Dino-Mite Accordion Birthday Card

It the neighbor boys birthday. He is 9, it is getting to that hard age to make cards b/c kiddy stuff isn't cool, but you can't do a "boring" grown up card either. But he seemed really pleased with this one. :-) My first attempt at an accordion card. It was fun! I am going to make more. They really look great once they are all put together.

The dinosaurs, volcano, grass, and plants were cut from Paperdolls Cartridge the "Dino-mite" phrase was from Create a Critter. The front 3 accordion folds were 3/4inch each the back 2 folds were 1 1/2inches.

This was entered in the following challenges:

The ABC challenge- X is for Xtra demension

Creative Inspirations- One for the boys.

One stop craft challenge- One for the boys.

You are my sunshine!

Let's have a sing... Polly Craft Monday Challenge.

This challenge jumped out at me and I thought this would be easy to find inspiration... I sing to my 9 month old all the time, but suprisingly it took me 3 hours before a song jumped into my head. I finally settled on, "You are my sunshine." My mom sang that to me and I sing that to her so this card came from that.

The sun and clouds were cut from Create a Critter. "You are my sunshine" was written on the cricut with marker using the Jasmine font cartridge. I double cut some of the coulds and put them together slightly off center with some foam tape to add depth.

Also entered in the following challenges:
Pink Elephant Challenge - "Gotta wear shades"
Papertake weekly challenge - "Fun fun fun"
Stampin for the weekend  "Summer/travel theme"

Poppin' Chalk technique (For fun challenge)

For fun challenges this week is "Popping chalk". I thought I would give it a try. Fun, I will have to work on it a bit and refine my technique. You use a versa mark stamp pad, stamp your image, then use a cotton ball, rubbed in chalk, lightly over the image. They said the more chalk you use the darker it will be. Well, I used way too much chalk.... but it is pretty cool. Once I practice it a bit more I think it will be pretty cool!

DCWV paper (Nanna's nursery) Baby word is cut from Zooballo cartridge.

Also entered in the Incy wincy Designs - For the little ones challenge

Pool page (Bitten by the Bug, Sun challenge)

My daughter just had her first time in the pool the other day. Couldn't wait to make a page for her scrapbook and the Bitten by the Bug challenge sun challenge came at the perfect time. It inspired this cute layout.

Sun and sand castle are both cut from Doodle Charms. This layout was entered in the Bitten by the Bug 2 doodle charms sun challenge and the W is for Weather from The ABC Challenge .

 Paper was from my stash, sorry, no clue what brand it is.

Interactive Flower Pot Birthday Card

It is my sister's birthday and she has a fun personality, which calls for a fun card! I wanted to make an interactive card. I had a gift card for her so I decided to make the gift card pull out of the flower pot. It took a bit of figuring to get it to work. I've seen interactive cards similar to this but have never seen directions. It took a bit of thinking and planning, but it worked well. I'm excited to see what she thinks of it.

All the flowers, butterfly, and "happy birthday" were cut from the Create a Critter cartridge, the flower pot is from Serenade cartridge. Used scrap paper, buttons for flower centers, and double sided tape to stick the card to the pull out flower tab.

This card was entered in the following challenges:
365 Cards,Day 96 Color Scheme
Alphabet Challenge Blog, F is for Flowers