Celebrate! Freebies,Cool ideas and fun colors.

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1. Patty July 18th, 2007 at 10:39 am 1

   Well, one of my bday tradition is that since my bday lands on St. Patrick’s Day (hence the name) we always go to Bennigan’s. Now that I’m older, is harder to get people on that day together, so if we do it on an ‘off’ day, I make everyone wear green, and go to a restaurant and act like it’s St. Patty’s day all over again. Oh, and DH has always made a point to bring the cake to the restaurant ahead of time, so we can have cake there w/ friends.

2. Colleen July 18th, 2007 at 11:24 am 2

   You reallly are a Rocking Blogger!!! Your cards are the bestest…I just love the pink one…sooooo neat. Keep ’em coming!

3. Pat S. July 18th, 2007 at 12:34 pm 3

   Love that polka dot cupcake card!
   Your paper and ribbon are the perfect pair!!

4. Tracey Cuccia July 18th, 2007 at 12:46 pm 4

   Great cards, and cool find!

   Birthday traditions??? Don’t know that I have any really…I don’t work on Shannon’s b-day (though this will be the first year when it could be an issue, but plan to take off…and likely will for the new baby as well)…

   My favorite cake??? Took me a while to find it, but my favorite is ice cream cake from Baskin’ Robbins…mmmmm the first year, all I wanted was vanilla ice cream and yellow cake (I’m kind of a plain kind of gal) and Nick didn’t realize they had to be ordered days in advance, so like any guy, he went looking the day before my b-day or the day of (I can’t remember) and had to take what he could get…Pralines & Cream IC with yellow cake…I think it’s my favorite…Nick asks me every year what I would like, and sometimes I change it, but that’s pretty much my main choice…I still have 1/2 a cake in my freezer….mmmmmmm Before that I guess it would be good old Duncan Hines Yellow cake with chocolate frosting…right out of the can…no need to get all fancy for me 🙂

   Happy early b-day to Amber!

5. Angie July 18th, 2007 at 12:49 pm 5

   very cool cards!

6. Holly July 18th, 2007 at 12:52 pm 6

   Birthday cards are also my favorite kind of card to make. I just love the pink card! It’s always fun to find something cool to add to your project too. I don’t have any birthday traditions, but I love birthday cake!

7. Tricia Ulberg July 18th, 2007 at 2:00 pm 7

   Cute cards! And I love your new banner too! 🙂

8. Melanie July 18th, 2007 at 2:13 pm 8

   I lvoe the first one the most! I love the colours and the layout!

9. mnhyrkas July 18th, 2007 at 2:21 pm 9

   I cant think of any bday traditions. My youngest DD is turning 3 next week. We’re gonna have brownies for the cake, and have an ice cream sundae bar. We’re just having family over though- that’d be a MESS with a bunch of 3yo’s.
   Super idea for your found item. I love working with transparencies and putting it into a circle shape like that is perfect! What did you use to adhere it?

10. mytime July 18th, 2007 at 2:24 pm 10

    I adhered my circle transparency with glue dots. You simply place them on an inconspicuous/colorful area and then it won’t show through!

11. Denise C July 18th, 2007 at 2:51 pm 11

    Favorite cake – turtle cheese cake! (I am wierd and don’t like regular frosting)

    Birthday traditions – my parents never had much money and parties were kinda out of the question – so my mom always made our favorite meal for dinner and then we got to pick which flavor cake box she would make.

    For my kids I usually let them pick the theme but the party is still at the house and is mostly family – there are so darn many of us around! (I only have 2 kids – but include all the aunts, uncles and cousins and that is a house full) The best was the army party my oldest son had when he was 4. There wasn’t a war going on and the camo stuff wasn’t all that readily available in the party catalogs, so I made everything including the army helmet camo cake (I baked the cake in a bowl and flipped it and then painted camo colored frosting all over the helmet)

    btw – I love that polka dot paper too!

12. lacyquilter July 18th, 2007 at 3:22 pm 12

    Awesome paper on the top card. Yummy. My favorite kind of cake is cheesecake (almost any kind), seconded close by angelfood. Hmmmm… I wonder if they make an angelfood cheesecake?

13. Jan Scholl July 18th, 2007 at 3:46 pm 13

    My birthday is a week before Chirstmas so growing up it was always the same-wait until Christmas. Phooey! For years as an adult I would contruct the tree and decorate on my special day but after having a cat bite thru the wire on the lights one year and tearing it all down (he was okay just nuts after) I no longer do that or celebrate my birthday. I chose Haloween as my substitute birthday and make carrot cupcakes instead. SO what did I do instead-I had a kid on Thanksgiving as I am stuffing the turkey for the family and it was my dad’s birthday too. At least her’s fluxuates each year.

