Design Team Inspiration: Onesie Cupcakes with Sarah Martina Parker

Today we have a quick and easy gift idea from Sarah Martina Parker featuring the Cupcake Wrapper Die and the Sweets & Treats stamp set.

We are turning a gift of baby onesies into a fun display of cupcakes complete with paper "sprinkles". With this clever packaging, even the most simple pack of onesies turns into an elaborate gift that really leaves a lasting impression.

Wplus9 Supplies
Stamps: Onesie Twosie, Sweets & Treats, Bitty Buddy Valentines // Dies: Onesie Twosie Companion Die, Timeless Tags 2, Sweets & Treats Companion Die, Cupcake Wrapper, Label Layers 3 // Cardstock: White, Sweet Gelato, Lake House, Ballet Slippers

Thank you Sarah for sharing such an easy idea with us! Be sure to stop by Sarah's blog to see more of her fantastic work!

Fresh Baked with Elise Durenberger

Elise is finishing off with a bang today, giving us not one, but two fantastic projects featuring Fresh Baked. First up, a little something that would certainly cheer me up!

Wplus9 Supplies:
Stamps: Blanket Stitched Blooms, Quilt Prints, Fresh Baked | Ink: White Pigment, Cranberry Crush Pigment | Cardstock: Kraft, Lake House, White

One of the things that I really like about this design is how Elise chose to use only the outlines from Quilt Prints, creating a fun graphic background pattern.

Next up is a cute little altered item that I'd love to have myself.

Wplus9 Supplies:
Stamps: Fresh Baked | Ink: Cranberry Crush Pigment | Dies: Fresh Baked Companion Die, Timeless Tags 2 Die, Folk Art Alphabet Die | Cardstock: Lake House, White

Elise has done a wonderful job showcasing our April/May 2013 Release, hasn't she? I hope you have enjoyed seeing her creations as much as I have. Be sure to head over to her blog to get all of the details on her release projects and don't forget to leave her some love while you're there.

Thank you Elise for sharing your endless creativity with us!

Pretty Presentation: Easter Rose Cupcake Flower Box

Today I have another fun way to dress up some cupcakes and create an easy and fun way to display them.

Wplus9 Supplies:
Stamps: Very Vintage Florals | Dies: Very Vintage Florals, Label Layers 3, Timeless Tags | Cardstock: Oatmeal Cardstock

Check out these cute little picket fence baskets that I found at my local Michael's. I thought they would be perfect along with some paper crafting supplies, to hold these rose iced cupcakes that I made. To make sure that the cupcakes are anchored and don't tip over, I'll show you how I added a few stakes to the basket to slide the cupcakes onto.

To create the stakes, here's what you'll need:

1. a wooden basket
2. serrated knife (preferably one that you've banished to your craft room)
3. a pencil
4. wooden cake dowels

Instructions:

1. Measure and mark the wooden dowel to the top of, or just below the top of the box.
2. Carefully cut the dowel where marked.
3. Use a pencil sharpener to sharpen one end of each dowel.

Quick Tip: You don't have to cut the dowel all the way through. Use the knife to cut part way through and then just snap it at the break point.

4. Apply a small bead of glue to the flat end of each stake using a glue gun.

4. Glue stakes evenly spaced apart to the inside bottom of box.

At this point, you can decorate the outside of your box or paint it if you'd like. Then just fill the box with easter grass, or any filler of your choice, and slide a cupcakes onto each stake.

Other Supplies:
picket fence box (Michael's), wooden cake dowels (Wilton), ink colors of your choice, twine, easter grass, cupcake liners (Michael's), glue gun, pencil sharpener, knife

Wplus9 Design Clips: Glittered Ornaments

Have you started Christmas decorating yet? Traditionally we wait until the day after Thanksgiving to put up our Christmas decor. However, this year we have company arriving on Friday. So I'm using that as an excuse to decorate early. Yeah, an extra week of Christmas!!

As promised, I'm back with the video on creating glittered ornaments I showed you in our Holiday Idea Mini-book. These are perfect for decorating those table top trees. And since we are using supplies that are most likely on hand and/or scraps, you can change it up each year to match your decor at little to no cost.

These look amazing in all colors, but there is just something about the white glittered tree that grabs me. You can watch below to see how easy these are to re-create.

Watch above or in HD at YouTube

I'm not usually a fan of working with glitter, but the Be Creative Tape Sheets along with the wide mouth on the Tim Holtz Glitter jar, make these ornaments surprisingly neat and painless. I ended up creating a variety of ornaments by just tweaking the design here and there to fill up one of my trees.

As always, thank you so much for stopping by today! I hope your weekend is off to a great start!

Supplies

Ink: White (Wplus9 beta)
Paper: Kraft, Oatmeal card stock, Wafer Board (Wplus9)
Dies: Iconic Christmas, Clear Cut Stackers: Stars (Wplus9)
Other: Be Creative Tape Sheets; twine (May Arts); button (stash); glitter (Tim Holtz Distress Stickles Dry Glitter); Farbi-Tac adhesive; Tombow Mono Multi Glue

Design Team Feature: Jinny Newlin

Jinny will be sharing her September Release projects all week long over on her blog. Today she has chosen a cute project to let me feature here on the Wplus9 Design blog using Class Act and Design Basics: Classroom Backgrounds.

The shriek that came from my mouth when I first saw Class Act and Design Basics: Classroom Backgrounds could’ve been heard at least two blocks away; and believe me, none of you wanted to see the happy dance that came next. Being a former teacher, just about anything related to the back-to-school season makes me giddy happy.

So as soon as these treasures arrived in my mailbox, I went right to work turning my son’s homework notebook into something he could be proud of. I really wanted to do those spirals up right with ribbons galore, but he said that would be way too girly, and wouldn’t even hand it over until I assured him that I would leave the spirals alone. By the time he got it back though he was all smiles. His gasp when he first saw my version; priceless.

I’d love to have you all stop on by my blog to see the before picture and get the low-down on the how-to. Hope to see you there!

~ Jinny Newlin

You really should head over to Jinny's blog to find out more about this fun project and how she put it together. She has really come up with some clever uses for Design Basics: Classroom Backgrounds in particular.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!