Birthday Boy

My grandson will be 9 years old next week. This card seems a little young for a nine-year old, however, I was totally inspired by this cute little toy.  The background is the wrapping paper which accidentally matches the colors in the toy. I bought a pack of sixlets and used only the yellow (to mimic the little yellow foam balls in the toy) and filled a treat cup...and the other day he asked me why I always put candy in their cards...duh!

 

Anyhow, this fits for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge 'Anything Goes'.

 

 

Beautiful Birthday Butterfly

 

 

For my niece...as I was naming this post, it brought back a memory of when my niece was two years old and for her birthday she wanted a 'bootiful, bootiful, blue dress'.  She's going to be 31 years old next week and had I thought of it earlier, I would have put some blue in this card for her and reminded her of the 'bootiful, bootiful, blue dress'.

This week at Simon Says Stamp the Monday Challenge is to use Embossing Folders, I really like this 3-D folder from Tim Holtz and Sizzix.

Transport me to Paris!

This card is two-fold...we were supposed to cruise to London and Paris in 2020, then Covid happened, so we postponed till 2022...looks like we will probably cancel again, too many horror stories about people getting quarantined and about ports getting cancelled...maybe someday!

The second is because one of my best friends LOVES Paris, and her birthday is coming up.

Also two different challenges:

Simon Says: Transport It

 

Old and new...The Funkie Junkie Boutique Challenge Blog (TFJB)

 

Out With the Old, In With the New

I used some really old stamps, Carte Postal, Paris in the Springtime, and Aged Gold Embossing Enamel from Stampendous, Insignia stamps from BasicGrey, (which I have had forever but just recently began using), and some new (to me) Tim Holtz Field Notes, Speckled Egg Distress Ink and Gathered Twigs for shading.

 

Christmas ATC's

This week's challenge at Simon Says Stamp: Monday Challenge is to make 'ATC's' or Artist Trading Cards, miniature pieces of art at 2 1/2 x 3 1/2. 

I loved all the inspiration from the Simon Says Stamp team, especially the Tim Holtz Christmas Paper Dolls, but alas, I only had the regular Tim Holtz Paper Dolls...none looked wintry enough!

Motorcycle Birthday

Zero to Forty!

 Time flies! It's hard to believe my middle son will be forty years old in a couple of weeks! So I decided to make his birthday card around the current theme of  The Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog, 'Time has a wonderful way of showing us what really matters'...

I used some core Impressions: Timeless Collection ColorCore Cardstock from Graphic45, and some distress ink for the base, along with some Grungeboard from Tim Holtz, distressed with some Vintage Photo Distress Embossing Powder for the large wings, along with some Tim Holtz Timepieces and Game Spinners. The smaller wings are from my stash when a local store went out of business several years ago!

Thanks for looking!

Snarky!

 I have a couple of 'snarky' stamps, so I wanted to slip this one in under the wire for Snarky, Sassy and Silly Summer Fun challenge at The Funkie Junkie Boutique Challenge.