Lego Ninjago Party Invite

Our little guy's 6th birthday is in a couple of weeks.

He wanted a Lego Ninjago themed cake so I use that for his party invitation.

The Ninja was copied from one of the Lego instruction manuals and printed on lightweight card stock for the printer. I popped him with dimensional foam.

The Lego "brick" was handmade with a hand punch.  

There's two layers of dots on there.

It was so painstaking to layer so I stopped at two layers.

I put a coat of Glossy Accents on the brick to make it more realistic. 

Hard to see that in photo.

Supplies:

Ninja: Lego Instruction manual

Dies: Simon Says Stamp  "you" and "speech bubble"

Stamps: Lawn Fawn "Harold's ABCs"

Other: star embossing folder, washi tape, handmade brick, Glossy Accents

I am entering this card into the Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes challenge

Thanks for stopping by!
Kelly

 

Halloween Party Prep

Hi!  

I wanted to share some random things I have been making 

for our upcoming Halloween Party.  

Most of the ideas were inspired by Pinterest.   
Wanted to share them in case you are inspired.  
Easy Peasy things to do for a Halloween party or any party really.

Hersey Kiss Eyeballs!

Used a small circle punch and a handheld small punch.

Used a red pen for the lines. 
I used Scotch Quick Dry Glue.

Here's the original where i got my inspiration. 

The blogger has those eyeball pics you can print from her blog post HERE.

I needed to be peanut free so I went with the kisses.

These are bamboo skewers that will have fruit on them at the party.

I cut the ring part off of the spider rings and hot glued them on.

Fun duct tape on the water bottles.  

One roll did 24 water bottles and about 17 Hug bottles.

The mummy was such a cute idea on Pinterest, but really didn't work

 well on the Hug drinks b/c of the lumpiness of the bottle.  

Plus, it took a LOT of white tape. 

I made 3 b/c I ran out of the duct tape.  

 

Here's the original idea for the mummy drinks.  

Original post is HERE. 
So darn cute on those drink boxes!

Have a great day!

More projects coming.  

I have a bunch of games to share! 

Our trunk or treat is tonight at church and we are doing a Lego Ninjago theme for our car!

 Love to have you join my Card Drive for Addison.  

Click HERE or on her picture on my sidebar.

~Kelly

Basketball Cupcakes and Stand

Going a different direction today and sharing a little project 

I made for my niece's graduation party.

I offered to make the cupcakes for the event and decided to make basketballs to represent the years she has played and her future games in college.

 Here's the final result.

I found a 3 tier cupcake stand by Wilton at Hobby Lobby.

I assembled it and took it the craft room to get it all gussied up for the event!

I cut 1" border strips out of black paper and then also used some leftover basketball border strips from Michael's by Recollections.  I think the letter stickers are from Hobby Lobby. 

The front view.

The back view.
The stars were cut with a Sizzix die in my Cuttlebug. 

I added a few gems here and there.

 

I saw this basketball cupcake on Pinterest.

I covered mine with orange icing (Wilton buttercream) and then
I dipped it in orange sprinkles.

The piping was done with Wilton Tip #5

I am entering this project into Simon Says Stamp: Anything but a Card challenge.

Thanks for looking,

Kelly

L34: Cutlery Holders

Going to be a hot one this weekend!

I was working in my craft space today and it was getting rather toasty in there.

The AC has been turned on...

Sharing a little project I made for an upcoming teacher appreciation luncheon for my younger son's preschool staff.  I can't believe we are finished with preschool. In fact, I took the little guy to the doctor today for his check-up and kindergarten shots.  

He was very excited to tell his brother that he had gotten the shots 

was was now ready to start kindergarten after the summer is over.  

I took some small bags, cut them down with pinking scissors, 

dry embossed them with the "thanks" folder in the cuttlebug.  

Looks better "live". 

 If you click on the photo you can probably see the embossed bag better.

Another mom donated yellow plates so I found yellow 

cutlery and used my Twinery butter cream twine. 

Here's the back.  

I secured the twine with a little cute washi tape:

My tag was stamped with the Lawn Fawn chevron and 

then I heat embossed the "thank you" in black.

I saw this project on Pinterest.

HERE is the blog post with picnic ideas. 

I am submitting this project in the Lawnscaping #34: Embossing Challenge (heat or dry)

Thanks for looking,

Kelly

Strike up the fun: Bowling Party!

Sharing the goodies I made for our son's 5th birthday party with a bowling theme.

Here is the invite.  

Most supplies from Hobby Lobby.  

I put the stickers on white cardstock and cut them out to give a little dimension. 

Here are the cupcakes we gave out at the bowling alley and the school party.

I ordered the candy mold on Amazon.

The red "stripe" on the pin was put on with a brush.

Here's the cake for the family party.

The sports ball cake pan is by Wilton.  
I used the template HERE for the pin, enlarged, and traced it 
with black icing before filling it in with the stars.
Forgot to cover the board... was a little messy the next day...
Please ignore the remote control mark on the blue icing in the upper right...
I was trying to catch the news about Peyton Manning and went to put the remote down.. 
OOPS... shhhhhhhhhhhh squished stars...

Next up, the goody bags.

Stickers are from Hobby Lobby.

Easy-peasy

They were torn up before leaving the bowling alley.

The lizards were a huge hit with everyone.

I made T-shirts for the kids with Wilton easy image Transfers from Michael's.

Same pin image from Family Fun was printed & cut out by hand.

I just typed the names and cut them out with a paper trimmer.

We had an even number of boys and girls so I used red for the girls and blue for the boys.

I am entering this post in the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes

By the Cute and Girly: In the Kitchen (cakes, homemade candies, party)

Birthday Boy!  Go, ball, GO!

Can't believe our "baby" is 5. 

He is kind, sweet, smart, funny, silly, sporty and ornery.

A classic boy. 
Our gift.
Our Matty-Moo.
Our Matthew.

Thanks for looking,

Kelly

Valentine Party Picture "booth"

Hello.  

Busy weekend here but I wanted to share an idea I had while lying in bed one morning.

I am one of the room moms for our oldest son and we were going to 

have stations for the 1st grade party.

I needed another station.

Then a light bulb went off and I remembered the Lawn Fawn facebook pictures from CHA.

They made large cut outs of many of their stamps including their Polaroid stamp 

and took pictures of themselves with visitors.  

AHA!  

I decided to make one myself and use it as a photo booth at the party.  

They can have their picture made with just themselves or with a friend.  

I'll print them out later and send them back to school with my son.

20x30 foam board from Michael's Crafts $1.50

Draw and cut out the frame with a nice sharp box cutter.  

My sides are 2 inches wide.

I painted mine grey with Acrylic Paint (.59).  This DID warp the board a bit.

Decorate with stickers, die cute shapes and gems. 

My adorable (trust me) anonymous model:

Stations for our Valentine Party:

- Picture "booth"

-Tattoo  station

- Pin the arrow on the cupid

- Toss the ping pong balls into the cups/get it the red cup = prize
- Guess the number of candies in the bag (closest guess wins the treats)

- "Paint" your cookie edible craft

-Whole group story and Bingo

Supplies:

Idea: Lawn Fawn inspired

Papers: Echo Park "Be Mine"

Other: foam board, box cutter, glue, acrylic paint

I am entering this into Simon Says Stamp: Love is in the Air challenge

I think the kids will have fun with this. 

The other mom is making a crown for them to wear in the picture.

The back can be decorated for a different theme or for a birthday party if you don't allow overhang like I did.  I let things hang off a bit since the board warped. 
Next time, I may cover with paper and ATG adhesive to prevent warping.

Thanks for looking,

Kelly