Tony's Tiny Joke Book (Post 3) by Reneé Matarese

 Hello Ai fans!

Welcome to my last installment of Tony's Tiny Joke Book.

I shared the previous pages, cover and box in prior posts.
Those can be found HERE and HERE.

I was asked to make a birthday card for a 9 year old boy with a 9 year old sense of humor.
I thought a little journal filled with silly dad jokes and riddles would be perfect for him.



The questions are on top of a flap and the answers are underneath.

I paired a cute animal with each joke.

I mean, how cute are these little guys?!

I loved that the Art Impressions Designer Paper
makes it so easy to coordinate an entire journal.

I hope you enjoyed Tony's Tiny Joke Book.
I'm told that he did.

Tony's Tiny Joke Book (post #2) by Reneé Matarese

 Hello Ai fans!

I had a request for a birthday card for a 9 year old boy.

One of the things I was told he likes was "9 year old boy humor."

I very much like lame dad jokes and instantly thought of making him his own little
journal full of jokes he can tell people.

I shared the cover and the first few pages a couple of weeks ago.

Here is the next installment of pages.

I found all of the jokes online and printed them from my computer.

The adorable fish are from the retired Submarine Cubbies set
and the alligator is a retired freebie stamp.

I Love Rock & Roll! by Reneé Matarese

Hello Ai fans!

What do you make when you have a request for a birthday card for a 14 year old who loves 80's music? A rock & roll shaker card of course, complete with boom box!

I used the super fun 5808 – 5pk Snow Globe Shaker Dome.
Inside the dome, I used the radio from 4999 Perfect Duet Set (Retired)

On the inside of her card I used 5866 – Mini Birthday Sentiment Set
and 5562 – Journal Letter Die Set to spell out I LOVE ROCK AND ROLL.
Think Joan Jett!

The border die on the front and on the inside is from
5543 – Journal Template Die Set

The circles were cut using 5726 – Nested Circle Dies
and 6045 – Scalloped Circle Dies

Tony's Tiny Joke Book by Reneé Matarese

 Hello Ai fans!

I had a request for a birthday card for a 9 year old boy.

One of the things I was told he likes was "9 year old boy humor."

I very much like lame dad jokes and instantly thought of making him his own little
journal full of jokes he can tell people.

I'll start by showing you the box I made to give it in and the cover and first two pages.
The box was created using 5805 – Mini Journal Box Dies and 5940 – Journal Cover Paper Pack – Plaid.
The sentiment is from 5866 – Mini Birthday Sentiment Set.

The journal and frame dies are from 5718 – Mini Journal Template.
I only did a "half journal" because I'm limited in time. This means I only cut the journal template twice so it looks like a regular book and not a fold out journal. I still plan to hopefully fit 10 jokes into it.

Here are the first two pages, the inside of the cover and the front of page one.
I used the corner die to hold the flaps closed. The little octopus is from retired 5397-Submarine Cubbies Set and the sweet duck is from 5180 – Barnyard Animal Cubbies.

The journal and pages are made from 6058 – Baby Boy Paper Pack.

Stay tuned at a later date for more jokes from Tony's Tiny Joke Book!

LOL!!!

Yellow! Challenge #428 Week #1

Welcome to our newest challenge!

I feel like this one is pretty self explanatory. Use yellow on your project.
The second I decided to do a yellow challenge, I knew that I wanted it to be Sharon's feature.

Her favorite color is and always has been yellow. After you check out her adorable interactive card, be sure to scroll down and find out who won our last challenge.

Also, don't forget you have one more day to apply to our Design Team call.

Details are below.

 Hello AI Fans! 

If you know me, you know my favorite color is yellow. Just ask my sister, she still hasn't forgiven me for making her wear yellow in my wedding in the 70's. HAHA Oops...I just gave my age away, didn't I. LOL! Anyway, I am super excited to get to introduce our new Challenge #428 Yellow! Whoot Whoot!! I can't wait to see all your amazing creations using the beautiful color of yellow! For my feature, I created a slider card where an adorable frog surprises the birthday girl by popping up out of her birthday cake! First a look at the finished card...

So to make the card, I started with #5407 Birthday Cake GCH. This cake die can be used for so many things!! I cut the pieces using #6012 Basic Yellow PP and then inked the edges to give it a little depth. 

After assembling the cake, I grabbed #6046 Scalloped Oval Die Set and chose the correct sizes so the cake and frog had enough room. If you have a channel die, you can use that. If not, you can also cut a slot with a ruler and your craft knife. I wanted a larger channel than what my die provided so I improvised. Once I cut the one slot, I lined the die up and cut it again to the length I needed as shown in the pics below. You want a slot that is long enough to allow your image to be hidden behind the cake and also reveal it once it's pulled up. 

I cut a pull tab twice out of heavy cardstock and glued them together so they would be strong enough to hold up to the pushing and pulling it was going to receive. (I always play with the interactive cards I create!)

It really helps to keep the pull tab on track if you create a little sleeve for it to slide through. Just take a light weight paper and cut a strip around 1/4" wide and fold it loosely around the pull tab. Glue it down to the back of the card. 

I wanted the frog to "talk" when he jumped out of the cake, so I die cut a word bubble and used a sentiment from #5866 Mini Birthday Sentiment Set. I die cut both the word bubble and the frog 3 times and glued them together for stability. Then, to attach it to the frog, I just cut a small strip of acetate and doubled it up for strength. 

After lining up the pull tab with the channel, I used a strong glue to attach a slider disc to both the pull tab on the back side and the frog on the front side. Be sure to use a strong glue and allow lots of time for drying. You don't want it separating from either of them after you've assembled the entire card!! 

I used two layers of foam tape on the back of green and white slider panel as well as the cake that goes over the top of the slider to give plenty of room for the frog to slide. I added some dots from Scrapbook.com Pops of Color and some of those cute candles that are in the set with the cake. For a touch of sparkle, I went over the Happy Birthday die cut and candle flames with Wink of Stella and then popped a bow on there. I do love interactive cards, so I hope the person that ends up with this enjoys it as much as I enjoyed making it. 

So that's it for me today! Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit, and I can't wait to see what yellow creations you'll be making for the challenge. Until next time - stay crafty!!! 

I knew Sharon would have fun with this challenge. What an adorable card! That frog is just TOO CUTE!!

Now for the winners of our Mix & Match challenge.

For our Top Spot we selected Neema M.

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to claim a free stamp set of your choice!!

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Our Lucky Random Winner was:

Chrissyxx

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Congratulations to both of our winners and thank you
Sharon for the amazing inspiration for the new challenge!

If you're interested in applying for our Design Team please view all of the details below.

Now for our new challenge!

 ✻ Please make a new card or handmade crafty creation using either stamps, dies and or designer paper from Art Impressions. You can make any item you wish; this is not limited to cards! (unless specified)

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✻Top Spot Winner and Lucky Random Winner each receive a free 

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