Happy Valentine's Day with Happy Tape

So, Washi Tape or Happy Tape is becoming B.I.G. I did several Valentine's Day cards and other items with Washi. Here are some Valentines I made for my children. I also made 15 more just like these for my preschool class.

 

 

 Here is what my current stash of Happy Tape looks like.

 

 Here is a Valentine's day letter from my children to their grandma. Happy Tape makes this envelope pop with color.

 Here is the close-up of the back of the envelope.

Love Is In The Air

Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is right around the corner.

 I love to make homemade cards with the kids. They love the glue and the glitter and stickers and time with mom. This year, I have some new toy to play with. If you read my last post,

 you know that I received a sewing machine for Christmas. So, on to the sewing projects.

 I have yet to sew on real cloth, I just keep sewing on my paper projects.

 Here I cut hearts with my Cricut. I cut many of the same size and took two and started to sew them together. When I was about 3/4 of the way around the heart, I stuffed in a tissue with scissors to really work it in there. Then I finished sewing the heart closed.

Then I added smaller hearts that were also cut on the Cricut.

 

Then I added embellishments.

The kids will add the sentiments.

Super easy!

I could become addicted to this sewing on paper thing.

 

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JOY

 

Finding Joy

 

This year at the start of the Christmas season my family and I decided to make

the season JOYful. Last year a friend shared with us the true meaning

of JOY -

It is putting Jesus 1st, Others 2nd, and Yourself last.

Now I know this is hard and we shouldn't always put ourselves last.

This was just a nice reminder to not think about ourselves this Christmas

but to try and make others happy.

(we are having fun planning Secret Santa stuff)

 

I purchased three 5x7 frames

 

 

Yes, that says $1.50 - I went to the dollar store!

I picked out 3 different papers that I thought worked well together and cut them to my frame size.

These are from the Frosted paper pack from Close To My Heart.

 

 I used my Cricut to cut out the J O Y.

I attached them to the background paper.

 

I put the letters in the frame and surrounded it with tiny plastic glittery snow flakes

and tinsel. 

 

Now my family is reminded of the

The Real Reason for The Season!

 

*The approximate cost of this total project was $7.50 but it looks like I spent much more!

Wishing you a JOYful Christmas season!

Another Pumpkin Post!

I LOVE PUMPKINS! These are made using the Artiste Cricut Cartridge... I have to make these before Halloween!!!!!

Your Own Festival Of Trees

If you have a CTMH autumn/winter Idea Book, then you have probably seen these super cute Christmas trees... (page 61)

 

These trees were super easy to make using the Cricut Artiste cartridge.

I added embellishments from the

Festive Velvet Rub-Ons,

Dimensional Elements In Color - Holiday,

 Cranberry Baker's Twine,

Hemp in Natural color,

 and a new FAVORITE of mine - Burlap Ribbon.

 

The great thing is, you can dress these cute little trees up as little

or as much and YOU want to...

Love the visual texture of the burlap!!!

 

I would suggest that you cricut cut these out in different sizes,

then decorate while flat,

then assemble - gluing the sides together, then the bottom.

 

Enjoy these festive trees...

 

 

 

 

I LOVE Pumpkins!

Ok, so I know this summer I admitted I was a hostaholic, but what I failed to mention,

was that I am also a pumpkinholic... I LOVE PUMPKINS!

 

Here is a simple paperback pumpkin I made.

Super cheap & super easy!

I asked my husband to make me a pumpkin template and he did!  You only need 1/2 the pumpkin shape because the pages fan out, thus making an entire pumpkin.  I put the template into the book like I would a bookmark and then cut around it.  I cut multiple pages as one time. When the entire book was cut, I broke up the spine and glues the front and back cover together. When this dried, I took my Autumn Terracotta CTMH ink and inked every page. I had my son, who loves sticks, to bring me some sticks from the woods near our house. I found one that fit well and put it through the middle of the pumpkin and finished with some ribbon.

Oh, how I love how this looks on my bookcase!

 

Here are some other pictures of pumpkin decor...

These were both put together by Camille N. for table centerpieces.

I just adore how pumpkins look on an autumn table.

 

Enjoy Fall!



 

 



Halloween Is Coming

I don't know why I decorate for Halloween so much. I don't like being scared or seeing scary things, but I am SO attracted to the color orange and all the different shapes of pumpkins and gourdes. So, when my friend said I could come over and use her Artiste Cricut cartridge I JUMPED all over that!

The new Autumn/Winter catalog from Close to my Heart has a great deal on this cartridge and some fun things that can be made... Here is what my friends and I did yesterday.

These are small caskets that can be filled with candy or other trinkets... I stamped the top of the casket while it was flat and then I assembles and added embellishments.

 

You can see the start of this Display Tray in an earlier post, but here is the jazzed up version. I used one of the small caskets - in the upper right, is the top of the casket and in the middle is the bottom of the casket (I put a skeleton inside). I also added the word spooky after I used black ink to age/texture the cardstock.

 

 

I accidentally made a large casket, but it turned out to be super neat, so I made a large skeleton to go inside.

 

 



So, I just want to thank Emily for letting me have access to your amazing cricut machine and Liz for helping fold all the caskets.

 

Countdown To Christmas

This weekend I made these countdown to Christmas blocks.  It was easy and fun.  I took some ideas from the CTMH Christmas card class I am teaching and some I designed myself. The blocks are only $3.95 each, so this project comes in somewhere under $12.00 dollars (including tax, shipping and paper). I will be teaching a class in early November on how to make these, so I will soon be making a more step by step posting... 

Here are a few quick hints..
* make all block faces before attaching any...
* cube 1 (0,1,2,3,4,5)
* cube 2 (0,1,2,6,7,8)

Here are more pictures...

Home Decor

Close to my Heart has added some new home decor items...
I am in LOVE with the Display Tray!
This wooden display tray has 12 openings (3x4), already attached hangers and a black finish.

  

I simply took paper and cardstock from the Moonlight paper packet and cut them into 3x4" pieces.  I stamped some and left others plain. 
 

 

I am excited to change my home decor so easily and inexpensively for each holiday season.

 

If it has been a while since you've shopped at CTMH, prices on paper packs has DROPPED!

Paper packets are now $9.95

And the Display Tray is only $19.95

 

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