Valentine Lollipop Gift Favor

So, tomorrow is Valentines Day. Happy Heart's Day to everyone! I know I was supposed to be posting Valentines Project but as you know, I just got back to my routine last week.

Anyways, I have a great but super easy + fast project to share today. It is a Valentine Lollipop Gift Favor. I just score and glue some cardstock and add MayArts Ribbons. Voila! I just finished a quick Valentine treats.

How To Make A Valentine Lollipop Gift Favor

>  Take 2½” x 6¼” cardstock and score the horizontal side at 2½”, 3 “ , 5½” and 6”

>  Trace and cut (half-part) of heart shape for the box top section.

>   Pre-fold score lines. Using a whole puncher, make a hole for your lollipop sticks. 

 >  Get your treats (chocolates or cookies) and attach the lollipop stick.

>   Insert your lollipop stick on the hole, glue side of your box to close. 

>   Wrap a ribbon around your lollipop stick glue to secure. Decorate! Done!  

You can use this simple technique in any occasion. It is FAST, CHEAP and EASY. You can see the Holiday Lollipop Bouquet posted in my blog last year here.

So, what are you waiting for. Grab your cardstock and glue and start crafting. You still have time till tomorrow. Haha!

Enjoy!

Teapot Exploding Gift Box

Hi all, today we have a Guest Designer. Kathy from DoubleK-Krafts made this beautiful Teapot Exploding Gift Box. This is her version on my recently released Teapot Exploding Box Tutorial.

I love how she decorated her box. She even added a little knob on top of the lid. So cool!

Since this is an Exploding Box, you can practically use it in many ways. I like what she did, she used the Teapot Exploding Box to house another cute little gift box. It is like a box-inside-a box type of thing.

So guys, the Teapot Exploding Box PDF Tutorial is now available. I know I promised to get it done on the weekend. The PDF download includes 5 pages + 18 photos of step-by-step instructions and Templates.

I would like to Thank Kathy for doing an inspiration project for Jinky's Crafts. If anyone here would love to guest post and use my Templates, just send me an email. I would love to see different versions of my Templates.

Here's my very 1st version of the Teapot Exploding Box Template. Stay tuned for more inspiration projects.

Tea Party Exploding Box Invitation

Thanks a lot for stopping by today. Happy Crafting!

Tea Pot Exploding Box Invitation

Hello Fellow Crafters! Did you miss me? I know I have been MIA since Christmas. I was just so busy attending to my house guests and finishing some orders that I have not had time to do any blog posting.

Anyway, I am back! And today, I would love to show you this project I am currently working on. It is a Tea Pot Exploding Box. I received a request to design a Baby Shower Invitation. It is a Tea Party, so they love the Exploding Box idea  It's gonna be a Baby Girl, so I decided to combine all the inspirations and come up with this Tea Pot Exploding Box Baby Shower Invitation.

Tea Pot Exploding Box Invitations (Closed)

This is the initial design, I know I need to do a lot of tweaking but the good news is I am working on a Step-by-Step PDF Tutorial and Template which I am hoping to release this weekend.

Tea Pot Exploding Box Invitations (Open)

I would love your input on how to improve this design. Please let me know in the comment field your design tips.  


Being away from my Craft Room for almost 2 months is hard. But guess what!  I have a new Craft Room now! My Mother-In-Law, bought an office suite for me during her visit here in Panama. 
I LOVE & LIKE my MIL. She's very sweet and generous! I will be sharing some photos soon.  

Tea Party/Baby Shower Invitation

That's it my friends! Hope to share some more projects next week. If you are interested in the PDF Tutorial for this cute Tea Pot Exploding Box, please send me an email so you will be notified as soon as it is out. 

PS. Please check my website for more Exploding Box ideas. 

Flying Airships Gift Sets

Hello everyone. I am back! Sorry that I have been MIA for the past few weeks. I have been working on my new site and I have a big Wedding Exploding Box Custom order I am trying to finished. But today, I  am excited to share a few projects I made recently using the Flying Airships by Hero Arts and adorned with some MayArts Ribbons. When I received these new 2012 Hero Arts Cling Stamps, I decided to make a bag and a bookmark.

Here's how I did it:

I used each of the Hero Arts "Flying Airship" Cling Stamp sets.

For my  Bag :  I stamped G45  paper and heat embossed it with black embossing powder. I then created a tag to adorn my bag, I stamped my chipboard with Memento Brown and colored it with markers and distressed it with "Fired Brick" Distress Ink. I used the "A Proper Gentleman" paper stack from  Graphic 45.

For my Bookmark:

I cut enough GrosGrain MayArts Ribbon and attached ribbon clasps on both ends. Also I added hardware clips as a charms. I stamped and colored a gift tag and cut the outline so it matches the width of my ribbon. I then adhered the gift tag to my Ribbon Bookmark.

This project is so easy and fast. It is a great gift set for the men in your life.

Thanks for stopping by and hope I inspired today.

Elegant Matchbox Dresser Drawers

Happy New Year everyone! I can not believe it is 2012 already, where did 2011 go!?!

Today I have a mini storage and organization project for you. Just in time for those New Year's Resolutions to get organized this year. You might have seen several versions of Matchbox Dresser Drawers already but when I received my DCWV Lemon Flowers Paperstack, I knew exactly what I was going to make. 

As you can see, my Matchbox Dresser Drawers were decorated with the DCWV Lemon Flowers Paperstack. I love these paper collections, the combination of yellow and silver is very elegant. If you noticed, I also used string of bling around my dresser with the aid of Helmar Quick Dry Adhesive. I also used the Helmar Acid Free glue in adhering the DCWV paperpacks. It's my first time to use Helmar but I found it works great. It has a self-cap option. I don't know about you but I hate looking for caps once I am done using my glue. 

I also used the Zapdots 3D Double Sided Adhesive for my 3D Faux Flower Bouquet. 

I even made an ornament adorned with gathered MayArts ribbon. And a Kanzashi Flower Pearl Bracelet. Again, I used Helmar Quick Dry Adhesive to attach my pearls to my Kanzashi Flower. This glue is super strong and dries clear and works really good on fabric/ribbon. I used MayArts ribbon for my Kanzashi Flower.

How I did my project?

You can find the Step-by-Step PDF Tutorial for the Matchbox Dresser Drawers here.  

• For the ornament: Die cut ornament shape. I used a Spellbinder die
• Die cut gathered ribbon
• Adhere ribbon to ornament using Helmar Quick Dry Adhesive
• For the 3D Flower: Cut out flower from the DCWV Lemon Flowers Paperstack
• Layer the 3D flower using the Zapdot 3D foam adhesive
• For Kanzashi Flower: Cut 2"x2" square MayArts Ribbon. Fold in Kanzashi form. My previous tutorial can be found here. For Tsumami Kanzashi Flower you can check my Etsy Shop  or auto download link here.
• Glue pearls Helmar Quick Dry Adhesive
• String pearl beads. Adhere Kanzashi ribbon flower. Done!

Thanks a lot for stopping! Hope I inspire you today!