SOAK UP SOME FUN - CARD

Have you ever made a card or a project that you were so tickled with that you wanted to keep it for yourself?  This was that project for me!!  However, it was for a very dear friend's birthday so I JUST had to give it to her...darn it.

The inspiration for my card came from a blog that I umm, stalk, I mean follow regularly.  Sheri of  PAPER CRAFTY'S CREATIONS is truly talented!!  She creates some of the cutest cards ever!!  When I saw THIS card on her blog, I fell in love.  I adore WHIMSIE DOODLES' images and knew that the Bubble Leah digi image would be perfect for my gift of bath goodies for my friend. 

The image was colored in with Copics. I then added a little stickles to the bubbles and some Glossy Accents to the champagne glass.  I also used A LOT of bling on this card.  If you read my previous blog post, you'll know I had to make up for the masculine card that I was forced to make. 

For the gift bag I just enlarged the image and printed it out twice.  Once on my white cardstock for coloring and again on my patterned paper for her towels and bath rug.  Oh and I added lots of bling to the bag as well.  I went a little bling crazy.

I seriously hope my friend likes this as she almost did not get it.  Don't forget to stop by Sheri's BLOG to check out all of the cuteness she has going on there. 

NAIL POLISH PENDANT

 

Is anybody else as addicted to Pinterest as I am?  OMGosh, I LOVE LOVE LOVE Pinterest!!  I love having one spot to bookmark anything and everything I could possibly want to cook, create, or buy in the near future.  I have actually created quite a few projects and tried several recipes and have had success 99.9% of the time.  Chicken Roll Ups = .1% (yuck). 

I found this clever idea on Pinterest and knew right away that I had to make one.  So simple and I think the finished product is gorgeous.  It's basically glitter nail polish on the back of a glass bauble or tile.  You then glue the bauble/tile to a necklace pendant.  The possibilities are endless when you think of all the gorgeous nail polish colors out there.  I was very happy with the end result. 

The link for the pendant tutorial can be found HERE.  The little gift box was made out of two paint sample cards.  Idea for the box also came from Pinterest and you can find the tutorial for the box HERE. If you are not familiar with Pinterest you should really consider checking it out....you don't know what you're missing.  ;)

MOTHER'S DAY CANDLES

The great thing about the blog and message board community is the sharing of talent and projects. I found the idea for these candles on the Cricut message board. Susan was kind enough to share the directions for the most gorgeous candle she had created. So I tried it myself and could not believe how simple they were to make and who could resist these cuties?

Directions:
1. Print your photograph on the BEST setting for plain old COPY paper from your printer. 2. Cut your photograph out to desired size. 3. Tear off a piece of (cooking) wax paper. 4. Place the photograph onto the candle. Right side up. 5. Place the waxed paper over top of the photograph (pulling tightly around the candle) 6. Using an embossing gun or hairdryer on HIGH, (not too close) to heat it the wax. 7. You know you're doing it right when you can see the wax melt through the picture. (It will look wet) 8. Once the whole picture has melted through, carefully peel the wax paper off. 9. Your photograph should then be inside of your candle. 10. I let mine sit for about 30 mins to cure, or you can pop it into the freezer for a few mins. 11. Now all you need to do is embellish it. P.S. You might want to buy a couple of cheap candles at the Dollar Store to practice perfecting your technique.