Your Bug Day

Another weekend....another boy's birthday party! (same thing next weekend too!)


Our oldest boy has a couple of friends that have been his friends since almost birth. We've been in the same small group for a lot of years, and in church for all their years! Such a treasure. I pray they will always have that friendship and can continue to *grow up* together. Yesterday was the party for one of them, and as my sleepy boy has returned home today after the swimming and sleepover in an *indoor tent* ...I can see (and hear) he had a blast! (Thanks Lee :) )


Here's the card I made:





I pulled out one of my BIG letters I purchased so long ago with SU since his name starts with T. I clear embossed the letter on patterned paper, and trimmed it out with a slight edge, then mounted it on a second layer of patterned paper.


The bugs are cut out and/or popped up. Then for fun I used my Stampin' Write marker to color in parts of the sentiment and punched out 3 words with my word window punch and attached them with an eyelet...and added a bunch more eyelets on the card. (my attempt to keep using them).


I organized my embellishments yesterday in an attempt to save some space. Putting things from 1/2 empty containers into other ones. I ended up with 20 or so little SU containers that my son is now using as a tower building structure! They think if they get a few more they can make a giant checkers game! Nothing like repurposed craft items!




Here's the inside. I'm not really much for decorating the inside of cards, but I wanted the rest of the sentiment inside and I had an extra bug!


Recipe: Stamps: Monogram T, Bugs and Kisses; Ink: VersaMark, Garden Green, More Mustard, Real Red, Tempting Turquoise; Paper: Real Red, Whisper White, East Coast Prep DSP; Accessories: Silver Eyelets, Clear EP, SW Markers, Dimensionals