Birthday Set Part 4 : The Favors

~ Hello Everyone ~

The Party is about to begin and the last touches to my little grand daughter's 1st Birthday Party is, of course...THE FAVORS! 

A sweet little THANK YOU for each guest to enjoy as we have fun celebrating!  I cannot begin to tell you how much FUN I had making these. Once I got started, I couldn't stop! LOL! Check out the video to see how I put these together...

 To display these cute little favors, I arranged them in a small glass container I got from Ikea. A few if these skattered around your party table and you've got instant decoration !

This idea comes from Kathy over at Paper Phenomenon ! She uses flowers from the George cart, but since I didn't have that cart, I used one of the flowers from Accent Essentials. 

Please check out her video so you can see how she puts her flowers together ! Thanks Kathy for posting this great idea!

And don't forget, as a special THANK YOU to my wonderful followers, I am GIVING AWAY ...

TO ENTER SIMPLY...

1. leave a comment on this post

2. be a follower

3. For multiple chances to win, leave comments on the other BIRTHDAY SET POSTS, one per post.
4. Entries will close at midnight on March 1st.

I will combine all the comments and choose a winner, now that the series is complete! 

Thanks for all the wonderful comments so far !

 *** please note, due to shipping I can only accept USA and Canada entries***

Birthday Set Part 3 : The Cupcakes

~ Hello Everyone ~ 

We can't have a birthday party without dessert,  and for my little grand daughter's 1st party, cupcakes are definitely on the menu! I am absolutely in love with cupcakes! I'm so glad they've made a come back in recent years. Personally, they have been a constant favorite for me. I remember getting 25cents from my grandmother and swiftly making my way to the local bakery down the street! Ahhh, good times :) These days with the onset of paper crafting, cupcakes are more festive than ever! 

Here's my take on this confection goodness...

 Just a few simple ingredients, some kitchen tools and this recipe and you can make some yummy cupcakes too!

Dark Chocolate Frosting Recipe

frost 24 plus cupcakes

8 ounces Baker's Semi- Sweet Baking Chocolate Squares

4 sticks unsalted butter -room temperature

1 pound powdered sugar

2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
pinch of salt

Break up chocolate squares and place in a glass container like a glass measuring bowl, melt in microwave in 30 seconds increments, stirring in between to assist the melting, about 2 minutes. Do not over heat, just melt til smooth. Set aside. In the meantime beat butter until light and fluffy, then gradually add powdered sugar. Add salt and vanilla and mix until very smooth. Add chocolate slowly and mix until just incorporated.

Also, here's the link for the free cupcake wrapper SVG

Heather's SVG Images

And don't forget, as a special THANK YOU to my wonderful followers, 

I am GIVING AWAY ...

TO ENTER SIMPLY...

1. leave a comment on this post

2. be a follower

3. For multiple chances to win, leave comments on the other BIRTHDAY SET POSTS, one per post.

I will combine all the comments and choose a winner when the series is complete.

 *** please note, due to shipping I can only accept USA and Canada entries***

Girl's Birthday Set Part 2

Hi Everyone !

Hope you had a nice relaxing President's Day Weekend :) 

Today's post is the 2nd of my Birthday Party Set

To view Part 1 : The Banner, click HERE

I was going to save THE CARD as the last video to show you in the series, but I just love how it turned out, I couldn't wait to share it with you ! View the short video for cartridges used, sizes and other details.

Enjoy!

I decided to make a matching Envelope with Decorative Seal after all.

Here's a quick video...

Stay tuned for the rest of the projects in the set ! And don't forget, as a special THANK YOU to my wonderful followers, 

I am GIVING AWAY ...

TO ENTER SIMPLY...

1. leave a comment on this post

2. be a follower

3. For multiple chances to win, leave comments on the other BIRTHDAY SET POSTS, one per post.

I will combine all the comments and choose a winner when the series is complete.

 *** please note, due to shipping I can only accept USA and Canada entries***

Girl's Birthday Set Part 1

~ Hi Everyone ~

Hope you are all having nice weekend! It's raining here where I live so that means only one thing...LOTS of crafting going on here!

Today I'm sharing Part 1 of a BIRTHDAY PARTY SET SERIES. My granddaughter will turn ONE soon and I've been working on some projects for her celebration. Hope you enjoy :)

Part 1: The Banner

I have a GIVEAWAY for you today that will run for the duration that of The Birthday Party Series !

You know how much I love my Cutter Bee's! I use them ALOT ! I'd like to share them with you!

TO ENTER SIMPLY...

