Six Chicks Project Parade-It's for the Kids

Today is Jan. 6 (yes, already. Does every year go faster and faster?!), and that means we have lots of fun to share with your from the Limelight DT. Each month we have a theme project and we get to share it with you on the 6th! So here it is...

My two oldest are turning 7 and 5 in the coming month, actually Joshua's birthday is this week. They both love to draw and color. (I do like to think this is where some of my stamping has rubbed off on them. heheheh!) They both really enjoy reading. Ryan, my 5 year old is really starting to have everything click when it come to learning to read. He making great progress and is really proud of himself. Joshua is an excellent reader. He is a first grader and I swear his is reading at a third/fourth grade level. I tell you all of this (yes, I wanted to brag on my boys a bit) because I thought it was time they had their own little card kit to use for their friends' birthdays. I did all the cutting and stamping, they just have to color and glue the pieces down. They are reading, so they can even decide which sentiment they want to use. It was a hit! They thought it was so cool and got busy right away designing their first card (It did help that their best friend, next door had a birthday yesterday, too.)

I got the tutorial for the box off of SCS. You can see that here. It was super easy. I chose to make th lid clear (the boys would be more apt to use it if they can see inside the box first. They are kind of out of sight, out of mind little boys) I did learn something, you can't punch through acetate. I was so worried I killed my scallop edge punch. Thought I might save someonelses punch with this tip! I also added little dividers to my box so I could add some embellishments for the boys to use and not have everything all jumbled together. I decorated the outside with some of the smaller stamped images of the set and made a cute little belly band finished off with some Twill Ribbon.

The Little Billy stamp set by Pink Cat Studio was perfect for my project. Another tip: don't forget to get some Ez-Mount when you buy any of the Pink Cat Studio sets. While you can use them they way them come, personally I think you get a better stamped image with a little bit of cushion behind them. Did you know Limelight carries Ez-Mount? See it is a 1 stop shopping experience! There are four different images of Billy all dressed up so I could put some variation in the kit, giving the boys the chance to pick which image they wanted. I stamped them and mounted them on colored card stock. I also stamped all of the different sentiments and punched them out with various shape punches, again, allowing the boys to make some choices in their card making. I made the card bases 4 1/4 inch square cards, so there wasn't so much extra space to fill. I also cut strips of designer paper, that is perfect for little boy and even big boy cards. It is from Kaiser Kraft and it is their Lone Star line. Very nice paper, double sided, fun designs, and there are four different prints that coordinate together!

I know, I said the kit was for the boys, but I couldn't resist making a card myself. I swear, blame it on my Copics. They were calling my name, so I had to use them. I also wanted to paper piece Billy's little shirt with some of the fun star pattern paper. Here is my card:

Check out those brads! They matched the browns in the paper perfectly, so I had to use them. They are from the new Basic Grey line, Bittersweet. Limelight carries a lot of products from this line up that all coordinate. Yes, they are so sweet for Valentines day, but I also wanted to show you that they can be used on all of your projects. Even ones for little boys! Okay, I know this is a long post today, but I had lots to share with you. I probably should have started the post off with this card, but I'm ending with the grand finale! Here is Joshua's finished card. He is SO proud of it. He was a bit bummed that his skin tone marker isn't as good as my markers, but he said it would do. See, my stamping is rubbing off on him. He tried his best to get me to let him use my copics. I had to give him a high five for trying, but told him sorry no-go! He did this all by himself-colored it and came up with the layout. He was even taking it to school today to share with his class (he is Star of the Week). That's it from me today. Be sure to check out what the other girls did with their For the Kids project! I'm off to see them all myself!

Becky

Katie

Brandi

Ryann

Jen-Marie

Lee

Mandy

Hugs, Lisa