Birthday: Dinosaur Watercolor with Glitter

My grandson, Jakob, loves Godzilla and dinosaurs.  My granddaughter, Ella, helped make this card.  She really wanted a glittery card.  So, we used Versa Mark and silver embossing powder.  Then we used water color powders to create the background.  Fun card!

Valentine's: Match books with Conversation Hearts

Last year I made my grandson's last valentines.  This year I added a different grandson and a granddaughter to the list!  Since I had so many to make (70), I made the design very simple.  I created a match book and stapled the conversation hearts in.  The heart on the front was printed on the computer and punched out.  Easy peasy!

Christmas: Ornamental Pine and a Santa Picture!

The four children with Santa are my grandchildren; the oldest is 12 years old and the youngest is 3 months.  Life is good.

The picture is attached by using a corner punch that makes a slot for the picture to slide into.  A great punch to have.

Colors:
Bravo Burgundy
Mossy Meadow
Early Espresso
White

Stamps:
Ornamental Pine
Star of Light

Other:
Corner punch

CD Jewel Case: Father and Daughter Photo Album

 

 

 

I love the photo album in a cd jewel case.  This will be my son Adam's Valentine's gift.  The beautiful little angel is my granddaughter, Ella.

I took the pictures right after I made the album; the glue was not quite dry.  After a day or so, the glue will dry clear.

I have refined the design a bit:

Front cover: 4 3/4" x 4 3/4"
Back cover: 5 3/8" x 4 5/8"
Mats for covers (2): 4 3/8" x 4 1/2"
Accordian:
    2 pieces 4" x 12", scored at 4" and 8"
    1 piece 4" x 8", scored at 4"

Tag punched

The two pieces of 4" x12" are connected by placing the 4" x 8" directly on top of the two pieces. 

Altered Altoids Box for Ella

My granddaughter is almost 1 1/2 years old.  I had created the first altered Altoids box when Ella was about 2 weeks old.  She has grown so much, a second box was needed.  I made the boxes look different on the top so my son would know which box was which. 

Coastal Cabana was chosen for the color to match at color of the box.  I used sticky tape to hold the ribbon to the paper.  There are pictures on the back of each card; that extra weight helps the cards stand alone.

My son is such a proud and doting father!  He takes the boxes to work with him.

Scrapbooking: Project Life with Ella Again

This is the back side of the Project Life page for Ella.  My daughter, Aaron, is the scrapbooker here.  My son, Adam, is the proud father.

Green and purple are the background colors.  Again, embossing folders, stamps, pearls, and punches were used on each of the Project Life sections.  A sticker set was also used.

Scrapbooking: Ella

 

Aaron used a Project Life sheet to create this page for Ella's scrapbook.  My son, Adam, is featured with my beautiful granddaughter.

Colors:

Strawberry Slush

Regal Rose

Very Vanilla

Bermuda Bay

Other:

Many different embossing folders

Butterfly, Button, and Heart embosslits

punches

Sizzletts