December is a busy month by itself, but throw in a birthday and it really gets crazy busy! Our little Braden turned 9 yesterday!! He had a birthday party this weekend. We gave him a choice between a Disney vacation or a friend birthday party. Guess what he chose! (You don’t see any Disney pictures here to you????) I still can’t believe that!
So, a Minecraft rollerskating birthday party it was!! He even got a Minecraft T-Shirt for his birthday! (Thanks Terri and Grant!)
Here are the treat bags I made for the kids.
The bag is just a lunch bag with the “Steve” image printed on cardstock and taped to the front. The keychain that hangs off of it is for the kid’s backpacks. It is made from Perler beads. The little gum packet (to the left side) might look familiar, we made those Christmas style at our Holiday Extravaganza! I got the idea and pattern from Connie Babbert’s blog HERE. The Hershey’s candy bar is just wrapped in scrapbook paper that has grass on it, and then another Minecraft character taped to the front. The dynamite is a roll of pennies wrapped in red wrapping paper with some twine glued on the end. Last but not least is a candy bag with a “Minecraft Munchies” tag tied to it.
Here’s a card using the stamp set Keep Calm. This is a hostess set and you can have a chance to purchase it by being in a Stamp Club! See this post HERE.
Stamp Set: Carry On
Paper: Whisper White, Primrose Petals
Ink: Primrose Petals, Midnight Muse
Accessories:1 1/4″ Scallop Circle Punch, Dazzling Diamonds (on cupcake), Dimensionals, 1/2″ Primrose Petals Stitched Satin Ribbon Fancy Fan Embossing Folder, Labels Collection Framelit
I was inspired by this card on Pinterest, but wanted it to fit into the Stampin’ Up envelope (Small Open-End Envelopes- item #107286). Here’s what I came up with! You could use this for Valentine’s Day, or as a birthday card. The sentiment inside says, “Happy Birthday With a Cherry on the Top!”
Did you know you can re-color the silver Glimmer Paper to any color? Just put a dot of reinker on a glass block, and use your Aqua Painter on the Glimmer Paper! I used Pretty in Pink reinker to recolor this heart.It’s hard to see in this photo but the malt cup is embossed with the Striped Embossing Folder.To dowload the malt pattern, click HERE.
Recipe:
Stamp Set: A Word For You
Ink: Chocolate Chip (edges of malt cup sponged in this)
Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Brushed Silver, Glimmer Red & Silver
Accessories: 3/4″ Circle Punch (cherry), Heart Punch, Linen Thread (cherry stem), Straw (found on Etsy), Blushing Brid 1/2″ Stitched-Poly Ribbon, Striped & Elegant Lines Embossing Folders, Pretty in Pink Reinker, Aqua Painter
NOTES: Cut an 8 1/2″ x 11″ piece of Cherry Cobbler cardstock in half the long way, so it now measure 4 1/4″ x 11″. Score the long side at 5 1/2″. Place the malt cup pattern on top of the card, with the fold lining up with the top of the malt cup. Cut one piece of “ice cream” and after running it through the Big Shot, then just tape this piece to the front of the card.
Here are some “Angry Bird” treats made for our son’s 8th birthday party!
I just kind of made my own pattern for the treat bags and glued them onto brightly colored gift bags. (Sorry no pattern uploaded, when I was done, I threw everything away!!!)
I have been making cake pops and thought it would be fun to make oreo cookie pops. I LOVELOVELOVE this cake pop stand that my friend Terri Guymon made! She has a website FILLED with all kinds of shapes and sizes! The great thing about these is you can just change out your ribbon to go with any theme you are using. Also, you can use these stands for things other than cake pops! (Oreo Cookie Pops, cookies on a stick, fruit ka-bobs, etc.She even sells a rectanglar shaped one that will hold a 9×13 cake pan! Check out her blog HERE. This little Hersheys nugget holder was CASED, and I found this idea on Danee’s blog HERE. Sling shot from Oriental Trading Company Keychain from Amazon This I CASED from Norma HERE. Hope you enjoyed these!
Here’s a card I made for my friend Lana, who had a birthday not too long ago! I LOVE making those apron cards, there are so many different themes you can go with! Lana is such an awesome cook, I thought I’d go with a cooking theme.
Recipe:
Stamp Set: Now You’re Cooking
Paper: Riding Hood Red, Retired DSP (can’t remember the name of this one!)
