Sunday, November 7, 2010

Aha....an update....

Man, I have been busy...so, grab a coffee or tea and sit back...this is going to be a long post.

Weddings...my nephew got married the September long weekend and I volunteered to make his wedding invitations. Surfing the internet looking at ideas I came across this website and she was a fountain of information.







These were so simple to make but man, did they really look elegant! I really suck at stamping so the sentiment and the monogram were done on my laser printer. I love the little crystal in the "H" on the monogram and I put a matching crystal in the "T" of Thank You, too. Black and white card stock was on the usual sale and I stocked up on the ribbon when it was on clearance. What was nice was that I really over bought and I got to return what I didn't need to the store (always keep your receipts, girls).

Of course, there were cards for the attendants also. Michael's wanted an arm and a leg for their dimensional stickers and I found a website (Scrapbookingcafeonline) where I got all the stickers I needed plus shipping for the price of one...yes I said one...sticker at Michael's. So...why would I ever buy a sticker there again!

My niece-in-law sent me pictures of her bridesmaid dresses and I so happened to have the exact Copic markers....so, I colored the white dress and ribbon sticker to match. This was pretty close to the flower girl dresses. I just had to add the ribbon that spanned across the width of the dress.



He is so cute! This is just a clip art I got off the internet. I colored his coat, tie and the heart with Spica pens. I added a gem for his button and two jump rings for the ring pillow.

This was another find on the internet. I was searching for tuxedo cards and came across this website. It took a bit to figure everything out...and, everyone loved their cards!

I had been reading and looking at 'explosion boxes' so...I thought I would try to make one for my nephew and niece-in-law.
 











I "borrowed" pictures from their Facebook photo album and got to work. I did two layers...one layer black and white photos and the other layer with colored photos.











The following weekend my receptionist got married. She was having a cupcake tree and I asked her if she needed cupcake wrappers, "Nope", she said. "Yes, you do", I said. When they came over on the weekend to put things together I met her and her fiance at the door with a plate. On one side was three mini cupcakes with no wrapper and three on the other side with wrappers....she got my point! Besides, I finally got to play with my Gazelle.

That was another issue...I really haven't had a chance to play with my pink machine and I was just trying to wing it. Along comes Terry Mouw from Bosskuts....without her invaluable help I would not have done this at all (even though I really, really wanted to do this).


Her cupcake tree looked so awesome! The cupcake wrappers made a huge difference and it just gave it a "finished" look.


Of course, I volunteered when she was having trouble with her printing. I scanned her wedding invitation (damask pattern) and created her wine bottle label and favor tags in the same pattern.




Now, I guess I really do not have any spare time on my hands because I offer to make her attendant cards. Back to Scrapbookingcafeonline to get more stickers. A Spellbinders Nestability Label 10, white velvet and black gems later I have this awesome card. I included the small easel stand with each one so they could stand up properly.
This sticker was identical to the flower girl dresses. It wasn't until I was at the wedding that I realized I forgot to color the ribbon black. Oh well, I managed to get one done correctly. One of the girls lost her card and was devastated. I had a spare sticker so I made her one to replace her lost one and....this time the ribbon was black!











And no, I do not sleep! At least, around this time it sure felt like it. I wanted to do another explosion box. I was surfing one day and I found this website. I picked up the Sizzix Bigz Cake Die and proceeded to put this together. I am so pleased with how it turned out!



Back to Facebook for photos again and I printed two layers...this time, all black & white. I slit one card stock layer and this made a great spot for a gift card. See the little butterfly...tug on that to get the gift card!




My friend's daughter was having a baby shower (see the Burnished Velvet heart invitations from last year) and I of course, volunteered to make the shower cards. I don't have a picture of it yet, but it is a pink version of the one I made for my daughter's baby shower. I made baby booties for party favors and I just had to make another explosion box.











This one is in the baby's nursery colors (yep, it's a girl). The pink paper used to form the sides of the box lose their detail in the process...it is embossed with little bears etc....just darling!













I think that is enough for now....my next project is wedding invitations for "Number 2" son. I made up the template and I am waiting approval from the bride. I will post them when I make the final version.
Between crafting...dealing with water in our ductwork since March...we are on a cement slab and water managed to find it's way into our floor heating vents. We finally, finally found the problem....water main leak - yeah, house insurance.

Christmas cards next weekend....man, this never ends! Have a great day.

Cat

6 comments:

Meda said...

I loved reading your post. My favorite projects were the cupcakes and the cake exploding box.
I know what you mean about not sleeping. I have a huge list trying to prioritize and then another idea pops in and I struggle hard not to abandon everything else and grab on it. So I have at least 1o unfinished projects sitting around and many more ideas fighting to be chosen and put into practice.

Jerri Jimenez said...

OH MY WORD! You have been one busy woman!! All of these are so beautiful!! I know it took you a long time to create this post . . I'm very appreciative! Totally amazing@

Jerri Jimenez said...

Oh my word!!! This is totally amazing! You have been one busy woman! I know it took a while to present this post and I am very appreciative!

Beate said...

Oh my goodness. I am getting beauty overload! All your projects look AMAZING!
Hugs and smiles

Anonymous said...

how cute! how did you make the baby booties?

Catrick said...

I just "Googled" styrofoam baby booties and tons of websites and instructions came up.

Glad you liked them!
Cat