End of Year Teacher Gifts

Hi friends!! Here is a teacher gift that I made for my kids to give to their teachers. I know it seems like it is late but they go to school all year round so their last day of school isn't until this Thursday. I saw this idea on the old Cricut Messageboard. It is so easy and simple to make. All you have to do is buy some acrylic picture frames. I found a few at the Dollar Tree. Scrap a 5 x 7 piece of paper and slide it into the frame. The paper is from the Grade School stack from DCWV. The zig zag is cut from the Plantin Schoolbook cartridge at 1 1/2". I did have to trim it down some as it was bigger than what I needed. The green card stock is golf course from coredinations. The apple and bus is from the Doodlecharms cartridge. I cut them at 2". The bottom part is a 2" x 5" strip of paper. I added the letters using the Roly Poly feature of the Plantin Schoolbook cartridge. They were cut at 1 1/2". I added some faux stitching and then glued it to the outside of the bottom. I did that because the stickers didn't want to come completely off. I tried just about everything to get all the sticky stuff off. Just slap some post it notes onto the top of the frame and there you go!! I'd love to hear what you've done for teachers! Have a great day!!

Hugs,

Stephanie

Pin the Cherry on the Ice Cream Cone

Hi friends!! I have been working on my daughter's 5th birthday party! I am almost done with everything. Today I have a twist to the game Pin the Tail on the Donkey. We are having an ice cream party for her and so we will play pin the cherry on top of the ice cream cone. I took a poster board that I bought at the Dollar store. I used Plantin Schoolbook for the lettering. The letters are 2 1/2" and I believe that they are cut using the roly poly feature as well. The ice cream cone is cut using fit to page. I had some trouble with a couple of the layers so they were cut using the sizing of 11 1/2". It is from the Sweet Treats cartridge. I added some stickling to the cherries to make them stand out. I cut out 2" circles for the cherries. I hope that this will be a sweet addition to my daughter's party!! :)

Baseball Treat Bag

My son plays for the Pirates baseball team in our town. I made these treat bags for all the boys on his team. I thought I'd give them out the night of their end of season swimming party. I used Plantin Schoolbook to make the bag. I used the Tall Ball and Fit to Page features of the cricut. I chose to make the bags black as this is one of their team colors. I added a baseball that I cut from the Baseball cartridge to put on the fronts of the bags. It is cut at 5 1/4". I first cut the white background of the ball using the blackout feature. Using red card stock, I cut out the lacing. The "P" comes from a free svg file that I got by googling Pittsburgh Pirates svg files. I deleted everything except for the P. I wanted only the P because that is what is on their hats. I cut a layer on gold paper and a layer on red because that is how their lettering goes in the MLB. The black charm is cut using Plantin Schoolbook as well. I used tag 1 and the Italic features. It is cut at 5". I trimmed the bottom down to 3 1/4" because it was to long. I glued them all together and tied a black ribbon attaching the tag to the bag. Now, I just need to fill them with some baseball goodies and their done!

Do you do anything crafty for your child's sports team? I'd love to hear about it!

Hugs,

Stephanie

Baby Mini-Album

I made this mini album for one of my daycare parents for her baby shower. They are having a boy and is going to name him Jacob. It was made mostly by reusing scraps and cereal boxes. The pages I cut out from recycled cereal boxes. I used George to cut a 7 inch square. I then glued scrapbook paper to each side to create the pages. The nursery's theme is monkeys. I wanted a monkey on the front. New Arrival had a really cute monkey and so I enlarged it to about 6 inches. The font comes from Plantin Schoolbook. It is cut at about 1 1/2 inches.

This page was made for the hospital pictures. I wanted something that would give the date, time, weight, and length. The New Arrival cartridge had an annoucement feature that I used. It was cut at about 6 inches. I added some ribbon on the page for the picture.

I loved this star paper and didn't have enough of it to put it on both sides of these two pages. I put it on the left side and decided to do plain white card stock on the other side. The title is cut using Make The Cut software and welding the letters together. The font is Script MT bold. The moon comes from the New Arrival cartridge. The star was placed in between the pages to add more photos or just for journaling.

