My Daughter's Birthday

Whew!  This has been a REALLY busy last couple of weeks.  My husband left for his deployment today, so we've all been busy preparing for that.  The great thing about this deployment is that he's only 2.5 hours away...so we'll get to visit every few weeks.  Plus, we're in the same time zone, so we should be able to talk on the phone regularly.  The bad thing is that, like always, we'll miss having him around for all of the day-to-day stuff.  Needless to say, it was just a big tear-fest when he left this afternoon.  At least we can now start counting down to when we'll see him again...hopefully sometime in late June.

Well, since my hubby had to leave today, he'll be missing my daughter's 10th birthday, which is on Wednesday.  So, she's had 2 early parties...one with her friends and one at home with us.  Of course, since I wanted to make all the stuff for her party, the last two weeks have been even more stressful.  Hey, at least I had fun making all the stuff.  :o)

Madi wanted to have a Rock n Roll themed party, so I made her some cupcake toppers and wrappers that I already had listed in my Etsy store.  Then, I made some invitations and treat bags to match the theme.  Here's all of her goodies:

The guitar on these invitations is from Rock Princess, and I believe the stars are from Toy Story (I think). 

I used a Photoshop Elements Brush to create the star shapes on the picture and then created the inside of the invitation in Microsoft Word.  I made up an extra one with fake info so I could show you here and then list it on Etsy. :o)

The black background piece is embossed with the Spots and Dots Cuttlebug folder, and the large star is embossed with Candycane Stripes.  The sentiment on the front is from Pink By Design's Rock On Stamp Set.  I added another stamp to the envelopes.

 Here are the cupcake toppers (also from Rock Princess) and the cupcake wrappers (from Life's a Party) I made.

 Here's my goofy girl with her cupcake..all in GREEN, of course! (Her favorite color.)

Okay, I had to get a smiley one, too!

And...here are the treat bags I put together for her guests.

The guitars were the little pieces left over from the cupcake wrappers (I couldn't let those cute little guys go to waste, you know!).  The sentiment is from Hero Arts.

Oh, and before I forget...here is the card I made for my little rocker chick:

 If it looks familiar, it's because I made a similar one a few months ago.  Madison loved it so much that I decided to make one for her.  I just changed out the Rock Princess girl on the front.  I also added a sentiment from the Taylored Expressions You're My Hero Stamp Set.  The card base is from Birthday Bash.

Whew!  I hope you like all of this birthday stuff...I had a lot of fun making it!  Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Have a great week, and Happy Memorial Day!



IPod Card

Well, I have another one for you (I told you I had fun working on challenges today).  Here's another cute little card I made to enter in a few challenges:

I used this sketch, from Card Positioning Systems, to help me design this card:

This in an A2 card that I laid out on my Gypsy to get the sketch just right.  The papers are all digital ones that I printed off to use on this card...I couldn't find any I liked in my stash.  The iPod is from Rock Princess, and the sentiment is from a Hero Arts stamp set.  I added lots of stitching lines and little doodles, and my card was finished!

I'm entering this card in these challenges:

Sketch #206: Card Positioning Systems

Technology: Paper Playtime

Sew Much Fun: Paper Variety

I hope you like my fun little card!  Thanks so much for visiting.  If you like what you see, I'd love it if you'd leave a comment (I do LOVE them) and become a follower.  :o)

Celebrate the Occasion Design Team!!!

Guess what!!!  I'm so excited to tell you that I have the wonderful opportunity to serve on the Celebrate the Occasion Design Team!  YAY!  I can't tell you how excited I am about this, and I look forward to sharing lots of great projects with you during my time on the team. 

Here's my card for this week's challenge...Anything Goes Birthday:

I have a 9 year-old daughter, so I just LOVE the Rock Princess cartridge!  It's just perfect for all of the birthday parties she goes to, and I have so much fun finding new ways to make birthday cards using this cart. 

For this card, I used a card base and star border from Birthday Bash.  BB is really my go-to cart for card bases...there are just so many great ones to choose from.  I ran the star border through my Cuttlebug using the Candycane Stripe embossing folder.  The cute guitar girl is from Rock Princess, and the sentiment is computer generated.  I added some star brads and stitching lines, and my ROCKIN' card was all done.  I hope you like it! 

I hope you'll check out Celebrate the Occasion to meet the other talented designers on the new team.  I'm so excited to serve with such talented crafters!  :o)  Then, every Tuesday, visit Celebrate the Occasion to check out (and hopefully enter) the weekly challenge.  I hope to see you there!  Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Birthday Cards

There are just TONS of birthdays this week!  My daughter's birthday is Thursday, we have 2 birthday parties to go to, and my neice's birthday is next week!  Also, Monday was Robyn's (A.K.A. My Pink Stamper's) birthday, and she is having a birthday challenge this week.  So, I spent some time today designing a couple of cards on my Gypsy and putting them together. 

First, I created a card for my neice, who is turning 17, and I made a duplicate for my oldest daughter's friend, who is turning 10.  I wanted to make something that was fun and not too kiddish, so I used Rock Princess to make this one.  Here it is:

The card base, the star, and the ROCK ON! are from Birthday Bash.  The guitar girl is from Rock Princess.

I created the sentiment in Microsoft word and printed it on an extra star I cut.

I love this Rock On! card...I think it's perfect for teen or tween girls!  Because I love this one so much, I'm entering it in Robyn's challenge.  :o)

The other card I made today is for a friend's daughter who is turning 6.  I wanted to make something sweet for her, and this is what I came up with:

The unicorn and the sentiment are from Once Upon a Princess, and the card base and scallops are from Just Because Cards.

Well, I hope you like the birthday cards I created today.  Thanks so much for stopping by!  :o) I'd love it if you'd leave a comment for me...they make my day!