February - First Birthday

There are three February birthdays, Valentine's Day and Erica on March 1st! I have a lot to do before our trip to Turks and Caicos...

Here's my first card ... Mason will be six years old! So hard to believe...

 

Funky Monkey from Avery Elle is just perfect for him! I used SU Close to Cocoa as the base with Cranberry Crisp as the next layer. The two layers of white are sponged with Distress Broken China before adding the banana tree and leaves. I added a few leaves from PTI MIghty Oak to add dimension on the front. Wish Big is from Paper Smooches. 

PTI Movers and Shakers Zipper die added the tear off zipper strip, which hides the sentiment "Wishing you a wonderful birthday." You can see the pull here arrow direction. 

The monkey is stamped once and then added again with foam squares. Love those shades which are colored with Wink of Stella black! And here's the envelope...

Next birthday is our son John, who will be 37 years old- Mason's Dad! He just recently got his number to run in the Boston Marathon for the YMCA.. and a big, well deserved promotion at work! So proud of him! Need to show all of that in my card...