Multi Cards Explosion: Day 7: Scuba Birthday Card

Day 7 and Last Day of the MULT-CARD EXPLOSION!   Be sure to check out days 1-6 if you haven't already.  Today is a "card" that I made for my uncle.   He just became scuba certified and thought this would be a fun one.

So unfortunately I don't remember all my cuts on this one.  It was over a year ago that I made it.  I did use my Cricut for it.  I believe a lot of them are from the  'Life's a Beach' Cricut cartridge.  I also used a box cut for my "card".  So to make it a card I taped down one side of the lid.  I used a blue cellophane for the front of my box to make that underwater look.

Thanks for stopping by!  Hope you enjoyed all of the cards.  Hopefully I'll keep up on my postings from here on out.  :)

Framed Silhouette Pet Images

Hi Crafters!   Today's project is a gift for my friend.  My friend watched my dogs while I was at my sisters wedding.  It was for 5 days.   She also has 2 dogs and a cat so she had 5 pets with her.  My dogs I'm sure had a blast hanging out w/ her and her other 2 dogs and had fun torturing her cat.   lol :)   I wanted to give her a little something as a thank you.  I was SO grateful that they were with her instead of in a kennel.  It was a relief for me and I knew I didn't have to worry about them.  So I found this image of this framed silhouette dog and wanted to try to recreate it:

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I loved it but it cost over $200.  Definitely couldn't pay for that so I thought I would make my own.  I thought I could put strips of ribbon behind my silhouettes and get a similar look.  What happened was I put the silhouette in the frame to protect it while I searched for the right ribbon and fell in love w/ the simple look and thought it would work perfectly.  The background color is from the back of the frame.

The cuts come from the Silhouette store.  The little corner design is from a damask design, it's the tip of the cut.  The frames are 10"x10".  The paper is just plain old white cardstock.  :)

For delivery I wrapped a thick blue ribbon around it:

She loved it!  Thanks for stopping by!

BBQ Poster

Happy Monday Crafters!  Today's project is something I made for my church.  We are having a BBQ in a couple of weeks and they asked if I would create 2 posters to help announce it.  Here is what I came up with.  I've put the cartridges and sizes below the image.

Plantin Schookbook:  Shadow and Regular letters - 1.55"
Doodlecharms:  Sun - 5.10"
Block Party:  Mustard - 3.56"  Ketchup - 3.56"  Watermelon - 3"  Hamburger - 3.2"  Hotdog - 1.6"  Glass - 5.7"  Pitcher - 4"  BBQ Word - 2"
From My Kitchen:  Platter - 4" x 2"
Hand cut chips out of cream paper, crinkled it, then put some Tim Holtz Wild Honey ink.  Looks like BBQ chips.
Size of poster:  14" x 22"

Episode 107: Pop Up Card with Hearts

Happy Wednesday crafters!  Yep, my second video in one week.  It's great to be back crafting.  :)  Todays card is for my sister.  It's her birthday tomorrow and I wanted to make something special for her.  I've made this type of card before but this time I made a video to show you how to do it.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe:
My Pink Stamper Birthday Crazy Stamp Set
Create a Critter Cricut cartridge
PTI - Simply Chartreuse, Hawaiian Shore, and White cardstock
Distress Inks - Shabby Shutters, Broken China, Seedless Preserves, Worn Lipstick, and Wild Honey ink pads
Acetate Paper
Scor-Pal Tape
White Gel Pen
White Ribbon
White Pearls

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Misfortune Cookies

Happy Monday crafters!  This week on the Creative Critterz Imagations blog we are making April Fool's Day projects.  I found this idea on Pinterest, here.  Thank heavens for that site right?  :)  Anywho, I thought it was hilarious.  :)  I used the Bubblegum Stripes Imagine cartridge to flood fill my circles.  That way it is bright and lots of fun.

I cut the circles out at 4.75".  Unfortunately I didn't have time to make a video as I am in my last week of school so I'm going a little KooKoo Crazy.   I found a video online, HERE, whose instructions I followed to make mine.  I will give you a tip though: If you use thicker paper on your  cookies like I did make sure you use really strong tape like ATG or ScorPal.  If not, they will pop right open.  Lesson learned.  If you use thinner designer paper you shouldn't have any problems.  

