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End of Month Sale • 08.31.11

MyGrafico is having a 1-day only sale – which means this is perfect time to stock-up on some fabulous Lindsay’s Stamp Stuff products! Here are a few you might like:

Have a great day!

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Birthday Birdie Box • 08.28.11

Happy Sunday! I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend! We’ve been busy here, but that’s not an unusual condition at our house. The primary event for Nadya and I involved a birthday party for one of her friends – Nadya wanted the gift packaging to be “special”… so of course, I attempted to meet her request. We opted to combine the card and package – much easier for a preschooler to carry on her own! Nadya chose one of the precious Birthday Birdie images from Doodle Pantry and wanted a pink theme – so I went to “work” in Photoshop using various SuperBladePro filters combined with pattern files and my favorite Chalkies styles to color the birdie body, birthday hat, and cupcake liner. After printing, I added shadows and additional coloring with my Copic and Bic markers, then finished off with glitter glue for dimension and sparkle. I created the box in Make The Cut then cut the top from DCWV Glitter CS and the bottom from Echo Park’s Little Girl line – I wanted a double-sided CS so that when the package was opened I didn’t need a separate liner. If you want the box files (MTC and SVG) you can download them here. Please don’t share my files – send your friends to visit me instead. Smile

Since I haven’t “played” in awhile, I’m entering this challenge:

Catered Crop – Recipe (I used stickles, digital stamps, copics and pinks)

On a personal note – the party was held at one of the local gymnastics studios – which meant Nadya had a blast!!! I had this fabulous new storyboard template (complete with sharpening and resizing Photoshop action) from Paint the Moon; I couldn’t resist sharing a few of the snapshots. Check her Facebook Page for a special freebie.Coach Rick is great with the kids and we’ve always known our little one was part Monkey!