Winter Wonderland Quinceañera Invitations

Are you planning a festive winter themed Quinceañera party? Or maybe you're thinking of snowflakes to set the tone of your big Quince celebration...  Think outside the box. 

This Winter Wonderland Quinceañera Invitation + exploding box + 3-Tier cake in the middle - is one of a kind. You're certain to get your guests excited to attend your party after receiving this elegant and stylish Winter Themed invite. 

Mis Quince Años Winter Wonderland Invitation

The 3-tier Cake is surrounded by snowflakes floaties or pop-ups. When your guests open their Box Invitation, it explodes with snowflakes dancing around the cake. A custom die cut cake topper shows the personalized touch of the invite.

Quinceañera Winter Wonderland Themed Cake

The winter blue, silver, white color, and glitters makes the recipients of this invite feel like they're briskly walking through the crisp snow.

Quinceañera Winter Wonderland Box Invitation

The lid has custom die cut snowflakes and a 3D Mis Quince label. How cool is that?  

If you're looking for a unique way of notifying your guests about your upcoming Winter event...pick this one up. 

JinkysCrafts custom invites will leave a great impression on your invited guests. 

Winter Wonderland Party Invitation

The size of this Exploding Box Invitation is 3.5 x 3.5 inches cube. It can also be used as a Recordatorios or Gift Box Favor. These can also be used as Quinceañera Invites, Bat Mitzvah or as Bridal Shower Invitation.

Please check out Gallery for more ideas, and contact us for any questions regarding a custom order. Thank You!

Spring Mini Purses Invites

 Hello Everyone! Happy Weekend and Happy Craft Month. Yes, March is National Craft Month. Let's kick-off this celebration with this colorful Spring Purses collection. Spring has sprung now in Jinky's Crafts. It's time for new bright and beautiful purses...so here, I am sharing with you my very springy + colorful purses!

Aren't they AH-MAZING and AH-DORABLE?! I love them. 

I decorated my Spring Purse Invites with 3D die cut Felt Flowers and decorative tape. I added cut-out leaves and added some bling - or rhinestones onto my swirls. Please see the last photo below to see how I did it.

I love to combine fabric and ribbons in my papercrafts so I added extra ribbon leaves from MayArts Ribbons. 

These Spring Purses are intended to be used as invitations for Mis Quinceanera + Sweet Sixteen + Bat Mitzvah or simply use it as Purse Gift Favors or Recordatorio in Spanish. Please check our Gallery for more invitation and gift favors ideas.

Thanks a lot for stopping by today! Enjoy your weekend folks! 

Valentine's Day Themed Party + Freebie Organizer Tutorial

 New Year's Day had passed! Now what?! We look forward to next month...

 February, a LOVE month, HEART month, it's Valentine's Day month.

I want to share this Valentine's Day themed Sweet 16th Exploding Box Invitation Jinky's Crafts designed for one of our clients.

These Valentine's Day Theme Invitations exude romance, elegance and love. The red and white color combination looks really great. This box explodes when your guest opens it.  And it reveals 4 panels where you party invitation wordings or photos are. In the middle is a 3-tier cake with shiny satin ribbon trimming. There's a #16 cut-out that serves as your cake topper and heart cut-out pop-up floaties that dance and surrounds your cake. 

This Red and White Sweet 16 invitation design is very unique.  With the intricate details, your guests will see you are setting the tone of your Sweet16 party. 

This invitation is designed for Sweet 16, but it would look great for any teen party theme.  Like Bat Mitzvah Invitation,  Mis Quince/ Quinceañera Invitaciones/ Recordatorios, 18th Birthday/debut. Of course, this would also be great for Weddings, Baby Shower, Graduation...  You name it. 

Before you go, we have a New Year Freebie gift for you here @ Jinky's Crafts. We all know that we are in the mood for organizing after New Year's Day. So here's a File Folder Organizer w/ Drawer Tutorial for you. Free.

Download Here for the Step-by-Step DIY organizer tutorial. 

Tiffany Inspired Invitation Box

Tiffany inspired wedding invitations have been quite popular for a few years. This Tiffany inspired Exploding Box Invitation is very unique, elegant and sophisticated in the way of representing luxury. 

