Personalized Mug with DON JUAN

Hello Everyone!

I hope everyone's Memorial Day Weekend was awesome and safe!  Mine was very busy with graduation stuff, painting the house and packing boxes!  I got alot done!

I wanted to share the graduation mugs that I made for my son and his best friend...

I bought the mugs at my local dollar store for (you guessed it!) only $1!  Cut the names out of yellow vinyl using the DON JUAN cricut cartridge and viola!... personalized graduation mugs!  This project is rated E/I for 'easy' and 'inexpensive'!

This week will be all about graduation because my son graduates from high school on Saturday!  Hope you enjoy!

Creatively yours,

Tammy

How to Make a Rosette

Hello Everyone!

Okay... I'm officially obsessed with rosette buttons!  They are very trendy this season in the craft world... Michaels even has pre-maid ones that are just gorgeous for almost any occasion!  Here is a quick tutorial video to show you how to make the rosettes.




Click HERE if you can't see the video.
Here are a few of the ones that I've made recently...

Thanks for stopping by today!

Creatively yours,

Tammy

HAPPY GRADUATION: Graduation Photo Button

Hello Everyone!

Well, its been a quiet week here on my blog, but definitely not quiet in my studio!  I've been super busy preparing for my son's graduation party this weekend!  We've got family coming in this weekend and next week for the BIG EVENT on June 4th!  Yep... my youngest graduates high school.

We are co-hosting his graduation party with his best friend and their family.  We all go to the same church and the boys have all the same friends, so it was logical and cost-effective to join their parties together.  Not to mention all the fun we have had planning and making decorations for the party together.  One of the things we made was this fun graduation photo button...

I even  have a video showing you how to make this fun photo button!



I used our school colors... navy blue, yellow gold and white

I also cut the photos on my cricut.  You can find the circles on many cartridges, but a little tip:  turn on your REAL DIAL SIZE because the circle might be a layer for something else and the size won't be correct!  Then you just use your centerpoint feature on the cricut expression or even easier, use your gypsy.

I had a little crafting party around my dining room table and we made several of these buttons.  These are of my son and his best friend.

This was so much fun and I just love how it turned out!

I'll be back tomorrow with the matching CONGRATULATIONS banner that we made to display at the graduation party!  And for those of you who aren't sure how to make the 'rosettes',  I'll include the video on them tomorrow too!  See you then!

Creatively yours,

Tammy

ASHLYN'S ALPHABET: Butterfly Faux Wall Finish using Vinyl

Hello Everyone!

Well, I showed you sneak peeks of the home decor project that I was working on yesterday and I have the finished project with a video for you today!



Many of you left comments yesterday about home decor projects that you are working on too!  Hope this video can give some of you some inspiration and encouragement to give it a try!  It's really not hard and is a great inexpensive way to customize your home!

 Now let's have some fun and leave some comments for the chance to win not ONE, but TWO cartridges for the same person!!! Both the BEST OF 2006 and the BEST OF 2009 Cricut cartridges will go to ONE randomly drawn winner! Winner will be announced on Monday morning, May 23rd.

Creatively yours,

Tammy

Cartridge Giveaway and a Home Decor Project

Hello Everyone!!

I love being able to give away fun stuff on my blog, so let's have some fun and leave some comments for the chance to win not ONE, but TWO cartridges for the same person!!!  Both the BEST OF 2006 and the BEST OF 2009 Cricut cartridges will go to ONE randomly drawn winner!  Winner will be announced on Monday morning, May 23rd.

I've got a fun project to share with you tomorrow!  I'm helping my sister decorate the bathroom of her new home!  I used to specialize is faux finishes for walls when I worked in the interior design business years ago.  Boy, do I wish I had had a cricut way back when!  What?  You want to know how I used my cricut to do a faux finish on a wall?  Well... here's a 'sneak peek':

Yep... that's vinyl and the butterflies and bees were all cut from the ASHLYN'S ALPHABET cartridge.  This is a 'before' photo of course, I'll share the whole project with you tomorrow.  It is really cool!

Creatively yours,

Tammy

YEE HAW Cricut Cartridge: "Cow's it Going?" card

Hello Everyone!!

