Swoosh! Basketball Birthday Card

Hi all!  Didn't think you'd be hearing from me again so soon, did you??  Just keeping you all on your toes!  Well, I have a husband and three boys, so when I saw a few boy/masculine challenges this week, I had to jump right in with a card.  I made this one using the Cricut Sports Mania cartridge, which is a favorite of mine because of the above-mentioned husband and boys!  :-) I kept the card very simple...just one cut and a bit of doodling and stitching.  Basketball is the sport of choice at the moment here.  In fact, my kids are playing in 8 (yes, 8!!) different basketball games this weekend.  Oh my!  But football will be all the rage next weekend when our Patriots (Tom Brady anyone??) play in the Super Bowl.  Yay!

Recipe

SWOOSH/basketball word art - Cricut Sports Mania cartridge

All cardstock - Recollections

Black Creative Memories marker for doodling

White Gelly Roll pen for stitching

I'm entering this card into 4 challenges:

Cardz TV Challenge #4: It's a Guy Thing - Make a masculine card for any occasion using any colors you'd like.
Celebrate the Occasion #47: Masculine Birthday - Make a birthday card for a man, young or old.

My Craft Spot's Monday Challenge #42: Let's Hear it for the Boys! - Make a card for a boy/man.

Scrappy-Go-Lucky's Strut Your Cuts Week #4 - Use one or more of the Featured Five Cricut cartridges to make a project.

Enjoy the weekend!

~Sharon C.



Reading + Basketball = Bookmark

Happy Sunday!  Just a quick post today.  We're still recovering from 6 basketball games this weekend...and another one later today.  I'm glad my kids are active...they keep me active too! 

Today I'm posting a bookmark I made for my oldest son.  He's 11 and he has been an avid reader since kindergarten.  I'm so happy about that.  I LOVED to read when I was young...and I still do, I just wish I had more time (don't we all?) to sit down with a book.  Lately, he's been reading even more.  He reads while he's brushing his teeth at night, while he's walking to the dinner table, when he's supposed to be changing for a practice.  I can't get upset about it though...there are much worse things he could be doing!  He also made the travel basketball team this year and loves every minute of it.  So I decided to make his a basketball-themed bookmark.  What do you think?

The 'M' is for our town name...and the name of the team he plays for.  The team's colors are green & white.  I figured he'd appreciate the saying 'basketball rocks' ...he's 11 after all!...and I put his name and jersey number on the other side.  When he found it, he immediately put it with his books... :-) ...but his brother saw it and put an order in for himself.  I should have made an extra!

Recipe

 Shadow 'M' from Birthday Bash welded together with rounded rectangle from George & Basic shapes; duplicated, flipped and welded together to make the front and back of bookmark

'RockS!' from Birthday Bash welded onto one half (placed white cardstock behind the cut)

Basketball from Sports Mania

Two 'M's' from Birthday Bash cut in white and layered over shadowed 'M's'

'AJ' and '#21' also from Birthday Bash

Patterned paper - DCWV Holiday stack

Cardstock - Recollections

Green Creative Memories marker, white Gelly Roll pen for stitching

I'm entering this bookmark into 3 challenges:

Celebrate the Occasion: Challenge #3 - Make a project for any occasion using green, white and one optional color.

The Paper Variety: Let's See Your Green - Create a project using mostly (at least 50%) green.

Cricut Cardz Challenge #64 - Create a bookmark using any Cricut cartridge and any colors.

Enjoy the weekend!

~Sharon C.

"Gearin' Up" Football Page for Made by Momo and Always Crafting challenges

Hello again!  Hurricane Earl is slowly making his way towards New England and we're all hanging out, wondering whether this storm will sizzle or fizzle.  Just a lot of fog and drizzle (he he he) at the moment, but time will tell.  My kids created their own carnival in our basement today and they're keeping busy playing all the games.  :-) 

My kids went back to school on Tuesday, so this was a transition week for us.  So far, so good.  But my house has been unusually quiet - it's the first time in over 10 years that I haven't had a child home with me for at least part of the day.  And it's been unusually neat here at home too...hmm...I wonder why!  :-)  Anyway, since I had some free time this week, I decided to make a scrapbook page for two different challenges.  Mari aka Momo at Made by Momo has a challenge every other Tuesday.  The current challenge is to make a project using black & white and one color of your choice.  I chose green....for our school's colors.  And Stephanie at Always Crafting posted her Whimsical Wednesday challenge  - use bling, buttons and/or brads on a project.  I used two brads to mimic the snaps on my son's football helmet...hope that's enough!!  :-)

I must mention that the layout for this page was inspired by a scrapbook page created by Marie on Write. Click. Scrapbook.  You should check out this blog...such beautiful projects!

The pictures I scrapped are of my middle son who began playing football on a team this year.  He was so excited to get his practice uniform....and proudly modeled it for us.  I think he's looking pretty tough for an 8 yr-old!  What do you think?  :-)

Recipe

Football helmet - Cricut Sports Mania cartridge, used hide contour

"M" - Cricut Plantin Schoolbook cartridge

"gearin' up" - Cricut Plantin Schoolbook, welded with my Gypsy

Patterned paper - My Mind's Eye 'everyday tango'

Cardstock - DCWV and Recollections

Brads - Recollections

Black Creative Memories marker, white Gelly Roll pen for stitching, doodling, journaling

Cat's Eye chalk ink

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