Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Tea Pot Box and Mini Album

 
Hello Everyone, a couple months ago my mom and I took my daughter's to a tea room for a fancy tea party.  The girls dressed up in their fancy dresses and all.  Naturally I took lots of pictures while we were there and I wanted to create something special to preserve those memories. 
 


 I created this Tea Pot box using two piece from a Clear Scraps Tea Pot shaped Chipboard album.  I covered all sides with patterned paper then created the box portion from a piece of chipboard. 
 
 
 Inside the box is a mini acrylic album shaped like a tea cup.  I embossed every other tea cup piece and added photos from our tea party.
 
 
I printed smaller photos so they are easy to add to a mini album.  I let the embossing be the main embellishment for the album and left it pretty simple as I didn't want to clutter the pictures. 
 
 
Thanks for looking!
 

Monday, March 17, 2014

St. Patrick's Day Card

Happy St. Patrick's Day!  Are you wearing green today so you don't get pinched?  I am!
 
Today I'm sharing this simple card I made using some festive St. Patrick's Day paper. 
 
 
I fussy cut the "lucky me" shamrock from a piece of patterned paper and attached it with a pop up glue spot that I made using the Best Glue Ever.
 
For more details check out my post on the ScraPerfect blog.
 
 
 
Thanks for looking!

Sunday, March 9, 2014

Bonjour Acrylic Card

Hello, today I wanted to share with you this fun acrylic card I made using Clear Scraps Scallop Send it Clear Card. 
 
 
The card kit comes with two scalloped pieces but for this card I only used one. The patterned paper is from Bo Bunny, I inked the edges of the paper and "inked" the acrylic with acrylic paint.  I then used my crop-a-dile to punch holes in the card base and scallop piece to create a unique closer using ribbon.  Add a little bling to the scallop edge and the center of the flower on the coffee cup and some thickers for a sentiment of choice.
 
Supplies used
 
Patterned Paper - Bo Bunny
Foam Letters - Thickers by American Crafts
Rhinestones
Acrylic Paint
 

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Paper Pieced Fairy Invitation

My oldest daughter recently turned 6 and had a fairy themed party.  And let me tell you that it was not easy finding fairy items, especially non Disney fairy items.  So I created these fairy invitations from a paper pieced fairy cut using my cricut.
 
 
Paper piecing is a breeze with ScraPerfect products.
 

Just use a little bit of the Best Glue Ever.  Then use Embellie Gellie to pick up the next piece.


Embellie Gellie picks up paper easily and releases when the paper is adhered to the paper.

 
 For more details check out my video slide show on the ScraPerfect blog here.
 
Thanks for looking!
 

Sunday, March 2, 2014

Black With Two March Challenge & DT Call

 
Black With 2 has a fabulous challenge for you this month.  A great pallet of Lemon and Thyme based on a dominant black background.  Check out the inspiration board for a sketch and all the inspiration you need to create your own layout for the March challenge.
 
 
Here's my take on the inspiration board.

 
Don't forget to check out the Black With 2 blog for more layouts by the design team.
 
 
 
Also, some exciting news to share...Black With 2 is currently having a DT Call
 
 
 
 
 
Thanks for looking!

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Fairy Party

Hey everyone, today I want to share something a little different with you.  My oldest turned 6 recently and we celebrated with a fairy / princess party.  So here are a few of the elements of the party.
 
Fairy Lights
 
 
To make these "fairy lights" I simply tied strips of tulle to create sort of a tulle flower, about 6 strips per flower.  The color scheme was pink, green and purple. 
 
Fairy Pinata
 
 
This piñata was simple to make once I found the base I wanted to use.  I saw a similar piñata on pinterest and was trying to make something similar.  I found a set of round paper lanterns on clearance at Target.  So this ended up only costing me about $5 to make with the lantern, dollar store flower petals that I hot glued on and then dollar store flower bunches that I separated into smaller bunches.
 
Fairy Cake
 
 
The base is a 10" round cake with fondant and butter cream.
 
 
The top cake is one of those giant cupcake pans.  I just left the base without icing to make it look like a tree.
 
 
Everything on this cake is edible, the fairies are made from fondant too. 
 
 
Thanks for looking!

Monday, February 24, 2014

Clean acrylic with the Best Cleaner EVer

 
Good Morning, today I wanted to share with you a quick and easy way to clean up a piece of acrylic.  You can find all the details on the ScraPerfect blog, but I'll share my tips here too.
 
 
Here's the acrylic piece from Clear Scraps that I wanted to use.  I didn't like how it turned out the first attempt so I removed the paper and stickers and started over.  But first I had to clean the acrylic.

 
A little spritz of the Best Cleaner Ever from ScraPerfect and a little rub on both sides.  Let sit for several minutes and wipe clean with a soft cloth like the Perfect Cleaning Cloth.

 
Looks good as new and I was able to create something new with it.
 
For more details click here.
 
 
Thanks for looking!