Craig's Birthday!

Happy Birthday Craig! My son turned two yesterday and we had a wonderful day! We had family and friends over for a BBQ. I decided to use the Choo Choo set and make trains the theme.

Here is the invitation we sent out!

This is Craig's birthday card from us, I I am so happy with how it turned out.

Craig stood there looking at the trains for a few minutes, almost like he was reading a book, I am glad he seemed to like it.

These were our party favors. The entire train is made using Stampin' Up! paper. I used the All in the Family stamp set to fill each train with children! There is a little boy in the center of every train that is meant to be Craig.

Both sides of the train looks the same. It is hard to see but in each box there is a licorice type treat for small children and I made a cover for each one and put a train on the front

Keeping with the theme I made covers for chocolate bars to give to the older kids.

Here is his cake, I really enjoyed making this cake, it was a little difficult to ice since the train was upright.

And finally here is our sweet little birthday boy! He had more fun putting this bow on his head then he did opening gifts, what a cutie!

Sorry I have been missing for a couple of days. Today is my oldest sons second birthday  so I have been busy preparing for it. Wow time flies when you're having fun, they grow so fast. I will be back later today or in the morning with some pictures from the party!

Autumn Fun!

I am really enjoying the Autumn Harvest stamp set right now. I really liked the fall card that I created the other day so I decided to do scrapbook pages using the same idea. Both pages are created  using More Mustard, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla and Watercolor paper. The More Mustard is sponged using More Mustard ink and the rest are sponged using Soft Suede ink. It is hard to see but the background is stamped with the leaf stamp using  VersaMark. The letters are from the On Board Timeless Type and are sponged using Crushed Curry and Pumpkin Pie. The leaves are done the same way as explained in the Autumn Harvest! post.

Nursery Necessities!

I have been trying to catch up on my scrapbooking, I don't think I will ever be caught up. Maybe when the kids start school in a few years! The first page looks better in person, it was hard to get a good shot of this one for some reason, it looks like some of the letters are missing in the border. I used the Nursery Necessities stamp set and the Nursery Letters wheel.

One of the girls from my stamping group is getting married at the end of the month and we had a surprise shower for her. The colors for her wedding are So Saffron and Elegant Eggplant, everyone made 10 thank you cards for her as a gift. This is the card I came up with using the butterflies die for the Big Shot. It is hard to tell but the background is embossed using Backgrounds 1. Hope you enjoy!

Autumn Harvest!

My favorite season is fall, I love all the wonderful colors the season brings. I think trees just look so beautiful as the leaves change. I am very happy with how this card turned out, I used the Autumn Harvest stamp set, I decided not to put any words on the front of the card because I like the way it looks without them. 

I stamped on watercolor paper using basic brown then colored each image from lightest to darkest using Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, Dusty Durango, and Soft Suede markers then blended them with the aqua painter. I used Versa Mark for the background.I sponged all More Mustard paper with More Mustard ink and the Soft Suede and Watercolor paper with Soft Suede ink. The More Mustard brads are mounted on a 1/4" circle using the punch. I also used the Scallop Edge punch.

Happy Birthday Samantha!

It was my niece Samantha's 3rd birthday so I made this cupcake card for her using the Simple Birthday Thanks Stamp, I used Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay and Rich Razzleberry card stock. It is hard to see but I Textured the white paper using the big polka dots from Backgrounds 1. The number three is chip board sponged with Melon Mambo ink. Her birthday is my reminder that I only have one week left to get everything ready for Craig's 2nd birthday party, I almost have all my party bags made, I am excited to show them to you later in the week.