Happy 7th Birthday Aidan!

Good morning!  Today we're so excited to be celebrating Aidan's 7th birthday.  I know every parent says this but it really does seem like just yesterday we brought him home from the hospital.  He's such a good kid and we're so proud of the person he's becoming.  Like me, Aidan loves to plan things in advance and has had all the details of his special day planned for months.  I always like to make him a special birthday card and I think he will love this one.  It uses the Party This Way Stamp set (you can earn it FREE during Sale-a-bration) and cut out 7 balloons, one for each year.  I randomly stamped the Happy Birthday greeting on the background with Pacific Point, Tangerine Tango, Daffodil Delight, and Old Olive ink before running it through the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dot embossing folder on the top 2/3's of the card.  I used Lucky Limeade and Island Indigo baker's twine for the balloon strings and Old Olive 1/4" grosgrain ribbon for the bow.

The "Look who's turing greeting is from the Look Who's Turning stamp set and I cut number 7 out with the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet die.  I love how this card turned out and know Aidan will love it as well.  Before I sign off I have so share a couple of pictures of the birthday boy.

Here's Aidan (10 day's old)!

Here's the birthday boy now!

Have a great day,

Diana

Happy Hippo Birthday!

I'm so happy it has stopped raining and the sun is finally starting to come out. Aidan has been very upset the sun hasn't been out...gotta love the mind of a 4 year old. For this weeks stamping 411 challenge I decided to use a stamp set new to this years catalog which I hadn't actually used yet. When I first saw the Look Who's Turning stamp set I was detemined that I had to have it for all the kids birthdays we celebrate but everytime I looked at it I had a hard time getting inspired.

The card starts with a base of Rich Razzleberry cardstock and then is layered with a piece of Old Olive cardstock that I wrapped a piece of Rich Razzleberry Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon around. On top of that is a piece of designer paper from the Write Stuff Specialty paper and Crushed Curry cardstock. The main image is stamped on Whisper White cardstock and uses Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive and Crushed Curry ink. I definately had to use the Stamp-a-maj for this project. The greating is from the same stamp set and is stamped with Rich Razzleberry ink on Crushed Curry cardstock. I used the modern label punch to cut out the greating and then attached it using Vintage Brads.

I had a bit of hard time taking the picture but I really like how it turned out and think a kid will definately like it. Hope you enjoy and stay tuned tomorrow for the announcement of next weeks Deal of the Week.