Crazy Birdie Birthday

09 Monday Nov 2015

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My kiddos had a birthday party to attend this weekend while I was at The Paperie retreat and since I wasn’t going to be home to get them going on a card, I made one myself (usually they make them).

Our norm around here is not to make cards, but to make long tags that can be used as bookmarks so I followed trend and did the same! We simply write a personal message on the back and it’s good to go!

I actually used leftovers from the Kids Birthday Card Class I taught last week – I had a watercolour crazy bird and alcohol inked Shrink Plastic balloon and both were too cute to toss so I stuck them down, added a Happy Birthday and called it done. Super duper simple but it may be one of my faves!

Look at the shine on that Shrink Plastic! I love the translucent colour:

And see the dimension on the Crazy Bird? The dies for these are worth every penny! You can cut out the bird, the eyes, and the wings for every one. I bent up the tip of the wings and tail feathers a little and it’s so easy to keep the eyes white this way:

That’s it! Do your kids make their own cards or are you the supplier? Or do you support Hallmark? LOL

Cheers!

Paperie Card Kit | March 2014: Part 2 – Cards

20 Thursday Mar 2014

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Avery Elle, Birthday Cards, cards, The Paperie Card Kit

Sorry for the delay but I’m finally back with more of the Paperie’s March Card Kit and today it’s all about the cards!

I don’t consider myself a card maker and generally I don’t make many of them but the Avery Elle stamp set that was included in the kit made me want to make some.

First up, a fun one:

It’s a little deceptive though because the funnest surprise is on the inside:

It’s a great way to use up scraps of patterned paper that you can’t bring yourself to throw out!

I also made a little gift box:

And filled it with easy cards:

I used a lot of repetitive stamping for these:

And added fabulous Studio Calico gold star rub-ons:

Finally, my favourite go-to card for kids birthdays – they always love it and it’s so easy to change up for a boy or girl or you can make a bunch a unisex ones:

To see the rest of the cards in the gift box, or to check out the layouts I made, you can go view my Paperie set at Flickr or head into the Paperie itself to see them all in person!

Back tomorrow with the final project from the kit – my personal fave!