Keila's Third Birthday

At the end of September was my daughter's third birthday. We had a little party for her at home for family and friends. I think her favorite part of the party was the bouncy house we rented for the back yard! She had a blast jumping around - it was difficult to get her to come out of there for her cake! I came up with the theme of butterflies for her birthday thanks to an awesome cake pan I found at Target. It was a butterfly, but was molded so that it came apart easily in cupcake form. So here you see the birthday invitation that I made for her party. I used the new Flight of the Butterfly set that I received for free at Convention 08. I used the brayer technique by stamping the butterfly outline in the black Staz On ink on glossy white paper. Once that dried (about 30 seconds), I stamped the butterfly solid stamp in VersaMark ink and covered it with clear embossing powder. After embossing the butterfly, I used a brayer for the color. I put two ink pads side by side (I think I used Pretty in Pink and Rose Red) and ran the brayer over them to soak up some ink. I then inked the glossy white paper moving the brayer slightly side to side in order to make the colors fade in to each other. Finally, I used a paper towl to wipe the color off of the embossed butterfly so that it would show up white. With a finishing touch of paper piercing the butterfly's flight path, I was done with that image. Also, for the ribbon, I used a technique that Shelli (the co-founder of Stampin' Up!) showed us at Convention 08. You take some of the taffetta ribbon (in this case I used the new Riding Hood Red) and get the thread that is along the side of the ribbon. Once you are able to pick that out, you just "scrunch" the ribbon up along that thread. I know that is really hard to understand using just words, but hopefully you will be able to figure it out with the help of the picture.

Supplies (Birthday Card):
Flight of the Butterfly set
Upsy Daisy set
Glossy White, Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip card stock
Pretty in Pink, Rose Red, Chocolate Chip Classic Ink
Black Staz On Ink
Very Vanilla 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon
Riding Hood Red Taffetta Ribbon

Next for you to see is the Thank You card I did for her gifts. When I saw this stamp in the new catalog, I fell in love with it - I think it is adorable! I knew I wanted to use it for the kids' birthday cards. Now that I've used it once though, I really don't know how else I would use this set! I know I can make the icing different "flavors" and I suppose I can use markers to not ink the words... but let me know if any of you have other great ideas! For this card I inked the cupcake on three different colors... Creamy Caramel card stock in Chocolate Chip ink, Rose Red textured card stock in Rose Red ink, and Whisper White card stock in Chocolate Chip ink. I layered cut out the cupcake in the Creamy Caramel and that was my base. I cut out just the "icing" in the Rose Red and layered that. Finally for the cherry, I used Crystal Effects and glitter. I used the brads for the extra on the icing. (Got that idea from the catalog.) Enjoy!

Supplies (Birthday Thank You)
Simple Birthday Thanks set
Confetti White, Creamy Caramel, Rose Red textured, and Whisper White card stock
Chocolate Chip and Rose Red Classic Ink
Soft Subtles Brads
Crystal Effects
Fine Cosmo Glitter
Stampin' Dimensionals