Angry birds cans

Hello Crafters,

today I have nothing new to show you, but I can still reach back and show you the angry birds can knockdown game I created for my daughters' birthday party in June.

My mother-in-law collected old Cappuccino cans for months several years ago, for an earlier birthday. And this year I finally painted them with acrylic paint, sticking to this year's theme: Angry birds.

I also used some Ranger Archival black ink, to create some shadows around the noses, but you can't see that in the picture. It was taken with my cell phone, so the quality is not so hot. My favorite cans are the redheads, especially the one with the black eye.


Love
Ela

Angry Birds bookmarks

Hello Crafters,

today I finally finished all the angry birds bookmarks for my daughter's birthday, well all but 4, I  need to buy more ribbon today.But even with the 4 missing, they look pretty impressive in the picture.



 

In general I am not much for laminating, I don't think, that enclosing things in plastic makes them look any better, but these are bookmarks to (hopefully) be used by kids... They will probably need any bit of protection they can get...

I do hope the kids will like them, and that they might encourage them to read a bit more.


Have a nice week-end
Ela

More angry birds

Hi everyone,

this is my 4th post for today, I must be having a run. As I sent my girls straight to the bath tub  after school (it'll be too late for that after dinner with my in-laws), I had some time left, to assemble the last birthday loot bags. Most of it was already prepared, so that it was really just assembly...

No, please don't ask how many kids will be coming. I created 20 bags, because on first count we're at 17 guests (my own not included) and I probably still forgot someone. But 6 are younger siblings, that don't really count, but still have to get a loot bag in the end.

As you can see below, I got two differnt kinds of bags, because I bought them in two diffent shops. I thought they were the same, because they are from the same company, but there is a slight difference. I like the slimmer ones better.

I think I'll dream of angry birds tonight.

See you
Ela

Birthday invitations

Hi there,

I haven't been very creative lately, and I still seem to be unable to overcome this. But this week-end I did at least make a start on the invitiations for my daughters' 8th birthday. It is in June, so I am pretty early, but the theme has been decided before Christmas, so why not start. The schedule will get tight in the end anyway, then I'll be happy to have the invitations all done.

I also created invitations for a friend of mine. Her foster son't birthday is coming up soon and she is always pretty busy. So I offered to create his invitations as well.

I have to admit: None of the 2 designs is my own, thanks to Tami for the great ideas and funny how-to-videos. I fell in love with these designs months ago, when I first saw them and new I had to use them for something.

So here they are: My dauthers want an angry birds birthday, and I'll use this design for the loot bags as well. But I haven't started on these yet. I am still searching for a creative idea to make the white envelops match better. But I think my dauthers solved the issue already by drawing a lot of angry birds to cut out.

And here's for my friend's foster son. He's going to be five. I quite like the little man, he has had a hard life so far, and he can be such a darling. I really hope he'll like spiderman.

Happy crafting
Ela