Calorie-Free French Fry Fun

As the Mom of a small child I am constantly inspired by kid-friendly crafts, especially when it comes to creative gift packaging! Of course these sorts of projects are more for us mommies than kids and I feel truly complimented when I hear of friends "re-gifting" my creations. Originally I was inspired to give these fries to my husband for fathers day however, as fathers day is behind us I thought that this would make the perfect gift for Child's Birthday. For this project I used textured cardstock to create the illusion of curly fries and used colors that match America's favorite fast food stop. I think Ronald (McDonald, of course) would enjoy this little ditty, I know my Mommy-friends will!





Materials Used: Cardstock: Papertrey Ink Pure Poppy, Close to My Heart White Daisy, Cricut Textured Pastel Yellow; Punch: PTI Fillable Frames #1; Stamps: PTI Fillable Frames #1, PTI Enjoy the Ride, CTMH Birthday ; Ink: CTMH Sunflower; Embellies: CTMH Chipboard Stars

Embellish Color Trends Challenge

After a very, very long hiatus I am so happy to be back on the papercrafting block! I figured that I would ease myself back into the challenge game with a simple, cutesy little 3x3 mini-card. I came across the current Embellish Magazine color trends challenge, I have never participated but, have always wanted to ;) I had some CTMH scraps laying about from a banner project and since I am such a lover of all things pink, finding inspiration for this teeny tiny pick-me-up was a piece of cake! Hope you enjoy and shouts out to my 9 fabulous followers for sticking by me all this time, Love you!

Here's the Challenge......


Visit http://embellishmagazine.com/blog/ to see more or play along!

And My Little Cheese Cake Bite



Forgive me, clearly in the past year I have not been studying photography! LOL <3

Materials Used CTMH: Cardstock; white daisy, Printed Paper; "Sophia", Hemp Twine, Ink; Sunflower & White Daisy Pigment, Stamp; Many Thanks, Daisy embellie; K & Co.

Mojo Monday

For this weeks Mojo Monday sketch challenge, I decided to make a child's Birthday card. Carnival themed parties are all the rage this season so, I went with that! This card would be great for a little boy. I plan on giving it to one of my daughter's friends for their upcoming birthday!

Here's the MOJO157 Sketch

Here is my version

Hope you like it :)

Materials: Cardstock- Close to My Heart, White Daisy, Honey, Star Spangled Blue. Patterned Paper: CTMH- Jingle. Ink: CTMH: Star Spangled Blue. Stamps: Parertrey Ink- Fillable Frames #1. Dies: PTI- Fillable Frames #1, Beautiful Blooms #2. Other: Font- CTMH Applause. Brads found in Target 99 cent bin.

My Monday Mommy Craft- A Colorful Gift for a Teacher

A special shout out to all of you fabulous women who will spend today carrying around a diaper bag, rather than a briefcase, who's board-meetings take place in the playground, who may not get a lunch break or even a closed-door bathroom visit! We may not necessarily "go" to work but, we work very hard nonetheless! This crafts for you!

My role as a full-time Mom is a constant source of inspiration for all sorts of craft projects from party decorations to altered art for our home as well as gifts. With the new school year upon us, I wanted to share a cute and thrifty craft that would make a perfect gift for a teacher! The crayons were purchased at a Back to School sale, I used 2 packs and all other materials I had on-hand, so I spent a grand total of 0.55, including tax! Gotta love that! Enjoy!
Place dots on container a few at a time in a line. Carefully place crayons onto the box making sure that they are in line with each other and with the bottom of the container.

A naked finished product.

I embellished with just a brightly colored bow, I wanted to keep the extras to a minimum because the project itself is already so colorful. You can add your pens and it's ready to use or wrap-up for your child's teacher!

Materials Needed:
- 1 small gift box or container. (Use one that you have stashed away in your home, the box will be covered so even a shabby one will do!)
- 1-2 boxes of Crayons, depending upon circumference or area of your container, you may need more.
- Glue dots or a hot glue gun.
- A ribbon to embellish

Gift Wrapping with Heart

I decided to pop-in at nearly the 11th hour and submit this cutesy gift project in the CTMH Heart 2 Heart Challenge. The requirements were, use one Close to My Heart Sentiment in your submission. To be honest, I started this gift tag for my crayon craft project which I have posted on my facebook page however, it just didn't fit so, rather than trash it, I decided to make a "thank you" gift project to go along with my tag. This is a perfect way to dress-up a simple hostess gift, if you are a consultant or, just to add a little pop to an otherwise simple gift for that super special crafter in your life! Check out the Heart 2 Heart blog to participate or, just be nosy! :) Enjoy your Sunday!

Materials: (All CTMH unless otherwise noted). Gift Packaging- Cardstock: Heavenly Blue, White Daisy. Stamp: Thank You. Ink: Creme Brulee. Other: CTMH white grosgrain ribbon, Natural Hemp Cord, Circle Punch, Scalloped punches by Martha Stewart.
(Tag) Cardstock: White Daisy, Tulip, Hydrangea, Sunflower, Buttercup. B&T: Splendor. Ink: Tulip, Black. Other: Buttercup craft buttons, EK success bitty butterfly punch.

Playdate Cafe Challenge #47

Hey there, welcome to my tiny corner of the papercrafting eUniverse! I'm still finding my way through this blogging fiasco so, please bear with me...... I guess this is where I tell you all about me, family, dogs, the number of cups of coffe I drink per day etc., etc. It isn't quite that simple, to be completely honest, I'm kind of "all over the place," ya know? My papercrafting is no exception, as far as I can tell my "signature" style is pretty much undefined, I have been known to OD with pinks, ribbon and buttons, I also enjoy creating ultra-clean & simple cards, use oragami, incorporate fabrics and design paper flowers as well. One thing's for sheezy, I sure do LOVE me some color!!!!!

My First Post is for the Playdate Cafe Color Challenge. What I realized this afternoon while I was designing was that I am very heavily inspired by music. Hmmmmm.... Most everything I create is related to a song that I have in mind for whatever reason. This is an out of the box challenge and I wanted to create something that illustrates the rebel factor. What could be more opposite of the norm than PUNK? There is this song that I love, love, love, straight out of 1988 called "Punk Rock Girl," by the Dead Milkmen. It's the the quirkiest teenaged love song that you've ever heard, here's the first verse:

One saturday I took a walk to Zipperhead, I met a girl there and she almost knocked me dead,
Punk Rock Girl, Please look at me
Punk Rock Girl, What do you see?
Let's travel round the world, just you and me Punk Rock Girl

Anyway, I Hope you dig my card, I had a lot of fun making it, thanks for stopping by:)


Here is the color combo for this weeks PDCC

Materials Used: Cardstock: Close to My Heart Black, White Daisy, Tulip, Splendor. Tools: Tim Holtz Alterations "Rays." Stamps: CTMH You Rock, Vintage USA, Delightful Alphabet. Inks: CTMH Black, Splendor. Other: CTMH Holiday Rub-on sheet in Juniper, silver brad and clear sparkles.