Today, Katie had her very first soccer game. Her team name is the Fireflies. She wanted to be called the Fire Animals. I have no idea where that one came from, but she was a little devastated when it wasn't picked. The game was so fun to watch. I can honestly say that I have never laughed so hard at a group of kids in my life. They were so funny. There are 5 kids per team. We were one girl down from the start. She just couldn't stop crying. Someone would ask her if she wanted to play and the flood gates would open. It wasn't just a small cry, either. It was the wail and scream cry. Her mother was at a loss. The little girl did wonderful at practice, but lost it on game day. To tell you the truth, it didn't really matter that we were one man down. The others didn't even notice. They were too busy going after the ball. At one point the ball was kicked out of bounds and the coaches couldn't get them to stop playing. They had almost run onto another field that was in play with another game. Finally one of the coaches got the ball and moved the little herd back onto our field. There is one boy on her team that I think is a little confused. He thinks he has to fall on the ball so no one else will get it. Then when the coach blows the whistle he gets up and starts kicking it towards the goal. All in all, it was a really fun morning. We scored 3 goals and won the game.
When I got home I started working on this card. It has been in my head for about 2 days now and I haven't found the time to just sit and work on it.
I used Basic Black as my 41/4x51/2 background. I used the Really Rust textured cardstock and cut it to 41/8x51/4. I used the paper piercing mat and faux stitched a line across the top and bottom leaving a space big enough to stamp BOO with my SU Straight Up mini alpha. I used the scallop punch to make a Basic Black scallop edged along the top and bottom of my patterned paper. I punched 3 13/8 circles and stamped my Batty for You stamps in the center of each circle. I then stamped them again on a scrap piece of Whisper White and cute around the images. I used some dimensionals to make them POP a little. I took some scrap Basic Black cardstock and punched 3- 13/8 circles and centered those circles in the middles of the Scallop circle. I used those to frame my images. Put on some black and white polka dotted ribbon and you have a very cute Halloween card. Katie is spending the night with her Aunt KK tonight, so maybe I will have some free time to work on a few more things to show you.
I used Basic Black as my 41/4x51/2 background. I used the Really Rust textured cardstock and cut it to 41/8x51/4. I used the paper piercing mat and faux stitched a line across the top and bottom leaving a space big enough to stamp BOO with my SU Straight Up mini alpha. I used the scallop punch to make a Basic Black scallop edged along the top and bottom of my patterned paper. I punched 3 13/8 circles and stamped my Batty for You stamps in the center of each circle. I then stamped them again on a scrap piece of Whisper White and cute around the images. I used some dimensionals to make them POP a little. I took some scrap Basic Black cardstock and punched 3- 13/8 circles and centered those circles in the middles of the Scallop circle. I used those to frame my images. Put on some black and white polka dotted ribbon and you have a very cute Halloween card. Katie is spending the night with her Aunt KK tonight, so maybe I will have some free time to work on a few more things to show you.
