Monkey Birthday Party

Last night we had our very first slumber party in the Norris household.   Whew...9 giggling girls!  My hubby and I are EXHAUSTED!  Anyway, my daughter turned 11, and she wanted a monkey-themed birthday party. So, I thought I'd share some of the things I made for her..  First of all, here's the card I made for her.

This is an A2 sized card. I got the cute little monkeys from the Lettering Delights Monkey Around Cut It Set.  The little flag said something Valentine's-y, so I removed that layer, enlarged the flag, and added a sentiment from my Pink by Design Labels Stamp Set.  I added an orange bow (that's my daughter's favorite color), and her card was all done!

I also made invitations for her party.  I decided to go the digital route with them, though, so I could just design them, print them out, and be done.  It turned out to bee a good thing, too, because I had to redo them after they were already given out because of a conflicting school activity on the night we first scheduled the party on.  No problem, though, because I just changed the dates and reprinted.  Much better than re-making hand-made ones.  

Anyway, I couldn't find a monkey graphic that I really liked for my daughter's birthday, so I decided to try drawing one in Inkscape.  Well, I did, and I think she came out really cute!  Then, I just created an invitation in Adobe Photoshop Elements, and I had an invitation I could print.  Here's what it looked like (with the personal info blocked out). 

Then, I made coordinating treat bag toppers.  I simply imported my little monkey graphic into Silhouette Studio, traced it, and used the print and cut function to cut several of them out.  Then, I created a topper by using this file as a base, using the inset and knife tools to create the orange shape and pink bands, printed and cut the colored parts, and assembled them with adhesive and foam tape.  Then, I added a sentiment from Pink by Design's Big Thoughts Stamp Set.  Here's what they looked like:

Finally I made cupcakes for Madison's party.  I saw some really cute monkey cupcakes on Pinterest, so I decided to try making some of my own.  I made some brown and some orange (my daughter's favorite color).  Madison helped me give them all different expressions.  Here they are:

That's all I made for the party.  We had a lot to do around the house before her guests came (since it was a slumber party)...lots of games to set up and food to cook.   So, I kept my handmade stuff to a minimum.  

Well, it's time for me to go take a nap.  We all stayed up WAY too late last night.  I hope the rest of your Sunday is spectacular!  Thanks for stopping by!