Diary of a Wimpy Kid : The Party

As promised, here are the last few goodies that I created for Bryce's Diary of a Wimpy Kid Party. In case you don't know, Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a book series for kids. My son LOVES them... he'll read a whole book in a day or too (non-stop if I let him).

Here is his gift bag. I created it with the same "Greg Heffley" character cut I used for the card and the cake.

Here is the SVG file, if you'd like to have a Wimpy Kid Party, you'll NEED this file!

I bought these bags at Dollar Tree (2 for $1).  I cut a piece of notebook paper to fit (mine was about 7 3/4" x 9"). I glued the Greg cut to the notebook paper and then just attached the whole thing at a angle. I love how simple it is, yet it was PERFECT for the party!! :) 

I made two more of these.  I stuffed all the Goody Bags in them so Bryce could hand them out to all the kids after he opened his presents and said his "thank you"s.

I made these little pics to decorate the food table.  For party colors, we went with the book cover colors (red, blue, yellow, green, purple and orange). I just printed these on my computer, cut them to size, added an orange mat and hot glued them to a bamboo skewer. 

Here they are nestled into the utincels and napkin baskets (these baskets and the majority of the party goods are from Dollar Tree too).

I love how is sticks up... and Bryce loved it too! He wanted to keep these after his party.

 

Here is a LARGE piece of cheese. This one is a 12" x 12" piece of Bazzill card stock. I used my Gypsy to place a variety of circles on the "cheese" and cut it out.  I then took an olive green, grass green and brown ink and smudged up the "cheese" to resemble the old molded, rotten cheese in the book (and movie). I think I did a pretty good job, but the texture in the Bazzill card stock sure made a difference tool.

I hand stamped the sentiment "Beware of the "Cheese Touch"" to the front.  I "laminated" it using clear shelf paper to protect it and placed it out on the walk to the front door.

I love making these fun window decorations!! I used black and red vinyl ($1 for a 12" x 24" sheet at Craft Warehouse). Again I used the "Greg" cut for the black layer and Robotz Cricut Cart for the text (cut a 2" and 2 1/2") in red.

I used a dry erase maker to trace a pizza tray to get the perfect arch on my window. Then, I just placed each letter by hand. I find it easiest with these fun chunky letters.

I used some more of the clear shelf paper as a transfer sheet to move this whole cut onto my window at one time. It's nearly 12" tall and would be quite hard to get it straight without the help of transer tape.

Here is the cake... we made cupcakes for all the kids (with red, blue, green, yellow or purple frosting) but I wanted a larger cake for Bryce to have his candles on, so I made a 9" round cake too. This one features one last "Greg" cut.  I simply used black cardstock and placed it onto the frosted cake. It turned out perfect!! Adding the sugar letters (Wilton Brand from Walmart - $1.15) was quick and easy too.

Bryce loved his cake and his party too! :)

I hope you liked my mini series featuring Bryce's Diary of a Wimpy Kid.  If you have any additional questions about this party, need any more files etc, feel free to let me know. :)

You can simply leave me a comment on any of these party posts or used the "contact me" tab at the top of the page.

In case you missed any projects in this series, 

feel free to scroll down or click on the title:

Diary of a Wimpy Kid : Goody Bags

Diary of a Wimpy Kid : The Cheese Touch

Diary of a Wimpy Kid : The Card

Diary of a Wimpy Kid : The invitation

ALL OF THE PROJECTS CONTAIN FREE DOWNLOADABLE FILES!!!

 

Diary of a Wimpy Kid : Goody Bags

In case you missed the last few days on my blog, I am sharing a few goodies from my son's recent Diary of a Wimpy Kid birthday party.

 If you'd like to see the invites (complete with free files) please see this post:

Do you have a "Wimpy Kid?"

This is a quick look at the goody bag contents. Aside from a granola bar, fruit snacks, a couple pieces of candy, each kid will be taking handmade goodies that go along with Bryce's Diary of a Wimpy Kid Party Theme.