I've got a cute little card that was made with the new YEE HAW Cricut Lite Cartridge and a MY PINK STAMPER stamp. 

I thought this cow was so cute!

The yellow frame is also from the YEE HAW Cricut Lite Cartridge.

Cricut Lites can be purchased at your local Walmart or www.walmart.com or www.cricut.com

Thanks for stopping by today!!  

Creatively yours,

Tammy

WRAP IT UP Cricut Cartridge: "Graduate, You're a Firework!"

Hello Everyone!

Now that blogger is working again, I can share these invitations that we made for our church's Senior Banquet.  Our theme this year is "Graduate, You're a Firework!", so I used the frame feature from STAND & SALUTE Cricut Cartridge for our firecracker, it was cut at 5.25" for our 8.5"x5.5" card.



My next layer is the graduate wordart from the WRAP IT UP Cricut Cartridge.  It was cut at 2.5" in black coredinations cardstock.



Any smaller and that 'G' would not have made it.  This size seemed perfect.



Ta da!  Printed "You're a Firework" on my computer and matted it in gold, because those are the school colors.  Now for a little glitter glue...



Invitation information was also printed on my computer and placed inside.  I kept this invitation single layered because we had to make many of them and while I love the look of lots of layers, it is not always practical or necessary.



I hope everyone's weekend is a GREAT one!  We are headed off to Scarborough Faire with family & friends today!  It will definitely be a "16GB" SD card day for my camera!  LOL!  And that means some major scrapbooking in my future!

Creatively yours,

Tammy

Graduaton Parties

Hello Everyone!!

I've got some ideas for those of you decorating for graduation parties.  Today's idea is a "Shoot for the Moon" theme.  It was inspired by these gift bags that say... "Shoot for the moon, even if you miss you'll land among the Stars"

I used my cricut expression to cut various sizes of stars from the GEORGE & BASIC SHAPES cricut cartridge... but this time I used my Cricut Design Studio. I could have used the FIT TO PAGE feature for my big stars and the AUTO FILL for my smaller stars, but I needed so many (20 lrg stars and 200 small stars) that I didn't want to waste any paper. With the help of CDS I could cut one big (11.5") star and then fitted various sized stars around the big star so I minimized my paper scraps. So... here is my cut file for the stars:

 

My adorable Sscrubby (means Supportive Scrapbooking Hubby) even helped peel stars off the cricut mats... it was alot of stars.

Then I did the same thing with blue moons from the NEW ARRIVAL cricut cartridge. I attached my moons and medium size stars to pipe cleaners (I wanted the stars & moon to dance/bounce) which I then attached to shish-ka-bob skewers (I twisted the pipe cleaners around the skewers and did not have to use any adhesive). I bought pots of real monkey grass at my local Home Depot and dropped them into the blue bags... stuck four stars and one moon in each plant and viola!... centerpieces.

I scattered the remaining small stars and moons on the tables around the centerpieces.

"What did I do with the large stars and moons?", you ask? Well... I strung them up with matching ribbon and had the youth group kids who were there helping us, hang them all from the ceiling over the tables.

I cut 10 moons and 20 stars for them to hang and it was just the right amount for a festive atmosphere.

The finished result...

This was an inexpensive way to decorate and would work great for a graduation party too. 

Creatively yours,

Tammy

Happy National Scrapbook Day!!

Hello Everyone!

Hope your National Scrapbook Day is an awesome one! I'm having fun with Robyn over at MY PINK STAMPER today! You should check it out, we've all been busy busy busy!!

Here's a sneak peek at what I made...

There's more pics and my video over at MY PINK STAMPER!!  Robyn also has lots of fun giveaways too!  So, enjoy!  Have a great day everyone!

Creatively yours,

Tammy

Need help for Mother's Day?

I love it when a company has a 'wish list' that you can share with loved ones!  I'm always the 'deer in the headlights' when my sscrubby asks me what I want for my birthday or Mother's Day... there are tons of things that I would LOVE to have, but I never can seem to think of them when asked.  I usually end up meekly saying, "Oh, just having everyone around the dinner table is fine by me"... which is true, but darn it... a new scrapbooking tool or embellishment would be nice too!!  LOL!

