Kween Bee Kreations

Angry Birds for an 8 Year Old

My son, Devlin turned 8 years old yesterday, making it his golden birthday (8 on Nov. 8)

We had a fun party for his friends last Sunday at the YMCA - the kids went swimming, jumped in a bouncy house, and partied in the party room.  A good time was had by all.  Especially by my Angry Birds fan.  

I CASE'd the card by fellow Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, Maria Cameron.  My bird is slightly off scale (LOL)... but I kind of like how HUGE he is, it gives him character and he's sure to get some pigs at that size!

For my card, I used Stampin' Up!'s Recordable Stampin' Sound Cards.  I found a clip of "The Bird is the Word" sung by Peter on the Family Guy and recorded 10 seconds of the audio onto my card. Devlin LOVED it and pressed the play button for most of the afternoon.  The option to record was a great way to personalize my card.

Recordable Stampin' Sound Cards - Item #121009, $5.95

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• White
• Card measures 4-1/4” x 5-1/2”
• Fits into Sweet Treat Padded Envelopes (Add to Shopping Bag)
• Cover with Designer Series Paper or Card Stock and embellish
• Record a message up to 10 seconds
• Includes play, record, and lock features to ensure message is set

Inside of Card

I punched a hole in my Garden Green polka dotted DSP and popped up the Wish Big sentiment on Stampin' Dimensionals.  This way the audio comes through loud & clear.  The holes are beneath the round orange circle, with a bit of a gap provided by the Dimensionals. I also covered my record button to prevent the temptation to record over the current audio.

What do you think?  How could YOU use a Recordable Stampin' Sound Card?

 

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August Pals Hop

Welcome to the August PALS HOP! 

This month, we're featuring projects that are 3-D or three dimensional!  If you've hopped over from Kylie Nicolosi's blog, Kylie's Crafty Corner, I'm stop number 8 on the PALS HOP and I'm glad you hopped in!  I'll help you "hop along" from blog to blog where you'll find inspirational ideas for papercrafted creations from the Stampin' Pretty Pals!  Should you hop off course, simply click on any of the links in the PALS HOP LINE-UP below and you'll be back on track!

HOP LINE-UP

1.   Gina Shaw    
2.   Joanna Munster    
3.   Pam Giudici    
4.   Mary Fish    
5.   Diana Caho   
6.   Martha Stewart    
7.   Kylie Nicolosi    
8.   Kris Kilcoyne (You Are Here)
9.   Mike Funke    
10. Dawn Gross    
11. Tracy Cowee    
12. Barbara Furlong

 

For my 3D project, I decided to use the Milk Carton big shot die, new owl and 2 3/8" scallop circle punches.  The milk carton was cut out of the ultra thin birch wood sheets sold by Stampin' Up! (#116309).  I thought it was the perfect fit for Mr. Owl. 

Before assembling the milk carton, I stamped in Early Espresso with my Woodgrain background stamp.  Cute texture, don't you think?

I then punched out Mr. Owl in Early Espresso card stock and created a cute little "vest" in Tempting Turquoise printed designer paper.

A small paper polka-dotted lollipop peeks out of the mini carton for a bit of whimsy. 

        

Hop along for more inspiring ideas from Mike Funke at Stampin-Style, stop number 9 on the August PALS HOP! 

Thanks for "hopping" by!

Fantastic Mr. Fox

I created this card back in June for Father's Day.

It went to my father-in-law who enjoys foxes and I thought stamping the F from Vintage Vogue would be a cute touch.

This card reminds me of the movie, Fantastic Mr. Fox.  Such a fun stop-motion animated movie.  Our whole family really enjoyed watching it together.

I've been missing out on stamping time lately (and blogging time), but hope to get back into the swing of things very soon.

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Pals Paper Arts (PPA7)

Pals Paper Arts challenge number 7 is up and ready for you to play!

This weeks challenge is a sketch challenge.  Our sketches are all designed by Margaret Moody.  It's a good one, don't you think?

The rules are simple:

• Create using the sketch provided above
• Upload your card to Pals Paper Arts by Tuesday, September 15 (Noon CST)
• If you upload to an online gallery, enter PPA7 in the keyword section
• Most importantly ... play, play, play!

You'll notice that for my card today, I simply flipped the sketch on its side.  That is the whole intention of sketches - they are open for creative interpretation!

I used a bunch of new goodies on this card - including the Woodgrain background stamp and Extreme Elements stamp set.  I absolutely love the possibilities this set holds.

These graphic images allow for some stamping fun.  I used the same set, Extreme Elements (item #115181, set of 6, $26.95) on my Pretty in Pink card that I posted yesterday. 

While this set seemed very "masculine" to me at first, I quickly realized that it can be used for girlie or gender neutral creations too.  

Prepare to see many more creations using this funky stamp set.  I even used this set digitally using My Digital Studio on one of my digital scrapbook pages that you can see here (2nd page).

I hope you'll join the Pals Paper Arts design team and play along with our challenges.  We are very excited to see your artwork.

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Stamps:  Extreme Elements (115181), Woodgrain (117100), Hope Happens (113722)  Paper:    Whisper White Note Card (107311), Dusty Durango (115321), Crushed Curry (115319), Bermuda Bay (115317)  Ink:  Dusty Durango (115654), Crushed Curry (115659), Bermuda Bay (115655) Accessories:  Bermuda Bay 1/2" polka dot grosgrain ribbon (115610), Natural Hemp Twine (100982), Summer Sun Corduroy Button (114343), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)  Tools: 1 1/4" Circle Punch (104403), 1" Circle Punch (109046)