I used my ProMarkers and Air Marker to color this. I love this new toy, all I have to do is snap a ProMarker in to the airbrush system, turn on my air compressor (you can use canned air if you prefer) and spray away! It is so quick too and these last few weeks of summer vacation with the kids home from school I will take any time save I can get!

BTW the die-cuts are from the Steampunk SVG kit from Lindsay’s Stamp Stuff:

Quick Tip! I wanted some vintage advertizing pattern paper in the background of my card but I had none so I did a search on the web and found lots of free vintage ad collage sheets here. Ain’t the internet grand!

Using patterns from the French Country Digital Background Set by Dotted Daisy Designs, Lynlee created the most gorgeous decor to perfect this party.

Lynlee created tags, banners, decorative art, name plates and  labels.  What a beautiful, soothing way to decorate for a special little bear.  Find more great designs here at MyGrafico for your every design need.  Have a great day, everyone!

Kaboodle is a social shopping community where you can set up virtual wish lists.  On this site, people discover, recommend and share products.  So, it is a brilliant solution for me.  On EVERY product listing page at MyGrafico, there is an “Add to Kaboodle Wish List” button that looks like this:  .

You simply click this button to add the product to your wish list and you can easily go back to Kaboodle to find all of those great MyGrafico designs that you want to use for your next project.  This helps me a lot when I am planning projects, and I hope this fun tip will help you too.  Don’t forget that you can also click on the “Share This” link above the Kaboodle icon to share your favorite designs on Facebook, Twitter and more.  Share the love!  Have a blessed day, everyone.

I designed the Fancy Cupcake box template to go with the Singing Birds stamp set. I love how the frame stamp fits perfectly on the mat, placecard and cupcake box. In SCAL2 and SCAL 3 the design will import perfectly to fit the stamps but if you are using other software just make sure the mat is set at 4? wide (lock proportions) and you will be all set.

Of course you can cut the box whatever size you want like I did for the smaller favor boxes filled with gum balls. I also think these little boxes would be cute as wedding favors!

The boxes can be cut with or without the window. There are printable templates in the kit as well so if you do not have a digital die cutting machine you can print and cut. To cut the large cupcake box you will need to enlarge the pattern 150%. Directions and scoring guides for the templates are on the printable instructions.

This kit also comes with a quick cutting cupcake wrapper (say that 5 times fast!) and a scalloped cupcake topper. You can cut 4 wrapper from a 12?x12? sheet of paper. Tip: Set up the wrapper templates on your virtual mat then fill in with the smaller topper shapes to save space! I personalized the cupcake topper with letters from the Carnival alphabet stamp set. I also used both the large and small carnival alpha stamps on the place cards:

After I made the fancy cupcake box set  thought about other template sets I had and how they would go with other stamps…I decided that this party needed a banner so I measured the stamps in the Big Banner and Rosette set and then opened my scallop banner die SVG cut from the Pretty Banner SVG set and set the size to 4?widex4.25?high and cut a bunch from pink cardstock. I stamped the large banners inside the die cuts then stamped them again on blue polka dot pattern paper, cut out the centers and layered them on the die cuts. Then I simply stamped the rosettes on scraps of cream (leftover from the cupcake box) and punched them out with my 1.5? circle punch. I glued the layers together and clipped them to some ribbon with mini clothespins. Easy and quick!

What is a party without a favor bag? I like these scalloped favor bags from the Pretty Favors set because you can cut 2 bags this size from a 12?x12? sheet of cardstock and they are plenty sturdy too. I used scraps of patterned paper and some pleated party streamers to decorate it.

You can make these party decorations ahead of time and you can save the banner to use again! Here is a look at the Crafting Templates from Lindsay’s Stamp Stuff I used in this project:

And if you need a snazzy new die cutter to cut these sweet SVGs with make sure you sign up to win a Silhouette SD here!

Happy crafting!

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To add a splash of festive color to the table I covered it in valentine wrapping paper I picked up at Target (love the dollar spot!) this is a perfect solution if you do not have table linens to match and it looks so much nice than the plastic disposable covers-cheaper and more eco-friendly too and it makes clean-up a snap!

