Cupcake Wars: Day Three - Milky Way

This is day three of our Cupcake Wars!

Here are our ingredients for the day.

2.5 in Styrofoam balls

Cupcake baking cups 

Ribbon (For this project, I chose May Arts' TG32 Gross Grain Stripes)

Glue Gun

Embellishments

Start off with gluing the tip of your ribbon.

Curl your ribbon in to adhere and create what looks like a piece of shaved chocolate.

Repeat the last two steps until you have enough curls to fill the top half of the foam ball. (I used 3 yards of ribbon, approximately 50 curls.)

Randomly glue the curls on your foam ball starting at the top, working your way down. You don't need to have it uniformed. Having the ribbons face different directions creates the right effect!

Once you have the top half of the ball completely coverd, glue around the ball directly underneath the ribbon.

Place the ball in the cupcake liner and press lightly to adhere the liner to the foam ball.

Here is the Milky Way!

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial. 

I would love to see what you guys create!

Cupcake Wars: Day Two - Strawberry Shortcake

Here is day two of our Cupcake Wars!

Here are our ingredients for the day.

2.5 in Styrofoam balls

Cupcake baking cups 

Ribbon (For this project, I chose May Arts' QK17 Ombre Looped Edge)

Glue Gun

Embellishments

Start of by putting a dot of glue at the center of your ball.

Place your ribbon over the glued spot and stretch over the ball, gluing it down at the opposite side.

Repeat the last two steps, placing the ribbon directly next to the last piece.

Once the foam ball is completely covered, it should like this. 

Glue around the ball directly underneath the ribbon.

Place the ball in the cupcake liner and press lightly to adhere the liner to the foam ball.

I made a bunch of tiny ribbon curls to top the cupcake off with. I glued the curls on top and "sprinkled" it using Stickles.

Here is the Strawberry Shortcake!

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial. To see how to make a "Milky Way", come back tomorrow! 

I would love to see what you guys create!

Cupcake Wars: Day One - Neapolitan

Who doesn't love cupcakes? I know I love them! These little cupcakes make a perfect centerpiece for an exploding box, party favors, ornament, or a little keepsake for someone's birthday! I will be showing you all how to make each one of these cupcakes in the next few days. Today, I am starting off with my "Neopolitan" Cupcake.

Your ingredients:

2.5 in Styrofoam balls

Cupcake baking cups (The color is up to you! I went for silver for its versatility)

Ribbon (Again, this is all up to you, I tend to go no bigger than .5 inch in width)

Glue Gun

Embellishments

For this one, I went for May Arts' ABB17 Check/Stitch. 

I tend to use about 2 yards of ribbon for this, depending on how I twist my ribbon.

Start off with putting a dot of glue at the center of the ball.

Loosely twist the ribbon and glue it halfway to keep the ribbon to stay put. 

The looser you twist, the fluffier your "frosting" looks.

When you reach your initial starting point, glue the ribbon once more and start another row.

Repeat the last two steps until you have the top half of the foam ball completely covered. 

This is what your top half should look like. 

Cut the excess ribbon off and tuck the end underneath another piece of ribbon using glue to secure in place.

Take the glue gun and glue around the ball directly underneath the ribbon.

Place the ball in the cupcake liner and press lightly to adhere the liner to the foam ball.

Embellish the finished cupcake however you please!

Here is the Neapolitan Cupcake topped with a simple flower! 

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial. To see how to make a "Strawberry Shortcake", come back tomorrow! 

I would love to see what you guys create!

Sketchy!

This week's challenge at Lasting Memories is simple! 

Here's a Sketch to inspire you and show us what you create!

I went ahead and used this sketch for my brothers' graduation picture. 

Being 8 years apart, my brother and I have a really different relationship. I have always looked over him, even when he doesn't want it! I am so proud of him!!

Now head over to Lasting Memories and get sketchy!

Happy Father's Day!

Being surrounded by great men makes it easy to make cards for them!

The first two are for my dad and father in law!

This card is for Husband "from" our son!

I've been waiting to make a project using Ethan's Footprints! This was the perfect time!

This final one is to my husband from me!

Thank you for stopping by and seeing what I have in store! :) Happy Father's Day to all the Dads, Grandpas, Uncles, Big Brothers, Single Mothers, and other Fatherly figure you have out there! I am honored to be surrounded by great men!

A Child of God

This week's challenge at Lasting Memories is a simple one!! Let's see how this photo inspires you!!

When I saw the photo, I just fell in love with the colors!! The teal and white/cream look gorgeous together! I just had to go with it!

I love putting multiple photos in a layout in unique ways! I have my photos "hidden" under my big bow! These are photos of my son's baptism. My dad was able to capture each step in photo. I wanted to showcase it in a clean way!

Now head on over to Lasting Memories! Make sure you join their blog hop as well!!

Happy Birthday, Dad!

Every month seems to be Birthday month! I keep cranking out the Birthday cards like crazy! This month is a little special though! It is my dad's birthday! Here's the card I made for him!

My mom also needed a card for a coworker, and this is what I came up with!

Gotta love birthdays! I have a few cards I need to make for July! Can't wait to get to those!

Car Crazy Cutie

Now for this weeks challenge and it's sooooooo fun! We're "Sweatin To The Oldies" with a twist! It has to be a SUMMER song lyric from the 50's - 70's!!Come on out and join the fun with us as we dance the week away! AND .. Stacia is hosting our giveaway this week!!

This is my take on this week's challenge using the Beach Boys' "Car Crazy Cutie". Here is my lil Car Crazy Cutie! My parents bought him this little car and he LOVES it! We noticed how much he is into wheels, whether it is a steering wheel or a regular wheel! He is so fascinated!

Now head over to Lasting Memories and sweat to the oldies with us!