It's My Party Blog Hop!!!

 


Welcome to our Party Decor Blog Hop. We have a fantastic group of ladies who love to
 make party decorations and we are excited to share our projects with you today!  

If you just happened to find my blog, thank-you so much. However, so you don't miss awesome projects or the chance to win blog candy, you will want to start at the beginning at  
http://mincedpaper.blogspot.com. If you came from Wandy @ http://greenapplescrapper.blogspot.com/ then you are in the right spot.
     I am in the mood to PARTYYYYY! Today just happens to coincide with the unveiling of my new blog design! I just love it, it's so me.!!!!

Speaking of parties we have them all the time. I have 5 children and 8 grand children so with weddings, baby showers, christenings, anniversaries and graduations, etc we always have a reason to party! Let me introduce myself:
 
     Hi! I am Mary and I'm a craftoholic!!! I'm so glad you decide to join us on this wonderful Hop! I am going to share with you a birthday party we had for my grandson Ben who turned 5 in December. He loves pirates and since I was in charge of the desserts I had just the right idea.

      I had just gotten the Cricut cake machine  ( for a great deal, lol) so this is my first attempt using this machine. I used the Buccaneer cart since it was a pirate party. I think there is going to be a learning curve with the cake machine! ( but I am learning to LOVE my Imagine).

     I had my own gum paste (tinted brown) for the skull and cross bones. The blue and white polka dots is a sugar sheet that I thought would be good to work with, wrong! It dries too quickly and is brittle. Even though I got it on sale, I don't think I'll use this again.

     I was fortunate enough to find some pirate themed candles to add to this. How cool are these banners? I made a lot of them because.....

      The banners were cut at 1.5" and I did half one way and the others I did the same only I flipped them horizontally so I would have a front and back. The characters were all cut separately and had to be sized to fit the banners.

      I made cupcake boxes for the kids party at the laser tag party so each kid would have their own cake. Ben's was extra special with the "Shiver Me Timbers" pattern for the cart.This is the great thing about the imagine because you can flood fill any image you have on any Cricut cartridge so you don't have to worry about having enough paper. Definitely a savings when you are doing a large quantity.

      I made a little insert for the bottom of the wrapper to raise the cupcake up. The insert was cut from Sweet Tooth Boxes. I used Sweet Treats cartridge on page 72 cupcake holders for the actual box. Just a word of warning if you print your own cardstock with the Imagine, it is not waterproof. I placed the cupcakes in the wrappers just prior to bringing to the party.

     Here's the handsome and ever playful Benjamin who is now officially 5!
      Next stop on the Hop is Jen @ http://myimagitivity.blogspot.com/. Let's see what kind of party she is having!!!

                BLOG CANDY is a $20 gift card to Michaels.

To win all you have to do is comment on each of the designer's blogs. Following everyone's

blog isn't required but we sure do appreciate it when someone new follows our blogs.


The winner will be announced on http://mincedpaper.blogspot.com

on April 27th.

     Just in case you get lost along the way, here is the line up:

1. Laurie http://mincedpaper.blogspot.com
   
2. Michelle www.scrappinwithmybug.com
   
3. ClaireR http://threewaterscreations.blogspot.com/
   
4. Ashley http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com
   
5. Cyndie http://cyndiepaperboutique.wordpress.com/
   
6. Sandy S. http://thecraftycreationspot.blogspot.com
   
7. Gloria http://craftnthings.blogspot.com
   
8. Jessica http://homespunelegance.blogspot.com/
   
9. Autumn http://autumnsbuggycreations.blogspot.com/
   
10. Sheila http://2pawprints.blogspot.com
    
11. Vanessa http://wwwpaperkraftsunlimiteddesings.blogspot.com/
    
12. Marji http://www.fstampaholic.blogspot.com/
    
13. Sylvia http://www.bellascrapbookdesigns.blogspot.com/
    
14. Wandy http://greenapplescrapper.blogspot.com/
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15. Mary  http://Mary-fortheloveofart.blogspot.com/
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16. Jenny R http://myimagitivity.blogspot.com
     < Next stop to party on!!!!