1st Birthday thank you cards

In keeping with the farm animal theme, I used the cow from Pop-Up Neighborhood again for the thank you cards.  The cards are 4.25 x 4.25, made with cardstock from my stash.  The grass is also cut from Pop-Up Neighborhood and the sentiment stamp is from My Pink Stamper.

Just a simple piece of white cardstock on the inside so I could write the notes.

I made a 4.5 x 4.5 envelope using my MS scoreboard (not picured).  I finished making the envelopes and writing them out last night while I watched a movie with my husband after the boys were in bed, so just need to address them and get them in the mail first thing in the morning!

Don't forget to stop by Chris' blog Get Inspired With Chatterscene to become a follower of hers and help her reach her 500 follower goal!  When she gets there, she's giving away a Luau Cricut cart!  She's amazingly talented with paper crafts as well as other projects and now she's doing blog makeovers - mine is a perfect example of her beautiful work!  Go here for details on getting your own blog made over!

I'm entering this into Made It Myself Mondays weekly linking party at You Had Me At Craft!


Thanks for stopping by, hope you have a wonderful Monday!

1st Birthday banner

I got this done last week, but we had a lot of overcast, rainy days last week so I wasn't able to get to take a good picture until today - its nice to finally see the sun though the rain was nice for a few days, we really needed it!  My son's 1st birthday party was yesterday, so its a relief to be done with that because they are always so much work with cleaning the house, making and decorating all the party goodies, then decorating - but it was a fun day, I always love to be surrounded by family and friends!! 

Here's his banner!

And a few close-ups...I used Pop-Up Neighborhood again for the horse, cow, tractor and chicken coop, Robotz for the font and shadow and Country Life for the banner pennants.

All the cardstock was Recollections - LOVE this cardstock!

I used blue cardstock with a green shadow and Denimn twine from The Twinery to string the banner.  Then I inked the edges of the pennants with green ink!

Now I just have to figure out the thank you notes and get those made in the next day or two, so I can get them in the mail!
I'm entering this into the Made It Myself Mondays weekly linking party at You Had Me At Craft!


Thanks for stopping by, hope you have a great day!

'Snappy Birthday' alligator card

I had my brother's birthday card made and ready to go for his birthday on Wednesday, until he told me about the trip his friends are taking him on for his 30th birthday, so I decided to make another one more tailored to his birthday this year - let's just say it represents a little hunting trip they are all going on next month...

I used Animal Kingdom for the alligator, Create a Critter for the birthday hat, and Gypsy Wanderings for the tag.  The sentiment stamp is from My Pink Stamper 'More Punny-licious', I used the Tiny Mosaic Cuttlebug embossing folder to give the alligator his texture and I used 2 layers of ripped paper to make it look like he's in the water!  All the paper was from my stash! 

Knowing my brother, he'll get a kick out of this card!  I guess you only turn 30 once, so he might as well do something he's never done before that I'm sure he will enjoy, being quite the country boy!

I'm entering this in My Pink Stamper's Pinkalicious blog hop challenge - it was to make a project showing your style!  This card shows my style most of all because I made it specifically for my brother - I love making my cards completely personal to the person I'm giving it to - I think it makes them more special!  Also, it has my favorite colors - green and blue!  Green has always been my favorite color and now that I have 2 little boys, I love the green/blue combo!  And lastly, I'm a sucker for pun cards, so My Pink Stamper stamps are perfect - my husband just rolls his eyes every time I make one, but I know he secretly loves them too!  :-)

Have a great night, I'm off to bed!  I had planned to be in bed by 10p tonight since I haven't gotten much sleep lately but once again, that didn't happen, so I'll shoot for 11:30p instead!  :-)

Dinosaur birthday banner

I keep forgetting to post my son's birthday banner!  I really liked the way it turned out and it was so simple to make using the Country Life cricut cartridge!  He loves it so much that its still hanging, I can't bear to disappoint him and take it down - I figure since its still his birthday month then I'll leave it up and take it down on March 1!

Supplies:

banner pieces - Country Life cricut cart, cut at 6 inches

dinosaurs - Dinosaur Tracks cricut cart, sizes vary- used Gypsy to make them how I needed them

letters - Sesame Street Font

cardstock for banner pieces - DCWV

cardstock for dinosaurs - The Paper Company

string - curling ribbon from Walmart

adhesive - Zig 2 way glue pen

Dinosaur thank you card

I'm still working on my son's birthday preparations, last night I started on his thank you cards!  I had an idea in my head and luckily, it didn't take me too long to figure out paper colors and get it made! 

I love the way it turned out and so did he- he gets excited when he sees me working on anything 'dinosaur' because he knows its for his upcoming birthday!

I have all the pieces cut, so now I have to work on getting them all assembled!

Supplies:

dino stamp & striped paper - 'Dino Roar' collection by Imaginesce

thanks stamp - My Pink Stamper

Kraft cardstock - The Paper Company

cardstock - DCWV

adhesive - ATG gun, SU Stampin' Dimensionals

Next I have his banner to work on...it should be interesting as I've never made a banner before!

Dinosaur birthday!

Our 2 yr old loves dinosaurs right now, so he's very excited to have a dinosaur themed 3rd birthday party!  I started working last night on his invitations - I love the way they turned out!!

Next I will be working on his thank you notes as well as his 'Happy Birthday' banner!  I've never made a banner with my cricut before, so I'm anxious to try it out!