Miranda’s Birthday Card

Miranda’s 10th birthday was on Tuesday.  Her actual party, girl friends and all, was last night.  We hosted a “Movie Premier” themed birthday party, complete with an “open snack bar” of regular movie fare: hot dogs, nachos, popcorn, licorice, gummy bears and lemonade.  We had a red carpet runner in the living room, streamers above and balloons everywhere.  As each girl arrived, all of the other girls would stand by the red carpet and cheer and clap as they came in and I would snap a picture with the red-eye flash on so the flash would blink a few times.  The girls loved the attention.  Miranda chose the animated movie,  “Bolt”, about a movie star dog who goes on journey.   It was soooo much fun, but at the end of the night , Larry and I were exhausted.  Hosting a party with 15 screaming tweens was a little crazy.

Below is Miranda’s birthday card.  As you can see, I had a little fun with the rhinestones.  I wanted her 10th birthday card to be very girly and “sparkly”, just like her.  The pic at the bottom is the inside of the card.  It doesn’t matter how much extra time I take or what tool I use, I can NEVER seem to get the inside quotes straight!  GRR…no ruler, no grid sheet, no Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, no eyeballing it…nothing works!  My cards are notoriously known for crooked inside greetings. :)  So, this time, I stamped some balloons on the inside next to the quote to (hopefully) distract the eye.

STAMPS:  Birthday Whimsy (Ret.), So Many Sayings (Ret.) & God’s Blessings   INK:  Regal Rose, Old Olive & So Saffron Pads & Markers   PAPER:  Regal Rose, So Saffron, Old Olive, Whisper White & Georgia Peach DSP (Ret.)   OTHER:  Scallop Circle, Scallop Edge, Modern Label & Word Window Punches; Classic Scalloped Rectangles Small (Spellbinders Nestabilities), Paper Piercing Tool, 5/8” So Saffron Grosgrain Ribbon (Ret.), Yellow Glitter (Doodlebug), Self-Adhesive Rhinestones (Icons by MAMBI)

Well, that’s all for today!  Thank you for visiting!  Until next time…