Popcorn Box Thinlits with Sweet Stack

A little play with the Popcorn Box, the 3 little ones were altered into basket, milk carton & box with lid by Donna Griffin from Stampin Up!'s home office, it's great being able to do much more with this die.

Butterfly Birthday Party

 The theme for my daughters 13th Birthday was Butterflies. Colours Caostal Cabana, Calypso Coral & Gold.
The party favors were so simple, some lollies in a sealable C6 cello bag, cinched in the middle with a peg covered in washi tape with a die cut butterfly attached, the back a stamped thank you.
I love the butterfly branch that was the centrepiece for the main table.
I embellished some pretty paper straws with butterflies like I did here. Also used for the tea bags.
The cute candle was put together using some pieces I had left over & it looked so sweet with a little more than just washi tape, which is what I normally do with tea lights.
The party had to include some crafting so this year the girls took instant photo's with the frames we altered (a little help from my dear friend Louey) to use on an easel card, a lovely momento, keepsake.

Fathers Day Favors

Super quick & super cute for the dads having lunch with us today. It took me 15mins to pop these together.
Retired DSP stack, this size is great for the sour cream favor. I just love the mustache framelit, perfect for many projects & here it adds the perfect embellishment.

Moonlight gift bag

I love these little pouches made with just one sheet of Designer Series paper stack, each sheet measures 11.4 x 16.5 cm & you get 48 assorted sheets, this one is from Moonlight, item 133701 $11.95.

Its simple just score the long side at 1, 3, 4, & 6" & the short side at 1", cut the smallest square away & up all the other 1" score lines, this creates the bottom flaps of the box. 

The closure is a 2" wide piece of CS it fits into the tag topper punch x 2 3/4" scored at 1 1/2". punch the shorter end & glue the other to the back of the pouch, the peg holds the pouch closed.

I love the silver thread spray out of the button, which is from the Silver bakers twine, I just pulled the silver away from the twine, folded it a few times, inserted into the button holes & tied a knot to secure, cut the loops & voila!

Teya's 12th Birthday invites

 In between my nieces wedding in Sydney, new carpet & painting going on at home (my craft room half packed away) I had to get Teya's invites made, I had my order still packed in the box it arrived in so I whipped these up with what I had, I was thrilled with how they turned out.
Ingredients:
Banner Blast SAB stamp set & coordinating punch, Sweet Sorbet DSP also a free SAB product & some Gold Bakers Twine from the new Occasions catalogue. Colours are Basic Black, Crisp Cantaloupe & Pool Party, stamped images also use Pistachio Pudding & Summer Starfruit ink.
I asked my dear friend & team member Tracey M to whip up some cupcakes & wow they were so pretty, she also made up the lolly party favors for Teya, who was so delighted & grateful. Thank you Tracey for helping us out & creating such beautiful sweet treats!

Bridal Shower

My nieces Coastal Cabana & Strawberry Slush Bridal Shower.
Invites, Cake, favours, flowers, toppers & tags all came together beautifully.
Slices of cake were for the game prizes & are filled with Crabtree & Evelyn hand creams (bottom layer) & mini nail lacquer (middle layer) & the top layer has a special little gift for the Bride to be.
Dress lip balms were for guest thank you favours & bottles/jars ready for flowers & pics of them filled scattered around the house. The tea pot cake was made by Marina's very talented future SIL Anna.

 

Mini Muslin bags

Stampin' Up! have released beautiful mini muslin bags, 8 for $16.95, gorgeous favors can be made using these with a little stamping alone or adding ribbon & embellishments like I did here. The top one is a sample for an upcoming wedding, stamp set is "One in a million". Wheeled in crumb cake ink is "Viola's Lace" with a strip of 1/8" Taffeta Bermuda Bay ribbon & a dyed Flower trim (retired) but I have a couple of packs. The bottom one I made a boo boo stamping but was excited that I did because I will use lighter ink pads as well now, here's why, I washed off the ink & being inpatient couldn't wait for it to dry completely so I stamped on it while it was still damp & the ink looks much darker & will dry that way, more true to colour (you can see the image is darker towards the bottom which was the area was still damp). I used "Chalk Talk" stamp set in Soft Suede & Crisp Cantaloupe & adhered the Ruffled Ribbon along the top stitching this time & added the heart to finish.

Straw Toppers

 How adorable & super quick & easy. Making these for a Birthday party adds a cute but wow factor to those milkshakes & juices served. Straws & bottles are readily available at most party shops & online.
Punches are from Stampin' Up! Elegant Butterfly $27.95 127526 & Bitty Butterfly $27.95 129406 you can call or email me to order these or go straight to my online ordering shop now button on the right sidebar.

Teya's Party Favours

 I was so sad to see the Fancy Favor die retire but will still be using for party favors. These I made for Teya's birthday, they turned out super cute & I even made cupcake pop tops & they turned out delightful & were so yummy, I baked a basic chocolate cake & added enough Nutella to get the right consistency to put in the mold, I'm not keen on the non baked variety & nutella being a staple item in our pantry as Teya loves it we thought it would work nicely & it did. I attempted to make leopard print cupcakes & hand painted the hearts but they did not turn out as expected, the icing did not set hard enough & the hearts started to melt when I placed them on the cupcakes, they were yummy & the girls thought they were amazing so the time spent creating them was worth it in the end.

International Bazaar inspired party & Lolly Buffet

Paper Flowers in little bottles were on each setting of 6 & guests could take them home.

Rosettes hang on the front panel of the table cloth

Candy Cones

Take home Candy cello bag toppers

Personalized bunting on the cake table