Adoption Cards x 2

Captain Alan

Adoption Day Cards were fun to make this year.  I did punch art for both of them.  This one is for an 8-year old, blind boy so I added a lot of textures and die cuts.  The eye patch, mustache, earrings and left eye are all textured so that Alan could feel them.  I saw this pirate card on pinterest and had to make it for him because he is very much into pirates now.  I have made a lot of faces with the Top Note die from SU and it is always fun to do.  The kerchief with the next to largest circle nestabilities and the tail of the kerchief is done with spellbinders tags.  The teeth are from the word window punch from SU and the mustache is one of the largest heart nestabilities. The nose is the tag punch from SU. Check out the inside.....

Ahoy Matey!

The sentiment reads, "Celebrating with joy the wonderful treasure that you are!  Happy Adoption Day!".
I made the palm tree with a die cut from Dee's Distinctive which I have used a lot and the base of the palm is free hand with cuttlebug embossing folder.  The treasure chest and pirate boat are stickers.

Chief Aaron

 The second card I made I really have to thank my sister Chris for the idea.  Check out her card here. She made a car and when I was told that Aaron really like firetrucks I thought I would try one. Aaron is 4 years old and I thought he would get a kick out this firetruck.  This is a trifold card with the Top Note die again for the front of the truck and the back of the truck I made to fit the inside section of the card.  The ladder was done free hand but afterwards I realized I could have used sizzix's fence die. The hose was done free hand and the nozzle is just the small slot punch from SU.  The hydrant  is done with a rectangle, large oval punch, the word window, and circle punches. The helmet (in the front seat) is large and small oval punches. 

A closer look

I also wanted to share with you (again I have to thank Chris for this idea) my new magnetic board in my craftroom. I am putting the dies that I use a lot so that they are easier to grab on the frame.  The frame, which I love, I got at "Just the Thing" in Dover NH and added the magnetic sheets from Joann's to hold dies. Love, love, love this idea.  I may have to do a whole wall of different frames to hold on my dies because I do have quite a few but for now it will have to be the ones a use a lot.  Thanks again, Chris!!

Love this!

Adoption Day Cards

Again this year, I was asked by a teacher at my husband's school to do a couple of Adoption Day cards for her 2 nephrews.  One of the boys is going to be 7 and his name is Alan who happens to be blind and loves music.  This card is for him!  I found this template guitar from http://sarahsinkspot.com/blog/2009/06/u-rock-guitar-card-2.html  I used a glitter paper for the guitar so that Alan could feel it. The strings are the gold metallic string from SU which I wrapped around brads at the top and base of the guitar. The card size is 8 x 7 inches. When you open up the card I made the piano from Lynn Pratt (you can go to her blog from my blog, her button is to the left of my blog). She is so talented! I made my own dimensions from her picture to fit my card.  The white keys are 4 x 5 1/2 and I drew black lines every 1/2 inch.  I scored twice on each side at the 1/2 inch mark. The black keys are measured 5/16 of an inch by 2 1/2 inch and scored the same way only at 1/4 of an inch mark.  Then place the black keys in the middle of the black line on the white keys.  The sentiment "You rock!" is done in gold embossing powder so that Alan could feel it. There is a lot of texture in this card so I hope Alan enjoys it.

From a different angle

The second card I made was for Alan's brother, Aaron and he is 3 and loves baseball. I wasn't sure what team he liked so I did a generic Red Sox jersey.  I used a few punches for this one. The large and small tag punches for the pocket. The frame corner punch for the V neck and I cut free hand the red triangles for the shoulders.  The baseball is from nestabilities with red stitching and inked it up with Tim Holtz's Wild Honey. Check out the inside below.  Check back with me and I'll let you know how they liked their cards.  Thanks for stopping by!

Not sure why this is sideways?!

Adoption Day

My husband is a principal at an elementary school in Maine and one of the teachers at his school needed a card for a friend who has adopted two little boys.  This one is for the 3 year old, Aaron.  This is a special day for he and his brother!  I got the idea from flowerbugnd1 and she used SU punches. Her link is as follows http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1696154?&si=flowerbugnd1She used wide oval and large oval, word window, small circles and slit punch.  The trees are from sizzix and I used the 1 inch square punch  for  the stop sign, just fold it in quarters and cut the angle.  The road was cut by hand. with white uniball pen to make the center lines. I sponged the sky with a scallop punch and used brocade blue to make the clouds. This was a lot of fun to make and the sentiment I also found on SC.

Tomorrow I will make his brother's card so stop by (excuse the pun) and see it!  Thanks for looking.