A Birthday Book for Easton--#tgifc303

My grandson Easton's 2nd birthday is coming up next week and he loves dinosaurs.  It was his mama who started him in dinosaur outfits and now he goes to his dinosaur books and roars as he turns the pages and "reads". (And Grandma may have gotten him a stuffed dinosaur that he started hugging at Ikea a couple of weeks ago.)  Obviously, I had to make him a dinosaur card for his birthday!

I used this week's TGIF Challenges' sketch for my card front:

This card front has a secret message on a flip feature:

To create the flip feature, I started with a 4-1/8" X 1/2" strip of Whisper White card stock (which is discontinued--we now have Basic White card stock but I am using up my old stash).  I punched one end of the strip with the Banners Pick-a-Punch (#153608) and scored the other end at 3/4".  I masked off the bottom half of the greeting image and stamped the top half on the front of the strip in Soft Suede and then masked off the top half and stamped the bottom half on the back of the strip.  I folded the scored tab and adhered it to the back of the Mango Melody piece using Seal+ adhesive (#149699). 

Easton now calls all the cards I send him "books".  So, this time I made him a three page "book" instead of a regular card.  I cut two 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" card bases, one in Mango Melody and the other in Pool Party, then adhered them together with Seal+.  Here are pages 2 and 3:

I used the Dino Days stamp set (#149406) and coordinating Dino dies to create most of the images (#149636).  The letters for "Easton" were die cut using the Playful Alphabet dies (#152706).  "Happy Birthday" was die cut using dies from the Well-Written dies (#151816).  I die cut one of each word out of Mango Melody and two of each out of Soft Suede, then adhered them together with Multipurpose Liquid glue.  The greeting on the second page was die cut using the Tasteful Labels dies (#152886). 

The Mango Melody layer on the card front was embossed with the Painted Texture 3D embossing folder (#154317).  Linen Thread (#104199) and Pearl Basic Jewels (#144219) colored with an Old Olive Dark Stampin' Blends (#154892) complete the card front.  Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels (#150457) in Pumpkin Pie finish off pages 2 and 3 of the card book.

The TGIF Challenges sketch leaves lots of room for creativity.  Check all of the project entries over at the TGIF Challenges Blog here.

Have a great weekend!

--Sara Nell

A T-Rex for Easton--#tgifc298

This week's sketch challenge over at TGIF Challenges provided the inspiration for today's card.  I made it for my 23-month old grandson, Easton.  I want to send him a little love as he is being tested for COVID-19 tomorrow.  One of his little buddies from day care tested positive last week.  

Easton loves dinosaurs so I reached for the Dino Days stamp set  (#149406) and the coordinating Dino dies (#149636).  I stamped the t-rex in Poppy Parade and Pacific Point and the palm tree in Soft Suede and Granny Apple Green.  They are arranged over a Whisper White label die cut using the third largest die in the Stitched Nested Labels die set (#149638).  The greeting was stamped in Granny Apple Green on a Soft Sea Foam banner created with a 5/8" wide strip of card stock and the Banners Pick a Punch (#153608).  I added three Bumble Bee enamel dots (2020-2022 In Color Enamel dots, #152480) to complete the label.

The background on the card is a piece of Granny Apple Green/Garden Green plaid designer series paper from the Berry Delightful designer series paper pack.  This paper is bundled with the Berry Blessings stamp set as a FREE Sale-a-Bration product choice with a purchase of at least $100.  This paper was adhered to a Whisper White Thick card base.

Please note:   All Whisper White products have been discontinued by Stampin' Up! due to the manufacturer's plant closing.  However, we have great new Basic White products to replace them.  The Item number for Basic White thick card stock is 159229 and for regular 8-1/2" x 11" Basic White card stock, it is 159276. 

Head over to the TGIF Challenges Blog for more projects created using this sketch:

Have a great day!

--Sara Nell

Easton's First Valentine--#tgifc251

The day this week's TGIF Challenges sketch challenge was announced, I received the sweetest photo of my grandson Easton checking out the Valentine card I sent him.  It was perfect for the sketch:

The base page is a 12" x 12" piece of Old Olive card stock.  I stamped the dinosaur track image from Dino Days stamp set (#149406) diagonally across the page in Old Olive ink.  The hearts were die cut out of Lovely Lipstick card stock using the  Stitched Be Mine dies(#146828).  The little dinos were fussy cut out of a pattern from the Dinoroar designer series paper pack (#149589).  The large dinosaur was die cut from another pattern from the paper pack using the Dino dies (#149636).  

Here is a photo of the card I sent him:

It has a flip feature and a heart with dino tracks inside:

Easton was so excited after Katharine read the card to him, that he ran around the living room waving it in the air, then set it on a table and then picked it up again and waved it some more (this is the only photo I received without a blurred image of Easton running!).  He'll be one next week, so I was thrilled that he actually loved getting the card.

There are some beautiful projects (cards and pages) using this sketch over at the TGIF Challenges blog.  You really need to check them all out!

Have a great week!

--Sara Nell