Royal Blog Tour - Party This Way!

Party This Way! 

Good day and welcome my royal patrons!

I am Princess Pam and tis' a "Sunny" time for a Royal Tour!  Verily, I welcome thee to the SunnyGirlScraps Royal Palace with a merry Huzzah.  I pray thee has enjoyed visiting the other Royal Castles!  Tis' many wondrous ideas and projects being shared by my fellow Princesses. Now, twould please me greatly to have thee peruse my Castle.  

Mayhap thee will find inspiration here!  Tis' time to "Party This Way" as I highlight this stamp set.  In faith, 'twas easy to use this fun stamp set as 'tis especially great for creating party themed cards and favors.  Most recently, I used the "Party This Way" stamp set to create invitations for my son's first birthday along with party favors, decorating his birthday hat and his birthday card along with creating a couple of scrapbook pages!

Verily thee may also desire the opportunity to win some blog candy!   To be entered into a drawing for blog candy, thee MUST send an email to sunnygirlscraps@gmail.com and include thy NAME along with thine EMAIL so I may contact thee if thou dost win.  I also pray that thee would leave a comment on my post.

Prithee will you come along and "Party This Way"...

Hear Ye! Hear Ye!  Thou hast been issued an invitation to "Party This Way."  This was a fun invitation to make for my son's 1st birthday and 'twas wonderful to have my non-crafty husband help with making 50 of these invites!  I came up with the design and my husband actually did most of the cutting and punching while I stamped and assembled the pieces.  Pray tell, mine husband did a wonderful job did he not?

Now, every little lad must have a cute birthday hat for his celebration!  I used the Celebrations Party Hats (Item # 118716) to make party hats for all the royal lads and ladies in attendance.  Of course, the Royal Prince required a specially decorated hat showing that he was the birthday lad turning one!  Along with the hats, each little royal lad and lady in attendance received a party favor.  For the party favor, I used the Candy Wrapper die for the Big Shot then decorated the Candy Wrapper with the Celebrations Designer Series Paper and the "Party This Way" balloons.  Inside the Candy Wrapper were the small party bubbles.

The birthday card for my little Prince was kept simple.  This card design was cased from a swap I participated in with my upline.  I loved the simplicity of the design and my husband loves monkeys.  Inside the card, I layered a piece of whisper white cardstock and I stamped one candle in honor of little Prince turning one.

Alas, thou ist almost to the end of the Castle.  My final two projects showcase a scrapbook pages I've created for my little Prince.  As you can see, my little Prince actually wore his party hat!  I absolutely love this scrapbook page with a classic layout.  The photos are the main feature sandwiched between the title with the accents being stamped images from the "Party This Way" stamp set.  The second scrapbook page focuses on the guest autographs.  I started the "autograph page" tradition with my nieces and plan to continue it with my little Prince.

Alas, Good Friends, 'tis with sorrow that we've come to the end of my Castle for this Royal Tour!  'Twas all my pleasure as thee host and I pray that thee enjoy the other Royal Castles of the Royal Blog Tour.  I thank thee for thine visit and wish you a fare thee well on your travels.

If thine has any questions, don't hesitate to email me at sunnygirlscraps@gmail.com.

Sunny Stampin' & Scrappin'!

Royal Princess Pamela Staples

BLOG CANDY

Perchance though wouldst desire the opportunity to win some blog candy!   To be entered into a drawing for blog candy, thee MUST provide your name and email address which may be sent via email to sunnygirlscraps@gmail.com or include the information in your comment.  The second requirement to winning Blog Candy is having thee leave a comment on my post.

If thou hast met these requirements, in faith thee will be entered into a drawing to win the Party This Way Clear Mount Stamp Set AND Celebrations DSP:

Celebrations Designer Series Paper

Party This Way Clear Mount Stamp Set

Project Information:

Party This Way Stamp Set

Highlighted Stamp Set:  Party This Way (w:  118744; c: 120609)

Ink:  Real Red (103133), Pacific Point (111837), Daffodil Delight (119667), Pear Pizzazz (119784),

Cardstock:  Bashful Blue (105120), Real Red (102482), Pacific Point (111350), Daffodil Delight (119667), Pear Pizzazz (119795), Vellum Paper (101839)

12x12 Cardstock:  Bashful Blue (119973)

Designer Series Paper:  Celebrations (117164)

