Backpacking Jiggy!

Cards for Jessica, Jillianne and Wyatt

It was brought to my attention that there is a wonderful organization that sends cards to children who are in hospitals, Card Cupids.

Can you help out??

HERE is the blog post that explains more about it! 
Thanks!!!

Good Friday to all my friends and family. . . My week has been so fun and beautiful!  My yard is just blooming away and the bee's are loving it!

So if you've followed my posts for a while, you know I have a 4 year old twin niece and nephew that are Aunt Tammy's little loaners!  I'm not a grandma yet but they fill that spot right up almost every weekend to give mommy and daddy that much needed break.  Anyway, they are going to school! Yikes!  Kindergarten already!

I wanted to make each of them a surprise for their first day away from mommy and this is for him, my little Kevin bug!  It reminds me of my sons first backpack except it had comic book squares all over it!  The backpack is altered from a purse template and the notepad is my own creation using cardboard from a card collection kit.  They both love to take your pizza orders so I thought it would be perfect to meet some new friends with at school! (other than sissy) hehe!

This is my first try at rolled flowers ( no pattern, just cut and rolled), I added cosmic shimmer watercolor paint to the image for the dragon scales to shine, glimmer misting a project as well as using the velcro fastener.  My favorite dragon Jiggy, available at Stamping Dragon Designs, is headed back to school on the backpack for my little Kevin!  Hope he enjoys it as much as I did making it.

Don't forget to hop over to Stamping with the Dragon Challenge Blog for inspiration and a challenge, our current sponsor is Dragon Designs , they have great new grab bags, papers and adorable new images as well!  So stop in, I would love to see your latest projects following the sketch below.

INGREDIENTS:
The Dragon Lair Designs "Jiggy goes back to school"

Fiscars paper edgers scissors
Kim MacFarlane "Box Purse" template
Bazzill stock
Sassafras DP"take note"
The Paper Studio "Cream Country Crackle"
Crop-adile
3M Velcro dots
Canvas Artist Trading cards (cardboard for book)
Provo Craft "Tiny Mosaic Embossing folder
Martha Stewart "scalloped" punch

MEDIUMS:
Copic markers: B00,B000,BG05,Y33,Y35,YG03,R20,
YR68,YR14,YR02,E00,YR12,YG05,Y21,E47
Ranger Distress ink: Antique Linen, Fired Brick, Wild Honey, Walnut Stain, Faded jeans
Signo "White" pen
Gelly Roll "Clear Star"
Cosmic Shimmer Water Color Paint "Persian Sea and Orange Gold"

EMBELLISHMENTS:
Spare Parts Eyelet "Spring Daisy"
Leaf from Recollections "Mulberry Rose Collection"
The Paper Studios "Bright" Bag 'O' Button
Royal Coat Dimensional Magic
Metal ring from stash
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist "pearl"



Challenges entered:
Paper play ~ Anything but a card
Flutter by Wednesday ~ Anything goes
The Sisterhood ~ More for Men, project
Creative Inspirations ~ inspired by babies (gift for nephew)
House of Gili ~ Use your ribbons
Scrap Creations ~ Anything but a card
Anything Goes ~ D (for Dragon)
Southern Girls ~ childhood memories 

INSPIRATIONAL THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

 Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
Henry Ford

close up shimmer with cosmic watercolor paint

Thank you for visiting,