A Jolly Good Time!

Hope everyone had a lovely weekend!  This weekend we attended a surprise birthday party for my good friend Monika.  Monika just traveled to England on vacation, so we had a British themed party for her.  It is only fitting as she is the chair of our Jane Austen group as well.  I love how everyone pitched in, and made food.  I made shepherd's pie, and my sister's delicious strawberry cheesecake trifle.

I thought I would share with you the card I made for Monika.  It was fun to make and used 3 different stamp sets to make it.

Supplies:
Stamps: Stampers Anonymous, Artistic Outpost, Technique Tuesday
Ink: Archival Inks, Distress Markers
Paper: Gina K Designs
Misc. Bingo Marker Tim Holtz

While shopping for Monika's gift I came across a cool British themed suitcase like box to house the goodies in.  I made a faux luggage tag for it as well. I love this picture as I love that she enjoyed the card so much.

It was such a perfect day.  Friends, laughter and plenty of yummy food.  Here is a fun shot of our Jane Ladies.  One member is missing, but she was there in spirit!

That is some cake, right?  Just awesome!

Unfortunately, Benedict Cumberbatch must have lost his invitation, as he was a no-show.

Until next time!

Keep Calm And Turn 29 Again (and again)

As many of you know, I am a big fan of the Blueprint Stamps by Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous.  For today's card, I used the balloon image and stamped a fun sentiment inside the balloon for someone who is having a birthday, but has stopped counting the years!  The sentiment is by Technique Tuesday.

I thought the use of the twine for the string was a nice little touch, and I distressed the edge of the paper and added some Distress Ink.

This is a simple card, and it got a lot of chuckles from the recipient!

Until next time!