I made 8 cookies and put them in a bowl for easy access for takers.

My messages are 4.5" long and .75" wide.  I then cut the end out like a pendant for extra design.  I have to say the messages I came up with were hilarious.  Here are the others:

- Today will be the worst day of your life.

- When you get something for nothing, you just haven't been billed for it yet.

- Lend money to family or a friend and you'll never see it again.

- Humor is an affirmation of losing your mind.

- If life is a dance floor, be a wallflower.  You'll thank yourself later.

- Today will not bring you fortune.  Well, ever.

- You will overcome difficult times but it will be a long and painful road.  It's going to suck.

The cookies ended up being big enough that I'm going to put Hershey Kisses in them.  Then my mom is going to take them to work on Monday, April 2nd.  April Fool's on a Sunday this year.  She thought they were really funny.  :)

Enjoy!

Treat Box With a Hinge

Hi Crafters!  I just want to say a big thank you to you for being patient with me during the last couple of months of school that I'm going through right now.  I'm 1/2 way done w/ my project so I see the light at the end of the tunnel.  :)  I made these cute treat boxes for my mom's ladies at work for Valentines day.  The box is so cute!  I love how it worked out, I've never seen this type of box before.  It has a "hinge".  It's also going to be a very heavy picture post because I didn't have time to do a video.  OK, here you go...

This box was cut from the Sweet Tooth Boxes Cricut cartridge and was cut at 10".  I flood filled it from the All Wrapped Up Imagine cartridge.  The image centered beautifully which made it perfect when lining up the sides.

The lid I flood filled from a solid color on the All Wrapped Up Imagine cartridge.  This lid originally had a heart in the middle of it but I decided to keep it simple so hid the heart to make a solid box.

This is where I put the glue strips.  I used the Scor-pal tape.  LOVE this tape.  Anywho, I put it on the inside of the hinge and the outside of the two tabs on the lid.

For the box you put it on the outside of each tab.  There are 4 of them.

This is what the box looks like put together

And what the lid looks like put together.  Only put the tabs together first.

You will glue the "hinge" or straight edge of the lid to one of the sides of the box

This is what it looks like when the lid is open.  I love that the lid is connected to the box.  Such a fun box!

Here is a side view so you can see how the design lined up perfectly.  :)

To finish it off I put candy on the inside and tied a ribbon around it.  Kept it simple.

Thanks for stopping by!

Project Recipe:
Sweet Tooth Boxes Cricut Cartridge
All Wrapped Up Imagine Cartridge
1/4" Scor-pal Tape
SU! Ribbon

Reward Box

Hi Crafters!  This week I'm sharing with you a box I simply decorated.  I wanted to have a rewards box for me to put money in each week so when I reach certain milestones I'll have the money to reward myself.  This box was SUPER simple.  I bought it at a party favor store for like .80 cents or something like that.  Super cheap.  It is 4" high and 6" wide and 4" in depth.  This is what the box looked like before I decorated it:

I then cut out this gorgeous red paper just a 1/2" shorter so a little of the white showed on each side.  The paper is from the DCWV Immortal Love paper stack.  It's based off of Twilight.  :)

I wrapped a white satin ribbon around the whole box and then tied a double bow on the front using my Bow Easy tool.  I was going to put a pearl design on it but I just didn't feel like it in the end and I really liked the simplicity of it.

I hand cut a slot on top using an xacto knife.

This is on top of my filming desk so none of my nieces and nephews accidentally "discover" what's inside.  :)

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Bright Treat Box

Hi Crafters!  I made a treat box for a lady in my church, it was her birthday.  I filled it w/ Hershey's Golden Nuggets w/ Almonds and another bag of Hershey's Golden Nuggets w/ Almonds & Toffee.  YUM.  It was so hard not to snack but I promised myself no candy!  :)

This box is from the Sweet Tooth Boxes Cricut cartridge and is cut at 11".  I flood filled it from designer paper from the All Wrapped Up Imagine cartridge.  I love the bright colors on this.  After filling it w/ candy I tied it off w/ white ribbon.  I love how it turned out.  In fact I made two of these.  Well, because of a specific reason.  You'll see...

