She's 1!!!

Well, today's the day. My baby girl turns 1!!! Alexandra arrived (after being served an eviction notice) on this day one year ago. It went pretty quick though...my labor that is. So I was thankful for that, and I got this beautiful little girl in return. Here's a Smilebox I made of her, shortly after coming home from the hospital...

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

This year has been a whirlwind, and I am so blessed to have 2 wonderful daughters who give me a reason to smile EVERY DAY...even when they're sick, crabby, silly, crying, or sleeping *wink*.

Here she is on Tuesday...WOW have times changed... (she made a mess of her clothes at daycare...that's why she's dressed so funny)

So, do you like her card??? I'm pretty pleased with it, I must say! I used my chipboard and glitter again (and this time I didn't melt it!!) and made a happy card for a happy girl. I'd like to wish Alexandra's birthday buddies, Staci and Kayla a very happy birthday as well!!! Hope everyone has a fantastic day!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
Stamps: It's a Celebration (PTI)
CS: SU! Almost Amethyst, PTI White
Ink: SU! Pretty in Pink, Almost Amethyst, PTI Aqua Mist, Spring Moss
Accessories: Star Dust stickles, SU Chunky glitter & DD glitter, Simon Upper Chipboard (SU), dimensionals

Party Time

Ok - so I'm a bit late posting photos of the party...we had a nasty tummy bug make it's way through my house...my older daughter got it DURING the b-day party Saturday night, poor kid. Then I was sick in the middle of the night Saturday, and spent practically the entire day in bed yesterday...BLECH.

Anyway - the party was fun, we had a good time :) The birthday girls had fun - so that's what matters!

Here are a few pics...

Here are the two birthday girls...

Daddy and daughter dancing (before she got sick, obviously)

CAKE TIME!

Not really sure...

mmmm...frosting.....

nnooooooo! Take it away, and clean my hands!!!

So, the first birthday cake wasn't a big hit...who knew? My older daughter cried the first time we all sang Happy Birthday to her, so they each have their own 'thing' I guess...

Thanks for letting me share some family time with you!!

Happy Birthday Cat!!

September is a busy month for birthdays and anniversaries in our family. Today is my brother's birthday, as well as my sister-in-law Catherine's...also known as Cat.

If you've seen my post about the drum corps I'm in, you know our 'theme' is cowboys...so when I saw this set from The Cat's Pajamas...I HAD to buy it just for Cat's birthday.

Tonight we have a party for Cat, since it's her 40th, she wanted a big party, and she's sharing her day with my daughter Alexandra - as she turns 1 on Thursday!

So...I know you didn't stop by to read all about my family, so I'll give you a little something to look at :)

Here's Cat's card:

Isn't she cute??? The 'Look Who's' are Thickers from American Crafts, and the '40' are chipboard letters from SU!, covered with Heat & Stick, then chunky and fine red glitter... (though it's not as sparkly as I wanted, because I accidentally melted dome of the chunky glitter when heat setting the heat & stick *oops*

The cowgirl kitty is actually on the inside of the card, I cut a hole out of the front of the card with my craft knife...here's a closer look...



The 'Ms. Sheriff' badge is from the MFT set, 'Ride 'em Cowgirl', it was stamped on Summer Sun CS.

Now for the inside....lovingly colored with my Copics...The 'Happy Birthday' is from PTI's Birthday Basics...

Well, I hope to check in tomorrow with pictures from the party and maybe another card too!

Have a great day, and thanks for stopping by!!!

Glow in the Dark fun...

Well today's post has NOTHING to do with stamping, but I thought it was fun, none the less. This past weekend was my nephew's birthday party (I don't even have a card topost for him, I gave him his present back in May (tickets to a Mets game with his brother and Dad)

k - onto the party...he had it at this cool place, Monster Mini Golf. It's all indoors, all lit with blacklights...I was a weeee bit nervous about my older daughter freaking out, but she actually did ok...here are some cool shots I got under the blacklights...

