Zoe Bean Design

Decorate to Celebrate Challenge

2012-07-25T08:00:00.000-04:00

This week I am a guest designer for

Decorate to Celebrate

Anniversary/Wedding/Engagement

Challenge #30: July 25, 2012 - August 7, 2012

I decided to make a pew bow with

extra wide white taffeta ribbon from Midori as the base.

It is just a simple bow tied with a wire and a rubber band on the back to attach it to a pew.

I dressed it up with some paper anemones and ribbons.

The anemones are made with Giant Flowers Cricut cartridge and a Gypsy.

I added some black and white striped ribbon from Hobby Lobby and green vine ribbon from May Arts.

I also added a few hydrangea blossoms and pearls.

I also made a few photo props/signs for the bride and groom.

I used my computer to design and print onto craft card stock and added a handle

and some flowers and ribbon to match the pew bow.

I hope I have brought some inspiration for this challenge.

I entered my pew bow at
Fantabulous Cricut Challenge
#121 Wedding Bliss
and the signs at

DL.ART THANKFUL Thursday challenge
Weddings or Anniversaries

Thanks for looking,

Jules

Paper flower wedding bouquet

2012-06-13T13:24:00.000-04:00

This is my entry for the DCWV/May Arts Craft Challenge.

The challenge was to use paper from the Snapshot stack from DCWV with four ribbons from May Arts.

My idea was to create a wedding bouquet.

My first out of paper flowers.

I did add some solid red and solid yellow card stock to tie the prints together.

I used my Cricut and Gypsy for most of the flowers. The green hydrangea blossoms are with a Martha Stewart punch. I used Giant Flowers, Mother's Day Bouquet, and Flower Shop cartridges. Most of the cuts have been altered with the Gypsy.

The handle is wrapped with yellow herringbone twill and finished with a few pearl pins.

Thanks for looking,

Jules :)

Cinderella, Cinderella

2012-03-30T16:54:00.001-04:00

Last week was my baby girl's 5th Birthday. By her request, a blue Cinderella princess party was planned.

I also thought I would try out for Jinger Adams design team.

"The deadline is the inspiration" as my old boss used to say.

I think that being on a design team would be perfect for me and make me post more often.

The poster is the lyrics to "A dream is a wish your heart makes".

I re-covered and old dress form that I had, in blue, to look like Cinderella.

My little girl was pleased.

I used a lot of Cricut cuts, but I did not purchase any new cartridges.

I used Flower Shop and Mother's Day Bouquet for the flowers,

Gypsy wanderings for the pumpkin,Once Upon A Princess for the castle and Summer in Paris for the crowns and chandeliers. I used my gypsy to make Cinderella's dress from various shapes.

Thanks for looking,

Jules

Valentine's Day

2012-02-07T17:25:00.002-05:00

These are some paper "lollipops" that I made for a flower shop.

They were looking for a heart to tuck into flower arrangements for Valentine's Day.

I wanted something with a little substance to it.

I cut the hearts out at 3" and glued them to 8" lollipop sticks.

I glued a 1/2" strip of card stock between the hearts to give them some depth.

They remind me of a box of chocolates.

I am entering these in to the

Decorate to Celebrate

Valentine Party challenge

Fantabulous Cricut

Love is in the air challenge

Thanks for looking

Elephant Baby Shower

2012-01-21T16:57:00.000-05:00

These are some arrangements and decorations that I made for a baby shower.

It's a surprise.

So, the colors were green and chocolate brown.

I made about 25 elephants (actually 50, they are double sided)

and stood them up on rosettes that I made with my

Martha Stewart scoring board.

They paraded down the center of one long banquet table amongst the flowers.

This was on the gift table to greet guests as they arrived.

The ellies are from the "Sugar & Spice" Cricut cartridge.

The "confetti" is a Martha Stewart elephant punch.

I am entering these in the

Decorate to Celebrate "Anything Goes" challenge and

Whimsical Designs "Anything Goes" challenge

Thanks for looking.

White rose bouquet

2012-01-09T12:30:00.000-05:00

I made this bouquet for the

Decorate to Celebrate Winter Wedding Challenge

I used coffee filters to make the roses and added some bling to the centers.

The template is on Martha's site. I decided not to paint them.

I just used a little Perfect Pearls for some shine.

I grouped them into a hand tied bouquet, added some more bling, wrapped silver angel hair around the base and added a bow with satin Midori ribbon.

Thanks for looking

Paper poinsettias and Christmas trees

2011-12-22T10:45:00.000-05:00

I started the season making paper poinsettias. I used a leaf shape from the Flower Shoppe Cricut cartridge to make the petals I used the same shape in four different sizes.

I used a bamboo skewer to "draw" on the veins and a little flocking for the centers.
I glued them to clothes pins to attach them to gifts.

This was one of my harebrained ideas.

I was asked to decorate a benefit party.

I didn't have much budget, so I thought I could buy a

stack or two for $15-$20 (on sale) and make 100 paper trees.

The first 10 were not so bad, the next 90 was another story. I did get them all done. I used my gypsy to make a cut file for the cones and George and Basic shapes for the stars.

I had all different sizes, colors, and patterns.

They really did add some color to a very beige function hall.

I used wrapping paper to add a runner to the tables.

I had about seven trees grouped in the center of each table and the rest were scattered about next to some candle holders I dressed up with leftover paper.

Merry Christmas!

Thanks for looking

Noah's Ark Invite

2011-11-29T10:53:00.000-05:00

This is a simple invite that I made for my son's second birthday.

We decided to use a Noah's ark theme.

Two by two.

I love how they look in the vellum envelopes.
I used George and basic shapes and Animal kingdom cricut cartridges.

