Happy Birthday Emily!

I don't know how it happened so quickly! 

My baby is 7!

We took her to Disney yesterday.  I had taken her when she was one but of course she has no memory of that trip.  So this was her "first time"

I made her a pretty cake that I filled with her favorite candies and I had to make a bag to put it in.

Anniversary and Birthday celebration

Large post, I hope you hang in through the end!

On the 8th, we celebrated my parents' 50th wedding anniversary and my dad's 70th birthday!

The big days are just a few days apart so I am posting the projects together!

I made this sign for my dad, I found the sign at Hobby Lobby, all finished, I just had to add the vinyl.

My dad is a wonderful craftsman so I wanted something professional looking for him to hang in his work shop.

 The red vinyl is glitter! I had to get that in there some how.

For their anniversary gift, I created this sign.  It's on a canvas that's 12 by 16,

I got the idea from Pinterest.

This is their card I made for them.  It's pretty simple, a file I found on the SIL site. I love it! The gold is so shiney!  This is paper I found at the Dollar Tree!! It's wonderful!

I also made 2 cups for them to use at the party.  We used mason jars in the decor so I thought these mugs were great!

 For my dad's birthday card, I wanted something different, I mean 70 is a pretty big deal I think!

He's a burger fan, so I used the cool box card from SVG cuts.

I changed the layers to make it a double burger because my dad does not eat tomatoes and I left off the onion because he HATES them! lol

Emily made this card for the Anniversary.  She made a tent and a camp fire, all cut by hand.

She is so creative! I would never attempt a free hand project, she goes in head first and you can always tell what she's made.  That little rectangle on the side of the tent is a lantern.

 I had to share the inside too, she drew out her design there.

So proud of my creative girl!

I had seen this saying on Pinterest and Emily thought is was SO funny.

We HAD to make her Pappa something with it for his work shop.

Since I had already planned the sign, I looked and looked and finally found this square wood box. I thought it would be great for him to use on his counter for whatever.

She picked the colors and helped paint the box. The rest is all vinyl.

The tools are a file from Too Cute by Jessica.

I hope you managed to hang on through this huge post!

I'd love your feedback!

Here are a few photos from the party. It was perfect!

Pansy box card

I have been invited to be a designer for the Decorate to Celebrate challenge blog!!!!  I am thrilled to be part of their super talented team!


The theme is Anything goes, so be sure to link up with us!

I used a file from SVG Cuts for today's card.  

How cool are these pansies?

I reversed the back panel and the flowers to add a back piece to mine, so it's pretty from the front and the back.

I'm linking up with Connie and her Anything goes challenge this month.

Bird nest box card

This is from a new set from SVG Cuts, this is so cool! I love how it is put together.

Christmas projects

Isn't this a gorgeous file?  Mary is just so talented in her designs and she makes them easy to put together.  Here's a link to the site.

I also love that she includes envelopes with her cards.  Saves me some measuring and extra creating.  

Now to decide who is worthy enough to receive this card....wink wink

Today I want to share a few projects I've made recently.  I wasn't going to do an Advent calendar this year until I saw this adorable one from Lettering Delights.  I had to put it together right away.

My only advice is, have your prizes ready when you assemble it, that way the doors won't have to be spread open to fill it.  I got so excited I didn't even think about that until I was gluing.

This is one of the snowmen from From the Heart stamps.  I just made her into a simple shaped card.

These are cut files from Pretty Paper Pretty Ribbons.  It's a little different from anything I've done.  But I like it. 

Merry Christmas! It's right around the corner!

I'm linking up in the Scribbles challenge for nontraditional Christmas colors.
I'm also linking this to the Robyn's Fetish challenge.

Fun Stamper's Journey guest dt call

I'm cutting it close on this one, I am applying for a guest designer spot for this cute company with a sweet crafty friend.

If you have time tonight, get crafty and submit your application! Here's a direct link to the info. here.

Cherry blossom box card

This is supposed to be a Cherry Blossom tree box card.  I chose to use Christmas papers and I love how it turned out.  I think it's so pretty.

SVG cuts Country Market

 I made the banner with files I got from the SIL store.

It's been a long time since I've done one of the sets from SVG cuts.  I pulled out one of my paper stacks and got busy.  I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

 The arrow is made so you can put a string of battery powered LED lights inside so the sign actually lights up.  I think that's  such a neat idea.  I did not have any lights though so my sign is "burnt out" 

 I love creating 3 dimensional items out of paper.  

 How cute is this?  This is my favorite piece of the set.

 This star bag was the most challenging, but I think it still turned out pretty cool.

 I left the signs blank on the box card until I know who's getting it and for what occasion.

 Pretty neat right?