DIY Cupcake Ornaments

Wahoo! I don't know about you but I am super excited about Christmas being right around the corner. Yes, I do celebrate Thanksgiving but not in the normal way. Last night I took down all of my Christmas decorations from the attic and my goodness I was overwhelmed. But once I put my cupcake tree up everything got better.  

Let's go make some Cupcake Christmas Ornaments! 

I was Crafty When Crafty Wasn't Cool Canvas Puffy Art

Working on site at iLoveToCreate, we are surrounded by tons and tons of colorful and crafty products.   So I'm always super excited when I see a clever use for one these products on the web.  Sometimes I just have to break out the Puffy Paint or Tacky Glue and give it a try!  I have been inspired for quite a while by this word art canvas that went viral on Pinterest by blogger Virginia and Charlie.  I finally had a chance to try it out for myself last week and I'm so happy with the results.  It's such a fun and easy way to get a customized look with your favorite quote art.  I chose one of my favorites that I created...I was crafty when crafty wasn't cool.  I've included the pattern below so you can download it for yourself!

What you need: – Tulip Slick Dimensional Fabric Paints in various colors (I used a rainbow of colors)

– Collage Pauge Instant Decoupage

–8x10 canvas

– wax paper
–foam brush or paintbrush

– I was Crafty when Crafty Wasn't Cool download for 8x10 canvas

Place wax paper on top of phrase and use the Tulip 3D Paint to outline on top of the letters. Don't worry if you make a mistake!   You can make as many letters as you need to using this method!

Carefully peel off the letters.  If there's a little wax residue, it's not a big deal.

Now brush Collage Pauge all over the canvas to seal it (a nice alternative to gesso).

While the Collage Pauge is still wet, apply the letters back into the placement that

appeared on your printout.  Paint another layer of Collage Pauge on top for added security to the canvas.  The Collage Pauge will dry clear.

I love how it turned out!  Now I want to do more quotes and designs using this method. It's so cool!

Where Crafty Chica™ goes, glitter follows

This past weekend at Maker Faire, our www.ilovetocreate.com booth was under attack...by glitter! It all started with the Crafty Chica™ glitter canvases. Everyone had a blast pouring tons of Crafty Chica™ Glitters onto each of their canvases, but not all of the glitter ended back into their respective bottles.

Soon glitter started showing up everywhere...on hands:

On purses and bags:

All over the floor:

On phones and cameras:

Yeah, just about everywhere! We can't imagine the reaction of the San Mateo cleanup crew when they saw the remains of our booth area...and by area, we mean the 100 foot radius around it. The bathroom floors weren't spared either. It was covering the floors in there too! Ha!

Even Crafty Chica™ got glittered up when she put Bollywood Blue Crafty Chica™ Glitters into her hair for an impromptu photo shoot. We even noticed a few kids following suit and sprinkling the sparkly flecks into their hair. I'm sure the parents loved that!

But, our booth wouldn't have been the same without the glitter attack. Young and old know it's a craft supply they just simply can't resist!