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Guess who is on another design team? Yep! Meeee! I will be posting every other week on the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog! My first post will be coming up on March 14th! I'm very excited! I LOVE the FCCBlog and always tried to join in challenges when I could.. so it's cool to be part of their little DT family now!
Come on by the blog and take a moment to check out the other DT members blogs for a whole lotta inspiration!
My germies are leaving and moving on to bigger and better things so I am starting to feel better. I still have one of those itchy coughs... egh, those are the worst! But that won't keep me from crafting!
I have an overdue project for RAH Scrapbooking that I need to post. I finally had the energy to finish it today and will be posting it very soon on their blog! Here's a peek! I think you all will like it! Super cute and easy!
Anyhow.. we're expecting snow! I hope it actually snows this time. It seems like the weather predictions have been so off this year for us! Last year if they said it was gonna snow at noon.. it would snow at noon! LOL! I have my windows wide open to let some light in (since it's so dark and cloudy) while I was finishing my project, my cat LIVES for open windows, LOL! He will jump right up there and stare outside all day, dreaming off all the birdies he wants to chase. Sometimes I have to close them all up after 3 seconds of them being open. He will go CRAZY! I can not believe the sounds he makes... some sort of bird call, perhaps? He also flys.. yes.. he flys. He will get running really fast.. dart across the top of the couch and slam into walls... LOL! Don't get a fly in this house! Yikes! Now that I have my snazzy Flip camera I will have to record him.
He looked so peaceful bird watching that I snapped a pic. My handsome boy!
Well, I am gonna get going! Have a great weekend!
Egh! Helloooooooooo.... I have been sick more than I have been healthy so far in 2011!
Maybe this is God's way of punishing me for eating too much bad food over Valentine's day and my birthday? lol.
No, this one I know hubby brought home from work. Some guy came to work sick and I guess everyone got sick.... and of course hubby likes to share so he spread his germies to me. We all know how it is.. when mom is sick, it doesn't matter! I've been trying to rest but the kiddos don't realize they need to stop eating and drinking and asking for other random things so mommy can rest and get better! LOL!
*sigh*
So.. you probably won't see much from me until I get over this mess. Hopefully soon! I have things I have to do and deadlines to meet.. and well, blah!
Hope you all had a great weekend!
It's funny how a little idea... scribbled down on a scrap piece of paper while you're waiting for dinner to cook... turns into something totally awesome!
About a week ago I thought of a cute little table decoration to make since my LAST ONE was such a huge hit! I figured something with pinwheels, maybe some flowers and animals..
....... And of course it had to be bigger than my last one! I mean, I have to keep you all excited, right? Plus, I love a challenge! I decided to skip using animals and think of some other little things that reminded me of summer. I started with one little section and that had another section added on.. and so on.. and then I ended up with this.....
Bright... cheery.. FUN! It came out sooo cute and I feel like my pictures do not truly show it's greatness! Did I mention it's about 14" tall and 27" long?
Here are some close ups for ya!
OK... seriously.. How is that NOT awesome!? Maybe it's a bit much for some people, but it makes me smile and look forward to summer! Tire swings, beautiful days, watermelon.. Mmmmmm!
I didn't plan on finishing it so soon, but I decided to enter it in the Fantabulous Cricut Blog Challenge! The challenge is to make something that features your favorite season.. Now, I won't say summer is my favorite.. but since I was already making this project I figured I could pretend it's my favorite for a week, LOL!
*fingers crossed* I would love to win!
Would you like to tackle something like this? I will tell you sizes and describe it the best I can.. and you can wing it from there. I mentioned on my FACEBOOK PAGE that I bought a Flip camcorder! Hopefully that will make it easier for everyone! I can make step by step videos of my projects! YAY!
Alrighty.. let's get Cricut-ing!
Paper Used - A mix of Echo Park Little Girl and Sweet Summertime! Both are such pretty collections! I used a mix of DCWV and AC solids. The tree's green dot paper is Echo Park's Little Boy.
Carts Used - Create a Critter, Simply Charmed, Paper Dolls, Straight From The Nest
SVG's Used - Pinwheel was a free file I found somewhere. I don't remember where exactly but I saw a few from searching the web!
I used SVGCUTS.COM collections - Beach Bum collection3 and the balloon shape from CRUSH ON YOU BOXES
Misc. items - Twine from THE TWINERY , buttons, dowel rods, hot glue, toothpicks and popsicle sticks. Also some styrofoam.. I get mine at the dollar store!
My styrofoam pieces were 4x4" squares. I cut about 1/4th of it off. Do this to two squares. The two taller pieces go on the sides. The smaller ones go in the middle. The side piece with the tree is cut at 2x4". Hot glue the strofoam all together to create your base.
Cuts several pieces of grass. I cut five at 4 3/4 (SFTN cart) Cut to fit around edges. I also added some here and there to fill in the middle.
My pinwheel is cut at 5".
I took some square SVG's and welded half circle to it to make scalloped edges. This was done in SCAL. Cut them 4x4.5". These are the taller styrofoam pieces 'box' You will need 3 sides for each.
