Welcome Banner

I made this banner for the monthly Cricut Circle Challenge.  I will use it at school for Spring Open House next week.  This banner was a big challenge for me because I wanted all the backgrounds the same but didn't have 7 matching pieces of paper.  I solved my problem by buying a roll of wrapping paper and cutting my squares from it.  To add stability to the project I cut the same square shape from cereal boxes then glued the wrapping paper top the cereal boxes. I used pop-dots to under the circles and the letters.  I cut my letters from dark red cardstock then covered the entire letter with a thick layer of glitter glue.  The letter shadow is cut from dark blue.  I used my xryon machine to apply an even layer of adhesive to attach the letter base to its shadow.  I used dark blue ribbon to string the letters together.  I taped the ribbon to the back of each letter so my banner will hang nicely.  I am very pleased with the results of this challenge

Cartridges used and sizes

Ashlyn's Alphabet:  base letters and shadow 5"

All Mixed Up:  Square tag (rotated -45 degrees) 8"

Basic Cake:  Circle  (top row ninth icon) 7"

Weekly Challenge

I made this bulletin board using School book and my gypsy.  I cut the puzzle pieces at 6 inches and the symbols at 4 inches.  My principal liked it so much she want me to cut vinyl pawprints for the hallway.  I'll post those pics later.

.The saying is "connecting MATH to our world".  I made an 8 piece puzzle with the word math and math symbols.

Thrift Store Find

I found this wooden tray near the toy section of my local thrift store.  The tray had a few magnetic dress-up bear pieces in it.  The thrift store clerk gave em the tray because there were so many missing pieces.  In fact they were throwing it away!!

• I painted the tray a reddish pink color using paint pens and glued various scraps paper from my stash into the try spaces. 
•  I used Home Accents for the love sentiment, Gypsy Wanderings with shadows for the hearts.  I cut the swans using Splish Splash. 
• I cut one of the swans regularly and flipped the other swan using my gypsy.  I folded a piece of cardstock to form a box to "pop" the love sentiment from the frame. 
• I added a sticker to the heart on the top right and hung it from the top of the tray using fishing line.  The heart at the top center are white and red foamies.  I poured clear melted UTEE into an old bottled cap then sprinkled some melted red embossing powder top of the clear. 
•  The large heart at the center left is from gypsy wandering cut with matching shadow. 
•  The figure at the bottom left is from my dd's Lego set.
• I added jewels using my I-Rock to the bottom pattern-paper strip. 

I think this is one of my favorite projects!!

Gift idea for Guys

I rescued the little ice chest for our storage building and added some vinyl as a personal touch for my brother.  He loved it!.  It was a really simple process I used my Gypsy and School box for the lettering, and My  Community page 44 oil derrick and pump jack.  The lettering is red vinyl (cut at 3 inches) and the oilfield equipment is black vinyl (cut at 4 inches).  It made a great gift; my brother was impressed with the project.

New toys are a lot of fun!

I got a Your Story Photo for Christmas.  This is my first project using it.  I used a Creative Memories cutting die to cut a window out of the front cover.  Dd1 loves to look at the horse she got to ride last yer.  I added a title using Gypsy Font for the words, Gypsy Wandering for the heart and My Community for the road and the horse.  I matted the photos and double sided the paper so the mini album would have the look of a storybook.  Dd1 really loves her book!! 

I found the Your Story Photo very easy to use.  The instructions were well written and the machine performed as expected.  After using the Your Story it cooled quickly so I could put it back in my scrapbook tool box.  If you do not have a Your Story Photo I highly recommend you get one!! 

Gift box for Magizine Challeng

I made this box to hold a special gift for my DD.  I used Tags Bags & Boxes for the box.  I used Christmas for the tree branches and the red ribbon; My Community for the doll; Celebrations for the presents; 3 Birds for the lights and Very Merry Tags for the candy canes.  I cut about 50 branches at 3/4" from 2 shades of green and glued them to the box base on 3 sides.  I left the back plain so I can add a tag.  I cut the lights then colored them with markers and added Glassy Accents to the light bulbs.  I then cut and colored the doll and presents.  I glued the lights, ribbon, doll and presents to the tree then added I-rock gems to the tree for a touch of bling.  Finally I tied a gold wired edge ribbon through the hole in the top so I can hang the box from the tree.

Home Decor project

I made this project over the summer then added some accents to meet contest requirements.  The project is almost 2 feet tall.  I bought the letter from JoAnns, then painted it red with craft paint.  The back is covered with scrapbook paper.  I matted the photos with scrapbook paper from my stash.  I used Schoolbook to make the letters from self-adhesive glitter paper.  (I had to remove the release paper before I cut the letters).  I cut the accents from When It's Cold Outside, Snow Friends and Very Merry Tags.  I used Fiskars texture plates to emboss the large ornaments (I have a cuttlebug under the tree....come on Christmas!).  The stickers and the felt snowman are from my stash.  I made "Ks" for my DDs to hang in there room.  This projects WOWs people when they come into out living room.