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Using 4.25x11 strips (6) of card stock in pink, I scored every 1/2 inch. Fanning them back and forth I then hot glued three together. Once you have them glued into a ring you will press down while the piece flattens, the center comes together. Hot glue the center to a 2 inch circle in front and back.
The flowers are cut using Stampin' Up! Floral Framelits die cuts. I alternated colors for a little pop. The papers are random left overs. The letters are made using Shadow Box dies from Sizzix. 

The whole concept was designed to use a couple stamps bought from Mosdigitalpencil.com, Pineapple Girl and Kalei, which the party is themed as. To reiterate a point I am always harping on, with digital stamps you can re size them to fit your plans! These are sized all the way down to about 2.5 in circumference!
I added eyelets to run thin ribbon through and tied loops on the ends to hang up from tacks. After the party the girls may want to hang them over their beds! 
 So far I have a wreath decor, one each of these for the girls, and the invites. 
I considered making a fan between the pics and the pink, but I used up all the blue, so, it's plenty beautiful, lol! It would look better with that layer but I would want it to match!
Other plans to come; the girls individual birthday cards, and later the scrapbook page! I really like to get my money's worth!


                                               

Simple delft tea card

 So, I bought this Mucinex at the Dollar Tree and I couln't just throw away the package like a normal person might. Why not? because it was so cute, shaped like a cup. This is how I ended up using it, and despite my title, it's sort of complex. I used this with stampin' Up! A Nice Cuppa. And whit card stock.
First I kept both the bubble and the die cut inside as a template:

 And here's the die cut, traced onto a 5&1/2 x 11 card base:

Oops, the bubble had some legs, so I just had to press in place and trace those from the bubble itself. I couldn't use the bubbly to trace the whole thing becaus ethere are pars that don't follow the shape, as well as needing  the hole to be smaller than the bubble.

 After fitting it in I was able to press against where I might need some detail snipping. See the black lines? Those are getting snipped. 

I then stamped a cute little tea bag all over the card front. Including one that says "and you".

Next I needed a piece of paper that was the same size as the card front.

I laid it behind so we can see where to stamp. 

 And stamped:

Next, lay the bubble in with lots of glue (hot glue if you like) around the edges. Add the tea and the stamped background, using again, lots of glue.  You see that the message is hidden under the tea, it is good there, they will either discover it now or later and be able to save a lovely card even after extracting their special gift. 

Stamp inside:

Add a little bow and voila! Mine will be hand delivered, but if you are mailing yours make a 'box envelope' or include it in with your next batch of goodies to the recipient; grandma, college students, favorite aunites, besties.... you get the idea.

Luau party invites

So, obviously I want to look brilliant without too much effort, but the invites really can't be too overdone. Wait for the birthday cards for that. So with our theme of our Mosdigitalpencil.com luau girls, we went simple. I don't actually do Clean and simple, if you've heard of that, we'll just call it simple!
Coloring is so much fun, so I'd never call that work. Digging for invites stamps was work, I think next time I'll type and print! I cut the girls to fit a standard A6 card. Stamping the 'invite' rather crookedly, I then added a block that say 'Spectacular', because I wanted to use that stamp. Duh.
All the details are inside the card, but to be clear about who's party I punched out some hibiscus, this is an old punch from EKSuccess, not sure it they still offer it. Inside the flowers I spelled out the name of each girl, Iz can give out hers and Eve can give out hers. Wahoo!
Are you srating to see my investment growing of these two stamps? Just. Wait.

Aloha, oy

So, we have the annual a party coming up; what to make the theme this year? Eve is so into hula and Izzi wants to go to Hawaii, how perfectly their current interests intersect!

We have a load of themed items, but I want it personalized, of course! Two stamps from my favorite artist work out perfectly! (mosdigitalpencil.com; pinapple girl and Kalei).


The first idea I want to share is the wreath! If you wish to recreate this you will need a foam circle, a bag of drink umbrellas, and your own image of choice, or even some flowers if you're not stamp and color crazy like me! The idea is to 'break' the umbrellas with something. 
All you need to do is hot glue your image (or flowers) then poke the little umbrellas all over. I actually had to break mine down, they were super long. Now, you could do all umbrellas, but that would just prove how afraid you are to go crazy, to test your creative boundaries, to take a craft on the wild side. Keep on the lookout for more decor and cards for this party!