Stampin' Mama: A mama that stamps: Birthday Party in a Tin!

Remember that adorable little book I made in the CD Tin Tutorial that I posted a couple weeks ago? Well, I have another fun project to show you that uses the CD Tins from Kitchen Sink Stamps.

I had planned on doing another mini CD book for this tin, but then I got to brainstorming and came up with something completely different.

I made a Birthday Party in a Tin!

The only thing that's missing from this Birthday party is the cake or a cupcake. I couldn't quite fit that in the tin. *wink* But it has everything else you need! (I'll show you what's inside in just a little bit.

I have completely fallen in love with the little arrows from Kitchen Sink Stamp's Playful Ovals set. It's so much fun to have all those little arrows pointing at the focal point of your project.

You can click on any of the images in this post for a larger view.

I used my Coluzzle cutting system with the circle template to cut all of my layers. I used some striped paper from the Cutie Pie Designer Series paper pack for the large layer on the bottom. I used my handy-dandy, trusty scalloped edged scissors to trim around the edge. I used Wild Wasabi for the layer that my Whisper White cardstock circle is sitting on. I trimmed the Wild Wasabi cardstock with my pinking edged scissors. If you can't already tell from the past few posts, I'm discovering the joy of my neglected decorative edge scissors all over again. They're certainly not neglected any more. I've been using them pretty hard these days. I get the look of all those fancy die cutting systems, but I don't have to spend anything extra and they've already got a place on my desk because they've been there for years.

I like to decorate the sides of my tins with ribbon because it's very easy and there's all sorts of fun patterns to use.

The ribbon that I used on this tin was actually a little gift from Bee over at the Dare2BeeCreative Blog. She sent me a little card wrapped with fun ribbons last fall and the polka dots on this pink-ish ribbon matched the little polka dots on the Cutie Pie paper really well.

To attach the ribbon, I lined the back side with Sticky Strip (aka: Red-line tape) and then adhered it to the tin. The Sticky Strip keeps the ribbon firmly in place and your ribbon won't move when you're opening the tin.

I added some self adhesive flat-backed rhinestones to the lid for some extra bling. For some dimension, I mounted the stamped Whisper White cardstock and Certainly Celery layer on top of the striped paper with pop-dots.

The cupcake image that I stamped on the Whisper White cardstock comes from the Happy Birthday Cupcake set. I colored the stamp directly with my Stampin' Write Makers. I used Ballet Blue, Rose Red and Summer Sun. I huffed a little bit of moisture onto the image before I stamped it on the cardstock to bring the moisture of the marker ink back.

The little arrows were stamped with Ballet Blue, Rose Red and Summer Sun ink.

I felt like the images needed a little "something extra" so I applied 2-way Glue to each of the arrow images, the frosting on the cupcake and the flame on top of the candle and then sprinkled them with Dazzling Diamonds glitter.

It's kind of hard to see the amazing amount of sparkle and shine that all of this glitter creates, but trust me, you almost need sun glasses!

The inside of the tin holds the "birthday party to-go."

I made a matching card and included some candles, balloons, confetti and a kazoo! My mom and dad were recently visiting and she handed me a bag of candles and kazoos to use for upcoming birthdays. There were MORE than enough in there, so I took some out and added them to this little tin.

The one thing that I wish I had (and I need to make a note to myself to pick some up the next time I'm at Wal-Mart or something) are match books. They would make a wonderful addition to go with the candles.

Here's a view of the inside of the tin. The goodies rest on the bottom of the tin, while the card I made rests on top of the goodies.

I taped the six candles together in a line using scotch tape. I then made a band to go around them using a piece of striped Cutie Pie paper.

I stamped the words, "make a wish," (from the Happy Birthday Cupcake set) on a scrap of Whisper White cardstock with Basic Black ink and then trimmed it with a pair of scissors and mounted it on top of the banded candles.

If I DID have a little book of matches, I could have also decorated that to match my tin and the candles.

To create the card that goes inside the tin, I started out with a piece of Bashful Blue cardstock and folded it in half. I placed my Coluzzle template over the cardstock, while hanging it over the edge of the fold and then cut the circle out, keeping part of the fold in tact. This created a circular card, except for the fold on the edge. I used my scalloped edged scissors to trim around the edge of the folded card to create a decorative edged card. I LOVE this look! Why pay extra for scalloped edged cards when you can create your own with a simple pair of scissors?!

I mounted this on top of a full circle of Rose Red cardstock. The large Rose Red circle was the size of a CD and filled out the tin nicely.

I used my white gel pen to make little white dots around the striped paper layer.

Can you tell I'm loving my scissors?? They work on so many levels and when you follow the edge of a circle to trim with your scissors, you get what looks like is created by those expensive dies, punches and machines from just scissors.

I stamped the candle image across a piece of Whisper White cardstock, again using my markers to get the different colors on the images.

I applied 2-way glue to the flames and covered them with Dazzling Diamonds glitter. I love flames that glitter and sparkle.

The "make a wish" image was stamped with Certainly Celery ink.

I have yet another project to show you using these amazing CD tins sometime soon and Maria, from Kitchen Sink Stamps, has graciously and generously put together a prize package for an upcoming Groovy Give-Away here on my blog. The plan is to have this Give-Away up for next Friday! I'm REALLY looking forward to it!

Happy Creating!

-Stampin' Mama

Comments

What a great project! And on my birthday, too, Erika! Good timing :) Love the color combinations and the little candle bundle inside...so darling!! And I just gotta get me some of those cupcake stamps...they're just so sweet! (LOVE puns!*wink*) I think I should make a kit like this for my girl's birthday in the fall...a little cupcake decorating kit...she ADORES frosting and sprinkles (and Nerds...the candy!!) Thanks for the inspiration!
Kim

Posted by: Kim Marie | April 16, 2008 at 11:05 PM

Erika..........you have THE most creative and fun little projects!! This is so cute and festive!! Just perfect to pop into the mail for someone far away to know just how special they are!! Thanks so much for sharing!!

Posted by: LuvLee | April 16, 2008 at 11:21 PM

I recognize those kazoos!

Posted by: Donna | April 17, 2008 at 01:23 AM