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My grandson turned 7 on Christmas Eve, 2023, so another card was needed and since I was busy getting out Christmas cards, Paul took on the task of constructing the card!  He was home recuperating from major back surgery so he was glad to help out.  I made a castle card for Emma’s 5th birthday in September so all the details were on the blog post from that card- Beautiful Princesses.  

So blue lettering means there is a link?

Yes, Sal,  links are in blue as well as your words which aren’t a link.

Take a look at Paul’s card.  I took a picture of the back because it shows his signature which makes it so special.

I purchased two additional die sets from Karen Burniston:

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I don’t see a Princess or a Mermaid on the card?!

No, Sal, but if you look at the knight die you see that his helmet is down in front of his face.  The Princess/Mermaid set has a die with a face that perfectly fits the knight.  Karen Burniston explained using the princess head die for the construction of the Knight so I knew ahead of time what to purchase.

Paul only needed me to pick out the cardstock and designer series papers and a few extra dies and stamps.

Recipe

• Base:  Crumb Cake, 4 1/4 X 11, scored at 5 1/2
• Inside Layer (X2), Green designer series paper , 3 3/4 X 5 1/4
• Front of the card uses the same green DSP but I made no measurements
• Castle Base (X2), Dark Grey, use a partial on the front and a full base on the inside
• Cut 3 long brick walls and 2 small walls in light grey cardstock and sponge with dark gray ink as you hold the die in place
• Do the same for the pieces you need for the front
• A moat and the pathway are fussy cut from designer series paper
• The sky is designer series paper stamped with birds from Stampin’ Up! ‘High Tide’ stamp set
• The inside ‘7’ on the shield is from Stampin’ Up! ‘Memorable Moments’ stamp set; the shield is fussy cut with a shape similar to the shield on the front
• To make the knight’s armor look shiny silver, Paul used a metallic silver sharpie
• The dragon looks to be cut from Garden Green with a front of Granny Apple Green
• For little pieces you need orange scraps, red scraps, white scraps and black scraps
• Additional Dies:  SU Happy Birthday Thinlits die, SU Stitched Stars Dies, Layered oval die
• The lettering for Jax’s name on the flags is from the ‘i-crafter Ribbon Rosette Funny Add-on’ dies

I will put the youtube videos here for future reference.  I hope to have a grandchild interested in making cards some day.

This post should conclude all my cards through December 2023.  Now I can move on to journaling the ones in January and the January Shoebox event with Christine as our hostess so come back soon to see those.

Who has birthdays in January?  

Well, January 4 is Amber, January 7 is Joey, January 8 is Jonathan and January 9th is Emmitt, then I have two friends at the end of January.

Only Joey and Emmitt’s are new designs so you won’t be completely overwhelmed with posts.

Thanks for stopping by!

SAL,  Send A Lot of love

Karen

Click on little Sal to go to Karen Burniston’s site.

Why does Waldo wear stripes?

He doesn’t want to be spotted!