Two-Year-Old Birthday Candles

Our grandson is turning two this month and he doesn't know how to read yet, so I've made this card with TWO candles on it. Hopefully he gets a little help "reading" or counting those TWO candles on his special day.

That adorable little birthday hat is from the retired Party Animal Embellishment package, which never got used in my craft room until now! The Pacific Point Stitched Edge Ribbon is *brand new*, available starting today, so I hope you are excited to see how new products blend right in with the "old."

Thanks for looking today! I hope you will choose my Online Store for your Stampin' Up! purchases. I'd love to be your demonstrator!

Pals April Hop--Families First

Welcome to the Families First Pals Blog Hop for April 2017.  We are thankful you stopped by to take a look at our 2017 Blog Hop monthly themes.  

This month we are featuring projects that are all about our families. This is a great time of year to think about what to make for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, or upcoming graduations. And, family vacations are just around the corner… how would you want to remember those special family moments? We hope to provide you with lots of ideas and that you enjoy our creations.

You may just be starting the Blog Hop or may have come from the previous link from the Line-up on the Pals Blog Hop listing shown below.  The full lineup will help you move along from blog to blog so you may see all the projects.

Mother's Day is just around the corner and I wanted to be prepared. I don't have a mom or mother-in-law to send a card to, but I have friends and family who are moms. I like to add an encouraging word or scripture inside, so I keep the front clean and simple.

The banner at the top of my card is the leftover piece from cutting out the main focus behind the sentiment. I added some In Color (Peekaboo Peach) Enamel Shapes to it and popped it up using Stampin' Dimensionals. 

I used the Cupcakes and Carousels Designer Series Paper Stack from the Occasions Catalog for my card colors. The diamond pattern provides extra colors that I didn't incorporate on my card. My sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes and is punched out using the Classic Label Punch.

Thanks for visiting. To continue with the hop, please refer to the Blog Hop Line-up below. We hope to see you on next month’s Pals Blog Hop! 

1. Mary Fish at Stampin' Pretty
2. Lynn Tague at Beyond Beaches & Blessings
3. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
4. Debbie Mageed at Secret Stamper
5. Amy Hoptay at Craft Carnivore
6. Nicole Watt at Pixel Maven's Retreat
7. Brian King at Stamp with Brian
8. Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
9. Wendy Klein at Doggone Delightful Stampin'
10. Patti MacLeith at Papercrafts by Patti
11. Karen Zaring Browning at Stamp With Me KZB
12. Susan Itell at simplestampin.com
13. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
14. Karen Hallam at Karen's Stampin' Habit!
15. Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose
16. Debbie Crowley at expressively deb...
17. Lisa Pretto at InkBig Academy Stamps
18. Julie DiMatteo at The Paper Pixie
19. Becky Retzer at Just in Thyme by Becky Retzer
20. Lynn Kolcun at Avery's Owlery
21. Jennifer Spiller at Westside Paper Creations
22. Debra Simonis at Deb's Stampin' Grounds
23. Rae Harper-Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts
24. Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
25. Shawn de Oliveira at ShawnStamps.com
26. Rosanne Mulhern at Heartfelt Stamping
27. Denise Hoepfner at The Mountain Magpie
28. Sara Hicks Stuart at Sentiments by Sara
29. Jennifer Michalski at Stamping Serenity
30. Maggie Mata at Maggie Made Cards