Saturday 2 October 2010

2nd Birthday..........

Today is my Grandsons 2nd birthday so after work today we're off for cake and balloons, (when I say cake and balloons I mean eat cake and pop balloons as balloons are a bit rubbery to eat). Ethan is into Chuggington, I might have mentioned this before ......he's having a Chuggington party and I think most of his pressies will be Chuggington trains etc.God knows where those 2 years have gone, hes grown so fast and is now chattering away and telling us what to do.....bossy boots.
I was going to do a Chugginton card but being as everyone else is sending him one I thought I'd make him something different, the image is from Penny Black and the papers are from Papermania and I've kept the colours shades of brown.....so its quite a grown up card for a 2 year old but I love the image, nostalgic.







Challenges
ABC Challenge......E for easel.
Spoon full of Sugar......spots and stripes.
Pixie Cottage.......sketch.
Paper play.......Hidden extra.
Sweet stampin......use punches.
Secret Crafter.....easel card.
Lots to do .......vintage
Gingersnap creations.........punches
Crafty Calendar......Autumn Birthday


Yesterday I went to the Artisan show, I must admit I usually go to shows with my daughter and make a day of it doing the workshops and having a good shop unfortunately they changed the days of the show this year and she had to work so I met up with my blogging/crafty friend Annette.....she told me it was her first show, I bet it won't be her last, it was nice meeting some of the ladies who have great blogs......did a workshop with Jennie from The Artistic Stamper........we altered a suitcase, I did another workshop with Annalise from The Artist Trading company........she showed us different techniques with alchohol inks and the final workshop was with Jean Hardy from Crafty Individuals.....we made a sweet little hanging and the flower brooch was a make and take at Paper Artsy


Have a great weekend

19 comments:

Sandi M said...

Thanks for visiting my blog :) You have lots of beautiful pieces of art out here on your blog. Love the colors you choose and your metalwork is lovely.

Netty said...

Oh wow Daniele, you sneaked in and took another workshop; just adore that hanging.....brilliant. Your card is beautiful. Have a great day. Annette x

Anonymous said...

What a fab card for a little boy. I love the vintage feel to it. Thanks for joining us at ABC Challenge. Sue C x

Anonymous said...

Gorgeous card! Happy birthday Ethan! Love your show makes too Daniele x

Davi said...

Hope he had a great party. Grandsons are the best aren't they!! Great easel card with such a darling image!! Thanks for sharing with us here at the Pixie Cottage this week.

Zoechaos said...

A lovely card very vintage thank you for sharing with us at Lots to do. Sounds like you had a great day out and how terrific to meet Netty she is such an amazing artist. xx Zoe

crafty creations said...

Stunning card Danielle and seems like you had a wonderful day with some fab makes

Thanks for sharing with the Lotstodo Challenge x Hilda

Denise @ kc242 said...

Wow what a wonderful boy card. Love your image and the neutral colors that you chose. Beautifully done. Thanks so much for joining us at the Pixie Cottage.
Denise
Pixie Cottage DT

Unknown said...

What a wonderful card...I hope he had a lovely bday!!
Thanks for playing at sweet stamping xx

Lindsey said...

What a beautiful card. Thanks for joining us at Sweet Stampin this week x

Cathy said...

Fabulous easel card. Thank you for joining in the ABC challenge this time.
Cathy xx

peggy gatto said...

I love the card!! Charming art!
Loved my visit here!

cheryl said...

oh wow these really are all amazing just love the vintage feel to all of these just brilliant,really adore this kind of thing ,bless you for playing at the pixie cottage this week hope to see you again soon love hugs cheryl xxxxxxx

Deirdre said...

So fun, love what you created. Love the colour tones you used too.

Thanks so much for playing along with Paperplay this week. ♥

Jaqi said...

What a sweet card , the image is perfect , hope youre Grandson had a wonderful birthday

Jennie -The Artistic Stamper said...

great make and takes and workshops :)) lol

Risa said...

What a beautiful card, your colors and layout compliment each other beautifully! Good luck and thanks for joining us this weeks at TPC
hugs
Risa:)

Neet said...

What a lovely card - am sure Ethan will love it. Hope you had lots of balloons.

Kim. said...

Adorable card, cute image and perfect to celebrate your grandson's and our birthday. Thanks for joining us this month over at Crafty Calendar Challenges.
Kim xXx