Birthday Cake Explosion Box Gift Set!

Check out this fabulous project over at Craft Project Central today!

Designed by Amanda

This beautiful gift set will have you all ready to give a fabulous birthday gift!  The gift box is an explosion box that has a cute birthday cake in the middle and a pocket in each box side that can hold a gift card or a note.  The gift bag is perfect for those slightly larger gifts an the matching card has you ready for your next birthday party! 

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Touch a Truck!

Good Monday morning!

It's time for a new scrap sketch over at MDS Monday and I'm your hostess this week!

Last month my mother-in-law and hubby took the kids to a super fun event that runs here annually. The "Touch a Truck" event is hugely popular around here and gives kids the opportunity to get up close and personal with a lot of equipment and trucks that are otherwise not accessible to them.

This is a very simple page in that there are no 'tricks'; just straightforward embellishments and letting the pictures do the talking. I used a lot of chevrons, as you can see, as they always remind me of tire treads.

Check out the sketch:

Why don't you swing on by and come play with us? The challenge is open for two weeks and the rest of the design team has created some fabulous pages as inspiration.

Thanks for stopping by today!

-Tara
xox

Craft Project Central!

Hello everyone,

Check out these gorgeous projects over at Craft Project Central!

Designed by Monika

Make this cool little mini album out of one sheet of Designer Paper!  The size makes it perfect to take with you in your hand bag to show off your favorite pictures or tuck special notes in.  The decorated gift bag is the perfect way to present this sweet little album as is the matching card.  This project makes for a fun Stamp Camp or class project!

Designed by Niki

The new Tag a Bag gift boxes are great for gifts and treats but are so versatile that you can use them for many other things!  For this project the gift boxes are turned into organizational boxes to organize your Baker’s Twine and/or Washi Tape!  This project is a great class project as well!  Everyone will want to fill their boxes with new Twines and Tapes!

Designed by Regina

A mini travel album is the perfect way to save photos and memorabilia from a special trip and to keep special notes and give a written account of the events about the trip!  There is plenty of space for photos and journaling in this mini album, and there are pockets to hold memorabilia.  One thing that’s needed for ever trip is a suitcase, and this mini travel album has its own suitcase cover, which would be a perfect way to present the album to someone who is getting ready to take a special trip.  Several of these suitcases could be placed on a shelf and there’s plenty of space on the closed end of the cover to attach an identifying label!

Designed by Julie

Are you ready for summer?  This sweet little Beach Bag is comfortably packed with four By the Tide note cards.  It would make a great little gift to get anyone in the mood for summer!  Or host a class and invite some friends to come over and make the set with you! Project also includes instructions for the tag to put on a candy favor!

Please stop by their blogs and leave them some love on their fabulous projects.

-Tara

xox

Sweet Baby for Dynamic Duos!

This week at Dynamic Duos we are playing with my absolute favourite colour combo - Sahara Sand and Pink Pirouette.

These colours screamed baby to me, so I softened it up and went girly :)

I wanted to use the alphabet embossing folder, but I wanted it to be a little more subtle, so after running through the Big Shot, I ran my bone folder over it a few times to 'flatten' the embossing a bit. For the bottom, I cut strips of Pink Pirouette DSP and Sahara Sand cardstock (embossing with the Polka Dot embossing folder) and alternated them.

The lamb is stamped and then cut out using one of the fabulous new Chalk Talk framelits. The die cut was a bit big for my image (I thought) so I cropped it by running it through again and taking off about 1/4-1/2" of one side.

Check out the fab combo this week :)

We'd love to see you play along! Come out and check out all the other fab cards from the Design Team! :)

Thanks for stopping by today!

-Tara
xox

Natural Colour Combo at The Friday Mashup!

Good Friday morning, friends!

It's time for a fabulous new challenge at The Friday Mashup - Holly has an absolutely gorgeous colour combination for us, and has asked us to throw in a nature theme as well. Umm... OK!

As if the challenge wasn't awesome enough - wait until you see the inspiration photo. I took tons of inspiration from the photo and used it in my card.

The barnboard background was made by running a piece of Smoky Slate through the woodgrain embossing folder. I then cut vertical strips of approximate 1/2" and then willy-nilly horizontal snips. It's barnboard, there is no way it can be perfect :)

Those of you who have been around here awhile know that I love feathers. I opted for feathers instead of flowers in most of our wedding decor, and the Fine Feathers stamp set was the very first one on my list with the last catalogue.

I made this card while hanging out with a lovely friend of mine, so I snagged one of her embossing folders that I don't own. It's fun playing with other people's stuff - once you get over the "do you have this?" and "where can I find that?", hahaha.

Check out the challenge this week:

1. Create a project using the colors "Pool Party, Crisp Cataloupe, Calypso Coral & (Smoky Slate or Soft Suede)".
2. Create a project with a "Nature Theme". 
3. Or Mash it Up and create a "Nature Themed project using the Challenge Colors".

So, what do you think you'll make with these fab colours?

Thanks for stopping by today!

-Tara
xox

July Project at CPC + BLOG CANDY!

Hello!

I'm super excited to share my July project for Craft Project Central with you all today.

Hosting a party can be exciting and nerve-wracking all at once. Decor is a breeze with this simple yet elegant set from beginning to end with the invitation, bunting, centrepieces and guest favors. Delight your friends and family with a classic garden party this summer!

Some details of the individual pieces:

The invitation has its very own built-in save-the-date card! Stick a magnet on the back so that your guests can put it on the fridge, or leave it as is to be used as a bookmark!

Centrepieces can be filled with water/sand and candles or freshly picked flowers from the garden!

Your imagination is the limit for the guest favour baskets. Fill with seeds, recipes from some of the items on the menu or special little treats. I used some light cookies and strawberries. 

And last but not least, the special touch of a matching bunting. Simple and elegant - this bunting is sure to delight on the food table or hanging from some trees!

!!BLOG CANDY ALERT!!

As always, if you leave a comment on this post your name will be entered into a draw to win a free subscription to July at Craft Project Central! You'll get instructions for 10 beautiful projects!

Simple rules:

1. Comment moderation has been turned off for the duration of the blog candy. 

Anonymous comments will be allowed during this time.

2. Start commenting now :) Deadline for leaving a comment to be entered into the draw is 

Tuesday, July 16th at 11:59PM EST. 

3. I will be using random.org to select the winner and will post on 

Wednesday evening at 6:00PM EST.

Thank you for visiting today! I hope you enjoy the project :)

-Tara
xox

Digital Punch Art!

Since it's "Digital Tuesday", I thought I'd come back once more and share some more digital fun - digital punch art!

Ostrich 

I used a 'real' punch art photo online as the source.

Lion 

This one I used the one I had made a couple months ago for my "jungle-in-a-box" project.

I've been wanting to try digital punch art for a very long time now, and finally got around to doing it. I was rather surprised at how quickly these little cuties can be whipped up! The 'global search' feature and I became very well acquainted during this time too!

Thanks for stopping by today!

-Tara
xox