After the storm.

What a mess!  I now get to clean my whole house because the last month I have been knee deep in my art room creating projects for Graphic 45 design team audition.  I feel like a kid before Christmas, just waiting and wondering what is in store. 

There is a floor down there somewhere.

I don't think that could be considered a fire hazard.  Then again.......

Not one inch to walk through.

Graphic 45 Design Team 2013 Audition

How amazing this past month has been. I have been racking my brain thinking of creative ideas to wow everyone at Graphic 45. I have laid in bed for hours at night analyzing, imagining and just wondering what I have to give to the team. I hope that I have produced pieces that represent Graphic 45's vision. I remember the first time I saw their paper on a sneak peak for CHA. I was blown away. I was so excited about their paper, that I sent them an email telling them how wonderful their new lines were and where had they been all my life. Yes, I have a tendency to get a little nerdy when it comes to paper. It is a pleasure and a privilege to be able to enter my projects for consideration. So.... here we go!

Garden Fairy Dome

Fiddle fern and fairies.

I painted several parts with glow in the dark paint.

I added some teeny tiny little lights to make it look like a fairy ring.

 

 

Spring Bonnet

 

Welcome Baby Card

Quinten's Layout

I hand chalked this image to have it tie-in with the other bird images.

 

Steampunk Mini Album

Circus Mini Book

This is my favorite page.  I wanted to make her look like she ripped right out of the page to fly through the air.

One Extra! 

Baby Diaper Cake

The base of the cake is made out of diapers.  I love making unique items for parties.

Lacey is officially a teenager!

 Who wouldn't jump at the chance to do a Hello Kitty party!  Lacey, my niece, wanted a blue teal and red (which look great together) party.  I think I pulled this one off for about $100.  You probably have noticed that I use some of the same pieces in most of my parties.  This 3 tier stand and the cupcake stand get a lot of use at my house.  I think they were about $30 total from the Christmas Tree Shops.  I think if you stay with a white or beige you can use them more often than if they were a color.  I add the color with ribbon, food or cupcake liners.

 I got the cookie cutters from Michael's.  I had to make one with a "stache" for Lacey.

 The cake pop idea came from http://www.bakerella.com/here-kitty-kitty/

I think she used  the markers on the face, which is much better than the gel.  The gel drove me crazy because I had to transport them to her house and they were rolling all over!! Uggh.  

 Jenni Bowlin punch used for the cake banner.  I had leftover straws from Quin's party.  This was my first attempt at a ribbon cake.  I had to scrape the icing off only one time.  But once I figured it out it wasn't so bad.  

 Spellbinder's and Martha Stewart's Scoring board were used for the banner.  I used Spellbinder's to make the labels for the goodies.

 I made cake batter muddy buddies aka: "kitten chow"  with the recipe from 

http://www.the-girl-who-ate-everything.com/2012/02/cake-batter-muddy-buddies.html

 I filled the urn with plain granulated sugar and added this edible Easter grass that was leftover from Easter.

 Lacey got the flower balloon idea from Pinterest too.

 We made some coffee filter flowers.  I added some Glimmer Mists to punch up the colors.

 We printed some images to fill the photo spots on this piece.  The large clothespins came from Michael's. I used the Cricut machine to cut out the numbers and added glitter.

 Stache Kitty!

Lacey's party actually was one of the easiest to set up.  Their dining room made the set up fast.