Happy Birthday Babe!

Happy Birthday to my darling husband!  My kids and I are so richly blessed and lucky to have him in our lives!  Here is the easel card that I made for his birthday!

I used the square sketch from this week's Mojo Monday 201 Challenge to make the top part of my easel card.

This is a side view of the card standing up! 

This is what the card looks like when it's closed.  Patterned papers are from October Afternoon's Schoolhouse collection, heart tag is from Making Memories.  

Here is the sketch from Mojo Monday:

My kids wanted to make their own cards this year and they were so proud of their work that they insisted I post them to my blog....so here they are:

Soccer card made by my son who loves to play soccer and it happens to be one of my husband's favorite sport.

Fun card made by my daughter...this truly reflects her fun and happy personality!

Dino card made by my son...he was in a "let's play around with mommy's tools" mood, so he made a second card.

Baby Shower Card

This is a card I made for a friend's baby shower.  Her husband loves monkeys so to go along with their animal theme, this blanket was included in their registry.  I am always looking for an excuse to use my Create a Critter cartridge and this was my perfect opportunity.  I also included this blanket as part of my gift for the shower.   This was a fun card to make! :)

The inspiration for my card came from this blanket!  

Base of the card is cut out from the Wild Card cartridge and the monkey was cut from the Create a Critter cartridge.  

The sentiment is from Fiskars Precious Baby stamp set.  Monkey is adhered with pop dots to add dimension to the card.  Twine is from the Pink Paislee collection.  Also added tiny googly eyes for fun! :)

Baby Shower Card

This baby card was inspired by Live Love and Scrap.  I didn't have the cartridge that was originally used so I improvised with the Create a Critter Cartridge.  I welded two purses together and then cut out an additional purse for the pocket on the front and the handle.

The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink, Signature Greetings.  The baby bottle was cut out from the Gypsy Wanderings cartridge and the teddy bear and duck were both cut from the Create a Critter Cartridge.  I added Glossy Accents to the duck to give it a raised, glossy look.  

I am loving shape cards and trying to find ways to make more...