Princess Maya Centerpieces

Happy Thursday Everyone!

I love Thursday because Friday is just around the corner which means that family time on the weekend is almost here! I just had to post this project that I've been working on for a couple of days - I think it's super cute and it was very easy! There is a very special little girl who is turning one next week and her Mom is one of my Besties - so we had to create a monkey/princess/pink/purple and completely "Maya" centerpiece for the birthday party! 

My QuicKutz supply was a huge help, I simply cut the stars, monkey, crown and #1 from felt using my dies, did a little bit of sewing just to add some punch, covered a large cardboard (not heavy weight) circle with flannel - I used spray adhesive and then sewed the edges for reinforcement - and added a boa of feather boas around the top and bottom! Super easy, super fun! I absolutely LOVE it! Let me know what you think or if you have any questions! Here's a matching banner - I'm planning to change the pink letters to a darker pink so they show up better, but at least you can see the direction that I'm going!

Happy almost Friday, everyone!

QuicKutz Newest Release!

Hurray! QuicKutz has officially released their newest set of dies, which I personally LOVE! At first glance you may not be head over heels, but once you realize that these dies can be used for every project that you may have, you might go ahead and fall! Here are my samples that I made for the QuicKutz Design Team, I hope that my pages/crafts help you think of all the fun and creative ways that you can use your new dies! My favorite from this release? Probably the English Rose font and the Nesting Flowers!

{QK nesting circles, rabbit, bird, font & chick}

{QK Nesting flowers. nesting circles, English Rose Font, Shamrock, Sketchbook page}

{QK nesting ric-rac circles, English Rose Font, nesting circles}

{QK nesting flowers, font, circles}

{QK matchbox, ric-rac nesting squares, font}

{QK Paperdoll Font, composition book, nesting ric-rac circles}

{QK Sketch Book, font}

{QK Font, Scallop Border, Clouds}

My favorite project, probably the banner - I can't wait to make one for Adam's playroom! Super fun and easy!

Have fun today!
Andrea

Our Garden

Hello!

It's been beautiful here lately... it hasn't been too hot or too cold, we've had a nice mixture of sunny days and of cloudy days, it's definitely spring!

We planted a garden this year - I've been trying to kill it (inadvertently) since we planted it. You see, I have a multi-colored thumb but that's just from the ink that I use while doing projects! And at times I've had a green thumb, but this green thumb doesn't carry over into the planting world.

Luckily, my husband has a very green thumb and it looks like my little boy does too! He loves to be a helper, he helped me put seeds in the holes, he helped his Daddy shovel and rake before we planted, he helps water the garden... he's a helper!

Anyways - again, I don't have any new projects to post - I've been working hard on wedding invitations and I believe that I've had pretty much every machine that I've been using break or explode or go rogue... but I just keep reminding myself that without invitations there will be no one at the wedding which means there'd be no need for cake - that would be a disaster! So, I keep cutting, cutting, cutting and today I will start gluing and punching (both for crafting and for letting off steam) and pretty soon there will be a gorgeous bride walking down the aisle to a very handsome young man who will be in awe of her and they'll start their life together... so paper cuts seem like a very little sacrifice...

Peeps! Happy Easter!

Hello!

Well, I know I said I'd post a project at the end of last weekend, but with a sick little boy and an infection of my own... I'm sure you understand! But here's a picture (sorry about the poor lighting, our dinning room light is awful) of a fun little project that I saw on http://dana-made-it.com/ and just had to copy.

{Peeps Banner}

I loved making this banner (very easy and inexpensive), so I made 2 more and a couple of door hangers! Anyways - you can get the template on her blog along with a lot of other fun and cute ideas! Hope you enjoy the one that I made, we sure have been!

Happy Easter, Everyone!
Andrea

Opps!

Hello again!
Well, I made a mistake! Not a surprise with a new condition called Mommy of a 2 year old Syndrome! I THOUGHT that QuicKutz was doing their consumer release on the 23rd BUT I was wrong - I think that was their "hoped" for date but it didn't actually happen. Sooo - as soon as I get the go ahead I'll post my QK projects pictures on my Blog, but I've decided to go ahead and do a few projects this weekend so you all don't think I'm getting lazy! Stay tuned!
Andrea

Hello, world!

I am so happy to say that Spring is here! I love love LOVE this weather - it's so awesome! Sunny and high 70's - low 80's, what's not to love? I am happy to report that I received my "hush hush" QK design team dies last Friday and spent Saturday, Sunday and Monday playing with them! All day - every day! And once I started dreaming about card making, dies, paper color combos I decided that I was going to take a few days off from paper and focus on my no. 1 love, my son Adam! We went to Disneyland on Tuesday with Grandma Bubbles and have gone to the park every day since Tuesday (although I did sew a little tote that needs a handle during one nap time...) and I'm feeling creatively replenished and can't wait to start playing scissors, paper, dies again.
On Tuesday QK will release the latest release to consumers which means that I'll post pictures of my projects here as well as on their website! I have to admit that I'm super happy with all but one of them and hope that you'll enjoy them as well.
I will be at Pages from the Heart in Monrovia tomorrow at 1:00 pm doing a FREE Letterpress demo so please come and check it out - it's a cool tool that you can use with your Epic machine - it does amazing cards, invitations and I'm going to show how I used it on a page!
Well, I hear my little cub stirring from his nap so I gotta go cuddle - its a hard job but someone has to do it!
Happy weekend and I hope you get to drink in the sunshine!
Andrea

Birthday Fun Cards

Hello Everyone!
I'm waiting to see the new Alice in Wonderland movie (maybe this weekend?), but I'm totally in the mood for a little bit of Very Merry Unbirthdays, so I decided to create these cute Birthday Cards.

The Scooter Card is cut from the Silhouette SD- which cut great with a new blade today! Super fun and easy!

The Dinosaur Card is using a QK Exclusive die and the B-DAY card's flower is from scraps of paper! Makes you not want to throw anything out, huh?

I'll be teaching these cards at Collective Journey's on April 13th - there will be 3 other cards and a bonus project (I'm thinking something 3-D... and almost edible...)

Have a Very Merry Unbirthday Everyone!

Andrea