Hi everyone! Thank you for stopping by. I wanted to share with you my take on a popular Pin on Pinterest for Valentines using glow bracelets. This project is inexpensive and quick to make.
If you want to see my take on how to make these then Watch the video tutorial below!
Hi everyone! I’m back to share a Christmas Tree Gift Tag with you. This Christmas tag uses the Cricut Expression and the Gypsy to draw and cut. Let’s take a look at the finish project then I’ll walk you through how I made this Christmas Tree Gift Tag.
(My gift is upside down… nice! )
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Using the Gypsy I found the Christmas tree I liked – tree number 2. This tree and most images on this cartridge are horrible to cut out. I don’t know why I just thought about it this year to try drawing the image. I only have black and brown pens by Cricut and tried out my Silhouette Sketch Pens… worked like a charm. (I removed the blade and housing and replaced it with the purple Silhouette pen.)
On a piece of Kraft card stock I had the Cricut to draw the tree. To do this I used my Gypsy and created three different layers. On layer one, I layered the two layers for the tree and had the Cricut draw the tree base and layer at w – 2.53 h – 3.50. After the image was drawn I did not unload the mat, I replaced the pen with the blade and housing.
On my Gypsy layer 2. This layer was a tree cutout from the Christmas Cheer cartridge ( last tree on the top row) I used the blackout cut for this image. I lined this up over my penned imagine on layer 1. The tree measured w – 3.14 h – 3.62. The trunk of this tree was too small so I picked the rounded square image on the cartridge (bottom row 7th image (blackout) and welded to the bottom of the tree to cut out larger w – 0.74 h 1.09. I then used the distressing tool to distress the edges a bit and inked the edges with the vintage photo ink.
Using the DCWV Glitter paper I copied the basic tree shape from layer 2 out again this time a bit larger w – 3.95 h – 4.83. I changed my settings for the Cricut to max pressure and speed as well as a double cut, blade at 6. I found this works best when cutting the DCWV Glitter Paper.
I used Glossy Accents to layer the drawn image on the kraft paper to the glitter paper. ATG doesn’t work well on glitter paper but Glossy Accents does great. I punched a hole at the top of my tag and set an eyelet using my Crop-a-dile. I placed the tag in a box and sprayed several sprays of the Smooches glitter spray… it isn’t the best but it’s all I had. I allowed the tag to dry and then notched a couple of small notches toward the bottom of the tree to hold the floss in place, wrapped the floss around the tag a couple of times and tied a bow to one side. I then used the same silver floss to attach the tag to the gift threading the floss behind the bow.
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Hi everyone. Here is another masculine card that I made using the My Mind’s Eye Lost and Found Two, Sunshine Collection.
I did not use any die cutting machine on this one. Everything but the black card base and the three brads are from the 6×6 paper pad. I did fussy cut the flagged banner piece and the piece I stamped the numbers “51″ on.
Every thing has been distressed using the Tim Holtz distress tool and edges inked using Ditto black ink.
I used 3 small brads along the top. Very simple and easy.
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Hi everyone! I wanted to share a book mark I made using my favorite paper pack, My Mind’s Eye Lost and Found two, Sunshine collection. I sandwiched the front and back pattern papers with chipboard. After I had adhered all the papers together I brushed a thin layer of Mod Podge over the front and the back. Punched a hole in the top and added some ribbon and embroidery floss. I did not use any die cutting machine. Only a paper trimmer and scissors.
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Hi everyone! I just noticed that I haven’t shared with you the card I made for my mother-in-law for Mother’s Day… Sorry, must have gotten side tracked with my personal mother’s day gift from my husband and babies…. Can you guess what it is????
The Silhouette Cameo! I was shocked. Wanted the Silhouette badly, didn’t think I would own one anytime soon. I love it. Cuts are cleaner, more options but a huge learning curve with the software. Don’t get me wrong, I still use my Cricuts. They each have their pros and cons. Love them all. Enough about me, here’s the card:
Only thing cut with a die cutting machine was the “m.o.m.” This was cut from the Silhouette Cameo.
Papers are from my favorite paper stack right now, My Mind’s Eye, Lost and Found Two, Sunshine Collection 6×6.
