Happy Friday! We are wrapping up Spirit Week at my school. I have always enjoyed getting into the school spirit so it has been a fun but crazy week!
The teachers at our school dress up as idioms for Halloween. This year I took it to another level with the cricut. My mom and I teach at the same school so we took advantage of the mother daughter relationship and came up with a 2 part idiom. I made freezer paper t's for us. Hers says "tree" and mine says "apple" (darn my long hair ruining this quick photo snap). I even have a little worm (from Sesame Street Friends) with a googly eye on my sleeve. My headband has two leaves cut out of Home Accents. The font for the shirts is from A Child's Year, the tree on my mom's shirt is from Give A Hoot, the apple on the bottom of my shirt is from Hello Kitty Greetings. I'm so lucky to have a mom that is just as in to school spirit as I am!
I wanted to post some bulletin boards I've been working on the past few weeks. If you saw my previous entry with my bulletin board video you may recognize one of these
I used Give A Hoot for all the cuts on this board.
This was all done with Plantin Schoolbook using a variety of the feature keys. This is probably my favorite board this year.
This is the board I dread every year because of its location! It has two water fountains and requires an 8 foot ladder to complete (I always end up wet in some way and this year was no exception). This one gets changed one time a year so the quote has to be a good one! The font is A Child's Year. Are you noticing that is is one of my favorite fonts?
This adorable little bee is from Give a Hoot. The green is embossed with spots and dots and his wings are also embossed with the cuttlebug as well.
I made several of these cards to send off to an organization called Operation Write Home they take homemade cards and soldiers use them to write home to loved ones. This is my first time working with them and look forward to continue making cards for them.
Hopefully I'll have some more videos in the next couple weeks.
Just wanted to drop a quick note of inspiration for the weekend. This cute little owl is from Give a Hoot. I am having a blast with the hide contour feature on the gypsy which made it super easy to cut out the layers for this lovely owl.
I got the boarder punch for this at Marshall's for 3.99. They've been stocking some of the older Martha Stewart punches so check them out if you are close by.
I made this banner using the mini monograms and a Child's Year font. The letters are embossed with the swiss dots cuttlebug folder. I attached the scalloped circles together with little brads.
The next part is a wedding gift. I used vinyl to decorate a cake carrier. I used the Gypsy Wonderings font and the gypsy to weld the letters together. I believe the side accents are from Lyrical Letters.
Are you tired of seeing this bird yet? I sure do like this little bird. I think she's just too pretty. She is from Give a Hoot. I put it on the top of the cake carrier in the same color vinyl.
This is the shower gift that I made for the bride. I used clear cellophane from Michael's to wrap it up and protect it. I also put a cake dow through the center to keep it stable.
My birthday was yesterday so I got to take some time in the morning to work on some of the projects that I have had going on before spending time with my family (the perfect way to spend a birthday in my opinion).
My Pink Stamper is giving away a cricut expression at the beginning of the week. Her challenge was to create a Father's Day project. I came up with this card for my dad. The owl is from Give a Hoot and the scalloped square and stitched square are from Mini Monograms. The embossed pieces are done the swiss dots folder and spots and dots folder. I must admit I'm a bit corny with some of my projects and couldn't resist a little humor here. The text reads, "Hoooos the best Dad?" The inside reads, "You are. Happy Father's Day!"
While I had a few other things going on I used my Gypsy and Lyrical Letters to create letters for a t-shirt. Our Youth Group at church led worship in honor of the 2010 graduates. We tie-dyed shirts a few weeks ago and I decided to take mine just a step further. I used my Gypsy to curve and lay out the letters then using freezer paper (depth, pressure, and speed all set at 3) I cut out what I needed. You can see my picture tutorial on freezer paper t's by clicking here.
We had a great worship service and everyone looked fantastic in their tie-dye!
Happy Memorial Day. Special thanks and many blessings to the men and women (and their family members) who have served and are serving in our military.
I am so blessed to be surrounded by wonderful ladies in my life. My mom is just the greatest. We are also lucky enough to teach in the same building. It's nice to know she's there (and often has chocolate to share). My mother in law is also fantastic. I really lucked out.
Here are the Mother's Day cards I made for them. This one was for my mom. I am one of three girls so when I saw this little gardener I thought she was perfect for the occasion. The girl is from A Child's Year and the font is from Storybook.
This is for my husband's mom. She lives in the country and often has deer just wondering around. The deer is from Give a Hoot. The font is from Storybook as well.
I also started a little 6x6 album of Penelope for my mom as her gift.
I'm sure you recognize some of the pictures from before but she's too cute. Not to mention when I ordered wallets it comes with a set of 4 so that leave's one for mom, one for me, one for grandmother, and one to spare. It all works out.
I am applying to be on the design team at Scrapbook Pal.
They have loads of great products for very reasonable prices!
Here are all the "ingredients" for my card below
1 piece of card stock cut at 4.25x8.5
1 piece of card stock cut at 3x8
1 piece of card stock cut at 3x4
1 piece purple card stock (about 4x3 inches)
1 piece teal card stock (about 4x3 inches)
1 piece of blue card stock (about 4x2 inches)
Cuttlebug embossing folder Spots and Dots Give a Hoot cartridge Peacock on page 14 cut at 3.25 Gypsy (optional)
Ribbon or Rafia cut at 4.5 inches and another piece at 3 inches (trim to desired length of bow) Zig 2 Way Glue Pen Chisel Tip Double Sided Mounting Squares
Tape
