It's a Birthday Celebration!

Today our very own Birthday Girl brings us a few amazing party-themed projects.

Let's all wish Trina a very Happy Birthday!!

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With it being someone's special day today **wink, wink** I decided to create a few birthday-themed projects for my Prima post this month.

Birthdays are extremely special to me. The celebration of a person for that day, the whole day, isn't much each year is it? And to celebrate properly doesn't take much time or, necessarily, money. What it does mean is thought. So here are a few ideas that might show how easy it is to make someone's day extra special.

First a hand-made card.

My sister also has her birthday in October, so I couldn't help but make something special for her. Here are a couple of close-ups.

Supplies used for this card:

• 550097 - Alphabet Stickers
• 890766 - Shabby Chic Resin Treasures
• 890704 - Shabby Chic Resin Treasures
• 843212 - Pixie Glen Devon
• 537791 - Athena Flowers Blue Belle
• 552688 - Sherwood Rose Truffle
• 552466 - Avon Rose Pixie Glen
• 930042 - Vintage Trinkets

I also like to try and wrap gifts in a special way. Although I often run out of time (don't we all?) Here are three quick and easy gift wrap ideas that don't take a lot of time....

These are only little boxes...so perfect for a 'tiny' something. I'm thinking some sweets, a piece of jewelery, a gift voucher, etc.

Let me tell you how I made them.

This first one is super easy, but may need some drying time.

It will take a whole sheet of patterned paper to create.

1. The first thing I did was to cut the manufacturer strip off.

2. Then I ran the whole piece of PP under my kitchen tap. EEeeeeeek. Yes, I really did!

3. Once it was wet through, I molded it around a small bowl tying a piece of string or ribbon around the middle to form a lovely flourish of paper at the top. Don't worry if it rips a little, you can either embellish over the top, or make this part of the design.

4. Once it is dry, pop your gift inside, retie it and embellish.

Number 2:

This little box is made from a template I designed myself.

The measurements are on the above template. So you can measure it all out once, then put aside to use over and over again.

NOTE: I haven't put the measurements for the bottom of the gift box on the template in case you want to make yours wider than mine. However, the sides of this wee box are 4cm wide.

To cut the handle holes, I drew one piece on one side of the box, then folded the whole box up, joined the front and back together, then cut both handles out at once.

NOTE: the sides of the box are not square, but pushed in together.

Once everything is folded, cut and glued, you can decorate.

Gift Box number three was made using a die.

After gluing it together, I adhered a Prima ribbon around the top 1/3, then embellished with butterflies cut from Prima PP and a Martha Stewart Punch (they were also embellished with glitter glue and beads). Easy peasy.

NOTE: to make it easier to open, I punched a half circle into the middle of the top of the front of the box.

Supplies used for these projects:

• 842604 - Melody Gathering Leaves
• 843373 - Alla-Prima Encaustic
• 843397 - Alla-Prima Chiaro
• 540456 - Rose Leaves
• 546038 - Innoscence 2
• 544447 - SIIC
• Other: glitter glue, beads, seam binding, SU stamp and punch, ink, Fiskars circle punch. 

Finally I created a LO about birthdays as a present to myself. I have gone back to ensuring there is plenty of journaling on my LO's recently as I just love looking back at the stories of our family. This one has a huge amount of journaling so I made it the feature.

 

I've used a mix of new and old product on this page (and, in fact, on all my projects.) I just adore how Prima's products can be mixed and matched like this.

Supplies:

• 843489 - Printery Emperor
• 843403 - Romantique The Courts
• 843755 - 12x12 Ledger
• 842352 - Reflections Talavera
• 921354 - Elle Collection
• 552688 - Sherwood Rose Truffle
• 553319 - Coventry Rose Pixie Glen
• 553326 - Coventry Rose Londonerry
• 890759 - Resin
• 551438 - SIIC
• 545260 - Reflections Rubons
• 537395 - Alphabet Stickers
• 547776 - Valenciennes Col Mercy
• 553517 - Aglow Gold
• Other: Dusty Attic Chipboard, ink

Thanks so much for joining me today. Over at my blog, I'm doing a wee giveway - it's a great day for presents! So please feel free to come on over and join in the fun right here.

Comments

[Kim H]

Beautiful birthday card, and happy birthday Trina! Love the blues, and textures.

[Anne Gro]

Happy birthday! Great works. I will pop over to your blog, to see more :)

[Linapyssel]

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!! Best wishes from Sweden

[Raquel Leal]

Adorei os pacotes de aniversário!Beijocas.

[Julie Tucker-Wolek]

Happy Birthday Trina!! GORGEOUS projects! :):):):):):):):):):):)