Tamarra's Stamping Spot

Christia's Birthday

A little over a week ago Christia turned 6. And if you follow my Blog you know the theme was "CUPCAKES". So the invite seen here was done with Crazy with Cupcakes and done in pinks and browns. Thus began the whole party theme. All the kids decorated their party favor bags with the Cupcakes wheel, crayons and stickers. Then they each decorated 2 cupcakes: 1 to take home and the other to eat as "birthday cake". I had 2 tables set up with tons of cupcakes, 3 flavors of icing and TONS of candies, decorativesugars and sprinkles for them to use. 54 cupcakes later they were done and happy! It was the cutest thing watching them all decorate their cupcakes. All the pictures have other kids in them and I don't want to plaster my daughters Kindergarten class on the web, sorry, so you will just have to imagine...... The main reason she wanted a cupcake party is because she wanted a Jumbo Cupcake as her cake.  

I love this cake pan the cakes always turn out so cute. Even if Mom doesn't have time to pull out the tips to make it super cute. But that didn't matter, you would have thought it was the best cake ever. Even the boys told me it was "COOL".

 

I decorated the cake to look like the cupcakes on the banner, which my daughter LOVED and now has hanging in her room. Or at least the CHRISTIA part. The Happy Birthday is from Cuttle Bug. The rest is Stampin' Up! exclusive dies for the Big Shot. You can see a close up of the cupcake here .

I also decorated the ceilings with pinks and white to match the pretty in pink and Rose Red I used. My oldest daughter who doesn't like pink came out after I finished and said and I quote "Oh my Gosh it looks like Cupid threw up in here". She was right too, way to much pink for me. To which her sister had to come out and see and said "It"S ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS MOM!! I LOVE IT!!!! I guess her opinion was the only one that really counted since it was her party. The picture doesn't show how pink it really made my house look, but it does give you an idea. The pig hearts floating are 26 inches wide for an idea of the size.

Now for the real stampin' part...... the thank you's. Christia wanted me to use the Simple Birthday Thanks. So I did.... LOL Here it is closed

and opened...

Stamp Set: Simple Birthday Thanks

Card Stock: Whisper White, Pretty in Pink, Rose Red and Berry Bliss DSP (retired)

Inks: Chocolate Chip IP and SWM

Accessories: Taffeta Ribbon (not SU!) and paper snips-- lots and lots of cutting to make 26 of these.

And just a fun shot of the Birthday Girl herself...... 

Love ya Baby Doll!!! Happy Birthday!

Thanks for stopping by! ~Tamarra

TOTALLY CUTE........

Ok I'm not referring to my sample but to the cupcake on it. As you know if you follow my Blog I love cupcakes. Matter of fact I like them more then cake, I know they are basically the same thing but for some reason cupcakes just seem to taste better and they are cuter too. Anyway, when Stampin' Up!'s new IB&C came out with the cupcake die in it I knew I needed to get it. So when I was told I had some money to spend on Stamp stuff, I had to get it. Now that being said it arrived today. In the middle of me working on other things but I had to stop and play with it. So I decided I would make the first part of my Daughters Banner for her Birthday. So here you go..... my first attempt at using the Pennant and cupcake die.

As usual everything is from Stampin' Up! unless other wise noted.

    

Card Stock: Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Barley Banana, Summer Sun, Close to Cocoa and Berry Bliss DSP (Retired)

Accessories: The Stampin' Up! exclusive dies Pennant and Big Bold Cupcake, Big Shot, Extended cutting pads, crimper and taffeta ribbon (non SU!)

Just as a side note for all of you Stampin' Up! has 17 exclusive dies for the Sizzix Big Shot that you can't get anywhere else!! How cool is that! Plus as a added bonus they match our stamp sets!

 

 

Here is a close up of the cupcake

Thanks for stopping by! ~Tamarra

A Birthday Gift and a Challenge....

One of my friends had a Birthday this Sunday. I had asked her what she wanted and she never answered so last night I sat down and made her a Name Frame and a Card using the same paper from the frame and TechnoStamperschallenge. I would have posted it last night but I know she follows my BLOG and didn't want to spoil the surprise. So now that she has her gift I can share it with all of you. Here is the Challenge sketch we were to follow.

                                                            

As usual all items are from Stampin' Up! unless other wise noted.

 

Stamp Set: Inspired by Nature and Big Bold Birthday (Happy Birthday)

Card Stock: AlwaysArtichoke, River Rock(retired), Very Vanilla and Le Jardin DSP(retired)

Inks: Always Artichoke SWM, Apricot Appeal SWM, Mellow Moss SWM, Close to Cocoa SWM and Basic Black SWM

Accessories: Vintage Brads, Paper Piercer and Ruler

I wasn't sure what to do for her but knew that she hadn't made a frame yet so I decided that would be a good gift for a stamper. And now for the Frame....          

Stamp Set: Headline Alphabet(retired)

Card Stock: Always Artichoke, River Rock(retired), Very Vanilla and Le Jardin DSP(retired)

Inks: Always Artichoke IP and IR

Accessories: Pretties Kit, Aqua Painter, Hodge Podge Hardware(retired), Chocolate Chip Grosgrain, Prima Flowers (non-SU!), Mini Glue Dots, Ruler and Frame

Sorry for the reflection on the one side. I tried to move it around and it only got worse so I went with this one.

Well, Thanks for stopping by! ~Tamarra

Decorating you Home with Stampin' Up!

Ok so I have told most of you at class about Stampin' Up!'s Home Decor line but I haven't share much with you yet. So I was thinking that it would be a great thing to share from convention next. If you haven't heard of them yet they are these really cool vinyl clings that you can hang on your walls or decorate household items with. Now the really cool thing about them is that all you have to do is Rub them on the wall and then peal them back off. They don't rub off you actually use a small tool and peal them back off. Totally cool you can change your decor super easy(we got a chance to put them on some walls at convention- pictured below) If you would like to see the brochure Click HERE.

Ok, so on to some samples of them.... First we have the boards where we could add flowers too (not pictured).

Ok and then we had the items that Stampin' Up! had done to show us how we could decorate our house and some picture frames. I love the way that the Home Decor line matches our stamp sets so you can make multi layered art. I am so excited to try some on my walls at home. Even if you rent you can now decorate and then just peel it off when you leave.... No painting over anything.... 

  

Thanks for stopping by! ~Tamarra