This Tiffany box or Pop-Up Wedding invitation has four panels that explode and reveals a 3-tier cake that mimics a Tiffany Cake. The paper 3-tier cake is decorated with silver bling and satin ribbon and is surrounded with pop-up cut-outs elements. The 4 panels of the Tiffany box contains the invitation wordings or information. 

This Tiffany Blue Exploding Box Wedding Invitation can be customize for Quinceañera or Mis 15, Sweet 16 Party, 18th Birthday or debut, Bat Mitzvah and Graduation Invitation. 

This will be great as Tiffany inspired Gift Boxes or Gift Favor as well. 

Thanks for stopping by today. Please check our Facebook gallery or portfolio for more invitation or gift favor design ideas. 

5 Types of Mini Gifts for All Occasions

Hello Crafters!!! I think most of you are probably busy decorating and shopping for Christmas. I just wanted to share these cool + cutesy gifts I found online. These mini-gifts are not only good for Christmas but for all kinds of seasons or events like Quinceanera Recordatorios, Mis Quince Gift Favors, Wedding Gift Favor, Sweet 16 Gifts or Bat Mitzvah Gifts. 

PURSES & BAGS....

Purses and Bags are very popular gifts for girls to give out. The Mini Grater Purse is great for Bridal Shower Gifts and the Mini Prada Bag is a great gift to a girl for any occasions.

Mini Grater Purse
Photo Source: goodthingsweddingfavor

Prada Saffiano Mini Bag
Photo Source: Butterboom

TIERED CAKES....

This is my favorite find. The 2-tiered Wedding Cake is surrounded with mini wedding cakes that the bride can give to every guest. It's a fabulous idea to let your guest have to take home their own tiered cake.

Mini-Two Tiered Wedding Cakes
Photo Source: ABCCakeshop

These are Custom Design Quinceañera Exploding Box Invitations. The Client wanted to set the tone of her Mis Quince party right. A 3-Tiered Paper cake was used as the focal point of these Modern + Unique Quinceañera Pop-Up Invitations.

She wanted to have a # 15 Cut-put as the Cake Topper and Butterfly Pop-Up floaties surrounding the cake. The 4 panels have her invitation wordings and information + Quinceañera Photo. Many more designs can be found on JinkysCrafts Portfolio. 

3-Tier Paper Cakes By: JinkysCrafts

COSMETICS....

This OPI Top Ten Mini is a great for Christmas Gift for her, Birthday Gift Favor or Bachelorette Party Gift. In a party it is all about variety! This Mini Nail Color set offers wide array of colors in glamorous, elegant hues to wear especially this holiday season.

Photo Source: swatchandlearn

FASHION....

The sweet 16 jewelry earrings are a perfect Sweet Sixteen gift this holiday season. 

Photo Source: Etsy.com

GIZMOS....

These mini thumb drive are great to use as promotional product. If you have business you want to promote, these mini gifts are prefect!

Photo Source: DIY Trade

Thank You so much for stopping by today. Enjoy your gift hunting!

Turquoise Blue & Chocolate Brown Color Combo - LIKE it?

Hello Everyone! Happy Tuesday! I just want to share some inspirational photos of the Turquoise Blue and Chocolate Brown Color Combo. This color combination has been very popular for the 2012 color palette for Weddings, Quinceañeras, Sweet 16s, 18th Birthdays and other party events. 

Brides and Mis Quince/ Sweet 16 girls loves the elegant color combination of earthy brown tones and cool rich turquoise blue. It really creates a rich look on your invitations or gift favors. 

My Client in Jamaica, purchased this Jinky's Crafts Custom Exploding Box Invitation Kit. They did the assembly to save money and I was impressed with the great work they did on my Exploding Box Wedding Invitation Kit. The finished project looks beautiful! They really did a super awesome job. 

If you have a color idea or theme idea that you want to be featured here - or if you had purchased my Exploding Box  w/ 3-Tier Cake PDF Tutorial or Kit and want to share your photos, please don't hesitate to email or contact me. 

So, What's your final verdict? Turquoise Blue & Chocolate Brown Color Combo - Do you LIKE it?

Side Step 3D Save The Date Card

Hello everyone! Did you guys miss me at all? I have been MIA for a month now. I had a mini-vacation in Vancouver Canada where I used to live.  And where my family lives. I had fun checking out the popular Tourist destinations like Whistler, Grouse Mountain Resort and Capilano Suspension Bridge. I have been away for 1.5 yrs so I had to check out the changes.  I consider British Columbia, Canada my 1st home...and it is still beautiful. 