1. leave a comment on this post

2. be a follower

3. For multiple chances to win, leave comments on the other BIRTHDAY SERIES POSTS to follow.

I will combine all the comments and choose a winner when the series is complete.

 *** please note, due to shipping I can only accept USA and Canada entries***

 

  My giveaways are always "follower appreciation" 

because I TRULY appreciate the time you take to follow my blog and  leave such nice comments ! You're THE BEST !

 

Did you notice Ruthie and I scheduled our NEXT USTREAM!

We had such a positive response, we are thinking about doing one monthly! 

Check the top right side bar for the info!

 

Spanish Sayings and Winners

~ Happy Friday ~
I am so thankful to everyone for ALL the wonderful comments about the U stream and projects Ruthie and I shared earlier this week! You guys are great and we love you all! 

  I have two cards for you today, inspired by My Pink Stamper's newly released "Spanish Saying" sentiment set. Pretty glittery paper from DCVW is the star of the show today, so I decided to keep things simple. When you are working with gorgeous paper like this, sometimes simplicity is a nice way to go. Although I did throw in some heat embossing :)

 translates to " For My Friend"

translates to "Good Luck"

I'm so excited to announce some WINNERS! Whoo Hoo...

Winner of the Tweezer Bee's is.... 

 

Anna said...

Such a darling little chick. Great card. I'm a follower.
Thanks for the chance to win. 

Winner of the My Pink Stampers  "More Punny-licious"  Stamp Set is...

Tisha said...

I Loved the U stream video and look forward to the next. I became a follower. Thanks so much for the etching lesson. I have been so scared to try it. The stationary box is beyond awesome.

Congrats Anna & Tisha! You've Got Mail!

Roller Flower Tutorial

 Here's a quick redo of the rolled flower tutorial. If you caught

our PJ's, Popcorn and Pajama's Ustream last night, you know we had a couple of hicups during that segment ,LOL!  If you missed it, here is the link to the ...RECORDING .

These super cute and easy flowers can be found on Shelly's blog. She offers the cut file for purchase for a $1.00. You will need to have either, Make-the-Cut or Sure Cuts A Lot to cut them out. 

Well worth the $1.00 investment! Thanks to Shelly for coming up with the awesome svg file.

 I am submitting this post to Tip Junkie, one of my all time favorite blogs, chuck full of ideas, tips, projects etc etc !

 




 

Ustream Recap aka Virtual Girls Night Out

~ Hi everyone ~

Ruthie and I had a great time last night with so many of you during our PJ's, Popcorn and Pajama's Ustream! It was a HOOT ! If you missed it, here is the link to the ...RECORDING . I will warn you though,  it went 4 HOURS! LOL!...I guess it was more like a "Virtual Girl's Night Out"  with some projects and giveaways thrown in all night! We had A BLAST!

Here's what we made and info/link to go with each project...

PROJECT # 1

 I designed this votive candle holder using PSA Essential products! If you are interested in purchasing PSA they have an exclusive offer for my viewers! Isn't that AWESOME! 

Go to...2 PREPPY GIRLS.com and received 10% OFF all PSA Essential Products. Just enter the code: CRAFTERS at checkout. The offer expires midnight 2/28.

 PROJECT # 2

Aren't these ROLLED FLOWERS AWESOME!

Ruthie found the cut file for these super cute and easy flowers on Shelly's blog. She offers the cut file for purchase for a $1.00. You will need to have either, Make-the-Cut or Sure Cuts A Lot to cut them out. 

We had some technical difficulties, getting the roses together, during the giggle fest Ustream, but actually, they are super easy to make.  Ruthie and I are planning to make another quick video showing how to make them. We will have it posted by the end of the day.

PROJECT # 3 & 4

HEHE these are TOO ADORABLE ! Just makes me giggle to look at them ! Unfortunately, we cannot claim this super cute project as my our own idea. Ruthie found it on Tamara's super cute blog.

 She  has a tutorial showing how to make them and she even gives you the cut file, of the box, for free! WooHoo! Makes the box that much cuter huh?

"Fun" sized candy bars fit in each box. Ruthie used Peachy Keen stamps for the bunny and leprechaun PKS- 450 Wide Eyed Kids Assortment

for the bunny's face and the PK-470 Happy New Year Face Assortment for the leprechaun's face. Both the bunny and the leprechaun were cut from the Simply Charmed cart at 4". Thanks so much to Kathy and Angelica at Peachy Keen Stamps for sponsoring us and donating two assortment sets!

 

  PROJECT # 5

It's a personalized etched casserole dish. Ruthie surprised me and personalized it for my family :) She purchased the dish at Wal-mart for $7 and used some vinyl, my Gypsy, Cricut, and some etching cream. It came out so cute and I LOVE it.

