Birthday Bear

Happy Thursday!  Can you believe Christmas is less than 2 weeks away??  Are you ready?  I'm not!!

I thought I'd share a quick birthday card I made for my sweetie's cousin's little girl who just celebrated her first birthday.

I kept this card pretty simple, adding just a bit of embossing, a little Stickles, and a little twine bow around the balloon strings.

The Teddy Bears on Parade cartridge has so many cute images.  I really need to use this cartridge more often!!

Thanks for coming by to check out my creation!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Pattern paper from American Crafts Hip Hip Hooray Pad and my stash
Bear from Teddy Bear Parade cut at 3.5 inches
Swiss Dots and Polka Dots embossing Folders
Twine from The Twinery
Stickles

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Hello and Happy St. Patrick's Day!!  Are you all enjoying the weekend?  Maybe going to a St. Patrick's Day parade?  Or eating corned beef and cabbage?  We aren't going out, but my sweetie plans to take some green food coloring to his beer a little later today and he's cooking corned beef and cabbage.  Yum!

My sweetie's best friend is coming over today to help lay tile in our master bathroom.  His wife and their three daughters are coming over as well and the 5 of us girls plan on having a crafty afternoon.  Should be fun!  I thought that since their kids were coming over on St. Patrick's Day I'd make little treat bags for them. I recently got the Teddy Bears on Parade cartridge and I've been dying to make one of those cute bears!!

I filled the bags with Rolos, which I think kind of look like gold coins.  :-)

I kept the treat bags pretty simple since they're going to young girls who are likely to rip them apart to get to the candy!!  I'm going to link these treat bags up to Die Cuttin Diva's Green and Gold challenge.

Thanks for coming by to take a look!  I hope you enjoy your St. Patrick's Day!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Recollections
Pattern paper from The Paper Studio
Spellbinders Labels Eight dies
Leprechaun bear from Teddy Bears on Parade cut at 2.75 inches
Stickles
White Sakura gel pen