Mady Moo Turns 3: Mickey Mouse Invitations

Hello all.  I hope everyone is doing well.  It has been another long couple of weeks but we are hanging in there and are so blessed to be getting so much support from family and friends. (Thanks for the prayers).

I decided to do a Mickey Mouse Club House birthday for my baby girl, Mady Moo, who will be 3 this Friday.  I am doing her party next weekend because my hubby has chemo this week and I want him to be able to help and be a part of the party so we are doing it on an off week.  I saw a few of these invitations online in different places when I search for Mickey Mouse invitations.  They were super easy.

I used my Mickey Font cartridge to cut the base of Mickey in black, then I used Art Philosophy to cut the red circles and then just cut those in half using my paper trimmer.  Lastly on that side I just added two white buttons from the little jar of white buttons I bought at Michaels in the $1 section.  For the details I printed them on the computer, I did download one Mickey font for the Hot Dog... part.  I then printed 4 on a page and used the center cut feature on the Cricut and a circle from Art Philosophy to cut them out.  They were pretty easy but just took a little time to cut and assemble.  I stayed up late one night last week doing them.  I think they turned out cute. 

Because we have so much going on the party is going to be very small and I do not plan to do much except a banner, center piece (maybe) and cupcakes (maybe cake pops too).  I go with my hubby to his chemo appointment this Wednesday which is all day so I am hoping to get some of the banner pieces cut and take it with me to work on, we will see!  Maybe I can get him to help...doubt it :)

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope everyone has a crafty day!

PS: I am linking this up over at Sarah Hamer Designs so stop by and link up too!  http://www.pinkcricut.com/2012/05/10552/

Disney Autograph Book

Hello.  As you may remember last year I made two autograph books for my girls for our Disney trip (here is that post).  This year my niece is going for her first time (she is 7) so my mom asked me to make her one.  I used my Cinch for the first time to make the holes but I decided to use ribbon to "bind" it together.  I just used some pink and purple paper to cover some cardboard to make the cover and I used some stickers my old Creative Memories stash.  I used the Mickey Font cartridge for her name and the authograph (I welded it in Cricut Craft Room) and I used Art Philosophy for the inside cover nameplate.

Sorry the lighting is bad in the pics, I need a new light in the craftroom/office.  I hope she likes it and gets it filled with lots of authographs!

Thanks for stopping by, have a craft day!

PS: I will linking this up over at Sarah Hamer Designs for the Tuesday link up party so stop by!  It is here http://www.pinkcricut.com/2012/04/link-tuesday-3/

Bleach Pen Shirt

Hello everyone.  Wow, I can honestly say I am GLAD the holidays are over!  It is been so crazy for me and of course my daughters birthday is this weekend so it is still crazy but at least it is a milder crazy.  My niece turned 3 last week and we bought her some coloring books and markers, crayons, etc but I also wanted to make her a shirt.  She loves all things Disney, especially Mickey Mouse.  I found the idea of bleach pen shirts on Pinterest (I am on there now and LOVE it) and am planning on doing something for my daughters for Valentine's but until then I thought I could experiment with a shirt for my niece. 

Here it is:

I use Mickey Font for this cut, then I light taped it to the shirt and then traced around it with the bleach pen.  Unfortunately I took the picture before I washed the shirt.  It actually looks cuter and the edges, although not perfect, look better after being washed.  they look more soft than messed up.  I think it turned out cute and can't wait to see something with hearts for my girls for Valentine's Day. 

Thanks for stopping by!

CookingwithCricut.com "Adopt A Shelter Pet” Hop!

Welcome to WorkingScrappinMomof4 and the CookingWithCricut.com “Adopt A Shelter Pet” Hop!  October is National Adopt a Shelter Dog Month, but we wanted to honor and celebrate all of our furry friends! If you've come from visiting Elizabeth at  http://ejoym.blogspot.com/, you're in the right place! If you've just happened across my blog and would like to hop along with us, you can go to CookingWithCricut.com and start at the beginning.

For this blog hop (my first one EVER) I made a "doggie bag" (haha) to give to a four-legged pal of my sons bestfriend (we actually do not have any pets, maybe once my children are older and can help take care of one we will venture into pet ownership).

