Skater Dude!

So my son is turning 9 this weekend. As he gets older, Super Heroes have become less important and Sports have become everything. This year he wanted his party to be skater themed. I asked him if he wanted me to make his invitations and his reply was "No, I don't want anything babyish." I asked him to take a look at the SVG Cutting Files skater file and he quickly changed his mind. I began to design these, but I had no time for paper-piecing 15 cards; so I decided to print the JPG instead. I fussy cut around it and then used a distress tool to add distressing around the edge of the image and around the maroon and black layered cardstock. I finished up the first one and showed it to him. He was so excited and exclaimed, "This is the coolest invitation you have ever made me." That made my day. Thank you SVG Cutting Files for helping me be a hit with my precious son! I truly appreciate it!!!

I will enter this card into the following challenges:

Divas by Design - Distressing
Paper Playtime: Anything Goes

I hope you have a craftastic day! Thanks for visiting my blog!

Super Dad!

I was so excited to be able to make my husband a Superman card for Father's Day. For his gift, the kids and I took him to see Man of Steel. My husband is a rock in our family. Life is richer and fuller just having him around. We are blessed to have someone who cares about us and cares for us. I appreciate everything he does!

For this card I used several SVG files from various companies. The Superman is from a file called Super Kid found at SVG Cutting Files. The badge is from Pretty Papers Pretty Ribbons. The cityscape is from SVG Cuts in a kit called New Year's Eve. The DP is Echo Park (Hello Summer Paper Pack).I used Papertrey Ink cardstock for the base. My husband was so excited about this card. He said that it is going straight to his office.

I will be entering this into the Paper Playtime Challenge - Anything Goes.

Hope you all have enjoyed celebrating the Dads in your life this Father's Day!

Leo the Lion

Little Scraps of Heaven is giving away a free copy of this Lion SVG to anyone willing to make something with it this weekend (May 31 - June 2, 2013) and post a picture of it on their FB page. You can make whatever you want with it - a card, scrapbook page, decoration for a 3D project, etc. You have one more day to get him and get something made. Just visit their FB page to find the post to give you all the details. I made the little cutie to give to my dad for a birthday card. The sentiment on the inside reads "Happy Birthday." The piecing went together quickly and easily. I hope some of you find time tonight or tomorrow to stop by and get your free copy! Happy Crafting!

Happy Birthday to You Friend!

I had joined a card swap where the challenge was to make a card using pink and black only. It was a bit harder to come up than it sounded like it would be when I joined the swap. The pink patterned paper is from Basic Grey. I can't remember the paper packs name (sorry). The silhouette on the front is from SVG Cuts (svgcuts.com) in the collection called Kate's Silhouettes. The pink and black cardstock and the button are from my stash. The card is a Joy Fold Card. It is only the 2nd of this type I have made as I just learned the technique for it this month. I found an excellent tutorial at Split Coast Stampers by Beate Johns. Check it out and give this card fold a try. I saw a bunch of cute cards using the technique when I was searching the web. When opened the sentiment reads "Happy Birthday to You Friend." The stamp is from Unity Stamp Company and comes in the Maggie Girl (It's Your Birthday) set. I am entering this card into four challenges. Hope you like it!

 

 



Crafty Creations Challenges - Pink + 1

 

Celebrate the Occasion - Clean and Simple

 

Paper Playtime - More than One Fold

 

Pause Dream Enjoy - Friendship

April Showers Bring May Flowers

I thought I would try to slip in at the last and enter into Jaded Blossom's April Showers Brings May Flowers Challenge. For this challenge you must use a stamp from Jaded Blossom. I recently bought my first and only set - Wedding Wishes - so of course that is what I used. I'm really liking how this card turned out! I made a joy fold card using white cardstock from Papertrey Ink. My designer cardstock is from the Simply Spring collection by We R Memory Keepers. I use Memento ink to ink all my edges. And the umbrella die cut is from Miss Kate Cuttables. The file is called "Rainy Day Bear." A big thanks to Beate over at Splitcoast Stampers for the card tutorial. Enjoy!