The Queen's Royal Birthday Ball

Welcome, Welcome, Welcome! We are so excited to have you hop along with us on this royal journey! If you got here from the talented Kathy's blog, then you are in the right place. If not, head on over to The Queen's blog to start at the beginning.

My project for you today is fairly simple. I made a royal menu, a matching napkin ring, and a favor bag that doubles as a nameplate. I chose the fleur-de-lis pattern because I just love it, and it fits nicely along with the royal theme. A little disclaimer before you see the pictures - my house has horrible lighting! Even with my fancy camera, I struggled to get a good shot. I also don't own fancy table cloths or napkins so...you can chuckle at my set up...I don't mind. ;)

The Menu-

The white menu is cut at 5.5 x 8.5 and I layered out the black and lavender by quarter inches. The whole menu ends up being 6 x 9. The fleur-de-lis is cut from the Gypsy Wanderings cart using the tag and tag shadow features. I used my gypsy and cut the tag at 1.57 x 1.5. The white, lavender, and black cardstock are all from my paper stash.

The Napkin Ring-

For the napkin ring, I used the same fleur-de-lis tag cut and cut it at the same size as the one on the menu. I made a black strip and glued the ends together to make the ring. The silver ribbon is from my stash and I tied it around the ring. I used a little bit of hot glue to attach the ring to the fleur-de-lis tag.

The Favor Bag/Nameplate-

This little bag is the inch bag from the Tags, Bags, Boxes, and More cart. I cut it using my gypsy at 5.54 x 3.5. The paper for the bag itself is DCWV. I cut out the fleur-de-lis with my gypsy at 1.12 x 1.39. It is also from the Gypsy Wanderings cart. I used MTC to cut out Alex's name. I used hers because I needed a short one! My bag came out a little smaller than I expected. If you make one, you may want to adjust the size if you have longer names.

Here are a few more shots.

I hope you enjoyed my little project! I had fun making it.

Ok, so what hop is complete with out some blog candy? One lucky winner will get this adorable new Peachy Keen stamp set! It is the Cute & Cuddly set and it really is so cute!

It is easy to win. All you need to do is:

1. Become a follower of my blog.
2. Leave ONE comment on this post.

You have until Sunday night at 11:30 pm to post your comment. I'll choose a winner via Random.org on Monday and post the winner on Tuesday.

The amazing Joy is your next stop!

Here is the order in case you get lost:

Theresa

Alex

Ruthie

Raven

Mary

Liz

Kassidy

Kathy

Cynthia - That's me!

Joy - Your next stop!

Julie

Jin

Jenny

Mel

Gaby

Cristi

Rosy

Gina

Amanda

Ellen

Theresa

Thank you for hopping along!

:) Cynthia

Tacky Tuesday Challenge!

This is my entry for the Tacky Tuesday Challenge! I had the idea for this sentiment as soon as I read the challenge. I'm not loving how the card turned out...but I have very limited time...so it is what it is. I think it is kinda cute. The sentiment is a little hard to read because it is so small. It says, "Chick it out! It's ladies night!" This would be an invite to a girls night out.



The chick and the glass are from Simply Charmed. I printed the sentiment on my computer and cut it out with an old oval cutting stencil from Creative Memories. The pattern paper and the coordinating pink for the beverage is Classic Prints from Ki Memories. The sweet little bird face is of course from Peachy Keen! It is from the adorable Critter Faces set.

I hope you enjoyed my little Tacky Tuesday card. Thanks for stopping by!

:) C