Heart and Craft

Hello!

Part of my slackness with my blog is our busy social commitments around this time of the year.  Within our extended family I would estimate that 70% of our birthdays are clustered between June and September, with 3 of our kids birthdays in June and July.  There are many different ways that Stampin’ Up! featured in their birthday celebrations, here I would like to share the party bags I made (at the last minute) for Paige and Lily’s party.

My nephew Callum holding a masculine version in Mellow Moss (soon to be retired), it has been stamped with Bugs and Kisses.  Callum loves card making and has informed me that he is better at making cards than Nan and I, dontcha just love the honesty of children?  It actually was in fun and not as precocious as that sounds.

And here is my niece Bianca holding up the bag that all the girls received.  Made with Lovely Lilac (also going to retire tomorrow night).  It has been stamped with Garden Whimsy.  This bag is a design from Makeesha Byl and is super easy to put together.

Last but not least I wanted to be a little cheeky and share the following piccie.  My husband Pete is a supportive person, and appreciates (but maybe not always completely understands) my love of Stampin’ Up! and most especially the value of giving me some craft time.  Added into that was that this project was for his children’s party so really he was quite happy to help.  The problem was that he was tired, it was getting later and later, and he knows that often this job leads to another etc etc etc.  Getting the idea?

Anyway after setting him all up I walk out of the room and upon returning moments later this is what I find….

What you may not be able to tell is that he is thumping those stamps so hard that I was surprised that the image is not permanently etched into the table! His gorgeous face is squashed into his hand, which has become the only thing keeping him upright!  Just because I couldn’t help it I asked him “so honey don’t you just love stamping, I find it is so therapeutic”, he grunted but then I’m happy to say we both had a chuckle and got them done in record time.  The funny thing is that his stamping was excellent, the images were so crisp, the poor little stamps were probably too frightened to smudge!

These pages of my Dad’s album showcase the arrival of my sister and I:

Cardstock: So Saffron, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Vellum.

Designer Series Paper: Windsor Knot.

Ink: So Saffron, Sage Shadow, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip.

Stamp Set: Bugs and Kisses.

Accessories: Dimensionals. Brads, Scallop Circle, 1 1/4 and 1 3/8 punches.  Photo Corner Punch.

Up to now the journalling has been from Mum. On this next page my own journalling comes in as I reflect on my childhood:

Cardstock: So Saffron, Whisper White, Sage Shadow, Vellum.

Designer Series Paper: Windsor Knot.

Ink: So Saffron, Sage Shadow, Old Olive.

Stamp Set: Circle Circus.

Accessories:  Brads.

On this next page my younger sister Kaz has her own journalling:

Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Old Olive, Vellum.

Designer Series Paper: Windsor Knot.

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Sage Shadow, Old Olive.

Stamp Set: Circle Circus.

Accessories:  Brads.

So no doubt you are noticing the consistent theme to each page.  It took so much time out of the process as so many things about each layout was already decided.

I’ve still got more to come!