Beth's Beauties: July 2022

Thursday, July 21, 2022

Trendy Bakers Twine~Pop-Ice Pals

Hello all! Today I am on the Trendy Twine blog. I created a scrapbook layout for today that features a brand new product that hit the Annie's Paper Boutique store...Chunky Tag-Its! They are 2-3/4" wide by 3-1/2" tall so you can fit a lot onto one of these tags. Guess what? They fit the notebook paper stamp from the APB Get It Done stamp set PERFECTLY. Can you tell how excited I am about these Chunky Tag-Its?! Anyway, on to my project...

I took a photo of my daughter and her cousin BFF eating Pop-ice together and thought it would be fun to make a scrapbook layout for it. The papers are from The Paper Studio's Pixey Stix paper pad. All of the Trendy Twine accents on the page are Twisted Gumball Trendy Twine.

I created the title in SCAL 4. One tip I have is to use adhesive vinyl for thin words because they always cut beautifully and already have adhesive on them! The Pop-ice were just strips of paper that I put VersaMark on and clear embossing powder. I think they turned out looking pretty real! The bow of Twisted Gumball Trendy Twine was a fun addition.

The Pink Chunky Tag-It was so much fun to create and I am definitely going to use these more on layouts and simply as tags. As I mentioned earlier, I used the APB Get It Done stamp set with VersaFine Clair inks in Morning Mist and Warm Breeze to stamp it. I recommend using a stamp platform to get the notebook page as centered as possible. You can see I added even more Twisted Gumball Trendy Twine on the tag! As a finishing touch, I glued on sequins from the Raspberry Cupcake and Blue Berry mixes.

Here's what I used from Annie's Paper Boutique:

Twisted Gumball Trendy Twine

Pink Chunky Tag-It

APB Get It Done stamp set

Raspberry Cupcake Sequins

Blue Berry Sequins

If you don't need a full spool of Twisted Gumball, there are petite spools!

You can find both of our featured Trendy Twines of the month in the

Aqua Trendy Twine Sampler as well!

I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day!

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Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Elsa Birthday Card and Cake

Happy Tuesday! I wanted pop on quick to share the birthday card and cake I made for my daughter who recently turned 4. She decided she wanted a Frozen birthday with Elsa as the leading lady. Thankfully I had a EK Success Frozen paper pad on hand because this card was a quick one that was completed in the wee morning hours of her birthday!

I die cut Elsa from the paper using a Cottage Cutz scallop circle die and the GMD Lacey Snowflake die worked as a background for Elsa. The sentiment stamp was from Annie's Paper Boutique's Greetings set and was stamped in Scrapbook.com Mardi Gras ink. The sentiment strip and Elsa circle were popped up with foam tape, but the rest was adhered with ATG and Bearly Art Glue. To embellish, I simply added two GMD Iris sparkle glitter dots.

Now for her cake...which she specifically requested to be Elsa as well! Way to set the bar high, little girl LOL! I consulted my sister who had done a similar cake for my niece a couple years ago and she said all you need is glass measuring cups. What?! Yes, the cake was baked in my 8 cup Pampered Chef batter bowl and a pyrex 1 cup measuring cup. Both were glass, of course. I couldn't tell you how long they were in the oven because I baked at 325 F and started at 30 minutes and continued on in 5-10 min increments as to how liquidy the cake was. Definitely trial and error but hey, it worked! I used 2 cake mixes and filled my 8 cup to a little over the 5 cup line and the 1 cup was filled a little over the 1 cup line. The rest of the batter was made into cupcakes! The cape and snowflakes are fondant and I decided fondant was not my friend and I will be sticking to buttercream as much as possible in the future LOL! At least the skirt turned out cute and my daughter absolutely loved it, so that is what matters.

I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day!

Thursday, July 07, 2022

Trendy Bakers Twine~Ice Cream Card

Hello all! Today I am on the Trendy Twine blog. I don't know about you, but we have been having some HOT temperatures lately, and what better treat on these hot summer days could there be than ice cream?!

I used papers and tags from the Authentique Sweetness Collection on this card. From Annie's Paper Boutique a 5" Paper Doily that I trimmed the sides of and glued it to the background, a Pink Midnight Trendy Page Dot on the front tag, and Bubblegum Taffy Trendy Twine at the top of all three tags. To embellish, I added pearl pen dots in bronze. Adhesives used include ATG, Bearly Art glue and foam tape.