Happy Birthday Samuel

This is the card I made for one of Jess' friends for his 6th birthday.

For the background I used the star roller wheel with versamark ink and then embossed it with clear embossing powder. I stamped Samuel's name with the big deal alphabet, cut it out and mounted it with stampin dimensionals.

It was a very simple card to make, but Sam liked it.

We are off to New Zealand on Saturday for my Mum's 60th birthday. I am really looking forward to going, as we haven't seen everyone since January. I'm not sure if I will have time to do any blog posts while I am there ... we will see.

Below is a list of the supplies I have used on the card.

Keep on creating.

xx Nicky

Supplies:
Stamps: big deal alphabet, star jumbo wheel
Ink: tempting turquoise, real red, yoyo yellow
Card: temptubg turquoise, real red, whisper white
Accessories: stampin' dimensionals

My baby boy is 4

Well it has been a long time between posts. We have had school holidays for the past two weeks and with being away and having the kids around, unfortunately blogging has taken a back seat. I have still managed to fit in lots of card making though, so I have a lot to share over the next few weeks.

My baby boy Sam turned 4 years old yesterday, it doesn't seem that long ago since he was a baby. We have had 5 days of birthday celebrations for him with various friends and family members, so he has been pretty spoiled. He asked me to make him a construction cake for daycare on Wednesday, and this is the cake I made him.It has some matchbox construction vehicles and a whole lot of crunchie rubble all over it, with tiny teddy biscuits scattered around as workers. Everyone at daycare loved it - except the poor teachers who had to clean up the mess after the kids had eaten it!

Sam has been monster truck mad for a while now, so I decided to try and make him a monster truck birthday card. This is what I came up with ...

I used the ute from loads of love and coloured it the same as one of his favourite trucks, Sudden Impact. I used the wheels from the truck in my by land stamp set and then added some extra bars down to them and on the tray of the ute. I stamped the sentiment and cut it out with my new star punch.

I decorated the inside like this...

He was so excited that I had made him a monster truck card, and I was very excited when he actually recognised that it was supposed to be Sudden Impact! Obviously my drawing skills aren't as bad as I thought they were!

I have a birthday card for one of Jess' friends to share with you next time, but until then...

Keep on creating.

xx Nicky

Supplies:

Stamps: Loads of love, by land (r), it's your birthday(r)

Ink: Black stazon, yoyo yellow, only orange, real red, basic gray

Card: Brilliant blue, only orange, whisper white

Accessories: Large star punch, stampin' dimensionals, blender pen, cuttlebug texture folder

Whimsical butterfly

I seem to have been making a lot of butterfly cards lately. I'm not sure about this one, what do you think...

This card came about because I wanted to make a girly card and have a play with my polka dot background stamp. I thought I would try and make some of my own dsp by using markers to individually colour each spot on the stamp. It took a while, but I eventually got there. I used pretty in pink, lavender lace and apricot appeal.

I coloured in the large butterfly from garden whimsy with my markers, and used a sponge dauber to blend the colours together a little. I cut the butterfly out and used stampin' dimensionals to lift it off the base card. To finish the card I just layered all the pieces together, finally placing the diamond up on stampin' dimensionals also.

I'm not sure what it is about the card that I'm not happy with, maybe it needs some ribbon, or I should have used different colours. Let me know what you think, by leaving a comment below.

Keep on creating.

xx Nicky

Supplies:

Stamps: Garden Whimsy
Ink: Pretty in pink, lavender lace, apricot appeal
Card: Whisper white, pretty in pink, lavender lace
Accessories: Stampin' dimensionals