I later removed the Mom tag and turned into a book mark for her. I cut a piece of thin chipboard to size, glued another piece of pattern paper from the pack to the back attached the tag to the front. I the painted a thin layer of ModPodge over the front and back. Silly me, I didn’t take a photo of it but she loved it.
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Hi everyone! I had a baby shower to attend a little while back so I needed to make a card. The baby’s room theme happened to be jungle related. I used papers from the DWCV Safari Kids 8×8 pack to make this card. Believe it or not this card didn’t require any die cutting machine. Only my paper trimmer and atg gun!
Here it is!
I made this a 8 1/2 x 4 inch card.
I made a quick envelope with a ribbon tie closure to place the card in as well.
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Hi everyone! I wanted to share with you a very fast baby boy “congratulations” card that I was able to throw together in just minutes with 1 piece of pattern paper, cardstock, stamp and ribbon… staples we all have on hand.
Simple, cute and perfect addition to this gift bag. Don’t think that all your cards have to take you hours of planning and work. Sometimes just one sheet of paper will be all you need.
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Hi everyone! Sorry to be missing this week. My daughter’s first birthday was this week so we celebrated then, and her party was today. Her theme was cupcakes. I found her the cutest little dresses to wear on her birthday and her party day. I made cupcakes, K’s smash cupcake and cake pops. I found cute little “1st birthday girl” themed party supplies that had a cupcake on them. I used my Cricut Imagine Yummy Cartridge to make a few items, too.
For birthdays, we keep things small and simple. Homemade Cake, well, cupcakes, ice cream, chips, dip and pickles with family. This is the way that both my husband and myself have celebrated our birthdays growing up. So for now, that’s what we will do for our little ones. Some how it ends up being a week-long celebration. Great times!
Here’s a peek into her celebration:
Party Day
High chair decor. On the wall: Cupcake cut from the Yummy Cartridge using the fit to page. Number 1 cut from the Plantin School Book Cartridge at an 8.8. I ran the 1 through the Cuttle Bug using the Swiss Dots Folder and wrapped a ribbon around it. I pop doted the 1 to the cupcake. The smaller ones are cut and Cuttle bugged at 4 inches. On her high chair I printed three banners from the Yummy Cartridge, changed the colors a little and cut more 1′s just like before. The banner I used the Crop-a-dile to punch holes and set eyelets to run embroidery floss through and tie together. The 1′s are pop dotted to the banner.
Gift Area: I printed and cut the Cupcake and Party from the Yummy Cartridge using the fit to page and print and cut another cupcake and 1 the same as over her high chair. I had an extra small 1 and threw it up between the words at the last minute. The tags o the pink bags I cut and printed as well from the Yummy Cart. I cut each of the 3 cupcakes in the handbook at 5 inches and made the same small “1′s” as before, I popped them up on the tag. I punched a hole and set an eyelet in each cupcake and ran floss through them to attach to the bags.
And this is my “baby girl” in her party dress…. love her! I didn’t realize until the party that her dress matched the party supplies, polka dots and all.
Thanks for checking in with me and helping to celebrate this princess’ first birthday. I will take closer pictures of the Cricut decor so you can see the detail. Be sure to subscribe to keep up to date with my projects and such. See you in the next post.
Hi everyone! I wanted to share with you today a card I made for my oldest brother who turned 50 this year. Yeah, he’s pretty old… haha! With 15 years between the two of us I feel I can loving say he’s old.
Ok, back to the card I made for him. He’s a simple, no frills kinda guy. I created the card on a simple, manly, elegant way…. if you can do that??? He loved it and so did I. Here it is:
It’s a standard A2 sized card.
There you have it. Simple masculine birthday card. Thank you for checking in with me. Follow me by email if you don’t already. See you in the next post!
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Hi everyone! I wanted to share with you a card I made for my beautiful niece for her birthday. I just L-O-V-E it! I want to recreate it into a cool piece of wall art. The black heel, the hot pink, the shimmer, the bling… ah, love. She loved it too 
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Ok, think that’s it. I’ll let you know if I attempt this in a decor project. Thanks for checking in with me. Be sure to follow me to see what I am up to and hop over and say, “hi” on facebook.
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