Each kid will get this super useful gift in their bag. It's a double sided bookmark. It has a comic from the Diary of  a Wimpy Kid book on one side and a "thank you" greeting on the other. I laminated these to last and added a piece of black cording for the string.

These little tags are the name tags for the goody bags. On this side it says "this bag belongs to:" and the child's name. On the other side it has the child's address so it can be attached to a back pack or lunch bag later on ( also laminated these so help them last). The cute little lolly pops came from Party City and I just added the character images using my printer and a 1 1/2" punch.

Here is the bottle cap necklace. I bought the bottle caps at the craft store, printed and punched the image and coated it with Glossy Accents.  I tossed these into a small Ziplock baggie, added a necklace cord and key chain so each child could choose to add it to a back pack or wear it.

Here are the diary's each kid will be reciving... I went to http://www.wimpyourself.com/ to create custom "wimpy kid" characters for all the kids. My son, Bryce. had a great time choosing all the perfect features for all his cousins / friends. We added these to an inexpensive notebook.  With the addition of a pen and a little quote from Greg Heffley, this gift was done.

If you missed it about making "stinky cheese", check out yesterday's post by scrolling down. :)

http://www.4shared.com/photo/zeWM_QBK/15_inch_lollipop_template.html?

These are 1 1/2" images, they are perfect for the lolly pop decorations but would also make PERFECT cupcake toppers too.

http://www.4shared.com/photo/I57pS5Lp/Bottle_cap_necklace_images.html?

These are the 1" images for the bottle cap necklaces.  I just print these out, punch them with a 1" punch and adhere them to the bottle caps with some Glossy Accents.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid : The Cheese Touch

In case you missed the last few days on my blog, I am sharing a few goodies from my son's recent Diary of a Wimpy Kid birthday party.

 If you'd like to see the invites (complete with free files) please see this post:

Do you have a "Wimpy Kid?"

In case you haven't read the books, seen the movies, or have a "Wimpy Kid" in your house, here is a little back ground on the "cheese touch". In the first book in the series, there is a old piece of Swiss cheese rotting on the black top in the playground. One day a student touches the cheese and starts "the cheese touch epidemic"... it's transferred by a student with the "cheese touch" touching another student. The good news is that if you have your fingers crossed, you are protected.

For these goody bag cheeses, I cut a 4" x 4" piece of yellow paper (I used Bazzill card stock) and printed one of these two sentiments (one on each side).  

Next, I used an assortment of punches to cut the Swiss cheese holes. My largest punch was a 1" circle, the smallest was a standard handheld hole punch. Just be sure to avoid the areas with the sentiments.

I them took an olive green, grass green and brown ink and smudged up the "cheese" to resemble the old molded, rotten cheese in the book (and movie). I think I did a pretty good job, but the texture in the Bazzill card stock sure made a difference tool.

The front...

.... and the back. :)

http://www.4shared.com/photo/GUOKff7f/cheese_touch_1.html?

Here is the back sentiment... free for download via 4 Shared.

http://www.4shared.com/photo/eJW_c7bL/cheese_touch_2.html?

Here is the front sentiment... free for download via 4 Shared.

Come back tomorrow to see how I made the goody bags... including TONS of handmade goodies.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid : The Card

Okay... here I am planning my son's 9th birthday... he wants a Diary of a Wimpy Kid themed party and there are NO PARTY DECORATIONS AVAILABLE!! What's a Mom to do other than make everything! :)

This blog post will be the first of four posts about this super fun party I created for my son. First thing's first... here is the card I made him, compete with "Greg" the main character of this super popular children's book series.

The card base is 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" orange card stock with the corners rounded with my 1/2" corner chomper. Next, come the layer of black card stock, measuring 4 1/8" x 5 5/8" and a layer of wide ruled notebook paper measuring 4" x 5 1/4". I printed the sentiment directly on the notebook paper.

