Hodge Podge Post to Try and Catch Up :)

 Neutral Birthday. Creative Memories Square punch to get the two sizes. Cricut Phrases cartridge to get the tag at the bottom. 

 Cricut Everyday Pop-Up Cards cartridge for the cute onesies and Cricut Phrases for the tag. Stamp from Hobby Lobby. 

 Mother's Day Cards. Scrap paper. Cricut Phrases for the pink tags and Cricut JB Cards cartridge for the brown tag. 

 Cricut Tie the Knot Cartridge for the butterfly. Dry Embossing Folder for the dots background. I used clear glitter glue to outline the butterfly. 

 Cricut Everyday Pop-Up Cartridge for the Eiffel Tower and 'Merci' cutout.  

 8 x 8 Canvas. Cricut Word Collage cutout on vinyl. 

 Cricut From My Kitchen Cartridge for the toaster. 

 Scrap paper for the two Mother's Day cards. Below Cricut JB Cards for the brown tag. 

 Wine bottles hot glued (my skin) twine with various elements/accessories to spell 'love.' Dark purple and white beaded sticks from Hobby Lobby for the middle of the bottles. 

 (Above) Canvas board. Cricut Plantin for the words. (Below) Scrap wood from my honey! Cricut Storybook cartridge for 'home' and Cricut Storybook for the remaining phrase. 

 American Coasters. Cricut Plantin for Star cutout. 

 Storybook Birthday Party! 

 Doc McStuffins Birthday Party

 Cricut Beyond Birthdays for the Congrats cutout. 

 More Cricut Phrases tag cutout (can you tell it is my favorite!). 

 Stamp from Hobby Lobby

 Random...

 Cricut Sports Mania for phrase. 

Up close of the Mother's Day Stamp. 

Senior Gifts

 Canvas Boards...All three have one word descriptions from their teammate Each board has team picture and an individual picture. The two basketball boards have a picture from their youth sports days. 

 The volleyballs are cut out from the Cricut Sports Mania cartridge. 

 These are two re-purposed frames from a thrift store. I added chicken wire and painted mini clothespins to hold pictures. The Cricut Calligraphy Cartridge was used for their names and the Cricut Phrases Cartridge was used for the banner. 

Boss' Day/ Secretary's Day

 Scrap paper, dry embossing folder inked with gray/blue ink 

 'Vine' dry embossing folder, scrap paper

 Dry embossing folder. Grass inked with brown and bird colored in with red colored pencil. 

 Dry embossing folder for the background. Scrap paper (creative memories) and black rhinestones. 

 Scrap paper. 

 Stamp, colored in with colored pencil (highlighted with markers). Scrap paper. 

Birthday Cards

 Stampin' Up Wish Stamp, not sure of the set. Paper Studio paper from Hobby Lobby. 

 Paper Studio paper from Hobby Lobby. Cricut Sentiment 

 Texture Boutique dry embossing folder. Below is a better angle as I put rhinestones on some of the little stars. 

Stampin' Up Stamp (below) and scrap paper. 

 Cricut Cartridge sentiment, scrap paper and twine. 

 Cricut Sentiment (scrap paper again). White gel pen for the dots on the side. 

 Another Stampin' Up stamp (above) and scrap paper. Used some black rhinestones on the side...they are sort of square (hard to see in the picture). 

***Stamps used on these cards were from garage sales/ yard sales, so I am not sure what sets they were from. I also used a lot of scrap paper. Some is from Paper Studio at Hobby Lobby and some from Costco (a long time ago).***

I Am Still Here

Hello out there to anyone that actually looks at this blog. :) It has been quite some time since I have posted anything to this blog. I guess that is what happens when you have two children under the age of four! I have still been crafting; maybe even more so than before. Due to the birth of two children, health issues and some life changes, this blog has taken quite the backseat-way more than I intended it too. Nonetheless, I am attempting a comeback! 

Here are some things that I have been up to the last couple years. 

Canvas Project

My mom LOVES Sonic for I thought this would be the perfect gift for her. I got my inspiration from a picture on my new favorite website, Pinterest. The words are from the Cricut Plantin cart. and the hearts and outline banner is from Cricut Tie the Knot cart. The vinyl was applied to paper then adhered to the canvas. I attached the thick polk-a-dot ribbon to the back of the canvas with staples. 

Christmas Creations

I am now officially addicted to Pinterest. Here are a few of my re-creations and some ideas that it inspired.

 Sorry Kiersten if you look at this before your package arrives! I made this for my bff. She loves sock monkey's so I thought this would be fun and cute for her little guy. Used the Cricut Word Collage for the alphabet, on black vinyl. I used primary color buttons from Joann's. Sock Monkey paper attached to a 12 x 12 canvas from Hobby Lobby. I used thick red and white polk-a-dot ribbon to hang (not pictured).

 I made this for my friend who LOVES! to travel. I used the Cricut Word Collage on black vinyl. Two sheets of random paper I had to create sort of a beach serene background. I used some ribbon to hide where the paper met. Attached the paper to a 6 x 16 canvas from Hobby Lobby. I attached a thick piece of brown ribbon for hanging (not pictured).

 My sister asked that I make something for our dad for Christmas. This is what we decided on. Each frame was bought in a package at Joann's. I used fish themed paper and then some pebbles to tie them together in the middle. I used some green ribbon to attach all the frames together then thick brown ribbon to hang.

Sorry for this sad picture. I used the Cricut Word Collage on black vinyl and blue? LED battery lights. The vision in my head was that the lights would 'glow' through the words. The LED lights are sort of 'weird' so it didn't look like I thought. My co-worker loved it though. I told her she could put a candle in there and it might look a little better, and she could use the lights for something else :)

This is my Pinterest recreation. I had all those Starbucks jars left over from little K's party and I didn't have the heart to through them out. I put sort of an off-white paint (all I had in the garage) and swirled it around in the jars. What an experience WITHOUT a funnel. I have since bought a funnel from the dollar store. :) I used Cricut Plantin cart for the individual letters and Cricut Stretch Your Imagination for the snowflake. I twisted some sheer gold ribbon and solid red ribbon (from Joann's) around the top to hide what happens when you don't have a funnel to pour the paint, ha, and then added some Christmas picks from Hobby Lobby.

Lastly, another idea from Pinterest. :) These frames are MUCH larger than the original idea and these are just blank frames, $1 at Micheals, with no glass front. I used the Cricut Plantin cart for the individual letters on black vinyl. I used the scrap paper to cut out a little something to add to each frame. The top is a dove (for peace) cut from the Cricut Beyond Birthday's Cart; the middle is a tree cut from the Cricut Stretch Your Imagination cart; and the last one is a heart cut from the Blackout Shadow feature on the Cricut Beyond Birthday's cart. It is all attached with red ribbon, from Joann's.