Birthday Banner and decorations

Hello!  I'm pretty exhausted from the party last night.  I worked on so many things leading up to it, I could sleep for a week to recover!  Here's the banner I made and then a few of the decorations for the party.  The colors I used were Basic Gray, Real Red, Gumball Green, Pacific Point, Basic Black, Whisper White, and Smoky Slate.   I used left over twine from the Build a Banner Kit from the Holiday catalog, and I cut the letters and train cars out with my silhouette.  I really loved the banner and pinwheels!  Stampin' Up! has such vibrant colors. They were perfect for our little train party!

Thanks for stopping by today.  I'll see you tomorrow!

Pinwheels and some party favors!

Hello!  I've been busy getting ready for my son's party today.  I took pictures yesterday of what was done at that point, and that was the pinwheels and the party favor bags.  I will take more pictures today during the party and will show what else I created later on.  I've been having fun crafting away for the games and decorations!  Here are the pinwheels I made in Real Red, Gumball Green, Basic Gray and Pacific Point.  I used an 8 1/2 x 11'' sheet of Stampin' Up! card stock, cut it down to an 8 1/2 x 8 1/2'' square, then cut diagonally across the square, leaving an inch and a half uncut, rotated the square and cut diagonally across the square again the other way, then punched a hole in each of the four corners, being careful not to get too close to the edge.  Then I gathered each edge that had the hole punched in it, and laid each edge on top of each other, laying it down in the center of the pinwheel.  I secured the pinwheel with a brad and then glued it to a chopstick.

I'm sorry I don't have any pictures that show the process of making the pinwheels. I never think about that when I'm in the middle of making something.  I will try and go back and take pictures when I make them again for easter, for those of you who are visual learners.

Here are the party bags.  I cut the trains out with my silhouette.  I love having that!  There's no way I'd free hand cut a train.  No one would be able to tell what it was, and I'd be cutting out trains for the next year at that rate.

I still have to show you the banner I made, but as of right now, it's not finished, so I'll post that tomorrow.  I'm excited for it.  I think it will be so cute. Thanks for stopping by today, and I'll see you tomorrow!