Thank you for joining us for Day Two of our birthday celebration! We are celebrating our 6th birthday at Scrapbook & Cards Today magazine and are ready to par-tay all week! Today we have the ever amazing, and creatively genius Aly Dosdall with some fun birthday ideas...and a prize below!
"Do you remember making fortune tellers in grade school? I do—my friends and I made them all the time! Here’s a fun way to use a fortune teller as a party favor or treat container. Just turn it upside down, and fill up the four sections with your favourite treats.
Supplies: patterned paper (October Afternoon), baker’s twine (We R Memory Keepers), paper doilies and lollipop sticker (Wilton), mini wooden clothespin (Bazic), circle cutter (We R Memory Keepers), square punch (Marvy Uchida), paper trimmer and scoring blade (Creative Memories), decorative scissors (Fiskars)
I added a candy sign to mine, and created a matching invite. You can make one of these for each party guest to take home, or you can use them as table centerpieces that guests can snack from.
To help keep the twine on the invite from shifting out of place, simply cut a small slit in the crease with a craft knife, and then thread the twine through using the dull edge.
I also added a wooden mini clothespin (found mine at Michael’s) at the top of the card. I love the look of baker’s twine and wooden clothespins!
When folding your fortune teller (click HERE for a refresher course on how to fold one) your paper is less likely to tear at the creases if you score it first.
If you’d like to add a sign, turn your finished fortune teller upside down and use a brad setter or paper piercer to punch a hole in the center. You may need to work the tool around a bit to create a hole large enough to fit your lollipop stick.
Add two doilies taped together at the top of the lollipop stick with the stick in between them, and embellish with patterned paper and baker’s twine.
This project works great for birthdays, summer barbecues, baby or bridal showers, or your child’s school party as well. I hope this project inspires you to make something fun for your next party. Happy birthday to fabulous Scrapbook and Cards Today, and happy crafting!" ~ Aly Dosdall
And of course, what's a birthday without a present right? Today we have the beautiful Jillibean Soup Southern Chicken Dumpling Soup collection as featured in our Top 10 Most Wanted in the spring issue!
Leave us a comment below by Thursday, April 5th at 6:00 p.m. EST and one lucky birthday winner will have this fun collection, and a few extras, to enjoy!! Good luck!
Tomorrow we have sketch challenge by the queen of sketches herself, Becky Fleck! Be sure to join us! And make sure you checked out yesterday's post too ;)
~ Catherine
this is really a cute line - I'd love to win it!
Posted by: Lynda | April 02, 2012 at 09:35 PM
That candy holder is genius. Thanks for sharing these cute ideas.
Posted by: Keianna | April 03, 2012 at 12:15 AM
love the birthday invitation & the treat holder. I lvoe doilies! and the Jillibean collection- would so love to win that! Happy Birthday!
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