I wanted to have a fun little activity for the girls to do while they hung out and chatted so the printable activity sheets from the Valentine Classroom Party Kit was perfect for that, I just printed one sheet for each guest and cut them apart, that gives you 4 activities!I put crayons in a vintage glass flower frog, it adds to the decor and is practical too. I keep an eye out for these whenever I am in an antique shop! If you can’t find a glass frog you can cut a styrofoam ball in half and poke crayons in that.

Here are the cupcakes, they are so quick and fun. You get 3 wrappers and toppers on one printable sheet, they are quick to cut and all you need is a dab of hot glue to attach the topper to a toothpick and glue the wrapper closed. The girls were so cute, they wanted to save their wrappers to take home. It is impossible to keep a cupcake wrapper clean so I printed them a couple of sheets to bring home with them, I guess their American Girl dolls will be having cupcake parties too!

Here is the banner from the add-on kit, and check out the cut party hats also in the kit! The banner only takes 2 sheets of cardstock! I cut between the triangles with mini wavy scissors and hot glued them to a length of ribbon then tacked it to the wall, easy peasy!

To keep the party hats secure on their heads just tape a length of elastic cord (made for beading) to each side of the hat on the inside. I cut the bottom of the hats with scallop scissors to add a bit of flair.

Here is a look at the kits I used:

This kit would also be perfect for Valentines parties and baby showers!

Thanks for stopping by and til next time happy crafting!

Happy New Year to all of our MG Community. We are so happy and thankful to have you all as readers, members and customers of our growing community and site. It is a privilege to provide you with some of the most fabulous designs and resources on the market today. One of our most valuable resources that we get to share with you are our designers. They are the backbone of our community. We are so excited to share Judy Sanqunetti of Sanqunetti Design with you to start off this new year right.

Judy Sanqunetti is truly a creative genius. Judy has the most precious designs, catering to the children’s market, but has been expanding into other niches as well. Judy co-founded, co-owns and manages this wonderful business and community, along with another creative genius, Burcu from Mujka Chic. She is one of the most talented, savvy and nicest people out there in the business world. Definitely someone to watch. It is our pleasure to share a little about her with you.

MG: Where do you find inspiration?

Sanqunetti Design: I like to start with a them, so I check out some top kids party theme sites to get some ideas.  I also like to check out stationary companies for color inspirations.

MG: What is your favorite personal design at MyGrafico?

Sanqunetti Design: I would have to say my sugar buzz set.  I really enjoy doing sweet and bakery sets.

MG: What has been your favorite use of one of your designs that you have seen from someone who purchased your designs?

Sanqunetti Design: I really enjoyed the owl softies that were on the community.  I think it was an awesome project.  It is really neat to see my flat artwork transformed into 3D plush!

MG: What are your future plans?  Anything new you’re working on right now?

Sanqunetti Design: I am really enjoying the party market. I think you will see more sets and printables geared specifically for the kids party market.

MG: Can you share some advice for designers out there on how to be successful as an artist?

Sanqunetti Design: Be a show-off!!  Create examples of what can be done with your work so others can get ideas.  Also be willing to try new things with your art and style.  It is the best way to find your niche!

Thank you so much to Sanqunetti Design for sharing some great information with us today.  What a great way to start off the new year.  Be sure to stop over and visit at her STORE and get ready to party!!  Have a safe and blessed new year everyone!

 I recently created a popcorn holder party favor using a couple of MYGRAFICO sets.  I wanted to use the holder for somehting other than the normal movie night favors !  This works great for all kids parties! Instead of filling the container with popcorn, I used cotton candy. You can find the popcorn containers at Dollar Tree or your local dollar stores

For the background I used the Dessert Party Papers by Goodness & Fun.  The bright and cheerful colors worked very well for the project.  The dessert party papers offers a nice variety for tons of colorful and fun projects!

  As I was browsing through MyGrafico I saw this adorable Birthday Bear set by Stockberry Studio  it matched the paper extremly well!  The Birthday Bear set would work great for toddler parties!  The colors used work be really easy to find matching party supplies as well!

Cassandra from Cassandra’s Embroidery was gracious enough to share some projects she created using Chere Revi’s Mushroom Season clipart set.

Cassandra’s set includes 7 different images in Full Fill and Redwork! Available in the 4×4 or 5×7 hoops.  Check it out HERE

 Use the MUSHROOM SET cliparts for a variety of kitchen projects! Would work great on recepie cards, cookbook decorative covers, and an array of towels and totes like Cassandra has showed us!