Wednesday 25 January 2017

Tenth Birthday


Tomorrow, my youngest child hits double figures. He is football (soccer) mad. He plays for his school and for a local team and is an ardent supporter of Arsenal. He often plays in goal.

Actually, we ordered him a football rebounder for his present and Amazon delivered it to our porch. Unfortunately they failed to put it into an Amazon box and so when we came home one day last week, he was able to see from the picture on the packaging exactly what he's getting. Annoying.

So, for his birthday card I used a digital stamp by Lily of the Valley. I printed it large and cropped it at the corner. I coloured it with alcohol markers.  Then I stamped a sentiment by My Favourite Things. The two stars on the white card were originally on the part of the image that was cropped away, so I cut them out and stuck them on.

I'd like to enter:
Ooh La La  for a boy
QKR Stampede kids
Watercooler Challenge  masculine
Come and Get It  no designer paper
Tuesday Throwdown anything goes

18 comments:

Stella said...

I hope you will have a wonderful day tomorrow celebrating your sons'birthday! Congratulations!!Sorry to hear he already knows what you are going to give him. Your card is spot on; your son will LOVE it!

Heidi Weaver said...

What a great card, Marina. Especially for a soccer-mad boy's birthday. It's too bad he saw the picture of what he's getting but that isn't the same as getting his hands on it. His happiness will trump the lack of surprise. Thanks so much for joining our Watercooler Wednesday Challenge.

Liz said...

Wonderful card for a football-mad 10 year old. Hope he has a great birthday. It was a shame he saw the picture of his birthday present, but I'm sure he will be really excited to play with it tomorrow. xx

Heidi MyLittleStampingBlog said...

Super fun card, I am sure he will like it. They do not have school teams that young here, but we do have club, so I am well versed with that schedule. Hope he has a great bday and tfs!

Greta said...

What a special card for you kiddo, Marina! Too bad Amazon spoiled the surprise, but I'm sure he's thrilled!

chrissie said...

Terrific card but such a shame that Mr Amazon was so thoughtless. I bet it will be well used.

Love Chrissie xx

Mac Mable said...

Happy birthday to your youngest. Great card for him and sorry he knew his present in advance but guess he loves it! x

Ros Crawford said...

Well happy birthday to your baby! What a teriffic card for the occasion!

crafty said...

A lovely card for a football mad boy. Thank you for joining in the QK Stampede challenge.
Mary

Kirsty Vittetoe said...

Fun one Marina, wishing your boy a fabulous birthday!

Penny Hanuszak said...

What an awesome boy-sports-card for your son Marina. Love how you blew up the image to suit the card and coloured with the markers. Awesome. Thanks for joining us at the Watercooler Wednesday #103 challenge this week.

Repolainen said...

Great card for the Guys! Thank you for sharing with us at QKR Stampede this week, Pirjo Dt

Pia S said...

You're the queen of cropping and combining images. I think I know this image, but wouldn't have recognized it if you hadn't mentioned the brand and the cropping. My nephew who'll turn ten in May is the keeper on his team too, this card is great inspiration!

Linby said...

wow - this is great and perfect for our OLL challenge. Thanks so much for sharing it with us at OLL. Lynn x DT

Marsha Reed said...

Great card for your son, Marina! Thanks for joining us this week at Watercooler Wednesday Challenges. Hope to see you again.

Wynn said...

Great card and perfect for your football crazy young man. Thank you for sharing it with us at OLL challenges Wynn DT

Heather Hopson said...

Yes, I love how you have made this card for your son. He will love it! The colors are great. Thanks for joining us on Watercooler Wednesday.

Celeste Goff said...

Such a fun card!