Birthday Invitations

I have been having so much fun making invitations for a friend's daughter (Kristen) and grandson (Bentley).  It's Bentley's first birthday and his mom ask if I would be able to help her with the invitations.  She wanted something unique for his special day. She explained they were going to have a pool party and as I was getting ready to leave the next day for a trip to PA, I told her I would be thinking about a design.    I found a rubber stamp that had a little chair and umbrella and that gave me an idea and so I stamped it on a scrap of paper and stuck it in my sketch book.

My friend, Cheri, is having a pool built in her yard and that will be the pool for her grandson's party!  I hope they plan more parties, as I don't have one, pool that is,  and would love to cool my toes in a pool with a glass of wine on hot summer nights! But I regress!  Back to the invitation! As I flew across the country this little sketch appeared on my page. I was especially excited about the little duck . . .

After a quick text for her thoughts and she said she loved it, the redrawing began on watercolor paper.  I think I did a pretty good job drawing it the second time and had a blast painting in all of the little boy colors.  I took the wording off of the picture to place it directly on the invitation.

Once Cheri and Kristen approved the final picture I photographed it and completed the wording and now we have a finished invitation for a very special little boy's birthday party.

At one he may not remember the party, but he'll always have the stories shared by family and friends and an invite in his baby book.

It's a real thrill for me to have made his invite. So many of my sketches just stay in my sketchbook, it's fun to share  And here's the final invitation shown with back and front of the envelopes.  I stamped and colored in a little party hat and a cupcake as a finishing touch. And guess what - we have an invite to the party!  Yes, I will be in that pool soon!!!!!

Sweet Cake Thank You

I can't believe how long it's been since I last posted!  I must get back to this - I've made a number of cards, but time has just been flying by, something I know most of you can relate to in this busy time of our lives.

A sweet young friend gave me a gift recently and I wanted a special card to say thanks and so I pulled out a set I hadn't used yet. I really bought it for birthdays and because I love cupcakes, but it works great for a thank you or a valentine!  It comes with three different stamps to place in that blank spot and I know we have many others that would fit.  I love stamp sets that can be used in different ways and as I said, "I love, love, love cupcakes!"

Now I must add that Debbie loves glittery things!  All things glittery, so I added glitter to the icing and embossed the greeting. If you look closely the glitter even shows up in the photo!

I really debated on this set, but now I'm so glad I got it - there are so many ways to use it and would make a great stamp a stack set.  Using the big shot and some corner chopper you can make quite a cute card in just a little bit of time and the colors you choose can change the look in so many ways.

Hope you enjoy and this encourages you to get out some stamps and paper and make a card!

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