Happy Birthday Riley

My best friend's little boy Riley turned 2 a few weeks ago. He is a very special little boy and since we share a birthday, I had to make sure he got a very special card. They had his party at the Train shed and all the kids got to ride the Thomas the Tank Engine trains. Unfortunately his party was on during convention so I couldn't go, but Jess and Sam went and had a ball. When I found out what they were doing for his party, it didn't take long for me to decide what I wanted to do for his card. This is what I came up with. I used the Choo Choo stamp set and the people from All in the Family. The presents are from the Loads of Love Accessories stamp set. I was unsure of what colours to use, but Jess suggested tempting turquoise as it is the same colour as Thomas.

I started by using the track roller wheel and then sponged some kiwi kiss and bashful blue lightly over it to make it look like a field. I stamped the people and presents on scrap card then coloured them with my blender pens and inks and cut them out. I mounted them with dimensionals. Here is a close up of "Jess" and the presents.

I wrote Riley's name in white gel pen in the smoke to personalise the card. Here is a close up of "Sam" and the smoke. I was really happy with how it turned out and Belinda loved it.

Thanks for stopping by. Til next time.

Keep on creating.

xx Nicky

Supplies:

Stamps: Choo Choo, All in the Family, Loads of Love Accessories, It's Your Birthday, Track roller wheel
Card: Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White, Basic Black
Ink: Black Stazon, Kiwi Kiss, Bashful Blue, Tempting Turquoise, Riding Hood Red, Basic Grey

Other: Stampin dimensionals

Joshua's first birthday card

My nephew Joshua turned 1 on 30 August and this is the card I made for him. Unfortunately he hasn't seen it yet as he and his Mum are in China.

The idea came from a design I saw on Splitcoast. I started with an A5 piece of white card and stamped the right on track wheel all along the bottom. I sponged the background randomly with bashful blue ink to make it look like clouds. I then stamped the train and animals onto card, cut them out then mounted them with dimensionals on top of the train lines.

I used the Birthday Wish stamp from the spring mini with my markers for the sentiment. I stamped the Happy first, then used an old set of number stamps to put the 1st in then inked up Birthday and stamped that (all with the help of my trusty stamp-a-majig).

The finishing touch was to stamp six smoke puffs and place each letter of Joshua's name in them with a white gel pen.

I mounted the white card onto some riding hood red and then placed it on a very large night of navy card. The whole card is just a little smaller than an A5 piece of card. It is very large but I am very happy with the results.

I absolutely love this little train as it is very versatile and you can use the open carriage to hold all sorts of things.

Here's a list of the products I have used. If you would like to purchase any Stampin' Up! products, please email me.

Keep on creating

xx Nicky

Supplies:

Stamps: Birthday Wish, Wild About You, Choo Choo
Ink: Black Stazon, Night of Navy, Riding Hood Red, So Saffron, Bashful Blue, Baja
Breeze, Pacific Point, Going Gray, Really Rust, Pumpkin Pie
Card: Whisper White, Night of Navy, Riding Hood Red
Accessories: Stampin Dimensionals