Birthday Money Cake and Poster

 This is my first attempt in making a money cake. A few errors were made but overall, it came out pretty neat. It was for my Mother-in-laws 80th birthday and she loved it. It contains $80.00 in ones, fives & ten-dollar bills.  I made the poster out of foam board from Dollar Tree.

For the poster board, I used the Fiskars AdvantEdge Punch System to make the cupcakes and balloons.  I've had it for years and finally got to use it. 

Thanks for stopping by!

~Danita~

Glitter Wine Glasses

 This was my first time attempting to glitter wine glasses, but when you Mother-in-law asks you, at the last minute, if you can make some glasses for her and her friends  for Christmas, you do what you gotta do!

I love how they turned out, but I didn't know they need to fully cure for at least 21 days before they become dishwasher safe. I delivered them anyway(2 days later)  with a disclaimer about how to handle them for them the next few weeks. They all said they weren't going to drink out of them anyway because they were "too pretty". They're going to keep them on display!  That made my day and avoided a possible catastrophe'! lol

  Close ups:

Dollar Tree Door Hanger

I made this door hanger for my sister. Almost everything is from the Dollar Tree Store, except the leaf flocking. I embroidered her initial with my PE 770 machine then I cut the "Happy Fall" out of glitter card stock with my Cameo. I traced the green leaf by hand, then cut it with my Brother Scan-N-Cut. I combined the pumpkin with 2 leaves form DT. It kinda looks like a turkey huh?

 Here's a side view

Close up of the embroidery. It's called a chevron font.

 I layered the leaves and hot glued some bling on them.

Until next time.................

Monogrammed Dollar Tree Hat

I transformed a plain Dollar Tree hat with my Embroidery machine, ribbon and shabby roses that I have had for about 2 years (see, I really do use my stash, it just may take me longer than others, lol)

This is the final product:

 Not exactly perfect but this is practice for me and the hat was only a buck.

 This is what the hat originally looked like. They are cheaply very cheaply made but you can transform one to wear at least for one season, maybe longer.

I am still learning my Embroidery machine so I do plan on going back to DT to get more practice hats so stay tuned!

Valentine's Day Card

I made this card using a Dollar Tree Window Cling Decorations for the Valentine Box, then I embossed the background strip with the Darice Hearts and Swirls folder. The phrase is from the Silhouette Store. I was going for a masculine look with this even though it has some pink in it. It's for my husband so hopefully it will be ok.

here's a close-up of the window cling. I trimmed around the edges and glued it to the card stock.

Here's the inside. The heart border was cut on the Brother Scan N Cut.

This is the set I will be giving to my hubby for Valentine's Day along with a special dinner.

He deserves it!

It matches the Treat Cards I posted yesterday.

See you again soon!

Blinged Out Flower Pot Bubblegum Machine

I made this bubblegum machine candy holder using mostly items from Dollar Tree.

The glitter was hard to photograph but trust me, there is a ton of glitter on this baby!

The flower pot, vase and lip balm came from DT but I had to get the lids from Michaels. I actually ended up getting two different size lids because the smaller lid kept falling off.

The instructions call for a wooden ball for the handle on top. I could only find bags of wooden balls or single ones for 3.99. I knew I would probably never, ever used the balls again and I didn't want to pay that much for a one time use, so I came up with an alternative method.  I have quite a few lip balms from Dollar Tree so I popped out the lip balm and used the container for the handle.

 I glued the top together and used Modge Podge to coat and add the dreaded glitter. (I hate working with glitter!!!)

 Here's the evil red stuff being applied to the lip balm container.

I cut a spout out of card board and molded it to form the shape, then I glued it to the flower pot.

Next, I started applying Modge Podge to the flower pot and lids and then on to the tedious task of applying the glitter. I let it dry between each coat of Modge Podge and glitter. 

Here's the pot before the bling.

Here's the double lids

And the finished product.  Three coats of Modge Podge and glitter and of course bling!!I may have went a little over the top with the bling, but I love it!!

Thanks for stopping by, oh and a shout out to my friend Helen for replenishing my bling stash!!!

Love ya!!!