Father's Day Cake, Cards, & More

My husband is incredible.  He really is the hardest worker around.  He works in construction and has worn these type of work boots for as long as I've known him.  When I saw this cake online about a month before Father's Day, I knew it was perfect.  Joy, my 11 year old daughter, was totally on board.  She would not let me drop it even after it turned out to be such a crazy week. :)  I'm so glad she insisted!

 This was by far one of the most ambitious surprise projects my daughter and I have attempted.  We collected ingredients throughout the week, going to many different stores (i.e. a gas station for a candy necklace).  We were soooo impressed with the results!

I made this card (tent fold) to go with the cake:

 

 

It was much easier than it looks (though it was definitely a few hours of enlarging patterns and decorating).  The authors of this book have wonderful directions.  It's a great deal with the many, many cakes included.  I certainly hope to make several more.  We followed the instructions in this awesome book, which you can find HERE :

 These were the personal touches that my daughter did by herself:

 His initials:

 Here she is, presenting it to her daddy, so very proud (it was a pool party):

 He was shocked and amazed, too!

 

 

 Here is the card Joy made for him using Scrappy Moms Stamps for the sentiment and SVGs from Miss Kate Cuttables:

 Joy also had the idea to add some real nails and screws.  I love it!!!

 

 Here is my wonderful dad:

And, last, and awesome is a card Joy made for her other grandpa (aka "Pop") with more CTMH stamps (Blossom Cardmaking Kit, I believe) that she saw on Pinterest.  I was impressed she did this on her own, too.

Frozen Birthday Banner

My sweet granddaughter just turned 4 and had a simple party at a park at the beach....I wanted to make a pretty, colorful banner to help her celebrate.

I used Storybook for the letters and scalloped squares.


I found a free svg of Elsa and just used the silhouette and then added snowflakes from other cartridges (mostly the lovely December 25th cartridge).


Rhinestone sticker bling, of course!


Some sheer turquoise ribbon to tie together:





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Etched Casserole Dish and Matching Carrier and Card

 I needed a birthday gift for a special friend....and what woman could resist a personalized casserole dish and carrier?  I found this awesome set at my Publix for less than $20.

 I used a free font I found online for the embroidery Here as well as to cut out of contact paper with my cricut with Sure Cuts A Lot.

 And here is the matching card:

 Don't you just love red roses?  And these are stickled so they have bling!

 I also embossed this shimmery black cardstock:

 The cuts are both from Art Philosophy I think.

Life Saver Treat Box

I haven't posted for awhile...we are back to school and very busy! I am crafting, though...cricutting notebook covers and embroidering back to school goodies and such.

I worked on straightening up my craft room today (and vacuumed and mopped and cleaned the kitchen and did dishes....). This is my little project I made to reward myself for cleaning so much. :)

From the Cutting Cafe, comes this sweet little design of the Lufe Saver Box and digital stamps.


I also embossed the wrappers.





My daughter wanted to make one, too. We used a MS punch on the lid of the box. Didn't she choose great colors?


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Shirt & Tie Cards

I had so much fun making these today with my daughter using the terrific cutting files from The Cutting Café. They are lots of fun to personalize with the different patterns of paper. This one us for my dad (aka Nature Boy):




And this one is for my Father in Law- a Gators fanatic:




This one is for my classy hubby: (Don't worry, he never reads my blog!)




They were list of fun to sew on with the machine and the little buttons really add. The coordinating envelopes cut beautifully and make them so elegant.

I also linked up to the current linking party over at Passionately Artistic.  Check it out!

Hope you have an awesome Dad's Day at your house!

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Japanese Flower Girl Card & Gift Box

I embellished her flower and the sentiment tag with pearls. Her robe is embellished with birds and swirls, and the sentiment is embossed. I put the girl on Action Wobbles.




One tip I thought of today: I cut the tiniest notch in the card where I wanted to spread it out.

There are pretty Japanese lanterns not the hexagon box from Life's A Party.




Made this darling card and box set for the Let's Face it Friday - Designer's Choice!  and the challenge at My Creative Time to use green and yellow and an "older" cart (I used A Child's Year for the terrific card base that just lends itself perfectly to wrapping with Baker's Twine.) I got this sweet little girl svg file fromMy Scrap Chick. So happy with how she turned out. I love her sweet little face so much.

Would be great to put a little gift of tea in or a gift card to a Japanese Steak House! Yum!


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Candy Box Thank Yous

I got Sure Cuts A Lot on Mother's Day and have been so excited to use it. I've been admiring cutting files from The Cutting Cafe for awhile. This is the candy box from them along with these great printable digital stamps (the b&w ones) that fit my tag punch from Stampin' Up perfectly. So cute! Cant wait to give these to people I want to thank on Sunday! My candies must have been smaller because 14 fit instead of 12 and the candy wrappers that came with the file were too big, but I am still so pleased with the results! Have a fab weekend!

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Music Folder for an American Girl Doll

So I was playing with Sure Cuts A Lot today and cut out this sweet little teabag holder. My daughter came in and realized it wad a perfect music folder for her dolls. She set to work and cut up a bit of scrapbook paper into music sheets. Perfect!

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