Ink: Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Old Olive
Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, 1 1/4″ & 1 3/8″ Circle Punches, 1/4″ Pretty in Pink Grosgrain Ribbon
I know you have heard me talk about Terri Guymon before….she is a friend of mine, and one of my downline. She is incredibly creative, and you have probably already seen some of her swaps on my blog from our weSTAMP gatherings!
Terri’s son, Grant, turned 8 last week. He had a Harry Potter themed birthday party. Brady was invited. Of course, I showed up early, just so I could see everything she made before all the BOYS came! LOL I also knew I’d want some photos! (I ended up using Terri’s photos, they were much better!)
PS. I had never even SEEN the movie Harry Potter before this birthday party! I KNOW I’m probably the only one on this planet who has never seen it! However, after seeing all of Terri’s creations, and not “getting it”, I just had to see the movie! Terri let me borrow the movie and I watched in the very next evening. After seeing it, I appreciated what she all did EVEN MORE!!
The incredibly talented TERRI GUYMON!! (aka: Martha Stewart)
This is what started the whole thing! Terri found these cute stamps and the creative juices started flowing! This is the sign that you saw when you came in the front door. Terri and her son, Grant, made this!
When the boys arrived, they each got a tie pinned to their shirts. CUTE CUTE! Here is the rest of the things that were in their goodie bags at the end of the evening.
These “Golden Snitch” cake pops were SO GOOD! They were lemon flavored. Mmmm! The cake pop stand was even made by Terri and her hubby! I posted one earlier that Terri gave me for my birthday. You can view that one HERE. I absolutely love mine, what a fun and unique gift! You just change out the ribbon to make it go with whatever theme you have! These have become a HIT! Terri is taking orders, in case you are interested. You can visit her blog HERE.
Yep, Terri made the cupcakes AND the cake too!
They hired a magician to come and put on a magic show for the kids. Here is Grant floating on thin air!
Even their DOG got in on the FUN!!!
There you have it!! Wasn’t that incredible!!! Terri Guymon, YOU ROCK! Thanks for letting me share on my blog….
I like to downplay my birthday (and I PROMISE I won’t post anymore BIRTHDAY PHOTOS!) but there was too many crafty things going on at THIS party that I just HAD TO POST!
This photo is of my friend Lana and I. Lana is the gal who put this whole suprise birthday party together this past weekend, and BOY WAS I SURPRISED! I have never been more surprised in all my life! THANK YOU LANA and all the other family and friends who contributed!
Wait ’til you see all the crafty things! And notice the color scheme that carried throughout EVERYTHING! The weSTAMP group was a big help to Lana in putting this party together.
In case you didn’t know, I have a bit of a SWEET TOOTH! You will be able to see this after you see the photos of what was all served. This was better than any cruise ship’s midnight buffet!
Nancy Riley made the beautiful invitations. I asked her if her scallop punch still worked after making all these with rows and rows of scallops. LOL I love the layout of this card, and those are my favorite colors!
Here is a part of the dessert bar! Check out the beautiful banner that Linda Rodenberg made! Linda truly is the BANNER QUEEN in our weSTAMP group!
The table was FILLED with sweets! The “candy bar” had yellow/green/brown candies in it, to go with the theme, of course! Cupcakes, cake pops, bundt cakes, WOW!!
Glenda made these CUTE treat bags so you could scoop out some candy and take it home with you! I can see that a lot of time went into these! They are DARLING (and held a LOT of candy! My 7 year old REALLY LIKED THIS IDEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
There was a choclate fountain, too! Jennie Portonova contributed this tasty treat area. There were lots of yummy dipping choices for the chocolate fountain! What a TREAT! Take a look at the skewers! Pam Wood came up with these. This is yet another great use for the Pennant Punch! SO CUTE! There is an overflowing plate of chocolate chip cookies, made by Patti Galegher!! I have never seen so many at one time!!! Behind the fountain you will see OREO TRUFFLES! Those little gems were made by Peggy Powers. Mmmmmmm, soooo so GOOD!
This was the beverage area. Lana put this together. She served pineapple lime sherbert punch, iced mocha punch, and water. There was also decaf coffee and tea! There were cute tags everywhere to label EVERYTHING!
