Showing posts with label I Dig You. Show all posts
Showing posts with label I Dig You. Show all posts

Wednesday, 26 March 2014

You're My Hero Birthday

Do you find making cards for little boys challenging? I do too, possibly because there are so many small boys in my family, there's an awful lot of cards to make. I have to hold onto the retired stamp sets like Dinoroar for the dinosoar fans and I Dig You for the little guys that love all things construction. I am looking forward to the Annual Stampin' Up! catalogue on July 1st when we will see new stamps. My fingers are crossed for a different vehicle/digger stamp, but in the meantime I've used You're My Hero, which is also pretty cute.

It comes with the two greetings you see on the card, and one other, which just happens to be the same as the name of the stamp set! The three vehicles are a cute little police car, a fire engine and an ambulance. I've punched out portions of the images to use on this card. Those squares are mounted onto a coloured square a little bigger and then with Dimensionals, on to a much larger double-mounted square. Right in the middle is a square with the number 4, from my favourite and much-loved Memorable Moments stamp set.

I have just bought myself a new letters and numbers stamp set, mmmmm... that would be ABC-123 Sketch Alphabet & Numbers on page 131 of the catalogue. There is an outline set as well, but I have chosen the filler part to try out first. So you just might see a different style of number appear on my 'age' birthday cards soon.

Happy stamping
Rachel

Friday, 3 May 2013

I Dig You PP143 PPA158


I have been asked to make a 2nd birthday card for a little boy who loves trucks. Well, what little boy doesn't love trucks?

The obvious choice for this card would have to be I Dig You paired with the happy little birthday greeting from Up Up and Away. Both these stamps sets will be retired when our new catalogue is released so if you don't already own them, now is the time to think about making that purchase.

I found that Ann's sketch over at The Paper Players was just the inspiration I needed and then the colours at Pals Paper Arts were fabulous too.


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Just in case that card doesn't appeal to my customer, I have rustled up a similiar one using the truck from I Dig It and Real Red with Pacific Point. I like them both and have a grandson turning 2 this year as well, so I will keep the spare for him.
I used the large doiley from the Bigz l Perfect Pennants cut on my Big Shot of course. Punches used were the 2½ inch circle, 1 inch circle and the 1¼inch scallop circle. The number comes from that very useful set Memorable Moments.



I am entering these challenges:
The Paper Players pp143
PalsPaper Arts PPA 158 color challenge

I Dig You - Clear-Mount Stamp Set - by Stampin' Up!