Okey enough of my boring story... Today, I would love to share with you a Side Step, 3D Save The Date Card. I have been receiving requests from my followers to design some flat cards and not only Exploding Boxes Invitations. I am a 3D enthusiast so I don't want to compromise that with my latest Side Step Save The Date Card.

This Side Step Card can be used as Wedding Invitations, Quinceañera Invitations, Birthday Invitations or a Table Number Card. It is very unique and your guests will appreciate the effort that was put into a Handmade card like this one. 

Tutorial and Template for Side Step Card. 

1. Start with a 8” x 4” of cardstock. Using a craft knife, make a horizontal slit 1½” down from the top edge, starting at ¾” from the left and extending up to 6”.
2. Score vertically at ¾”, 1½”, 2¾”, 4” and 6” as shown on figure above.
3. Fold by mountain or valley fold line. See figure below.
4. Decorate. Done!

Also I just want to share some photos of my escapade in BC, Canada!

Capilano Suspension Bridge - BC, Canada

Capilano Suspension Bridge - BC, Canada

Whistler - BC, Canada

Whistler - BC, Canada

Thanks a lot for stopping by my blog today. I hope that I inspire you today. 

Fall Theme Explosion Box Invitation

Hello everyone! Hope you had a wonderful weekend! Many of you have been asking me to make tutorials for some of my favorite projects I listed on my MayArts Bio. So as a starter I will be sharing a tutorial today on how to make a Spider Web Ribbon Flower. But before that, let me share first this Fall Theme Explosion Invitation Box that I decorated with the Craft Lounge Nuts About You Fall Stamp set.

The Craft Lounge Nuts About You stamps was perfect for this Fall Theme Invitation. I stamped a few of the borders and colored them with markers.  Then, I used those to trim my 3-tier cake. I stamped and cut a few of the fall leaves to use as an accent to my cascading flowers. I love the way it turned out.

I used a glitter pen on the leaves and sprinkled some Irish Green Sparkly Fluff. I love how it instantly added sparkle and touch-ability to my fall leaves. And there is no heat required! Just sprinkle it onto any sticky surface, tap off the excess and let it dry! Its that simple!

I wrapped a Sheer ribbon around the bottom part of my 3-Tier cake. And then I stamped more leaves on the panels of my box.


Ribbons Used:

1.5" Faux Linen - 368-15-17
5/8" Sheer/Ombre - AE28
3" Satin Ribbon - KK16


Ok, as I promised, the folding technique I used before on my Framed Spring Ribbon Flowers were Flat Rose and Spider Web. Today, I will share with you the Spider Web Tutorial. This is the technique I used in making my Ribbon Flower that I used to adorn my Explosion Box Lid cover.

Spider Web Fabric Flower Tutorial

Click image to enlarge

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You can find the complete step-by-step tutorial of my Exploding Box with 3-Tier Cake here.

Thanks a lot for stopping by. I hope you LIKE my projects and that I inspired you today! 

18th Birthday Philippines Tradition

In the Philippines where I grew up, 18th Birthdays are a cultural tradition for girls to celebrate their debut. It is a coming-of-age that is somewhat similar to the Quinceañera celebration of the Latin American girls. The only difference between Quinceañera and Philippine Debut is the age, like in the Phillippines, we celebrate it when woman turns 18 years old, while Quinceañera takes place on the 15th birthday of a Latin girl. 

18th Birthday Exploding Box Invitation

Philippine Debutantes throw a large party with a completely hand-picked debut court of 18 pairs of people. 9 males and 9 females.The celebrant wears an extravagant ball gown while the celebrant's court usually wears a formal and uniform outfit chosen by the Debutante (celebrant). This is like a wedding party without the groom. 

Some of the traditional performances during the party are : 

• Grand Cotilion
• 18 Roses Dance
• Father & Daughter Dance
• 18 candles

18th Birthday Exploding Box Invitation with 3-Tier Cake

Invitation Wordings 

RSVP Panel of the Exploding Box Invitation

Thanks a lot for stopping by. I hope you LIKE my projects and that I inspired you today!