Birthday time!

It was my DH's b-day yesterday. We got to enjoy sleeping in til late and then have the company of friends that had driven in to stay the night w/us on their way to Canada. The kids got to all play together (our 2 boys and their 2 girls) and we all stayed up way too late just chatting the night away!

So, here's the card I made for my hubby. He's quite the soccer fan--in fact, he was watching the Women's World Cup game while I was busy crafting the card. I won this stamp from a local craft store and I was thrilled b/c I knew I'd be using it--a lot!

I went w/patterned paper for the background and added a ribbon w/a soccer ball on it. Then I stamped the word "score" over and over as a mat for the main image. I had found a soccer ball punch in the clearance section of a local scrapbooking store so I used it to add a small border to the mat. I took the main image and stamped it. Then colored it in and added glossy accents to the soccer ball. Final details were just some white stitching using a white pen and some black stiching using a black marker. Done! :) He loved it!

So grateful for another year of life God has given my husband...He's such a blessing to me and my boys!

This is a card I did last summer for a friend...She loves pink! And since I have 2 boys, I rarely get to handle anything pink! :) I used some pattern paper and then added 2 different color strips and voila! It was done! Well, added a bit more bling to complete the look and then off it went in the mail.

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B-day card for a little boy

Our boys have birthdays that are 6 months apart. That gives me plenty of time to come up w/new cards for them. But, kid cards aren't necessarily my forte. They force me to do a lot more coloring and that's something I need to improve.

This is the card I made for my oldest when he turned 9. Cute digital image that I printed out and then colored. Added some polka dots, too.



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