Monster Trucks

Today I want to share a quick card I made for my nephew's birthday last week.  He turned 6 so I thought he needed a monster truck card.  Here's what I came up with.

I used the Boys Will Be Boys cartridge for this card.  I welded the shadows together to form the base, then added the layers.  You can't tell too much from the pic, but the silver paper is shimmery so it sorta looked like metal for accents.

As you can tell from the side, I cut an extra layer of the red and added it with foam dots to make it stand out.

I used Glossy Accents on the window so it looked "glassy".  I love Glossy Accents!  If you haven't tried it, you should.

I also cut extra for the wheels and popped them up.  I added brads to the center of each.  I was originally going to add some stitching and extra details, but I opted to leave it plain and simple.  Little boys don't do fancy!

Have a fabulous Thursday!

Cheryl

Boys Will Be Boys–Week 4

I have one last project for you from Boys Will Be Boys.  I really struggled this week with my card.  Probably because I waited until last night right before bed to make it!  Nothing like waiting until the last minute…..

I created this card by welding the shadow of the phrase to a rectangle base.

I cut several layers of the lettering so I could make it pop.  I added more layers to parts of it so it had more dimension.

I love the shaped front of the card.  The only problem is after I finished it I realized I don’t really have anywhere to write a note on the inside….  Yikes!

Thanks for looking!  Have a wonderful evening!

Blessings,
Cheryl

Boys Will Be Boys - Week 3

Today, I wanted to share a Father's Day Card I made using this month's highlighted cartridge, Boys Will Be Boys.  I made several cards for orders I received (and for my father and father-in-law), but only took pictures of two for some reason.  Blonde moment, I guess.  =)  Anyway, I will share the second one tomorrow.

 I found this paper with nuts and bolts (I think that's what they are) on clearance and bought it several months ago.  I figured I could find a manly use for it. 

I cut the hammer and screwdriver from Boys Will be Boys and then added some accents with my white gel pen.  Don't you just want to kiss the person that came up with white gel pens?  I do!

 

I don't own a single stamp about father's day, so I printed the sentiment from my computer, cut it and slapped it on.  Voila!

One last reminder, I'll be drawing for the giveaway when I get home from work tonight, so be sure to leave a comment so you're entered to win.  Have a blessed and peaceful day!

Blessings,
Cheryl

Boys Will Be Boys–Week 2

Good Morning!  It’s Tuesday, which means it’s time for the cartridge of the month project for this week. 

As I’ve mentioned before, I’m the Children’s Pastor at my church and teach the older kid’s class.  There’s a little boy that I haven’t seen in a while, so I decided to make him a card using this cart.  I used the dump truck cut and the font as well.

After I made this and got ready to load the pictures, I realized I used the same black and white paper as last week’s card!  Too funny.  Gotta love scraps, huh?

I added stitching and accents using my white gel pen.

I used the font that is on this cart and welded the shadows together, then added the blue letters individually.  I added stitching with a white and black pen.  (Don’t look at how crooked some of my faux stitching is….)

Overall, I really like this card!  I think this dump truck is super cute!

Here’s what I put on the inside to complete the sentiment.  I have to tell ya…gluing those skinny little letters is tedious, to say the least. 

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you all have a wonderful day!

Blessings,
Cheryl

Have a Blast!!

Happy Tuesday!  It’s time for a new cartridge of the month.  I just ordered Boys Will Be Boys, so I decided to try it out this month.  I don’t have any kids of my own, but the majority of the kids in my class are boys and I know I will get a lot of use out of this.  I’m noticing a lot of the cuts could be used for girls too. 

I made a simple card using the rocket cut.

I LOVE this cute little rocket!  Wouldn’t it be great in pink?  with sparkles?  Ooh…I gotta try that!  I’m sure there’s some little girl out there that would like a pink rocket!

For the sentiment, I used the font from this cart and cut “BLAST”.  “Have a” is handwritten.  I added the stitching and accents on the letters.  Looking at this closely, my white stitching is kinda crooked on that red mat….yikes!  Just ignore that, ok?  Pretend it’s on purpose…or something like that.  My type A personality makes me wanna take it off the card and fix it, but I’m resisting.  It will stay as is.  So there.  (I’m determined to cure this perfectionism…)

If any of you have this cartridge, I would love to see what you’ve done with it!  Send me an email or leave a comment with a link and I’ll post it on the blog with next week’s project from this cart.

Have a wonderful, fantabulous day!  I know I will.  Tomorrow is my last day of work until next Tuesday and it can’t come soon enough!  I will be going to a ladies retreat with my church this weekend and teaching a couple of craft classes.  It’s a great time every year and nice to get away.  Be back soon with a new project for you all…

Blessings,
Cheryl