Birthday Banner

I made the banner for my daughters 8th birthday. I love how it turned out. Most importantly my daughter loved it also! So here's a picture of the entire banner.



Some close ups

All supplies are Stampin Up! except the Cuttlebug Happy Birthday embossing plate. Thanks for looking!

More Celebrations!!

Angela kept her party hat on all weekend! She had a soccer game on Sunday (her actual birthday) so we volunteered to bring snack. I thought it would be fun to make something soccer related.

I made the cookies using a Wilton cookie pan. The cookies were very big and used a lot of sugar cookie dough, luckily I only had to make 7 of them. I made some royal icing for the white parts then tinted the remaining icing black and piped it on to create the soccer ball. I put them in treat bags and tied it with some soccer ball ribbon. I thought they turned out really cute and all the girls said they were YUMMY!!!!

Thanks for looking! I'd love to know what you think.

Happy Birthday Angela

I can't believe my baby turned 8 over then weekend. She had such a fun day. Luckily the rain stayed away long enough to enjoy her carnival games outside. Happy Birthday Angela!!

So both my daughters love to help me in my craft room especially when it is for one of their party's. The girls did ALL the coloring on the stamped images for the cupcake toppers. I did all the gluing with the glue gun. I used the Stampin Up! set Under the Big Top for the images. The papers are also SU. We also made a banner to decorate for her party but I need to take some pictures so I will share that later.

A close up off the clown image.

On the cupcakes.

Thought I would share a couple pictures of her party.

Angela and her friend Arleigh.

Make a wish!!!!

Last but not least a picture of my niece Ravenna and her lollipop! Isn't she the cutest!

First day of school

Yesterday was my both my girls first day of school. My oldest started 5th grade and my youngest started 2nd grade. The day was bittersweet for me. The summer went by so fast I just wasn't ready for them to start school. I missed them like crazy so I thought I would make a little treat for them. I saw these cute cookies in a magazine so I tried it. They turned out pretty cute. They looked better in person, the picture makes the candy coating look wavy. But the girls (and their daddy) loved them.

Both wanted to pick some "rainbow" flowers for their teachers. Aren't they so sweet!

Spring Break on Maui

Aloha!! We spent spring break on Maui! What a great time. The weather was fantastic! It was 80 degrees with a light breeze every day! Here's a couple pictures (I'll share more later) with a few of the highlights. My sweet daughters waiting to get on the plane! They both love to fly.

We build a hammerhead shark in the sand. My youngest daughter loves sharks!

Angela getting ready to snorkel. Her favorite sighting this trip was the green sea turtle.

One of the prettier sunsets we had.

Natalie and my husband getting ready to snorkel.

Natalie out in the ocean!

Our last night. The girls love the fruity drinks.

We had so much fun! I can't wait to go back. Mahalo!!

I bought a couple sheets of some graphic 45 paper. I loved the colors. They have a very springy feel! So I made this card.
A close up of the butterfly.

Supplies: Paper: Graphic 45 , Groovy Guava Stampin Up!

Stampin Up! butterfly punch, glitter and pearls

tcptues147 challenge

I saw this challenge on one of the blogs I follow and I knew I had to play along. I love these colors together. They have a bit of a spring feeling to them, and I am pretty excited for spring.
Here's my card:

My pictures didn't turn out as well as I would have liked but I hope you can still see most of the details. The image is from TCP. She is colored with copics but her scarf I paper pierced. The papers are retired Stampin Up! and the flowers are crocheted with a corduroy brad in the center, also Stampin Up! I added a little glitter to the steam of her coffee.

A close up. Thanks for looking!