Saturday 18 June 2011

Made by Matthew (age 9)...

Matthew asked if he could make a card for his Dad with me. We went to town last weekend and he picked out a mug and cuddly monster, which he paid for out of his own money. He knew I had a monster stamp set (Woodware clear) and wanted the card to match the present.
He was very clear about what he wanted and chose the style and papers, which I then cut for him. The papers are from a digiscrap blogtrain called 'Spring Picnic' from Stuff to Scrap. He stamped and coloured the images and sentiments himself. The word 'MONSTER' and the feet are also from the Woodware set and the rest of the words came from my Elzybells clear sets.

He even went through my list of challenges to see which he could enter!...

23 comments:

Nannieflash said...

Oh wow Alison this is gorgeous and I love your card design with the monster peeping out, hes so cute. hugs Shirleyxxxxxxx

Angie said...

Hi Matthew i really like your monster card, you have coloured him in perfectly and the papers match really well. Hope your dad really enjoys his day and i think he will like his presant a lot. Thanks for entering your card into Papertake weekly
Angie x

Brodders said...

Oh Matthew this is such a lovely card :) Thanks for joining us at cupcakes this week and good luck x

AllisonG said...

Wow, Matthew, I'm so proud of the work you did on the card and the thought you put into the gift and the card matching. Your dad is going to be so excited to receive his gift!

My daughter is 8 years old and she just started coloring my stamped images for me. Maybe she can make a card as nice as yours soon!

From another Allison (not your mum!)

Paul said...

That is fantastic. I love it. Am a bit addicted to centre stepper cards right now and made a few yesterday which I will share over the coming week. I love how the sentiment scrolls along the bottom. Thank you for sharing your creation for our Man's World challenge at Bugaboo's Catch The Bug Challenge Blog. I always like to see Maculine cards as you'd probably imagine!!!
TFS
Paul
http://www.craftyblogocks.blogspot.com/

Rachel Izakowicz said...

Wow, Matthew!!! What a great card - matches the gift perfectly. I just love it. Thanks for playing at Cupcake this week and have a nice day celebrating your dad! x

Rosanne said...

Such a sweet card, it's awesome Matthew!
Thanks for joining us at Little Red Wagon!

Pat said...

Such a great card for a Dad, I'm sure it will be much appreciated. Great choice of image and colours Matthew. Thanks for sharing it with us at MTTC this week.

Pat xx

Melissa S. said...

And what a great son Matthew is. I love the cup and stuffie and the card is just perfect. His Dad is gonna love this. Tell Matthew Great Job from me and thank you all for joining us at Bugaboo this week.

Tammy said...

This card is adorable Matthew!! I love that cute monster! You did a wonderful job! Thanks for playing along with us at Catch the Bug!
Tammy :)

Andrea said...

Hi Matthew, I love the card you made for your Dad - it is fab! Thanks for joining us at papertake Weekly challenge this week - we would love to see you join in again

Faye said...

What a gorgeous 'male' card Matthew. I love all the little details and that it matches the gift. Thanks so much for playing at Cupcake this week. Good Luck! x

Sharon Caudle said...

WOW!! You made an awesome card, Matthew!! And I love the monster and mug you got for your dad, too!! I bet he was so happy to receive it! Thanks so much for playing with us over at Papertake Weekly! hugs, Sharon

Dawny P said...

I love your design Matthew. Your card matches your gist perfectly - a fantastic job and I bet Dad loved it. Thank you for joining us over at PTW, hugs, Dawny xxx

Sarah said...

What a fabulous card Matthew, you are very clever and have a great eye for colour. Bet your dad loved his presents and wonderful card xxx

Jodie Mackrell said...

very cute card! i love it! Tell Matthew he did an awesome job and thank you for playing this weeks Bugaboo challenge at catch the bug

Lesley said...

Well done Matthew, it's a fabulous card and goes just right with the present! Thanks for taking part in the MTTC challenge xx

Little K Smith said...

Aaawww this is really sweet! Well done Matthew :)
Kelly.x

Cor* said...

This is super super cute. ! I saw this at one of the challenge blogs and thought I'd pop over to tell you what a remarkable project this is to match the sweet gift! I'm sure the recipient loved it!

Cazza said...

Wow, Matthew's card is amazing! I saw it posted on Papertake Weekly and had to come over to tell you (to tell Matthew!) how absolutely brilliant I think his card is.....a future Tim Holtz in the making! :o)
Keep up the good work and I bet his dad loved it :o)
Hugs,
Cazza
xxx

sandra's crafty corner said...

hi there,
sandra here from dutch dare card challenges, thanks for popping in and joining us with our for the boys challenge this is fantastic i bet he loved it xxx

Donnas Den said...

Alison,

Matthew did a fantastic job on this. You must be really proud :)

Donna xx

KarenB said...

I saw this card featured over at Papertake Weekly and just had to pop over to leave a comment. Well done Matthew :) Looks like beautiful cardmaking runs in the family x