The hot air balloon was played with a bit. I broke it apart in SCAL and removed the shapes. I cut two of them and layered to make it different colors. The banner and flowers are in your SCAL library. Flowers cut at .75" and the banner is 4" wide. The balloon is from SVG Cuts and cut at 3.535 wide.
The dowel rods holding up the pinwheel and balloon have twine wrapped around them.
The tree will have a popsicle stick on the back for support. Cut the tree from SFTN cart. This is cut at 7". The branch will be cut at 2 1/4. I used a toothpick behind it for support. Glue it to the tree.
The sun is held up by 20g jewelry wire. I twisted it around a pencil to create a spiral. The sun is created with a SCAL rectangle sized to 11x 1 1/4". Score/fold at .5", cut two. Smash it flat to create the crinkled circle shape. Center is a SCAL shape cut at 2".
The pennants are two SCAL shape rectangles welded together. Fold them over the wine and glue. I used the Sweet Summertime stickers.
OTHER RANDOM CUTS -
Fence - Paper Doll cart - 2 1/2 - cut in half.
Wagon - CAC cart - 1 1/4"
Tulip - CAC cart - 3 1/2" - Use a toothpick glued to the back for support.
Bucket and shovel - SVG Cuts beach bum file - Cut at 1 1/2" high
Tire swing - CAC cart (wagon tires) - press 'real dial size' on your Cricut and cut at 1 3/4" - You will use both of these with a piece of 3d sticky foam of glue dot bwtween for a 3d look. Tie it to twine.
Cloud by the tree - SCAL shape - 3"w
Ball - Simply Charmed cart - 1 1/2"
Watermelon - Simply Charmed - 3/4"
Emboss for texture and add 3d glue dots/foam for depth. Chalk/ink edges. And the most important thing to remember.... hot glue is your friend! LOL!
That's it! I really wish I would have taken photos as I put it together.. I'm sorry, but I do hope this inspires some of you to create a cute table decoration! Enjoy and as always, thanks for coming by!
If we can get to 600 'likes' on my Facebook page by SUNDAY at midnight PST I will give away a full cartridge! I have 3 you will be able to choose from! Go to my FACEBOOK PAGE and check it out! Whoever refers the most friends that replies to the post on my wall will win (If I get 600 likes by Sunday!)
Oy..
Man, what a day! Some days I just don't know how I do it.. wait, yes I do, COFFEE! The past two days I have had coffee for dinner.. yup. Dinner. I feel like an old lady that can't keep up anymore! My 28th birthday is coming (On the 16th)... feels like it's time to find a plot at the graveyard! LOL.. yes, I exaggerate.. it keeps things exciting for me. You know the type, the person who always has to make things worse than they are? Yeah, that's me! Did I mention the world is coming to an end...... everyday? Sometimes more than once a day! Yep, believe it.
Anyhow.. today was a rough one. My oldest is a little.. uh... mouthy. I was over it, like... 2 years ago. She's turning 8 soon and she is convinced she is the boss. Her constant nagging at the little ones drives me batty. (I know those of you with several children are probably nodding your heads right now) So, needless to say the 3 little turds ran circles around me today. There was a point I sat on the couch and just kinda dazed off. Thank GOD it was beautiful outside today. I am pretty sure I asked the kids 2 or 3 times if they wanted to go outside and play with the puppy. Who knew that getting a new dog would work out so well for me?
I can usually keep it together and keep them busy with some sort of activity. Today's activity involved sugar.. x2. We took some cute photos this morning and they had these adooorable lip suckers. They are way cute and big.. big = lotsa sugar.. lotsa sugar + two girls = crazy. Crazy because they were acting crazy... and crazy because I thought I would be a 'cool' mom to 'just this once' let them have candy at.. ohhh.... 10am. Yes.... go on.. call CPS. They are having Hamburger Helper for dinner tonight too... Oooooh... double bad mommy today! Two strikes, baby!!
(Not the greatest pics... but aren't those lip suckers ca-uute?)
Anyhow.. after the sugar attack this morning we made white chocolate covered pretzel rods for Alannah's class.. And it wouldn't be fun if we didn't eat some while we made them! God forbid I turn my head for a second.. Austin drinks the sprinkles! GAH!!!!
Would I get a 3rd bad mommy strike to have a bottle.... uh.. no, I mean glass of wine at.. I dunno... noon? I know, a glass at noon isn't bad... But, a glass at noon with 3 kids around and no hubby and you haven't eaten all day PLUS you're a 'lightweight' when it comes to alcohol... yeah, bad mommy. Good thing I didn't. Nope, I hit the coffee instead. Extra, extra sugar. I am pretty sure I gave myself a cavity today!
It's 5:45pm here and I am counting down for bedtime. I think I was counting down for bedtime at 10am. LOL!!
I love 'em.. I sure do! But, Mama neeeeds a breeeeak!
*sigh*
So... who's got that venti white chocolate mocha?..
Yes, I know I literally posted a few hours ago saying how busy I was.. but, when I get an idea in my head I have to try it right away! So.. lucky you, here is another tutorial.
