Cupcake Holder Directions

Reminder of what it looks like :)

I promised I would come back and post the details to my Cupcake Holder box and here they are!

You will need 1 piece of 12"x24" paper/cardstock for the box itself and 1 piece of at least 8"x8" coordinating cardstock for the interior.

First you will need to trim your 12"x24" paper to 21 3/8" x 11 3/8". You should score the long side at 3", 9 3/16", 12 3/16" and 18 3/8". I used my Martha Stewart ScoreBoard for all scoring and cutting of the box. Next, score the short side at 2 5/8" and 8 13/16". Then cut along the long side into where your score mark intersect. You'll then fold all pieces up and in to form the box. I adhered mine with my Pink ATG gun. See my three pictures below for how it looks scored (this is the box that I had originally purchased and then took apart and measured. Please excuse the foot roller thingy that you can see through to window top of the box and my coffee table - pretty nice device after a long day at work). Also, while mine doesn't have a window in the top of it, you could always cut a window and add some acetate to get the same results as the store-bought one.

Picture of entire paper scored and cut

Close up of right half of scored and cut paper

Close up of left half of paper that has been cut and scored.

For the inside of my cupcake holder I cut a piece of cardstock down to 7"x7" (as the inside of the box is 6"x6", the extra 1" will allow for how it "stands" inside). I then welded three circles together to make the insert (the large circle (2.5") holds the cupcake and the smaller ones (about 1") attached to it allow you to reach in and pick up the cupcake).  I then duplicated the welded circle three times and arranged them on my mat to fit within a 6"x6" square. Once it was cut I scored the square at 1" in at all sides and trimmed away the corners up to where they meet.

What the finished interior looks like.

To make the flower that decorated the top of my box, I layered the discarded interior welded circles from the inside of my box. I then used a coordinating color and some circle punches to add some dimension to my "flower". Next time I would ink the outside edges of the small circles as well for added dimension.

What completed box looks like closed up.

This was surprisingly easier than I thought it would be and easier than the directions may make it seem. It really is a bunch of scoring and cutting and then 1 simple set of welding and cut from the Cricut. This would make a great Teacher appreciation gift, Birthday gift, hostess gift, etc for the holiday and for any time of year!

Cricut Circle Weekly Challenge 2

I decided on Sunday to participate in this week's Cricut Circle Weekly Challenge, as I've been wanting to do more crafting on a regular basis. The goal this week was to use three of the following: pink, ruffles, scallops, bling, glitter, flourishes. Here is what I created from my trip to Crafts Direct in St. Cloud, MN to meet The Pink Stamper, Robyn! The scallop borders are from the bubbles punch, the top note is from Storybook and the snowflakes are from Christmas Solutions.

Here's a close up to see the stickles:

Cupcake Holder

Last Christmas I bought a set of cupcake holders on clearance at The Container Store (love that store btw!) with the intention to recreate them on my own. I finally did that about a week and a half ago. It was actually pretty easy, and while my scoring wasn't quite perfect, with a few adjustments to my design on my Gypsy it still worked out. I will have to come back and post the measurements, but the box is a piece of 12"x24" paper and the holder on the inside is about 7"x7". Super simple, I know I will be coming back to do more of these!

The flower on the top is actually the insides of the cupcake holder with some circles that I punches to add contrast.

I was surprised at how well the cardstock/heavy paper held up when put together (I adhered it using my pink ATG gun - love that thing!).

I was a little worried that it actually wouldn't hold cupcakes (well 2 unfrosted cupcakes and 2 muffins for some variety), however I think the holder will actually keep them from shifting around. I love paper crafting and coming up with awesome things for way cheaper than the store sells them!

Halloween Cards

A few weeks ago I went on a scrapping retreat, and as always we ended with some debriefing at Michaels. Well Ms had cards on sale for a really great price - I scored some large black cards and envelopes for $1.66. I also got some Halloween paper on sale for 40% off. I had some Halloween embellishments left over that I received from a secret santa a few years ago and some I got for 80% off last year. I got home and decided to put it all together for some seriously simple, yet nice cards.

To the inside I added some ribbon and some extra embellishments and stamped with some dollar images and  white Stampin' Up! craft ink. Hope you enjoy!

Creating something beautiful from a mistake

I received Create a Critter this week and wanted to cut something from it last night while I had banana bread baking. I figured, in support of the Florida game I would cut the alligator. What I didn't realize is that the size of the cut (this was pre-loading it on my Gypsy) is based on the height, not the length, so my 3" alligator was more like 7" - oops. Well, I decided I could make a pretty cute layout with it and so over the past 24 hours I have made what is probably my most complex Cricut layout.

What started with a 3" CAC alligator, was then joined by a hand-cut lake that I embossed with some embossing glue and clear embossing powder. I also welded some grass (from Sports Mania I believe) to a rectangle to get the grass. I cut a few little clumps of grass (CAC) to add some dimension. I chalked all of the grass with some Stampin' Up! chalk. I then pop dotted the alligator amongst the grass making sure that some it looked like he was amongst the grass.

One of the things that I did recently was make my own Glimmer Mist using Perfect Pearls, Mini Mister bottles and some ink. I decided to mist my clouds (CAC) with some white mist (just the white Perfect Pearls and water) and the sun (Gypsy Wanderings) with some gold mist (just the gold Perfect Pearls and water). I'm happy with the dimension it adds to the lo.

The other fun thing with this LO, is the rhinestone as the bird's eye (bird is from Hannah Montana). I purchased an iRock a few weeks ago and have been finding myself adding bling to everything! Gotta love my Michaels finally starting to get new stuff in a timely manner (and the use of coupons on said stuff!). I made the bird carry a banner (forgot which cart the banner is from, but the smile is from CAC) with some ribbon, all of which is pop dotted, of course. Overall I am very happy with how this mistake turned out, especially considering I had no plan in mind when all of this started. Now to get to the other 240 pictures I had (finally) printed earlier this week... :)