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.

Baby Card

I finally got my baby card done that I need for a shower next weekend. My next door neighbor is having her second child, which is going to be a boy, so I wanted to do a cute card for her. I purchased the Bitty Blessings set from Papertrey Ink a while ago and I just love it. Their website has some really cute ideas for the stamps. I actually found the one I used at Taylored Expressions blog. Using from my stash, I went with the Making Memories Kids Collection called Sam since I had the paper and stickers, and I had this navy ribbon with the red trim that I think pulls it all together. I stamped "Welcome, Little One" on the inside. I also punched out 3/4 inch circles for the scalloped edges since I don't have any Spellbinder dies yet. I got this from the talented Kristina Werner from her MACM cards.

Encouragement Card

I finally entered my FIRST contest. I know I won't win, but maybe one day! A girl can dream can't she. I did this card to go along with all the other "thinking of you" cards I've done recently. Some of my friends are really having a hard time these days. Several of them have lost one of their parents in the last few weeks and are trying to deal with this devastating time in their lives. I can't imagine how that must feel and am very thankful to still have both of mine. I hope this card will encourage them. The contest is over at http://cardpositioningsystems.blogspot.com/. Well, I'm off to create one more card for the contest. You can enter two cards. This one will be a baby card since I have a shower to go to in a few weeks. Maybe I will get it posted tomorrow.

Trying to get the hang of blogging

I can't seem to get in the groove of doing this every day yet. Life and work seem to be getting in the way a little. I am easily distracted. I'm sure I'm not the first to say this and won't be the last. Today I am posting some cards that I'm sending to two of my good friends. They both have had a tough couple of weeks and I wanted them to know I was thinking of them. I hope this does the trick. I need to make a couple more cards to send too.

I can't believe it's the first of February. Where did January go? I so wanted to get started on the right foot this year with everything, but like every other year, it just doesn't happen. I wanted to do Project 365, but do it my way. I actually started the year off taking a picture a day. By the end of the first couple of weeks, I was done. I gave up trying to take pictures every day. Maybe I will get motivated and get back on track. I doubt it.

I am going to count down the days to Valentine's Day with my little boy using the mailbox I posted earlier. I plan on putting a chocolate in it every day and maybe sneak a hot wheel car or something little in it a few of the days until the 14th. He will be so excited. He loves chocolate and cars!