This star was cut using the George cartridge. I first cut it from the cereal boxes and then added the paper on top. This gives it the added sturdiness for looking through the album. I inked the sides of the star and added some stamping and a button.

I loved this baby bottle paper. I didn't have much of it but had this size. I decided that it would be a great mat and pop against the white card stock. The BABY blocks were cut using the New Arrival cartridge. I pop dotted them to add dimension. They were cut at about 3".

I decided to do a page where the parents could put pictures of the baby through the first year. I added an envelope which was cut using the fit to page feature. The envelope comes from Plantin Schoolbook. I folded the flap inside the envelope so that the tags would stick out. I added a brad that says "Little Cutie." The tags were cut at about 6".

I saw this ruler at Michaels this last weekend when I was there. I thought it would be a perfect addition to this album. I decided to do a giraffe beside it since giraffes are tall. The giraffe is from the New Arrival cartridge. It is cut at about 6". First I cut on the brown card stock and then the polka dot yellow paper. I chalked the edges for an added touch. The title to the page was created using Make The Cut software and welding together the letters using Script MT Bold.

These are the tags that I made to put in the envelope. I wanted them to be used for adding pictures throughout the first year. I have the hand and footprints for the newborn pictures. The baby is due in July so I added a few pages for holiday pictures. One for fall or Halloween, Christmas, winter and then the first birthday. I added some embellishments at the bottom. The hands and footprints have footprints from the New Arrival cartridge. They were cut at about 2 inches. The fall tag has a pumpkin. The pumpkin comes from the Doodlecharms cartridge. The Santa Face tag has a reindeer cut from Doodlecharms as well. The nose is stickled with red for a Rudolph look. The winter tag has snowflakes from the Doodlecharms cartridge too. I stickled them as well. It was really hard to not do any sparkles. I was able to incorporate it without it getting to be to girly! :-) I added ribbon to the tops and stapled them to the tag.

You can't tell very much but this is an alphabet background with pale yellow stripes. I have had this paper for many years. This was one of the first paper packs that I bought when I first started scrap booking. I bought this from Ollie's. It came with some frames and stickers which I hardly have used since getting my Cricut. I prefer to use my Cricut to cut just about everything. I liked the green polka dot paper. I think it pops against the yellow. I then just took some white ribbon and added buttons to the ends. The heart is from the George cartridge. I cut it out first from some cereal boxes and then added the paper on top.

This is one of my favorite pages. I think because we are in the height of baseball season. The font is from Plantin Schoolbook. I used the roly poly feature. I liked mixing the capital letters with the lowercase letters. The stars come from the George cartridge. They are white card stock with yellow edges inked. The red mats are just scraps cut at random to fit on the page.

I love the cute choo choo on this patterned paper from DCWV. The baby's room is decorated in monkeys so this makes it more cuter and appropriate to put in the album. The monkey at the top of the page is cut from New Arrival. I then glued it onto a tiny wooden clothespin. It was cut about 2".

This choo choo train came from the New Arrival cartridge. I love this cartridge! It is one of my go to's. I think that the train was cut at about 2 or 3". I used my scraps to cut this.

This was the back of the album. I have been trying to make sure that I sign my projects. This was what I came up with as I ran out of ink in my printer and couldn't print anything out.

Let me know what you think and if you've made any mini albums. I'd love to see them! Post a link in the comments and I'll take a look!!

Hugs,

Stephanie

Birthday Invitations

One of my daycare parents had asked me if I could make her baby invitations to her first birthday party. I was so excited!!! I was a bit nervous though because I wanted her to love them!! I wanted it to be over the top too!!! This is what I came up with. The invitations came from a package of plain cards with envelopes. We bought most of the supplies at JoAnn's. The cupcake came from the Doodlecharms cartridge. It was cut at 3 1/2" using the blackout feature. I embossed the icing with the swirl embossing folder. The number one candle came from Sweet Treats and was cut at 1 3/4". I had to cut it twice. Once with yellow paper and then again with the flower paper. I then cut the flame off of the flower candle. The scalloped border is from the Plantin Schoolbook cartridge. It is cut to fit the length of the card which is 5 1/2". You can't really tell but there is a layer of transparency that I have printed out from my computer. The layer says Sugar and Spice and everything nice.......That's what little girls are made of. I created this on my computer and printed them onto the correct transparency. I held the card and the transparency together with an eyelet.