Here is the full finished box.  Don't you love it?  :)

Here is a pic of the candy in the box.  I fit about 1 1/2 bags of chocolate in there.

Top of the box w/ the tag:

The reason why I had to make two:

Yeah, Kyla jumped up on my desk knocked the box off of the table to the floor.  Then Tavis and Kyla went to town tearing off the lid and ate a 1/4 of the candy that was in there.  Luckily no reaction to the chocolate.  Stinkers.

I have two projects for you next week so be sure to stop by then.  BTW, I am making progress on my final project for school.  Woo Hoo!  :)

Box Recipe:
Sweet Tooth Boxes Cricut Cartridge - 11"
All Wrapped Up Imagine Cartridge - Designer Paper & Tag- 2.5"
SU! White Satin Ribbon
White Twine
Candy Candy Candy

Episode 102: Make Your Own Gift Bags

Before we get to the gift bag project I just wanted to remind you of the challenge that Glora and I have going on over at Simply Crafts.  You have a week left to create a project that has an image of a stocking on it.  There is a fabulous giveaway w/ this challenge.  We only have one submission so far so you have a high chance of winning the giveaway if you submit!  :)

For my Creative Critterz Imaginations blog design team post I am sharing a couple of gift bags that I made w/ the Imagine.  It's super simple and everything coordinates when you use the Imagine for it.  :)  I used designer paper, an icon and an image from the Snow Angel Imagine cartridge for this project.  You can make this w/o the Imagine.  Enjoy!

I made two different sizes.  Here is the taller one scored w/ 2" (more details in the video).

Here is the smaller one scored w/ 3".

Here is a couple of pics w/ both of them in it so you can see the differences:

Project Recipe:

Snow Angel Imagine cartridge

Ribbon

Eyelets

We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper 1/2"

We R Memory Keepers Crop a Dile
White Cardstock

~ Thanks for Watching!

Baby Gift Bag

Hi crafters!  One of my friends just had a baby boy and I wanted to get her a little something.  I picked up a couple of blankets and a little doggie.  I wanted a cute way to package it and decided to make a homemade gift bag and tag.  There is a very simple way to make this bag.  I learned how to make them from Bona.  You can see the video HERE.  I'll make a video of it soon.

The paper that I used from the bag is from the DCWV Baby Boy paper stack.  The image on the front and the tag is from the Nursery Tails Imagine cartridge.

Project Recipe:
Nursery Tails Imagine Cartridge
DCWV Baby Boy paper stack
White Ribbon
Scor-pal 1/4" tape

Thanks for stopping by!

Thanksgiving Table Decorations

Happy Tuesday!  For my Creative Critterz Imaginations design team post we are asked to make Thanksgiving table decorations.  I decided to do a table setting.  What I ended up doing is REALLY simple.  I used Create a Critter for the leaves and the Heirloom Imagine cartridge for the patterns.  This year there are only 4 of us that will be at Thanksgiving dinner so I wanted to do something a little special.

Here is what the setting looks like:

For some reason the middle leaf is coming off orange in the pictures.  It's actually more of a maroon color in real life.  :)

Here is a look down at the plate.  The brown and green leaf is cut at 7", the maroon one is cut at 5.5".  I cut a band w/ the maroon paper and put it around my silverware and then wrapped some linen thread around that w/ a green leaf cut at 1.5" to hang from it.

This name plate is cut at 4" x 3" and scored at 1.5".  The brown leaf is cut at 1.5" and the maroon one cut at 1.1".

I wanted to do something that decorated the cup so I wrapped the linen thread around it and hung a brown and maroon leaf from it.  The brown leaf is cut at 2.5" and the maroon one is cut at 2".  To keep the thread in place I placed a glue dot on the cup first then wrapped the thread around it.  The glue dot should come off easily.

Thanks for stopping by!  Remember I will be having a giveaway that I will be doing later this week on my blog.  Be sure to stop by.

Project Recipe:

Create a Critter Cricut cartridge

Heirloom Imagine cartridge

SU! - Linen Thread & Chocolate Chip marker

White cardstock