I just got word that one of my projects was featured on the Club Creating Keepsakes blog! The specific post is available here. And what did I get spotlighted for, you ask? Well this Valentine’s Day project that I hadn’t posted here to my blog yet. Good excuse to get it posted.
Recipe:
cardstock, felt heart, chipboard bird, brads: stash
pattern papers: Basic Gray (bird), DaisyD’s (background)
alpha: October Afternoon
runbon: Hambly Screen Prints (“Valentine” word)
My latest challenge from The Paper Variety was to make something involving a cupcake. Oh how perfect since I’ve spent the last two weeks in cupcake land. Well I couldn’t just submit the cupcakes that I already made. That wouldn’t be in the spirit of a crafty challenge. I had to figure out how to incorporate those cupcakes. I decided to make a cake plate out of paper to display my cupcakes in my scrap room. I’ve been decorating my scrap room in a “Creative Cafe” theme and these little delights will be displayed to spruce up my space. What better way to present paper cupcakes, than with a paper cake plate? So here it is…
I used my Gypsy & Cricut to design and cut the stand. If you really want all the complicated details read more below. The stand was a little off from what I had envisioned. If I feel up to it, I will enlarge the circle plate at the top to make it more in proportion to the size of the stand. Other than that, it was a fun project and a neat way to decorate my space.
Recipe:
I took the letter L from a font (can’t remember which one). I flipped it horizontally and welded the L and the upside down L together. Then I flipped this vertically and welded then together again for form half of the stand. I cut two stands–each was 4 layers of heavy cardstock glued together that all fit on one sheet of cardstock. I sliced a slit in each stand about half way down and then slid them together. I don’t know if any of that made sense. I really should have taken photos for a better description.
Hey everyone. I’m happy to report that I finally got to making my second video. I was waiting for a data cable to arrive in the mail so I could switch to using my regular video camera instead of the video feature on my still camera. I was hoping the quality would be better. It is a little better but I am still having some trouble with the auto-focus. I’m going to have to play with it some more.
So here is my fun video presenting how I made these sweet cupcakes from a previous post.
I usually go through this gut reaction to the latest trends. I get annoyed and then bored of seeing project after project with the latest trend. Then something clicks inside me and I give in. I go for it. I use that almost-cliche trend on a page. Well it is that time again for me. That click happened and I used that trend. This time it is banners.
First I did this card several posts ago.
And now… (notice I’m a krafty kinda gal?)
Recipe:
cardstock: The Paper Company
pattern papers: Stampin’ Up, Scenic Route, stash
stamp: Technique Tuesday
ink, punch: Stampin’ Up
pen: Ranger
buttons: Buttons Galore
ribbon: Cream City Ribbon
paper tape: 7 gypsies
Did you see those little ribbon curls through the buttons. I had this fabulous ribbon in my stash from a few years ago. I really loved it back then but for some reason it went missing in my stash and has been hiding. When I made this party page I knew I wanted some curled ribbon in there. And it dawned on me that I had this ribbon in my stash. Bingo! Oh this ribbon is so fabulous. It was originally provided by a company called Little Black Dress Designs. I’ve been looking for them but can’t seem to find them anymore. Must have disappeared in the economy bubble. The lucky thing is that I noticed on the packaging that the ribbon is produced by Cream City Ribbon.
The world is a small small place. Let me explain. In my quest to find wonderful scrappy products made in the USA (an obsession of mine) I found Cream City Ribbon. I book marked it in my favorites right away. And then I notice that this cool ribbon from my stash was made by the very same company I had found only weeks ago! Sweet! The cool things about their ribbon is that
It is just fabulous stuff. I mean just look at these colors and projects
Go get yourselves some Cream City Ribbon and cook up some crafty soup!
The Moxie Fab World blog is having a cameo challenge. There are some really gorgeous examples of cameos over there so you really should go check them out. The challenge was to “create a paper crafted project (card, gift bag, tag, layout, home decor item, mini-book cover, etc.) that incorporates a cameo/cameos in an innovative way.” I had a couple of different ideas for this but decided on this idea here…
Recipe
cardstock: Stampin’ Up (Kraft), Wausau (white)
die cut: Cricut (Heritage cart)
ribbon: Offray
spray mist: Tattered Angels (used to dye white ribbon pink)
computer: Adobe Photoshop Elements 6, font (Bell Gothic Std)
It is funny that cameos are hot right now. I thought they were pretty cool when I made this card last June…
Why don’t you go cook up some crafty cameo creations!