Accessories:   Celebrations Party Hats (118716), Quick Accents - Celebrations (118708), Big Shot (113439), Candy Wrapper Bigz L Die (120890), Square Lattice Embossing Folder (119976), Alphabet Simple Letters (115960), Designer Buttons - Subtles (119745), Oval Punch (119863), Scallop Oval Punch (119856), Cog Punch (118873), 1 3/8 Circle Punch (119860), 1 1/4 Circle Punch (119861), 1 Circle Punch (119868), 1/2 Circle Punch (119869), Hemp Twine (100982), Round Tab Punch (119864), Brads - Brights (119740)

Other Stamp Sets:  Inviting (w: 119153; c: 120630), Fox & Friends (w: 117020; c: 118565), Tiny Tags (w: 118091; c: 118592), Schoolbook Serif Numbers (111680)

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How to have a fun 1st Birthday Celebration!

Happy Birthday To You...

Happy Birthday, dear Caleb, Happy Birthday to you!

Caleb is ONE!  Today we celebrated our sons 1st birthday.  Well, actually he turned a year old on September 21st but since we had just returned home from vacation we opted not to have his birthday party celebration until today, October 9th!  The past few days have been crazy as we've been trying to pull all the details together.  But we knew all the hard work would be worth the effort.

We had originally invited approximately 45 families including relatives although we knew our relatives would not be able to attend.  Then we found out a neighbor was getting married today so a majority of neighbors that we had invited would not be able to attend.  Our final count came down to 4 families and a few other friends that had said they would be at the party.

Pin Wheel & Candy Wrapper Party Favors!

For decorations, I made pinwheels to decorate our driveway and the Celebrations party hats.  The party favors I made were from the Candy Wrapper die done on my Big Shot with party bubbles placed inside the finished "candy wrapper."   I was surprised at how well the party bubbles fit inside the candy wrapper.  The the kids loved the candy wrappers and were thrilled with the party bubbles inside.  I also had a piece of Whisper White paper sitting next to the party favors for guests to "autograph" and leave a birthday wish for Caleb.  The sheet will then go in Caleb's 1st Birthday Scrapbook.

I also created a custom banner letting everyone know that we were celebrating Caleb's 1st birthday.  The banner was created using the Celebrations Party Banner from Stampin' Up!  Below are two photos showing the banners hanging up over our garage entrance.

The party actually got off to a slow start.  The first family showed up just a little past 12:30 which was the start time for the party then the 2nd family showed up at 1pm but we knew they would be late.  When the other families had not shown up around 1:30 we decide to eat.  In the meantime, I called the other guests we were expecting and one family thought the party was on Sunday so they jumped in the car and came over.  The other family actually arrived after their son's soccer game.  Overall, we had a lot of fun and have some great memories.  Caleb really seemed excited about his gifts and has already played with most of the toys.  When he gets excited, Caleb has a cute little laugh and he starts squeezing his hand together like he is waving bye-bye.

Caleb with his friends Aliana and Luke.

For the party, I also tried my hand at making his birthday cake.  We had thought about having a professional cake made but never got around to ordering the cake.  A friend had mentioned doing an Elmo cake for their son so I checked out my options and decided to make a Teddy Bear cake since Caleb's nickname is Boo Boo Bear or Little Bear.  The cake really was a hit and so cute.  Oh, and I think the cake tasted good and the frosting was perfect.  This photo of the Teddy Bear Cake shows one of Caleb's little friends peaking around the cake.  We were not 100% certain how this cake would turn out so we had also purchased a sheet cake as a back up.  It ends up we didn't need the sheet cake because everyone wanted a piece of the Teddy Bear cake.  The kids especially made certain I knew that they wanted "Teddy Bear Cake!"

Luke looks on as the

Caleb's friend Lydia and her Mom checking out his cake mess!

I hope you've enjoyed sharing in my son's 1st birthday celebration.  If you like what you see for party decorations, I do offer assistance in planning parties and weddings by providing party favors, custom invitations, decorations and thank you notes.

Now... This is only a teaser post!  You'll be seeing more about Caleb's Party during the Royal Blog Tour because the stamp set that I'm featuring is a key element to his birthday decorations...  So, come back the first weekend of November to see which stamp set I used and how I used the stamp set to help decorate for his birthday bash.

Sunny Stampin' & Scrappin'!

Pam Staples



PARTY SUPPLIES:

Celebrations Party Banner (118718)

Celebrations Party Hats (118716)

Bigz L Die Candy Wrapper (120890)

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