Caelan's 10th Birthday party favors

Today is my son's birthday celebration. Yep I am almost the mother of a 10 year old little boy. Anyway, his birthday is actually on the 26th but today is the only time we would be able to have friends over for a small gathering. While browsing dollar tree this morning, I found some double wall tumblers so guess what? I brought them and decided to use them as part of his party favors.

The video game/sleep over is well underway. The children have been fed pizza, soda, chips and are patiently awaiting cooking cake and ice cream, YIPPEE!!

Here are some pictures of the favors. Thanks for looking and have a wonderful weekend.

Materials

Mickey Font

Hanna Montana Font

Designers Calendar

Expression 2 machine

Gypsy hand held device

Vinyl and Transfer tape

*Updated post* ~ I added the picture, Merry Christmas

I have challenged myself to get all of my layouts done from last years pictures before the end of this year. Having said that, today's layout is a picture taken last year on Christmas morning of the kids. They were pleasantly surprised when they opened the presents from grandma. A digital camera for my son and a tablet for my daughter. They are constantly reminded that Jesus is the reason for the season. I am so proud to have such blessings in my life.

This layout was inspired by the October stamp of the month from close to my heart. My version varies from the original but I tried to stay true to the sketch. I used the October stamp of the month for the ornament, snowflakes and mittens. I used the Artiste cartridge for the phrase. The paper is from Ecko Park "Merry Christmas" packet.

Thanks for looking and have a wonderful evening,

Sharondalyn

Materials

Cricut Expression 2 machine

Gypsy handheld design tool

Cricut Artiste Cartridge

Very Merry Christmas stamp October STOM from CTMH

Ponderosa Pine stamp pad~CTMH

Ruby stamp pad~CTMH

Rhinestone embellishments

Jute Twine by American Crafts

Sweet Hugs and Kisses

My daughter has such a sweet personality and a kindred soul. She brightens my day every morning when she greets me with a warm smile, tight hug and soft kiss. Today's layout is inspired by my daughter and how very affectionate she is. We had spend the day at the Tennessee Aquarium this summer. She got up in her daddy's arms and gave him a big hug and kiss. Oh how we love that girl of ours.

Materials

Cricut Expression 2 machine

Gypsy handheld design tool

Cricut Art Philosophy collection

Groovy Times Cricut Cartridge

Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch

Ek Success Punch (forgot the name sorry)

Twine

Elmo and Friends Holiday cricut cartridge

Die Cuts With A View "Blossoms and Butterflies stack"

American Crafts foil paper

Inkadinkado stamp set "Paperwork Greetings"

CTMH "Rugged Dude" Stamp set

CTMH Dutch blue stamp pad

Baseball

Good Morning,

After what seemed like weeks of not creating any layouts I finally finished one yesterday. This picture was taken last spring of my son with his baseball team. The team is composed of boys aged from 9-11 years old and it shows in their smiles :).

My son is pictured centered holding the baseball bat.

Supplies

Scrapper's Pack paper kit by Sanook

Baseball Brads

Ribbon

Baseball themed adhesive borders by Recollections

Thanks for stopping by today and have a wonderful Sunday!

~Sharondalyn~

Video Controller Birthday Party Invite

Today I am thanking God I am forgiven on this Fabulous Friday evening. Yesterday I decided to let my son have his first sleep over for his 10th birthday. His birthday isn't until November 26 however, his sleepover is taking place next weekend. I know, his celebration will be two weeks shy of his actual birthday but there is good reasoning behind this decision, LOL!! His little sister will be attending a sleepover that weekend therefore, she won't be here to interrupt his boy time :). He was totally thrilled when I propositioned him yesterday.

Anyway, today I decided to make his birthday party invites. Since he is only allowed to invite three friends this wasn't so bad. The theme of his party is "Video Games". They are going to play video games, eat pizza, drink sodas and munch on chips until they fall fast asleep.

This card came from the cricut cartridge "Wrap It Up" page 30. I selected the card feature and used my gypsy to measure it at 5 inches. Next, I pressed the shift button and selected the game image. I used my gypsy to measure it at 5.12 inches so that it would fit over the card base. Selecting the layer feature I sized both of those images at 5.12 inches. Everything fit perfectly over the card base.

I added some faux stitching, stickles, buttons, stamped the greeting using my close to my heart "celebration" stamp set and black ink pad.

So fun and easy to create!! Thanks for stopping by and do leave a kind word or two!!

~Sharondalyn~

Materials

Cricut Expression 2

Wrap it Up Cricut Cartridge

Gypsy handheld designing tool

Lime green Stickles

Buttons

Close to my heart "Celebrations" stamp set

Close to my heart Black Ink Pad

Liebster-Award

Imagine my surprise when I received this award which means "Beloved, Favorite, Dearest" from "Susie over at Susie Craft Happy", and I just happen to be a huge fan of her work. Thank you, thank you, thank you Susie for honoring me with this award. Please do check out Susie's blog here http://susiecrafthappy.com She is extremely talented, friendly and so thoughtful.

Liebster is a German word meaning "Beloved","Favourite," or "Dearest." This award is a peer to peer award in which fellow bloggers present the award to their favorite bloggers with less than 200 followers. The origins of this award is unclear, but is believed to have originated by a German blogger. This award was designed to be a blog award in the pay it forward fashion to share your dearest and most beloved blogs that have less than 200 followers.

RULES FOR ACCEPTANCE Thank the person who gave you the award and link back to their blog. Post the award onto your blog. Give the award to five bloggers who you appreciate that have less than 200 followers. Leave a comment on their blog letting them know that you have given them this awesome award!

I have decided to give this amazing award to the following bloggers,

Danita over at http://danitasdesigns.blogspot.com. Danita is a truly gifted crafter, an expert shopper and an all around lovely person. Her work is truly amazing. If you enjoy working with vinyl and dare to be inspired please check out Danita's blog.

Kimberly over at Kimi's paper play is another great talent. Guys her work is simply AMAZING. She is as sweet as she is talented. I am truly honored to know this wonderful person. Check out her blog here at http://kimi-n-ga.blogspot.com/

Up next is Annette over at byannette. Annette has a heart for making cards for Operation Write Home. Her cards are so inspiring that I am certain that they touch the hearts of many service men who receive them. Anyone looking to participate in this wonderful program please head over to Annette's blog at http://byannette.blogspot.com/

The Cricut Obsession by Maggie and Stephanie are the next crafters to receive this award. Stephanie and I both worked on the PTA board at my kids school together. Stephanie has since moved on hut she is still an amazing crafter. To see more of Stephanie and Maggie's work please visit The Cricut Obsession here http://cricutobsession.blogspot.com/

The final crafter/blogger to receive this award is Traci who is blogging over at "Confessionsofaproverbs31". Traci makes some amazing projects and has lots of spirituality in her projects. To see more of her projects please visit http://confessionsofaproverbs31.blogspot.com

Once again I would like to thank Susiecrafthappy for giving me this wonderful award and I encourage my followers to check Susie's blog out at http://susiecrafthappy.com .

Thanks and have a wonderful Tuesday!!

Sharondalyn

November CTMH specials

Christmas is just around the corner. Start your shopping off right by taking advantage of these terrific specials going on at CTMH from November 1-30th. Plus save even more when you purchase from me. For the entire month I am extending my discount to my blog readers. Just leave a message here letting me know what you would like to order. Thanks so much and whatever you do today make it crafty!! ~Sharondalyn~