One Year Old Birthday

Hi all!  I'm back to share with you what I created for a special little girl who is turning a year old coming up in July.  One of my co-workers has a granddaughter who is turning a year old, and she saw the Butterfly Chipboard Banner I made a few weeks back, and wanted me to make her granddaughter Cara one.  I also made her a birthday card as well.  Both projects turned out better that I expected - especially the birthday card.  First here is the banner.  Again, her name is Cara.  She wanted it to be very "girly girl".  The best part about the banner is this can stay with her, and be displayed in her room for years to come - and not just for her "First" birthday.

Now here is the birthday card I made her.  I already had in mind that I had some butterfly shaped cards.  I added some pink patterned patter from K & Company from the Sweet Nectar  6x 6 pad. 

I, then took my 1 1/4" circle punch from SU!, and punched out 4 circles  in the middle of the butterfly's wings, and I added two rosettes with buttons, and then, I added two yellow buttons from American Crafts and added some hot pink baker's twine to them.  I attached all these embelly's with Glossy Accents from Ranger - it is my go to adhesive for when I want something to stick for the long haul. :)  Then, I took my word window punch also SU! and punched out two pieces of white card stock, and glued them together to created a longer strip, and I wrapped that same baker's twine around those punched pieces - I eventually created the number "1", to accent that this was for Cara's first birthday. I also added some ribbon for the "antenna".  I didn't take a picture of the inside, but I did some faux stitching with a bright pink gel pen, and really added to the inside of the card with the embellishments, and at the top of the two yellow buttons, I added a "Happy Birthday" sentiment.  There was enough room in the middle for Sandy ( grandma) to add her message if she wanted to.  I think her mom and dad will just love it - and it is something they can treasure for her, and keep in a keepsake book , or scrapbook even. 

I love being challenged with  my crafts!!  This is one of those times where I was so full of pride and joy of how it all turned out - and it makes it all worth it when the recipient loves it too!!!

~~Kari~~

A little birdy....

Happy Wed!  We are nearing the weekend, and I am happy about it.  I can actually say that today was a pretty good day.  It is a nice change from what I have been having at work.  As I mentioned in last night's post - I wanted to make a couple of cards to take my mind off of all the rain we've been getting here in Missouri.   I wanted to share with you the other card I made.  I used a new Hero Arts Cling Stamp I purchased.  I thought it was so cute.  I am sure you could do so many variations with this stamp.  I first embossed the image on Gina K. Designs Pure Luxury White card stock with clear embossing powder - then did the emboss resist technique, and used some Distress Inks to color in the image.  I like embossing on this card stock because it is so thick - there is very minimal warping. 

I used some pattern paper from MM 6 x 6 "Just Chillin'" stack. I also used some Bazzill card stock I had to create my matte.  I popped up my "Hello" image with pop dots after cutting it out.  I added some "stickles" for some shine on the flowers, added some Baker's Twine in green, and a cute little button from BG.  The little birdy dimensional sticker is from KI Memories called Puffies.  These things are so stinkin' cute!!  I gotta get more of these!! 

Well - It is time to go watch some TV! Have a relaxing day and night where ever you are in the world!!  Till we meet here again!

Stay Inspired!!

-Kari

Friendships

I'm back to share with you another card.  It is a beautiful Sunday afternoon - and since I had some time - I wanted to share with you a card I made on Thurs. evening for a friend/coworker of mine.  I have some very supportive friends - and I always want to show them that I appreciate not only their friendship,  but their confidence in me with my crafting. 

This card features this mini stamp set from  Inkadinkado.  I thought it was very cute - and knew I could make some cute cards with it. 

I used "Pure Poppy" card stock from PTI for my card base.  I also found this 6 X 6 paper pad at Tues. Morning ( not KMart ) and used one of these patterns to mat on my card base.  It really complimented everything with the image - and brought it all together. 

I added some silver brads for the "headlights" for a little fun, and then added some twine from SU, and a button from a button pack I had from Making Memories. 

I thought it turned out cute and fun. 

Enjoy the rest of your weekend everyone - and I will  meet you back here soon!


Stay inspired!