Birthday Boys

An Astronaut
Spidey
and a Pirate
What do they all have in common?
First up the astronaut on a Birthday card using Space Boy from Your Next Stamp.  It is based on the July SFYTT and also follows the challenge #47 from Your Next Stamp, which is a recipe - 1 image, 2 PP and 3 embellies.

Next a Birthday party with Spidey and a pirate :>)

These are pics from my sons' Birthday party, they just turned 4!  We really don't make a big deal over my sons being twins.  We try not to treat each the same, they rarely dress alike, they look nothing alike and have completely different personalities too!  That fits with they each wanted a different theme for their Birthday party.  I found the idea for the pirate ship cake on the Wilton website.  Their cake has mates to go along with the captain, so cute.  My time was limited since I had a second cake to make, so I went with 1 fondant pirate.  The Wilton cake also made the sails out of gum paste, but I went with fabric and my copics.  Once I decided to make the pirate ship, I knew I would need to make the Spiderman cake just as big, which resulted in a fondant covered rice crispy building. 
My sons were excited!
Smiles,
Julie
Details:
Stamp - (Space Boy) YNS, PP - Bo Bunny, CS - SU, Embossing Folder - (Circles) Cuttlebug, and Buttons PTI.

It's Party Time!

The big day is finally here, it's Little Paper Shop's release day, and I even have cake to share with you to Celebrate LPS's 2nd Birthday!  Thanks for joining in the previews for the April release over the last 3 days.  I had so much fun reading all your comments.   

Today is also the official announcement of the BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION Challenge. In honor of LPS's Birthday this month, a special challenge is being issued for you to create a Birthday card. LPS stamps are not required but we all LOVE to see them. You can do any layout, colors, etc. The only requirement is that it be a Birthday card. You have until Sunday evening, April 25th, at 9:00 EST to get your card loaded to the InLinkz program on the LPS Blog to be qualified to win. What do you win you ask? A $35 Gift Certificate to the LPS store. It's your chance to get all those stamps you have been drooling over. The winner of the $35 Gift Certificate will be announced along with Monday's Challenge winner on April 26th.

Don't forget all the new April Releases are now available for purchase in the store.  Plus, effective April 19th -30th customers can enter the code BIRTHDAY at the checkout for 15% off their entire order (including new releases and digi's).  It is valid on retail purchases through the website only.

I have another card to share with you using the Behind the Scenes background set, I told you I love this set!!!  Happy Birthday LPS!!!

Oh, I almost forgot, here is that cake I promised.  Alright, it does not have Happy Birthday LPS on it, but it is a Birthday cake :>)  I made the cake this past weekend for a friend's daughter.  She had a mad science party so I added a mad scientist!

Smiles, 

Julie

Details:
Stamps - LPS Behind the Scenes and All Occasions (sentiment), CS - PTI Pure Poppy and Aqua Mist, Die - Spellbinders Labels 1 Nestabilities, and PTI Pure Poppy Ribbon.

The Monster is Done

First, here are some pics of wedding cards I made over the weekend. I was inspired by the one color challenge I did a couple weeks ago and this time decided to go with white.

I pulled out a stencil and paste that I have not used in years!! Along with a CB embossing folder {thank you to my sister for buying me the CB for my B-day, I did not think I would ever use it, but I LOVE it!!}, plus some ribbon and even with just one color, there is so much texture. I love the way the ribbon turned out and will be using this method again. I punched a hole thru the paper behind the ribbon and pulled a second piece of ribbon up thru the hole around the horizontal ribbon and back down to form a knot, securing the second ribbon with tape on the back of the paper. It lies so nicely and no fussing to make a perfect bow!

The second card is based on the 6/6/09 sketch from Lauren Meader here.

Now on to the monster...here it is, "the cake" for my daughter's Daisy troop picnic. There are no monsters on the cake, monster refers to the size! I admit, it is big. My husband said there was enough cake to feed everyone at the picnic and at the little league game in the park!! I did not mean to make it so big, but the pan the next size down did not seem large enough. I guess I should have just believed the serving chart which showed servings at um...128 :>). Mind you those are wedding cake servings and everyone knows those are teeny tiny.

16" x 16" and 4" high...I should have taken the picture with something else in it besides the cake so that you could tell just how big it was (but the cake was too big to get anything else in the shot ;>) )!

Thanks for stopping by!

Smiles, Julie