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I cut out some green squares then some patterned squares layered them, cut our my letters with my cricuit, glued everything together added some little rhinestones (they are hard to see if you look close you can see 3 next to each letter), I had some little mini clothes pins in my craft stash so I painted them red and green and attached the letters to some Christmas ribbon I had got from Micheal's.

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Christmas Countdown

I got a picture frame from the Dollar Tree, removed the glass, spray painted (and sanded to weather it a little) to match Scrapbook paper. I used my cricuit to cut out the numbers for the count down then cut out 13 pieces of paper to glue the numbers on and added some embellishments, I also took my red and green ink pads and inked each piece of paper. (example: I glued 1 and 2 , 3 and 4 back to back so I wouldn't have so many sheets) then I used the head of a tack and glued that on the paper to hang my binder clip on, I also added some fuzzy ribbon to hide the clip. I love the way it turned out. Now I just have to remember to change it everyday ;)

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USA Banner

I found these cool pinwheels Here she has a free printable! I used my cricut to cut USA out them glued them to some 4th of July printed paper, then taped them to some USA ribbon that I had on hand. I love how it looks over the fire place.


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#8 Birthday Banner

BIRTHDAY PROJECT #8

Birthday Banner

I made the banner to go along with our party theme colors but added some general stickers so I can reuse it. I used my cricut with the cuttin up cartridge for all the letters, I used some sparkle paper I had and added some stickers. I had some small clothes pins and some bubble present stickers so I attached the stickers to the clothes pins and used them to attach the letters to the ribbon.

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#5 Rock Princess Invites

BIRTHDAY PROJECT #5

Rock Princess Invites

I used my handy dandy cricut and got busy. I used the Platinum Schoolbook cartridge for the star, the Everyday Paper Dolls for the guitar, and the Cuttin Up cartridge for the "Lets Rock" I got lazy and just used the "Let's" from "Lets Party" by watching the cutter and hitting stop before it started the P in party (That way "lets" was all one word instead of individual letters, easier gluing "Rock" was individual letters though.) I found some cute little puffy tiara stickers at Hobby Lobby and added them to the guitars for a little extra touch.

The inside I used Picnik and typed up my own cute saying. Printed, cut and glued.

#3 Cupcake Stand & Cupcake Picks

BIRTHDAY PROJECT #3

Cupcake Stand & Cupcake Picks

I got this stand on clearance after valentines at walmart for 2.00 with the intention of using it for this party because it was the perfect color. I just found some cute rock star ribbon at Micheal's (on sale of course) and glued it onto the edging to cover the hearts that were on it. Easy peasy! I will add a picture of it with our cupcakes on it in the final party pictures.

I ended up making these with my cricut. The guitar is from the everyday paper dolls cartridge, and the stars are from a creative memories hand punch. I cut out the number 4 on my cricut and glued them on. I then attached them to toothpicks with a piece of tape.

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#2 HAPPY BIRTHDAY Blocks

BIRTHDAY PROJECT #2

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Blocks

I actually found these little 1/2in thick 2x3 blocks already cut and sanded in my grandpa's wood craft stash (minus 2). (He used to make all kinds of cute wood crafts but has since given it up except when I ask him to cut me out something). I just found a piece of scrap wood and cut out two more, painted them white then used my cricut to cut out HAPPY BIRTHDAY. I glued them on and added some cute birthday stickers I had. This project ended up being free cause I had everything on hand! Love them!

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#1 Balloon Wreath

BIRTHDAY PROJECT #1

Balloon Wreath

I originally found this idea Here but I have seen many versions of it around blog land, so here is my version. I apologize for no other how to pictures I am really bad at remembering to take them I get very engrossed in my projects.

Supplies:

wreath form (I used straw)

800 Water Balloons (1.00 for 100 pack dollar tree)

3 packs floral greening picks (600 about)

1 sheet tissue paper

matching scrapbook paper

Yes I used 800 balloons, You wouldn't need that many balloons but I wanted mine really full plus I used water balloons which are a lot smaller, I also added some ribbon in matching colors.

