Baby Shower cake

A friend of mine asked me to make a baby shower cake for someone else and of course I said yes! The train is cut at 3-1/2 from New Arrival, the sign is from George red cardsock cut at 1-1/2 and white cut at 1-1/4, and the frog and worm were cut from Create A Critter at 1-1/4. Don't forget to sign up for the giveaway HERE. :)

"Hi" and "Hello" cards Pink/Green

I finally finished up making the cards a friend of mine asked me to make for her mom. I think these really turned out fun and pretty. Background cardstock is from DCWV Sweet Treats Stack and how easy is that to use nothing but that cardstock for the main image of the card?! All I did was use a Martha Stewart border punch at the bottom :) I also used Wild Card for the "hi" cut at 2-1/4 inches and wrapped some green ribbon around the bottom from Papertrey Ink.

 You might have seen a version of this before but I had to add it again because I messed something up and wanted to tell you that even though I had it was still usable. I bet you would never guess where the goof up was at.... if you thought maybe under that dimensional glaze then you would have thought right! When I went to adhere this piece to the card I ended up putting glue from a glue pen all over the top... OOPS! I had to think of something to hide that since I had used all that color of paper and didn't want to search through everything I have to find some more. I think this was actually my favorite card because of the dimensional glaze that I had to add! Hello is cut from Lyrical Letters at 2-1/4.

 I also flocked the butterfly with Doodlebug crushed velvet on this one instead of the glitter like I did on THIS card.

Another view, maybe you can see the shine better...

 Here are some more that I made as well I used some more paper from DCWV this time the Citrus Stack, I also used another Martha Stewart border punch and some pink cardstock from Papertrey Ink. The sentiment is from Close To My Heart. Then I added another piece of pink across the green and cuttlebugged it and added some jewels.

I put this card and the last one up to show you what I did with the scraps I had leftover. The tag is from Once Upon A Princess cut at 2-1/2 (pg. 55) "hi" is from Wild Card cut at 2-1/4 I inked the edges and added some jewels.

On this one I used Once Upon A Princess again and the same tag from page 55 the pink tag is cut at 2-1/2 and the white tag is cut at 2 inches. I inked the edges of the white and stamped a happy birthday sentiment from a CTMH set.

Thanks for stopping by today, don't forget to check out my giveaway going on right now HERE.

Product Review for BIC Markers and a GREAT GIVEAWAY!!!

So about 3 weeks ago I was contacted by BIC asking me if I would do a product review of their new BIC Mark-It Markers in Fine and Ultra Fine... I was super excited to try them out not just because they were free but because I am able to do a giveaway as well :) So I get these markers and figure out what I want to color with them, this cute stamp from My Favorite Things caught my eye. Using my Gypsy and Once Upon a Princess I cut the shape out that I wanted to stamp her on, then using some black versafine ink I put my main image on the shape (this is a tag from page 58, sized according to my image) then I got busy with the markers. I have to say that with this really cool storage system they come in, it makes finding the right color a breeze. They were very easy to use with hardly any smell and the rubber grip on the pen was oh so comfy. I was also excited to see that they didn't bleed outside my stamped image. I did get a little through to the back of the paper but not much. I also loved the fact that I couldn't see lines where I had already colored... you know the ones where your coloring in a large image and you go back to fill in a part you might have missed and then you can see exactly where it was dry compared to fresh ink... not something I love, but with these markers I didn't have any of that, and that's something I do LOVE!

 Here are my girlies all colored in and looking pretty, I didn't have time to put them on cards because I wanted to focus on the coloring part today. I went back with my Crystal Stickles and added just a bit to her cute heart and her shoes :)

 I love the color range with these markers, I am pretty sure there is a light, medium and dark in all the color families and something else I loved where the names like, Ocean View Blue and Plumtastic Purple, they just call my name.. pick me... PICK ME!!

This is what 3, YES THREE of my lucky viewers will receive, ONE pack of FINE and ONE pack of ULTRA FINE 36 count markers. That's a total of 72 markers and a retail value of $41.98... WOW! Did I mention they are ACID FREE... how great is that, you can also use them to journal in your scrapbooks and not have to worry about it :)

So for your chance to win just leave a comment telling me what you would do with your markers if you won. If you would like and extra chance at winning then blog about this giveaway or share my link on facebook and tell me that you did in a separate comment :) You have until Sunday October 17th to enter and I'll pick the THREE lucky winners on October 18th! If you would like to learn more about these markers check out BIC's website at http://www.bicmarkit.com/

Fantabulous Cricut #31- On The Wall

Hello Everyone, this is my project for this week's Challenge Me Monday "On the Wall" theme from the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog. I had made these "EEK" plaques a few weeks ago (you can find directions HERE) and decided they looked a little lonely so since I had just revived the Happy Hauntings cartridge in the mail that day I decided t look through there and see if there were any saying that I could cut out to go along with the EEK! I really liked  the font from the  "Spooky" and "Creepy" so I went with those cutting both at 5-3/4 on black cardstock. Then I turned them over and ran them through the Xyron to get adhesive on the front side of them. I then added some fine glitter and stuck them on the wall. As the day went on I thought they needed something more so.........

 I went back in to the cricut and cut the shadow of each word out with this orange and black polka dot paper from DCWV.

