Owl First Birthday Party

Hello!

Next week is my baby girl's first birthday!  Boy does time fly by!  I can't believe she will almost be 1. This time around with baby #3 it has been quite a different experience.  My two older daughters are such great help, that with this baby it has been pretty easy so far.   lol  So, I think time has gone by even faster than before.

So, I know she's little... and doesn't realize it's her birthday, BUT being the paper crafter I am, I still wanted her birthday to have lots of special touches.  So her theme is all about Owls.  I was inspired on the theme with some favors my cousin made before she was born (I'll show them with the rest of the party details, after the party).  They were gorgeous!  I found several owl things online, so took the owl them and started creating. 

Here is part one of my party sharing...her invitation.

Here are a couple of different views of it.

This invitation, despite all of the pieces it required, was super simple to put together. Here are all the different pieces I used:

I first punched and die cut all the pieces.  Then, I created a paper assembly line and glued away!  For the inside wording, I printed it on my computer with two columns.  Then I cut the paper in half and die cut it on the Big Shot with the same deco label framelits I made the owl body.  Easy!

Stay tuned next week for the rest of my owl party details!

Clean and Simple Onesie

Sometimes my favorite cards are the clean and simple kind.  In the past I would never use a white card base or use whisper white as a primary color.   Now, I love the look of a clean card.  Here is my latest Clean and Simple card.  This onesie is not a stamp, but a wheel "Baby Tees" that I wheeled and cut the onesie from. Wheels are very versitale and can be used as a border or you can stamp/wheel them and cut out certain images.  You can buy a specific color cartridge for it, or if you plan to use them for small spaces or to cut out you can use it on a regular ink pad. 

Here is the recipe:

Stamps: Baby Tees Wheel, Little Additions
Ink: Basic Black or Stazon; Markers: Pumkin Pie, Marina Mist, Crumb Cake, Early Expresso
Paper: Pumkin Pie, Whisper White, Early Expresso, Crumb Cake
Accessories: Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch, Island Indigo Baker's Twine, Mini Clothespins

Enjoy!

~Mayra

April Stamp a Stack Class

I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter.  I had a blast with my family and am now back on Stampin' mode. 

Here is a picture of the projects made at the April Stamp a Stack class.  They made 12 total projects.  2 Easter/Spring cards, 2 Easter/Spring choclate bags, 2 butterfly cards, 2 HB cards, 2 baby cards, and 2 Thanks owl cards!  That was a lot of stamping in 3 hours.  However, everyone had a great time and most were done early.  Talk about power stamping!

I can't wait for May's class.  Click HERE for registration information for our May Stamp a Stack class.