Sk8er Birthday Boy

My little Demi was sick today :( so we both stayed home together and rested, and managed to do some crafting.

I made a card for a school friend of Mia's, to whose party she has been invited to tomorrow. Here it is...

And here is the matching bag that I made...

The little sk8er boy image is perfect for little boys. He was stamped onto watercolour paper with black StazOn ink and coloured with SU markers and a blender pen. The sentiment is from Up & Away. I have no idea about the paper - sorry!Cardstock colours used were Crumb Cake, Bravo Burgundy, Night of Navy and More Mustard. The circles were cut with the Circle Scissors and circle punches. The letters on the bag were cut with the Simple Letters Alphabet dies.

Well, hopefully we'll all be off to bed early tonight so we can all be rested and feeling up to scratch for the weekend. Don't forget that Daylight Savings ends this Sunday 1 April 2012, at 3:00 am when clocks will be put back one hour. I have to say that I'm not looking forward to the dark mornings and afternoons. :(

Catch you again soon.

Andrea

Beautiful Wings

Hello everyone!

I hope you've all been keeping well and have managed to do lots of crafting.

I plan to really get back into the swing of things now that my girls parties are done and dusted, but for now I just have one lonely ol' card to show you - Demi's birthday card...

The photos aren't the best as I took them at night, but hopefully, you can see that I used So Saffrin, Rose Red, Old Olive and Whisper White. The gorgeous butterflies were cut with the Beautiful Wings die, embellished with adhesive half-pearls, and place on squares punched with both sized square punches. The sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Sentiments stamp set and was punched out with the Word Window Punch. Very simple, but very effective. I love this layout and use it time and time again.

Off to school now to pick up my munchkins. Let's hope they make it to the car, at least, without fighting today. Here goes.... :)

Andrea

An Under the Sea Pool Party!!!

Yes, I've been missing in action for some time but with good reason, as you will soon see!

My girls both celebrate their birthdays in March and they had their pool party last weekend. The theme was "Under the Sea." I have lots (and I mean, lots) of photos to share with you. Some craft related, some not. Here goes...

First up is the octopus cake and cupcakes that I made for them. You may know that decorating cakes is my other love other than papercrafts. I have to say that this has to be my favourite cake that I have made, and the girls agreed. They loved it which makes all those hours of labour so worthwhile.

Here are the birthday girls themselves and the loves of my life... Demi turning 6 and Mia turning 9.

Next are the invitations. These are the mermaid invitations that Demi gave to her friends...

...and these are Mia's invitations. All hand coloured by moi. :)

Instead of hiding the invitations inside envelopes, I used clear cello bags and decorated them with a thin ribbon, personalised tag  and charm.

This one of the little baskets that I had the girls make as part of the crafting activity. They made these to put the spoils of the pinata into...

This is Mia with her finished basket...

And Demi with her finished basket...

This was the mermaid pinata... She's not the prettiest but she did the job. Ha ha...

Finally I want to show you the goody bags for the guests...

The weather was great on the day and all the kids had a blast! Oh, to be a child again.

Now that you've seen all of that, do you forgive me for being off the radar for a while? Ha ha...

Feel free to leave me any comments. I'd love to hear from you.

Take care.

Andrea

Class Projects

Hello everyone!

A late post for you today to show you tonight's class projects.

First up was a simple but very effective card incorporating flowers cut with the Floral Fusion die and one of the punches from the Itty Bitty Punch Pack. The leaves were cut with the Two Step Bird Punch. The sentiment is from the Happiest Birthday Wishes Hostess set. The colours used were Real Red, Garden Green, Elegant Eggplant and Whisper White.

Secondly, we tried our hand at watercolouring with watercolour pencils and a blender pen. Well, wasn't that just awesome fun?

For this card we used the delightful Elebration stamp stamped with StazOn ink onto watercolour paper. The embossing on the background was done with the Lattice embossing folder. The sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Sentiments stamp set. It was punched with the Window punch. Again, the little flower was cut with one of the punches from the Itty Bitty Punch Pack.

Colours used were Very Vanilla, Certainly Celery and Pretty in Pink.

Lastly, the ladies chose to make one of the following little Easter gift bags/boxes:

The bags/boxes feature the gorgeous images from the Everybunny stamp set. Boy, are these cute! They were stamped onto watercolour paper with black StazOn ink and coloured with watercolour pencils and a blender pen.

Also used were the Two Tags die, Circle and Scallop Circle punches, Lattice embossing folder, the flower from Itty Bitty Punch Pack, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch, Window punch, Decorative Label punch, Mini Vintage Tags, ribbon, Corner Rounder punch, silver brads and adhesive pearls. I think that's it!

The colours used were Marina Mist, Certainly Celery, Elegant Eggplant and Very Vanilla.

Phew! That's a lot of information!

The lovely ladies from tonight's class really loved their creations, and that always makes me happy. Another great night.

What do you think of our projects?

Well, off to bed now. I hope you all have a lovely weekend. Enjoy!

Andrea

Gosh, it's been a while!

Yes, it has. I have been flat out making invitations for my girls' upcoming birthdays. There was a lot of watercolouring involved with them, which took a long time but I loved every minute of it. I'll share those with you next month.

As soon as I finished the invitations I jumped straight back into trying to catch up on my scrapbooking, and here are the results.

This first page features a closeup of Mia when she lost her first tooth. Aaaaww...

The second page feature Mia's official netball team photos.

I'm just dashing out to take the girls to school so I won't write down a supplies list but if you's like to know any details, please just ask.

Hoping you all have a great day. Take care and enjoy the sunshine.

Andrea

Our Little Neighbour Turns One!

Hi everyone.

Just jumped on here to quickly show you the card I just finished for our little neighbour who turns one today...

Love the little sk8er boy!!!

The colours I used today were Crumb Cake, Night of Navy, More Mustard and Real Red. The background was stamped with stamps from the Extreme Elements set, with Crumb Cake ink. The blue cardstock was torn using the Tearing Edge ruler. The image was stamped onto watercolour paper with Black StazOn ink and coloured with SU markers. The star was punched with the large star punch and the number 1 was cut with the alphabet dies. The sentiment is from Happiest Birthday Wishes.

Well, off to do some more work on the girls' birthday party invitations and other party projects. Their birthday isn't until March but they involve a lot of colouring so I thought I'd get an early start.

Thanks for stopping by!

Andrea