Thursday, August 09, 2012

Success!


Jonah's party yesterday was a success! We had fabulous weather at the pool and everyone had a great time!

We came back to our house for cake and ice cream before the guests' parents came to pick them up. In keeping with the fact that Jonah loves dinosaurs, he requested a triceratops cake. Here it is...


And a close-up:


I was pleased with how it turned out. To tell you the truth, it was a little painful to have to cut it up so the kids could eat it! I guess this is why I love stamping and scrapbooking-- my projects all stay intact! LOL!

And now, with Jonah's birthday done, I can get ready for my birthday party this weekend. ;)

I decided that I wanted to have some treat bags to give to my guests, so I made up some Butter Crunch for each family. The theme is "Flippin' Fabulous Forty" -- you can check out my invitations here (it's the second one in that post)--- so I wanted to continue the theme for my thank you tags:


I used PTI cardstock (stamper's select white, raspberry fizz), stamps (think big favourites #5) and dies (flipping out, tag sale #5). The patterned paper is Fancy Pants and the ribbon is Offray.


I ran my Tag Sale #5 die through my machine, but didn't run it right through to the end, so I could make a slightly longer tag without the banner edge on it.

Thanks for looking!

11 comments:

craftmates said...

Wow! What a nice looking cake. I'm sure it is yummy too! I would be hesistant to cut it up too! Advance happy birthday! Have a flippin' fabulous one!! - Irma

Luanne said...

So glad your weather turned out nice. Beautiful cake too! I'll bet he loved it!

Emma said...

Another amazing cake Leigh! Those goody bags are so cute :)

Karen C. said...

That cake really does look yummy, Leigh. The treat bags and gift tags are adorable. Have a "flippin' great" birthday week-end!!

Geri said...

Cute cake!! Love the little flip flops hangin' on to the edge of your tags!! (What's inside the bags is looking pretty sweet, too!) Happy Birthday!!

Jen Adcock said...

Another killer batch of crafting genius! I can totally get why the party was such a success. You are one talented and ever so crafty momma. Awesome work!

The Paper Parade said...

The cake turned out awesome! I would have not wanted to cut through my masterpiece, either! What a fun theme for your upcoming birthday, too :)

Anonymous said...

Great cake. Love the goody bags too. Hope you have a wonderful birthday. Happy Birthday.

Joyce said...

Lots of good fun in the last two posts. Glad your party was a success. That cake is really great, and your invites and favor bags look so sweet.

Kelly Griglione said...

No way, you're so talented, Leigh! That cake rocks! I cringed with you when you wrote about cutting into it. Cute favors too!

pamela said...

Seeing these photos make me want to go back to elementary school! I love the tags for your party favours too :)