Kelly's Craft Room

Wedding Cake Explosion Box

Ok.. now that the wedding is over I can show off the most awesome gift-card holder that I have ever made! My fabulously talented little sister Amanda made this explosion box as a Christmas gift for my Grandparents. Eric was so impressed that he insisted I make one for a wedding gift for his cousin Kathy. It took some time to figure out how to make a 3D wedding cake but I figured it out! The wedding colors were Tiffany blue, Black and White... so this is what I came up with:

 

The turquoise cardstock and butterfly die is from Stampin Up, the pearls are from Hobby Lobby, white and black CS and ribbon is Papertrey Ink, The "K" was cut from my Cricut (can't remember the cart...) and I used the Swiss Dots embossing folder in my Cuttlebug.

The other two gift card spots were filled by my FIL after I took the pictures, and he hand delivered the gift to the wedding. I hope that Kathy and Kel had a wonderful wedding!

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Love Banner

I have been wanting to make a banner for ages... and this weekend I finally did! The girls wanted to decorate for Valentines Day, but unfortunately I do not have much in the way of Valentines Day decor. So down to the craft room I went!

I started with a paper pack from K&Co (I think) that I got for last years Valentine Project. I cut the PP at 6 x 10, and the white CS (PTI) at 7 x 10.5. I made a mark at the center of one of the short sides and trimmed my paper from the corner to my mark making the pennant shape. It was super easy! I used my SU Scallop border punch on the CS which was a pain.. but it looks great!

The large flowers are Heidi Swapp, and the rest of the flowers and the pearls are SU. I misted the medium flower with Glimmer Mist to make it a light pink. I cut vintage sheet music with the largest Nestabilities scallop circle die (well, the largest that I own), sprayed it with a little glimmer mist and crinkled it up. The chipboard letters were painted with Tim Holtz Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabbers. I "pounced" the paint on to get the texture. The lace trim was from Wal-Mart I believe, and I have had it for quite a while.  

 

  

Check out some other Valentine ideas:

 
 
 

Winter Mini Album

At CKC Kansas City last year I bought the Maya Road mitten acrylic and chipboard albums. I finally broke them out and made a mini album with pictures of us sledding on Christmas Day.

 

 

 

 

Teacher Gifts

It took me over a week to figure out how to package the gift card for Megan's teacher. I saw the idea over at Beneath My Heart, and knew I had to try it!

It all started with a can of Pineapple, which was opened from the bottom and cleaned. I added some Hershey's Kisses and a Gift card, some patterned paper, ribbon and a little bling...

And this:

Yeah... you can see the hot glue mess that I made on the bottom of the can...

Turned into this:

I added glitter and flock to the PP with double sided sticky tape. The bottom tag says "Pull my tab".

 

I used my sewing machine.. on fabric!

This weekend I actually used my sewing machine... on fabric! It is mostly used for cards or scrapbook pages, and has only touched fabric a couple of times since I have owned it. With the cruise coming up in 10 days (yeah!!!) I had to get working on the fish extender.

A fish extender is a hanging pocket thingy used to contain little gifts that other cruisers in our cruise group (DIS Boards) will be leaving for us throughout the cruise. I could have bought one, but wanted the girls to be involved so I let them pick out the fabric. I still need to cut the dowel down and add ribbon and some trim, but the sewing is all done!

Christmas in July

Ok, I know that it is August.. but I made this in July! I have just been slacking on the blog and did not upload the pictures until now.

I loved Ali Edwards' December Daily mini album last year. Unfortunately I saw it too late to start. This year I followed her lead and set up my December Daily album in July! It is all ready for pictures and journaling... and a little embellishing of course!

Most of the supplies are from a limited edition Chatterbox Christmas kit that was sold in Sams Clubs last year. Our Sams Club did not have them, so I found someone on a message board who bought me one at their Sams Club. Unfortunately when I got it I did not really like the papers. Or the color scheme. When I was going through my Christmas tub (yep, I have a whole plastic tub full of Christmas stuff) I saw the box and decided that I was going to use it. I also cut up some acrylic, and a PTI stamp box to make the clear pages. There are also a couple of page protectors (Zutter?) scattered through the book. I used my Bind-it-all to put it all together.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paper Bow

 I decided to keep the "wrapping" simple for my Mom's birthday gift since the box is a nice printed cardboard, and just made a pretty bow! I saw this tutorial on SplitCoastStampers months ago for the paper bow, but had not yet made one. The bow coordinates with her card, of course!

The paper is Doodlebug designs, butterfly is out of scrap vellum using the SU butterfly die (for the Big Shot), American Crafts bling and Papertrey Ink ribbon are the finishing touches! 

Hybrid Wedding Gift

A co-worker recently got married, and had a small destination wedding. Last week we had a reception of sorts for them. I was asked by the organizing co-workers if I would make a recipe box for the Bride and Groom, using the wedding invite stationary. So here is my first hybrid project. The patterned paper was designed by a co-worker. She also designed the recipe cards, but I did not get a picture of them.

Other supplies used:
CS: Bazzill and Papertry Ink
Ink, Stamps and Ribbon: Papertrey Ink
Pearls (Hobby Lobby), Heart Pin (MM), Nestabilities, Embossing Powder (SU?), Letter Stickers (MM?), Misc trim

Jen's Surprise Shower Gift

Ok... This is what I was working on a few weeks ago that I couldn't share. My dear friend Jen is having Baby #2 and her Mom and Hubby organized a surprise shower for her.

I stamped on some onsies using PTI's Pallette Ink, then heat set with an iron.

Inks used were:
Raspberry Fizz, Summer Sunrise, Dark Chocolate, True Black and New Leaf

Stamp sets used were:
Out on a limb
Women of Life
Boxes Bags and Tags
Limitless Labels
2008 Holiday Tags
Around and About Sentiments
Favor it Baby

Then I decorated a PTI Egg Box to hold the onsies, and for Jen to use as a memory box later. I based it off of the bedding that they chose:

Detail of front

Top of Box

For the Egg Box I used PTIs Around and About Sentiments and Out on a Limb stamp sets
Sweet Blush CS, ran through the cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder
Ink colors: Dark Chocolate, Pure Poppy, Raspberry Fizz and Fresh Snow
Pure Poppy ribbon
"Remember" and "Memories" Rub Ons from stash (I think they are MM)
Heidi Swapp flower colored red with Glimmer Mist, stickles, MM Charm, Misc Jewel

For the card I used PTIs Out on a Limb. and the "Celebrate" sentiment from Damask Designs
Sweet Blush CS, ran through the cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder
Ink colors: Dark Chocolate, Pure Poppy, Raspberry Fizz and Fresh Snow
Pure Poppy ribbon
Fiskars border punch and stickles

I am quite proud of this set. I think that it will fit into Rachels room decor well, atleast I hope so! I based the colors off of the picture online, so I hope that I used the right shade of pink!

Another Baby Gift

Since I am on a baby gift kick this week, here is another baby gift that I made this past summer.

Sorry for the flash glare! I decorated a plain white gift bag with PTI papers and stamps.

CS/Ink/Ribbon: PTI Summer Sunrise, Spring Moss
PP: PTI Bitty Baby Blessings
Stamps: Limitless Labels, Borders and Corners, Oval
Other: Nugget Tin, Egg Box - PTI; Threading Water Border Punch - Fiskars; Oval punches- Marvy

In the egg box (only the lid is shown.. for some reason I did not take a picture of the egg box alone) I put some baby washcloths and soap along with a gift card to BRU.