Beach party challenge at decorate to celebrate

hope you can join us for a fun challenge, Its all about beach fun. Toay I have made a beach bag starting with a cracker box covering with paper of choice added a sandcastle on front and added working handle with brads. The glasses hanging from it are cut from lifes a party cart. cut them at 2in and hung on bag. There is also a pocket on front for a gift card or money for the person getting the gift. The beach ball is 7 lg leafs hooked together with brads and 2 in circles for the top of ball the inside will hold bag of candy. the flip flops are cut from lifes a beach cart at 5in and are candy sliders the bottom of them holds the candy. Now I hope you find lots of inspiration from our talented ladies because they are amazing.hugs Please join us. http://www.decoratetocelebrate.blogspot.com/

mini album I made for a b-day gift

 My gd is invited to her little friends b-day and she loves barbies  so I decided to make a purse mini for her I got the concept of using a real purse handle from kathy orta so I cant take credit for that. I made the purse using a box and simply cutting sides out thats it. It is latched with heavy duty magnets and the little things hanging from handle are hair ties.

 here is a side view of what the purse looks like

 now the really fun part decorating the inside anyway you please. the pocket you see on the right is a french frie style box and made a fingernail mini album to put inside it and the doll beside her on left is a book mark.the other mini book is attached to the handle with book rings added little phrases on the bottom of each one

this is just an extra picture showing you the fingernail polish mini album. If you would like more instructions on this I do not mind giving you what I can just email me personally. hugs

cally anns mini album she won for graduation challenge at dtc.

 sorry I havent been around much, my life has taken a step back, I want to thank all you dear friends for praying and caring for me and my family. We will be fine but not easy. On a happier note cally ann wanted a fat orange owl mini album for her win. I hope she likes this. I have already mailed it out cally. She won first for her entry in the graduation challenge at http://www.decoratetocelebrate.blogspot.com/ This time challenge is all about dad so get over and join us I see we only have one entry, lets make her fight for a win lol

 this is the inside of the mini album and below is the back. enjoy it Cally ann

why I havent been doing much

sorry I havent posted in a few days or week. My youngest son and his girlfriend had a baby girl on may 10th, and it passed away today. I am super sad but am happy I have two of the most beautiful granddaughters in the world. She had lots of problems so I believe she is in a much better place with my grandson who passed away in 2008. Love all of ya I am doing fine just wanted to let you know. hugs

all about dad challenge at decorate to celebrate

 welcome to another challenge at http://www.decoratetocelebrate.blogspot.com/ Its all about dad. Today I made this grill gift box the lid lifts off and I have filled with spices for bbqing. I used a round box I had laying around the house. covered in black cardstock bottom and sides of lid. the covered top with orange and the grill is in gray used coasters to make the hamburger meat and covered in yellow squares for the cheese on top the hot dog is a toy. for the oven mitt and utencils i cut at 4in using the block party cart. i used bottle caps for the knobs and spelled out dad. legs are toiled paper rolls cut down and wrapped in blk also.

 not sure why picture is sideways lol but you can see the over mitt hanging on grill

heres another picutre to see how the utencil hangs on the grill. now I hope you can join us.

winner of blog candy for the mini album hop

congrats to Bhawana for being the winner of the blog candy a free mini album of choice. thank you everyone who hopped with me and everyone on the hop so apprecieated. love all my blogging friends. If you would like to congrats Bhawana just hop to her blog http://www.ilovecreativity-bhawana.blogspot.com/  congrats bhawana and hope to hear from you soon I sent you a email. hugs

veronica toy story mini album won from md blog hop

 congrats to vero  she was picked out of comments for the blog candy from the mothers day blog hop.She requested a toy story mini. THis is what I came up with. Hope you enjoy sorry about so much stuff in picture having trouble downloading and this was just a quick to see if it worked and yes of course now it does. ha this is the front of mini

this is the inside the back side of woody pictures go in pants and write on the circle  have fun and I will mail out soon. hugs