I got my inspiration for these from some SVG files I saw. I decided to whip up my own little bag and use my cute critters from the always awesome Create A Critter cartridge and this was the result --
Don't they make you smile? I mean.. who doesn't love decapitated critters? Ha!
Wanna make some? Do you have it in you to chop these poor critters heads off all just to make a cute bag?..
Well, if ya do.. then let's cook up some springtime buddies!
Here's whatcha need:
Create a Critter cartridge and this file created by moi! Download 1springtime_buddies_bag_HappyLifeCraftyWife This is an SVG file. Open it and just cut away! to make this to my sizing set this to cut at 5.820 HIGH. Make sure 'Keep Proportions' is checked.
*** If you use my SCAL file and share anything you made with my file PLEASE link back to my blog. Do not post the file on your website/blog.. simply link back to this post. Thank ya! ***
You will need to score it as shown:
If you don't have a paper scorer you can just fold it.. but, these are only like $8.00 - $10.00 and make life grand! No more uneven fold lines!
Glue it shut and set aside. Time to make some critters!
Make your frog 4" high and your chick 4 1/2" high. The grass is 2" high. (There are several animals you can use for this!)
Glue 'em all together and then cut their heads off!
The chicks eyes look weird because I added Glossy Accents and it wasn't dry yet. Ah.. who am I kidding? The poor chick is crying! I mean, wouldn't you if your head was just chopped off?
OK, enough talking about decapitated animals.. before you all think I have issues.
What? No I didn't just twitch.. gah! *twitch*
OK.. moving on...
Glue the body on the bag like so:
Add a little sticky foam square to keep it shut. Glue the head onto the top flap.
That's it, folks!
Have fun with it! Wouldn't these be adorable for the kiddos on Easter?
Toodles!
Yes, I know.. I haven't been posting any cute crafts lately. I've been super busy this week getting some things done around here. I do have a couple things I want to share with you all soon though! I finished one design team project and have been working on two for SVG Cuts! I might take a little break this evening to create something for my blog. :) I also have to get some sewing done today for a friend that ordered a dress from me.
But hey, I ordered some pretty bakers twine from The Twinery! I got THIS SAMPLER SET! Pretty colors, right? I am hoping to get into card making very soon and decided I needed more stuff to make 'em pretty! (any excuse to shop, right?)
Okie dokie, peeps.. I am outta here! I need to go get my youngest daughter ready for school. Have a great week! I will be back soon with a project to share!
I've got some news for you all!
I have been asked by Lisa over at Right At Home Scrapbooking to be on their wonderful design team! I've already been sent materials for my first project and I've been busy creating! Be sure to 'like' their Facebook page to catch mine and other design team members newest designs! There are some VERY talented ladies on the team.. check them out here - MEET THE DESIGN TEAM
So, follow their Facebook page / Blog and keep an eye out for my upcoming project using the MK Be My Valentine papers! (So pretty!)
But, it's still awesome, so that counts!
VANILLA marshmallow hearts! Helloooo, yummy cuteness! I am sooo not a Peeps fan but these vanilla hearts taste great in my hot cocoa! I drink hot cocoa almost every day.. I sometimes throw in some marshmallows, but it's not a regular thing. So, I made my usual cup and saw these sitting on the counter (I bought them for the kiddos because they like marshmallow.. I didn't even realize they were vanilla until I really paid attention) I thought, "Eh.. I will try one!" *slurp* I dropped one into my hot cocoa and got all happy about it.. it looked so cute floating in there that I had to take a picture.
Yes, this is totally pointless post. LOL!
Who wouldn't be happy?..
My kids were sooo excited when they saw what I left out for them! I decided to give them some Valentine's goodies to enjoy the entire month of February! My girls got some cute jammies, headbands, jewelry, candy, stickers, pencils, Lalaloopsy outfit, etc. My little guy got some jammies, trains, cars.. more cars and some other little things. I found the cutest little pup's in a cupcake at Target! They were a huge hit with my girls :)
I also made some cupcakes.. they were kinda rushed but they still came out cute and taste soooo good! I sent all but 3 of them to work with hubby so I wouldn't be tempted. The guys at hubbys work are starting to expect thinsg lately, LOL! I am always baking just to do it.. we eat a little of it and then send it off to co-workers. Hopefully I will get a chance to make cookies soon. I want to make some pretty heart sugar cookies.
How cute are these jammies? They say 'Hug Me'! (from Gymboree)
Doesn't that frosting look YUMMY?! Of course it does (unless you don't like sweets! *gasp!*)
Get the recipe HERE
Make is EXACTLY like it says! You will get perfect frosting! It's not overly sweet but has a true buttery buttercream flavor.
All the sprinkles are from Wilton. I got my liners from Michaels and Joanns! Those big pink hearts are only $1.00 at Michaels in the dollar bins!
And speaking of Michaels dollar bins.. they have a lot of cute Valentine's Day things for kids for only a buck! I got this little necklace kit for my girls! Plus some Valetine's rubber duckies, colored pencils, pens, notebooks, cute heart crayons and chalk, etc.
XoXo!
