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Monday, September 13, 2010
Car seat Covers!
Monday, September 6, 2010
Monday, August 16, 2010
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Client Box
Monday, June 7, 2010
Winner!
And the winner is...
Mindi Dixon!
Congrats Mindi! You have until June 8th @ noon to contact me!
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Freebies 2 Deals Giveaway!
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1-Leave a comment on my blog with your full name and your email address
2-Add yourself as a follower of my blog.
3-Check back on my blog on June 7th at 12:00 to see if you won.
4-If you did win you have 24 hours to contact me on my blog or the giveaway will go to someone else! Good Luck:)
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
I Love Vinyl!
I had this old wood sign that I have held on to for 5 years and never used because the colors didn't match anything in my house, so...I decided to make it match! I peeled the old vinyl off and painted it black. Then I use my Cricut to cut out the vinyl. I used the "Cursive 101" cartridge and the "Plantin SchoolBook" cartridge. I was nervous about the red not showing up, but it turned out better that expected:)
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Birthday Banner
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Mother's Day
I made this picture box for my mom and my mother-in-law for Mother's Day. I wanted to post it before Mother's Day in case anyone needed any ideas, but then they would have seen the finished product. It looks pretty complicated, but I saw one of these about a year ago and I was able to just make up my own way of doing it by memory. If I can do that, you could easily follow step-by-step instructions! Start with 4 12x12 pieces of card stock. Score the first one at 4" and 8" on two sides so you end up with 9 squares. Then cut out the four corners. Repeat these steps with the remaining 3 pieces of card stock only make the squares 1/4" smaller for each layer. Next glue the center of the 4 pieces of card stock together.


Then use a corner rounder on all the corners except the outside piece of card stock (the brown).


Next I put coordinating paper in the center square and on the 4 outside squares.
Next I put coordinating paper in the center square and on the 4 outside squares.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Bows
1) Choose your favorite ribbon!
2) Cut about 10-15" (depending on how big you want the bow)
3) layer ribbon
4) find coordinating small ribbon for center
5) cut 3-5"
6) tie around middle
7) wrap loose ends of (black) ribbon around back and hot glue
8) cover alligator clip with matching ribbon
9) hot glue bow to alligator clip!
Friday, April 30, 2010
Bow Holder!
I have posted a couple of these before, but I just recently made this one for a friend who is having a girl in July. I saw her fabric, on her blog, that she was going to do her baby's room out of and I made this to match. That is what is so fun about these. You can customize them any way you want. The process is a little tricky, but once you figure it out its really easy. First, you cut out a piece of cardboard in the shape of a shirt. Then cut out a piece of fabric in the same shape, but about an inch bigger all the way around. Hot glue the fabric to the cardboard so it is really tight. I don't glue the front, I just wrap the excess fabric around the cardboard and glue it to the back. That way you can stretch it really tight. Next, glue three long ribbons to the back. Then you are ready to put the tulle on. I have done this part 2 different ways. 1) Buy a roll of tulle from a craft store. Cut 3 strips and glue them to the back. 2) Buy a one yard from a fabric store. The advantage to doing it this way is the tulle is about 3 times as wide, so you can cut one strip and fold it in half. And continue the process by gluing it to the back of the shirt.
Choose a coordinating ribbon (I love the rick rack, but you can use any thin ribbon that matches), and glue it around the outside edge. Next, cover the the back with felt to cover all of the mess on the back. And last, just adhere a ribbon to the bottom of the shirt so it looks complete and put a coordinating button in the middle. I have loved having a cute way to display my daughter's bows!
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Flower Gum Holder
Supplies:
Old Olive CS: 8 1/2" x 1 1/2" and an extra square for the leaf (heart)
Rich Razzleberry CS: 3 1/2"x 3 1/2" cut into a flower (we used the big shot, but you could use any other cutting machine or even scissors.) The flower ends up being 3"x3"
Crushed Curry CS: 3" x 3" (the flower ends up being 2 1/2" x 2 1/2")
Both flowers were embossed with the cute Polka dots by the Big Shot, but you could just leave that step out if you don't have a Big Shot at your disposal.
Razzleberry Lemonade DSP: 5 Scallop circle cut out with the scallop punch.
1 brad: to hold the whole flower together
Ribbon: about 4-5" of crushed curry 1/2" Polka Dot Grosgrain
& 3-4" rich razzleberry 1/2" Polka Dot Grosgrain
Assembling is simple. First, run the long green strip through a crimper. Use glue dots to adhere the gum to the inside. Fold in half and staple the to ends of the green paper together. Then run a small square of green through the crimper and use a heart punch to cut out the leaf. Use a glue dot to adhere that to the inside of the stem. The center of the flower that looks like fabric was my favorite part to make. I love learning new techniques. You take each individual scallop and crumble it in your hand. After they are all crumbled, layer them and stick the brad through. Then get a small squirt bottle/spritzer and spray all the layers with water. You want them pretty wet, but don't soak them. Them just start forming them with your fingers so they curl up the way you want them to. I think the more worn and imperfect, the better! Then undo the back of the brad and stick the last to layers in (the plum and yellow) Use a large glue dot to adhere the entire flower to the stem. Last, just tie the ribbon on the bottom. So cute!!!!
