Happy Birthday, Ayden

This past Sunday we celebrated the first birthday of Jen and Mark's nephew, Ayden.   His card was created using My Favorite Things stamp set, Magical Dragons and Stampin' Up's Number of Years stamp set and coordinating dies.  After stamping the dragon, I colored him with alcohol markers and cut him out on the Scan N Cut.  The stitched circle was made using a Stampin' Up Stitched Shape Framelit.  Have a great day!

Beautiful Ballerina

On Saturday we went to Sydney's dance recital.  Once again, I am just so proud of Sydney.  Each year she improves as a dancer and in her self-confidence.  The ballet dance was beautiful and not only that, Sydney was up front and center stage.  I could have cried she was such a beautiful ballerina.  And then came the jazz number~~totally cute.  Last was her tap dance.  It was fun and after years of telling her she needs to shake her booty more, she did!  

The image on her card was found on Pinterest.  I downloaded it to my computer and printed it out.  There was no name or any info on the digital image.  She was colored with alcohol markers.  Time to switch to the big girl ballerina image next year!  And I already found one that will be perfect.  Have a great day!

Happy 90!

My brother and sis-in-law are in town for her Mom's 90th birthday.  So for Marion's card, I used Stampin' Up's Number of Years stamp set and coordinating dies.  I also used my favorite SU Color, Coastal Cabana.  Since Coastal Cabana is a returning color, I don't have to worry about making my stashed Coastal Cabana last forever!  That means you will see more Coastal Cabana cards in the future!  It sure is nice having my brother and sister-in-law around.  I will hate to see them leave next week.  Have a great weekend and find yourself a little stampin' time!

Hummingbird & Hugs

Since I have been seeing a  number of hummingbirds at our feeders, I took out the Hummingbird Thanks stamp set from Pretty Pink Posh.  I stamped a few and heat embossed them and then just played with different color combinations.  The little hummingbird on this card turned out the best so I built the card around him.  I used retired Stampin' Up paper, coordinating cardstock and square framelits.  The word "hugs" is from Lawn Fawn's  Scripty Hugs die.  I did cut it a couple of times and glued the layers together to give some additional dimension.  And, of course, couldn't let this card go without sequins!  Have a great day!