Gift wrapping

Good Morning,

A short week this week after the bank holiday weekend, hope you had a good one and were able to relax a bit and enjoy.

Yesterday was my daughter, Jennifer's 30th birthday and I don't know where the years have gone!

She was born prem, 9 weeks early at 2lb 15oz so every birthday is special and this was no exception.

I organised a few surprises for her, one of which was to gather friends and family for a celebration lunch at a lovely pub/restaurant.

She had no idea anyone else would be there except for her, Paul and I as we had already done a few things and she had been given her presents.

We had a lovely meal with family on Friday evening, went to local gardens and historic house on Saturday and had cream tea and she had a day out in London on Sunday with family.

So thinking it would just be a quiet meal on Sunday she was very surprised when more family and friends joined us.

It was a brilliant day and such a happy time.

I decided to try something different for her present wrapping and chose kraft brown wrapping paper which I stencilled using 

 Imagination Crafts Starlights and stencils.

I was so pleased with the result and will definitely be doing this again.

You can really personalise gift wrap in this way and keep to a colour theme too, Jennifer's colour is purple.

Hope you have a good week, at least it will be a short working week.

Sending love and hugs xxx

Stencil and Starlights

A quick card made using two Imagination Crafts stencils, the background is called Retro Squares, I'm unsure of the name of the second which also has a butterfly on it but it caught my eye as really useful for a background or main feature/s.
Starlights were used randomly through the Retro Squares in both Lavender and Pink Sunset then I used black archival for the section of the second stencil, masking off other areas.
The black on the shimmer and sparkle gives such an elegant and striking design.
Finished with dream cut from a die.
Have a great day...x