Papercrafting: Cricut Birthday Card

 

Before COVID got me, I made a birthday card for one of my crafty friends, inspired by a paper pack I picked up at Michaels: Splatter and Swirls

Supplies:

• Patterned Scrapbooking Paper (Craft Smith, Splatter and Swirls, Michaels)
• Coordinating Glitter Paper (Stash)
• Base Cardstock (Recollections, 110lb Cardstock, Michaels)
• Focal Images (Cricut Design Space)
• Creatology Gems (Kids Crafting Aisle, Michaels)
• Digital Cutting Machine (Cricut Maker)
• Tape Runner
• Glue Stuck

I started by choosing what I wanted to feature as my focal images in Cricut Design Space,  sized to fit my card, and cut. Card is 5x7. 

I picked a glitter paper that coordinated with this piece from the Splatter and Swirls stack mentioned above. 

I cut the patterned paper to fit my card, then applied the cut images using a glue stick. These "industrial strength" ones by Aleene's (Dollar Tree) are a go-to! They really hold things down. 

Once my images were glued down I grabbed these fun gems by Creatology from Michaels. I love peeping the kids crafts aisles for supplies and these are one of my favorites. 

I glued them to my card as shown using a dimensional glue, and added a few gold rhinestones to pick up the foiling on the paper. Et voila! 

The card's been received and my crafty friend loved it. My work here is done!

Papercrafting: Mother's Day Cards

 

While I haven't been able to do much lately, I was able to knock out some Mother's Day cards for family and friends. Last year, I was busy with my Mom being in physical therapy rehab after a fall, this year it's been medical appts with my husband. Yikes! But I felt so bad last year when one friend thought my card hadn't made it, and I had to tell her I hadn't sent any, so I was DETERMINED!

Supplies

• Coordinating Scrapbook Papers
• Coordinating Glitter Papers
• Foam Squares
• Focal Image
• Digital Cutting Machine

I pulled together coordinating papers from my stash. A mixture of patterns, foiled, plain, and glitter. All of my papers are Recollections, from Michaels. 

I cut my cards to 5x7 using 110lb cardstock, cut the printed panels to the same size, and created the focal panel for the card in Cricut Design Space, using a floral image that I welded to a frame so it's all one piece. 

Then I attached foam squares (Dollar Tree) to the back of the panels as shown, and adhered them to the printed panels.

To finish, I got my stash of self adhesive rhinestones out and went to town!

I had fun mixing the glitter papers with the printed papers, sometimes matching, others, contrasting. And they're on their way to friends and fam. 

Amethyst

Fuschia

Rose

Turquoise

It also provided what I needed. A creative break and joy! 

Winter Decor: Dollar Tree Pizza Pan Sign

 

I decided to do some transitional decor from Christmas to Winter. To start with, I grabbed a Dollar Tree Pizza Pan I had in my stash. Just add some paint, vinyl, and rhinestones!

Supplies:

• Dollar Tree Pizza Pan
• Waverly Chalk Paint (Lagoon, Walmart)
• White Acrylic Paint
• White Glossy Vinyl (Cricut)
• Winter Cut File (Cricut Design Space)
• Rhinestone Embellishments

I was late to this Waverly Chalk Paint I'm now in love with. A little goes a long way and it goes on every surface easily without prep. 

I didn't even tape off the rim before painting the center of the pan. A flat brush made it easy to keep the edges clean. I did do two coats for full coverage, drying in between with a hair dryer. 

Once the second coat was dry, I used white acrylic paint to dry brush onto the pan. 

I found this image in Cricut Design Space and sized to fit my project. I cut it on my Explore using white Cricut Gloss Vinyl. Once weeded and applying the transfer tape, I applied it to the painted Pizza Pan. 

Once the vinyl was applied I grabbed some rhinestone embellishments from my stash and decorated as shown. 

To display, I used one of these clear easels I found where else...at Dollar Tree!

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Holiday Decor Hot Cocoa Tray

 

I love it when a plan I didn't have comes together. After I refreshed my Cocoa Bar Sign, I thought this tray, which was originally going to be a Halloween project, would make a perfect companion. Before I fell from high atop the thing in October, I'd already painted it so all that was left to do was add some vinyl!

Supplies

• Plain Wood Tray (I got mine at Dollar Tree in the Not A $1.25 Aisle)
• Acrylic Paint
• Digital Cutting File (I found mine in Cricut Design Space)
• Cutting Machine (Cricut Explore 2)
• Vinyl
• Transfer Tape 

Here's my plain wood tray which I painted with two coats of white acrylic paint. I debated using the same image from my Cocoa Bar Sign but there were so many fun images in Cricut Design Space and what's the point of a subscription if you don't use as many images as possible, right? 

I chose this one that complemented the sign. Since I plan to use this to hold my cocoa toppings, I kept it fairly simple. Size to fit the tray, cut, and weed. Le sigh. The "H" and one of the "O"s decided to be difficult. I'm sure it wasn't me trying to weed too fast. No, couldn't be that. At any rate, I ended up with:

Oops! There was a time when my OCD would have trashed the whole thing and done it again. Growth! I went back into CDS and cut "HO" the missing letters. 

I went ahead and put the image without the missing letters, then added them afterwards.

And voila!

And I love how it goes with my Bar Sign.

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Thanksgiving Decor: Glitter and Vellum Candleholders

 

Since I was out of crafting commission for most of October, I did what I never do which is skip decorating for Thanksgiving and go straight to Christmas. But, I thought I should have SOMETHING on the table that looks festive for Thanksgiving Dinner so I made these easy Candleholders from glitter paper and vellum! 

Supplies

• Digital Cutting Machine (I used my Cricut)
• Cut file (I used one from Creative Fabrica)
• Glitter Cardstock
• Vellum
• Double Sided Tape
• Glue Stick
• Hot Glue and Glue Gun

I uploaded the file to Cricut Design Space and didn't resize since I knew the dimensions worked with the glass candles I always keep on hand. It already has the perforation for the score lines and I just scored them manually using my scoring board and bone folder. 

You can use your digital cutter to cut the vellum but it was just as easy to use my papercutter. Each panel is 7.5 x 2.5. I put a strip of double-sided tape on the bottom of each perforated/scored panel and attached the bottom of the vellum panels. The top was more narrow than my tape so to secure the top of the panels, I just ran a glue stick on the available space. 

I love the kind that goes on purple but dries clear!

I used my glue gun and ran a line of glue on the tab that folds in to close the holder. Glitter paper can be stubborn with other adhesives. These slide right over the glass candles. Easy Peasy. Was all done before Mr. Chocolate even woke up!

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