Terri Guymon is the Cake Pop QUEEN! She also gave me this Cake Pop Stand for my birthday gift! Isn’t it adorable?
These cake pop stands are available for purchase! Terri has a website set up HERE. Here is another style that they have made. The COOL thing about these Cake Pop Stands are that you can swap out the ribbon on them to make it go with whatever occasion you are celebrating!
Here is another one of Terri’s goodies that she made (FUDGE!). AGAIN, coordinating colors, even the FROSTING!
Aren’t these about the CUTEST cupcake toppers you have EVER SEEN???? Kathy Mobley (topiary tops & cupcake holders) and Stephanie Austin (cupcake punched toppers and the cupcakes) made these! The cupcakes were to die for! The link to the Topiary Cake Toppers can be found HERE. Trivia question, guess how many 2 1/2″ circles Kathy cut out? If you guess 480, you were correct! The good thing is, if you use the Stampin’ Up Circles #2 die, you can cut out 10 layers at one time!
There is a famous bundt cake store in AZ called Nothing Bundt Cakes. Seriously some of the best cakes I have ever eaten!! Lana got these delicious cakes for the party!
Like I said, LABELS for everything! Stephanie Austin made all the labels, aren’t they cute?
These gals thought of everything! Michelle Acuna and Melissa Sunde worked on thank you cards for me so I don’t have to hand make any! OF COURSE, the color and CHOCOLATE theme is carried through on these cards as well.
I was so incredibly BLESSED by all the family and friends who had a part in this, and for those who came and helped wish me a happy SURPRISE birthday! And again, a BIG SHOUT OUT to Lana, who coordinated this whole thing. I love all of you so much!
I have so much to share with you: more Regionals photos, and our weSTAMP swaps! But FIRST! Look what the weSTAMP group planned for our get together, without me knowing!!!
This birthday card (made by PAM!) says it all, and this is how I was treated at the SURPRISE birthday party for moi’! (Isn’t this the cutest card EVER! LOVE the detail on this!)
NO! I didn’t have a baby since my last post….this is sweet Melissa’s new baby TAYLOR! We had a shower for Melissa when she was pregnant, you can read about that HERE. I wanted Taylor in the photo with me!! She’s such a LITTLE PEANUT!
I’m so glad they didn’t put the correct number of candles on the cake, I would have needed a fire extinguisher! This is a DQ ice cream cake, TO DIE FOR!
This group of gals is AMAZING! I am SO BLESSED to have such wonderful friends! THANK YOU weSTAMP!!!!! What an amazing evening! I still can’t believe you got away with this – without me knowing!
Here’s a project I’ve been working on this week! This is a birthday gift for a VERY SPECIAL FRIEND of mine, Nancy Riley! It is a “picnic themed” gift. The items are placed ontop of a picnic style platter. Also included are napkins, cupcakes (grilling theme), a pincic basket with goodies inside, and a sandwich card!
The picnic basket and card patterns were from Lynn Pratt, whose blog can be found HERE. Lynn has AMAZING creations!!
If I can help you with your stamping needs, please visit my website HERE! Also, the $99 promotion deal is ending soon! I’d LOVE to have you join my team! You will instantly become a weSTAMPER. (See previous post HERE for some of the fun things we do!)
Our little Brady turned 5 years old this week!! He had a fun birthday, and as you can see, he is in a HALLOWEEN costume for his December birthday! He wanted a super hero party, so we told him he and his friends could wear super hero costumes.
I wanted to share some hand-made cards that were given to him this week!! I appreciate the time any mom or child takes to make a hand made card!!! Thanks so much, they are BEAUTIFUL!
This one was made by Nancy Riley, who is the infamous blogger over at iSTAMP. You can probably see the RIP in the card…that wasn’t Nancy getting creative, that was from an ANXIOUS 5-year old TEARING into the mail because his name was on the envelope and ripping not only the envelope but the card inside!!! @#$#$^$%^@#%#@ I could have died. LOL
This card was given to Brady from Michelle’s son’s:
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These “Golden Snitch” cake pops were SO GOOD! They were lemon flavored. Mmmm! The cake pop stand was even made by Terri and her hubby! I posted one earlier that Terri gave me for my birthday. You can view that one 
I’m so glad they didn’t put the correct number of candles on the cake, I would have needed a fire extinguisher! This is a DQ ice cream cake, TO DIE FOR!
