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The original party girl never fails to dress the part on her birthday
Danielle and Hayden knew they wanted a resort style venue, that would offer entertainment for guests planning to stay over the weekend. The couple wed in Florida and had contemporary styling, including mismatched bridesmaids.
Welcome to a brand new week everyone. I hope your weekend was a good one. I know we were busy at our house with our pumpkins but as always, it was a lot of fun. For my card today, I made a new punch art critter. This was a challenge given to me by my daughter. She went to Sea World earlier this year and brought home a picture frame with a shark on it. She asked me to make a shark for a card and I have been pondering it ever since. So this weekend I set to work on one. Today I want to share what I came up with and see what you think. Ready? Now you may be wondering why my finger is in the photo holding the card. Well the shark's mouth actually opens so get a picture with it closed, I had to hold it down. Now let's start at the beginning. I started with a base card of Night of Navy cut at 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored at 4 1/4". To start the background for this particular card, I cut a piece of Whisper White to be 4" x 5 1/4". I took out my pastels and chalked a sky background all over the card stock. Once it was finished I took out of scrap of Marina Mist card stock and cut it to be 4" wide. I used a pair of shape scissors called waves and cut strips off of this piece. I layered them across the card stock and adhered them using runner adhesive. Once it was secure, I added a glitter to the pieces using a white glue and a glitter I picked up at a stamp convention a few years ago. Once the entire piece was finished, I attached it to the base card using runner adhesive. For the greeting, I turned to my stamp set called Perfectly Penned. I stamped the greeting directly to the top of the card stock using Night of Navy ink. I tried to center it as best as I could. Now let's look at the shark with its mouth open. All the large ovals I used for my shark were cut out using my Cricut machine and the Plantin SchoolBook cartridge. I started by cutting two 4" ovals from Basic Gray card stock. One of the ovals I left whole and the other one I cut in half. The whole one serves as the main head of the shark. I attached 1/2 of the white oval to this and the other half was attached to the gray half which allowed the mouth to open. But we will talk more about the mouth in a minute. The fins of the shark were punched out using the Petite Pennants punch from Basic Gray card stock. I pretty much attached the side ones so they would fit on the card. For the top one, I trimmed it to give it a little curve so it would look more like a fin. The white of the eyes were punched using the large circle from the owl builder punch and the black part is the small circle from the itty bitty punch pack. I added white gel to this part. For the mouth, I cut another oval using my Cricut out of Whisper White that measured 3 3/4". I then cut a Basic Black one that is 3 1/4". I layered the black to the white using runner adhesive. Then using my white gel pen, I drew on the teeth and colored them in. Once they were finished, I attached the top of the mouth to the half piece of the gray oval. I scored the entire piece where the 1/2 gray ended on the white. This would be my bend. I bent it in half and attached the bottom portion of the white to the full gray oval. All pieces were attached to one another using a liquid glue and runner adhesive. The finished shark was attached to the card using dimensionals. For the greeting inside the card, I used a saying from the stamp set Word Play. I stamped it using Night of Navy ink onto Whisper White card stock and cut it out to be a 2 1/2" square. I punched out the corners of the card stock with the edge of my 1" square punch and sponged the edges with Night of Navy ink. I then took a piece of Marina Mist card stock and ran it through my big shot using the Top Note die. Once it was cut out, I turned it sideways across the die being sure to center it and ran it through the big shot again. The white was layered onto this piece with runner adhesive and the entire piece was attached to the inside of the card with the same runner adhesive. Well what do you think? I thought it was pretty okay for my first attempt. I have a few ideas of some things I would like to either add or change so I will be making another one at some point in time. My goal is to perfect it by my daughter's boyfriends birthday next month so I can give it to him. That's all for today. I hope you all have a wonderful Monday and that your week gets off to a great start. I will be back tomorrow with another share so please come by to see me. Thanks for stopping by today!!
Gracen's Backyard Birthday Bash: a party for toddlers.
Gracen's Backyard Birthday Bash: a party for toddlers.
