A Birthday Card for Sydney

This is the envelope for Sydeney's card I drew last night while watching the beginning of Season One of Sex and the City:

Jim & I have decided that instead of going with cable we would do the whole Netflix thing. So, we watched the Sopranos series from beginning to end and have begun Sex and the City to be completed with the movie that came out a little while ago. After Sex and the City we are undecuded as to whether to watch OZ or Entourage... Decisions, Decisions. You see, watching these series is almost like watching regular TV every night, so who needs cable, for now anyway...

Anywho, here is the birthday card I made for Sydney to go inside the lovely envelope:

And a close up of the fabric "Make A Wish" embellishment:

And the strawberry, since the party has a Strawberry Shortcake theme:

I made this card for the Paper Craft Planet Sketch Challenge SK111508 which you can find here: http://www.papercraftplanet.com/photo/sydneys-strawberry-bday-card. Notice the yellow cardstock with the yellow stamped polka dot circles and bronze stamped flowers. And of course, the glittery cardstock. Gotta have my sparkles!

I hope to work on a few more challenges I found online last night, today. Especially since Zachary has half days starting tomorrow aand running right through the day before Thanksgiving due to report card conferences. I can't lie I am so excited to go to his conference. He is always so enthusiastic about school, I am curious what his teacher has to say.

Well that is all for now. Perhaps I will have more "excitement" for you later! TTFN! (That's Ta Ta For Now) :)

A gift for my best friend's daughter

OK, so this Saturday I went to this excellent warehouse sale up in NOrth Jersey where they had scrapbooking supplies for fifty cents... Oh yeah, it was awesome, well, except that things have been a little tight financially lately. But anyway armed with $30 I scavenged for those things I thought I'd use most... I found some wicked cool stuff, more on that later. One of the things I purchased were these Junkitz Decor Boardz. My best friend's little one has her 3rd birthday bash this coming this Saturday and I had yet to get a gift. So I got to work creating. And this is the final product: You like?

This was so much fun. First I cut out the letters for her name and antiqued them a bit with a light grey ink. Then I glued the letters onto a cornflower blue cardstock and painted the whole thing with glittery sealant. Then a cut around the letters leaving a blue border. I cut out the 3 freehand as well. I added some prima flowers and drew a few flourishes and VOILA!!
Front Cover:

Close up of Sydney's name (check out the glitter sealant):

The inside:

Left inside page:

Flower I cut out and the handwritten sentiment:
I had a lot of fun doing this flower. I cut out the oval and then each of the petals and antiqued them with a dark chocoloate brown ink. Then I rummaged through my assortment of alpha brads. Again, I added a prima flower. I really do heart those flowers.

Inside right page:

Handdrawn sentiment and stitching on the flower:

A smile chipboard slide with alpha stickers and fun ribbons:

I totally loved the finished product and I hope she does too. I left the two largfe flowers empty for her to add a couple of photos from the party. I really felt a sense of accomplishment when I was done! Yea Me!