Pumpkin Carvings and Birthday Wishes

While Halloween isn't my most favourite holiday of the year (it was more fun as a kid!), I still love getting in the spirit by carving pumpkins! Each year I try to do something different and unique. Here is a series of pumpkin carving pictures from the past couple years:

My hubby's masterpiece, Halloween 2011

 

My pumpkin carving, Halloween 2011

 

Halloween 2012 (mine is the maple leaf)

 

And finally, my latest carving:

 



 

Hope you all have a safe and Happy Halloween! I look forward to seeing all the kids in their costumes tonight!

 

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On another note, it is my niece's 3rd birthday today!

 

I pulled out one of my older designs (and one of my favourites!) and thought it would be perfect for sweet Janna:

 

 

This cute little deer comes from a retired Stampin Up set called Forest Friends (one of my favourites). I paired it with wildflower designer paper and added a paper flower with a brad in the center, sponging the edges with Rose Red ink. I thought the sentiment was a perfect choice to go along with the deer. Did you notice the play on words? :)

 





Here's wishing Janna a fun day filled with sunshine, laughter, hugs and kisses! 

Card Ingredients:
Stamps: Forest Friends (ret.), Happiest Birthday Wishes
Paper: Pink Pirouette, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Always Artichoke, flower DSP (Michael's)
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Rose Red
Tools: Circles Nestabilities, Scallop Trim Border Punch
Accessories: Paper flower, brad, rhinestones

Belated Birthday Wishes

Over the weekend there were two birthdays celebrated in our family -- my sister-in-law, Rachel, and my neice, Leah.
Rachel is a mother to 4 beautiful girls and lives near London, ON with her family. She also has a passion for papercrafting/scrapbooking and when we see each other, we often talk about crafting ideas. Here's wishing Rachel a great year ahead!

I handmade this card for her:

Leah turned 9 years old a couple days ago. She lives with her family of 9 in southern Alberta. She is a super sweet young girl and absolutely loves animals. I think one day she will make an excellent veterinarian! Here's wishing Leah a very happy belated birthday!

I thought a card with animals on it would be perfect for her:

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Card Ingredients for Rachel's birthday card:
Stamps: Elements of Style, Curly Cute
Paper: Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White, International Bazaar DSP
Ink: Rich Razzleberry
Tools: Beautiful Wings embosslits die
Accessories: Rhinestones (Michael's)

Card Ingredients for Leah's birthday card:
Stamps: Forest Friends (ret), Fabulous Phrases
Paper: Regal Rose, Chocolate Chip, DSP (ret)
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Tools: 1-1/4" Circle punch, 1-3/8" Circle punch, Scallop Circle punch
Accessories: Brads (Michael's)

Mini Baby Cards

Zumba was a great workout last night! I usually stick to the back row, but at times it's hard to see the instructor and can be quite challenging to keep up! This time I moved up a row and I could follow along SO much easier! It was a fun workout and I look forward to next week!

Stampin Royalty's challenge this week is entitled "Oh, Baby!!". I'm going to keep the 'mini' theme going. :) Yesterday's post featured a 3" x 3" mini album and today's post features a couple of mini 2" x 3" baby cards with matching envelopes.

Isn't this size just adorable?! I stamped a little bunny in Basic Gray and popped them up to give the card some dimension. I added bakers twine and small rhinestones to embellish them. These fit perfectly in the small scallop envelopes -- I love this die!

 



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Mini Card Ingredients:
Stamps: Forest Friends (ret.)
Paper: Basic Gray, Whisper White, Subtles DSP
Ink: Basic Gray
Tools: 1-1/4" Circle Punch, 1-3/4" Circle Punch, Scallop Envelope Die
Accessories: Gray Bakers Twine (CTMH), Rhinestones (Michael's)

A Birthday Card for a Sweet 2-Year Old

Since my hubby is out of town for work for a couple days, I hope to take this opportunity to make a lot of papercrafts for the upcoming craft fair. Last night, after cleaning a pile of dishes and organizing a bit more of my crafting supplies, I completed a few more Z-fold cards. Hope to get more done tonight!

Today is a special birthday - our neice, Jocelyn, turns 2 today! I met Jocelyn a couple times, but don't know her very well (one of the reasons I dislike living so far from home! My neices and nephews grow up way too fast!). From what I hear, she is an adorable, funny little girl. Here's wishing her the best 2nd birthday!

For her card, I played along with Sweet Sunday Sketch. I wanted to make it bright and colourful, so I chose Rich Razzleberry, Daffodil Delight and Tangerine Tango - love these colours together! And what better stamp set to use for a cute 2-year old, than "Forest Friends"!

 

I fussy-cut each of the animals and popped them up using dimensionals. I added a matching button with bakers twine to complete the card.

 

 

Thanks for looking!

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Forest Friends, Happiest Birthday Wishes (hostess)

Paper: Rich Razzleberry, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Brights DSP, Regals DSP

Ink: Rich Razzleberry

Tools: 1" Square Punch, 1-1/4" Square Punch, Scallop Edge Border Punch

Accessories: Tangerine Tango button (Sale-A-Bration), White Bakers Twine

Birthday Celebration!

It's been a great weekend of birthday celebrations! Saturday night, my hubby, Kevin, and I  dressed up and went out for a delicious dinner at Ric's Grill. Kevin had his favourite seafood meal - Alaskan King Crab legs and prawns, and I had a delicious Italian sausage pasta dish. We enjoyed white and red wine and completed our meal with ginger cake and vanilla ice cream. It was scrumptious!

I promised to share the birthday card I made for my hubby's 29th birthday... It's a side-step folded card with an outdoorsy theme - perfect for my hubby! He loves the outdoors!

 

I got this idea from a card I found online and decided to CASE it. To see the original design visit Creative Corner Studio. I added my own touch to this card. The tent on the back 'step' is cut free-hand. I added eyelets and bakers twine to the open door flaps. A sleeping bag sticker is added to the inside of the tent. On the 2nd 'step' i created a campfire and marchmallow stick using punches. On the front 'step' I created a bush with the Little Leaves embosslet die from Stampin up and added the sentiment 'happy birthday'. On the larger side panel I stamped trees to make it look like a forest, added a stamped bunny, and cut a sign post shape using my cricut.

 

If you would like to try out this card fold, click here for some great instructions. I found these instructions were very easy to follow.

 

Some other highlights from Kevin's birthday:

 

Turtle Brownie Ice Cream Cake -- yumm!

I made the pennant banner using the Pennant Punch and cut the letters out using my cricut.

 

I spoiled him this year! Got him a couple merino wool t-shirts, the 75th anniversary edition of "The Hobbit" and a portable JetBoil stove. He was thrilled!

 

Had quite a few phone calls/skype calls today. I think he had a great birthday!

 

 

Card Ingredients for the Side-Step Card:

 

Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Forest Friends (ret.), Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Always Artichoke, So Saffron, Whisper White, Certainly Celery DSP, Always Artichoke DSP, Crumb Cake DSP

Ink: Early Espresso, Always Artichoke

Tools: Bird Builder punch, Word Window punch, Modern Label punch, Snowflake punch (ret.), Little Leaves embosslit, Campin' Critters Cricut cartridge

Accessories: Brads (Michaels), Eyelets, Bakers Twine, Sleeping Bag sticker

 

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