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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Papercrafting: Faux Chocolate Bunny Cards

 

My inspiration for this year's Easter cards came from a classic Easter staple, the foil-wrapped chocolate bunny. I used dark brown cardstock and glitter cardstock.

Supplies:

• Dark Brown Cardstock
• Pastel Glitter Paper (Recollections)
• Foiled/Marbled Background Papers (Recollections)
• White Cardstock (110lb)
• SVG File (I downloaded a set from Creative Fabrica)
• Cricut Cutting Machine
• Cricut Design Space
• Self-adhesive rhinestones
• Foam Tape
• Tape Runner

I used these papers by Recollections at Michaels for the background panels. I had these in my stash but was thrilled to find they still carried the Spring Marbles stack and picked up another one during their recent sale. 

I found a collection of bunnies at Creative Fabrica, downloaded, and selected the one I wanted to use. 

A moment of self-congratulatory pride...drumroll please! The middle of the top layer was empty and I found an egg design in Cricut Design Space and added it to the middle! Please clap!

This idea was inspired by foil-wrapped Chocolate Bunnies so I used dark brown cardstock for the bottom layer (used the offset tool in Design Space to create) and then cut the glitter layers. 

I attached the glitter layers to the "chocolate" layers using foam squares.

The thing I love about the Recollections papers is how well so many of the patterned papers work with solids. Being a paper hoarder, I have stacks from different years and they work together. I chose solids from the Spring Pastels stack to coordinate with the Spring Marbles papers and the Glitter Stack is also Spring. 

 

As always, my cards are 5x7 and the panels are 4.75x6.75 and 4.25x4.5. I attached the marbled papers to the solid using my ATG tape runner, then attached the layered panel to the card, then the "Chocolate Bunny" to the center using foam tape.

To finish, I grabbed my stash of self-adhesive rhinestones and added as shown. Now, family and friends have a calorie free Chocolate Bunny!

I did versions in pink:

Blue

Green

Lavender

When I make multiples, I use the same image even if I do different colors to make it easy to keep the settings in the software and machine the same and not confuse myself! 

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