We want to thank Super Joy at joyslife.com for sponsoring us and donating a Vinylology DVD! 

PROJECT # 6

Looks like a simple box, right ? but...

  It opens up to this! Isn't that SO COOL! 

This Stationary Box, which I dubbed  "the transformer stationary box"  was originally designed by Jackie Topa @ Split Coasters Stampers. It looks complicated by it really isn't. I just had to share it with you! It holds, A2 size cards, 3x3 cards, tags, notebook, stamps, and match pen!  My version came together in about 30 minutes, however I was LAUGHING so hard at the Ustream, you may want to check out her awesome and super detailed tutorial and video!

Check it out HERE

Oops...and GUESS WHAT? ... we were having so much FUN that we ran out of time to do our last GIVEAWAY, so lucky you...Ruthie and I decided to give it away on our blogs TODAY !....

 WIN this newly released stamp set courtesy of Robyn@ MPS

How do you enter, you ask? Simple...

1. leave a comment on this post

2. be a follower on my blog

3. For a 2nd chance to win, leave a comment at my Ustream buddies' blog RUTHIE

I will choose a winner Friday or Saturday :)

*please note, due to shipping I can only accept USA and Canada entries.

Once again, A HUGE THANK YOU to ALL that took time out of your lives to spend a few hours with us! A special THANK YOU and shout out to Theresa and Raven, our fabulous moderators :)

Linda's Blog Hop & Tacky Tuesday

~ Happy Tuesday Everyone ~

I have TWO FUN EVENTS to share with you on my post today...

First ~ The super talented LINDA @ My Quilling Nest asked me to be a part of her fabulous blog hop
"It's My B-day and I'll Quill If I Want To" 
so if your hopping over from CARRIE'S BLOG
then you're in the right place, if not,  start at LINDA'S BLOG so you don't miss a thing! The projects are sure to impress!

Second ~ My fabulous friend Ruthie asked me to be a guest designer for this week's Tacky Tuesday Challenge on Facebook! And, of course I was happy and flattered to say YES! Seriously...what are friends for ?! LOL! The challenge is to use the "Chick" cut found on page 35 of the "Simply Charmed" cart and your sentiment must include the word "Chick" in it...sounds fun right ?!

  Now, you all know I'm the queen of practical over here at You Had Me At Craft, so of course I designed one project for both of these events ! 

Here's what I whipped up...

Details :
Chick and layer cut @ 2.75"
Grass cut @ 5"
Blue Layer cut @ 4 x 5.25
Plaid cut @ 3.75 x 5
Pattern papers DVWV
PKS Critter Faces Medium 

Sentiments My Pink Stamper
Embellishments : Prima Flowers, Martha Stewart ink,White Gel Pen, SU Brads, SU Markers

Hope you enjoyed my little "Chick" card, now off she goes in the mail for my dear friend Linda! 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LINDA !

Now then, this means you have two assignments, that I hope you will accept... 

# 1. Hop on over to PAM'S BLOG to continue with Linda's Bday Hop 


# 2. Consider entering THE TACKY TUESDAY FB CHALLENGE HERE

My BLOG CANDY for TODAY will be my FAV...

 Here's how to enter...

1. leave a comment on this post

2. be a follower of my blog

I will choose a winner Friday or Saturday :)

*please note, due to shipping I can only accept USA entries.

And last but not least you WON'T WANT TO FORGET...TADA.....

TONIGHT is the NIGHT for...

 

Ruthie and I have some SUPER DUPER plans for you!

SO COME AND JOIN US!!!

Don't have all night ? Just pop in for as long as you can and say HELLO!  You might just catch a GIVEAWAY or 2 or 3, wink, wink! LOL!

USTREAM LINK HERE

Happy Valentine's Day

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and has some nice plans for this evening:) I've had so much FUN making Valentine's inspired cards this season , here's recap ...

I'm almost sad that I won't be making any more love dovey cards til next year...Well, that's not true, there are always wedding and bridal shower cards :)

But here's something to look forward to RIGHT AWAY...

That's right, Ruthie and I have a super terrific LIVE USTREAM planned for you TOMORROW NIGHT 6pm PST, 7pm MST, 8pm CST, or 9pm EST! We can't wait to share the fun projects we've been working on and who knows ?...YOU might be a lucky winner of one of the many giveaways we have planned !

And if that wasn't enough goodies to look forward to, I've also been asked by the amazingly talented Linda @ My Quilling Nest to be a part her birthday hop all day tomorrow! Be sure to check that out as well!

  Have A Wonderful

VALENTINE'S DAY Everyone !