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Yet Another Apron!
You are probably sick of seeing all of my aprons, but I am totally obsessed with them!
I made this one for Aimee (the wedding shower I went to on Saturday)! I think this might be one of my favorite aprons. The colors are so fun. Once you get the hang of them you can whip them out pretty fast. And once again I got the fabric at Hobby Lobby! Love that store:)
I made this one for Aimee (the wedding shower I went to on Saturday)! I think this might be one of my favorite aprons. The colors are so fun. Once you get the hang of them you can whip them out pretty fast. And once again I got the fabric at Hobby Lobby! Love that store:)
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Wedding Shower Favor
I helped make these for a wedding shower that I went to on Saturday. They we super easy and super cute. We used the Cricut with the Boxes, Bags, & Tags cartridge. The box is 6" and we used 12"x12" paper. We could have fit 2 boxes per paper, but just ended up using the extra paper for the cute scallops on front. I pre-ordered the "Aimee & Nate" stamp from Stampin' Up and punched it on Whisper White paper. Then we punched them out with the 1 1/4" circle punch. (A little tip: If you stamp first and then punch you can center the stamp easier) Then we used the scallop circle the punch out the pink flower. It only took us about 2 hours to make them from start to finish, and we make 45 of them. Then, of course, we filled them with cute matching candy!
Monday, April 26, 2010
...Stampin' Up
Bashful Blue card stock: 2"x 4" ( And run through the bigshot with a flower embossing pad)
Rich Razzleberry CS: 8 1/2"x5 1/2" (scored @ 4 1/4" and 6 1/4") & 1 piece that is 4"x 3/4" and then use the scallop edge punch.
Pale Plum: 4 1/4"x 5 1/2"
Whisper White: 2"x 4" & 5 1/2"x 1 3/4"(The bigger one needs to be scored 1" in and scalloped on the edge)
DS (designer Series) Rich Razzleberry: 1 1/4"x 4" & one extra piece for a flower(which was run through the bigshot also, but could be cut out with a punch or even scissors.)
Bashful Blue DS: 3 smaller flowers
1 brad
Ribbon: 11-13" Bashful blue ribbon
Stamps: Message for Mom stamp set
Stamp Pads: Rich Razzleberry and Bashful Blue
You, of course, don't have to use the Stampin' Up colors. It would be so cute with tons of other color combinations. I just thought the "stand up" idea was so cute! If you need any help figuring out how to put it together let me know:)
Friday, April 23, 2010
Last Stampin' Up Projects!
Old Olive (green):8 1/2"x 5 1/2" (folded in half)
Melon Mambo (pink): 5 1/4" x4"
Pumpkin Pie (Orange): 5 1/8" x 3 7/8"
Whisper White: 5" x 3 3/4"
Bride whisper white (Green stripe): 2"x4" (this paper came white and then we used a brayer to roll green ink on it. After you get it the color you want, wipe it with a tissue and the color comes off the white stripe!)
Melon Mambo ribbon: 1/2" Polka-Dot Grosgrain Ribbon 5"
Stamps: Awash with Flowers stamp set
Punches: Scallop Oval and Large Oval
Just stamp and assemble. Make sure you stamp the white before you glue in case you mess up, then you can turn it over! Also make sure you put your ribbon on before you glue it all to the green background. I just taped it around the back of the pink paper. Last, use a dimensional to put the "For You" on!
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Apron
I love making aprons and decided it was time to make some more! They are pretty easy if you have a pattern to follow. This one took me about three hours. (Well two days if you include all of the chasing after children in between:) I was just at the mall the other day and found a Kiosk that sells aprons and they were about $30-$40. I made this one for $8. If you have the patients it pays to make things yourself! The price may vary depending on the cost of your fabric. I got this at Hobby Lobby and it was about $5.99 a yard and it was 30% off. Some of the more expensive fabrics range from $6-$10. I bought 1 1/4 yards of the strip fabric and 5/8 of a yard of the polka dot fabric. I ended up with a little bit extra of both. It would be pretty simple to figure out without a pattern if you have sewn before. Just decide the shape and cut it out. I put a dart in the front of the apron so it was a little more fitted, but you could easily do without. You can also buy less fabric if you don't want a liner on it. You could get away with about 7/8 of a yard of the stripe. To get the ruffles, I cut 2 1/2" strips and hemmed the edges. Then did a loose stitch in the middle so I could pull it to make the "gathered look". If you have questions I would be happy to walk you through it step by step!
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Monday, April 12, 2010
Fabric Bows
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