My kids’ homeschool group will be having a Valentine’s Day party next week so I thought we should get to work on their “cards.” Most years we (I!) really do just make cards. But this year I wanted to do something that would be a little less time consuming. I was inspired by three things this time around.
from.So using all those inspiration pieces I came up with the above goody bags. I photographed each child holding up the heart and cropped the photo to 4×3 so I could fit two up on a 4×6 print. I then overlayed the heart with our message in a font called Plastique. I then cut some brackets on my Cricut (Blackletter cart) and ahered to the photo. Then the photo is placed on a topper card that is cut to 4.25 x 5.5 and folded in half. The photo extends above the topper card but I like it that way.
Enjoy!
I’ve been having a bunch of fun these past couple of weeks playing along at The Paper Variety blog. And this week I won their (random) weekly prize for entering the inspiration challenge with my friend card. It was a $50 gift certificate to Crop Chocolate. I’ve peeked into Crop Chocolate a few times but never decided to order anything. Well, now I will give them a try and let you all know how it goes.
In the meantime, you should go over and check out The Paper Variety blog. It is a cozy place. And you just might win something too!
As I’ve said before I have a plan for prettying up my scrap space. For a long time I have had a sketch on my cork board of my “Creative Cafe” complete with awning, welcome sign and menu plaque. In keeping with the food theme I created a pink cake box and placed it on an actual bakers rack that holds my printers & some supplies. I didn’t post a picture of the box because it didn’t turn out well. But what I do have a photo for you of are these yummy cupcakes…
I created these both to fit with my new room theme and to enter the Make Something Yummy challenge over at My Pink Stamper. To create the cupcake wrapper I used a pattern that was in the Jan/Feb ’11 issue of Paper Crafts Magazine (and available for download here). I then ran the wrapper through my paper crimper, starting from the middle and doing each side separately. This helps the crimping to stay as straight as it can be. I used my Cricut to cut a 4″ circle and fringed the entire edge of the circle in about 1″. Adding a line of adhesive from my ATG gun all around the fringe, and across the entire surface, I then maneuvered the circle to fit inside the top of the wrapper. This gave me a solid base to adhere my ribbon to. IÂ twisted and folded my ribbon as I wound it around the cupcake to create fluffy icing. I topped it off with a rich pink button threaded with green twine for that sweet cherry on top.
So go whip up some of your own crafty cupcakes. Enjoy!
I worked on two blog challenges today, My Pink Stamper’s birthday challenge and The Paper Variety’s friendship challenge. Both of the cards I made will be going into my donation pile. You can read about who I am currently donating to on this previous blog post.
Let’s start with The Paper Variety. They gave us this quote to use as inspiration to craft a project.
I went with a general friendship theme to make this card…
Recipe
Cardstock: Paper Accents
watercolor paper: Strathford
watercolor pencils, hemp thread, blender pens: Stampin’ Up
marker: Marvy
die cut: Cricut
other: computer printing, thread
And now on to My Pink Stamper. Robyn celebrated her birthday this past Monday and is offering two Cricut Cartridges as prizes for entering her birthday challenge. Just make anything with a birthday theme. So I made this card…
Recipe:
cardstock: The Paper Company
die cut: Cricut (pennants from Give a Hoot)
white pen: Signo
watercolor pencils, blender pen: Stampin’ Up
I never intended to upcycle my daughter’s birthday party decorations, but that is just what I did! I had been wondering what I would do with all the decorations. I love making decorations but I hate just plopping then in the recycle bin when the party is over. It feels like a waste to me. When my husband saved the jellyfish from the party cups and stuck then to a kitchen cabinet temporarily I stared and stared at them. I was thinking about what to do with them. That urge to just recycle them was strong. But then a lightbulb came on. I can use them on the thank you cards! It seem so obvious now. Well I’m glad I had the idea before I actually tossed them. Time saved, money saved and a new idea in my tool box for next time.
I had to make one change to the jellyfish. Each one had a party attendants name on it. I just drew black squiggles over the name to hide it. Worked out okay I think. Here is how they turned out…
Recipe
carstock: Stampin’ Up, Wausau
border punch: EK Success
stamp, ink: Stampin’ Up
marker: Marvy
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