You're a Blast!

My youngest brother's son, Jameson, is such a blast!  That child is so full of fun that Thom and I laugh about him all the time -- he just says and does things that a 5 year old child shouldn't even know about, but because his parents are youth group leaders of teens, he knows so much more than he should.  And, he's a miniature Tracy, who is 7 years younger than me, and whom I considered my baby, even though he's really my brother!  I sometimes get Tracy, Andy and Jameson mixed up in my mind because I love them all so much.

So Tracy marries LuAnn and they have Jameson.  I love LuAnn because she is a DOER.  And I mean, she is a DOER!  If she says she is going to get it done, she gets it done in record time.  I marvel sometimes at how she does it, but I don't question -- I just sit back and watch.  Their youth is going to be making cards to sell through their church and I'm sending her some items to help in that regard.  So, along with that package, I've decided to include mail for Jameson.  I started with a sketch and ended up with this card.

Once again, I apologize for the lean in my photos.  I still can't figure out how to get through that darned view finder and I'm going to have to call LuAnn tonight to see if she can walk me through it.

This image comes from the Pun Fun set and it is one that I earned free from Stampin' Up!  I wouldn't have ordered it otherwise because I tend to buy "serious" stamps.  Well, with the Cards for the Kids event coming up, I needed some not so serious cards that kids might enjoy and as luck would have it, this is virgin rubber.  I mounted up the images and checked out some sketch challenges and this card is the result.

I started with a Night of Navy card base.  I used a Yoyo Yellow layer and smacked my Brilliant Blue and Only Orange inkpads all over that layer to give it some "oooomph".  I layered on a pierced and scalloped layer of Only Orange and wrapped a piece of 1/4" Night of Navy grosgrain ribbon around that layer, adding a cheater bow (yep, Francie, it's a cheater!).  I stamped my rocket image in Black Staz-On ink on Whisper White cardstock, and watercolored it with aquapainters and my Bold Brights Watercolor Crayons.  I used the Going Gray crayon as well to color the rocket and add some "smoke" to the image.  I mounted this on Brilliant Blue and ripped both pieces before adding it to my card.  Now, when I inked my rocket image, I omitted the words from the image and stamped the words instead on a piece of scrap Whisper White.  I punched this out with the small oval punch and then punched a piece of Brilliant Blue from the larger oval, mounting the two with dimensionals.  I added this to the top of the image as per the sketch.

Because I am currently in love with Shimmer mist, created using alcohol and shimmer paint, I liberally sprayed the entire card!  Jameson will love it -- what 5 year old do you know who doesn't like rockets and mail?  And the shimmer just made me happy!

Thanks so much for the comments you are leaving on my blog.  I'll be picking a blog candy winner on Thursday afternoon of this week.  Friday, when we do Blogger's Challenge, which is another toughie for me (a one layer card I think!), you'll see the winner and I'll contact you by email. 

I'll leave you with some pictures of the packaging and things I did for the auction my mom's office, The Ohio Police and Fire Department Pension Fund (say that three times fast!), is having to raise funds for Faith Mission, Mid-Ohio Food Bank and Children's Hospital.  Enjoy your day!

This box is holding 8 cards and has a belly band to keep it snug and secure.  Simple and easy, it's one I'll be showing you again.

Happy Monday!

Comments

[LuAnn]

And I need to add that Jameson LOVED the card! And you will love this - I made him lay down on Saturday before everyone got to our house (well, that was the plan), and I went in 10 minutes later and he was counting outloud - I asked him what he was counting and he told me he was counting the letters in the words on the inside of his card! Kind of like playing with a box instead of the toy that was in his box! I knew that story would crack you up. Jameson is getting into helping me with cards so we are going to have a "party" of two next Friday and make cards from the stamp sets you sent! I am gonig to order some supplies today.

Love ya!

[Becky Clawson]

Tami, I love the "Blast" card I am always at a loss for boy themes. My nephews are not into fairies and pink cats so you know I can always use boy themed cards! Also love the box with belly band. You know I get excited about colors and the colors you used for that project is inspiring. I recieved your email on the Christmas album you did this weekend. Is that featured on the blog somewhere? I love it! This would be a fantastic gift!
Have an inspiring monday!