FIREMAN BIRTHDAY CARD.

This is a Fireman's Birthday card for my nephew. It is not complicated but does take some planning. I put it together as I went so it was not planned. It was trial and error. I cut the card out of yellow card stock. Don't ask measurements . Its exactly 1/4 " smaller than the envelope I will put it in. Next I stamped my cute little Fireman (that belongs to Susan) and I colored him with a yellow pencil color and the chest panel, cuffs and his boots black with the pencil. I then cut another helmet and cuffs to add with dimentions to create two dementional effect. I then used chalk to do in the background with orange, yellow , red and some puffs if black. It gives the impression of smoke and fire. I cut two other pieces of card stock , one yellow and one black and then put the three together with black brads. I knew I wanted to use some metal loops that I had so I found the black ribbon with white stiching marks on it and attached the metal loops under the pictures to the right. Then I wrapped the ribbons around the other half of the loop and then wrapped it around the piece of black background and tucked the end under the picture. I then glued the black card and the picture to the yellow card stock. I cut rectangle black card stock to highlight the yellow birthday wishes which was cut with craft scissors. It all came together better than I hoped. The next view is the inside of the card.

FIREMAN BIRTHDAY CARD

This is the inside of the card. It was simple. I printed the verse on my computer on white card

stock and cut the edges with the craft scissors. I then brushed on red ink around the edges. The cake (both layers and the candle ) comes from another greeting card set that I had on hand. I just had to use it on this one. It all came together perfect.

GET WELL CARDS

Here are two get well cards . One on the left has the coffee cups or tea cups cause my neighbor lijes tea and coffee. Does the one on the right look familar? Hee hee. Well she was laid up with a bum knee. Both are simple cards. I used textured card stock, stampin up pens and chalk, brads bows and three stamps. One is the flowers you see near the coffee cup'. I just stamped them to match the flowers on the card underneath.

I also dusted the edge of the card with blue to bring out the cups. It is layered and most of you know how to put the card together. Both are doing well by the way. I'm tired tonight so I'll just some quick typing and hopefully get to bed early. My truck is still sick and Gonzo is bringing me to work. Later ya'll.

Hi ya'll. Well this was one of my latest projects. I had a couple of birthdays at the end of July and the begining of August. This one was for my nephew Chad. He likes race cars and even though I did not have a fashionable racer I was able to use this older model and just add some color. It is not difficult. I used a brown textured paper for the card itself and then cut a smaller piece of green that I edged with some brown color. I then attached another designed card stock and placed it on a strip of dark green and placed it all onto the lighter green background. I added the brads on the white card stock and also did some shading with some brown . I attached brown buttons on the top and stick on letters at the bottom . The Happy Birthday was stamped with versa mark and then embossed with the gold embossing powder. I have several birthday cards that I have to finish for family members and for some special people. Today was a long day. My car overheated (which seems to be happening regularly lately). I then had to return home for lunch cause I had forgotten to deliver an item to a lady in Labadieville this morning. My grandson started Pre K today and I was concerned as to how he would handle it. No worry -- he did great . I then had the car over heat again going back to work Grrrrrrrr!!. Had to call Gonzo to come check it. Then after work I had 50 lbs of shrimp to dehead and put in the freezer and now I have a about 35 minutes of typing to get done before bed. I hope to add other cards during the week to my little blog. I hope to get some scrapbooking done soon and will show those pages also.