You Are REX-CEPTIONAL Birthday Card

I made this card for my son for his birthday. OK… he just turned 28, but he has always loved dinosaurs and enjoys things that remind him of his childhood! (I made him a “big boy” card as well – lol!)

This double z-fold card was made with elements from 3 different Silhouette files and a lot of tweaking to get it the way I wanted it. The general card design started with Lori Whitlock’s “Pop Up Box Card – Dinosaur” (design ID 143162). Her card had a brontosaurus and a different dino pun. I came across “You Are Rex-ceptional” and liked that sentiment better, but it didn’t go with the brontosaurus. So I used the t-rex from Studio Ilustrado’s “T-Rex Dinosaur Card” (design ID 135707) instead.

The Rex-Ceptional emblem was actually designed as a whole card front called “Card Dino T Rex Ceptional 6×6” (design ID 445052) by Heartsewn. After I shrunk down all the pieces to fit on my card, the letters were too small to cut individually so I created a print and cut file for that strip instead. (I also substituted the t-rex skull that was included in their design with stars.)

I added a panel on which to write a message and sign the card.

The card stock I used was Recollections Kraft, Christmas Green, and white; Core’dinations Valentia; GKD Powder Blue and Chocolate Truffle; and darker green, yellow, black, and red scraps from my stash. I also used a piece of heavy weight acetate to hold up one of the clouds. (It’s hard to see in the photos that the middle cloud is “floating” between the palm trees toward the front and the other two clouds on the back.)

The finished card folds flat for mailing and measures 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches so I created a custom envelope using my We R Memory Keepers 123 Punch Board envelope maker.

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Eric wanted to be a paleontologist when he was younger. This is Eric with his friends at his 5th birthday party – dinosaur themed – extracting and studying (very seriously!!) mini dinosaur skeletons!

Fun times!!

Thanks for checking out my card project!