Lego Birthday Card

My third take on making a lego card (not really, as I cased this one but cannot remember the person who I cased it from).  Although I wouldn’t exactly call it a lego card – more like a duplo card!  LOL – the blocks were big!  This time, I added with the white gel pen, the little shine that you will see in the real blocks.

The measurements are as follows:

Two button block:  1-1/4” x 5/8”

Six button block:  1-1/4” x 1-3/4”

Eight button block:  1-1/4” x 2-1/2”

Recipe:

Stamps:  Happiest Birthday Wishes
Ink:  Sunshine Yellow, Real Red, Pacific Point
Paper:  Sunshine Yellow, Real Red, Pacific Point, Whisper White, Big Top Birthday DS
Accessories:  1-1|2” circle punch, SU markers

Let me know which one is your favourite!  I love to tell my DH and my DS the results.   

Pat

Birthday Lego Card - Take 2

So here is my second take on making a lego card.  I absolutely love the way it turned out!  This is a great way of using up all the little scraps in your scrap bin – although I wish I could use more of it. I was trying to think of all the colours my son’s lego had, but I think you can almost use any colour to suit any gender.  Obviously, my DH liked this one better than the lego head.

After punching out the circles, I edge them with their coordinating inks to give it some depth.  Popped them up on pop-ups.  By the time I had all the circles popped up, this made a very heavy card and would think twice about mailing it.  The only little stamp that I could find to fit the word window was the Happy Birthday sentiment from the Happy Moments SU set. 

The measurements are as follows:

Two button block:  1-1/4” x 5/8”

Four button block:  1-1/4” x 1-1/4”

Five button block:  5/8” x 3-1/4”

Eight button block:  1-1/4” x 2-1/2”

Recipe:

Stamps:  Happy Moments

Ink:  Sunshine Yellow, Basic Black, Real Red, Green Galore, Eggplant Purple, Tempting Turquoise, Only Orange, Whisper White, Blue, Lime Green

Paper:  Sunshine Yellow, Basic Black, Real Red, Green Galore, Eggplant Purple, Tempting Turquoise, Only Orange, Whisper White, Blue, Lime Green

Accessories:  1-1|2” circle punch, Word Punch           

Pat

Lego Head Card

Happy Birthday Sajan!

So there is nothing like doing things last minute.  Most of you know me by now where I am usually up the nite before preparing for either a class or making a card for somebody.  But this time, I swear it was not preventable.  My youngest DS received a birthday invite on Wednesday.  So Thursday evening after field hockey, we whipped up to Wal-Mart to purchase a birthday gift.  Owen tells me that Sajan loves legos, so Owen purchased a new lego set for his friend.  I had one of these “aha!” moment and thought wouldn’t it be nice to make a card to go with the present.

So when we got home, I set off to make Sajan’s card (I actually made three).  When I was done, I presented it to my DH and to my oldest son, both of whom laughed at what I made and also queried what it was.  I thought, hmf!  I’ll wait until the morning so that Owen can decide for himself. 

In the morning, I showed Owen the card, and immediately a smile came to his face along with a little giggle and said that’s the card for Sajan!  Instantly, I knew it was a hit.

This card measures 6”x6”.  I had notched out the corners measuring 1-1/2” in from both sides and 1” down / up from the top and bottom.  Rounded out the corners, and added my face using the ½” circle punch and the large oval punch.

If you haven’t figured out what this is, it is a lego head.  What I need to do is make the top and bottom button narrower the next time. 

Recipe:

Stamps:  none

Ink:  none

Paper:  Sunshine Yellow, Basic Black

Accessories:  1-1|2” circle punch and large oval punch

                

Thanks for stopping by

Pat

Best Fishes

Here is a great little card for somebody who has a summer birthday.  It is suppose to be a window card.  I stamped the fishes onto pumpkin pie in black ink and cut them out. 

Stamped the front of the card as well as the inside using the bubbles to give it that look of being underwater.

I then punched out two circles – the top right being bigger than the bottom left.  I punched out the circles and using a smaller circle punch, punched out the centre.  I added the acetate between the punched out circles and the card front and to make it look like windows.  The most difficult part was trying not getting glue onto the acetate. 

On the inside of the card, I added the flourishes using the Old Olive ink to make it look like seaweed. 

Tied my ribbon to the front and we are done!  I hope you have a wonderful day!

Here is the Recipe:

Stamps:  Hero Arts (fishes & best fishes), Rubber Stampede (bubbles), Flourishes

Ink:  Black, Pool Party, Old Olive

Paper:  Pool Party, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White

Accessories:  Silver Brads, Pumpkin Pie Striped Grosgrain, Circle Punches, Acetate

Thanks for stopping by

 

Pat

My Father's Day Card

So this is my Father’s Day Card.  I am trying to use up some very old DS paper from SU so that I can make room for some new stuff.  Again, I reverted to my old trusty stamp set from SU – Lovely as a Tree to make this masculine card.  I hope they never retire this stamp set!

I stamped the oak tree in chocolate chip and then sponged some green onto the branches (sorry the photo isn’t the greatest), but you can see it in real life.  Matted the oak tree onto chocolate chip and popped it up to give some dimension.

I added a strip to the left side and some vintage brads just to try and balance out the card as I felt it was too plain without.

I stamped the sentiment using Thinking of Father (retired).

Here is the Recipe:

Stamps:  Lovely as a Tree, Thinking of Father

Ink:  Black, Chocolate Chip

Paper:  Sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip, SU retired DS

Accessories:  Pastels, Vintage Brads

Thanks for stopping by

Pat

Nathan's Father's Day Card

Here is a card that Nathan made for Father’s Day.  I didn’t even know that he had been in my craft room as he had also cleaned up after himself!  Hurray for Nathan.  For those of you who know Nathan, he doesn’t usually clean up after himself, but would rather leave things for other people to clean up after him.  In any event, here is his card.

I love how he used circle punches in different shades of colours  and popped them up over the reeds.  And how he added a touch of blue to the left corner to show that the salmon was jumping out.

Again, dad loved the card!

Way to go Nathan!

Recipe:

Stamps:  Salmon (PSX), Reeds (stamp co. unknown), Best Fishes (Hero Arts)

Ink:  Black, Green

Paper:  Bashful Blue, Various green scraps, Sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White

Accessories:  Circle Punches

Thanks for stopping by

Pat

Belated Father's Day Gift

I wanted to share with you what the boys made for Father’s Day, albeit am posting it late – but I always say better late than never.

This is a picture that Owen had coloured using pastels.  I absolutely love how bright the picture is and that it does nothing but leave a smile on your face.  I think he did a wonderful job in outlining the flower to show some depths.  Dad loved it too!

Feel free to drop a line and let me know what you think.