Hanging on Your Door

Last week while browsing on the Cricut Message boards looking at all the really talented people and their amazing projects, I came across one I just know I had to try.  I came across this amazing little door hanger by Happy Life Crafty Wife, and I put it on my list of to-do projects. 

Meanwhile, my granddaughter Abigail came down with the flu and so she was really on my mind.  I decided to make my first door hanger for her.  I think it turn out so sweet! 

I used George and Basic Shapes to make the door hanger and the box on the front to hold treats, and for Abby’s name, I used Ashlyn’s Alphabet. I used Hello Kitty for the Hello Kitty—of course!  The paper is from that My Mind’s Eye Love Nest stack. The ribbon and trim are from Hobby Lobby and the jewel flowers are from Paper Studio’s Gemstones.  I used my threading water border punch for the pink trim on the front edges.  Nice, huh! 

It measures about 5” wide and 9” long and the kitty is cut at 4”.

Now Stacey, if you visit and see this, don’t tell Abby about this little treat holder! 

Happy Birthday Julia!

My granddaughter Julia’s birthday is the 22nd of this month but we are celebrating tomorrow.  She is quite the little girl and is growing every day into a sweet, loving person.  Right now she likes the colors orange and yellow and as I was looking through my paper I found this DCWV paper that I’ve had for quite a while and thought Hello Kitty! 

So here you go Julia!  I hope you love it! 

I used Hello Kitty Greetings page 39 and cut it at 5 1/2 inches.  I used the Threading Water punch to edge the orange and green pieces.  I used a hole punch and only punched half way through the edge so I could weave the ribbon through.  It turned out vibrant, sparkly and cute which is exactly what our Julia is!  This card is 5x7.

I am writing a poem that is just for her.  I’ll write in the card for her read at her party. 

It’s a great card for a wonderful little girl!

Sweet Treats Page 4

It’s another page from my daughter’s Christmas album, and I’ve also been working on a scrapbook page for one of grandsons who has a birthday in December.  I have two grandsons born in December only 5 days apart, and they are both sweeter than sweet.  I’ll share that page later on. 

Who doesn’t bake during the holidays and I know my daughter does some, so I included this page to record some of those treats or the moments made while making them.  This is one page I did quite a while ago. 

I welded the cupcakes together with Design Studio and they are cut from Hello Kitty. I used some white stickles to make them and the title look iced.  The title is from Base Camp and I am sure that I cut it at 1” on this page and on every other page.  The snowflake is from Accent Essentials on page 44 and the flower is also from Accent Essentials.  I added the button for extra texture and interest. 

I carried on with lots of faux stitching and inking and here it is with a gold gel pen and ink.

Can I just say that these tags are some of my favorites.  As a matter of fact the tags in this project are the best part as far as I’m concerned. 

How cute is that!  And I got that tag from I don’t remember where!  But I like it! 

These, like the others, can hold journaling on one side and a picture on the other. Those snowflake embellishments are from a huge bag of Christmas buttons and embellies from several years ago, and I added a green rhinestone to the center.  It really snazzed these tags up! 

Oh, Christmas is getting close and I am not getting any closer to getting my long list done. I’d better get to crackin’! 

A Super hero and a fuzzy Kitty

OR two Christmas tags. 

I am suffering from the too much to do and not enough energy or time.  But after I got home from work last night and made some yummy ham, corn and potato chowder for supper, I hurried into my little pink studio and made these two tags. 

I have tags to make for the gifts for at least 13 people and usually I make a set of the 5 or 6 tags and make multiples, but this year because I have so much time and abundant energy I thought it might be fun to stretch my creative gene and make special tags for each person—maybe just one per person and then crank out my usual tags.  I’m sharing the 2 I created last night.  Hope you like them. 

The Hello Kitty tag measures about 7 inches!  I know—Huge!  The Superman tag is only about 3.5 inches.

I used Hello Kitty Greetings for the Kitty tag and Superman for the Superman tag.  The hat comes from Christmas Cheer and the base for the Hello Kitty tag comes from Gypsy Wanderings. I love the way this tag turned out and it wasn’t hard to put together because I cut the kitty out at 4”. That reindeer cut is adorable. 

The patterned paper is from last year’s Premium DCWV Christmas stack which if you are interested is still available at Joann.com  for $5.99 if you hurry!  The card stock is all scraps from my scrap drawers. 

And there you have an example of my horrible stamping.

This cut is from the Superman cart and was perfect for a Christmas tag because of the wreath like border around the emblem.  I just welded the Santa cap onto the yellow base and then cut out and glued the hat in place.  I like it! 

 

Now I’ve just got to come up with a few more special tags!