Scrappin' the Details

St. Patrick's Party Ideas with Stella Rose

Yesterday, on the My Mind's Eye Blog, I shared St. Patrick's Day projects using the Stella Rose Collection. I wanted to create a festive party that would simply put a smile on my children's faces! (They were so happy to find this table after coming home from school!) 

details of the party table:

 

I used my diecutting machine to cut out these large paper blooms to create Lollipop flowers. So easy, and definitely put a smile on Macie's face!

When I saw the Stella Rose Ornamental paper, it reminded me of a rainbow. The paper inspired this sparkly canvas. I used my new Silhouette SD to cut my rainbow. (Note: loving my new machine!!!!) I cut my clouds out of white felt, and used the Stella Rose buttons to add the final details. 
My go to technique to cover canvas is the combination of paint & glitter! So easy, but adds so much shine to your projects! 

At the end of each rainbow are small pots of gold. I spray painted the clay pots with a gold paint. However, I did not realize it had a webbing effect. However, sometimes the little mistakes turn out to be perfect!! The pots look like they have been dusted with raindrops! 

What is a celebration without cupcakes? Marshmallow topping, and simple cupcake toppers are sweet decorations!

I decorated these mini bottles for a festive touch! Of course, the shamrock, and ribbon would have made these complete! However, I added a button to the side of it, too!

Thanks to my friend, Alicia for pointing these cute bottles to me. She threw a Fancy Nancy party this past weekend. All I can is that all of her details were perfect. She is also one very talented cupcake baker!!!

I hope some of these ideas inspire you for your own "Green" celebration! 
Have a wonderful day, and thanks for coming by today!!

 

25 cents Gumballs {A Merry Sweet Treat}

Gumballs!!! We all scream for gumballs! Well, my children do anyway! LOL About a month ago, I created the following scrapbook page with the cheery Love Birds Collection from Fancy Pants. 

25 cents Gumballs


(Now, I do plan on rephotographing this page! My embellishment must have fallen as I was photographing, so hopefully you get the idea.)

 details:

 The font used for the numbers is by Quickutz, and it is called No. 73 Number Set. Of course, I love to add texture simply by using an embossing folder.


How fun are those buttons??? I love the bold, and happy colors! The scallop heart punch is by EK Success, and you can find it {here}.

Now, the above snapshot of Macie was taken with my IPhone.(On that note, I have lost my phone! It has been so difficult without it! Here is to hoping Santa will have it in his heart, to put a new one under the tree. LOL) Anyway, it is not a great technical snapshot, but I love it just the same! I knew I wanted to document this moment in Austin, Texas, but simply was waiting for the right paper. Love Birds was the perfect match! 

Now, the snapshot again inspired my next project!  After looking at the rows of gumballs, I knew they would be the perfect sweet treat to give to Teachers, or as a Hostess gift at Christmas time!

I found plastic round ornaments at Michael's. I think I paid about 50 cents for them on Black Friday. I knew they would be perfect to slip in gumballs, m & m's, skittles, or any small sweet treat! Of course, I had my little helpers to help me with the assembly line!


Choosing the colors was easy! I simply used the colors from my scrapbook page! They are the perfect combination for the not so traditional Christmas, and can you say, perfect for Valentine's too?? (I am on the search for the perfect Valentine's Container.)
I love this snapshot of Macie's tiny hand. I took her to the American Girl Store this past weekend as a surprise. As we were eating lunch, my friend told me my mascara was running. She asked if I had been crying. Yes, I had been crying. To look across the table at my little girl, slowly starting to grow before my eyes, makes me so sad. I am so thankful she loves, loves dolls, and I want to remember her tiny hands forever.
Gumball Ornament

Here you can see the ornament filled with yummy treats! I added some coordinating tulle, and red ribbon.I am all about the tiny details, so how about a candy cane, finished with a silver jingle bell??? A child can never have too many sweet treats! 

Now, I found these fun jars to fill them with gumball goodness!!!! 

I thought these were perfect! I love that they have the blackboard label, so it can be changed according to theme, or season!
I also found the perfect size scoop, for scooping the giant gumball!

Now, I found another way to dress up these cute Starbucks cups, by simply embellishing with a Gumball ornament.

Attach a fun gift card, and you have the perfect sweet gift!!!

Now, here is hoping the rain will stop, so we can pass out the remaining gumball ornaments to friends.

Finally, Jeannette like this idea so much, she decided to add her own twist to Gumballs! {Click here} to see her fabulous ideas! (If you love Copics, you may want to hang out for awhile!)

Thank you for visiting my blog during this busy, but merry time!!! I am sorry to say that I will be posting my December Daily next week. There is so much to share, but not enough hours in the day! Tomorrow, come back  because it is all about a My Mind's Eye Blog Hop!! You will have the opportunity to win some gorgeous product! Friday, it is all about Traditions with Pebbles!!!!

See you back in a couple of hours for the blog hop! I am on my way to Toys R Us, and hoping I can make Macie's wish come true! Wish me luck!

Hugs,





 

Trick or Treat Cups {My Mind's Eye}DT

Good morning!