Start by taking a pick, stick the balloon in the middle and stick it into the wreath (about every other one, I used 2 different color balloons together in one pick to make it fuller.) Just do this OVER and OVER and OVER. I didn't cover all of the wreath.

I cut some tissue paper to cover the back side and just tucked it under the balloons using the picks along the inner and outer part of the circle where I stopped. (I wanted it to look a little nicer then just straw) I then cut out HAPPY BIRTHDAY with my cricut and glue/taped the letters on.

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Birthday Projects

ROCK PRINCESS BIRTHDAY PARTY

My daughter is into music and princesses right now so we thought of a Rock Princess themed party. The colors are going to be Dark Pink, Dark Purple, and Black. Along with the party stuff I also made some general birthday stuff to use every year to celebrate birthdays and make them a little more special! The coming week I have composed a new project for everyday. Keep checking back for free printables, recipes and some great birthday related crafting ideas.

Crafting List:
Happy Birthday Blocks
Cupcake Stand & Cupcake Picks
Table Tents, Fun Food Labels & Recipes
Rock Princess Invites
Birthday Balloon Wreath
Happy Birthday Banner
Rock Princess Tutu
Birthday Binder
Thank You tags/cards

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Spring Paper Flowers

I found these cute flowers at whimsical world of Laura bird and had to make them. She has a great tutorial Here.

If you notice I have 9 pedals instead of 8 like hers it will work either way. (I had this pretty 2 sided coordinating papers from Creative Memories.) I attached mine to some skewer sticks that I had painted green. I also cut out some leaves and a butterfly on my cricut. I stuck a styrofoam ball in the bottom of my bucket and added some green Easter grass for filler. This is going on my entry table after Easter is over for my Spring/Summer decor.

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Easter Banner

Another banner

I used my cricut as usual, some solid color scrap paper, some easter felt stickers from the Dollar Tree for emelishments, And some cute little closepins with butterflies on them (Micheal's dollar spot set of 6) Easy as pie!
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Quiet/Travel Activity Book

I love all the quiet books I see out there but I am not a sewer nor do I have a lot of that on hand. But I do have a laminator, computer, magnets, cricut, markers, Dollar Tree cookie sheet and dry erase markers. I need something to keep my daughter ( J ) busy on our 5 hour car ride coming up, DVD player and leapster won't last that long :( .... So I went to town with my computer, laminator and cricut.

Pages 1-6  - J loves the hidden picture books and I love that Highlights lets you print them off for free HERE. I just printed about 6 off, cut out the picture and list of items to find, and taped them onto a blank sheet of paper back to back, and ran them through my laminator. Add some dry erase markers and J can do them over and over again.

Page 7-10  - These sheets Came from J's teacher and I just needed to laminate them. Now she can learn/practice drawing a castle, house, dog, and car. Again with some dry erase markers J can do them over and over.

Page 11  - I also got this idea from a worksheet J's teacher gave her for numbers so I went into picnik and made my own you can get a copy Here and Here. I printed the set of fish with the numbers on a magnetic sheet (HP magnetic paper) then printed the second set with the dots on regular paper. I then traced (to darken outline), cut out, and laminated the dotted fish and then cut them out again and added a small magnet to the back of each fish. Now she can count the dots and match it to the number (they are not color coated as you can see, my daughter wouldn't learn her numbers if they were)

Page 12-13  - J has a game on her leapster that you take shapes and make different pictures with, so that's where this comes in. Another Picnik template I made, you can get a copy of Cat and Dog Here and Here or/and Boat and Train Here and Here this time I printed the black outlined shapes onto magnetic sheet paper, I then cut out and laminated the colored shapes, cut them out again and added a small magnet to the back of each one. Now she can use the shapes to make the figures shown.

