From a 20oz Soda Bottle to a Gift Card Holder :)

My crafty girlfriend had recently shown me the 2 liter bottles filled and decorated online and I thought, I would love to try that.  But then, I had a graduation to go to for a girl at work that I mentor (from a 2 year intern program) and I thought, why not try it on a smaller scale.  I decided to use a 20oz soda bottle for her.  I filled it with tissue paper, some star paper clips (for noise if you shake it :) and a Barnes and Noble gift card!  I then used the Happy Graduation cart to decorate it.  I think it turned out cute and it was super simple.  I can't wait to try the 2 liter when I have an appropriate occassion but am glad I did this mini version in the mean time.  TFL.

Crayon Wreath (my first attempt so please be nice :)

Wow, I had seen these crayon wreaths all over and knew I wanted to try one but I had no idea how hard it would be (for me at least).  Getting the crayons to line up was not very easy and needless to say mine did not come out perfect but I think it is ok for my first attempt.  I bought a cardboard/wood circle from Michaels for the base (it was 99cents).  First I covered it in just regular old school paper from my kids pile, just to give it a background (I just traced the cirle and cut it out).  Then I already had tons of crayons but for this size it took a little less than 2 boxes.  I added some school ribbon I had for the hanger and also on the inside on the circle just because I wanted it there, it really did not need it.  I used Locker Talk (because I do not have the Recess cart :( to cut the apple (I embossed the leaf), glue (I used my gelly roll to add some white glue to the top and outline the letter) and ruler (just used a black marker to outline the #'s and letters).  I had previously purchased a 3 pack of these little chalkboard ornaments at Joann's because when I needed them last year I could not find them so that worked out great.  I wrote on the chalkboard with my white gelly roll pen.  I also had one little open Bible left from a pack I bought for a teachers gift last year so I added that as well since it is for a Catholic Preschool.  All in all I think it turned out fine and I hope the teachers like it.  I am not sure if I will do another one soon but if I do I will know going into it that it is not as easy as I thought, LOL.  TFL!

 

I've been spotted!!!!!!!

What a SHOCK it was when I was checking blogs Saturday night and headed over to one of my faves, http://www.pinkcricut.com/ to find out that I had been SPOTTED!  I used my Cricut and Pink By Design stamps to make my hubby's birthday card (see that post below) and then I posted it on the Pink By Design community and don't you know it was spotted by Sara (Pink Cricut).  I have to tell you I was just ticked pink when I found that out :)  Here is Sarah's post if you would like to see it (she also "spots" people on Facebook) http://www.pinkcricut.com/2011/09/6773/.  I think it is a wonderful way to recognize her loyal fans and customers!  Now I get this AWESOME I've been spotted button to put on my blog.  Yeah me!  LOL.  Well thanks for sharing in my good news with me and maybe you will get spotted too :)

Happy Birthday Cupcake Pillowbox

My crafty girlfriend Stephannie gave me the idea to use a pillowbox as a quick gift card holder and now that I have a cartridge (Girls Makeup Party) that has the pillowbox cut on it I am OBSESSED with pillowboxes, LOL.  My cousin's daughter turned 1 last weekend so the girls and I went to the party (the boys had football).  I cut this pillowbox using 8 1/2X 11 pink paper and using the fit to page feature just to make sure it was big enough (it was plent big).  Then I cut the cupcake from Once Upon a Princess with its layers, I think I did it at 3 inches.  I used my Peachy Keen Every Day Character stamps (the biggest one in the pack) to stamp the face. I added some stickels for glam and some eyelashes for cuteness :)  I also used a light pink in to stamp the pillowbox so it looked like a watermark with some stars and a wrapped gift (just some cheapy $1-2 stamps).  Then I used a darker purple to stamp happy birthday all over it. I used my Happy Birthday stamp from My Creative Time.  The gift card fit inside with some extra room, you would put a small trinket (if not for a 1 year old) or just wrap it in tissue paper and put it in.  It work great and my 3 year old who "helped" me loved giving the gift to our cousin.  TFL!

 

 

CCR Sports Theme Challenge

So I do not usually enter challenges because I usually cannnot make the deadlines, LOL.  But I saw this one today at Crazy About Cricut and Creative Cutter Room http://www.creativecutter.org/ and knew I could come up with something quickly so I came up with this pillow box.  Would be a great party gift for a baseball team celebration.  I overlayed the letters for the word CHAMPS from Varsity Letter on the pillow box (from Girls Make Up Party).  I then taped a piece of white paper on the inside before I assembled the box.  I used Sports Mania for the bat, I would have used it for the baseball but I had these cute baseball puffy stickers so I decided to use that, I put a ribbon around it but tied it in the back so it would not block the front.  TFL.

Scrapping and Weaving!

I recently joined the site http://letsscrap.ning.com/ which gives sketch ideas.  I want to focus on scrapbooking more this year so I thought this site was perfect.  A couple of weeks ago they had a weekly challenge that involved weaving.  I missed the deadline but still wanted to complete the page.  I am not sure I have enough patience for weaving again but we will see, LOL.  I knew I wanted to do this family shot from a beach weekend we had this summer and am excited to have a page done that I can hang in my scrapbook room somewhere until it goes into a book.  I added some buttons for accents and I always write in the sand so that came in handy for a "title" for the page.  I hope you get inspired by the page or by visiting the lets scrap site!  TFL. (sorry for the quality of the pics, the overcast and lighting in my room is horrible today so some are blurry and some have a flash).

Back to School!

Wow, this last week has been CRAZY!  I have very little crafting time, I am working on a scrapbook page that is taking me forever, LOL, using a sketch which I have never done before.  It involves weaving which I think is what is taking me so long.  We were away for Labor Day weekend so I did not get any weekend crafting time but I did enjoy the beach with family and friends.  My boys started school last week and their teachers loved the teachers gifts, when I went to back to school night last night both commented on them and had the empty boxes (guess they drank the soda and ate the popcorn :)) on their desks!  Love it.  My 3 year old daughter had her preschool visit yesterday (she starts next Tuesday for 2 days a week for a couple of hours) she loved it and was very sad to not be going to school when she woke up today.  I have been working on some Halloween crafts which I will post when they are done but for today I do not have anything :( except some cute pictures of my kids.  Hope to have something crafty to post soon!  TFL.

This is my 5th grader on his first day

This is my 3rd grader on his first day



This is my 3 year old at her preschool visit



This is my 2 year old just being cute and silly :)