Mario and Luigi Birthday Cards

Hello all!  Today is my oldest son's 10th birthday.  How the heck have I been a mom for a decade already??  Time sure flies, doesn't it!  He loves all things Mario right now as does my second oldest, who's birthday is on the 17th.  December is BUSY in our household to say the least.

 I didn't want them to have the same card, so I made both Mario and Luigi.  I made svg files for these out of basic shapes.  They are the same except for the mustache and the letter on the hat, just change the hat color!

The nose is popped up with thin foam tape, but other than that, everything is glued down, so the card is fairly flat.  I sure hope they love them!

I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day!

Mario Bros. Book

I made this Mini ticket book pattern into a reward book for my two older boys.  They about flipped out when they saw what I was making.  Actually I tried hiding it from them and somehow they sniffed it out and you should have heard the barrage of questions and overall chatter after they found the pieces.  So much for trying to surprise them!  Oh well.  I guess they like it and that is what counts.The SVG for the ticket book was made by Michelle at ScrappyDew.  Here is a link to their Facebook page where you can find the SVG for free.  I sized the book at almost 6" wide x 3.75" tall.

I kept the embellishments to a minimum since it is for boys but really enjoyed the addition of the different colors of twine to hold it all together.

Yoshi is the first reward they will get. I will eventually fill all the little brick pockets on the inside pages with die cuts from the Scrapio Dew Brothers SVG set at Scrappy Dew.   He is cut at 4" tall.

 This is a close up of the Mario Bros.!  They are cut pretty small, only around 3" so that makes for tiny pieces, and some of the smallest pieces I cut with vinyl so they wouldn't get lost and they would be self adhesive.  That's not called lazy, it is called being resourceful ;)

I hope you enjoy this book and if you decide to make one using ScrappyDew's pattern I am sure they would love to see it on their Facebook wall!

Have a wonderful day!

I am entering this in the following challenge:
http://creativecuttingchallenge.blogspot.com/2013/03/challenge-12-anything-goes.html
Also linking up with Pink Cricut.

Linking up with DL.ART March Linky Party