Happy 2nd Birthday!

Happy Monday everyone!

Today I'm sharing a birthday card for a two year old

boy that my friend commissioned. She requested a 

construction themed card. I don't have any stamps to

fit that theme and my printer is on the fritz so I had to

get creative. I remembered that I have a VERY old set

of Sizzix dress up dolls. No construction themed sets

but I was able to improvise.

The little tools on the front of the card are from Art Impressions.

5330 – Tools Mini Dies

All of the dress up dolls and accessories are long since retired

but I'll share photos of everything I used below so you can 

possibly search and find them on eBay

or Etsy or in a craft

group on FB.

I also used a retired Cuttlebug embossing folder, retired 

Spellbinders Arrow Dies and a retired My Favorite Things 

Tool set.

Truck, shirt and overalls.

Hair

Vest (I altered the gown)

Hard hat (I altered the beach hat)

Body

Shoes

Ruler embossing strip from Cuttlebug

Spellbinders arrows

Larger tools on the inside were from My Favorite Things.

Happy Birthday Tara!

Hello and happy Tuesday!

My niece Tara just became a teenager and she loves Harry Potter.

I wanted to celebrate her birthday by giving her a memorable card.

I used my ancient set of Sizzix doll dies to make the H.P. character.  It was supposed to be Hermione but the doll face is so round that it really doesn't look like her at all.  I think it's still cute though.

I used a piece of vellum behind the window to make it look like stained glass.

I used a flickering tea light behind it.

Doesn't the light make it look like it could be a real room at Hogwarts?

Here's a close up of Hermione and Crookshanks.

I added a selection of potions on the window sill too.  We all know how important those are to the students at Hogwarts.

Happy Birthday Tara!!

Harry Potter Happy First Birthday!

Hello and happy Wednesday!!

Today I'm sharing a card that I'm over the moon about!

I don't usually brag over a card.  Actually I'm not even bragging.  I look at it and see a LOT of flaws...and yet I still love it!

I love Harry Potter.

I was so excited when I had a request for a 1st birthday card for a family that loves the Potter series as well.

I wasn't sure what I wanted to do when I received the request.  I thought on it for  a while and decided I wanted to make my own Harry. (I don't have a H.P. stamp)  This actually got me very excited because I haven't used my Sizzix Dress Up Dolls in YEARS!  I really need to get them out more.  They may be "old" but they're still adorable!  I drew his face on and colored all his clothes to match the Gryffindor uniform.

The torch and flame were improvised from other dies.  The torch bottom is the bottom of a Sizzix lantern and the flame is from the campfire in the same set.

The broom is also the flame that I cut up and turned upside down to look like the bristles.

I also made the card for this child's baby shower last year.

You can find the info HERE.

Graduation card for a diver

Hello Ai Fans!!

Today I'm sharing a rather unusual graduation card with you.

Our friend's daughter just graduated from Fredonia and was a nationally ranked diver.  My husband really wanted her card to reflect her accomplishments.

I used 3 different verses from Art Impressions...

Deep End (Sku#E3201)

  Reach for the Stars (Sku#I4292)

Hats Off Set (Sku#4289)

I tried to make the card look like a swimming pool with a diving board.

 

 

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