Some spring-ish cards

Here are a couple cards we recently made at my card making workshop at work. I made a few extra ones so I can have some one hand as well! I always forget to mail my cards though....!!!

Bday party crafting

Maelie's bday party prep is in full swing! I will probably post a recap on my other blog once the party is over, so we will see everything completed.

These are the cute hand made cupcake holders! Basically, it's a terra cotta pot and saucer painted and glued together! I took the idea on the Blue Cricket Design website, but modified it a bit.



So instead of having a big cake, each child will be getting a cupcake on this stand and they will also take the stand home with them. There is going to be a lizard glued to the rocks on each stand. The finished cupcake will fit inside of the cupcake holder that I cut out with a Sizzix die. The light brown circle on the stand is actually sand paper! It makes a sand texture but without the risk of having sand in your cupcake. The trim around the stand is a glittery cardstock. We can see it shine a little.



Here are the stands all together (minus the lizards.... my glue gun apparently doesn't like to glue lizards... so I will use a hotter one. Have I mentioned before how i LOVE prepping for Maelie's bday party?????



Initially, I had bought a variety of terra cotta pots in different sizes to try and figure out what worked for the cupcakes. Since I had extras of a few sizes, I painted them as well and decorated them with a sand paper trim and then added a pompom trim for a nicer finish! These stands will be used for chocolate and candy at the party.



I stacked two different sizes just so you can get the idea. Not sure if I would stack them at the party without gluing them first! Lots of little 8-9 year old hands may topple it over!



I also decided to get water bottles (our party is off-site) and make little water bottle hangers. Each little hanger will have some individual kool-aid packages.



Kids always love cute stuff! Even if it doesn't last....



I have a bunch of other things I am working on for Maelie's party. Have you noticed the theme yet?? Yes, indeed it is a reptile themed party!

Maelie's bday invitations 2011

I finally created something on my own! I tend to copy ideas I see online but this time I went with what I saw in my mind. LOL

I am really proud of how Maelie's bday invite turned out! I only made one so far...

Here is the front. It is a 4 X 4 sized easel card. I made faux alligator skin with some embossing powder and an embossing folder from Sizzix.



This is the front view when you slide it open. I cut out the pertinent info of course.



Here is the side view when the card is standing. I find it SO cute!!



I am going to try and add a spider or snake on the bottom, but I need to find just the right size. Since we won't be handing these out until April, I have time to play with them!

The most important thing to me was what Maelie thought since it is for HER bday. She LOVED them! She really loves the fake alligator skin! She is going to be proud to hand them out again this year :)

a germ-free Valentines

This past weekend I worked on a Valentines project. The idea is copied from a few websites I saw however adding the heart treat cup at the front was my friend Sonia's idea. I made only one like this... my patience is limited!



Here is the side view... you can see the little pocket bac inside.



I absolutely love these little hand sanitizers from Bath and Body works... they were on sale right after Christmas so I picked up a bunch of cupcake ones. They smell SOOOO yummy!!



I saw this idea on many blogs, and so I wouldn't know where the actual original idea came from. So this is just a disclaimer - I copied this idea. It's not original from my own brain!!

Christmas cards

I've been working on Christmas cards on and off in the past few weeks. All of my ideas come from other peoples websites, so they are not my creations. I have modified a few of the ideas, but I am not claiming these as unique. I've been having some Christmas card making workshops at work so I am constantly trying to find nice ideas!

I fell in love with this first card, and it was also the first one we made at my workshops.




This next one is also one I fell in love with. It is time consuming but well worth it!



I also adore this one. It is very classy. I might choose this one for an upcoming workshop.




Ah..... how I love the holiday season :)

Happy Halloween !

celery mummies

Here are some cute little celery mummies. I used vegetable cream cheese inside the celeri and then added little strips of ham. It was SO cute! I found this idea in one of my magazines once again, but I don't remember which one! I will link it once I see it again.

I brought these to work and they disappeared really fast!