Candyland Birthday Layout

Hey everyone!  I have a fun layout to share with you guys.  This week Bitten by the Bug 2 is having a super easy challenge this week.  The theme is "Birthday."  I decided to make a layout for my oldest daughter's 7th birthday.  She had a Candyland birthday cake.  It was really fun to make, and she loved it!  

I created the layout with mostly Create a Critter 2 cuts.
I cut the cake from Sweet Treats.

The title is actually two separate words that I welded together using the Craftroom.  

I ran some of the cuts through my Xyron sticker maker and then added some glitter.
The pattern paper is from the Echo Park Summer Days collection.  I LOVE this collection, and I find myself not wanting to use it because I want to save it.

I also wanted to show you a picture of the cake I made.

My daughter was so excited with it!  I'll have all the details on how to make it on my food blog on Wednesday.

We hope you'll join us this week at Bitten by the Bug 2 and link up your new birthday project made with Cricut cuts.  Please don't forget to tell us what cartridge you used.

And I also wanted to share some of my food creations if you're interested in checking them out.

Chocolate Cookies and Cream Popsicles

Chicken Caprese Paninis

Bacon Onion Flatbread

Birthday Card with a Number

Hey everybody!  Long time, no blog right?  Well I have a pretty good explanation for my 7 week hiatus, which I will share with you tomorrow.  But before I get to that, I wanted to share with you a project I made for the latest Bitten by the Bug 2 challenge.  A card was an easy way for me to get back into the swing of things.  I must admit flipping through my stacks of paper was enough to get me motivated again.  

For this week's challenge, all you have to do is create a birthday card with a number on it.  Just make sure you tell us what Cricut cartridge you used.  

This card is for my oldest daughter's 7th birthday coming up in February.  

That cute polka dot paper is from an 8.5 x 11 Recollections stack at Michaels.  It is called Rainbow.  It has tons of cute and colorful girly patterns.

Supplies/Details:

Card Base:  Papertrey Ink Plum Pudding cut to make a 5 x 5 card

Recollections Rainbow Pattern Paper Stack

Cupcake cut-Sweet Treats-4 in.

"7"-Cricut Craft Room Basics-cut to fit inside of heart

Sentiment-My Pink Stamper Simply Sweet Occasions

Recollections glitter-Fairy Dust

So I hope you'll join us for the challenge!!  

Thankful For You Cookies

I made these cute little tags to attach to some cookies for a little Fall gift for my kids' teachers.  I really love how they came out!

I'm going to enter them in Peachy Keen's Challenge 13-38-3D Objects-Potluck.  and Exploring Cricut-What's Cookin Challenge. I got my new Sweet and Silly Face Assortment stamps in the mail Friday night, and I was so excited to use them!

The cuts came from Sweet Treats and Create-a-Critter.  See details below.

And if your are looking for a great Fall cookie recipe, visit my food blog-Diary of a Recipe Collector.  They are yummy!!

Supplies:

Tag-Sweet Treats-4 in.

Leaf-Create-a-Critter-2 in.

Pumpkins-Create-a-Critter-1 in.

Green curled strips of card stock

Recollections for red and polka dot card stock

Papertrey Ink for Kraft card stock

Baker's Twine-Cappuccino

Peachy Keen Stamps-PK-182 Sweet and Silly Face Assortment

Sentiment-Scrappy Moms Stamps-A Holiday to Remember

white gel pen

Tim Holtz Vintage Photo for inking

Stampin Up-Chocolate Ink

I am also linking this up with:

Craftin Desert Diva's-Autumn/Fall LInky Party

D.L. Art-Thankful Thursday September Linky Party

Just Be Creative Crazy-Just Because Linky Party

End of the Year Gift Idea

I made this for my son's teacher during Teacher Appreciation Week.  I used some stamps from My Creative Time's April stamp release.  I'm not the best at coloring so I paper-pieced the flower.    I purchased the cup from Walmart and filled it with some single serving lemonade packets.  I made the gift card holder using a tag from the Sweet Treats cartridge.

Teacher Appreciation Tag and Cupcakes

Here's a simple tag I made to attach to some cupcakes I made for the teachers at my daughter's school. 

 

I used Create-a-Critter for the apple and Sweet Treats for that cute tag.  I found these Texas Sheet Cupcakes on Pinterest.
Have a great day!

Peachy Keen Challenge 13: Summer Kids' Party Favor

My little boy's 4th birthday is coming up in the summer.  We are having a carnival theme for it.  I'm so excited because I love planning this kind of stuff.  I plan on having different carnival-type activities and foods.  I like for the kids to leave with a little favor.  This ice-cream treat box is something I'm thinking about doing for it. 

I am entering this in Peachy Keen's Challenge 13:  Anything Goes

Supplies:

Ice-cream Favor Box-Sweet Treats cartridge-3.5 in.

Peachy Keen Wide-Eyed Kids face stamp

Paper-Echo Park Summer Days and Papertrey Ink for ice-cream cone

Paper for box is from Recollections

Hawaiian Shores Ribbon from Papertrey Ink

Sakura gel pens and chalk ink

Treats inside: bubbles, dum-dum, and other small candies