Natasha's 8th Birthday Party invitations

Since we just celebrated Natasha's 8th birthday yesterday with a fun and "awesome" party...I realized that I had not posted the birthday invitations that I made a month ago...so real quickly, I just thought I'd put up the pictures here...

I used Papertrey's Cupcake Collection stamp set & dies, as well as their Doily Details and Mat Stack 3 dies. I also used a die from Spellbinders Fleur de Lis Accents die set. The paper is from DCWV's Sweet paper pad (I've had this for a few years now because I'm hoarding it for special occasions given that it is SO cute!) I also used shimmer paper from a Colorbok paper pad (got it at Walmart) and a corner punch from EK Success (to punch the "tuck in" corners on the mat layer)

The "You're Invited" stamp comes from the Friendship Jar set by Papertrey.

Everyday Button Bits set...

Everyday Button Bits is one of the first Papertrey sets I ever bought...it was just the beginning of the obsession!! ;) I wanted to make some cute & simple cards for a craft bazaar, so I pulled out this set and went to work. These stamps paired with buttons is still so adorable! A timeless classic.








Whoops, this one turned out blurry, but by the time I figured it out, the card was already gone...too late to retake the photo...oh well..I've had two blurry photos recently, which hasn't happened in a long time...this must reflect the Christmas rush I'm in! :)


Just a quick nod to the supplies (in lieu of an "official" supply list) ~ All stamps (except for "Big birthday wishes", which is from Birthday Bash Sentiments) are from Everyday Button Bits; dies are all Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels dies; embossing folders are from Sizzix.

..and even MORE Christmas cards!

I can almost say that these are the last Christmas cards that I'll be making for this season...but alas, there are still new sets I haven't even used yet! Gah! What to do when gorgeous new sets haven't even seen ink yet? Well, I must make more! (That is, if I can squeeze it in among all the other projects that are now upon me) In any case, these aren't the last (probably...) ;)

This is a set of cards that I was inspired to make from a card made by the fabulous Jessica Witty...I altered it in a number of ways and put my own spin on it...I love how they turned out! (except that I DON'T love how one of the pictures is blurry, and I didn't realize it until it was too late to correct it...)







This set was inspired by a beautiful and simple card from Maile Belles...as always, I changed it up somewhat, but I really liked the simplicity of the original so that feel is there...but I really had fun playing with color combos for the "ornaments"!







And here are just a couple larger cards I pulled together, just because I was wanting use a new background stamp I got this year from Stampin' Up...and I was really wanting to use up some We R Memory Makers papers that I've had for awhile...they're bright & festive & fun!





Well, that's it until the next Christmas card post!