Boo-tiful craft for all seasons

There are several word variations for this sign. Check them out here.

Rainbow Cupcakes

I love how cute these are. If only they were chocolate...mmm...


Thanks Our Best Bites! Apparently I really like their recipes, get this one here.

Make Your Own Argyle

I love argyle print and I can think of a shirt of two of Madie's that would benefit from this addition :)
Lu Bird Baby has a tutorial here.

Popcorn Recipes

***Update: I made the first one (the cinnamon bun popcorn) and it was so super easy and delicious!***

I think I like popcorn more than I realized...as long as it is covered in chocolate (or sugar)! Like this...

and this...

and this (all courtesy of Our Best Bites).

Umbrella Card

Wouldn't this make an adorable baby shower invite? Instructions here.

Scratch off lottery ticket

I have no idea when I would ever need to know how to make my own scratch off lottery tickets, but I want to know that I have the instructions some place safe, just in case. I found this here.

Ruffle Skirt

The more I look at craft blogs the more I want to learn how to sew. That way I could make adorable things like this (found here).

Bookmark

Obviously this wouldn't be for myself (since I'm not much of a reader), but I think it would make a cute gift. I found it here.

Pumpkin Topiary

How pretty are these? I've seen these on several blogs...such as here and here.

Glowing Jack-O-Lanterns

I like this version...

and this version (both from Not So Idol Hands).

Leaf Balls

Someday I will, hopefully, have enough money to make all of the fun crafty decorations and what not that are currently making their way from my over-crowded "favorites folder" to this blog.
Like these leaf balls from Joys of Home, found here.

Cardboard box oven

How cute is this play oven made out of a cardboard box?!  (found here, thanks Martha!)
I'm totally going to make one for Madie...one of these days. However, there are a few things I plan on doing differently. I'll show you my changes once they're done.

Candy Corn Cake

***Update: I made my own version using lemon cake mix (eliminating the need to dye part of the cake mix yellow). It was cute but I didn't freeze the bottom layer before pouring on the orange layer. Yeah, you definitely want to do that! Maybe next year I'll be brave enough to try their orange flavored version.***

How cute is this cake?!?! Recipe found here.

Halloween Treat Bucket

Kristi showed me this cute treat bucket (found here) and so we decided to do our own version for our girls this year.

After a trip to the dollar store (for the bucket) and the ribbon store and about $5 later, this is what I came up with:

It's Baby Time

So I went to a baby shower for my cousin's wife yesterday. My mom and I were wrapping all of the gifts for her and when we finished she said, ok card girl go make us some cards. So I made three - one for my gift, one for my mom's and one for the gift from my sisters.

I think the last one is my favorite. Yes, I have made one very similar to the purple one before...I think it is amazing how different a card can look just by changing the colors.

Sweet Birthday

Check out this cute birthday card (the inside says "May your birthday be as sweet as you")

I used The More the Merrier stamp set (which you can only get as a hostess, so let's book your party!) and colored in the cupcakes with the Stampin' Pastels.

Hip-hippo-ray!

So I think I finally get how to use the blender pens with the Stampin' Pastels and boy do they make it nice! Can I just say how much I love the Stampin' Pastels?! You get all 48 of the Stampin' Up! colors plus black, white and gray for only $24.95! It is such an affordable way to get a bunch of colors.

You could use this super cute hippo card for a baby shower (just use blue instead of pink and it works for boys too) or a baby's birthday or just anytime you want to congratulate someone! I love the embossed diamond lines (I used the raised side, but stay posted for a way to use the card with the lines indented for a faux tile look) and the darker pink circles, which I just used some VersaMark on extra of the base pink paper and punched out with my hole puncher. The VersaMark is also one of my favorite things out of the Stampin' Up! catalog, not only do I love what it does but it is priced to sell at only $7.50. I haven't seen it for under $9 at the local craft stores.

Close up of the hippo detail. Isn't she so cute?!?!
Here you can see the texture of the card.

Christmas??? In July???

So I made this snowman card the other day and while I think that it is cute (and I really like the snow effect on the bottom) I just think it is too early for Christmas cards. Maybe because it is 110 degrees in the afternoons???

The snowmen are heat embossed and for the snow at the bottom I just ran a blender pen (or a paint brush, whatever you have) along the side of my white craft stamp pad (it would probably be easier if I had the refill and could just pour some of that out) and then swirled it onto the card.

This stamp comes from one of the hostess sets, so you can only make cards with these super cute snowmen if you host a party of your very own!

For some reason my card is sideways...

You can really see how textured the snow is at the bottom.

Card for Friday's Party

I wanted to post a preview of the card we will be making at the party I'm hosting on Friday, just in case anyone planning to attend wants to know what's in store. I think it is so cute, and it is simple, but not boring (you can't really tell from the picture, but the image is embossed).

First Stampin' Up! Party

I had my first Stampin' Up! party on Saturday and it went well. Here is the card that we made: