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Sam's Birthday Part II

Morning all! Gorgeous hot sunny day in Weymouth, so it looks like our Summer is on its way!


Thought I would show you the birthday card I made for Sam. This card is the design of Dawn of All Pink Girl and I must thank her for all the help she gave me to make this. You're a lovely lady Dawnie and so kind and generous!! Most people tend to case a card they like but I have to put my hands up and say I have blatantly copied this one......but with Dawn's permission!!!!




All the images are Pink Cat Studio and the papers are Pink Petticoat. Cardstock is Bazzill. When I saw this card on Dawn's blog, I just knew I had to make it for Sam and he loved it!!


Well, Sam's party at Monkey World yesterday was brilliant! The weather was gorgeous, but not too hot but the best part was, when we arrived at 2.00 pm, the car park was packed but we had decided to take the kids in and let them eat first, which we did, and by the time they had finished their meal, most people had started to go home so we near enough had the park to ourselves. It just made things alot more relaxed. There also seemed to be alot more monkeys this year which was really good. We're lucky enough to live very close to Monkey World so tend to visit it as often as we can afford but I am tempted to buy the season ticket now as the kids absolutely love it!



Just had to show you this photo of the baby orang-utan and its mummy. The baby had just learned to do roly polys and at one point went up to his mummy and gave her a kiss and I just about caught it on camera!!



.....and look at all the little monkeys I ended up taking home with me!!




The kids are full of energy again today but I'm absolutely knackered so am planning to sit out in the garden later on and maybe have a quick forty winks!!!


Hope you all have a good Sunday and that the sun is shining where you are!

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Anonymous said…
Adorable card Jo!, glad you had a good time and the weather was kind too, I have never been there, just hope I dont end up bring monkeys home with me.
11 May 2008 at 14:07
Annapurna said…
Love this card! I haven't seen the original, but it is a hard job to CASE a card and make it look perfect.
11 May 2008 at 16:43
Annie said…
Fabulous fabulous card. Ages since I went to Monkey World as it is miles and miles away from me but I do remember it being great.

The monkeys you took home with you look a bit scary - perhaps you should have left one or two of them there.
lol
Ann xxx
11 May 2008 at 16:45
Sue Shaw said…
WOW what a day you had - sounds like it was all PERFECT!! Well done - parties are hard work. I love the card and absolutely love the 'kissing' photo!
Sue.x
11 May 2008 at 17:17
Deb said…
How fabulous, I love this, saw it on Dawn's blog a while back too, it is one amazing card that you would have to copy outright as it couldn't be improved upon!
11 May 2008 at 18:00
Kim said…
Fab pictures and I love that card! We adore Monkey World too, just wished we lived closer!
11 May 2008 at 18:03
tracie said…
oh Jo this is fabulous and love the goodie bags you made too, sounds like you all had fun at monkey world.. I haven't been there in ages.. love those pics too very cute monkeys, all of them :-0x
11 May 2008 at 18:39
~Denise Lynn~ said…
What a fabulous birthday for Sam and all of his friends. Sounds like a wonderful day! That card is awesome Jo! I bet he loved it! Such a cool card style and the papers and colors are perfect! :)
11 May 2008 at 21:14
Frances said…
fabulous card no wonder you cased it! Kids looked like they had fun. Hope you managed to have a relaxing day today. x
11 May 2008 at 22:47
Vicki May said…
Brill card, it really is great. Love everything about it.
And living near Monkey World great isn't it. I live about an hour away and try to go at least once a year. It's a great day out, my girls love it, infact it's the one day out we all enjoy the same. It sounds like you had a whale of a time, and the pictures are fab. x Vicki x
12 May 2008 at 06:29
nessy said…
speechless ~ fantastic card!! what a clever mum sam has!!
looks like fun was had by all at monkey world !!! non got out then??? LOL (no, that only happens to me!!)
see you later!! don`t forget to wear a pink carnation?? (oh sorry moody cow t-shirt) LOL
hugs vanessa xx
12 May 2008 at 06:32
Angie C said…
What a fantastic card Jo.

Looks like Sam and his friends had a great time too
12 May 2008 at 12:19
Sammi said…
What a great card - good work with it :) The photo of your monkeys is very cute!! :) The goodie bags that you made are fantastic too - bet they loved those!!

and ... thanks for visiting my blog.
Sammi
12 May 2008 at 13:47
Sharon said…
I love Sams birthday card. Looks like the kids had a great time.
13 May 2008 at 06:46
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