Tuesday, January 31, 2012

A Work In Progress

Hey everyone!! I wanted to share a project that is going to be an on going work for my CMC Copic Challenge Group.  I have had this 7 Gypsies photo tray since this past summer just waiting to be inspired to use it.  Well, inspiration hit me with Tiddly Inks new stamps from the Wryn and Friends collection.  This little girl totally reminds me of my crafting buddy Riley.  I have also wanted a way to keep some of my work for myself and I think this is perfect way to do that.
  For my tray I am going to continue to use all Wren Images and my absolute favorite paper by Prima Madeline.  This image is called New Nest.  The die is from C.C. Designs Cutter Leafy Branch the flower punch is from Martha Stewart but I don't know the name. I used CTMH Twilight ink for the sky along with my hand cut cloud die.
Copics
Hair-E49, E29,E37,E57/Clothes B01,B00,B000/Tree-E44,E43,E42/YG67,YG63 Nest E55,E53/BG000 Grass-G85,G82,G40
Challenges
Ink Spots
You still have a few days to enter the CMC Copic Challenge Wintery/ Frost.  Our sponsor this time is Lily of the Valley so please join in for your chance to win.
 I hope you enjoy the rest of your week and I will see you in a couple of days.
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Saturday, January 28, 2012

The Sweet Stop Sketch 143

Hi everyone!! Looks like we made it through another week.  I was hoping for a relaxing crafty one but after the 2 weeks of party planning but it wasn't meant to be...that not so fun thing called "work" got in the way:)  I did manage to get my project done for The Sweet Stop SSS143.  I found this clip board in the dollar section at Target and it just spoke to me and I wasn't in the mood to make a card so I used the sketch to create this.
The patterns were so bold and fun that I had to find a sassy stamp to go with them and in my stash I had this cute Greeting Farm stamp called Cheeky Chat and it just seemed perfect.  The sentiment is from C.C. Designs Summer Sentiments.  Look at me coloring another blonde, unusual for me on girls since I tend to go with my daughters brunette hair colors. I have been having fun experimenting with the different colors though.
Copics
Hair-E31, E53, E50/Skin E11, E00, E000, R20/Clothes RV14, RV13, RV10, Y15, Y13, Bridge with Y11, C9, C7, C5, C3
Challenges
 
TGF Retro Fresh- Lucky In Love (I hope it is OK it is clip board instead of a card)
Now it is time to visit the rest of the Sugar Babies.
The Fabulous Sugar Babies 
Have a wonderful weekend and I hope you find time to craft.
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Sunday, January 22, 2012

Riley's Tangled Party

As promised here are all of the details for Riley's 6th birthday.  For those of you who haven't seen Disney's movie Tangled it is a great movie for young and old.  I found so many great ideas on Pintrest for this party and then I added a few ideas of my own.
So here we go starting with the front yard leading in the front door. The hair is made out of a roll of plastic table cloth with purple ribbons and I got the idea HERE, it looked great from from the street.  My husband and brother get to take all the credit for this one. Inside I used yarn and strung it back and forth tied it off and loosely draped it over the doors and staircase.  The wanted posters were all over the house.
My mom was a huge help with the decorations and cake.  I wanted to make the flags look like the scene from the movie at the festival for the lost princess, mission accomplished I do believe.  I knew cutting the suns out would be way too much work so I Googled and found THIS link to a free SVG file so my Cricut finally got used:) I punched 1 1/2" circles in a different color to give them some dimension.  About 75-80 flags later along with some floating lanterns I got at Hobby Lobby this is what it looks like.
I found these cute little lanterns at the Dollar Spot at Michaels and added LED tea-lights to shelves and the craft tables .  There are tons of pictures from the movie so my husband was able to print them in all sizes and I placed them on doors and over pictures for a little extra touch.  He printed THIS picture of the floating lights and I tried to make it resemble Rapunzel's Fireplace using plastic table cloths.
The cake was a variation of Disney's Tower Cake but instead of styro foam we actually made a cake.  I used the Cricut again to make paper flowers for the cupcakes. The Jello boat idea was from a  fabulous blog called Super Mom Moments and the Rice Crispy Paint brushes can be found HERE.

 If you have seen the movie you know I had to use frying pans and the magic flower in the decor.
 And finally crafts and goody bags.  I made "dream journals" with Tangled activity pages for the girls to work on along with decorating wands that I found at The Dollar Tree.  The Pascal blowers and activity pages for the journal are Here.
Sawyer my wonderful son was the perfect party assistant and helped watch the girls and organized games and activities.

 I was so excited when I came up with an idea to make a hair clip to attach to the goody bags.  I took apart the purple flowers glued them back together and braided yarn 3 sections of  four 20" long pieces tied the end with a purple ribbon and glued them to the back of the flower and then on to a hair clip.  I think I will add more details and pictures in the Tutorial section in a few days. 

It was a great party and the kids absolutely loved it and can you tell I had a blast making it happen.


