Congrats Graduate

Here's a graduation card as we know lots of poeple are graduating right now including my hubby who got is bachelor's degree later in life.

I made the little owls first using the Stampin' Up owl punch and pieced a graduation hat together from cuts of a hexagon punch and the remnants of a heart punch.   The cardstock is all Stampin' Up.  The prints on the owls are by Lily Bee Desing.  I picked up a small 6x6 pad that had small scale prints. The rest of the printed papers are Basic Grey (Oxford).  The greeting stamp is from Stampin' Up (All Year Cheer) and so are the punches.   The border punch is the pinking hearts punch that both Stampin' Up and EK Success sell.   Inside the card si a bit of Stampin' Up ribbon.

ColourQ 138 Courtier - Yay!

Last week was the first time I made an entry for the ColourQ challenge.  I've admired the color combinations and entries for some time now.  Well I was thrilled to find out this week that I was selected as a Colour Queen Courtier.   I'm just tickled pink!

Here's the post on the ColourQ blog: CLICKY
And here's my post for the card I entered:   CLICKY

After I made the card last week, I wanted to see if I could replicate it using all Stampin' Up materials and as much current product as possible.   Here's what I cam up with. 

I made the flower using the flower petal punch and the BoHo Blossom punch.  The center of the flower is made by cutting the petals of two of the flowers from the BoHo Blossom punch and layering them.   The leaves are cut with the Little Leaves Sizzlet.  The greeting is stamped using a stamp from the Apothecary Art set, colored with Stampin' Up markers, and cut out using the Labels Collection Framelits.   Two more shapes were cut and used for a background layer.  The border is punched using the Scallop Trim border punch. The background stripes are stamped using the retired Simple Stripes background stamp.   Lastly, a pearl accent and some seam binding ribbon finish off the cards.

Here's the inside of the card decorated with a few scraps.   

Baby Disney Baby Shower Goodies

I've been busy working on decorations for a co-worker's baby shower.   I've never made a diaper cake and thought this was the perfect opportunity to give it a shot.    After watching a couple of YouTube videos I thought I had all the knowledge I needed.   Well, there is a bit of trial and error involved.  

I hit Costco for a monster size box of diapers.  Ooops... that was too many diapers.  So I made two cakes and have some to spare.   Plus, I didn't even think about the Costco diapers having a pattern on them instead of pure white.   Ooops again, but I just rolled with it.... literally....  I rolled up a boat load of diapers for the three tiers on each cake.  I used some blanket binding I had left over in my sewing stash and decorated with paper piecings I made using Make the Cut software and my KNK Zing.   The starburst (firework) topper has punched Mikey heads made with my EK Success paper punch.

I made a large 8x11 card for everyone to sign at the shower and used another paper piecing for a little card just from me.  The large card has an embossed layer that I made using my Cuttlebug embossing folders.   The Gingham paper is Creative memories and the stripe is Paper Pizzaz from my stash. 

Lastly, I made some cake toppers with four of the paper piecings.   I just added popsicle sicks to the back of the paper piecings and we can poke them into the cake.

I have one more thing to make for the baby shower decorations and that's a banner.  Guess what I'll be working on in the next couple of days.  

Angry Bird Cupcake Topper - Follow Up

My son had his party a few weeks back and it was a huge hit.  I did manage to take pictures of the final brownie cupcakes with the cupcake toppers perched high above.   Well, as a follow up to my earlier post (link), here's the final product before it got devoured by twenty young angry birds.  

 

Angry Bird Paper Piecing / Cupcake Topper

My awesome 10 year old son has decided that he doesn't want a cake for his birthday.  He wants brownies.  This seems to be catching in our family.  My hubby started this.  That man is not much for sweets but he loves brownies.   So instead of a cake, I'm making brownies using a cup cake pan and red cup cake liners.   To decorate the cupcakes, I'm going to make a lot more of these cute little paper piecings. I haven't decided yet if I'll put the birds on tooth picks, popsicle, or lollipop sticks.  I'm leaning toward lollipop sticks.

 



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Here's an updated photo of the Angry birds.  I changed his tail feathers and ended up using lollipop sticks.  I also used some foam tape in between the face of the bird and a plain red circle for the back for some dimension.

 

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I can't take credit for this idea.  I stumbled across this wonderful ideal while browsing the webs.   I hope this talented lady doesn't mind me casing it, but I certainly want to give credit where credit is due.  Check it out on her blog HERE.  She's got a lot more amazing ideas on her blog too.

P.S.  I'll have to come back and update this post with a picture of the brownie cupcakes when they're done.   That won't happen for another week though.   

Angry Bird Birthday Invites

My son just turned 10.  What a milestone.   Each year as my son's birthday approaches, he gets to decide if he wants to have a party or get some large presents from mom and dad.   This year, he chose to have a party.   Well, lesson learned for Mom, I need 6 weeks of planning time for a party and not just three or four.   Thus, my son's birthday party is going to take place two weeks after his birthday.   Sigh.   

Alas, it's going to be a good one.   We're doing commando training and the party theme will be Angry Birds.   Well, there aren't a lot of Angry bird party theme items on the market yet so we're left to our own devices.   I'll share more of what we came up with in the coming days.  For now, here's the invitation that we sent out.  

Here's a picture of the army of invitations lined up on my desk as I was making them. 

The cards are made just using cardstock (mostly from Hobby Lobby - Paper Studio).   The faces are paper pieced.   I used Make the Cut (MTC) software to create a file for my KNK Zing electronic cutter. 

Rudolph Tag Card

We made this gorgeous paper pieced Rudolph tag during a class hosted by my Stampin Up Demo, Chris Galbraith, last year.  I never could part with this cute little tag last year but he sat and decorated my scrappin' space.   This year, Rudolph got promoted into a card.  Hopefully I can part with him this year.   LOL. 

 Here's an angled shot that shows some of dimension and more of the detail on Rudolph.  Isn't he cute?  

Supplies: 

Stamps: Stampin Up

Ink: Stampin Up

Paper: K&Company, Stampin Up cardstock

Tools:  Stampin Up shape punches, Stampin Up embossing folder,

Accessories: Ribbon, Stampin Up gold elasti-cord