A little Christmas in July!

Happy Monday everyone!  I know it's 100 degrees outside but wanted to share my recent Christmas creation with you... Those Studio Calico wooden veneer shapes are all the rage these days!  So when I wanted to make a wreath out of shapes, I thought that the veneers would be perfect.  Here I used the butterflies to make the wreath and added one pretty little bird!  Simple and sweet!

  Papers are GCD Studios (love the gingham!) and chevron ribbon is May Arts (love that too!)
Thanks for stopping by today!

Father's Day

Hi everyone! It's Tegan here again and I am getting ready for Dad's day!  Having trouble picking a gift for anyone that is a dad?  It seems the older I get, the more difficult it is to find the perfect Father's Day gift for my dad!  So what to give the dad that has everything or wants NOTHING?  Something homemade, of course!  Cookies, brownies, candies~ oh my!   And this GIFT BOX is perfect packaging for those Father's Day yummies!  

This box was so easy and so fun to make!  I used my die-cut machine to cut out a milk carton box.  Or you could just take a REAL empty milk carton and cover it with papers!!!  I know a lot of kids that would love to decorate a milk carton box!   *wink! wink!*

And then DECORATE~ personally my favorite part!  I cut up the Labels & Tags paper from the Splendor collection and used those elements to decorate the gift box.  I love how the gold "pops" against the blue!

   

  I hope everyone has a great Father's Day! 

GCD Studios Supplies:  Flower Child, Layered Geo (1644) - Flower Child, Flower Child Plaid (1639) - Splendor, Labels & Tags (1679)

The Paper Cut by GCD Studios

It's the start of a new month and so that means that GCD Studios has released the next issue of their online magazine The Paper Cut.  And it is FABULOUS!  My favorite section is the sketch challenge but all of the projects are great so be sure to check it out!  The wallet gift on the cover is awesome as well!  You will find instructions for the wallet inside!

                                                      Click here for THE PAPER CUT

I am sure you will enjoy it!

The best birthdays are full of scrap!!

Hi everyone!  So glad you are still hopping along with us and enjoying The Paper Bakery blog hop!  What is the best way for a scrapbooker to spend their birthday?!?  Full of scrappy goodness NO DOUBT!  So I would like to give a big SCRAPPY birthday shout out to my sister Sarah, The Paper Bakery's #1 in charge!        

                   HAPPY BIRTHDAY SARAH!
                                

The small wooden "bag" is from Michaels and the Happy Birthday die-cut was made with my Silhouette Cameo.  The beautiful paper with the cabbage roses is by GCD Studios... I love it!  The collection is called Oh Happy Day...  Wooden gal is Studio Calico~ I can't get enough of these little people lately!

Please leave a comment on my blog for a chance to win the AWESOME GRAND PRIZE~ A $10 gift certificate to the Paper Bakery!  And please just remember that in order to win, you must have left a comment on each and every blog in this blog hop... GOOD LUCK!!!  
The birthday party isn't over just yet though!  NEXT HOP ON OVER TO Tina's fabulous blog for more inspiration!   
And if this is your first stop, please head over to The Paper Bakery Kit Club to START the fun!
Have a great day everyone!

Who loves bunnies?

I love bunnies!    Who doesn't love bunnies right?   For this layout I decided on a photo of a weathered lawn decoration (bunny, of course!) that was a special gift from my mother-in-law.  Since the bunny looks very weathered I wanted to give the layout a very vintage vibe.  I know vintage bunny is an interesting combo, but just stay with me!   Here is my vintage inspiration...

  

                                   

                                               And the layout~  I just love how it turned out!

                  Notice how I used the fabulous wood print paper (Elegant from the Botanique collection)  to make an "old" picture frame?   And I hammered the brads to make "nails".   So very easy~  grab a hammer (or a can of soup if you are not a tool girl!) and hammer away just until they are flat!  

         I titled the layout "My Weathered Treasure" because it is a keepsake from my mother-in-law. 

 
             Silhouettes were very popular way back when, so I included my very own silhouette bunny! 

       I hope you enjoyed my layout and it inspires you to one day make a layout about a personal belonging you treasure.  And for all of you that already grabbed a hammer, I applaud you! 



Supplies:  (all papers) Botanique, Elegant (1710) - Botanique, Beauty (1707) - Botanique, Stationary (1715) - Botanique, Botanique Cards (1705) - Storybook, Chalkboard (1737) - Storybook, Animal Crackers (1734)

Anyone thinking about 4th of July yet?

So how about a little 4th of July inspiration~ card style!
For the first card here, I scanned the Maya Road canning jar mini album and enlarged the image because I wanted the card to be a bit larger.  I am loving canning jars right now!

On this second card I wasn't quite sure how to cut out the "fireworks" myself.  I had tried. And failed. A couple of times.  Then I had an "ah-ha!" moment and decided to cut out parentheses with my Cricut! I loved how they turned out.  And I added a couple of gems at the bottom to simulate the small fire ball that you see in fireworks when they fall from the sky....

On both cards, I used GCD Studios Oh Happy Day Collection.  It can be found at Scrapbook.com

They just got it in last week!  Thanks for visiting!  Until next time! 

I am loving The Paper Cut!

Check out the second edition of GCD Studios The Paper Cut~  fabulous yet again!
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