 I'm not sure if I love this but I am calling it good for now, I thought that maybe after Halloween is over I can use them in the scrapbook for one of my kids :)

Thanks for stopping by today and make sure to check back tomorrow for an awesome giveaway you wont want to miss it! :)

Robotz Birthday Party Day 5- Food Signs!

Well this is it, the last day of the Robotz Party themed decorations! These bolts were cut from page 71, I did the shadow (black cardstock) at 10 inches and the white cardstock is cut at 9-1/2 inches. I wanted the shadow to be a bit bigger. The letters were cut at 1-1/2 on the same papers as the 3-D Robotz, I just used up my scraps from those :)



Well I hope you had a fun week with me, if you decide to make any of these I would love to see what you come up with. Have a great weekend!

Robotz Birthday Party Day 4- 3-D Robotz!

Welcome back to day 4 of the Robotz Birthday Party. Today I will be explaining the 3-D Robotz found at the back of the book. Here is a picture of all 5 of them together, don't they look like they are ready to PARTY?!

For this one I cut him at fit to page which came out to be 11-1/2 I used some yellow and black cardstock as well as some red that had a little stripe to it and some silver for the bolts. Also added some googly eyes.

 

 This green one was cut at 11-1/2 as well on some Making Memories double dipped paper from about 5 years ago, I have had a hard time using this paper as it's no longer available but I am getting better :) I added some googly eyes on him as well as some real washers I found at Home Depot.

 

 This blue one was also cut at 11-1/2

 Here is the red guy he was cut with fit to page but only came out at 7 inches. I used a silver Sharpie to color the top of the head piece

 

 The orange one came out at 11-1/4 on fit to page.

Thanks for stopping by today. If you have any questions about any of these projects please feel free to email me my address is on the right side under the info about me :)

Robotz Birthday Party Day 3- Birthday Banner!

OK here is day 3 of the Robotz Birthday Party decor, this is the birthday banner I put together. Originally it was going to be linked with a metal slinky but since I had leftover wire from the treat boxes we went with that.

 All of these guys were cut at 5-3/4 and the letters were cut at 1-1/4 all upper case. The washer (in between the words was cut at 5-1/2 with the real dial size on) For the Robotz, first I cut them from black cardstock, then I went back and cut them from colored cardstock, they really needed to be heavy duty so I made sure to make them thicker then I normally would have. I also went back and cut the screens from each Robot and mouth if they had one, I set everything up on my Gypsy to cut exactly the parts I wanted without wasting un-needed cuts.

To finish them off I added different sized googly eyes to each one (if you click on the pictures they should enlarge). After the Robotz were complete I punched through them on both sides of the "shoulder" area to thread the wire through... If you decide to do this I would HIGHLY recommend NOT cutting the wire until you have the whole thing complete by this I mean start with the "H" threading all other letters on, don't forget the washer in between the "happy" and "birthday", then space them out to where you want them and starting with the last letter (Y) using your dowel, make some loops. next go to your (A) make some more loops so you will be heading up the wire that is still attached to the spool, this way you can make sure you leave yourself enough wire to have spirals in between each letter!  The silver cardstock is from DCWV Metallic Stack and the colored cardstock is from other various companies! Thanks for stopping by today :)

 

 

 

 

Robotz Birthday Party Day 2- Treat Boxes!

Welcome to day #2 of the Robotz birthday party decorations. Today I am showing the treat boxes made with the Sweet Treats and Robotz cartridges. I used my 12x24 mats and paper to cut the boxes at 8 inches from the Sweet Treats cartridge (page 38) this box worked perfectly for the robot shape but its actually a wedding cake! Gotta love the multi purpose cuts :) Then with my gypsy I cut the mouths, screens, antenna and gears making them the approximate size I needed. I added googly eyes, washers on the gears and then some wire coiled around a large dowel for the arms. I also added the same wire across the top for a handle to carry.

 

Here are some close up shots for a better view!

 

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today. Check back tomorrow for day 3 :)

Week long Robotz Birthday Bash!!!

Hello Everyone, for this week I am doing a complete party theme, you will see how I made everything! The invites will start it of today them join me all week long to see the different decorations that I made for this fun party a couple weeks ago. 

 Here's the run down...

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  Monday is for Birthday Invites
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  Tuesday is for Treat Bags
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  Wednesday is for Birthday Banner
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  Thursday is for 3-D Robotz
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  Friday is for Food Signs

I hope you enjoy this and it inspires you to create :)

 For the invite I turned to my Gypsy, I have made these cards before and they are posted HERE. This is where the idea started. The mom saw these and bought one and then asked me if I could do a whole themed party around this card... it took about 2 weeks to complete everything but it was a lot of fun and I finally broke in my Robotz cartridge.. wohoo! The only addition I made to these (from the original) was the washer I found at Home Depot on his belly. The letters for "boy" are cut at 1 inch the robot is cut at 3-1/2.

 

Anniversary Cards or Wedding?! :)

So here ya go, I whipped up these as well for my mother in law (she needed 30 anniversary cards and I didn't want them to all be the same) on these I used the Sweethearts cart. again and cut the silhouette at 4-1/2 I changed out the ribbon to be different again and give her some options... I also inked the edges with coordinating ink so the red ribbon has red ink, the purple ribbon has Amethyst ink from CTMH and the Silver has black since I didn't have any silver ink. All paper is DCWV. Anyway I hope you like them, have a great weekend :)