He's a Lego Maniac

Hello! I hope all is going well with you. All is well for me in Iowa.  The weather is changing and it's getting me excited to have the first pedicure of the season.  And open toed shoes.  And cute dresses.  And hikes/walks with friends.

My nephew Zach celebrated his 11th birthday last week.  Since he's into Legos, I knew I had to make him a Lego card.

I got the cute red Lego paper from Joann's.  It's 12 x 12 Lego Classic Collection by Creative Imaginations cut to 5 x 7 inches.  And it's textured!  I've had the Lego stickers since the beginning of time so I'm not sure where they came from.    

If you're a child of the 80's or raised a child in the 80's you may remember this Lego commercial.  

Zach, the real Lego maniac

This was one of my favorite kid cards that I've made.  And you can step on this Lego card and not hurt your foot!  

Have a good one,

Jules

Sassy Skull and XBones Card

My oldest brother celebrated his 42nd birthday last week.  I made him this simple card at my last "Craft Day" gathering.  

The striped skull & cross bones paper is Creative Imaginations Signature Collection "Caution Boy"  The polka dotted paper is from Rusty Pickle Panama Jack.   

The sentiment was from Inkadinkado "Humorous Birthday".  

Short and sweet, 

Jules 

With A Cherry On Top

I have been having quite the love affair with the Doodlebug Design Inc's Doodle-pops lately.  I just can't get enough of them.  They're so freakin' adorable!  And perhaps one of the cutest Doodle-pop is the one I'm about to show you.  

Miss Tracy celebrated her birthday recently and I had the pleasure of making her a birthday card.  The card I made was inspired by a card I saw at the Doodlebug Design's booth at last year's ScrapFest.  

I call this type of card "clutch style" because it reminds me of a clutch purse.  I used my Martha Stewart scoring board to make this three fold card, making sure the top fold overlaps the bottom fold. 

The black paper covered in cherries is Creative Imaginations, Caution Girls Collections "Red Cherries".  I've had this paper for awhile and wasn't quite sure what I would do with it.  I chose it for the top fold.  

I then cut down the red paper for the bottom fold.  I don't know the brand.  The only description I found on the paper was "Holiday Circle Red", not that it matters anyway.  

I decided to use accent paper to match the cherry stems.  I picked a bright green textured card stock to place in the middle of the cherry paper.  I liked the stripes on the ribbon and chose to line the green strip with it.  I used my EK Success Dahlia Dimensional Flower Punch for the edge of the top fold.  By the way, this punch also makes excellent flowers.  And then, of course, my cute little cherry doodle-pop in the center.  

I used a Studio G "Happy Birthday To You" stamp for the inside.  Another Michael's special.  ;p  

This is the inspiration for my card.  Adorable!  

And here's the birthday girl, looking all cute!

Happy Birthday, Tracy!  I hope your birthday was superfantabulous!  

Hi Ho!  Cherry-O, 

Jules

Ice Cream Birthday

My dad celebrated his birthday over the weekend.  I decided to make him a yummy birthday card.

The "Celebrate" paper is from Creative Imaginations.  I think it's out of print thought because I couldn't find it anywhere online.  The cool ice cream cone digi stamp is from Melonheadz.  And the Happy Birthday sentiment came from Tidbits Trinkets.  I used Distress Stickles on the ice cream.  

I had mentioned in a previous blog how Michael's has some really cute block stamps in their $1 bin and this "You're the Sweetest" is a prime example of that.  

Happy Birthday, Dad!  I hope you enjoyed your birthday weekend!  

Too tired to think of a smarty pants closing sentiment,

Jules