Birthday Card for a Princess

Other than a baby shower to go to on Saturday, Grayson was invited to a neighbor's two-year-old birthday party. I made the little princess her own card. I got this stamp set from Lizzie Anne Designs a while back at my LSS and haven't really had an occasion to use it until now. Well, I guess I have had occasion, but forgot I had it. I don't really have all the cool colors or Copics or whatever you use to color these kind of images in. I'm still out of the loop on that one, but I'm making do with what I have right now. I actually used some paint mixed with some crystal Stickles. It turned out okay. I painted the chipboard scallop frame and the "2" with the same paint color. The brown behind the stripe paper is actually felt from Michael's, I think. I don't even know what this paper is called, but it came in a kit type thing and it is so cute for little girls' birthdays. The striped paper was run through my Sizzix with my Cuttlebug embossing folder. I still don't have a Cuttlebug, but they work pretty good in the Sizzix. I used a die cut that came with the kit and stamped "Happy Birthday, Princess" on the inside. I can't wait to put this in Madison's mailbox tomorrow since the 19th is actually her birthday. I will make her a little tag or something to put on her present for Saturday.

"Happy Birthday To You" Card

Here is the other card I entered into the contest. I didn't quite get the baby card I needed done last night. I couldn't find any paper that I wanted to use. I know I have some here somewhere in this mess that I could use, but I wouldn't have been up all night finding it. I have been cleaning up in my scrap room today, so maybe I can find it and get it made this week. My shower isn't until the 21st, so I still have a weekend to get it done. I loved the ribbon on this card, the color and the width of it. The big black and white element in the middle and the months strip is actually a free digi download by Jennifer Pebbles from Two Peas. I'm not sure about entering these contests since I don't have the latest and greatest things, but I have to start somewhere. Hopefully, it will get me comfortable in entering things and one day I will have new products to use and might actually have a chance. There were so many great entries.

I took Grayson to get pictures made today at Portrait Innovations. This was my first time, and I had been warned that they will try to get you to buy more than what you went in for. I just wanted some Valentine's pictures for Grayson's grandpa, whose birthday is actually on the 14th, and for Grayson's dad too. I got six Valentine photo cards, which was the perfect number to send out to all the grandparents, great grandmothers, and great aunt. Luckily, I only was in love with a couple, so that made it easy not to overspend on pictures. I got out of there for $26, which I thought was great.