Truman is 2!!

Hello everyone! Java Jen here from JAVA JEN CREATIONS to share some fun party decorations that  I made for our grandson Truman's 2nd birthday! Thank you, Sheila, for this opportunity!  First of all, here is a picture of our precious boy - He makes us so very happy!

Truman's party theme was The Lorax so all the decorations were bright and colorful!  My daughter had everyone sign inside the front and back covers of this book as a memento! Such a great idea!

I used a flower shadow from the Bloom cartridge to look like a truffula tree for the banner.

The font was from Chalkboard Fonts. The clouds are from the April Showers cartridge. 

This was how it looked all together!

Close up of the cake my daughter made! Cotton candy made the truffle trees!

Cute truffula tree cupcakes!

My daughter made these with paper pom poms and attached them to large wood skewers to look like truffula trees! I think they are so cute! 

I cut the letters out for this from Extreme Fonts in vinyl as a table decoration and a photo prop when we all posed for pics with the birthday boy! 

The mustaches for the straws were cut from the Billionaire cartridge. 

All in all, this party was soooo much fun! Being a crafty grandma is so much fun! 

Be sure to stop over to my blog, JAVA JEN CREATIONS to see more fun parties and other projects that I have had the pleasure of creating! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Java Jen

Spring Layout

Hello SassyLady friends, this is Kate from Sassy and Scrappy. I bought the Mother's Day solutions cartridge a couple weeks ago and decided I HAD to use it. I have to admit I was a little overwhelmed by the variety of flowers, but they seem to all mix and match really well. I also used some ribbon from my fellow Design Team member Kimberly at My Craft Spot and I absolutely love it. And no, she didn't pay me to say that, lol. In fact, I didn't even mention who I was when I placed my order. So check her ribbon out here!


I started by trimming my blue patterned paper to 11 x 11-inches and gluing the center down to the white 12 x 12-inch paper. I didn't apply adhesive close to the edges of the blue paper to avoid "gumming" up my sewing machine.



Next up were the flowers. I picked 4 different flowers and cut 19 varying sizes. Here they are before being layered and embellished.
After layering the flowers I decided to add glitter. I used liquid craft glue and used my paintbrush to apply the glue to the edges of the flowers. I applied the glue fairly liberally and to each layer of the flower. Then I sprinkled the flower with some Martha Stewart glitter. Of course, you could always use Stickles as well.
And here's the end result. I think the flower looks "sugared" now. Isn't it fun!

Next up was some tearing. I know it's not easy to tear pretty paper, but you should give it a try at least once. It's kind of therapeutic, actually! I hold the paper down with my left hand and tear with my right. That way I can control how much of the paper is torn.


The next step was adding ribbon. I used a small amount of removable adhesive, it applies small dots and definitely disperses less glue, which I figured was a little safer for my sewing machine. I didn't adhere the ribbon straight down, hopefully you can see the folding in the picture below.
And here's what it looks like now, I really love how it turned out. As you can see in the picture below, I also inked the edges of my torn paper.


Next I started assembling my layout. Here is a fun close-up of some of the flowers and my journal tag.



I wanted to keep the layouts pretty simple on these 2 pages because I didn't want to have too much going on. I didn't want to detract from the pictures (to be added in the future) or the flowers. Here's the left page, with a little journal tag tucked into the flowers.


Right page. I love how the flowers add so much dimension, and the little worm is just adorable.

Details:

• Cardstock-Bazzil (white)
• Pattern Paper-Fancy Pants 'Wishful Thinking'
• Bird-'Simply Charmed' cut at 2.25-inches
• Worm-'April Showers' cut at 2-inches
• Tree-'April Showers' cut at 8.50-inches
• "SPRING" banner-'April Showers' cut at 2.5-inches
• Flowers-'Mother's Day Bouquet' cut at 1.25, 1.5, 1.75 and 2-inches
• Buttons-Papertrey Ink
• Ribbon-My Craft Spot (Denim)
• Buttons-Papertrey Ink
• Peachy Keen Stamps-'Character Face Parts' and 'Wide Eyed Kids'
• Journal Tag-Die Cut from Papertrey Ink

I had a lot of fun putting this layout together and I hope it gives you some ideas and inspiration. As always, thank you Sheila for letting me share my work on your blog. I hope you'll come visit me at Sassy and Scrappy for more projects and fun.