I am still recovering from the Halloween weekend, that I had to "unplug" for a couple of days! I hope you enjoyed a wonderful holiday with friends, and family. My children enjoyed a wonderful day, with activities all day long! We visited the Pumpkin Patch, visited friends, baked cupcakes, and I made our traditional Halloween meal of Turkey chili with cornbread. The best part was of course, the trick-or-treating. I love seeing the excitement in my children's faces. (Gabi, not as excited, but still went door to door collecting treats!) 

They looked adorable in their costumes, and hopefully I can update them here, so my family can see as well. So the Halloween decorations are put away. The mantle is decorated with Thanksgiving Decor. In few weeks, we will be celebrating Thanksgiving. This is one of my favorite months. (Well, from Halloween until Christmas, I love each, and every day!) November is a month of gratitude, and for me, it is a month to truly count my blessings. I have much to be thankful for, and I am thankful to those who visit my blog. So a big Thank YOU!!!

Today, I have a fast, and simple gift giving treat idea. This project went up on the My Mind's Eye blog, a few days ago. I gave these cute treats to Macie's friends, and teachers.
"trick or treat" Cups


 
I found packages of black plastic cups for $1.oo at the grocery store. I did not know what I was going to do with them, but I knew they would make great treat holders to tuck in my favorite Halloween candy:

Candy corn (makes for a great scrapbooking snack)

a few details:

First, I stamped the surface of the cups with the tip of my favorite inking tool, Sponge Daubers by Tsukineko. They were the right size to create random dots onto the cups.

I then punched each side with my cropadile, and used black jewelry wire to create the handles. (Yes, jewelry wire.) (; I added a few imperfect twists, and turns to them, and they were now perfectly spooky.


Did you know you can stamp, and emboss on ribbon?? I wanted a subtle image on the wide twill ribbon, so I stamped "off", before stamping onto the ribbon. Stamping off, simply means to ink your stamp, and then stamp onto a scrap of paper, before stamping directly onto your project.

One last detail:

I did line the inside with pattern paper, using the BlackBird Collection from My Mind's Eye. I also cut long strips, beginning at the top. I wanted the strips to hang over the rim of the cups. I curled them downward to resemble a spooky spider. 
The last finishing detail was, of course a plastic spooky spider, and a label stamped with a sentiment. I used the Blackbird Stamp set on my project. An inexpensive, and simple idea to create!

I hope you have a Happy Wednesday, and make time to enjoy your favorite treat.





 

Five Days, Five Haunting Halloween Projects {Day 4}"Boo Treat Bags"

Hello, and welcome to Day Four of : Five Days, Five Haunting Halloween Projects! One of my favorite things to create for my children are treat bags. It can be for any occasion: birthday party, just because, Valentine's Day, Christmas Day, or how about Halloween?

I created the following treat bags for Macie's little friends. They are so simple to make, and I loved the tiny paper bags I used to tuck Macie's favorite candy bar! (Hershey's Chocolate)

I found these tiny kraft paper bags, and I love the size! I knew they would be perfect to tuck a treat into! They are only 2 1/2 by 4 in.! I bought them at Michael's , along with a big package of plastic spider rings. A perfect spooky novelty that all kids enjoy!


"Boo Sweet Treats"


These were simple to make, and did not take me much time! I made 22 for Macie's classmates! Of course, one of my favorite techniques, is embossing! I could not leave the paper bag untouched, so I use Cuttlebug's Spider Web embossing folder! I love texture on my projects, and this does it in no time! 
I cannot wait to makes these again, but in a Christmas theme! (The snowflake embossing folder is going to be perfect!) 
The paper I used was last years Spooky Alley by Making Memories. A great way to use one's scrapbooking stash!
detail:

I created more of the Spider Flowers for the center of the bag.  (I will share how easy they are to create, next week.) The small tag, is from Stampin' Up, and actually belongs to my great friend, Toni Long. She is a Stampin' Up Demonstrator, and brought along all of her tools to our scrapbooking retreat. Well, I have been using this punch ever since! In fact, Toni had no idea her punch has been missing! However, being the good friend that I am, I finally told her it was in my stash! LOL I will be buying my very own soon. It is called the Jewelry Tag Punch, and you  can buy it directly from her website. {Click here to visit}

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today! I will share my Halloween Banner for the last day of the Halloween series!


P.S. (Oh, can someone please tell me to stop eating these!!!)

 

Snapshot into Fourth of July

How was your Fourth of July? Our day was relaxing, but at the same time, filled with activity from the moment the day started. We kept the kids entertained by taking them to the pool, baking cupcakes, and seeing the fireworks at the lake. It was a fabulous day, and feel so blessed that we were all together this year to enjoy this day. (The only thing missing was my family in Texas. I love the holidays, but I am always a little sad, when we cannot experience them all together as one. Hopefully, we can visit them during the Christmas holiday.)Not to mention, good old fashioned Texas barbecue!!!
A little glimpse of our day:
It started with the assembling, of this yummy berry trifle, in the morning! (Everyone loved it. I was surprised, because I did not think the kids would love the lemon curd! LOL)

 

Time for cupcakes:

 
Well, you cannot have a cupake without a topper, so Mommy made these:

 

 
 

We ended this fun day with the fireworks at the lake. I was exhausted when the day was over, but ever so thankful to have these people in my life! I hope your day was wonderful, too!!