The Speckled Sparrow: Zoo Babies

Friday, 10 July 2015

CASE-ing the Catty for Kids Cards - CTC38

Welcome to the CTC blog hop. This week the CASE-ing the Catty Crew are CASE-ing the KIDS section of the Catalogue, pages 39-48. I am happy to wait here while you turn to that section. Ok found it yet? You may have hopped here from Rachel's blog or you may just be starting here. Either way welcome!

Kids cards are by far the easiest cards for me. They don't need to be fancy or detailed, so I find a nice clean & simple card works best. I chose to case the little box on page 48 of the Annual Catalogue. There is a little tip printed next to the photo that says "TIP/ Cut strips from our DSP stacks to create your own cute pattern". I was really struggling for ideas as although I have kids, I don't own any of the new kids stamp sets yet. (I am pacing myself!)

I have heaps of left over strips from my Cherry On Top DSP. Now this paper comes in 6x6 I am finding I have lots of left over "bits". This project allows for lots of left over bits, so it was absolutely perfect.

Here is my Boy version using Cherry On Top DSP

Here is my Girl version using the same DSP

Here they are together. I used Age Awareness stamp set for the sentiment & the cute little balloon. I love the font used in this set & how you can bend the photopolymer on the clear block to suit your needs.

Kids Zoo Baby / Cherry On Top Cards

I am really enjoying seeing all the gorgeous kids creations by the team, so lets continue the fun by hopping on over to the next blog, I wonder what Julia has in store for us today.

Thanks for stopping by

Tricia

Sunday, 23 March 2014

Reptile Fun Starring Zoo Babies

We had a huge birthday party here last week. My youngest turned 6 & wanted a celebration of all things reptile to entertain his whole class of preps. We invited the wonderful Tracy from Roaming Reptiles to entertain 22 kids & indeed she did! I needed to make invites, party bags, cupcake toppers & of course a cake all with the reptile theme. I have had Zoo Babies sitting unused on my shelf for ages & thought that crocodile (or Alligator) looked like he would do the job nicely. And he did!

Here are the cupcake toppers - I used Gumball Green & Pacific Point.

I made the banner from the Celebration Basics Kit in the Occasions Catalogue & added my own Deco label background. My big 6 year old wanted a snake birthday card so I whipped one up at the last minute based on one I saw on Pinterest. I used the FREE Sale-A-Bration embossing folder Decorative Dots for his scaly skin. After meeting quite a few snakes in person this week I can see I got his eyes all wrong!

Banner, Cupcakes, Snake Card & Party Bags!

The reptiles were pretty awesome. The kids all got to touch lizards, snakes, frogs, turtles, snakes & a crocodile. They were so well behaved & sat still with absolute amazement. Tracy was so good with the kids & managed them like an expert.

Birthday Boy with Tracy & the python

Yes, even I had a hold of the snake. In fact, all the kids held her. She was so silky soft, nothing like I had expected.

A Crocodile friend

A crocodile cupcake birthday cake!

My mum made the cake & helped with feeding all the party people on the day. Thanks Mum! Ughh lots of preparation for such a short time, but the birthday boy enjoyed every second so that is all that counts!