I used my gypsy to lay out the animals and design the ark.
After the images were cut, I placed colored paper behind the cut outs.

I printed the info on a piece of white cardstock and glued it inside.

I am entering this in the Decorate to Celebrate birthday challenge.

I should have birthday decorations to post in a couple weeks.

Thanks for looking.

Halloween Wreath

2011-10-22T18:53:00.000-04:00

This is a wreath that I made for Halloween.

My daughter wanted some "spooky" decoartions, but not too "spooky".

She's only four.

I used the Home Decor, Mother's Day Bouquet,

Gypsy Wanderings, and Sugar and Spice cartridges.

I used DCWV glitter stack

Black and gray & white print is Elegant gown from American Crafts

Orange cardstock and green gems - Recollections.

Black double faced satin ribbon - Midori.

I am entering this in the

Whimsical Wednesday Challenge - Halloween home decor

My Craft Spot - Challenge # 30 3D Halloween

Decorate to Celebrate Challenge # 11 - Halloween Party

Thanks for looking

Children's Wall Decor

2011-10-15T19:43:00.000-04:00

I made this for my two year old neighbor's birthday

and it happened to fit the theme for

Fantabulous Cricut challenge #81 – Décor and More

This was my first attempt at decoupage.

I used a 12x12 canvas and painted it first with acrylic paint.

I used the Home Decor, Mother's Day bouquet, Flower Shoppe and Kate's ABCs cartridges.

I layered the background paper, name and frame and sealed them with several coats of Mod Podge.

I used a foam brush and coated the flowers as well.

When everything was dried I added a touch of bling.

Thanks for looking

Boo Banner

2011-10-10T20:33:00.001-04:00

This is my entry for the My Craft Spot design team call.

My 4year old has been asking for some "spooky" decorations.

I didn't have any Halloween cartridges, so I used my Gypsy and made a couple of ghosts out of mushroom stems and welded a wavy bottom to it.

I used the Sugar and Spice Cricut cartridge, Cricut Classic Font, Cindy Loo, George and Basic shapes.

The polka dot, white glitter and orange glitter paper is DCWV. The black paper is Colorbok.

The bright orange is from the Recollections "South Beach" pack.

I used the Sizzix Diamonds embossing folder on the black centers of each tag.

The orange gingham ribbon is Basic Basic.

Black satin is Midori.

Thanks for looking.

Purple and chartreuse wedding

2011-08-24T16:27:00.000-04:00

These are a few pieces that I made for a wedding.

The arrangements are made on tall glass candle holders.

I made the flowers with the Mother's Day Bouquet Cricut cartridge

and my gypsy.

The fresh flowers are going to be green cymbidium orchids

and purple lisianthus. These are going to be used on the candy table.

The bride will have them for a keepsake after the wedding.

My paper version of a white cymbidium orchid.

The toss bouquet is a mini

version of what the bride will have in fresh.

Mr. and Mrs. fans for the bride and groom.

Hopefully they will use them for photos.

I am entering these into Challenge #7: Wedding, Engagement, or Bridal Shower at

Decorate to Celebrate

Thanks for looking

Summer Wedding

2011-07-18T11:15:00.000-04:00

Sorry I have not posted for a while.

I lost all motivation.

Here are a few things that I did for a wedding this weekend.

All I was told to do was "decorate".

All I knew was that they liked pink and white and gerbera daisies.

Here's my take.

I made a couple of arrangements on tall clear glass candle holders.

(My updated take on a topiary.)

I had about twenty candle holders with monograms and seventy five paper

gerebera daisies scattered about.

At the last minute, I decided to pin some flowers on some apples I found.

Glad I had pins in my toolbox.

Thanks for looking.

Spring wreath and cupcake card

2011-05-27T22:55:00.002-04:00

I made this card for my mother-in law for her birthday.

Since it fit the challenge, I entered it in

My Craft Spot Monday Challenge #9- shape cards.

I used a cupcake from Once Upon A Princess cartridge.

This is a wreath that I made for my mother-in-law's

birthday present.

I used the Mother's Day Bouquet cartridge for the flowers

and Kate's ABCs for the butterflies and dragonflies.

I entered my wreath into the Patches of Pink Thursday Link Up Party

Anniversary Card

2011-05-20T16:35:00.003-04:00

I designed this card for the Celebrate the Occasion Challenge # 14 -"Anniversary".
I used the Home Decor Cricut cartridge.

The wording on the card is something my Husband always says to me.

"Forever and a day"

Thank you for all of the nice comments on last week's challenge for CTO.

I WON !!!!

Wedding Wreath

2011-05-15T14:17:00.001-04:00

This is my entry for the

Celebrate the Occasion Challenge #13, the theme is "Wedding (must use ribbon)" .

I decided to make something other than a card. I used a grapevine wreath as a base for the paper flowers. I used the Mother's Day Bouquet Cricut cartridge, Kate's ABCs, and

Home Decor for the flowers and leaves.

This was my entry for the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog # 58.

I made top 5. This was my first challenge.

Thank you for all of your nice comments.

Topiaries for Spring

2011-05-02T10:49:00.005-04:00

I used the Mother's Day Bouquet Cricut Cartridge
to make the flowers for these topiaries.

I made these for gifts for May Day.

2011-04-05T20:55:00.000-04:00

Topiary made using Cricut Mother's Day Bouquet cartridge

Woodland fairy birthday party

2011-04-01T18:24:00.003-04:00

These are some pictures from my daughter's 4th birthday party.

Handmade fairy

Cake table with handmade felt mushrooms, fairies and wands.

"Grass" cupcakes with daisies.

Fairy house

2011-03-31T18:17:00.000-04:00