Happy happy birthday 2 years @ Top Tip Tuesday

It is tuesday again and finally time for another challenge over at Top Tip Tuesday. We are celebrating that this challenge blog has stayed on for two years now and I have to say for the time I have been aboard I've enjoyed this challenge sincerely!! Thanks for having me girls;)

I am actually hosting this challenge and have a tutorial going on for you @ the challenge blog. So you'll need to go have a peek at that one.

Happy Birthday to us

THEME

Birthday Gifts

ie - gifts, Wrapping/box/bag,

or use an image of a gift

Our sponsors for this challenge is:

Stamp and Create.com

Waiting on a New banner for the prize

Prize for one lucky winner

Stamp and Create is an on-line store based in the US. We ship worldwide with reasonable shipping prices.

We specialize in Rubber Stamps and Scrapbook supplies. Some of the companies we carry are: Wags 'n Whiskers Rubber Stamps, High Hopes Rubber Stamps, Whiff of Joy, The Greeting Farm, Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, Stampavie, Whimsy Stamps, Emerald Faeries, Basic Grey, My Mind's Eye, Echo Park, Ribbon, Charms, embellishments, dies, and more!

Meljens Designs

4 images of winners choice.

Meljens Designs is a lovely stamp company owned and illustrated by Melissa Jenkins. She illustrates whimsical rubber and digital images inspired by her kids and family. Meljen's Designs has a new challenge every Thursday, and a Guest Designer each month at the Meljen's Designs Blog. Please visit the adorable line of Meljen's Designs stamps at our store HERE to browse all of Melissa's lovely designs! You can also see Melissa's exclusive rubber stamps at her corner of Whimsy Stamps, too!  Don't forget to join Meljen's Designs on Facebook HERE to take advantage of special sales and promotions that are just for her facebook fans!

My project this week is a tutorial on TTT blog site of a picnic box. You can find my tutorial at the challenge blog, and I am inspired by Randi's tutorial here. 

I've chosen to go with the sentiment on to a butterfly and then attached it to the side of the handle

Picture from the top 

Another picture from the side 

Closeup of the image attached to a diecut heart 

My recipe:

green bazill

DP from Maja design and Prima

Diecuts: Butterfly, heart

Roses from WOC and Storyteller

Pearl swirls from Prima

Doily from Kutt ut

Brads from stash

Shabby shutters D.I

Sentiment from Whimsy stamps

Magnets from Familieskatter

My image is from our sponsor Mejlens Designs and is called Birthday Cake Oopsy bear. I've coloured it with these promarkers: cocoa, cinnamon, tan, sandstonesunflower, dusky rose, baby pink, pale pink, denim blue, grey green, tea green and ice grey 1.

Now I hope I've inspired you to go have a play along with our birthday challenge!! Please visit our challenge blog to see what my very talented teamies have made for this challenge. 

I'll deliver for these challenges:

Craft your passion: Embossing (butterfly is dry embossed)

Make it Monday: Anything Goes

Eureka Stamps: Anything Goes

Forever Friends: Anything Goes

Totally Stampalicious: Anything Goes

The Crazy Challenge: Anything Goes

OSAAT; Use a digi

Robyn's Fetish: Anything but a card

A gem of challenge: Animals or teddies

Bunny Zoe's Crafts: Summer

Crafty Calendar: Teddy Bear parade - Lots of layers