Here's my daughter, playing air hockey...I love her neon yellow shirt :)

A great time was had by all at the party...but go figure, I didn't get a single shot of the birthday boy!! That's what happens when you turn 10 I guess...

Thanks for stopping by!!

Some fun coloring with Lucky

Hello friends!

Hoping everyone has as beautiful a day as I have here in NY...perfect!! Sunny, not too hot...just plain beautiful.

I was going through some of my photo files, and found this card. I just love CC Designs stamps...especially the Itzy Inkies...they really are just too cute! This is her birthday set - and is SO much fun to color.

I made this card waaaay back when, before I had my Copics (like it was years ago, ha!) So I watercolored it. I made this for one of the "Dare to get Dirty" challenges on SCS. I started out with that great American Crafts Ribbon, where I chose my colors for the card from...I used LOTS of dimensionals on this as well...just added a little more interest, and it's lots of fun.

I'm getting ready for a combined birthday party for my DD (how did she get to be ONE already?!?!) and my Sister-in-law who is turning 40...hopefully I'll be back with some pictures (and her card of course...I have it all in my head, hope it turns out that way on paper!)

Thanks so much for stopping by today - hope you have a great weekend!!

Supplies:

Stamps: CC Designs "It's my Birthday"

CS: SU!, Only Orange, Tempting Turquosie, Green Galore, PTI White

Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black

Accessories: Ribbon (American Crafts), dimensionals

Another Friend :)

I've got lots, really, I do :)

This card went into the 'secret friend package' to my friend Barb - I love this bella...especially because I LOOOOOVE coffee...did you know that?

I never liked it when I was younger...all my friends in HS would be drinking it, and I'd have my hot chocolate...then I met my hubby, and he got me into flavored coffees...espcially since they were made the way they were intended...with sugar and half and half!!! MMMMM...I was hooked.

Well...now I'm an official coffee addict, and not only that, I've got THE greatest coffee maker ever...a Keurig. Don't tell me you've never heard of it...well...go HERE if you've never heard of it...order one. Seriously...you need it.

ok, sorry, back to the task at hand. Barb's card. I used PTI's Dark Chocolate and Vintage Violet CS...and colored those adorable girls in with my Copics ( I could have done a little better here, but I tried) The flowers down the right side are brads from Provo Craft and I put some doodlebug bling in the centers...fun.

Thanks for stopping by today...I think I'll go make myself a cuppa...mmmmmm

My Secret Friend...

Well, I had a few, over on the Secret Friendship Appreciation Thread on Splitcoast. Heather (stampinmomof2cuties) was the host for the first 4 rounds, bless her heart!! Anyway - I nominated 4 people this time around. My friends Laura (okiechic), Barb (Bbarton), Samantha (Sammystamper) and Cindy (Mothermark)...do you all know Mothermark??

Well - I'm going to tell you a bit about her. I've never met her face to face...in fact, I hardly know her, except for all the times we harass her on the friendship threads. She is FUN-NY, let me tell you. I've had tears in my eyes and coffee on my computer screen a few times reading her posts. I have a feeling that if I were to meet her face to face, we could get into a lot of trouble together...

I decided to nominate Cindy this round, not only so we could torture her *wink*, but to thank her for always being such a good sport about all of the ribbing, and making me LAUGH, nearly every day.

So rumor had it, she likes polka dots, so I decided to make her an etched coffee mug. Have you all ever tried this before??? You really should, it's a LOT of fun, and gives awesome, classy results. Lauren Meader just posted a tutorial on her blog just a few days ago on how to etch with stamps. Also, for always giving her a hard time, Cindy has affectionately called us PSF's that make her crazy..."Stinkers" so I had to make her a stinker card, no??

So here it is...
NOT an easy thing to photograph, that's for sure!!! The mug was completed using images from PTI (Trajan Monogram, and a flower center from Women of Life), and the card was made with an image from Stampin' Up!s "Stinkin' Cute" and PTI's Simple Alphabet.

Cindy's blog is in my left hand 'blogs I read' bar, check her out if you don't know her...she's a BLAST!

Thanks again Cindy - you're a terrific gal!!