More Birthdays

DD6 is currently enjoying the social life of a pre-schooler attending all her classmates birthday parties. Busy calender today - Caleb is celebrating this morning (on one side of town) and Chadd is celebrating this afternoon (locally thank goodness). We spent yesterday afternoon gift buying (including another 2 gifts for next week's social engagements) and card making and this is what resulted.

I've used a layout I originally saw on Michelle Force's blog, but Super Sarah has her version too that always looks fab.

Perhaps I should have gone for an orange base on the spaceship card, still co-ordinating with the patterned paper, but not so baby-blueish for a 6yo. You live and learn.

Trying to get a decent photo was hard though. There was just no way I could figure out how to set it up without a shadow. Here is a closer view to try and illustrate the circle feature. Images were coloured using Prismacolor pencils blended with baby oil, and the olive medallion was made with the scallop circle punch offset for the second punching.

Tx

Spaceship card
Stamps: Toy Box (retired), Family Phrases, Text Boxed (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Bashful Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Jet Black Stazon
Card/paper: Bashful Blue, Old Olive, Whisper White, DCWV Glitter Stack
Accessories: scallop circle and 1 3/8" circle punches, Prismacolor pencils, baby oil & blending stumps, sponge daubers, dimensionals

Sailboat card
Stamps: Toy Box (retired), Family Phrases, Sanded b/ground
Ink: Buckaroo Blue (retired In Colour '07), Basic Grey, Jet Black Stazon
Card/paper: Buckaroo Blue (retired In Colour '07), Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Wishes (Sweetwater Scrapbook)