14. Mary C. Anderson July 18th, 2007 at 5:03 pm 14

    Both of your cards are very pretty. I enjoy looking at your blog daily. My husband and I celebrate our birthdays each year by buying a cake for one another. We both love the Best Cream gold Cakes fron Hannaford. Yumo! We always get each other way to many presents, take lots of pictures and we do this at midnight. Then when we wake up that day our children come over and we have cake and ice cream. 🙂

    Lauren, I *love* cupcake stamps. Could you please tell me where you purchased the cupcake stamp that you used on your second card? Thanks.

    Mary

15. mytime July 18th, 2007 at 6:57 pm 15

    Hi Mary and everyone-The cupcake image is from the same set as the first card-Happy Birthday by Lizzie Anne. Click the link above! Thanks

16. Kathy W July 18th, 2007 at 8:31 pm 16

    I’m partial to the cupcake card. My favorite birthday cake is German Chocolate cake. Having a summer birthday, though, sometimes if the season hits just right, I love to celebrate with strawberry shortcake: only if the shortcake is homemade, the strawberries picked that morning, and fresh whipped cream on top!

17. Amanda July 18th, 2007 at 8:32 pm 17

    taking the day off for your birthday is the best idea. I always take the day off for my 3 yr old son’s b-day. I figure… I was there when he was born, I can take a day off to celebrate it every year. Shh, don’t tell my boss!

18. Sherri aka sherristampsalot July 18th, 2007 at 9:51 pm 18

    CUTE card! Love the cake stamped in RED! And the cupcake one is even cuter! I have some of that polka dotted paper!! Let’s see…my favorite cake has got to be chocolate with chocolate icing! And make it a corner piece, with milk, please! Our birthday tradition is that the Birthday person gets to pick where we go for dinner and we go *on* the actual birthday.

19. Meridith July 19th, 2007 at 12:11 am 19

    Cute cards Lauren!!! They look yummy enough to eat! I have to say, chocolate cake is my favorite! I wish I could say I never worked on my b-day. However, I never went to school on my b-day since it’s in July. I was always jealous of the other kids though who had b-days during the school year and got sang to. Oh well, for many of my birthdays I was at Disneyland. Can’t complain about that!

20. Denise C July 19th, 2007 at 6:33 am 20

    I found a link to buy the paper on the second card…The paper is called “adorned dot” in the Penelope’s Potpourri collection by SEI – available through http://www.shopsei.com it is 0.75 a sheet.

21. Teresa July 19th, 2007 at 6:51 am 21

    Love the birthday cards! Very cute -and I liked the acetate over the cake – what a neat
    idea!

    Let’s see, birthday tradition – the only one we had growing up is that the birthday person gets to choose the kind of cake they want! My dad always wanted white cake with vanilla frosting and coconut. Me, I always wanted chocolate cake with pink frosting! Haven’t had that in years! Now, the minimum requirement for my birthday – is that I have a cake – DH usually makes one with the kids.

22. Debra July 19th, 2007 at 7:18 am 22

    My favorite kind of cake is carrot with thick, sweet cream cheese frosting. Yummm……..

23. lois lane July 19th, 2007 at 11:39 am 23

    My favorite cake is a home made chocolate cake with peanut butter icing and miniature chocolate chips sprinkled on top. I make it for a lot of get togethers. And I double the icing recipe so it is extra thick. Mmmmmm. I need cake!!!

24. Kenna July 19th, 2007 at 1:18 pm 24

    Each year for our daughter’s birthdays, my husband goes and finds an amazingly soft, cuddly stuffed animal and I always get them a bouquet of a dozen roses. I figure every girl deserves roses on her birthday. We also do the professional pictures and a theme birthday.

25. Linzy Martins July 19th, 2007 at 10:29 pm 25

    My only birthday tradition growing up was that my Mom and Dad would make me one of those cakes in the shaped cake pan that you decorate yourself. Oh, and since my birthday is 10 days before Christmas, my mom always made sure to NEVER wrap my birthday presents in Christmas paper! I love that you never went to work or school on your B-Day. LOVE the found circle! When I first saw the card, I thought: “Now how the heck did she do that…” 🙂
    LInzy

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