Sewing Theme Birthday!

For my mother's birthday, I have decided to have a sewing theme party!  I created this adorable spool card for her birthday.  Inside, it says to have a "sew" special birthday, and is decorated with sewing form paper.  In addition to the card, I made a few other items for the party.

What is a birthday party without a birthday banner?  Not just a plain birthday banner either, a spool birthday banner with a random sewing needle going through some of the spools of thread! It is all about the details.

Then I took a leap into the unknown:

Pincushion jars filled with her favorite candy.  These were rather easy - so it was a small leap!  You take fabric, draw a circle larger than the top.  Fill with some batting, fold over the material around the top of the jar lid and hot glue, put on the ring of the mason jar, and fill with candy!  It is also a great idea for mini sewing kits too!  Plus it is super fast and easy!  The tutorial for the pincushion jars can be found on this Make it & Love it blog.  Now to the biggest leap of my crafting life....

A sewing machine cake!  I am terrible at icing a cake, so this was a challenge.  My good friend, Angie Tolbert, made the buttons and the spool!  These are super cute!  The cake was made using an 11 x 15 pan.  I cut a template out using the silhouette cameo of a sewing machine.  This was transferred to a cardboard template.  Then place on the cake and cut out!  Next came making the homemade buttercream icing, and working with the icing to make a  semi-smooth icing job!  Next I decorated using a writing gel pen, and Oreo cookies for the turn knobs of the sewing machine.  The needle is actual a cake testing needle which can be removed before cutting the cake.  Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you have a "sew" special day!


Challenges
Brown Sugar Challenge Blog #113 Anything Goes
Creative Fingers Challenge Challenge #50 Anything Goes with Sentiment
Scribble and Scrap Challenge #27

Picture Perfect Birthday! - September 23, 2014

My dear friend, Beth, celebrated her birthday this month.  Of course, I had to make a card for her that was unique.  All you crafters out there in craftland understand where I am coming from on specializing your cards!  Beth is a scrapbooker!  She is also starting to make her own cards and I hope to get her into blogging her crafts soon, and playing contest.  Since I know she scrapbooks and loves her family, I made a birthday card with a scrapbook layout for her! Of course, I had to use camera theme paper because you cannot scrapbook without pictures!  The inside of the card says "Have a Picture Perfect Birthday!"   Happy Birthday, Beth, and to everyone else, thanks for stopping by!

Challenges

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge - Make a Card #9

Fall Wreath

Since last year, I have been contemplating making a fall wreath.  I even went out an bought the Styrofoam wreath a year ago.  I finally sat down and made the wreath and used up some of my stash around the house.  First, I used some orange yarn left over from making a Virginia Tech hat.  I covered the entire wreath in the yarn.

 In the midst of covering the wreath, I started cutting out the leaves using my silhouette cameo.  I believe you could also cut out the leaves with a cricuit or a die cut - if you want to make one. Some of the leaves are made with pattern papers and the other leaves are made of solid paper that I embossed through my Cuttlebug.

  The final touch was my acorns.  Just a nice contrast to the background of leaves.  I embossed the tops of the acorn to make them look more realistic.  Thanks for stopping by!

Challenges:

Crafty Girls Challenge: Challenge 26
Creative Fingers Challenge Anything Goes #48
Dream Valley Challenges: Challenge 90 No Stamps Allowed