a fun boy’s card. My nephew turned 12 during the week (gosh, getting so grown up!!), but I thought he’d still appreciate the fun of robots. Twelve is a tricky age – not quite old enough for being “really cool”, but too old for really childish cards. I’ve used a NEW stamp set here, Lots of Bots from the Autumn-Winter mini. Here’s my effort anyway.
Design by Julia. Stamped Images © Stampin’ Up! 1990-2010
Here’s a closer look. I used the Polka Dots embossing folder and also die- cut the numbers with my Stampin’ Up! Medium Sizzlits “Timeless Type Junior Alphabet” die and my Big Shot. A quick turn of the handle and I had these PERFECT numbers! It couldn’t have been easier.
Design by Julia. Stamped Images © Stampin’ Up! 1990-2010
I stamped the inside too. The paperclip is to hold some money!
Design by Julia. Stamped Images © Stampin’ Up! 1990-2010
I think the Lots of Bots stamp set will get a fair bit of use…. it’s great for boy cards and also ‘fun’ cards. The colours for the robot card are; Pacific Point, Kiwi Kiss (both current In-Colors), and Tempting Turquoise (with a splash of Tangerine Tango for some of the robot detail.)
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May 1, 2009
Birthday Invites
It’s our daugther’s 8th birthday on Monday (Can’t believe it!!!) and so we’re having a small at-home-movie-day for her and four of her friends on Saturday. Of course, I *had* to make the invites and I had so much fun with these!!!
Images © Stampin’ Up! 1990-2008
Images © Stampin’ Up! 1990-2008
Images © Stampin’ Up! 1990-2008
Images © Stampin’ Up! 1990-2008
The set used to create the little girls is called All In The Family, and it’s SO MUCH FUN!!! As you can see, the little girls are all slightly different in some way – this is because the set comes with separate stamps for each body part (sounds horrific!! LOL). This makes it super easy to customise the look of each little person. I’ve customised these invites so my daughter is the little girl in bunches in the purple dress and the other little girls look like each of her friends. So cool!
I’ve also used the cup-cake stamp from the set called Short and Sweet - which is a perfect size for the girls to be holding! It took me a couple of hours to stamp and colour the little people and it was very enjoyable and relaxing.
When you’re using the All In The Family set, you absolutely cannot do without the Stamp-a-ma-jig (stamp positioner) which is worth every cent of the $22.95! The beauty of using the Stamp-a-ma-jig is that you can vary each person even if you’re using the same body parts – you can put an arm up higher on one, or tilt a head – very sweet!
I coloured the images with Stampin’ Up! Watercolor Pencils to be able to create shadowns on the balloons and dresses although the glitter covers most of the shading. LOL.
Stamps: All In The Family, Short and Sweet (cupcake), Family Favourites (party hat and balloon), Family Phrases (saying).
Cardstock & Papers: Whisper White, Cameo Coral, Chocolate Chip, Kiwi Kis Designer Series Paper
Inks: Chocolate Chip, Cameo Coral and Kiwi Kiss (sponging the edges of DSP)
Accessories: Stamp-a-ma-jig, Kiwi Kiss Striped Grosgrain ribbon, Linen Thread, 2 way glue pen, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Watercolor Pencils, buttons from own stock, dimensionals.
Enjoy!
November 1, 2008
Overdue Update…
Woah, it’s been a long time since my last update (my bad), so I thought I’d get back into it. Of course it doesn’t help when the computer disk space is nearly full and it won’t download my photos from the camera! GRR.
What have I been up to lately? Well, going to the gym more regularly again (YAY me!) and that easily can take up the morning by the time I get home. I’m planning on going earlier in the morning right after the school drop-off but that all depends on how organised I’ve been in getting everyone ready in the first place. Why is it so difficult to get the children up and ready? You’d think it would be easier with them both off to school now – but no… every morning I feel like I’m chasing my tail and fighting a losing battle just to get out the door on time. *sigh*
I’ve made costumes for the school play (Peter Pan) and have a couple of costumes for my daughter’s ballet troupe to make within the next few weeks.
It doesn’t sound like much, but with working from home for our business too, it hasn’t left a great deal of time for posting on my blog *pets pretty blog*.
I’d like to share some cards that I’ve made over the last month or so:
Images © Stampin’ Up! 1990-2008
This is the card I made for my dear friend, Kim *waves to Kim* “Happy Birthday!” I’m so lucky to have Kim in my life and she’s always there if I need her. LOL she won’t take ‘no’ for an answer when it comes to the gym! And I love her for it!
For those of you who don’t know it, this stamp set is a Level 3 Hostess set and it’s GORGEOUS!!! I’ve had so much fun with this set, making similar cards using the butterflies and sayings. It’s a beautiful set – really!
Images © Stampin’ Up! 1990-2008
This card’s inspiration was from the Start Simply “Sending Happy Thoughts” Kit. I LOVE Kits!!! I got this kit during the 20% discount Promotion and after I made the first cards, I fell in love with the Kits! It was really nice to sit at the coffee table and make three or four cards quickly and not have to sit at the dining table with all my supplies. I thoroughly enjoyed making these cards and this particular card uses the flower and butterfly stamps from the Perfect Princess set. I gently coloured the flower with Stampin’ Pastels and Blender Pens and added Glitter to the butterflies and centre of the flower. This design was very adaptable and I could see the same layout being used with multiple stamp sets.
My Brother-in-Law had his birthday last month, and I struggled with a card. I don’t have many images that could be used for masculine cards (and I know many of us find it tricky to get that perfect look), but I figured I’d try my Classic Stars Jumbo wheel. I used VersaMark ink on the Chocolate Chip and then used the wheel on Creamy Caramel with Close to Cocoa ink. I cut out a star image on Very Vanilla and adhered it with Dimensionals to the upper area of the card. Adding the Real Red as matting on the star and the saying finished the card off. What do you think? Does it pass for an adult male birthday card? I think this card would better suit a younger male, but it’s all I could do at the time. LOL.
I can see that I’ll have to make more male cards so that I get the hang of masculine cards. They can certainly be tricky. I don’t think I have a problem with little boy cards, just the grown up variety!
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