Fancy Cupcake

I made a Fancy Cupcake today! Sounds yummy huh?  It has a pretty blue cupcake wrapper and it's loaded with flowers on the top of it!  Am I making you hungry for a sweet cupcake?  It really is cute but... unfortunately it can't be eaten because it's made out of paper!  Haha!

Awhile back I watched a video made by Miranda Edney, which you can find HERE, on making these cute cupcakes using Graphic45 papers.  The tutorial is actually at the end of the video because the beginning is her showing the projects she submitted to become a Graphic45 designer.  She did actually get picked to be a designer for Graphic45 and she well deserves it...her projects are amazing!  Check out her blog, she calls herself MsLiberty25, it really is amazing the projects she creates!  When Miranda made her cupcakes she made lots of them and created a really pretty display using a three teared cupcake holder that she also made herself.  This is a direct link to her blog posting...CLICK HERE it really is worth seeing it's so beautiful!

Anyway...I've been wanting to make one of these cupcakes but couldn't seem to find the time, so yesterday I decided to make time and here is my paper cupcake.  I did not use Graphic45 product opting instead to use some left over papers from the Sweet Nothings Collection by Kaisercraft.  It only takes one full 12 x 12 inch sheet of paper for all of the flowers and a 4 x 12 inch piece of contrasting paper for the wrapper.   It turned out so adorable!  The top of the cupcake is removable so I made a set of circle tags to sit inside.  I wanted the tags to kind of stand up instead of lying flat inside of the cupcake wrapper, so I added a cluster of items to one side to the bottom of the wrapper which causes the tags to sit inside at a slant.  When you take off the top you see the tags, then when you remove the tags you can see the cluster at the bottom.  It's very cute...

Fancy Cupcake

Top is removable - Can you see the tags inside?

Inside Cluster

Tags which sit inside of the Cupcake

I used the following for this project:
     Sweet Nothings Papers by Kaisercraft
     9 oz white paper cup
     3" Styrofoam ball cut in half
     Chipboard Butterfly from Blue Fern Studios - colored using Gesso, Shimmerz in Teal, Viva Inka Gold in
          Platinum, Perfect Pearls in Blue Smoke and the edges are inked with Distress Ink Vintage Photo
     Paper Punch - 1" and 1/2" Flower both by EK Success, Butterflies by Martha Stewart and a mini tag by
          Taylored Expressions
     From my stash - Pearls, wood spool, embroidery thread, mini wooden clothespin, ribbon, string and
          buttons
     For sparkle I used Stickles Star Dust
   

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Tagged "Life"

One of the blogs I love to follow is by Frank Garcia.  He works for Prima and is the editor of an online magazine called "Paper Haus".  I subscribe to the magazine and also to Franks Blog, www.hausofw.com, so I receive emails with lots of different project ideas.  This tag I am going to share today was one of those projects... "Paper Tag by Erin" dated August 11, 2013.

I used a few of the pieces from the Prima Lady Bird Collection, paper, cutouts and a flower.  It is made with lots of layers consisting of papers, tags, molding paste, masking tape, flowers, lace, ribbons, button and a clear "life" word bubble.  I really enjoyed making it and am planning on using this technique to make a few more.  I think they would be great in Christmas colors and used as the tag on gifts for Christmas.

Here it is...

I had to photograph it on top of black card-stock so that you could see the white netting bow!

My Project Recipe:
Paper - Prima Lady Bird Collection
Stencil - Prima Circles #922140
Metal Die - Quick Kutz Nesting Doily Rectangle
Word Bubble - Heidi Grace Sticker "life"
Flowers - Prima
Punches - Ek Success and Martha Stewart - Botanical Scallop, Double Scallop & Doily Lace
Clear Stamps - Prima #960803, 563202 & 563042, Kaiser Craft "Windsor" and MME "Find Your Wings
     & Fly"
Distress Ink by Ranger - Frayed Burlap
Miscellaneous Stash - Lace, Masking Tape, Pearls & Wire, Pop Dots, Seam Binding Tape & Netting to make a bow.

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Doll Tag Class with Julie Nutting

Yesterday I participated in a class taught by Julie Nutting at my favorite scrap booking store "Scrapbook Island".  Julie is the creator of the wonderful doll stamps produced by Prima.  She grew up in Cupertino but now lives in the LA area not far from Prima headquarters.  It was so great to have her here teaching for all of us.  In the first class of the day (she taught two separate classes Saturday) we made two very cute tags using her Doll Stamps, her Tags and Prima papers from the Divine Collection.  It was a really fun project and we finished most everything in the two hours of the class.

However...when I got home I wanted to add some things that we did not do in the class and I really LOVE how they turned out.  I added lots of Stickles Star Dust for that glittery look around the wings, shirt ruffles, flower petals, swirl dots in the background and small dots on the doily.   I also used some Glossy Accents so that the shoes and headbands shined.  I can't wait to make more they are so fun to do, it's like paper dolls when I was younger...lol.

Here they are my Beautiful Tags!!!

Doll Stamp is Prima #910242

Doll Stamp is Prima #910259

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Doll Tag #1

Hello Friends...

I have a confession to make...I am in LOVE with Mixed Media Projects and all things Prima!  I've started watching You Tube videos from the Prima Live programs and wow...they make the most amazing things.  A lot of the projects are what is called Mixed Media and I LOVE THEM!!!  In the month of July I have signed up for a couple of classes at my favorite scrap-booking store "Scrapbook Island" that will be taught by Anna Dabrowska who is part of the Prima Design Team.  I can't wait, I'm so excited!!!

Anyway one of the videos I watched this week is "Mixed Media Doll Stamps with Julie Nutting" on Live with Prima.  Her tags are so cute!  I watched her video and made a tag myself following her instructions.   I didn't have everything she used but I had lots of other things that worked out great.  This tag is just one of six Doll Stamps that Julie designed for Prima Marketing.  I have all of the others and will be making more tags using them in the future.  I think these tags will be so cute attached to wrapped gifts instead of a card...the back side of the tag is blank so that is a perfect place to write a message and then sign my name.

My friends and family are going to love, love, love these!!!

By the way...Prima makes lots and lots of different things...papers, flowers, stamps, inks and embellishments galore.  I really love them all!


My Project Recipe:
     Stamps - Doll #910143 by Prima, Doodle Border by Fiskers and Lifetime by Prima
     Paper - Tag by Prima, Fairy Rhymes & Divine by Prima and The Sweetest Thing - Blueberry by My
          Minds Eye
     Flowers - Petaloo and Prima...there is also a wood flower colored using Prima Chalk Coldsfoot Petals
     Pearl Brad by Recollections
     Pearl Swirl by Kaiser Craft
     Butterfly by Prima
     Nature Icon Acrylic Button - Clearly Yours by K&Company
     Metal Die - Dizzy Doily by Die-Namics
     Tissue Tape by Tim Holtz
     Inks - Distress Ink Vintage Photo and Memento Black
     Sparkle & Shine - Stickles Star Dust and Glossy Accents by Inkssentials
     My Stash - Ribbon, Metal Gear and Seam Binding colored using Patina by Glimmer Mist and Turquoise
          by Perfect Pearls

     Colored in Copics:  Hair  E50, E31, E25

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