Birthday globe

I love making something different than a card for birthdays. I'm always thinking about something new and something durable at the same time and something that can be a nice home decor.

This project was make for a little girl for her 2nd birthday. A birthday globe. A little girly cupcake preserved in a ball on a base. I covered half of the globe with some book pages to create a safe haven. I used some hay at the bottom to give to the little cupcake a nice and tender support. The cupcake is made just with pattern paper, some styrofoam, a lot of flowers on the top and a little candle (that is not a candle but a polymer clay stick and a piece of thin line glued on the top). A tiny baby shoe completes the small bow. I love the different old pink shades playing in this projects. Here are some details...

I want also to remind you that on TAAFOMFT is going on a nice themed challenge: FAVORITE FEATURE and I find this one particulary versatile because you can scrap a lot of things and it can be a layout, a card, an altered item, a mini... whatever you want to create as long as it has to do with your FAVE FEATURE!! And remember to take a look at the wonderful ideas that the 2nd DT group created... Marvelous!!!!!! The winner wil be delighted with a special prize!

So.... Happy birthday Emi and....... Paper dreams to all of you!

Christmas ball

Hi friends. I'm writting from my mothers computer to write this post because I have some problems with the internet connection. I hope I'll solve it soon because I admit I hardy live without this web addiction.
Meanwhile I've made a Christmas ball, inspired by my globe No place like home. I opted for the traditionl christmas colors: white, red and green and a lot of glitter. I covered a plastic ball with gauze and acrylic color and the final effect was like having a canvas ball. I made glitter swirls on the ball using the Tim Holtz template.
A tag says: Never wory about the size of your Christmas tree....

Of course, as this ball is inspired by the No place like home globe, it has a surprise inside: a small christmas tree. I like it because the look is simple (not many colors) but prescious. And the message continues: In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feel tall. A glittery hill carries this tiny tree. Stripes of patterned paper to cover the background and a croched sowflake (that my mom made) for the bed to the glittery one.

I hope I'll soon have my connection problems solved...I miss all of you!!!!!