Birthday Bash

At Fantabulous Cricut this week, the challenge was "Birthday Bash".  Make a birthday project. Well, the timing couldn't have been any better for me...First, my blog is 1 year old this month...Woo Hoo!!! I cannot believe it's been a year since I started out on this journey...and an interesting one it has been. Secondly, my birthday is on Saturday. So, Happy Birthday to Me!!!

For my project, I made a Birthday Banner:

Finished Banner: approximately 3 1/2" x 3 1/2' (yes, feet)

Materials:
Cardstock: Orange, Light Blue, Purple, Yellow, Red and Brown
Cricut Cartridge Happy Graduation (Congratulations) Banner
Cricut Cartridge George & Basic Shapes Various Letters "H" "A" "P" Y" "B" "I" "R" "T" "D", (Shadow)
Cricut Cartridge Sweet Treats Cupcake 6, page 29 (Base, Layers, Layers Shift and Shadow/Blackout Shift)
Cricut Design Studio
Sizzix Embossing Folder Scrollwork
White Curling Ribbon
White Gel Pen

I also made a card and a favor box to match:

Finished Card: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Materials
Cardstock: White, Orange, Light Blue, Purple, Yellow, Red and Brown
Cricut Cartridge Sweet Treats Cupcake 6, page 29 (Base, Layers, Layers Shift, Shadow and Shadow/Blackout Shift)
Cricut Design Studio
Sizzix Embossing Folder Scrollwork
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder Happy Birthday
Martha Stewart Deep Edge Punch Happy Birthday
Yellow Ribbon
White Gel Pen
Mounting Tape

( I did add the white dots on the cupcake after the picture was taken to match the banner...did anyone pick up that I forgot the dots?)

Finished Box: 2 1/4" x 3" x 1 3/4"

Cardstock: Purple, Brown, Light Blue and Orange
Cricut Cartridge Sweet Tooth Boxes Cake Slice, page 10 (Cake, Cake Layer 2 and Cake Layer 3)
Cricut Cartridge Wild Card Wave (Squiggle line), page 50 (Icon)

A couple of posts back, I had said that I would be having a Give-away to celebrate my Blog's Birthday and My Birthday.  So would you like to know what I am giving away? Here it is:

There might even be a surprise or two! This is what you have to do to be eligible to win...First, you have to be a follower of my blog. Second, you must leave a comment HERE on this post and answer the question "What should I do to celebrate my birthday?" Give me some suggestions! You have until Sun the 28th (midnight EST) to leave a comment on THIS post. On Mon. Aug 29th, I will post the winner. Be sure to leave me a way to contact you. Good luck!

Would like to share a picture with you:

Had a great lunch the other day with these ladies. It was nice catching up. Thanks Janet, Betty and Maureen. We really need to do this more often.

Have a great rest of the week...don't forget to become a follower and leave a comment (answer my question) for the give-away.

Happy Birthday to me and my blog!
imagine what you could do......