It's crazy to think my little man turned 1 yesterday. I can say now that the past year flew by - but hindsight always does that to a person doesn't it? It was the longest year of my life with all the chaos and craziness (for those new to my blog/unaware of the situation my husband left when I was pregnant with Gman and the divorce process is still on-going) - but my Gavin (or Gman as I call him most of the time LOL) and his 3 sisters make it all more than worth it.
I know a lot of you have been requesting a Life Update video and whatnot for a while now (it's been a few months!) - one of these days I'll try to carve out some time to film one.
Anywho - a 1st birthday is a big deal - especially when it's my baby (I can be proud that I didn't blubber once yesterday! Though we're having his party today with my family and I make no promises there). Like I say in the video I have fun pulling out the stops and going all out on my kids birthday cards. When they're this little it IS kind of pointless as they don't care or have a clue. My older kids love their cards and display them, and even Katelyn now loves the cards I give her and while she likes to display them I catch her trying to pull them apart to see the insides...... LOL.
That didn't stop me from putting a ton of time into Gman's card - I enjoy the process. I wanted to do something with a dinosaur for him and I've been playing with no-line watercoloring lately so it made sense to combine the two and this was what I ended up with:
I stamped the images from a couple of Paper Smooches stamp sets (Cuteasaurus and Hullabaloo) with Distress Ink then watercolored them in with my Mission Gold watercolours.
It was ALL I could do not to add Glossy Accents or Stickles to this LOL! I almost did but I was scared it would cause the watercolour to run (more than likely it would) and after all the time and effort spent on it I wasn't going to risk it so I left the image as-is. I suppose if a person was determined to add something like GA or Stickles you could spray your watercolour piece with a fixative spray to seal it then add whatever you want on top. I don't have a spray for that on-hand though so maybe some other time I'll try it out!
I finished off the inside of the card with a stamped sentiment and dinosaur foot prints walking across it.
To see how this card came together you can check out my video below:
Or watch in HD over on YouTube HERE <-----click!
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