Kids' Birthday cards - Boys

It's been a long time since I've shared any of my cards. I will say right up front, that card-making is much harder for me than scrap booking. I haven't figured out why. That being said, I think these turned out pretty cute. The main thing is the kids enjoyed receiving them.

I made this one (above) for my grandson on his 6th birthday! He has a favorite "Foxy" stuffed animal, and he even has a raccoon that he carries around sometimes. I'm the one that loves the owls!! :) The black and white checked scrap paper at the bottom helped ground it all, and I doodled the border around the edge to frame it.

I made this one for the son of a friend of mine who was also having a (Covid) birthday around the same time. Again...the scraps! I use scraps so often when I'm making cards. Don't look too closely at froggy...He could be colored more beautifully. But, I'm sure it was still enjoyed by the receiver and it was fun for me to make it.

Hope you have a great weekend!!

Double layout - "Rainforest"

Hello and happy Wednesday!

I have an announcement to make. I'm a Grandma to an absolutely precious and beautiful baby girl. She's our first grandchild and we are so excited. She had a bit of a rough start in the NICU because she was 5 weeks early. All is well now and we are so grateful and feel blessed beyond belief. She has captured our hearts. We had two boys, so a girl is a very special treat!!!  Let the spoiling begin!!

As you can imagine, we've been a little preoccupied for the past 3 weeks...so it's definitely time to share another layout with you. This one is from our shore excursion to Costa Rica during our 25th anniversary cruise. I'm slowly working my way through all of the pictures.

The red cardstock made a great backdrop for all of the lush tropical photos. I framed each photo with a very thin white mat to help it stand out. The title is cut with Cricut's "Life is a Beach" cartridge. There is no shadow for it, so I cut a size up and offset the green from the red.

I used a white gel pen for journalling on and around the pictures.  

 Check out the tree frog. I cut out two frogs (Life is a Beach) of the same size. I cut the legs off the second one to use popped up as a layer to give it a 3D look. I drew on the black speckles and covered it all with Glossy Accents to make it shiny and wet looking. I put it on top of a fancy cut  stamped and embossed leaf.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Can't wait to start working on layouts of our sweet grandbaby!! So much fun!!!