Diggin' Dinosaurs

It will be soon be Valentine's Day.  I thought it would be nice to make Valentine's for Evan's therapists and teachers.  Evan loves the show "Dinosaur Train" on PBS.  When I spotted the Dinoroar set on page 93 the Idea Book & Catalog, I knew that I had to make some little cards using it from Evan. 

Luckily, Krista had just the right colors for my card this week.  :) 

Here's Evan's Valentines! 

Card Recipe:
Dinoroar stamp set
Soft Suede Cardstock
Watercolor Paper
Aqua Painters
In-Color DSP stack 2010-2012
Twitterpated DSP (Occasions Mini)
Sponge
Pear Pizzazz, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Blushing Bride and Peach Parfait Ink Pads

Now is a great time to purchase all the products you need to make this card.  It's SALE-A-BRATION time!  That means for every $50.00 you spend (before shipping and tax), you receive a free item from the SALE-A-BRATION catalog. 

SHOP NOW with me!  I'm your 24/7 SU! store.  :)

Choo Choo Challenged

Confession:  I have had the Choo-Choo set ever since it first made it's appearance in the catalog. *deep breath*  Today, I mounted it.  Omgosh, I have had this set for over a year, because I think it was first introduced in a mini catalog.  LOL  If anyone would like to come and mount my sets, I would gladly pay you.  I honestly, dislike putting stamps together and choose which stamps I use for my cards by which ones are already mounted. 

Today, I wanted to use this 'boy stripe' paper from the Celebrations dsp and I looked for 'boy' sets to go with it.  Choo Choo was perfect.  So out come the scissors and a couple minutes later, I was ready to go.  Hmmmm..why do I have such a problem w/ mounting when it REALLY doesn't take that much time?

It took much longer to cut out the train...  LOL

 

And the #3...
(I found that I don't have any die cut numbers, but luckily the Celebrations DSP has a sheet of designer paper w/ numbers on it.  YEA!)

Here it my Choo-Choo card after several attempts to get it just right.  LOL.. I guess I'm Choo Choo Challenged.  *giggle*

A Simple Boy Card

It's a new week and time for another Cards & Things Challenge. It's a color challenge and just in time--I need some boy cards. When I looked at this color combination I instantly thought boy.

And when I think boy--I think EXTREME. Evan is extremely fun, extremely demanding and extremely cute (but I am the mom so I may be a little bias). Extreme Elements is my "go to set" for boys.

Happy Second Birthday, Evan! ♥ Love, Mom

Card Recipe:

Stamp Sets: Extreme Elements, On Your Birthday

Cardstock and Ink: River Rock, Basic Gray and Night of Navy

Accessories: Pewter Jumbo Eyelets, Crop a Dile, Star Punch and Dimensionals

Birthday Build A Bear

Hi Stampers!
This weekend, I spent most of my time at the softball diamond in the neighboring town watching my daughter play in the 5th-6th grade softball tournament. It's hotter than hot and it was miserable for the players. Our girls didn't do well and ended their season with a loss. :(

Now with softball finished, I can focus on back to school. I can't believe another summer is nearly over. School starts here on September 1st. I will miss the girls when they go back to school and Evan will be lost without them. I don't entertain him nearly as well as the girls do.


Anyway.....It's time for another sketch challenge over at Krista's Card & Things Challenge Blog. It's another good one to play along with. I have had the Build A Bear stamp set for awhile and I have not had much luck with creating anything I liked so I tried again for this challenge. I'm not jumping up and down excited, but I think it's a cute card.

Sketch Challenge #45:

My Build A Bear Boy Birthday Card:
(that's a mouthful!)
Card Recipe:
Stamp Set: Beary Best Friends
Cardstock: Old Olive, Real Red, Bashful Blue, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black, Old Olive, Real Red, Bashful Blue,
DSP: Celebrations (LOVE THIS)
Accessories: Dimensionals, Real Red 5/8" Grosgrain, Bashful Blue 1/4" Grosgrain, Aquapainter

Template for Baby Boy Overalls

Many of you asked for a template for the overalls to use to create your own cards. Honestly, I'm lacking much in the way of computer skills. If you right click on the jpeg and save it to your computer. I hope you can open it using Word and enlarge it. *crossing my fingers*

TIPS and TRICKS:

The pockets are just the small tag punch and star punches w/ a little faux stitching--I should have used a ruler! :) The cuffs are just strips of CS glued on and then trimmed to fit.

When I made the overalls, I did not cut the neck out of the shirt free hand, I used a circle punch. Also, when I cut out the bibs, I did not cut the notch out for the crotch of the pants--I waited until I folded the CS in half so it would be even. Finally, I did not cut out the neck of the bibs, I punch it using the SU! square punch.

Evan's First Birthday Invite

I can't believe that I am already working on Evan's first birthday invites. Has it really been almost year since his birth? It goes by so quickly.

This morning, I sat down and made a template. I love overalls. After two girls in dresses, it is fun to FINALLY have a little guy that I can dress in overalls and little striped shirts. So I thought it was appropiate to make his invites.....OVERALLS!


Here's the backside of his overalls....

Here's his little striped shirt.....

Here's the outfit....



I mean invite.... :)


RECIPE
CS: Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze
DSP: Parisian Breeze
Stampin' Write Marker: Chocolate Chip
Punches: Small ticket, square and small star punches,

old SU! buttons