Friday the Little Man Turned Five. He wanted to have a swim party again. It makes my life easier when we have the pool party. We get pizza, cake....go to the pool and SWIM, SWIM, SWIM!
Friday evenings are special at the pool and we chose to have his party on Friday evening...It was less crowded and we were able to use Floats in the pool. FLOAT FRIDAY. It is extra special for the kids to take their floats in the pool! That was one of the goodie bag gifts for the people at the party: fun floats. We had rafts, Care Bear cell phones, dolphins, sharks, Shrek and Donkey....everyone got a float!
Xavier had his Spiderman cake - the boy loves his superheros!!!!
Here is CRAZY Sophie getting ready for the party. Even though it was late in the day, we still put sunscreen on the kids. Sophie helped herself. She looks more like Santa Claus! Xavier looks like a crazy person! LOL!
We also had Todd's 20th high school reunion this weekend. It's nice because we went to high school together and I knew nearly everyone there {except the Sweedish foreign exchange student who flew all the way here from Sweeden for the reunion - how kewl is that?}. It was nice to catch up with old friends! We went out Friday night until 2 am, then last night until 2:30. The baby was up at 6 this morning! Guess who is napping today! (me & baby).
Here is my FS card for this week! I got a PM from Anne Ryan on SCS asking to feature Shellapoo! Michelle is one of those amazing women who finds the time to stamp and give to
others despite her own obstacles in life. She has advanced MS and spends her free time with her doggie! Her passion is stamping and she makes many of her cards for sick children. Her sister comes over twice a week to upload her cards for her! Stop by
her gallery and give her some love!
I saw
this card in her gallery and gave it a whirl. This card is for Victoria's friend, Heidi, who loves horses!
I used ruby red on the horse and sentiment. Stamped it in ruby and used a bravo marker to edge the horse. I rolled it back on the ruby and stamped on the paper. Layers of ruby red, not quite navy under the main image and sentiment. Main image has ticket corner punches and is popped up on dimensionals. Simple ribbon from my stash, an organza that seemed to match. Designer paper is from Stampin' Up! White card base (standard A2 size).
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stamps: wanted, warmest regards
paper: white, ruby red, not quite navy, SU! designer paper
ink: ruby red, bravo burgundy marker
misc: ribbon, dimensionals, ticket corner punch
I some bravo ribbon across the top and some sponging on the edges.
the center of the frame). I trimmed the butterflies out and set them aside. I stamped the sentiment on a scrap piece of paper and punched it out with my SU! oval punch. I grabbed a piece of scrap white cardstock and scallop cut it with my nesties. I sponged the edges and set them aside. I used Scotch tacky adhesive and applied a generous amount (not too much, not too little) to the front on the frame, lined up the cardstock and gently pressed it to the frame. Allow a few minutes to dry. I used dimensionals to pop up and adhere the butterflies to the frame. I also added a little sakura stardust to the butterfly wings!!! I attached the white scalloped and sentiment to the frame, tied some ribbon around the frame and it was complete!
I made this banner for Jessie, a friend on SCS. The samples from now on will also be permanently placed on the sample page of my blog! Click here for all my banner samples. Jessie liked the Bella Papers from My Minds Eye but she wanted some flourishes as well! I was able to create a banner with both elements ! What do you think?
others despite her own obstacles in life. She has advanced MS and spends her free time with her doggie! Her passion is stamping and she makes many of her cards for sick children. Her sister comes over twice a week to upload her cards for her! Stop by her gallery and give her some love!
Here is another sneak peek of one of the Hanna's which will come out this week. It is a mini set. Here she is dancin' the hula at a Luau! I had a kit which I picked up from Target a year or so ago. It was on an endcap - a making memories kit for a minibook, and it sat dorment in my stamp closet for a long time. I tore into that thing yesterday like a little kid at Christmas. It looked like great paper to use for this Luau set. I made this a 5x5 square card. The papers were trimmed and layered on the card, and Hanna was stamped on white paper with archival black. I colored her with copics. I stamped the fire as well, then colored it with copics and a little sakura stardust silver. I layered some primas, took some apricot SU! brads and colored them with my copics to match the orangey/apricot color of the papers. Some turquoise THIN grosgrain ribbon tied in a regular bow (I never do those anymore). The sentiment was part of the kit. I punched it out with my word window punch. This kit was like $2 on the endcap - and I used very little of the items in the kit - so it was a good deal! Stay tuned for my LAST of the Hanna releases tonight or tomorrow....
