Sweet Sixteen Birthday Presents

HI everyone,

I've been so busy helping my friend with her daughter's birthday party.  It's been amazing!  Today's the big day! The ballroom looks beautiful and we are excited!

Today I made her two little goodies.  The first is my card and the second is a little purse so that my sister can give her a gift card or money.  Both are from Forever Young cartridge.  Hope you like.  I'll share the recipe below:

This is the Think Happy Thoughts set from Stampin Up.
 I used a brad for the center of the flower and liquid pearls to add dimension.
The black circle has stickles on it to make it shiny.

This is the purse on page 64 of Forever Young.
I did it "fit to page" and then scored it on the fold marks.
If you hit shift and Purse you will get the inset.
I had to make it larger for the effect I wanted.  

This is a really cool sticker/jewel from Michael's $1 bin. 

Card base is Basic Gray from Stampin Up.
The first layer is White Georgia Pacific card stock cut at 4 1/8 x 5 3/8.
I used a Martha Stewart corner punch to make it round.
I also put it through the Happy Birthday embossing folder on my Cuttlebug.
I took some pink chalk and gave it a little pink hue
The purse is cut at 3".  The shadow is black recollections paper from JoAnn's.
The pink is Melon Mambo from Stampin Up. I used swiss dots embossing folder from the cuttlebug.
The damask paper is from the JoAnn's paper area.
I used a flower from Daisy Doodles and used liquid pearls "Platinum" for the center.  

Baseball Jersey

My friend wants to create shadow boxes for all of the baseball players.  They are true Warriors and are great Christian young men, growing up to transform Society for God's glory.  As a start to the project, I created this little baseball jersey so that it mirrors what the real one looks like. Here's a pic of the real one and a pic of my mini jersey. The little one is cut at 3" from Everyday Paper Dolls.  I used Liquid Pearls and stickles to do the colors.  The FB are from Plantin School Book.  I colored it in with a red gel pen. 

Cheer Banquet

Hi friends!

It's been a couple of crazy days around our house.  I was busy last night making some quick invitations for the end of year Cheerleading Banquet.  My niece is a cheerleader.  Our squad is national champs in the FCC.  We are so proud of our girls.  As I explained earlier, our school is closing so we want to send them off with a huge glow-in-the-dark banquet. It's going to be great!!! 

I made these invitations using the megaphone on Everyday Paper Dolls.  The scallop is from gypsy wanderings.  I had to play with it some on the gypsy to make sure the megaphone would fit. I used Diamond stickles to accent.  The paper is an awesome glossy paper from a DCWV paper pack.  The background paper is from Hot off the Press.  It's so beautiful.  I buy my regular base at WalMart from Georgia Pacific. It saves me a lot of money! 

*I can't get it to rotate. Sorry. 

I hope you like my creation. 

Baby Shower Goodies

My little friend, Martha, is having a baby next month.  My sister and I are helping her organize her baby shower. I've been busy making invitations and papercrafting.  Last night I learned how to make rosettes using the Martha Stewart score board. Fun!  I got it for my birthday from my BFF.   I thought it wouldn't be a bad idea to make corsages...so I did.  I also made little bibs that say "Thank you for sharing with us" in Spanish.  They are going to go over water bottles.  The baby shower is at a park...so it's gonna be hot hot HOT in Miami next weekend.

For the little rosette, I just put a button.  My plan is to use a crown charm.  But you get the idea.  I used Stampin up  DSP. The ink is chocolate chip.

Photo Holder

I have been dying to make an oversized photo holder . I love to check out Kerry's blog.  She has an amazing talent...she's just awesome.  I can't say enough.  Anyhow, she had some of these photo holders she made and I was dying to try it out. I found 4 on ebay for $2 and I decided to give it a whirl.  The one I created is for a young lady, Grace, who graduates from high school this year.  I thought it would be a nice gift that she can take with her to school.

The stamp is a stampin up sentiment.  I only used the graduation cap. The rest of it says "hats off".  The grace stamp is one I got on ebay.  I used SU paper for the scallop (2") and the circles are 1 3/8" and 1 1/2".  The silver is a paper I picked up at JoAnns.  The black and silver paper is also JoAnns.  I used stickles (diamond) on the hearts to give it a little punch.  You know I love bling.  I can't ever leave anything basic.

I sure hope she likes it.

I also learned how to make rosettes tonight...so I'll post a pic tomorrow.

TTFN!

Dorcas

Another Blog Award - YAY!!!

This is my second Versatile Blogger Award.  I am so honored!  The wonderful ladies who awarded me are:
1. Arlene at waterdots
2. Kim at http://snippetsoflife-kim.blogspot.com/


They are both amazing.  
Rules are
1. Thank the person(s) who gave it to you
2. Tell 7 things about yourself
3. Pass it on to 15 bloggers (this is gonna be hard for me)


Here we go:

1. I was a vocal performance major in college, but I have stage fright...so I haven't sang in public in ten years.
2. I am in love with Jon Bon Jovi and Chayanne.
3. I met my husband on match.com.  Try it...it works!!  I am spoiled rotten.
4. I live in South Florida but would rather be living in the South somewhere.
5. I know just about every song and lyrics.  My husband's favorite game is Name That Tune. He loves to TRY to stump me...no can do.  (Unless it's classic rock...not too good at that).  
6. My kids are eleven months apart.  Yes, 11 months...no, not on purpose. Actually, my husband was supposedly not able to have kids when we got married.  Surprise!!!!
7. I am a Christian and I believe that your faith can really carry you in times of struggle. 

Now on to my 15 selections: (I agree that this is a little hard to do, but it does help to make new friends and get new people to visit your blog. I hope you all play along). 

1. Liz - http://mywhichcraft.blogspot.com/

2. Deborah - http://scrappybeads.blogspot.com/

3. Katie - http://katieoscreations.blogspot.com/

4. Kimberly-http://canadiancraftcorner.blogspot.com/

5. http://mypassion4scrappin.blogspot.com/

6. Lu - http://craftingwithlu.blogspot.com

7. Ceci - http://cecygarcia.blogspot.com/

8. Linda - http://smilin2.blogspot.com/

9. uh-oh...gotta run I hear the kids fighting over the wii.

Blog Candy

Okay two posts in one night.  You can tell I'm procrastinating on my accounting work, huh?  HA!!!  Well, i just had to post this blog candy over at Angelwoods Crafting Corner.  She has an amazing giveaway.