I just stumbled onto this EMAIL A HINT page over on www.cricut.com!   It's not too late, so if you haven't shared your cricut wish list with your loved ones... then NOW is the time! Just click on the link or the photo below.  Hope everyone has a wonderful Mother's Day this weekend!

Oh!  And there is a contest going on that started this week, but goes until May 20th!  Provo Craft is looking for the 'CRAFTIEST MOM' and will give that person one of their brand new 5th Anniversary Cricut Expression 2s!!  It's easy to enter... click on CRAFTIEST MOM for the details!  Good luck everyone!


Creatively yours,

Tammy

BEST OF WINNERS

Hello there!!!

Okay... it's midnight on Sunday... so without further ado, here are the winners for this week's BEST OF giveaways!

Winner of  BEST OF 2006 Cricut Cartridge

Cricut Design Chicks SWARM said...

prayers for safety for you and family.  I love how the bee hovers over... oohhh. I am happy to say have been a follower for a long time now.. LOVE your blog! TFS your time, card and the awesome give-a-away's!!

parkernana5@cox.net

April 27, 2011 8:10 AM 

Winner of BEST OF 2008 Cricut Cartridge

Jill W. said...  
adorable card, love the hint about using scraps quickly, then you dont have to sort and store....such a smart woman!
~Jill
May 1, 2011 10:56 PM


Congratulations!  Please email me at cc.ladybug@yahoo.com with your email address and I will have your winning cartridge sent to you!

Creatively yours,

Tammy

BEST OF 2009: 'Sole Mate' Bestie Card

Hello Everyone!!

Well, tonight is the night!  I will be drawing my two winners for the BEST OF 2006 and BEST OF 2008 cricut cartridges!  Get your comments in today... you have until midnight CST (that's Texas time for those who don't know... wink wink).

Today I am featuring the BEST OF 2009 CRICUT CARTRIDGE:

There were so many fun images that year!  The cartridges that make up the BEST OF 20098 are:

LIFE IS A BEACH

HOME DECOR

JUBILEE

STAND & SALUTE

A CHILD'S YEAR

PICTURESQUE

EVERYDAY PAPER DOLL

WINTER WOODLAND

FROM MY KITCHEN

SWEETHEARTS

SERENADE

OLD WEST

DINOSAUR TRACKS

PAGODA

DESTINATIONS

SWEET TREATS

PAISLEY

I've been doing alot of scrapbooking lately (I'm so behind!), but I thought I would keep it simple today with a cute cheery card using the fashionable high heeled shoes (image 50) that is originally from the PAISLEY Cricut Cartridge.  Besides... I have a pile of scraps from the scrapbook layouts that I've been doing recently and before I sort and store those scraps, I like to try to make simple cards from them.  So, other than the card base and the orange piece, this card was made totally from scraps. 

I love using yellow (scraps from my TIME TO FLY wall art) on cards... makes it so bright and cheery.  Tell me you don't just smile when you look at this card.  I also like large cards, so my card size is 8.25" x 5.5", which is one standard 8.5" x 11" piece of cardstock folded in half.  Tools needed for this card are simple... my cricut and I used a new Fiskars punch that I have for the large orange scallop with holes.

The striped cardstock are scrap pieces from my CROC'S RULE layout, 'Fishy Food' that I did last week for HELLO THURSDAY (you can see it HERE).  It's from Fancy Pants and actually inspired all of my color choices for this card.  I had just enough of it left to make two cards.  It may look like that striped cardstock is one big piece with everything layered on top, but it's not... it is actually two pieces that are 5" x 1.5".

I cut the shoes at 2.5" and used all scraps for it too.  There are actually 7 pieces that make this adorable shoe.  My sentiment is, of course, from the My Pink Stamper's PINKA-LICIOUS stamp set.

Well, there you go!  I love all the images on this cartridge and have to say that I'm happy I was not the one who had to pick what was going to make it and what wasn't!  Take care and don't forget to leave a comment so you can be eligible to win because the drawing is tonight... SUNDAY! 

Creatively yours,

Tammy