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Tonight I needed a birthday card for my adorable great-nephew Kolby who turns five this week. I decided to go with a dinosaur theme & used this week's Sketch from 2 Sketches 4 You.
I stamped the skateboard from Kim Hughes' Little Boy stamps set & added a dinosaur sticker from Basic Grey's Archaic collection. For the vertical piece of the sketch, I added a border sticker to simulate the road. The sentiment started out as a single sticker, but I cut it into two little clouds to finish my design.
I also made this card for Sue's 52 Card Pick-up Theme this week which is Perfectly Imperfect. I believe if we all tried to embrace the joy of Playing Hard that we had when we were five years old, we would care much less about perfection, and so much more about being in the moment and enjoying every experience to its fullest ... whether it was jumping in mud puddles ... digging in the dirt ... climbing trees ... skipping rocks ... or jumping in piles of leaves (instead of worrying that we'll just have to rake them all back up again when we're done).
Here's one of my favorite pictures of Kolby & his great-grandma after he threw out the first pitch at a Cedar Rapids Kernels game this summer.
Never lose your sense of play my dear boy ... Happy Birthday Kolby.
Oh Steph! Your card is soo much fun! Thanks for playing along at 2S4Y this week! :)
Posted by: Rosemarie Diehl | October 11, 2010 at 10:30 PM
LOVE your card and that is thee sweetest pic...ahhh...to be 5 years old again:)
Posted by: ~amy~ | October 12, 2010 at 07:24 AM
Ohhhh fabbie skateboard dinosaur card!!! Love it!
Posted by: TesaB | October 12, 2010 at 08:30 AM
holy mackeral...now THAT is a very handsome and appealing young man...so how utterly fitting that his card should be VERY MUCH likewise!!! (happy birthday, young dude!!!) ♥♥♥
Posted by: lauren | October 13, 2010 at 08:10 AM
Love your card, Stephanie! How fun for your g-nephew! What a cutie he is!
Posted by: Deb | October 13, 2010 at 03:59 PM
this is such a cute boy card :) I LOVE the paper too!
Thanks for joining us this week at 2S4Y
Hugs
Kazan
Posted by: kazan clark | October 14, 2010 at 07:44 PM
Another awesome card, Steph! Sorry I wasn't able to get back over here to leave a comment sooner - I've had a "perfectly imperfect" week! Wonderful colors, paper piecing, and overall concept - love it! Thanks for joining the challenge this week!
Posted by: Sue | October 16, 2010 at 05:10 PM
Cute card Steph! I love that BG paper set. Adorable. He'll love it.
Posted by: Gina | October 17, 2010 at 11:03 AM