Showing posts with label Table Favor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Table Favor. Show all posts

Monday, September 15, 2014

Magnolia Luminary

 Greetings everyone.  Photo heavy post ahead! Did I ever mention how in love with the Tim Holtz Sizzix Luminary die I am.  This is the third themed one I have posted and yet I still have another one waiting in the wings.
 This was made for someone special.  It has already been sent out and received with a supply of tea light from the dollar store.  All the deep pink roses on this creation were made from punches.
 This is the Luminary from the back. The fence is another sizzix die.  The Magnolia Tilda stamps were colored with Copic markers.
The little clock is Recollection.  The leaves are another Sizzix die.  The Butterfly, a Martha Stewart punch.
 All the stamps were covered with glossy accents so that they would have some bulk and durability to them for this project.
 
 The Luminary was mounted on top of a Laughing Cow Cheese box and then on top of a candlestick.  The candlestick is then again attached to a 4-1/4 x 4-1/4 inch piece of wood.
Thank you so much for stopping by today.  Hope this brings inspiration to you for your own Luminary Die creations.  It's a wonderful die to have in your collection.  I will have another one to show you soon.  Happy Crafting!!!  See you soon.
Challenges Entered:
Marvelous Magnolia Challenge
Simply Magnolia

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

3D Pumpkin-Scalloped Spellbinder Tutorial

Hello everyone! As promised from the Midnight Madness Blog Hop, I am going to show you how to make these adorable pumpkins so that you can make them in time for Thanksgiving to have for your table place settings to impress your guest!For 1 (one) pumpkin you are going to need the following material.
1 sheet of your choice of orange card stock (1 sheet will yield 12 scallops-you need 11 scallops for 1 pumpkin
Scraps of brown and green cardstock for leaves and stem
1 scallop spellbinder nestie, I used the next size down from the largest- it measures approx. 3-1/2 inches end to end.
Distress Ink-I used tea dye
A small brush to apply distress ink
Some type of instrument to roll your cardstock- I have a piercing tool here, or a toothpick works well.
Any leaf punch from your collection (you can see mine has really been loved...LOL)
Paper trimmer
Glue Runner
Any kind of bottled glue
Optional-Cuttlebug embossing folderYou will need to cut your 12 x 12 orange card stock into four (4) - 3" strips.Run your cardstock through the cuttlebug with the scalloped die cut. You will run lengthwise and get three cuts per strip. Cut 11 scallops.
It is optional to emboss the pieces, it's up to you. For the blog hop pumpkin, I did not emboss. I left them plain. You can fit two per folder as shown here.I distress inked all the edges of my scallops (total of 11) with a brush. I like to have control of the ink so that is why I used the brush. It's just a matter of preference.Once you have your scallops distressed, you are going to fold all of these scallops in half. Make sure that they are truly in half. You are going to fold these with the raised embossing and the distress inking to the inside of the fold so that it will show in the end result to the outside.Now we are going to start to assemble all of these scallops!Run you tape at along the folded end and start putting your folded scallops one on to of the other. Be sure to use your tape on each one and line them up evenly.It should look like this once your get them all lined up together.Now take the top and the bottom and join together as seen above. Run some tape as close to the edge as possible and seal.You see it starting to take shape here nicely. Tape each of the 11 loose ends together.Here is another close up where you see I am taking my time to line them up nicely so that the scallops will match.Once you get all the loose petal attached we are going to flip the pumpkin to the bottom and cut out the middle scallop, this makes the bottom flat and will allow your pumpkin to stand straight.

Now we are going to make the stem, curly vines, and leaves. You are going to cut a piece of scrap brown approx. 1 inch by 3", wrap around your toothpick tightly, tape the end and secure the roll, place some glue on the end and push it down into the middle hole of your pumpkin and leave about 5/8" showing.Cut your scrap green cardstock about 1/4"-1/2" x 4" and roll on a toothpick.Take the end of each of the curly vine and glue one on either side of the stem.Cut out two leaves and glue opposite the vines on either end.And here is your end product. I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial. If you use my tutorial, I would love to see a picture of your pumpkin. I would be happy to come and visit you at your blog or the place where you pictures are hosted. Just leave me a comment on my blog at Chocolate Crafts and Bears Oh My and I will visit. Thank you all for all the wonderful comments regarding this little pumpkin from the blog hop, it was so nice to see how much you enjoyed it and I am happy to help you make your own!

Hugs,
Carol

Friday, October 16, 2009

Prowling at the 1st Midnight Madness Blog Hop

Welcome

Welcome to Prowling at the 1st Midnight Madness Blog Hop. Here at Midnight Madness we are celebrating "you" our players and welcoming those of you who are new with a fun and exciting blog hop. We have TWENTY FIVE exciting prizes to give away. As a matter of fact, here is the list of how we are giving away these prizes:

One Grand prize random drawing valued at $100
350th BRAND NEW Sketch Player SPECIAL Prize valued at $50
11 "Cards from the Crypt" (picked by our DT members from MMSC archives)
12 random Package winners drawn

You have until Tuesday, October 20, 2009 12 p.m. Midnight EST to leave your name in Mr. Linky at Priscilla's Midnight Madness Blog to be eligible for the prizes. Prize winners will be notified at the end of the week.

