Celebrating Another Year

Today we are celebrating another birthday in our house.  My oldest daughter is five today.  We are going to have an official party for her on the weekend, but I wanted to do something special for her today too.  So I made this decoration last night, bought a balloon and had one gift sitting for her on the table when she woke up this morning.

Supplies:  Paper, Chipboard, Rub-Ons, Stickers (Imaginisce), Chipboard Panels (Magistical Memories), Chipboard Letters (Maya Roads), Zutter Bind it All, Paint

The inspiration for this banner was two-fold. First, I wanted to make a banner that was different from the ordinary.  Second, I had some leftover pages from the Magistical Memories build a birthday book I altered a few weeks ago.  Attaching the pages together with my Bind it All gave me just the element of "something different" that I was looking for.

Because of all the cut-outs in the chipboard, I decided to paint the panels white in lieu of covering them with cardstock and painstakingly cutting out all the images.  Spraying them with spray paint was the best idea I've had in a very long time.  What a quick and painless way of covering chipboard. I even sprayed the letters white too so I would have a much stronger red once I inked them. It really worked well.  You can see a slight white border around the perimeter of the letters that I just love.  I will definitely be doing this again.

I couldn't resist adding a springing sticker on the piece. They are just too fun and perfect for a five year old.

Look at the banners from this angle.  Some are rub-ons, other are paper.  I think this has got to be my all time favourite Imaginisce line and the best birthday line ever.

Here is a photo of the birthday girl before heading off to the bus stop this morning.

I am so proud to be her Mom.

Happy Birthday, Callie.

EDITED TO ADD:
Look for this project in the Summer, 2011 issue of Paper Creations Magazine.