Page 14 - I have the everyday paper dolls and paper doll dress-up cartridges for my cricut. I bought a large roll of magnetic sheet from Micheal's ($9.99 before my 40% coupon of course). My mom has the larger cricut and the heavy blade for it so I used her cutter to make these. Everything pictured I got out of the one large roll of magnet (there is another croc shoe but I'm not sure were it is at this moment). After I cut it out of the magnet I went back and cut a duplicate out of whatever color paper I wanted the clothes to be. You can either use spray adhesive or really good scrap glue/tape but be sure to get all the edges. (EXAMPLE/TIP: if you adhere the clothing paper to the white side of the magnet be sure to adhere the doll body paper to the black side of the magnet. Otherwise they won't stick together when your child dresses them unless you always have it on a magnetic cookie sheet.)

I am still thinking of more ideas for the book if you have any please let me know I would love to hear them.
Finishing touches:
 I three hole punched all the laminated sheets, slid the magnetic sheets into a clear sleeve, added some dry erase markers into a binder pencil holder I had on hand and put everything into a binder I also had on hand. I just keep the cookie sheet with it for the paper dolls and I also have her pull out the magnetic sheets (shape and fish) and put those on the cookie sheet for extra magneticness (I know that's not a word but its late and I need to finish so I can go to bed ;) thank you all for reading I hope I inspired you to make a fun travel book. Please link up if you do I would love to see your ideas.

The files that I have links to are for personal use only please!

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Spring Blocks

My Spring blocks!! I love them, I cut 3- 2x4's 8in,6in,4in and painted them. I used my cricut to cut out the watering can (stretch your imagination cartridge), word spring (stretch your imagination cartridge),  and grass with flowers (platinum schoolbook cartridge), I didn't like the flowers so I just cut them off and used some creative memories stickers I had on hand. Lastly I stacked them and tide a spring ribbon around them.

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Birthday Countdown Blocks

I have seen these all over blog land so I'm not sure who to really give credit to. :(
I cut out 2- 4x4 blocks and 1-8.5x2x4 block, Sanded and painted colors to match my birthday paper I had on hand in my scrapbook stuff. I then cut out squares of the paper just a little smaller then each side of the 4x4 blocks, and mod podged them on. I used my cricut and cut out numbers for each block-
First Block -0,1,2,6 or 9,7,8
Second Block -0,1,2,3,4,5
glued them on and mod podged over to protect them (They will be handled a lot). I added some chalk board paint to the front of the 2x4 so we can write the name of the person who is having the birthday.
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Wine a Little

I have a wine theme in my kitchen and wanted a small sign for the side of our cupboard.
I had some left over scrap wood that I cut down and painted A deep red then I used my cricut to cut out a saying "Wine a little you'll feel better". I used my sticker maker to adhere them to the wood, and added some wine glass and a bottle sticker, drilled 2 holes for some wire and your ready to hang.

(I didn't coat it with mod podge but you could, I am going to see how it holds up since its just hanging on the wall.)

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St. Patrick's Day Entry Table



My Tatorial for the Mini Topiary  Here

My Tatorial for the Pot of Gold Here

My Tatorial for the Lucky Clover Plate Here

and last but not least I found this cute Subway art Here

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Lucky Clover Plate

I happened to find this candle plate at goodwill for a $1.00 and knew exactly what I was going to do with it.

I do not have vinyl but I have a cricut and a sticker maker. If you are worried about it coming off you could put a thin layer of mod podge over it also.

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Lucky Banner

Gotta have a banner for our fireplace!

Shamrock paper from hobby lobby

cray paper

my cricuit with the cuttin' up cartridge

I cut 5 circles out and cut my letters to fit. Then I just started bunching up the cray paper on the back side taping it as I went. I hung it on some gold ribbon with some mini clothes pins I had on hand.

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2x4 St Patrick's Day Blocks

Here is my other 2x4 version like the one from "How Does She". I did it the same as I did the Valentine blocks. I painted the wood blocks and mod podged some cute scrap paper on them. I also used a magnetic thumb tack that I had on hand so I could update it year to year.
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2x4 Sweetheart Blocks

If you remember I posted a link for some 2x4 ideas from "How Does She" well here is my version of one of my favorites. Of course I had to do it a little different I painted the wood blocks and mod podged some cute scrap paper on them. I also used some magnetic thumb tacks that I had on hand so I could update them year to year. This one I might just put on a shelf in my daughters room year round because I like it so much.



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