Thursday, September 30, 2010

Princess Place Cards...thank goodness for Cri-Kits!

A friend of mine asked if I could make some placecards for her daughters 4th birthday party. Of course I told her I could and then I asked the theme. When she told me Disney Princess's I thought I was going to have a seizure after remembering the horrible time I had with Tinkerbell. I was going to do something simple with crowns but then in the long run I ended up getting Happily Ever After and Dreams Come True so I could cut the princess's that matched the plates for the party.

I have to tell you that the Cri-Kits came in so handy!! I wanted to make the names in something glittery and wanted the font to match a fairytale. I thought I could use Storybook for the font if it would work okay with the Cri-Kits. I was thrilled with the results!! I did go back and fill in a bit with my Stampin Up markers but the names came out wonderfully!

I was pleased that all the little swirls and notches were clear and precise.

Here is the whole set of the place cards all finished. I was told the little girls really liked the place cards, and my friend was quite pleased with the end results.

While it was quite a task cutting all the princess's I do have to say they weren't too bad to cut. Putting them together took some time and patience but it was worth the work.




Here is a picture of Cinderella. I wanted to show the shadowing I did. I used Stampin Up inks and blender pen to do the shading on the images and I think it really added to the dimension of the characters. I also added a little glitz to each princess, whether it was Stickles or gems, I wanted each to have a little sparkle.











Here are pictures that you can see a little better if you want to see more detail. Don't forget you can click to enlarge the picture.










I think I will be using the Cri-Kits for making details on my projects!

37 comments:

  1. Those are adorable! I might have to try something like this in the future for my daughter!!

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  2. Those are fabulous!! My granddaughter would love them!

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  3. These are really really nice. They will add somthing really special to her party. I can just see how excited all the little girls will be to have there name with a princess.
    I like how you did the shadowing. Trying to figure out how you made everthing so perfect.

    Jan
    bearycreativecards.blogspot.com

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  4. These are amazing Okie. You get a gold star! Not just for creating these fab placecards but also for the patience it took to piece them together. Way to go Okie!

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  5. Those are adorable! I have some little nieces who would love them!

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  6. Wow! How much time did this take you? They look incredible.

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  7. Those are wonderful! I haven't gotten these cartridges, because I've heard they are hard to get the eyes right, but yours are perfect :-)

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  8. OH My ... these do look wonderful, I love the look of the Cri-Kits on the lettering ... but I love the princesses even more ... the extra bling on each one is perfect ... this is going to be such a fun party for the kids ... and look at the pretty souvenirs they will have to take home with them!

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  9. They look amazing!!! How cute and creative, TFS! :)

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  10. Awesome!!! They turned out really beautiful!

    Nicole

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  11. Those are so adorable. You did a great job and I really like how the Cri-kits look. I am going to have to see about getting some of these.

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  12. These are wonderful!!! Those girls will always remember this! :)

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  13. Beautiful job! I know the time it takes to put all these characters together, but oh how fantastic they look - and using the Cri-kit pens is an excellent idea (didn't have these when I first used the Disney cart)!

    jackie

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  14. Wow alot of work and you did a beautiful job. I can't imagine!!
    Pam

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  15. those are just too precious I would love to make those for my granddaughters second birthday.

    Denise

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  16. WOW Okie! You did a fabulous job on these!!! Now...do you think you could do some Jiminy Cricket ones? :)

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  17. You did a wonderful job on these, they look fabulous!

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  18. These are beautiful. You did an amazing job! I love the detail work!

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  19. Oh my goodness these are amazing! I hope those little girls save them. I love them. How did you ever do all those layer? I know I would have had a seizure for sure!

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  20. Okie, I do remember your "fun time" (not!) w/ Tink!

    Those placecards are simply adorable!!

    Hey, if you wanna win a Cricut "Christmas Cards" cart, hop on over to my blog:-
    http://ladybuglair.blogspot.com/

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  21. Wow those are Beautiful. you did an awsome job.

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  22. These are fantastic - her daughter will LOVE them!

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  23. Okie -- this convinces me that my Cricut needs a new blade .. (or a new operator). I have this cartridge and I can't for the LIFE OF ME get Cinderella to come out looking close to that. Her fingers get all messed up. ACK. Maybe I'll try that.

    Kathy Wyatt

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  24. WOW Okie! This came out wonderful! I love the look of theme! Sooo girly! :o) And you are right about the Cri-kit... they work great... Now I just need to go and order them! :o)

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  25. WOW!!!! You out did yourself, what a cute project and they are so perfect! You better be ready for your friend at Disney Dreamer, she is going to want a set also.
    mhalford6@aol.com

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  26. OMG so much details! You did a wonderful job! Lucky little kids :)

    hugs, MelodyR aka Ry&MysMom

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  27. Wow these are BEAUTIFUL!!! I love my set if Cri-Kit Pens too.

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  28. Ohmygoodness, Okie!!! :)

    Those are amazing!

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  29. Don't you just LOVE these kits I think they are SOOOOO great!! Thanks for sharing!

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  30. Great Job Okie! I have that Dreams come True cartridge too, but I need to practice with it more. Love the cri-ket pens too, I need to get some of those.

    Marilyn C.

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  31. Love those. You did an awesome job considering those princesses are hard to put together.

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  32. Can I ask you what size of the princess?

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  33. Can I ask what size are those princesses were?

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    1. Oh gosh it's been so long ago I don't really remember but I figure no less than 4". Due to the small parts with the princess cuts I try not to cut anything small than that.

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