Cards for 1st Birthday

Hi crafty fans!

Today I have a couple little cards to show you.

My great nephew turned 1 and I needed cards to

go with his gifts.
I decided to do small gift enclosure cards rather than

full sized cards.

I stamped this "Lion Balloon Stamp" onto white card stock,

colored it with colored pencils and fussy cut him.
For the grass, I simply cut a piece of green card stock and 

cut small slices into it to make the grass.  
The Happy Birthday was a stamp from my stash.

This card I used Elephant Balloon Stamp and the 

same process as the lion card.  I used 

embossing paste and gold glitter to make the 
"sand" along the bottom.

These were both quick and easy cards to make and

perfect for a 1 yr old.

Thanks for stopping by today and spending a little 

time here.  I hope you will come again soon.

Until then,

keep calm and stamp on!

 

The Unicorn Song

"You'll see green alligators and long-necked geese,

some humpty backed camels and come chimpanzees.

Cats and rats and elephants, as sure as you're born.

But you're never gonna see no unicorn."

 

When I saw that the challenge for today on the

Eureka! Stamps Blog

was "Inspired by a song" 

I had no idea what I'd do.

Then I started looking through my Eureka! Stamps

 and saw the animals and right away

The Unicorn Song, by The Irish Rovers

came to mind.

I don't have those particular animals for my card, so I used

"Girl Balloon Holder" (#13803)

"Elephant Balloon" (#5205)

"Giraffe Balloon" (#5209)

"Zebra Balloon" (#8001)

"Parrot Balloon" (#23906)

 

There are LOTS of different balloons and holders

and one is just as cute as the next! 

So hop on over to see them at the

Eureka! Stamps Store

For this card, I did a lot of fussy cutting.

I stamped each image, colored it with FlexMarkers then fussy cut them.

The background was created using Distress Inks and a blending tool.

I used a bit of embroidery cotton for the balloon strings.

I hope my card has inspired you in some way, or maybe brought back a memory of The Unicorn Song, your childhood or maybe another song that you may use for our challenge.

Stop in at the Eureka! Stamps Blog for all

the particulars of the challenge.

Then create something and let us see it.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Leave a comment and let me know if you remember

The Unicorn Song

Some again soon!

 

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Animal Balloons

Do you love animals? 

 I hope so, because today I have a birthday card I made with some of the animal balloons from Eureka! Stamps

On this card I used:

"Monkey Balloon" (#24101)

"Zebra Balloon" (#8001)

"Parrot Balloon" (#23906)

"Elephant Balloon" (#5205)

and

"Happy Birthday" (22803) from

QKR Stampede.

For the inked circles, I punched a circle from some scrap cardstock, I used the hole in the cardstock by placing it down and inking the circles onto the piece for the card.  I then stamped the animals in  Color Box Fluid Chalk Ink in brown.

I was inspired by a card I saw in a book, I loved the look of the card and came up with this interpretation of it.

The funny thing is that it doesn't even come close to looking like the original card and that's fine.  I just used it as an inspiration and never intended it to look like that card.  So I guess my point is that I hope you will get some inspiration from the cards and projects I post here.

Maybe you like the color combination, or the inked circles, or the animal balloons.  Whatever it is that you find inspires you, go with it and have some fun creating your own projects!

The animal balloons can be purchased through either

 Eureka! Stamps or QKR Stampede

just put the # into the search box on either site and you can go from there. They are available in red rubber or digital format.

Thanks for stopping by today and I do hope you are inspired in some way to create something of your own.

Leave a comment it you wish and come back and visit again soon.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!