Happy 60th Birthday Dad!

WOW! I can't believe Dad turned 60 on Saturday! I did give him a call to wish him a happy birthday. We're planning to have a cookout / birthday party for Dad & my DS on Sunday. Here's something I made for Dad.

Here's the front view:




Here's the back view:



I was altering a wooden box from the Stampin' Flybabies Summer Craft Kit and wanted to do something different. I decided to spray paint the box using three colors - a walnut color, a tan color and gold. I spray painted outside in the shop, in front of the fan. Haha - I was NOT downwind.

I had some SU! Carousel Notes I had yet to open. I thought to make "flowers". I used John Deere stickers to decorate some, Chocolate Chip Love & Happiness Rub Ons to alter others, with chocolate brads in the middle as seeds.

Inside the wooden box is a styrofoam cube. I purchased cattails and black eyed susan flowers from Michaels. The papercrafted "flowers" are attached to bamboo skewers. I used my Coluzzle to create the Summer Sun and Garden Green circles, used my SU! Scallop Punch and my Marvy Mega Scallop Circle to create the other circles.

I punched a Giga Scalloped Oval from Soft Sky CS and used to cover the handles, because although I picked up moss at Michaels, I put it back because I got green styrofoam. Well, after I got it all put together, I could see the "backbones" and wanted to hide that. However, I wanted to get my project completed and did not want to go back to Michaels. So I had to think of something. This was what I came up with.

Here's a close up of the flower arrangement from the front:


And from the back:

The back panels are attached with pop dots.

I received the Tractor Time image and the John Deere stickers through the SCS Wish RAK Forum. I punched the stamped image with a Marvy Mega Oval Punch and colored with Copic Markers. The "grass border", I found at Michaels & can not remember what company makes it. I trimmed the bottom of the oval & inserted the tractor under the grass border.

You can really see the shimmer of the gold and the various colors used to paint the box. I hope Dad likes this. I ordered him a John Deere cake, too! I love this & I am so NOT the dried "fake" flowers person - aaaaaachooooooo! They collect dust. But this - I like. I hope Dad enjoys it.

The supply list is long - here's what I can remember looking at the photos:
Stamps: Tractor Time, Big Deal Alpha, Cheery Chat
Ink: Garden Green Craft, Black
Paper: Wild Wasabi, Summer Sun, Paper Trey Ink White, Garden Green
Supplies: wooden box, spray paint (Walnut, tan & gold), grass border, sticky strip, various punches (1/4" hand held, Marvy Giga Scallop Oval, Marvy Mega Oval, SU! Scallop Circle, Marvy Mega Circle Scallop), bamboo skewers, doodle template, SU! markers, Copic Markers, brads, Love & Happiness rub-ons in Chocolate chip, Basic Grey Rub-On Tool, fake flowers, styrofoam, John Deere Stickers, pop dots

Danny and the Dinosaur

This my favorite story. Danny and the Dinosaur. Mom said we read that story so much, I had it memorized! While I do not have my original copy of the book, when my son was in elementary school, I picked up a copy at the Book Fair. I still read it ocassionally. It give me this warm cozy feeling. My son, on the other hand, runs from the room with his ears covered. (shrug)





I created this card for ND Stamper's July 4th Challenge over in SCS's Wish RAK Forum. We were to create a masculine birthday card using SC182.

Card base is Chocolate Chip. I selected three patterns from my Basic Grey 6 x 6 Archaic pad. I have the 12 x 12 pad, too. (wink, wink) Using SU!'s 1 3/8 punch to punch out three of each design. Run those through Xyron and attached.

Focal image is a Rub-On from the Archaic collection, on Paper Trey White, matted on Not Quite Navy and Chocolate Chip, attached with dimensionals.

The twine I received from Wish RAK; the beads, I inherited from a completed Cub Scout Project (from one young fella to another young fella - how cool is that?) The sentiment is yet another rub-on and is quite B R I G H T! It's from SU!'s A Perfect Day Collection.

I used my nifty Basic Grey Rub-On Tool for this project.

All cards created during Wish RAK's July 4 Challenges will be donated to the troops. Wish RAK's goal is 1,000 cards! I sure hope this card makes one little boy smile!

Supply List:
Stamps: None
Paper: Chocolate, Basic Grey Archaic, Not Quite Navy, Paper Trey White
Ink: None
Accessories: Twine, Pony Beads, Rub-Ons, Rub-On tool, dimensionals, Xyron, 1 3/8" square punch
Techniques: Punch, Rub-On