So last week I started on my granddaughter's card because let's face it - kids cards are SO much easier to do than adult cards. And for me, female cards are TEN times easier than a card for a male. So poor Scott already had two strikes against him. And it wasn't until I got about halfway through a card I needed for May, that the realization set in that I had not started my son's card yet and it needed to get in the mail. Yikes! The panic was on!
He loves all things Disney (yes even at the age of 39, you don't outgrow Mickey Mouse and all of his friends), and is an avid golf player, but I felt like I had exhausted those topics in previous years! So I looked and I looked and I looked. I went through all of my stamps, digi and rubber. I searched through my endless collection of card sketches and books with card ideas. Nothing. Even Pinterest failed me - so I knew I was in serious trouble at this point! Finally after stepping away from it, I just decided that the greeting was the most important thing and keeping it simple was probably a good idea.
Before I go on to the card portion, I just have to say that I can hardly believe that 39 years have passed. I can remember the anticipation, fear, excitement, worry - all of those emotions that come tumbling in at once, as if it was yesterday. The fear was because he was a big baby and he was losing oxygen fast, so they did an emergency c-section. I was terrified, but he was healthy and beautiful. It was a tumultuous first month as the two grandmothers took care of him most of that time as I ended back in the hospital with an infection and it was touch and go for a while. But we clearly had a happy ending. There is nothing like your first born. All of your children are special, but that first one is truly that first miracle - and there is nothing in the world like that experience. He is all of my hopes and dreams wrapped into one wonderful person. Thank God he has a sister and brother so all of the pressure is not on him!! I love him dearly.
Now, onto the card....
You can see the detail of the letters cut with the Silver Bullet Professonal.
I had to do a closeup of the papers as they are so beautiful with the gold flecks running through them. The red and blue are from the incandescent line from Paper Temptress.
And the tone on tone white striped paper creating the lattice work is from the luster line.
I love how these papers make everything look so special.
And here is the final product. The file is from Birds Cards - it is her Card Cover series. I altered it a little and added the greeting. The buttons were made with the Epiphany Crafts Shape Punch (cuts the shape and attaches an adhesive dome to the paper shape). I have had that punch forever and realized it was time to use the tools I have! The red and blue twine is American Crafts.
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