I heard some fantastic news a few weeks back that made me smile from ear to ear. My (not-so-little-but-in-fact- really-quite-tall) nephew has been selected for the Milk Cup, which is an International youth football tournament which takes place in northern Ireland each year. In short, this is a big deal!! It is such an awesome testament to Kyle’s mad, footy skills and a great reward for his hard work and dedication over many a year. I am one extremely proud Auntie. 😀
Most of the papers used here are from the MVP collection from We R Memory Keepers. I loved using the little shields and cups as cut out embellishments for the card. I used some linen twine at the top to suspend my name banner, i use this on guy cards a lot.
Congratulations Kyle, and keep up the great work, you superstar! x
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Time for another MAN-day Monday! whoohoo
You may remember me speaking of Alfie in one of my previous posts (Mini Canvas as a Valentines Gift). Piper and him are nearly always hanging out at nursery when I collect her at the end of the day so I sometimes call him her boyfriend (don’t tell Craig, he says she’s not allowed to date until she is 21!).
It was Alfie’s second birthday a few weeks back and on the party invite it mentioned that Alfie loves dinosaurs so for his birthday card i knew that i would be using this set of Woodware Clear stamps from my stash. Its been ages since i used them, but whenever i do, i am reminded of how awesome they are!
The images are really sweet and are perfect for decoupage so i stamped them with black memento ink and coloured the images with distress ink and a water brush (check out the technique video here if you want to learn how to colour with distress inks). Rather than using foam pads to create dimension between layers, I just stuck the layers directly on top of each other. The card i used was quite sturdy so the effect is subtle, but definitely more sturdy (which is important when little fingers tend to pull at anything they can grasp).
The chipboard letters were pre-printed, (i think they are ki-memories, but i didn’t buy them recently so i can’t really be sure) and i loved the bright colours. Alfie is a not-so-common name so I wanted to incorporate this into the design. Also, by keeping the front free from any mention of birthday or age, the card can be used as a door plaque or wall hanging for years to come.
Happy birthday little man!
xx
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Congratulations Woody and Caelia! I can’t believe you guys got engaged at the top of the Eiffel Tower. It’s as if you were actually living in a movie, so very romantic. It’s only fitting that my Eiffel tower stamps made an appearance for this one.
I wanted to choose a different colour scheme for this card, so i told myself no reds allowed. Instantly i was magnetically drawn to grey. I don’t know why, but i love grey. Don’t get me wrong, if you know me then you know i need colour, but that is the very reason that i am so confused over my love of grey. I find it so pretty.
I used Pumice Stone distress ink to repeatedly stamp the image onto a piece of card, and then cut out a heart shape. I did this three more times and then folded each heart in half, sticking them all together to create an X shape. I love the way this creates a dimension shape but still folds flat for posting.
Next I covered the front of a small card with grey striped paper from the dots and stripes collection from Echo Park and used candy floss distress ink to blend a little pink blush colour onto the card, then stuck the heart on top. To finish, a little plain and simple congratulations stamp from Hero Arts stamped onto a strip of white card which had been blushified using the candy floss distress ink and a blending tool. Simple elegance. C’est magnifique. 🙂
Congrats again you two! x
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