Due to my tendency to procrastinate, I wound up needing a special card for my youngest son's 18th birthday at the same time I needed a sample card for the F4A challenge. Since my kids were little, I have made them very complex cards for their birthday's. If i had known that this would turn into a life long tradition, that first card would have been a CAS card instead of an " everything but the kitchen sink" card.I can make 10 regular cards in the time it takes to make one of these special cards. This is a shelf card, but I added a lot to it. All the elements are digital stamps because you need to work to get everything the same size. The movie curtain was narrow, so I printed and colored 2 , cut it in half, and added the center part from the 2nd one into the middle of the first curtain. Each of the little boys is colored and fussy cut, then popped up on a small square of clear acetate. The boy with the broken leg has balloons attached to the clear acetate so they look like they are floating. All the little scenes are events from my son's childhood. The entire card folds flat so you can mail it. It has a lot of green and blue for the F4A challenge. TFL, Francie
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Thu, May 07, 2015 @ 8:24 PM
Oh my gosh, I think I just died and went to craft heaven. Words fail me Francie!!!! Your boys must have THE most incredible collection of birthday cards in the world . I don't know where to start. Everything is simply FABULOUS!!!
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 131541
Thu, May 07, 2015 @ 8:55 PM
I'll be looking at this in much more detail when I have the computer on. Is that Dolly or another dog? Surely it has to be Dolly. I love seeing all your cards, but your special creations are always like a little treasure box.
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Registered: October 26, 2009 Location: Oakhurst, near Yosemite Nat'l Park. Posts: 46781
Thu, May 07, 2015 @ 9:15 PM
I LOVE this card Francie! Where in the world did you get all those boy images??? This is crazy great! I love your coloring and your WONDERFUL layout!! Amazing my friend! This should be in the hall of fame...do we have one of those...well we should!
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Registered: March 31, 2008 Location: Eastlake, OH Posts: 22598
Thu, May 07, 2015 @ 10:10 PM
Geez, Francie, this is incredible! It looks like my house at dinner time some years ago with 5 toddlers! I can't even absorb all that you did on this without scrolling back to look several times! The amount of work is mind boggling. You, my friend created a masterpiece and your coloring is phenomenal!
Registered: February 5, 2007 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 92405
Fri, May 08, 2015 @ 1:47 AM
PHENOMENAL!!! Mind-blowing to me the time you put into this card, Francie. Your children must look forward to receiving their special card each year like other kids look forward to gifts and cake. This is a SUPER WOW!
Registered: August 15, 2007 Location: Twin Cities MN Posts: 50473
Fri, May 08, 2015 @ 3:32 AM
Ditto ditto ditto to everyone else's comments....I can't get enough of this AWESOME card..so much to look at!! I have to say that by looking at this card I can tell that Brad is a very special young man and he's got a super talented and loving mom BIG Happy Birthday wishes to him! (and Happy Mother's Day to you)