Kirsten's 8th Birthday Party and More Cards

Kirsten had her 8th birthday party this past Sunday at the Holiday Lanes (bowling). I believe 8 of her friends showed up for one game of bowling and a party in separate room.  It was a lot of fun watching the young girls bowl (I think it was the first time for most of them). Kirsten's sister, Jenna, who is 4 1/2 even bowled.  Kirsten got one strike and one spare (that I witnessed) and ended up with a score of 79 (I think) and Jenna had 67.  Of course the bumper guards were up so no one had a gutter ball.  There is nothing better than being around your grandchildren when you are going through some bad emotional times. Below is a few photos that I took. (click on picture to make larger)

Kirsten giving Jenna some pointers.    Doesn't she have good form! Just

                                                          like a pro.

These are some of her friends            frosting was sooo good. (like whip

                                                         cream) 

Of course Jenna has to mimic big sister!  This is the tote bag that Aunt Michelle got her and I added some embellishments.  She told her mom that if anyone wanted to know what she wanted to say scrapbooking stuff!  She ended up with 3 big kits that included everything (even album).  She was a very happy girl.

Now on to one of the cards I finished early this month.  My niece, Caly, got married on Jan 11th and I wanted to make something different for a card.  I don't know if it is different but it is something I haven't tried before. (click photo to enlargen)

This ribbon and pearl string are from my daughter, Kellie's wedding candles. I have been saving this for almost 10 yrs. Caly's color for her wedding was shades of purple.  Design paper is Cottage Wall from SU. I used the Scor-Pal to score lines on all sides.

(Inside) Pocket is the other side of paper (for a gift card).

I made this card for my brother-in-law's birthday earlier this month. 

I love this stamp set (can't remember the name right now) and of course almost everyone loves the "Top Note" die cut.  Used Soft Suede cardstock base, ink, and ribbon. Very Vanilla and Going Gray paper.

I got the idea for the inside of card from my sister, Kathleen. She used the negative part of the top note die cut for the inside and then layered the message using the ticket punch.

Hope your day went well and remember there are a lot of great things coming our way tomorrow.