MAN-day Monday

Happy Monday everyone, Happy MANday Monday! It’s time for another boy-centric project here at Hungry Heffy Crafts.

Today I am sharing a project that is for my 5 year old nephew. Joshua and gang came to visit during the summer, and we had a blast! It was so amazing getting to spend an extended length of time with him and his brother Lewis, because even when we go back to Ireland for a visit, we usually only get to cram in a few hours here and there.

I think the boys really did have fun during their stay, and not long afterwards it was Joshua’s birthday, but rather than make a birthday card, I wanted to make a little something for my sweet Godson that he could keep to remind him of the fun and adventures we shared. I decided to go for a banner that could be displayed on a wall – after all his lil bro Lewis is still young, and I don’t want little hands prying off embellishments.

So confession time…I totally suck at posting things. Joshua’s birthday was in August, but the project wasn’t finished in time. Fast forward a few weeks, the project was finished, but not photographed. Flash forward another few weeks and its still hanging across my craft room wall. Grr! Sometimes i frustrate myself sooo much! BUT now that it should have arrived with him, i want to share it with you.

For the basis of the project I used a scrapbook stack by We R Memory Keepers called 72 and Sunny. It is a fabulously summery collection that really do make you smile from ear to ear. I love the way that there is a good selection of different patterns in the stack, which all coordinate with each other nicely. The one frustration i have with these paper stacks is that there is usually too many glittered patterns for me. I know some people like that, but i would rather add glitter myself wherever i want it.

I used a scrap piece of paper to cut the banner shape and then used this as a template. I kept the width to 4 inches which made best use of the 12 inch scrapbook paper. The guts of the project has a photo, and then there is a generic flag at the start and the end.

One of the pages featured an alphabet which reminded me of flash cards, and i thought it would be cool to use this on the project. You can see that each flag which has a photo also has one of these letters as an embellishment.

I used some satin ribbon to string my flags together to make a banner, but i realised that i could also use binding rings to bind them all together to make a mini book. Perhaps i’ll tell my brother to do that once Joshua wants to take it down from his wall.

This was such a fun project, and i loved cutting out the little shapes to add as embellishments. Because they are all from the same stack, it makes it so easy to create a cohesive project. And aren’t those turtles just the cutest! ♥

Have a great day. x

Thanks for stopping by, and don’t forget that you can still check out the Thanksgiving Project Tutorial below (plus 4 free journaling cards to download)

Just jumping on for a quick MAN-Day Monday. I’ve been working non-stop on the Thanksgiving Project but i didn’t want to miss out this week’s manly card. Here’s todays masculine card, featuring a cute little truck, cut from a scrapbook page from Best Creations- isn’t it cute! This would be perfect for a little boy who is enthusiastic about vehicles or even any Farmer friends. I used the cuttlebug and an embossing folder to create the panel on the left which gives some dimension to the card, and i decided to use orange cardstock to tie in with the colour of the truck. Once again the embossing folder was shorter than my card base so although you probably wouldn’t even notice, the little square of brown cardstock is hiding a hole! I managed to hoke out a printed chipboard piece that coordinated quite well and fit exactly on to that brown area on the left. I think it ties the whole card together.

Later on i will be posting the Thanksgiving Project with Free Downloadable Journaling cards. Perhaps you’ll come back to have a look?
Here’s the sneak peek to get your creative juices flowing..