If you would like to be entered for the prizes and you DO NOT have a blog, you still can participate. You will have to follow these directions below:

1. Leave a comment on the Midnight Madness Blog Hop comment section with your email address, first name and last name initial.
2. Link up to Mr. Linky with first name and last name initial and in the URL space enter this address http://priscillastyles.blogspot.com/

In order to have a chance at winning any of the prizes, you must gather a secret phrase along the Blog Hop. Each Design Team Member will have a particular word or words listed on their blog and as long as you visit them in order, you will have the secret phrase at the end. If you are picked as a Prize winner you will be contacted by email and you must email back the secret phrase WITHIN 48 HOURS to claim your prize. If by any chance the 350th BRAND NEW player or any of the "Cards for the Crypt" winners are not claimed, then those prizes will be added to the random winners drawn. To start off, you must begin at Priscilla's Midnight Madness Blog! If you have not started there, I suggest you go back and begin again...you don't want to miss out on the Prizes! If you have arrived from Carolyn's Creative Card Corner, then you are on the correct course. If you want a chance to win you will have to follow the instructions listed above. Thank you and have fun on the Hop!





Meet the Midnight Madness Design Team

Let's get to know each other! I would love for you to leave me a comment and tell me about yourself.

I get my best ideas for crafting just right before I fall asleep. I usually always have a diet cream soda on my table in the summer or a pot of Mango Mandarin tea in the winter and some kind of chocolate.
I can definitely not live without my cuddlebug!
As an ultimate craft project, I once built a log home in Preston Connecticut
At a yard sale I would do back flips if I found old Stampin Up sets for $2 each!
My money saving secrets are to use those Michael and JoAnn coupon's faithfully!!! Never pay full price for anything!
My philosophy when I was younger was to find a man to marry who would make me laugh. With everyday stress of sick children, bills to pay, cars breaking down, losing jobs, and trying to make ends meet-if you marry someone who can make you laugh-then you can get through anything!
I would be able to survive in the wilderness because I am a hiker and a backpacker.
My Dad is my hero, he was the most patient, loving, patriotic, and hard-working person I ever knew!


Cards from the Crypt



I have chosen a card from MMSC #20 by Kym Weber at Nana's Keepsakes. I thought this card was a perfect interpretation of the sketch and is unique with the "Football" theme. The faces on the football embellishments really tickled me and the background embossing looks like a football. A really delightful masculine card! Thanks Kym for sharing your creative talents with us.



Welcome to My Birthday Party

Hello, come in. So nice you could come to my Birthday party. This is what greets you in my Foyer when you come through our door. I am so happy you could come to my Party and help me celebrate!

It looks like some of my friends have already arrived. They are so happy to meet you. Please sit down and take a seat right next to me.

This is a boxed cake-favor cake that holds chocolate cake bonbons for you to take home and enjoy once the party is over.
I will let you in on a secret. This is the first cake I have ever made. I was not sure it was going to turn out. So as not to waste all my precious card stock (I have been laid off you know), I decided to use discarded CD Label envelopes that are similar in weight and size of an Express Mail envelope from the post office. They are scraps my husband saved me when I was looking around for scrap cardboard to make templates for my paper piecing patterns. They were white on the inside and perfect for this!!!! So I cut my templates out of those and dry embossed them with the swirl folder through my cuddlebug.

I made a little pumpkin to place on everyone's plate. This was made with Scallop nestablities. I used the next size down from the largest one. I cut eleven of them, sponged with Rangers distress ink and assemble by folding and adhering. I had just enough of this orange card stock left over from last years Halloween cards that I sent to my family. The stem is just some scrap card stock rolled and glued in the middle accented by a couple punched leaves and some strips of card stock I curled on a tooth pick. The leaves on the napkins were made with scrap card stock with the leaf shapeabilities, sponged with Rangers distress ink and adhered to the raffia.

Aren't these flowers absolutely gorgeous? These are from Fred She Said from her Whirly Flower line. There are approximately 100 flowers and leaves in this elegant creation. I sponged all of these flowers and leaves and assembled them on the cake. The topiary have also been made from recycled items. I wanted to make sure I didn't go over my budget for this party. The flower pots are 4" and were 80 cents each at Lowe's. I have a whole box of foam balls from old Christmas Ornaments that I took the satin off years ago and just kept the Styrofoam. I know you know how expensive Styrofoam has gotten. So go comb those yard sales for ornaments that people are trying to get rid of. I just took two 3" balls for the top and used three 4" balls. The third one was cut in half to used in the pot. My husband had left over dowel rods in his garage that I just inked up. I used three flower punches for the flowers. There are yellow head quilt pins holding them in the foam.

Here is an aerial view of the table. The quilt was made by me several years ago. It matches the one you saw when you came in.

Here's a nice close up of the topiary!


Here is a nice close up of the pumpkin!
***Update: I checked with Priscilla, and we will feature a tutorial for this little pumpkin on November 4, just in time to make for your Thanksgiving Feast Activities!


I used a Fiskars pumpkin squeeze punch and Spellbinders classic lace border for the trim. Be sure to take home your Chocolate Bon Bon Cake. Thank you for coming to my Birthday party today, it was fun creating these things for you and I hope you enjoyed them!


The Secret Phrase


My word for the secret phrase is . You have reached the end of our Blog Hop and you should now have all the words in the phrase. Be sure to proceed to Priscilla's Midnight Madness Blog and enter your name in Mr. Linky for your chance to win one of the fabulous prizes. If you name is pulled, we will contact you by email and ask you for the phrase. You must have the phrase to win!

Just a little something I would love to share with you. You can't imagine how much I enjoy visiting you each week. Sometimes I sit here and giggle, sometimes it's a huge loud laugh, sometimes it's a tear, and sometimes it's a warm fuzzy feeling. You fill my life with your stories about your life and you fill me with the love of your craft which is the common bond that brings us together. I get inspired by all the different blogs that I visit. You ladies are all special to me. Your creativity is a tremendous boost to my own aspiring creations. When I look back on what I did 9 months ago, I can't believe how far I have come. It has only been by what you have done for me. I thank you all from the bottom of my heart!!! NOW GO WIN SOME PRIZES!!!!





Please proceed to PRISCILLA'S MIDNIGHT MADNESS BLOG to enter your name in Mr. Linky!