"Chillin'" - Hot Summer Colors Challenge

Wanted to share this cute card I posted for the “Hot Summer Color” challenge over on  My craft Spot .  I use some cool colors too– It has been so hot here in Texas (in the 100s this week) – I just had to cool this little penguin down. I think he is so cute! 

Penguin:  From ZooBalloo  (one of three)  with a tweaked beak so he could suck the straw

Sun:  Just Because Cards (sunflower)
Sunglasses:  Create-A-Critter (cut in half)
Lemonade glass:  Just Because Cards
Waves: Stand and Salute
Sand: Paper Dolls for Everyday
“Chillin’”: Create-A-Critter
Papers:  The blue “sky” paper is from a boy stack, that I don’t have the name of.  I used open cardstock and sandpaper for the sand.  I used Prismatic Paper Pack  from Best Occasions for the sun and the shades shinny parts . 
Straw: A little piece of silver elastic ribbon
 

This made a nice card for one of the neighbor boy’s birthday.  Hope you are staying cool in the hot summer “colors”.

Happy Summer, God Bless and Happy Scrapin’!

4th of July Banner

Independence Day is just around the corner so I have a patriotic project to share with you.

Here is a banner I made for our Annual 4^th of July Picnic.  I used Elegant Edges for the lacy scalloped circles.  Elegant Edges is a great cartridge by the way.  It is one of the few I paid more that $40 for.  Worth it, but of course I found it on sale a few weeks later.  I just couldn’t wait on this one when it came out back when.  

I used Platin School Book for the letters (this and Hello Kitty are my favorites for banner letters and titles).  I used papers from 3 stacks: The Paper Studio (A Boy’s Universe), DCWC (The Green Stack), and K & Company (Air Force Paper).  All the papers had a different back (either white or a different print).

I used Stand and Salute for the triangle pinafores and the USA circle.  The neat thing I did was wielded a scallop, from Elegant Edges, on top of the triangle.  When I cut these on two-sided and folded them over, I got a beautiful lacy ruffle dimension. 

Once they were cut I scored them all at the top of the triangle and folded the elegant edge over.  Next, I got to use another favorite tool, my Crop-A-Dilel II, to punch holes in the stack all at once.  I used various scraps of red, white & blue ribbon to tie them all together.  Viola – A beautiful July Banner!!

I made one more banner for my neighbor who came home from Iraq (but I forgot to take picture).  If you remember, last year, I made her a going away album of animal cards for her to send to her three little kidos while she was gone – They loved it.

As Always,

God Bless and Happy Scrapin’!

Cards With A Bang

Here are two cards I made for a couple of teenage boys down the street.

They are always playing Air soft and war-games with my boys, so this fit right in with there personalities. I turned these in to gift card / cash holders – that’s what gifts are for kids these days anyway. They went over with a “bang” (wink)

I used Stand and Salute for the gun card and Indie Art for the grenade cut at 4.3 by 6.4. For both of these I used Design Studio to flip and wield two of the same image together to make a “card”, and just use by bone folder to score it down the center. Do not have the info for the cut size on the gun. The words “HARDCORE” also came from Indie Art at .9. I used a real beaded chain but cut the dog tags out of card stock.

This one says, "Hope Your Birthday is Fully Loaded"