This is the inside of the invitation. I printed from my computer the party details which I have covered up at the bottom. I wanted to do a pop up and fell in love with this cake that came from Extreme Cards and Papercrafting. It took a little bit to put together as I had about 25 to make in all but it was worth it. I just love this dotted paper. The scalloped circle is from Sweet Treats again. It is one of the flowers.

Here is a close up of the cake. The one is cut using Sweet Treats and using the shift feature and the one candle button. It is 1 3/4". I discovered a feature on my Cricut. The flip button!! I pushed the flip button and redid the one and it flipped it. I used a wire through the center of the cake to be able to glue a one onto the top of it. It was interesting trying to work out all the details of this but in all, she was happy with the end results and that is all that matters!!!

Thanks for looking and have a wonderful day!!!

Hugs,

Stephanie

Baby Mini-Album

Hi Friends! Here is a baby mini album that I made for a friend of mine. She had a little girl. I super love this pape that I bought from JoAnn's. The album is made from chipboard. The cover and pages come from myscrapchick.com. My friend didn't have a name picked out so I told her that once he decided, I'd put the baby's name on the front.

My Mom told me that I should make something to put on my crafts that said that it was homemade. So, here is what I made to put on the back.

I stickled a heart onto this clear tag that I had bought from Wal-Mart years ago! The pocket that the tags are in is a flattened toilet paper tube covered with scrapbook paper. The tags pull out and are great for adding journaling or more pictures. I inked the edges of the album.

The butterfly is cut using New Arrival cartridge.

I just love lavendar and green together!!! The hearts comes from George cart.

I love this duckie paper. I made some diaper invitations once when I helped with a duckie themed baby shower. All of the cuts are from the New Arrival cartridge. I ran the duckie through my paper crimper.

I made this fold out to display some pictures and tags. Embossed the It's a Girl box using my Cuttlebug. The baby rattle again comes from the New Arrival.

Here it is folded and tied shut with some ribbon. Made the flower on the opposite page with the Cricut. I think that the flower is from George cart but not to sure. Added a crystal gem to the center for some sparkle.

The BABY squares were cut using the George cartridge. It is the signs with the sticks cut off. I glittered them for sparkle!

I seperated the two pages into quadrants using the white rick rack. Used the buttons to add a final end to the rick rack. I stamped the heandprints and the cutie pie circle. Pop dotted them to add interest. You can hardly see it but on the right page at the very top square is a cut out of a stork. It is a cut from New Arrival.

I wanted to add a little bit of blue somewhere in the album. I embossed these with the cuttlebug. Precious and the flower came from Plantin Schoolbook. Added a little bit of blue ribbon to tie the two pages together.

I made the envelope from (I think) Tags, Bags, Boxes and More cart. I added a gift card in the envelope for the parents to be to buy something that they needed and didn't have yet. The footprints are from New Arrival.

It was so much fun putting this together. I am going to work on another baby album for another friend who is expecting a boy. I'll post pictures when I am done.

Have a safe and enjoyable weekend!

Hugs,

Stephanie

LID Challenge for the week

Happy Friday Y'all!!! This is a LID challenge for this coming up week over at the Cricut Messageboard. I was so excited to get started on it as I haven't been able to play along because my children and I have been sick for about 2 weeks now. The pictures are from the dozen of roses my husband sent me for my birthday back in December. I thought that this sketch would be perfect for these pictures. The paper is open stock from JoAnn's. It is called Confetti and Daisies and Daisy Stripes from Sandylion Sticker Designs. The title was cut at 3 1/2 inches using Sweet Treats cartridge. I used some scrap brown and pink paper for the title. Surprise was cut using Plantin Schoolbook at 1 inches. The tag is also from the Sweet Treats cartridge as well. It is cut at 1 1/2 inches. The ribbon is just some brown picked up from Wal-Mart a long time ago. Buttons and gems are from my stash. Hope you have a wonderful weekend!!

Hugs,

Stephanie