** Birthday Bash Blog Hop **

Welcome to another fabulous hop and GIVEAWAY with My Creative Time. You are in for an awesome treat so I suggest you grab a cuppa yer fave bev, and start hopping for your chance to win a complete Project Life prize package!!!! All righty let's get to details....

BIRTHDAY GIVE AWAY ALERT!

How would YOU like to be the LUCKY winner of this FABULOUS  Project Life COMPLETE Scrapbook Kit BLUSH EDITION?  Yep, Miss Emma had ordered an extra one to giveaway for this special day! ;)  All you have to do is leave a comment at EACH stop in this hop.  For additional entries, become a follower of this blog if you aren't already, and spread the word on facebook to all of YOUR friends! Once you do that, visit My Creative Time Facebook page HERE and let Emma know you did. 

This is a FABULOUS prize!! 

Good Luck!

***SALE ALERT***

In addition, for THIS WEEKEND ONLY, please use this code: BDAY42  at checkout to get 20% off  your purchase! You can start shopping HERE! This sale will end at midnight Pacific Time on Sunday, May 12. As a birthday present from ME to all of YOU, I am giving away this ADORABLE stamp set with orders placed THIS WEEKEND ONLY! *$20 minimum order required to receive free stamp set.

  ***All orders from this sale will start shipping Monday, May 13th*** 

Emma's mom will be OFF and enjoying her Mother's Day weekend :)

What's a party without cupcakes, right!?? Isn't this a cute little mini party! I made a balloon flag "centerpiece" and cupcake topper flags. This was so much fun. The hubster loves it when I do 3D projects because they often times involve food, generally sweets, and he gets to eat them after I get all my blog pics. He enjoys it so much that if he questions anything "extra" that goes in the shopping cart on grocery day I just tell him "it's props" and he doesn't bat an eye. HAHAHA!! But I digress....let's get this party started, shall we. :)

Happy Birthday flag using large tag die

Cupcake picks using Chocolate Greetings flag die, curly label die and stitched curly label die.

 

I love the idea of individual 'cakes' so I came up with this fun little idea for cupcakes. {Which I later saw on a baking blog and thought to myself how clever I am for doing this all on my own! LOL} This is great if you have a kids' party and have leftovers to send home. This makes it easier for transport without it getting too awfully squished along the way. 

Gusset bag mini-tutorial:

Also, if you don't have gusset bags, you can easily make your own from flat bags. This works especially well with long bags as this will leave room for tying ribbon to close the top. 

Add a piece of double sided tape along the bottom of the bag, on just one side, end to end. (fig 1)

fig 1 

Remove the liner from the tape and fold up a couple of inches - the higher you fold, the bigger the bottom of the bag will be - press to adhere. (fig 2)

fig 2 

Open up the bag and flatten the bottom. (fig 3) It's not easy to see here as the bag is clear, but I've added arrows to the photo to show the bottom....hopefully that helps you 'get' how it will look.

fig 3 standing bag

And there you have it! If you aren't excited about this hop by now, I don't know what to do with you!! Hahaha!! If you started at the beginning you will have arrived here from Ruthie's blog are right on track. Up next is Tracy.

We also have a guest designer joining us today--our former teamie, Trell came to our party!! YAY! So happy to have you with us today, Mr. Trell!! 

Blog hop line up:

Emma~ http://www.creativetimeforme.com/ 

Amy ~ http://www.scrappingmommy.com/

Cassandra ~ http://www.ctimz3.blogspot.com/

Cathryn ~ http://inthepinkcathryn.blogspot.com/

Cheryl ~ http://dragonflydesigns58.blogspot.com/

Cindy B. ~ http://www.cindybcreations.blogspot.com/

Courtney ~ http://courtscrafts.blogspot.com/

Glora ~ http://glorascrafts.blogspot.com/

Katie ~ http://www.craftingwithkatie.com/

Kim ~ http://www.scrapinmomofoneinspiringlittleboy.blogspot.com/

Leanne ~ http://createdbyleanne.blogspot.com/

Liz ~ http://www.lizspaperloft.com/

Micia ~ http://yellowbirdcreation.blogspot.com/
Nancy ~ http://scrappingoutofcontrol.blogspot.com/
Nikki ~ http://scrappinnavywife.blogspot.com/
Rosy ~ http://sweetdelightspapernmore.blogspot.com/
Ruthie ~ http://septemberninth.blogspot.com/

YOU ARE HERE ~ Shar ~ http://scrapendipity.blogspot.com/

Tracy ~ http://tracyscricutcorner.blogspot.com/

Veronica ~ http://www.vkcreate.blogspot.com/
Guest Designer Trell ~ http://polkadotsandpaint.blogspot.com/

Product List:
Dollar Store wedding and party supplies:
clear cups, clear shot glasses, curling ribbon, balloons, bamboo kabob skewers
My Creative Time dies:
large tag, curly label, stitched curly label, chocolate greetings flag
My Creative Time stamps:
Here's Lookin at You - stars from the necktie
More of My Favorite Sayings
It's All About You
We are Family - tiny heart
Celebrate Good Times
Other:
treat bags, ink, glossy accents, glitter, double sided tape, quickutz candle die, polka dot paper by October Afternoon