Cut it Up Challenge # 21 - Red, White and Blue and Trendy Twine

Welcome my bloggie friends, I have another project to share for the  Cut it up Blog Challenge.

Cut it up Challenge #21 - Create a project using the colors red, white, and blue and trendy twine from Annie's Paper Boutique.

This was a fun challenge since we got to play with this yummy twine. I decided for this challenge that I wanted to make something that I have not made yet so I choose this home décor project.

I started out with my Artiste cart and cut the cone on page 42 at 5" from The Paper Studio 8.5x11 crackled star CS. I used my Sookwang two sided sticky tape to hold this together.

To decorate I used Trendy Twine in Berries Jubilee for the handle. I added a flower and button from my stash and added some more Trendy Twine In the Navy for the center of the button. Just so I could try out every color from this collection I used more Trendy Twine in Cranberry for the fringe at the bottom of my cone.

 

 

 

To finish off the cone I added some flowers and a few patriotic finds to the inside of the cone.

 

My daughter has already claimed this one so I'll have to make one for myself now. :)

 

 

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Thurs. Feb. 28th - Birthday Theme

Welcome back! I am sharing a quick little gift bag/purse with you today. I'm sad to say that this is my last post as a design team member for my cricut craft room. It's been so fun to be a part of this team.

My daughter's birthday is in April and I like to get a head start on her birthday gifts so I've been shopping since January for little things here and there. She's a crafter just like her Mom so I always try to include a few fun craft items for her. While out and about, I picked up a few dollar stamp sets for her and wanted something to put them in.

I found the perfect little purse from the Artiste cart on page 41 and I cut that out at 5". I used patterned CS from S.E.I. ~ Chocolat stack for the entire purse. I cut the little flap off the purse so I could use it as a gift bag.

I kept this real simple so she could use it for something else later on. I used a SU punch and stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment on that punched piece and attached it to the little pocket on the front of the purse.

Here's what it looks like:

 

 

 

Then I put the stamp sets in and tied a ribbon around the handles to hold it together.

 

 

It was the perfect size to hold her mini stamp sets. I know she'll love it.

Thanks for stopping by.
 



Friday, Jan 18th - Winne the Pooh Day

Happy Festive Friday!!! Hope you had a good week and are getting back in the swing of things.

Having a Winnie the Pooh Day is a wonderful way to bring in a Friday here at My Cricut Craft Room. So here is what I came up with for today's project.

I wanted something special to give to a friend who has been there and back again on her own Hobbit's adventure. I am so happy to have her back. We go together like two peas in pod. Okay enough with the gal pal talk and on to my project.

I made a holder for some tea to give to her to show her my appreciation. I started with the Artiste cart and cut the pocket card on page 47 at 5". I used my strong red line tape to hold the pocket tight so I could stuff it with some tea bags.

I thought Winne the Pooh was a perfect fit for this pocket card since he loves his honey and what goes better with honey than tea? I know what you're thinking my southern friends, are you crazy Tami, you need a biscuit with that honey. Well honey, I can't put a biscuit in that pocket card so I stuck with the tea. ;)

I cut Pooh at 3" and tucked him behind the pocket to make it look like he was peeking at my friend. I still needed a little something to jazz up the front of my card but it had to be Winnie the Pooh-ish. So I dug out my Inkadinkadoo stamp set and found the scalloped punch stamp; I stamped that on a piece of white CS using SU Basic Blk ink and then I hand cut around the scallop. I decided that I needed to use the same yellow CS that I used for Pooh as the center circle to help bring my design together so I punched a 1 1/4" circle with my EK Success punch and adhered it to the center.

The sentiment, "You're tea-riffic" and the tea bag came from Fiskars stamp set.
I used the Jaded Blossom's sentiment "Stir, Sip & Enjoy" as the background using Crumb Cake SU ink. The twine is from Boxer Scrapbook ~ Disney twine asst. colors. I used my Zig pen in blk for the doodles around the pocket card and on Pooh.

That's it!!! Hope you enjoyed my project today.


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Friday, November 16th - Festive Friday - Thanksgiving Recipes

Welcome to My Cricut Craft Room's Festive Friday.

First of all I have to say that I am so thankful and excited to be a part of Erica's Design Team. I'm like a kid in a candy shop, full of energy and running wild with excitement to be with such a wonderful group of talented ladies.

For today's project, I created a mini recipe book with just a few of my favorite Thanksgiving Recipes. This mini recipe book is for my daughter. She moved into her new house a few months ago. So I thought this would be a nice gift since this is her very first Thanksgiving at her new home.

Here's the outside of the book. I used the Artiste cart to cut the mini album cover and the pages to fit the CTMH dimensional elements chipboard (pg 60). The cover was cut at 3 3/4" from g. c. d. Autumn Afternoon cardstock. The pages were cut at 3 3/4" from Recollections Autumn  8x8 cardstock.

Here's a look at the pages inside. I left a few of the pages blank so that my daughter could add a few of her favorite Thanksgiving recipes too. I used Tim Holtz distressing inks in walnut stain for the book cover, pages, and leaves and tea dye for the recipe pages. I used the Simply Scarecrow cart to cut leaves at 1", and then I crumpled them up and added a little distressing ink.

The Measuring cup and spoons were cut out of the From My Kitchen cart at 1". My go to tool is Drywall tape. Yep I said it, drywall tape. This is the best thing ever to use for those small cricut cuts. I just stick the piece (in this case the inside of the spoon) to the drywall tape, turn it over and apply my glue then place it over the base cut (the spoon) and press down. Ta Da!

 

I also used MS brown baking twine, brown ribbon from my stash bin, and the Creative Imaginations sticker page, for the ring protectors. The recipes were typed and printed from my computer so that I could fit them on the mini pages. I put the ingredients on one side and the directions on the other side of the page.


Hope you enjoyed my Thanksgiving mini recipe book today.


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