Mini Album blog hop

 Welcome to the Mini Album HOP! If you arrived here from Lynda, you are in the right spot -- To see the entire line up, be sure to start at Lynda's Blog!! How fun is this. I made a skate mini for my gd's b-day party. I am going to have all the kids sign it and write down all her presents and take lots of pictures. This will sure be a fun memory for her when she looks back. I used cart birthday bash cut the tag at 9 in
I cut 12 of them glued two each together with heavy cardstock to make heavy and then added papers of my choice. Cut strips and glue on bottom of skates to hold pictures I used my bind it all to  bind it.

 Here is the inside wrote on what her invites she handed out said in the book

 Here is just one you can add pictures or anything really in side the blk strip

And this is the back of book. Now I hope you will leave lots of comments and I will pick a winner for a free mini album for my blog candy. Now lets continue to hop...  Your next stop is: Suzanne!!

mini album for winner at decorate to celebrate teachers challenge

 Congrats to Lori  She entered into the teachers challenge and won first place. She has two daughters and wanted something girly. I made this purse mini doubled sided for each girl. both sides of purse are different each girl has a side. enjoy your mini and anyone who would like a chance to win go to http://www.decoratetocelebrate.blogspot.com/ and enter our challenge all about graduation.

 here is another side of the purse

 this is the inside put pictures into the bottom pockets

and heres the other side flipped can put plenty of pictures in it and write on the bottom of purse.
enjoy lori and I hope your girls have fun decorating and putting pictures in their mini.

winner of shannons b-day hop mini album finished

 congrats to Julie http://www.thetuckerwoleclan.blogspot.com/ She was winner of blog candy for shannons birthday blog hop a few weeks ago. I suprised her with a purse mini to add her photos in.  this is the front

 this is the inside the flower is the picture holder and you can write whatever in the handle

and this is the back. congrats julie and glad you recieved it and loved it. hugs

Vero you are the winner from mothers day blog hop

Vero from http://www.mommyscraftycreations.blogspot.com/ Is the winner for a free mini album. This was the blog candy for the hop and her name was chosen. Lets give her a big congrats and thank you for hopping with all of us yesterday.

Mothers day blog hop

 welcome to a blog hop for mom. I am sure you wont want to miss all the inspiration that is lined up, so if you are just stopping by, please be sure to start at Lynda's blog...  If you came from Lori's blog, then you are in the right place!!

Now for my project. I wanted to make something special for my mom. I seen these made at flower shops so I decided to make one with paper flowers. For the dog he is made with carnations made from coffee filters.First I filled the basket with styo foam and then took some pieces to shape dog. then covered with carnations. made nose out of a button tongue is paper eyes are google eyes and lashes is border made a leash out of paper and tag I wrote mom on

 This is the side of the basket I made the daiseys from giant flower cart cut them all at 2in add them on a stick and stuck in foam used yellow and white cardstock. leafs are also cut from this cart.

this is the back of the flower arrangement. THe leash says you led me well. I think it turned out pretty cute and kinda looks like her little poodle bella. Now I hope you find time to hop with us.

I will be giving a free mini album to the winner for blog candy All needed is to comment and I will draw from there.  Thank you for visiting and hope you enjoy the rest of the hop...  Your next stop is: Anita's Blog!  hugs

challenge no. 24 graduation party decorations at decorate to celebrate

Graduation Memory Box

Welcome to another challenge at http://www.decoratetocelebrate.blogspot.com/ This is challenge no. 24
Its all about graduation decorations and parties. I made this graduation memory box for keeping special graduation memories in. Started off with a box I got from a recent bridal shower.Cut the 8 in square
from george for top just glued on top added stickers on front and a may bottle cap with tassel. I hope you can join us for another fun challenge. Be sure to check out all of our talented design teams creations on the decorate to celebrate blog for some inspiration.