Simple Frame for a birthday girl

Good day crafties

Today is a special day, as it is my granddaughter's 4th birthday.  Happy birthday Miss Alexis!

I try to make something for each of my grandkids for their birthdays.  It's just a way for them to know that while I'm creating I am also thinking of them!

So let's get started:

You will need:  wood blanks, 8 magnets, paint, hot glue gun embellishment, stickers, etc.

First I started out by painting 2 of the wooden fan blades, but you need 4 of them.

She loves purple, so I went with that.

Once they were dry hot glue 2 magnets on either side of 2 of the wooden blanks and then attach 2 more magnets on top of the other magnets.  Put a drop of hot glue on each magnet and then carefully line up the other wood blank ontop of those magnets.  This will ensure them to be equally spaced.

Just tie some twine or ribbon on the top wood blank and you are set!

The other wood blank I embellished with some stickers, bling and of course one of my famous crowns.

I made the crown with my Amazing Casting Products and you can find the tutorial HERE!

Now mommy can proudly display Alexis paintings and drawings from daycare!

Now, I'm sure the other two will want me to make them each one!

With PLEASURE!

Paper Secrets 15

Good afternoon

here's my layout I did for the challenge over at PaperSecrets.  Each week we are given an assignment for a layout. I really don't care if I win the contest, it's just helping me to do more layouts that I should have done a long time ago (or some new ones in this case). If you participate and follow the guidelines you advance to the next week. We started with 27 and 10 moved onto again last week.  I will keep updating you as I go along. Who knows, I might not be able to participate one week and then I am out, but until then, I am scrapping my butt off, (they used a different word, but my blog is family friendly...hehehe
Here is the sketch:

 But I rotated it

 and this is what I did

This is what I needed to use for the challenge and 

what is in red is is what I used.

3+ photo corners (around center picture)
3+stick pins
flowers/leaves
bling (within border punch)
fabric/felt
border punch
journaling embellishment
hand or machine stitching (around title)
glitter/micro beads
ribbon/lace (golf ribbon)

I didn't care for this layout too much and I think it still needs something.  I'm not sure what, but I'm still on a roll.  It's so great to have all these layouts done this year.  I'm pretty proud of myself for sticking to it with all that I've been doing.

It's Your Day birthday card

Good morning all and Happy Birthday Lillie,


Today we should be on our 3rd day in Boundary Waters with two more days and one more night to go...Hopefully the weather has been cooperative and we aren't wet.  Years past we get at least one storm and usually it's a doozy, so keep your fingers crossed that we've had nothing but sunshine and great fishing.


Here is a quick card I made for my brother's girlfriend.  Although we've only met once (she live in a different State), I really like her and thought she might like a cupcake from me.  So Happy Birthday Lillie, I hope you have a great day!!!  Hope the card got to you just fine and know that we are thinking of you today.  This is where you can stop reading cuz now it's just technical stuff...LOL

The file is an SVG from Scrapping Table's Tea Time.  I did alter the cupcake a bit.  It had icing in the center of the cupcake, but I broke the file apart and took that out.  Then after I cut the pink layer I hand cut around the bottom and pop dotted it on top of the other layer after inking around it.  I added a Peachykeen Dolly Dumpling face and a cherry for the top also pop dotted.  The background paper is from the Birthday Scrapbook stack kit . I added the tag with a stamp from Getting Cricky's Food for Thought set and stamped it onto the sheer ribbon.  I added the sheer ribbon behind the cupcake also.  

Keep your fingers crossed we are catching fish because I might be hungry enough to want to eat this cupcake.  Although with no internet access I can't see it anyway...

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Coffee & Tea Mix & Match  

Sympathetic Sayings (Larger set)

Winged Things: Mix & Match

(Bonus frame & images)