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CMC Wintery Frost Challenge

Hi everyone!! I survived Riley's birthday party and will be back with pictures to share but today I wanted to tell you about the new CMC Copic Challenge.  This time we want to see those wintery/ frosty inspired projects.  Our sponsor this time is Lilli of the Valley, you gotta love their cute stamps. I used Ski Jump and you can find it right HERE.  The sentiment is from Sweet 'n Sassy called Cozy Friends.


Copics
Snow-BG000, Clothes and Other-B01, B00, B000, YG97,YG95, YG93, E29, E27. E25, DogE44, E43, E41
Challenges
I hope everyone has a wonderful week!!

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Saturday, January 21, 2012

The Sweet Stop Sketch SSS142

Good morning!! Sorry I am late getting my card up.T  oday is the big Tangled party, I am so excited you would think it is my Birthday:) So here is Riley's Birthday card in honor of the occasion.  I love this Rapunzel from The Paper Shelter and have been just waiting to use it.  This fabulous sketch from The Sweet Stop was perfect.


 

The Fabulous Sugar Babies 

I will come back and add the details later, I have to finish getting ready for the party and don't worry there will be a post about all of the craftiness:)

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Saturday, January 14, 2012

The Sweet Stop Sketch 141

Another week has come and gone and that means it is time for my regular Saturday The Sweet Stop Sketch. It was a busy one for me working on decorations for my Riley's upcoming 6th birthday party.  If you follow me on Pinterest you might have noticed a theme of Rapunzel.  By the way have you tried Pinterest? I love it and boy is it ever addicting.  I will share some pictures when everything comes together.
Today I have a card that made for my sweet friend Shanyn's birthday whose favorite color happens to be green.  I picked this Saturated Canary stamp called Whispy Fairy because it reminded me of her daughter.  I have so much fun coloring Krista's images, I especially enjoyed doing the pleats on her skirt this time.
Copics
Hair E25, E31, E50 Skin E11, E00, E000, E20, E21 Clothes YG97, YG95, YG93/YG63, YG61/G24, G21 Wings E42, E41
Supplies
Staturated Canary Whispy Fairy, Verve Wishing You Sentiments, My Minds Eye Fresh Collection, EK Success Punch, Diamond Stickles
Challenges
As always the Sugar Babies have made some wonderful creations with this weeks sketch so please stop by and see them too.
The Fabulous Sugar Babies 
I hope you have a wonderful and crafty weekend!!
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Happy Birthday Matey

I just wanted to share a birthday card I made for my son. This year was all about pirates and Jack Sparrow so I found this great Treasure Map digi from Make It Crafty and paired it with this cute Pirate Cooper from Paper Pretties.  I was so excited I got a Spellbinders Grand Calibur for Christmas and it gave me a chance to use the Grand Dies Label 1.  I doodled the X around the bottom  and colored everything with Copics but unfortunately I can't seem to find the list of colors. Coloring the map took quite a bit of time but it made me so happy that he loved the card so much he actually sat and looked at all the details before tearing open the presents.

Challenges
Stamps R Us- What you got for Christmas(Spellbinders Grand Calibur)
Have a wonderful day!!
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

New Challenge at CMC

It is time for a new challenege over at the Color Me Creative Copic Challenge Group and this week our theme is all about Hot Pink/Black/White with a little bit of Retro thrown in.  Our sponsor is GuyLou's Inimitablity and they also provided us with this weeks images to use.
Copics
R85, R883 R81,/C9, C7, C5, C3/Y23/YR21, Y21
I hope you will can join us, the challenge runs until January 19th and you can find all the details along with the rest of the Design team's wonderful creations right HERE.
Please scroll down to the next post to see this weeks The Sweet Stop Sketch, it is a fun one.
Sending you lots of crafty hugs:)
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Saturday, January 7, 2012

Back with The Sweet Stop Sketch SSS140

I hope Santa was good to everyone.  It was nice having a little break from the everyday routines and taking a little break from crafting to get some mojo back.  I enjoyed having the kids home and seeing all of the excitement and craziness.
Well after a short break at The Sweet Stop (thanks Korin!!) we are back with a super fun sketch and I must say Korin did a wonderful job on this one.
I am so excited Tiddly Inks has these brand new super cute digis called Wryn and Friends and I couldn't wait to color one up.  Wryn reminds me of my Riley so you will be seeing more of them from me:)
 For my card I started with this weeks The Sweet Stop Sketch SSS140.  The paper is from Bo Bunny Crush Collection, great Valentine's papers.  I made the little garland from Maraschino Bakers twine by The Twinery.  The image is Tiddly Inks Grow a Little Love and the sentiment is from C.C. Designs Valentine's Critters but I couldn't find a link. The heart punch is Recollections and the tab is Die-namics Mini Tab Quartet.
Copics
R59, R29, R27, R22/R85, R83, R81/C9, C7, C5, C3, C1/Hair E49, E29, E57, E37
Challenges
Paper Sundaes- #101 Something Old (Twine and Sentiment) Something New (Brand new Tiddly Inks Digi)
Please stop by and visit the rest of the wonderful Sugar Babies and I can't wait to see what you create this week.

The Fabulous Sugar Babies 

Have a wonderful day and I will see you soon.
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