Elsa Birthday Card and Cake

Happy Tuesday! I wanted pop on quick to share the birthday card and cake I made for my daughter who recently turned 4. She decided she wanted a Frozen birthday with Elsa as the leading lady. Thankfully I had a EK Success Frozen paper pad on hand because this card was a quick one that was completed in the wee morning hours of her birthday!

I die cut Elsa from the paper using a Cottage Cutz scallop circle die and the GMD Lacey Snowflake die worked as a background for Elsa.  The sentiment stamp was from Annie's Paper Boutique's Greetings set and was stamped in Scrapbook.com Mardi Gras ink.  The sentiment strip and Elsa circle were popped up with foam tape, but the rest was adhered with ATG and Bearly Art Glue.  To embellish, I simply added two GMD Iris sparkle glitter dots.

Now for her cake...which she specifically requested to be Elsa as well!  Way to set the bar high, little girl LOL!  I consulted my sister who had done a similar cake for my niece a couple years ago and she said all you need is glass measuring cups.  What?!  Yes, the cake was baked in my 8 cup Pampered Chef batter bowl and a pyrex 1 cup measuring cup.  Both were glass, of course.  I couldn't tell you how long they were in the oven because I baked at 325 F and started at 30 minutes and continued on in 5-10 min increments as to how liquidy the cake was.  Definitely trial and error but hey, it worked!  I used 2 cake mixes and filled my 8 cup to a little over the 5 cup line and the 1 cup was filled a little over the 1 cup line.  The rest of the batter was made into cupcakes!  The cape and snowflakes are fondant and I decided fondant was not my friend and I will be sticking to buttercream as much as possible in the future LOL!  At least the skirt turned out cute and my daughter absolutely loved it, so that is what matters.

I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day!

Elmo Birthday Party!

Hello everyone!  I am very excited to be doing another creative post with supplies from Oriental Trading Co. today!  This one will be a little different from the others I have done, because this one is all about my youngest son's third birthday party.  He insisted on having an Elmo party and OT made it sooo easy for me to honor his wish.

The main eye catcher on the table was this amazing centerpiece!  There were different characters on the sides.  It is actually for a 1st birthday, but by simply cutting out white circles and colorful number "3"s, I was able to cover up the 1 that was on each of the balloons originally.  It also had a smaller Elmo and Abby to place on either side of the table.

 The place settings were colorful and fun, perfect for a 3 year-old!  I used red paper plates for the meal and Elmo dessert plates.  I chose a solid yellow napkin so there wouldn't be a ton of prints going everywhere.  There was an Elmo cup with a red polka-dot paper straw in it and a party hat at each place as well.

Here is a close up of the cups and straws.  The cups have Elmo on one side and Cookie Monster on the other.

These fun Sesame Street confetti pieces were scattered on the table.  They came with the centerpiece!

I used bright paper bags for the party favors.

Here is a look that was inside the bags!  Birthday bubbles, neon squirt guns and fish print sunglasses!  Let me tell you, they were a HIT!

Here is the birthday cake I made him.  Nothing spectacular, but he loved it, so that is what counts!  

Last, but not least, this is the card I made!  The papers were from EK Success' Sesame Street paper stack.  I used a stamp from Paper Sweeties, homemade enamel dots and foam tape from Oriental Trading behind the layered panels.

I thought I would make it easy on you and give you a list of all the Oriental Trading products I used, so you can see all the products at a glance:

Sesame Street 1st birthday tablecloth (there was no 1 on it, so it can be for any age!)

Sesame Street 1st birthday table decorating kit

Round red dinner plates

Elmo party dessert plates

Elmo Party Cups

Red polka dot paper straws

Yellow luncheon napkins

Metallic cone hats

Bright color paper bags

Fish print sunglasses

Birthday bubble bottles

Neon grip squirt guns

Foam tape (on the card)

So the next time you are planning a party, stop by Oriental Trading to find everything you will need!

I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day!

The review of these products is based strictly on my opinion. Others may have a different opinion or experience with the products listed above. I was provided the samples free of charge by Oriental Trading Co. and I provided my honest opinion. No other type of compensation was received for this review.

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Dusty the Plane Box Card

My middle son turned 5 this month!  He is really a big fan of the Disney Cars and Planes movies.  This year we decided to go with a Planes birthday theme.  Of course the airplane box card that is in SVG Attic's Flight School kit was absolutely perfect!

 I simply used orange, white and a bit of turquoise for the main parts of the plane.

 Instead of using vellum for the windshield, I used white paper and made blue and black circles for his eyes.

 Can you believe all of the details that are part of this file?  Simply amazing!

 Instead of the suitcase that is included in this file, I added a birthday cake :)  I used candles from their Happy Birthday page kit and just cut layers for the cake base out by hand.

 Here is a side view of the card that shows more details.

The best part is that it all folds flat so it can be mailed if needed!  Now what little boy wouldn't love to get this in the mail?  I know mine LOVED his!  Here he is with his card and cake I made for his birthday.

I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day!

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Sled Christmas card

Here is a card that I created using a fun set of papers called Candy Cane Lane by BoBunny.

 Aren't those vintage papers so sweet?  The sled die cut is from SVG Cuts.  The twine is from Trendy Twine and is called Lemon Tart.  The be joyful sentiment is from unity stamps.

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Football Birthday Cake and Card

My oldest son recently turned 7.  It is hard to believe he is that old already!  He wanted a football birthday cake so I ran with that idea for his card too.  Here is the card I made.

I used files from ScrappyDew's Football Extras as well as the football from the SCAL library.  I made a scalloped edge on the card to accommodate the seven helmets.  I attempted to get the helmet colors correct for the different teams, but I was informed that a couple of them weren't quite right LOL ;)

The logos on the helmets were just printed off a photo on the internet and then I used my Epiphany Crafts round 14 tool to add the epoxy sticker to them.  I popped up every other one using foam tape.  The football is also on foam tape and I embossed it with a tiny circles embossing folder, but it is hard to see in the picture.  I used brown chalk ink on all of the layers.

For the cake, I simply cut down a circle cake into a football shape.  I frosted it with chocolate buttercream frosting and it turned out quite tasty!

I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day!

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