Fe-Fe's World Of Craft, Creations and Kids.: 5th Birthday Card

Tuesday 29 September 2009

5th Birthday Card

My friend asked me if I would make a card for her daughter Evie who is going to be 5 next month. As Evie is having a chocolate party Denise wanted a chocolate themed birthday card for her and couldn't find one in the shops. So I took on the challenge! :-)

I used my Cricut to make the over sized chocolate muffin for Tilda to sit on. I ran the bottom layer of the muffin through a paper ribbler to make the muffin case have some texture to it then layered the top of the muffin over that on foam pads for a 3d effect.

The chocolate sweets were also done on the Cricut. I added a flower to the centre of one and for the other I stamped out a Happy Birthday circle stamp then used my Nestabilities circle die to cut round it. I did a scalloped circle layer for it to sit on and then attached it all to the sweet adding a number 5 to the centre.

The swirls are a Sizzix die which I added pearls and flowers to. The letters for "Evie" are by K&Co and the papers are from a scrap booking kit but I can't remember who made them.

For the inside I used the same Tilda but cut her down to just the circle of her head and shoulders. I used the same papers from the scrapbooking kit and added another Cricut sweet to finish it off.

Ellie told me she thinks Evie's card is lovely so I'm pretty sure Evie will too. :-)

5 comments:

Nicki said...: Brilliant card Fe, you've done a great job making those lovely embellishments and your image is gorgeous. Nicki, xx; 29 September 2009 at 12:36
cheryl said...: great card beautiful insert too love cheryl xxxx; 29 September 2009 at 23:41
Risa said...: Hi Fe-Fe!
Your card is very pretty and perfect for a five year old girl!
The color combo is delicious and your image is super cute!
hugs
Risa:); 30 September 2009 at 03:48
Debbie said...: Hi Fe, what a gorgeous card - Evie is sure to be over the moon with it. :) Love how you have set Tilda on the cupcake..:) All beautifully decorated too and the inside. :)

xxDebbiexx; 30 September 2009 at 20:59
friday feeling said...: This is fantastic - just right for a chocolate theme - great work!; 11 October 2009 at 19:05

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Ode to Special Mums

Ode to Special Moms(by Erma Bombeck)

Most women become mothers by accident, some by choice, a few by social pressures and a couple by habit. This year, nearly 100,000 women will become mothers of handicapped children. Did you ever wonder how mothers of handicapped children are chosen?

Somehow I visualize God hovering over Earth selecting his instruments for propagation with great care and deliberation. As he observes, he instructs his angels to make notes in a giant ledger.
"Armstrong, Beth, son, patron saint, Matthew.
Forrest, Marjorie, daughter, patron saint, Cecilia.
"Rudledge, Carrie, twins, patron saint, give her Gerard. He's used to profanity."
Finally, he passes a name to an angel and smiles, "Give her a handicapped child."

The angel is curious. "Why this one, God? She's so happy."

"Exactly," says God. "Could I give a handicapped child to a mother who does not know laughter? That would be cruel."

"But has she patience?" asks the angel.

"I don't want her to have too much patience or she will drown in a sea of self-pity and despair. Once the shock and resentment wear off, she'll handle it.
"I watched her today. She has that feeling of self and independence that is so rare and so necessary in a mother. You see, the child I'm going to give her has his own world. She has to make it live in her world, and that's not going to be easy."

"But, Lord, I don't think she even believes in you."

God smiles. "No matter. I can fix that. This one is perfect. She has just enough selfishness."

The angel gasps, "Selfishness? Is that a virtue?"

God nods. "If she can't separate herself from the child occasionally, she'll never survive. Yes, here is a woman whom I will bless with a child less than perfect. She doesn't realize it yet, but she is to be envied. She will never take for granted a 'spoken word.' She will never consider a 'step' ordinary. When her child says 'Momma' for the first time, she will be present at a miracle and know it! When she describes a tree or a sunset to her child, she will see it as few people ever see my creations."I will permit her to see clearly the things I see...ignorance, cruelty, prejudice...and allow her to rise above them. She will never be alone. I will be at her side every minute of every day of her life, because she is doing my work as surely as she is here by my side."

"And what about her patron saint?" asks the angel, pen poised midair.

God smiles. "A mirror will suffice."

"Welcome to Holland"

"Welcome to Holland" By Emily Perl Kingsley

I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability - to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It's like this......

When you're going to have a baby, it's like planning a fabulous vacation trip - to Italy. You buy a bunch of guide books and make your wonderful plans. The Coliseum. The Michelangelo David. The gondolas in Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It's all very exciting.

After months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, "Welcome to Holland."

"Holland?!?" you say. "What do you mean Holland?? I signed up for Italy! I'm supposed to be in Italy. All my life I've dreamed of going to Italy."

But there's been a change in the flight plan. They've landed in Holland and there you must stay.

The important thing is that they haven't taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place, full of pestilence, famine and disease. It's just a different place.

So you must go out and buy new guide books. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met.

It's just a different place. It's slower-paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you've been there for a while and you catch your breath, you look around.... and you begin to notice that Holland has windmills....and Holland has tulips. Holland even has Rembrandts.

But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy... and they're all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life, you will say "Yes, that's where I was supposed to go. That's what I had planned."
And the pain of that will never, ever, ever, ever go away...because the loss of that dream is a very very significant loss. But...if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn't get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things ... about Holland.