Shamrock Hat

Happy St. Patrick's Day

I was actually looking for some cool screen savers, and Mixbook backgrounds.  When I cam across this picture.  I thought it would make a great decoration.  To go with my "Oh So Lucky Plaque" and "Lucky Jar"  I bought some crackle paint over the weekend. I was originally going to use it on some wooden eggs.  (I may have to buy some more).  But instead used the whole bottle on this picture. 

 I painted the background in an antique white. Let that dry, then used the crackle paint.  I let that dry for 6 hours, it was pretty thick.  I'm liking' the crackle look .   I cheated and used Cricut-"Celebrate with Flourish" to trace on the shamrocks. And "A Child's Year" for the Irish Hat.  I did however freehand the swirls.  Tee Hee.  The ribbon around the hat is for real.  It was yellow, I used a gold ink pad to color it, and added a ribbon thingy for the buckle.  I have it displayed on one of my front room tables, I just love it.  

 

 

 

 

 

Whoooo's having a baby

I love this cake and matching card!  

Shanice is one of my first customers.  She ordered this cake for her little sis.  

All she said was a cake to match this phrase "look whooo's having a baby!!!"  

I am entering this project in Fantabulous Cricut challenge me Monday #211 May Flowers

For the Crafters:
'Create a Critter' - owls
'Child's Yr'- Baby
'Cake Basics' -Look
'Animal Kingdom'-Whoo
'Holiday Cakes'- Flowers

Summer Silhouettes

Jason's work had a bbq where the cakes were raffled off, and the money given to charity.  I entered this cake.  I wanted to give it an ombre' look.  I don't have an airbrush set, so I had to be creative.  I like how it turned out.  It looks kind of like a candle though.  Which is another cake idea, I may have to do make. 

I forgot to ask if my cake got bought, or if was left lonely on the table.  LOL 

Good Luck

Here is a good luck card I made just to have in my stock pile, and for sale.

I like all the colors together. The Cricut Cartridge I used was "a child's first year" to cut out the baseball figures. I embossed the background (soft suede) with a cuttlebug folder. The foreground is the polished stone technique-on of my favorites. It looks so cool, and come out different everytime! Well, thanks for stopping by today. Hope you have an incredible day!

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Star Spangles #16

Challenge #16 Independence day Theme with a Star shape: Create a 4th of July project adding a star shape somewhere on your project.

Enter your project here! Fantabulous Cricut and what great prizes you could win.

I definitely think I fulfilled the star requirement. The box is cut from sweet treats. The stamps on the box are from SU 4th of July colors: real red, yoyo yellow, and

The boy is cut from a child's first year.

I haven't made actual "decorated" cookies for quit a while. Who am I kidding--it's been years, since I have taken the time to decorate cookies. I love this technique. You can see a glimpse of the tissue paper in the back. I used my su star wheel to roll it with. My kids were very excited to see this, and get to eat some pretty cookies. Instead of just plain ol' chocolate chip. Cute what makes kids feel loved isn't it! :) Have a wonderful day, take care and see you soon.

#14 Celebrate Dear Dad

Fantabulous Cricut challenge #14 is to CELEBRATE DAD No problem with that one, I love my daddy.

So I scrap booked a page about him.

That little B&W pic is my dad as a baby. 1931, such a long time ago. There is one of him holding me, my dad's tattoos, his two favorite hobbies which is fishing and hunting. The only my dad got sick, and couldn't go to work was deer season. :) My dad comes over to visit me and the kids, with a bag of cookies. The kids get very excited to have oreos and milk with their gpa. This was a very emotional LO for me to put together. It is so hard seeing my dad get older. *sniff sniff* Ok- recipe I used a child's year for the fishing boy, and the lettering. Also used my copic trick to add the right color to my flowers. The swirly thingys are from Home De'cor, I love swirly thingys on anything, they seem to add just he right touch. don't you think? SU paper, chocolate chip, and some misc. stuff I had.

Well there is a close up of pg 2, you can see it tats much better. The lion was always my favorite. He is a Leo, so I think that is why he got that one.

Page one of my layout shows my dad as a baby, then getting older. Be sure and join us this week for our Fantabulous Cricut challenge. See you soon!!!!

FC# 10 Plaque for Revan

Fantabulous Cricut #10 Make a 3D project using the color black!

Cartridge: Mickey & Friends A Child's First Year- Font This is a gift I made for my new newphew's baby shower. He will be here sometime mid July. The mom, Tawna has decided to decorate his room in all Mickey Mouse-because she is an avid fan. I found the plaque at Robert's. I stained the top, and painted the sides in black then adhered Mickey and the name with mod podge. I can just picture it in his room hanging on his wall. My day job is a daycare, and when the kids saw this- I had quit a few asking for one. LOL I guess I will busy making birthday presents. :) Thanks for stopping by enjoy your day!

FC #6 Bug Me Anytime

Fantabulous Cricut #6 Winged Things

Cartridge: Home Decor, ladybug cut at 1 1/2" 2 and A Child's Year was used to cut the scallop square-but I don't remember what size Stamps: Priceless Phrase:computer generated Paper: SU: Night of Navy and some other ladybug paper, that I have been hording.

This is 1 1/2" ladybug cut with my cricut from shrinky dink. I colored it with colored pencils. Which I learned from my stamp friend Debbie. She is the shrinky dink king.

Same bug, same scallop square, only after it has been shrunken, with my heat gun. I have always loved shrinky dink, and Debbie reminded me what a great little jewel they are to add dimension to projects.

Sweet Spring- Just buggin' #27

Challenge #27: Use a card feature on any cartridge Cartridges: A Child's First Year, George & Basic, Doodle Type This weeks challenge is to use the "card" feature. This one is from A Child's First Year-cut at 8.42 x 5.47. Then I used the rectangle (3.25 x 4.5) from George & Basic to center on the front of the card. I then cut some flowers from Doodle Type in certainly celery, apricot appeal, tempting turquoise. Then adhered them to the card. I liked how you can see right through the card. I used a misc. stamp to add the phrase, and some bling. I made the one flower big enough to write on! Thanks for the challenge I really enjoyed making this card.

JB# 25 Black & White Thank You

Cartridges: Storybook, A child's first year, New Arrival Ribbon: Black Gingham Stamps: Back Ground Basics (one of the originals) I used the Storybook cartridge to cut the frame out at 5.5 x 4.25 and the inside at 5.25 x 4. The boys are cut at 2.5" from A child's First Year. Thank you is cut at 1 1/2" from New Arrival. It was pretty simple to make, I wanted to stick as close as possible to the black and white challenge. I used the stamp set behind the frame, it makes it look more dimensional when actually it is not. This was made for Dru's grandma, she is just absolutely wonderful. When she opened she said "oh for me? I get to keep it" Grammy's are so cute.

Special Friend

This is the card I made to go with Ambers framed birds. I used "George Basic" to cut the frame out, 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 and the inside at 3 3/4 x 5 just use the convenient pluses to line everything in the middle. Then I used "a child's first year" to cut the little girl out at 3". The background is done with the baby swipe technique, using elegant eggplant, lovely lilac, and pretty in pink. The wheel has "reminisce" engraved in it. This was really a pretty easy card to put together, but I absolutely love how it turned out. I hope she loves it too.