About a boy

I rarely get to create for boys - having two girls, everything is girly, frilly and somewhat lacking in dinosaurs and dirt.  So when I got to use some new boy themed tabs from Tanya Leigh Designz I jumped at the chance to make a vintage style card and some cute little paper shoes.

I found some nice vintage pictures on Pinterest, including some alphabet cards, and a little shoe template and set to work creating with blue's, ink and twill.

I used patterned papers, some that looked like old newsprint, and a vintage picture.  I glossed the bubbles to give them some shine.  I also tucked in a 3-in-1 Word Ring - Boy around the top left corner of the picture.

The little shoes were created with blue Bazzill, and some brown Bazzill.  I created the stitches with a white Signo pen.

The rattle you can see in the picture is actually my brother's.  It's carved from one piece of wood and comes from New Zealand.  Both of my daughters played with it as babies.

You can find all sorts of these lovely vintage alphabet cards on Pinterest.

Here's a little close-up of the shoes.  I roughed them up a bit with some black ink and added a little metal embossed tag.

The little tabs are designed to be printed on photo paper, but since I was scrapping in the middle of the night, I printed them on card.  They print really nicely, with bold colours and clear words - either on card or photo paper.  I lifted the Word Ring slightly on 3D foam tabs.

I have joined the following challenges:

Incy Wincy Designs - So so cute (2w)
Crafty Sentiments Design - Boys/Men (w)
The Ribbon Girl - Use any image (2w)
Love to Create - Anything creative (w)
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything goes (2w)
613 Avenue Create - Anything goes (m)

5 comments

Wendy Nicola Jackson said...

Sarah, those wee shoes are beyond adorable! I absolutely love their clever design and your choice of colours and papers is fabulous! Truly brilliant hun. Love the card, that image is super cute and fantastic layout and design. Utterly fab creations!! Hugs, Wends xoxo

Barbara Bruder said...

Oh my this project is so adorable, great card and those shoes are fabulous. Thanks for joining us at the Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenges for our latest challenge.  {Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenges}Good luck and join us again soon. Hugs, Barbara

Suze said...

Great projects - especially love those shoes! Thank you for joining in the Anything Goes challenge at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends.

Rae Ann said...

The shoes are so adorable! Love the colors and elements you used on the card. What an awesome rattle too!

Thank you for joining us at Crafty Sentiments for our Men/Boys challenge.

Sheryl said...

Congratulations you are one of the Top Rockers at 613 Avenue Create - don’t forget to pick up your badge from the Top Rocker page.