Read MoreDIY Wooden Watermelon Coasters
Add Some Refreshing Decor To Your House Easily Create Wooden Watermelon Coasters It has been so hot this summer, here in Florida, and I’m sure everywhere else. I don’t normally complain about the heat being a natural Floridian, but it’s really kicking my @ss lately. So, I decided to create a refreshing DIY project this week, with wooden watermelon coasters. This project takes no time at all since the paint dries extremely quick, and you can let loose with your design. I’ve seen these on Pinterest where other crafters have added glitter to the middle, which turn out so cute, but I wanted to keep it clean with this project. I have half a plan of creating a serving tray to match, but we’ll see if this heat doesn’t keep my memory in a fog! All my materials were found at Jo Ann Fabrics either in the clearance aisle {paints were $1.97} or with a coupon {had one for the coasters, go get the app!}, or of course I had some extra supplies laying around. So if you’re like me, this project comes out on the budget friendly side. After I finished making these watermelon coasters, I immediately wanted to make all the round fruits that I could! Maybe for another day, but how cute would a set of limes, lemons, and oranges be with my hand painted citrus napkins I made a while back {find the post HERE}. {This post contains some affiliate links. Every little bit helps this stay at home mom out!} DIRECTIONS: Gather your materials. You’ll need small round wooden pieces, as many as you’d like for your coaster set Pink (Fruit Punch) (or red), Green (Sublime Lime), White, Black paint Pencil Mod Podge Matte Finish Thin Paint Brush Foam Brush Start by drawing your watermelon circles. They don’t have to be perfect since the wooden pieces most likely aren’t perfectly round. I drew two thin circles for the Green and White paint. Then, start painting in your green ouster circle. I only had to do two coats with the acrylic paint that I used. It dried super fast, pretty much by the time I got around the the beginning it was already dry. Next, rinse your brush thoroughly so that no green paint is left on it, and start painting in your white circle. My paint was probably little old or…
Read MoreJoy Clair New Release Blog Hop – Good Vibes
Good Vibes in the Summer Time Card Shaking things up with Magical Shakers I can’t believe this is the third New Release Blog Hop that I’ve been a part of with Joy Clair. These months go by so fast, and each release just gets better and better. I do believe this is my favorite so far. I won’t give too much detail, you’ll have to hop on over to all the other Design Team sites to find out what Joy Clair has released {List Down Below}. Until then, I’m sharing the Good Vibes stamp set today. This stamp set has tons of summer and beach designs that will have you making tons of great cards. I of course had to showcase the Jeep since all I ever wanted as a little girl was a Jeep! So, how great is that “Jeep Hair Don’t Care” stamp?! With this card, I wanted to use only a few different colors to keep it simple. The Magical Shakers worked great as a background, and a little glitter gold touch to the black and white stamps really brings it all together. DIRECTIONS: Let’s start with the magical background. I can’t get enough of the versatility of these little shakers and how beautiful they are in person. I really wish I could capture the iridescence with the camera. If you’d like to see another way I used these, check out my artsy card I made, using a different technique, a couple weeks ago {HERE}. I first tore some painters tape so that it had a rough edge and placed it on my watercolor paper in a slanted manor. To ensure that no more pigment got on the top of the paper, I covered the rest with painters tap. On your Kraft mat, sprinkle a generous amount of Magnolia Magenta Magical Shaker, and then spritz with a little bit of water. Then, lay the sheet of watercolor down onto the pigment and lightly press down, and then peel it back up. You’ll be left with a watercolor like effect. Let this dry. Then, peel all the painters tape up, and sprinkle a little bit of California Poppy Gold Magical Shaker on the top portion of the paper and then lightly spritz. You don’t want to over saturate the gold pigment. Let this dry. You can speed up the drying process by carefully using a heat gun, but…
Read MoreDIY Modern Little Blue Truck Birthday Party
When You’re Not Into That Country Look But You Need It To Be Kid Themed I don’t even know where to begin with this post. I’m so exhausted, yet I’m so happy the way my little guy’s Modern Little Blue Truck party turned out. There were many downfalls along the way, like when I started designing everything four months ahead of time and my Silhouette Studio decided to do a major crash to the point of losing ALL of my user made designs that weren’t saved on the cloud. That one’s hard to talk about still, but I took a month to regain composure and started all over again. Once I finished designing the invites I promised myself to keep everything else simple and the same, in order to save time and my sanity. We also had a little hiccup when it came to the party destination. Originally, it was suppose to be at our community club house, but long story short, even after sending out the invites with that address, it