Here is Greg. He's the main character of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid book series by Jeff Kinney.

Here is the SVG file, if you'd like to have a Wimpy Kid Party, you'll NEED this file!

This is the sentiment I created using Times New Roman font and an orange box, complete with the shadow. I made this file to mimic the movie cover for the first Wimpy Kid movie.

The inside of the card got a TPC studio stamp and a piece of "stinky cheese" (come back tomorrow to see how I made "cheese touch" cheese for the goody bags too). You could add some more notebook paper to the inside for a cohesive look.

This little piece of stinky cheese measure 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" piece of yellow paper.

I love the black eyelets I added to the left side of the card. It sure adds a boy-friendly touch and mimics the look of the holes in a notebook.

Come back tomorrow for directions for making the "stinky cheese" and how to make a "cheese touch" game. I'll also have a post about the goody bags all the kids will be leaving the party with.

One last thing: here is the link to the "Greg Heffley" headshot SVG file. If you are planning a "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" party, you'll NEED this file! :)

 If you'd like to see the invites (complete with free files) please see this post:

Do you have a "Wimpy Kid?"

Autobot Transformers Card

My six year old needed a card for a classmate last week, but I finally got a chance to post it.  We weren't able to make his party, so we wanted to make sure to include a gift card. Here is a Transformers card I made for one Autobot lovin' seven year old! :)

This is the finished card. It's a shaped card that is the Autobot logo.  It goes together like a big puzzle.  After assembling the pieces on the black shadow layer, I traced the red layers with a metallic silver gel pen.  All the transformer logos I found had some metallic on it so I thought it was the perfect touch for this card.

I added a little gift card pocket to the inside of the card. The stamps is from my stash, sorry, I don't know who makes it.  I detailed the pocket with some more gel pen accents and a Transformers logo.

Here you can see the entire cut.  I made it from a google image of the Autobot logo.  I converted it to an svg file in Inkscape and then took it to Sure Cuts a Lot to make the layers and weld the card base together.  I've provided links to both the svg file and the completed card for SCAL.  I hope that one of these files will work for you, no matter which die cutter or software you use. Please let me know if you have problems.  

Here is the screen shot of my SCAL file.

Download files via 4 Shared:

Autobot Head svg only

Autobot card - card body plus head layer - SCAL file

If you do download this file, please leave me a comment. I'd love to know how many of you are interested in free svg files.  I'll include them (and Gypsy files too) more often if they are appreciated.


Challenge:
2 Sisters Challenge blog : guy card

Father's Day Recliner Card

I received a special request for a "take it easy on Father's Day" card. The first thing that popped into my head was a recliner! :)  So here is the custom card I made today.

I am including the file so you can download this project and make your own, but the puppy is not included in the file.  This adorable little doggy is from Paper Pups (cut at 1 3/4" x 3/4").

After I cut all the pieces of the recliner, I inked all the edges with a light brown ink. I assembled it in the following order: chair base, seat glue directly to the base, arms attached with thin pop dots, and then the foot rest attached with thicker pop dots. I added the brads to the arms and them attached the chair to the shaped card base. 

I used a clear Glaze Gel pen to add the stitching on the chair.  I cut all the pieces using a tan cardstock that has a wonderful linen texture! :)  The doggie's nose is accented with Glossy Accents and I used a black Glaze pen to add the eyes (with the size of the dog, the eyes were too tiny to piece).

I printed the sentiment directly on the chair base on the front and on the inside of the card.

Here is a shot of the cut file.  I cut a second card base so I would have it separate from the card.

Sure Cuts a Lot file via 4 Shared

Recliner Card : shaped card base plus layers

Challenges:

My Craft Spot : We Love you Dad!

Sentimental Sundays : Father's Day or Masculine Card
Scrappin with Cricut : Father's Day Linking Party