Brand New!

Luckily, my high school got new band facilities, and they are NICE!  To celebrate, we had a grand opening.  I had the great opportunity of helping set up for the celebration.  We invited many members of the community and the school system and served light refreshments: cupcakes, nuts, mints, and drinks to be exact.  I created a cute cupcake stand, and it was super easy.

I found several boxes that stacked well.  I wrapped them in black and white wrapping paper from Target.  I had to be careful because the paper was not very thick, but it was the only place I could find the solid colors. After covering them in alternating colors, I added blue ribbon to the black ones and black music notes to the white ones.  I printed out music notes for patterns and traced them onto black glittered foam sheets and cut.

For the topper, I purchased the small Styrofoam block from the Dollar Tree.  I covered the block in the same black wrapping paper from Target.  Then I added some of the notes to the end of some white floral wire from Walmart.  I put an end of the wire through the top of the foam note, curled the wire, and stuck each one into the Styrofoam block.

To make the background on the wall behind the boxes, I created a blue paper medallion by fan folding several pieces of 12 x 12 card stock and gluing them together to form a circle.  Together with large letters from the same black glittered foam pieces, it looked great!  Add some wide black ribbon to the table and some sweet white bowls, and you have a quick and easy display!

Spring 2013 in a Castle

Well, it has been an extremely busy few months...hence my disappearance, but here I am.  I am going to post about this year's prom soon, but I wanted to quickly look ahead to next year's event.  I am thinking castles.  What do you think?  Check out my inspiration photo:

Hoo's your baby?

It has been a month since my last posted.  I can't believe it.  Time passes so quickly.  I have been swamped at work and at home.  So, today I want to share one of the many projects I have completed during this past month.  A friend of mine is having her first child, a boy.  She requested owl cupcake topppers and a banner.  Happily, my scrapping buddies gave me the Give a Hoot cricut cartridge for my birthday in October.  Perfect, right?  I tried to match the owl colors to the paper plates, napkins, etc that they were using for the shower. Enjoy!

Wizard of Oz: Birthday Card

Well...my friend Suzanne's birthday is soon, and I wanted to create a cute card for her to coordinate with the gift I got her. She is a big Wizard of Oz fan.  I bought her a Graphic 45 Magic of Oz scrapbook kit from Archivers online.  So, I decided to use an image from the paper in the kit to make her a card and envelope.  The envelope is simple, and the card is more elaborate.

I used pop dots to raise some images, and I added some irock gemstones.

Hope she likes it!

Stash It: Hayley's Birthday Book

This is the first installment of something I like to call Stash It!  If you are like me, you have a lot of scrapbooking supplies.  I have been scrappin' a while, and I hoard supplies.  I love paper, ribbon, buttons, brads, fabric, and the list goes on and on... So, I am making an effort to use some of the supplies that I have had for a while.

Each year I make a mini scrapbook for a young lady at church.  This time, I searched through my supplies for a kit to use.  I have two or three discontinued Colorbok kits for minis like the one here entitled Baby Boy:

For the birthday book, I used one entitled birthday (of course).  I altered, inked, and embellished it with items I already owned.

I pleated a pink streamer and formed a circle for the cover (cheap and cute)!  On top of the circle, I affixed the number 11 for her age.  Add some letter stickers, pearls, a flower, and voila!

I would also like to highlight a few of the pages.  I used various border punches on the ends of the pages and inked them.

I cut a doily and added it and some flowers for extra texture.

I included gems and string to create a set of balloons.

The balloons mimicked the background paper.

I folded the end of one page and secured it with brads to create a pocket to hold a monogram card embellished with ribbon and her name.

On the final page, I included more pleated pink streamer and another piece of the doily with rhinestones for cohesion.

My challenge to you: Dig through your stash and make something!

Satin Flower Hairbows

 

Since making the red satin flowers for my scrap kits for my friends, I have wanted to make some as hair bows for my daughter and my niece.  I made a turqouise one and am very happy with the results.  Next time, I am going to put felt on the back that is the same color as the flower, just so it looks more finished.  My daughter loved it though and that is what counts!

Crop Kits

A few weeks ago, my girlfriends and I went to Nashville for the Creating Keepsakes Convention at the Opryland Hotel.  We have been several times.  A couple of times we went to the one in Charlotte instead of Nashville.  I highly recommend it!  I learn many new techniques in the classes each time, and we have a blast at the vendor fair.  However, we do not participate in the evening crops.  I am sure they are great fun, but I have to save money somewhere, and we love to go out and eat!  This year, we decided to have our own crop in our hotel room.  After grabbing some Thai food, we headed back to the hotel to create some fun layouts.  Each of us put together a kit for each person to make a two page layout.  So, I came home with several additional layouts ready for photos and a title!  Check them out!

The layout below is by my friend Amanda.  We stamped and stickled and used the cutest glittery leaves.  It is perfect for those great Fall photos:

The next layout is by my friend Suzanne.  She actually scraplifted it from a layout in a magazine.  I will have to get the details for you so you can look up the original.  It uses folded flowers and Technique Tuesday flower petal stamps.

 

Last, but not least, is my own layout. 

I made a red satin flower for each person.  I found several tutorials on youtube.  It is amazing what you can find on there!  Just do a search for fabric flowers! 

 I also included kraft colored file folders on the page made with a Sizzix die.  I thought each person could embellish them their way with a photo or paper or perhaps with journaling.  They open up which gives extra space!

Now, I just need to get some photos and journaling on these layouts......