Sweet and simple with rustic iced pink buttercream and glittering gold stars
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"Target cake"... with edible broadhead(arrow), pistol,ammo,target,buck knife...and airbrushed camo
I'm not a crafty person by nature. I don't think I ever made a single thing until Ethan's first birthday party in which case I felt overwhelmed and on the brink of insanity. As time went on, I started to really, really enjoy crafting while hoping that I somehow became good at it. I'm still learning, but this time around, I really had fun making things for Ethan's second birthday party and taking those first small steps into the world of making-not-ordering things! Here's a little glimpse into some of the things I made for his Curious George party this past weekend, as well as all of the little details that went missed in my main party post! THE INVITATIONS: Alright, these I definitely didn't make. The amazing invitations came from Dizzy Design Studio. Aren't they cute?! She was amazing to work with and I loved everything about these invitations, right down to the fact you can customize what your little Curious Baby looks like. In each invitation, I had one of these cards and the stamped envelope. If people wanted, in lieu of gifts, we were collecting donations for the Global Links Nebulizer Campaign to provide nebulizers (or breathing treatment machines) to those in need. (That's who I'm blogging for, too!) We figured Ethan didn't really need anything, but other children certainly did. PARTY FAVORS: Oh man, the party favors. I spent so much time on these, it's not funny. I think my husband breathed the biggest sigh of relief when the party ended and we could get our dining room table back. It was important to me to give the kids some really curiously fun bags without any candy or things like that in them. I ended up making two bags: one for kids over 2, and one for kids under 2. Under Two: The under two bags contained: - Bag of "monkey munch" -A Happy Tot puree pouch - My True Nature natural bubble bath - Crayons and a Curious George coloring sheet Over Two: The over two bags contained: - Bag of "monkey munch" - Two jars of finger paint - Tickle Me Plant seed packet - Container of moon sand (and the recipe!) - My True Nature bath bubbles Both bags had contained Ethan's favorite thing ever - My True Nature bath bubbles in the cutest little bottles. These bubbles are pure, natural and contain plant-based cleansers that leave your little one in bubble heaven! I was so excited to be able to share this amazing product from one awesome company with all of our guests! FOOD DISPLAY STANDS: I made all of the food display stands at Ethan's party, and I was pretty proud of them! I went to the local Goodwill and picked up wine glasses ($0.10!), vases ($0.25!) and candle sticks ($0.90!) as well as other clear plastic or glass trays, platters, plates and bowls (all under $1!). From there, I took some Epoxy and attached the sticks or glasses to the bottom of the plates: Once they were dried and washed for the first time (I let them sit for a full week because I'm neurotic), I spray painted them yellow, red and blue. The plus to using glass or clear plastic is you only spray paint the bottom side to the platters. That way, the entire thing looks painted without paint actually touching the surface that comes in contact with the food! Ta Da! I feel like my nights are now a little too empty without all my party-favor-assembling and spray-painting going on, but it's also nice to no longer have a dining room table that doubles as a moon sand factory.
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. This means I may earn a commission should you choose to sign up for a program or make a purchase using my link. I won't ever share a link for a product/service I haven't tried myself. Read my full disclosure policy here. Dollar Tree Halloween has officially hit the
Gracen's Backyard Birthday Bash: a party for toddlers.
Gracen's Backyard Birthday Bash: a party for toddlers.
We recently had the pleasure of working with Marie on designing a set in chevron and polka dots for her little girl Lauren’s 1st birthday …
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Hey craft buddies - welcome back to my craft room! Today I’m excited to share my newest DIY tool - the Glowforge Aura Craft Laser! As an avid crafter who loves to work with wood - I've looked into getting a Glowforge® printer in the past - but both the machine and price have been
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. This means I may earn a commission should you choose to sign up for a program or make a purchase using my link. I won't ever share a link for a product/service I haven't tried myself. Read my full disclosure policy here. Dollar Tree Halloween has officially hit the
Sharing all the details on Bodie's first birthday dinosaur party. Giving the backstory to this theme and sharing where I got all our decor and supplies!
This darling SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW THEMED FIFTH BIRTHDAY PARTY was submitted by Zehra Taskin of Couture Event Styling. What a fabulous party! I especially love the bright red and blue gingham pattern used through out it; it's so cute! I also love all of the darling costumes that everyone got to wear! This party is full of cute ideas that any child who loves the Wizard of Oz would adore! My favorite Somewhere Over The Rainbow party ideas and elements from this spectacular birthday celebration are: The fun Wizard of Oz cake The cute bright red flower cupcake toppers The darling emerald city backdrop that looks like you are looking through a window The bright red and shiny cake pops The adorable Wizard of Oz costumes The darling burlap and blue gingham ruffled table cover and skirt and MORE!