I cut the bag at fit to page from Art Philosophy (have I talked about how AMAZING this cartridge is?).  I then cut the brown square-4 also from Art Philosophy and added a cute doggie digital stamp from http://www.papercraftingworld.com/.  I hand cut it out after printing it on card stock and used a corner rounder on the edges.  I then lightly inked the edges and attached it to the square-4 cut.  I used a gold pen to add "stitching" to the brown square-4 frame.  After attaching it to the bag I decided to cut out some dog bones.  I used the Mickey Font cartridge for this cut.  I did 4 bones to attach to the handles at 1 1/4 inches.  I stamped the sentiment My Favorite Buddy from Pink by Design's October Stamp of the Month club set.  I also embossed the bones and lightly inked their edges.  I then cut, embossed and attached several smaller bones (3/4 inches) around the bag.  I bought a small dog bone to go in the bag.  I think Max will love it :)

 

Since this is my very FIRST blog hop ever I am offering up a prize seperate from the overall CookingwithCricut prize.  What can you win?????  Well, I just LOVE Pink by Design stamps.  I have used them a ton for Halloween goodies this year and as I mentioned above I used their October Stamp of the Month for the sentiment on my project today.  Sarah (PinkCricut) over at Pink by Design is being super generous by sponsoring my giveaway with the same stamp set I used for todays project as a prize to one lucky blogger!    Can you believe it?  They are awesome over there, great customer service and great products!

In order to be elgible for the giveaway you will need to leave a comment on this post by 11:59pm (EST) on Monday, October 24th.  I will randomly draw a winner and post that winner on Tuesday so be sure to check back and see if you WON!

Now it's your turn! Link up your purr-fectly wonderful pet-themed project at CookingWithCricut.com. Here are a few guidelines:

• Must follow the challenge topic.
• Must be a NEW project for this challenge. No back dated posts please.
• Must have a link back to this post on your blog.
• Must link your project post through Inlinkz and not just your blog.
• Must use your Cricut in some capacity.
• Must HAVE FUN!
• You may gladly combine challenges . . . we love to pile it on TOO!

The Design Team will pick their three favorites and one lucky person will be chosen randomly to win one of the prize packages being offered in this hop. There is also a prize package for just leaving us some love (a comment) on the CWC blog. One catch, those leaving comments MUST be a CWC follower. Each prize winner will receive a $20 gift voucher-download from PaperCraftingWorld.com. The Design Team’s top three will each receive $5.00 gift voucher-download from PaperCraftingWorld.com.

Now head on over to see Dalis at http://stampergirl.com/ to see what she has cooked up for you!

“Adopt A Pet” Blog Hop Participants:

Melin-CWC http://www.cookingwithcricut.com/
Mindy - http://scrappyandpiggy.blogspot.com/
Adrian - http://www.byadrian4u.blogspot.com/
Charlotte - http://alittlebitofdetail.blogspot.com/
Madison - http://funkycards.blogspot.com/
Nita - http://www.niftynitanotes.blogspot.com/
Jill - http://www.jaihartjustlovelydesigns.blogspot.com/
Holly - http://ribbonsandglue.blogspot.com/
Maria Elena - http://mariaelenaworld.blogspot.com/
Linda - http://www.lindascreativity.blogspot.com/
Heather http://www.heather-p.blogspot.com/
Felicia - http://scrapperinthemaking.blogspot.com/
Court - http://courtscraftcorner.blogspot.com/

Elizabeth - http://ejoym.blogspot.com/

Debbie - http://workinscrappinmomof4.blogspot.com/    YOU ARE HERE!

Dalis - http://stampergirl.com/    YOUR NEXT STOP!

Jen - http://gator-4-life.blogspot.com/

Disney World!!!!

Wow, am I tired!  LOL.  Oh well, I guess Disney World is not a resting vacation but I do not mind.  We had an awesome time.  It was my baby girl's first trip and my 3 year old Princess was only 10 months when she went last time so it was more like a first time for her as well.  My oldest son had his 10th birthday while we were there (purely coincidence that his birthday fell during Spring Break this year) and my 7 year old celebrated his upcoming First Communion so it was FUN and celebrations for all!  I decided very last minute to make autograph albums for my girls instead of buying them there.  I actually enjoyed it because I was able to use my YourStory Photo for the first time and that was exciting!  Embossing the covers and decorating them was super easy.  Ally even helped put her hearts on.   I used the Mickey Font cartridge for the names and autograph word, I just welded those using my Gypsy.  Here are pictures of those albums, the girls loved holding their books and having the characters sign them.

It was pretty hot while we were there so we did not do a ton of waiting for characters but got a breakfast at Chef Mickey's in and lunch at Cinderella's Castle (THE BEST TIME EVER) so that helped get some signatures.  We will save the books and use them again when we go back go in a couple of years!  Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter!  TFL. (Here are some more pictures to show our fun :))