Jan 11, 2011
Dinosaurs & Dump Trucks
While I was illustrating the Kid at Heart stamp set I found myself thinking of all the kids in my life and wondering which image would be their favorite. We have lots of nephews and many of the images in this set are perfect for little boys. So I set out to create a Valentine gift for two of our nephews who live nearby. Grant loves dinosaurs so I purchased a dinosaur figurine and created a card and gift tag to match. He’s like a mini paleontologist with all of his dinosaur knowledge and he corrects me anytime I say one of the dinosaur names wrong. And these aren’t names like T-rex! Nope… he goes for the big ones like Parasaurolophus!
Grant’s younger brother, Tyson, is into trucks, trains, cars…pretty much anything with wheels. So I bought him this dump truck that winds up and makes noises when you push different buttons. Parents always appreciate toys that add more noise to their home, right? *wink* I made the card base using my new Spellbinders Labels 1 Grand Nestabilities and the original Labels 1 die set for the inner layers (except the black layer which is hand-cut). I used a white gel pen to stripe the lines on the road and carefully inked the image in order to get the yellow truck and black tires. Then I covered the tires with Glossy Accents.The stamped tags were cut out using the Take Note Die 3 which coordinates with the frame image in the Kid at Heart stamp set.
So these are just a few more ideas for using the Kid at Heart stamp set for the kids in your life. Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you all have a wonderful day!
