Birthday Cards

Saturday i spent the whole day crafting with some friends, it doesn't really get much better than that.. ;)  I had some paper to use and with lots of birthday's coming up on both sides of the family, it was the perfect opportunity to whip up some cards.
This first design was an idea from the Papertrey Ink gallery, the stamps used are from the "Women of Life" stamp set, which i absolutely love!  It's so nice to be able to personalize a Birthday card for Mom, Sister, Daughter, or Grandmother.  (There's even an "in-law" stamp to really personalize the image).  I also used papers and ribbon from Close to my Heart, a mini corner rounder and hole punch.

I needed some girly girl cards too, so I used the new Stamp of the Month from Close to my Heart called "Piece of Cake", which you can find here.  The cupcake on the very left is from an old hostess set from Stampin Up!  Once stamped i colored in the images with a blender pen and ink.  The ribbon is also from CTMH.
This last card was made by my friend Christina, (also my CTMH consultant).  She made it for me since I had to miss our stamp club last week.  I just had to post it here, I think it's adorable, especially the ruffle at the bottom.  TFL!

[b]ecker photo

First official maternity photo this pregnancy, and it's shot by [b]ecker!  How lucky is that?  ;-)  I have an idea to make a mini album for this pregnancy, which I'll hopefully get time to work on soon. 

Saturday I spent the entire day scrap-booking with three great friends.  Thanks Christina for hosting, it was a blast!  Christina recently got the Cricut for her birthday, so I had a chance to give it a whirl, and woweee! that is one cool contraption.  (Just might have to add it to my birthday wish list, hehe).  I accomplished four double page spreads and eight cards, which I'll hopefully get a chance to take some photos of and post on here soon. :) Tonight I'm off to my friend Leanne's for a Close to my Heart party, should be fun!  ;-)