Attempting the banner once again!

So officially today it is my dear friend Monique's birthday.  I wanted to surprise her with a couple homemade goodies as first of all, we share the passion for crafting and secondly, we don't get paid over the summer and so my bank account hates me at the moment.  Gotta make use of what you have!
Anyway, I won't get into detail just in case she reads this blog (but i doubt she will before I see her anyway).  I decided to make her a banner.  In my family, birthdays are the best day of the year!  My mom has a placemat, banner, balloons... you name it.  Needless to say, we go big or go home!  Im realizing that many people are not like this.... I can't stand to see people not want to celebrate their day onto this planet! I am bringing my birthday cheer with me when I see her along with this banner I made for her!

The patterned paper is from a 8.5x11 paper pack by COLORBOK called "Rhapsody! I love how the colours all come together!

Monique with her two little rug-rats who are the cutest things since sliced bread!

Happy scrapping day!!!

This was supposed to be uploaded yesterday for national scrapbooking day but oh well! I had soo much fun working on some templates posted by Scrapbook and Cards Today! Such a beautiful page!!!

My version came from a lot of scraps that I have around the house.  I am in a minimizing phase so I am using things that I can't bare to throw out! Now the lighting is terrible and I apologize! 

I cannot site all of the items in this page as they are a bit of everything and stuff laying around.  If there is something specific that you would like to know where it came from or where to get it, please message me and I will try my best to remember!!!

Thanks for taking the time to see my blog!
Ashley