Spectacular Birthday

Our Luke celebrated his 5th birthday last week.  I had made him a paper pieced card but then decided to use the pattern I'd found for a Spider-man card.  He's crazy about Spider-man and all those Avengers.  He really liked this card and that made me happy!

Spider-man is copyrighted by MARVEL.  I found the pattern for him here.  Natasha did a wonderful job of using Stampin' Up! punches for him.  Her pattern was very easy to follow.

The spider web on the top was a lucky find from the clearance shelf at a local craft store.  When I asked how much it was, it rang up at 1¢.  It was my lucky day!  The spider web on the white is embossed with my Stampin' Up! folder.

I'll take this over to  Pixie's Playground, since I used only snippets for the design on this card.    It's a 5" x 7" card so the base wasn't a snippet but everything else was.

Seize the Birthday challenge this week is to make a masculine card using this sketch.

I'll be Lesley didn't envision Spider Man as any shape.  Hopefully they won't kick me out!

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Wacky Wishes, Spider Web (Hero Arts Cling)

Ink:  Whisper White, Pacific Point

Paper:  Whisper White, Night of Navy, Real Red, Pacific Point, Basic Black

Other:  Big Shot, Spider Web EF, Punches (Extra Large Oval, Full Heart, 1 3/8" Circle, Word Window, Modern Label, Retired Small Oval,), Decorative Label Punch, Tiny Spider Punch (Studio G)

I'll leave you with a  shot of our little Hero himself.

I hope you are enjoying your weekend and that you get some time to stamp.

Enjoy!

Birthday Balloons for Owen

Today Luke is going to a birthday party for his "buddy pal" at Preschool.  Mommy provided the present, Nana got to do a card.

My "buddy pal" Ruthann let me use her Crazy for Cupcakes set.  I can't believe I never bought this set.  It's great!  I think it will be in my next order even though she has graciously told me to use it as long as I want!

I inked the balloons and strings (don't you just love those strings?) with markers and colored the balloons in with the markers, smoothing with a blender pen.

I had 2 strings of the same color and I tried to trace one with the small nib on the red marker.  It's not perfect, but I doubt a 3 yr. old will notice.  The middle balloon is cut out and popped up.  I know, I can't believe I actually cut out that ribbon but it gave the look I wanted.

Just a simple layout to bring out the balloon colors.

It just so happens that the Free 4 All #52 challenge at SCS last Friday was to do a child's birthday card.  Isn't that perfect timing?

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Crazy for Cupcakes, Teeny, Tiny Wishes
Ink:  SU Markers (Tempting Turquoise, Brilliant Blue, Real Red)
Paper:  Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise, Real Red

And guess what?  We get to escort Luke to the Birthday Party at the Fun House!  Pop and I may be babbling when we get home!

Enjoy,
Bonnie