Nic's 7th Birthday

It's hard to believe that my next to the youngest grandson is seven today.  Where has the time gone?  Nic and his brother Zac spent the morning with me and made bottle cap necklaces.  They were fascinated by the melting embossing powder.  I have to admit it is fun to watch.

I kept Nic's birthday card very clean and simple.  Being a boy, he just is not into being careful.  :-)  You just gotta love him!

The patterned paper is from Fancy Pants Down by the Shore paper pad.  I love those little whales!

Until next time...happy creating!

Something Old, New, Borrowed and Blue!

That is the theme for the current Timeless Tuesday Challenge.  It was fun to dig through my stash to see what I had that fit the challenge.  Click HERE to go right to the challenge page.

Here are the requirements for challenge:

OLD - use something older from your product stash (paper, embellishments, etc.)
NEW - the newest stamp that you just acquired.
BORROWED - scraplift (not sure what that means) or CASE (I do know what that means) a 'design'
      from the Flourishes Gallery (*PLEASE link & credit the project inspiration piece from the gallery.)
BLUE - add something blue on it. 

For the 'old,' I used the pearl and lace ribbon a friend gave me a couple of years ago.  The 'new' is my new Botanical Bookplates Vol. 1 from Flourishes.  Here is the design I 'borrowed' from Cindy Lawrence.  Click on her card to go right to her design.  Click Flourishes Gallery to see more beautiful designs in the Gallery.

For the 'blue,' I used my Copic markers to color the flowers blue and used a couple of blue papers from my Down by the Shore paper from Fancy Pants.
 
And, here is my same but different CASE of Cindy's design.  I love that pearl and lace ribbon!

Stamp:  Botanical Bookplates Vol.1;  Inks:  Tuxedo Black (Memento), Copic Markers YG11,YG13, YG17, B00, B02, B05, YR02; Card Stock:  Classic White (Flourishes), Down By The Shore (Fancy Pants); Accessories & Tools:  Classic Bookplate Template Die (Flourishes), Pearl Basic Jewels (Stampin' Up!), Pearl & Lace Ribbon, 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon

Until next time. . . happy creating!

Perpetual Birthday Calendar

Last night found me at a local scrapbook store attending a class on how to make a Perpetual Birthday Calendar.  The Fancy Pants and Echo Park papers coordinated beautifully together for the calendar.  I really like the colors.  Kellie made the class fun and interesting.  These will make wonderful gifts and I'm looking forward to making more of these great calendars.

There is any number of color combinations you could use for these calendars.  It will be fun to make more of these.  Now I just need to purchase the Cinch machine so I can bind them together.  I had no idea two and a half years ago that I would be so into crafting.  One word of caution to those taking their first step into crafting, it's highly addictive!