ended up being at our house. Honestly, I think that worked out better for us. Design-wise, I was able to take my time putting up the decorations so that I wasn’t working overtime the day of {but lets be honest, that happened anyways}. Plus, I was able to add a few more surprises for my little guy, like all those balloons on the floor and the streamer curtain that he still continues to enjoy. THE DESIGN AND THEME Last year we did a Dinosaur theme, where I put a little modern twist to it keeping the color scheme to green, blue, and orange. You can find all the details {HERE} as well as following along with my Print and Cut Stickers and Printable HTV bib tutorials. This year I REALLY wanted to do a Taco ‘Bout Two theme, but my husband vetoed that right away, even though later on he wanted to cater tacos! I started rambling off some ideas and eventually we agreed on, or rather compromised, Little Blue Truck since it was our little guy’s favorite book. My compromise was being allowed to modernize the country bumpkin little truck and his farm friends! I narrowed the main colors down to two shades of blue, green, and pops of gold. Since I didn’t want that country feel, instead of your typical red and white gingham stripes, I opted…
Read MoreModern Little Blue Truck Party – Cake Topper Tutorial
Custom is Always Better Create Your Personalized Cake Topper You would think creating a cake topper would have been one of the first projects I started, right after the invites. Unfortunately, with everything that had happened with my program crashing, and then realizing I only had two months to plan everything, the cake topper was one of the very last DIY projects I created. I had locked down my cake designer for our date ahead of time, and then right up till the very last minute, I finally came up with an idea for the cake topper. SIMPLE. EASY. QUICK. It’s always the best route. I didn’t want to complicate anything, so I simply took the same design I had been using for everything else and stuck it on a cake! DIRECTIONS Start with your design in Silhouette Studio. Select all, right click, press Offset. Create a small offset for a nice white boarder. Make sure you turn your registration marks on. Very important! Send your design to your printer to print on the Printable Vinyl material. Load your Printable Vinyl into your machine, adjust settings as needed, and send to cut. Make sure your settings are only going to cut the offset line, and not any other part of your design. Next, load the chip board material onto your mat and cut just the offset shape. Cut out two of these shapes for added support. Glue together the two pieces of chip board, then peel and stick your printable vinyl design onto your chip board. Lastly, using a hot glue gun, adhere two wooden sticks to the back of your cake topper. I did cut out another offset shape onto blue cardstock. I thought this gave it a cleaner look if anyone decided to look at the back. This isn’t needed, I just got picky! I’m so glad I kept it simple and didn’t over think the cake topper. Nini Dink Designs Custom Cakes did a fabulous job, as always, on the simple modern triangle design on the cake. She ended up using printable edible paper. The cake topper, along with the gold “2” made for the perfect modern Little Blue Truck cake. SUPPLIES USED: Silhouette Curio Shop at: SB | AZ Silhouette of America Silhouette Chipboard, 12 by 12-Inch, 25/Pack Shop at: AZ Silhouette 8.5 in x 11 in Silhoeutte Printable Vinyl Shop at: AZ
Read MoreModern Little Blue Truck Party – Temporary Tattoos
Be The Coolest Party Mom EVER Even for a two year old’s birthday When I started thinking about activities I could make for the handful of kids that would be at our son’s party, I didn’t realize how much temporary tattoos would be the best thing ever. I set out to make these mainly because I still had paper left and I thought it would be something fun to post a blog about {I mean, it’s all about the blog, right?!}. They ended up being one of the greatest things these kids have seen at a party. I figured maybe one or two kids would put one on for fun, but it turns out they kept asking me if they could have more than one. Sure kid, have a blast! The best thing is, they are SO SIMPLE to make. You don’t even need an electronic cutting machine, just a printer. DIRECTIONS In Silhouette Studio, or any other design software, create your designs and make sure to MIRROR the images. Print on Silhouette Temporary Tattoo Paper as per instructions. Peel off blue backing and carefully rub the sticky film onto the printed design. Cut out your individual designs. You apply them just as you would any other temporary tattoo – Peel off clear sheet, stick face down on skin, place wet cloth on for about 10 seconds, and enjoy! I made special ones for me, my husband, and the grandparents, too! Oh, and of course a fun little sign that continued the Modern Little Blue Truck party theme. I’ve had fun with this paper material so many times, especially their metallic temporary tattoo paper. I cut out some really fun arrows for my birthday last year that you can check out {HERE}. SUPPLIES USED: Silhouette MEDIA-TATTOO Temporary Tattoo Paper Shop at: AZ Silhouette Of America Gold Silhouette 8.5″X11″ Temporary Tattoo Paper 2/Pkg Shop at: AZ
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