Cup a' Cake

So it was just Hannah and I today hanging around the house. We were craving something sweet and I remembered a gift my secret santa gave me at work (thanks Gerrie) - Cup a' Cake.

It came with a cup, cake mix, and icing. It was super easy to make, all we did was dump in the cake mix, add water and oil and microwave! Once it cooled, we made the icing (added water) and poured it over and voila!

It was French Vanilla and it was delicious! We decided to be very bad (because no one else was home), we shared it on the couch!

Birthday Parties

Phew, we made it through two birthday parties! We are good for another year! Hannah had a rock band/sliding party - and did they rock out! Lauren had a craft and scrapbook party!

First, we made flower pens - have a look at some of the bouqets.

I made a few extras to have on hand, and they make a lovely addition to my craft room!

These are super easy to make, all you need are a few pens, some glue, artificial flowers, and floral tape. First, you take the end off of the pen, and dab a bit of glue. Next, you cut most of the stem off of the flower and put it in the end of the pen. Finally, you use the floral tape and begin taping at the bottom of the pen where you write. Tape all the way to the top, including a bit of the flower and you are finished!

Here are the paperbag scrapbooks we made! The first one is Lauren's that she made last spring.

Here is Hannah's:

These are also quite easy to make. We made them using 5 paper bags!

Finally, I made this cute card for a friend. I have discovered Stickles, which I love!

This card was created using the Create a Critter cartridge. I used Stickles on the cheeks of the duck and sun, and on the wings of the duck, outline of the sun, and the brackets!

Cheers!

Picturesque

This was the picture of the harbour front as we drove back from Hannah's hockey game last night. It was so cold and such a pretty view with all of the chimney stacks going. We had to stop and take a picture.

Hannah went to her first sock hop last night with all of the girls in the hockey tournament. Her coach was so kind and gave all of the girls a pair of funky socks.  Here are hers:

And finally, her team won fourth place medals! I am so proud of her! She was a superstar!

 

Owl Thinking of You Card

I made this card yesterday.  Here is the recipe:

• The background is Basicgrey Aged & Confused Phresh & Phunky Phinesse.
• I used the Create a Critter Cricut cartridge and cut the owl, branch and leaves at 2 1/2".
• The background for the letters is just some green dot paper I had (as are the leaves and green in the owl) and was cut at 2" using the phrase for the racoon in the Create a Critter cartridge.
• The lettering was from the Alphalicious Cricut cartridge and was cut at 1".
• The dark pink on the own is Basicgrey Lollipop Shoppe Raspberry. The light pink and orange cardstock is just from my scraps.
• I cut the corners of the background and card using the We R Memory Keepers corner punch at 1/4".
• I inked around the border of the card using Martha Stewart inks in Brownstone.
• I used the Cuttlebug Spots and Dots embossing folder for the tree branch.
• I used pop dots on the owl and branch.

Hope you have a great day!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone! I am looking forward to an exciting 2011. I love fresh flowers. My lovely husband brought these home yesterday. Can you believe the stores were actually open!

Wishing you all a happy, healthy and prosperous 2011!

Card

Well, I didn't have much time today as we are getting ready for New's Year Eve, but I did manage to whip off a little card. It is always good to have a variety of cards made for a moment's notice. This one is a birthday card. I made from a few scraps I had in my paper bin.

I used Perfectly Clear Stamps - Changito Bday stamps and then coloured them in with Copic Markers.

Happy New Year!

Back in the Game

So, I haven't exactly been successful in doing this blog thing, but I am back in the game! I am going to give it a go again! This time, it is going to be about the crafty things I am doing in my life, the places I visit and the most important people in my life ~ my family! Stay tuned...more to come!