Happy 26th Birthday, Jon!

 

I have twin sons who just turned 26. I posted Greg's card the other day. This is Jon's card. He lives across the Hudson River from New York City. I am so in love with this Window Trio die set from SSS, and the La La La Land city themed papers work so perfectly with them. This is right up Jon's alley. Wishing him a very good year ahead with all of my love.

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	SSS Window Trio Dies SSS Through The Window Stamps & Dies Waffle Flower A2 Rectangles
Cardstock	Gina K. Pure Luxury Card - Pure Ivory PTI Ocean Tides Card La La Land In The City 6x6 Patterned Paper Pack Gina K Base Weight Black Onyx Card
Ink	VersaMark
Embellishments	SSS Stellar Embellishment Mix
Other	Acetate Ranger Queens's Gold EP Spellbinders Platinum Plus Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer MISTI Stamping Tool We R Memory Keepers Layer Guides My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press Scor-Pal 1/8" Double Sided Tape Waffle Flower Foam Strips

I'm playing at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #653

Krafty Chicks #792 - Anything Goes

Birthday Coffee

There's a new Challenge up at Just Us Girls where it is the 5th Thursday of the month, which means it is CASE (Copy And Selectively Edit, or Copy And Share Everything) a Design Team Member Week. Ina is our lovely host. Choose one of our Design Team cards and make it your own based on whatever you choose: the colors, elements, theme, style, etc. In your post, be sure to explain whose card you are CASEing and what you did to create your own version. We love to see what you come up with during CASE a DT week. The Design Team has created some fabulous inspiration with lots of theme, color and other varied elements for you to choose from.

I made a birthday card for my coffee loving son with a CAS design, monochromatic color scheme, smooshing, stamping, Copic coloring, die cutting, a touch of heat embossing and a BetterPress sentiment.

Please head on over to the Just Us Girls Challenge Blog and check out the wonderful inspiration the Design Team came up with. Choose a card that inspires you and craft with us! I can't wait to check out the gallery to see who you've CASE'd and what you've created!

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	Altenew Coffee Love Avery Elle Wonky Stitches Paper Smooches Shadows Spellbinders A Little Message Sentiments
Cardstock	Ranger Distress Watercolor Cardstock Gina K Black Onyx Heavy Weight Cardstock Neenah Classic Crest 80# Cardstock
Ink	VersaFine Clair Pinecone & Nocturne Distress Oxide Walnut Stain
Embellishments
Other	Spellbinders BetterPress System WOW Clear Embossing Powder WOW Dual Speed Heat Tool Spellbinders Platinum Plus Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer MISTI Stamping Tool My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press Scor-Pal Score Tape-1/4" Spellbinders Foam Squares

I'm also playing at:

Krafty Chicks Challenge #740 - Anything Goes

Happy Birthday, Jon

My twin boys just celebrated their 23rd birthday. My goodness, time surely flies. I made this for Jon, and when he opened it, he said "this is so me". I loved that. He is such a wonderful guy trying to make his way in the college lacrosse coaching world. He is very tenacious, passionate, and boy, can he work a room! I am so very proud of this guy, and I like him very much too! 

Jon loves lacrosse and he loves coffee, so I combined them for his card using Bear (Ellen Hutson). I bought a digital image of crossed lacrosse sticks, edited one out of the images, resized it for bear, and colored the head red. Jon is working with the Rutgers University Lacrosse Team at present.  RU colors are red and black. Bear's coffee cup has a red band to match. The background stenciling is inked with Faded Jeans. I love the way this turned out. Love ya, kid.

I'm playing at:

Seize The Birthday #250 - Anything Goes

Krafty Chicks #635 - All Occasions

Allsorts Challenge Week #700 - Any occasion

SimonSaysStamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes