Back to School Teacher Gift

Happy Friday!

I have one last back to school project for you today.

I actually saw the idea for this on Jill's blog. I thought it was so cute and I knew that I wanted to make my sister in law one for her desk at school. 

Jill put books in her box, but I thought it would work great to hold pens, pencils, scissors, and rulers (ha!). I found some round glass candle votive's (4"tall x 4"diameter) at the .99 Store, I bought three of them. They fit inside the box perfectly and each one can hold something different.  

Want to know how to make them!?!

I bought the rulers at the .99 Store. They come 4 in a pack and I needed 6 packs. You will need 42 - 6" rulers, so you will need to cut each ruler in half. I used my jigsaw, to cut them, but a skill saw or table saw would work too. 

Once all my pieces were cut, I hotted glued them to my box. You can also use wood glue to attach them. I had hot glue, so that is what I used. I used 15 on both the front and back (30 total) and 6 on each side/end (12 total), so overall I used 42 rulers. Some of the rulers had holes in them, so that is why I added the ribbon along the bottom, it was to cover the two row of holes.

The black board (Stitched 3x4 Journal Die) and letter dies (Lowercase Fun Dies) are both from My Creative Time. The chevron apple cut is from the Silhouette store.

Wood Box - Michael's
Ruler's - .99 Store (4 in a pack, 6 packs needed)
Ribbon - Joanns
Lowercase Fun Dies
Stitched 3x4 Journal Die
Chevron Apple Cut - Silhouette Store

I love how it turned out, I sure hope my SIL does too!

Next week is new release week for My Creative Time. We will be sneaking peaking projects all week and then Friday is the release blog hop! It's another super fun release! I cannot wait to show you my projects!

I hope you have a wonderful weekend! 

Dia de los Muertos

Happy Thursday!

Today is "Dia de los Muertos" or "Day of the Dead"  it is a Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico and around the world in other cultures. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died. It is particularly celebrated in Mexico, where it is a national holiday. The celebration takes place on November 1, in connection with the Catholic holidays of All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day (November 2). Traditions connected with the holiday include building private altars honoring the deceased using sugar skulls, marigolds, and the favorite foods and beverages of the departed and visiting graves with these as gifts. They also leave possessions of the deceased.

Although, I do not celebrate Dia de los Muertos, I have friends who do. I thought it would be fun to create Day of the Dead cards for them. Both cards were made with the Silhouette's print and cut feature.

The base of this card is from the Cricut Wild Card Cartridge. The yellow polka dot paper, the skull, and the banner are all graphic files from Lettering Delights.

The base of this card is a top note shape that I found online and converted into a svg and then into a card. The diamond paper, cat, and banner are all graphic files from Lettering Delights. I just love the white stitching on the black, don't you?

Card base: Cricut, Wild Card Cartridge

Skull & Banner Graphics: Lettering Delights, Sugar Skull Graphic set 

Digital paper: Lettering Delights, Sugar Skull Paper 

Card stock: DCWV and Recollection's

Crinkle Ribbon: Etsy

Card base: Top note shape welded together to make a card.

Cat & Banner Graphics: Lettering Delights, Sugar Skull Graphic set 

Digital paper: Lettering Delights, Curiouser and Curiouser 

Card stock: Recollection's

Although I love how both these cards turned out, I am still not a huge fan of the "print and cut" feature. It's a huge time saver and really easy to do, but I really like choosing the colors of the cuts and piecing the pieces together. I *heart* paper to much to be just a "print and cut" girl. :) I will say, that digital papers rock! Ah! One more thing to put on my "wish list".

Guess what!?!

Tomorrow is Friday! WooHoo!

I hope you have a wonderful day!

Flying by...

Happy Monday!

Did you have a nice weekend? It was beautiful here in southern California.  

I have a super quick birthday card for you today.

 

 

  The space ship and alien image is a file from the Silhouette Store. I used this stamp set for his face.  The papers are from PaperTrey Ink, Core'dinations, and Bo Bunny's, Blast Off collection.

The sentiment is from My Creative Time's new release called, Fly Away with Me Sentiments.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

I hope you have a wonderful day!

 

Glitter Technique Video

Happy Tuesday!

Last week I posted this card.

I have had several people email me and ask if I would make a video, showing how I added the glitter to my silhouette cuts. I actually learned this technique from Joy at Obsessed with Scrapbooking.

Anyhow... here is a quick video showing how I did it.

Let me know if you have any questions!


I hope you have a wonderful day!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thursday!

...and Happy Thanksgiving to all my US peeps! I hope you have a wonderful day filled with family, friends, fun, and food!

I made these sweet little Pilgrim boxes to place on the kids table.

 They will be filled with mixed nuts and candy corn. Yum!

 

Both boxes were files from the Silhouette store. I thought they were so cute, I just couldn't pass them up! The paper is all DCWV and the eyes are black brads. 

I am sure the kids are going to love them as much as I do!

I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Everyone else, who is not in the US, I hope you have a great day!

Kiss Me!

Happy Wednesday!

If you are looking for my last Quick Quote Project, click here.

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving! Eep! Are you ready? 

I have a Valentine's card for you today... I know! Emma released two super cute Valentine's stamp sets this last Friday and oh my! Have you seen them????? So cute!

So... there you go, a Valentine's Day card.

 When I saw this image in the Silhouette store, I just couldn't stand it! Isn't it the most adorable cut you have ever seen!?! (The kissing kids)  The base of the card is also a tag set that I purchased from the Silhouette store, I converted it to make the base of the card.

The papers are from PaperTrey Ink, and K and Company's Valentine's stack from last year.

I ran the silhouette's through my Xyron machine, face side down, and then sprinkled black Martha Stewart glitter over the adhesive. Joy at Obsessed with Scrapbooking taught me that!

 

The heart and sentiment are both from My Creative Time's new set called, 100% Sweetness and Stitched Heart die.

Tomorrow is turkey day! Yum!

I hope you have a great day!

Warm Holiday Wishes

Happy Tuesday!

I am starting to work on Christmas presents and that includes cards too. My goal is to use everything that I make/post on my blog. I have several large boxes full of all my paper crafts and I need to be better about "gifting" the things that I make. 

So today's card is a Christmas card... but I like it so much, I am thinking that I may have to keep it. Ha! Oh well... all that counts is that I am tyring, right? :)

The base of the card is from the Best Witches Party Cut Its Set and the holly is from the Merry Stitchy Cut It's Set from Lettering Delights. The horse is a svg file that I purchased from Little Scraps of Heaven, called Rocking Horse. The horse comes with a heart on is back, I replaced it with the holly & berries to make it more festive. I used Make-the-Cut and the Silhouette to design and cut everything out.

 The papers are from PaperTrey Ink, DCWV, and K and Company's Yuletide Christmas stack.

The sentiment is from My Creative Time's stamp set called, Mixed Holiday Sentiments.

I also used a banner die (from the build a banner kit), turned on it's side, as a tag for the sentiment. 

I hope you have a wonderful day!

An Armada of Thankfulness!

Happy Monday!

So... I hate to admit it, but I am kind of freaking out that this Thursday is Thanksgiving. Seriously, when did that happen? Wasn't it just the 4th of July? Let's not even mention the fact that we are like 4 weeks from Christmas. Really? Am I the only one who feels like these holiday's just "sneak" up on me? Which in turn then makes it so hard to "enjoy" the season, because I am running around like a crazy person trying to get "ready" for the holiday that has snuck up on me. I can't be the only one... right?

I found this cut in the Silhouette online store a week or so ago. I thought it was so cute and thought it would look even cuter as place markers on the Thanksgiving Day table.

So I made 12 of them. The boats came together fairly quickly and I use Silhouette's Print-n-Cut feature to add everyone's name to the sails. Which was much, much easier then trying to hand write them. :)

 

The papers I used are DCWV and white card stock.

I filled them with Crunch and Munch, for today's photos. Thanksgiving day, the armada will be carrying a mixture of mixed nuts and candy corn. 

Hey... have I told you lately how THANKFUL I am for you? Well, I am.

I hope you have a wonderful day!

"Girly Affair"

I had a little free time yesterday and decided to play along with Made by Momo's  Tuesday's Challenge. This weeks challenge was to make a card or layout that is "super girly". When I saw Momo's challenge I was so excited because it reminded me of a super cute cut that I purchased a couple weeks ago.  

  The card measures 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". I used the DCWV All about Girl's stack and the coordinating solid paper stack . The top note shape was cut from the Once Upon a Princess cart, it is one of the tag shapes turned onto it's side, it was cut at 4". The "Spa Girl" was cut at 4 1/2", I used Make-the-Cut and my Cricut to cut her out. I also added three small pearls to her neck... cause every girl knows, it's important to look your best...even at the spa. :)

 The inside sentiment pieces measure 3 3/4" x 5", 3 1/4" x 4 1/2", and 2 3/4" x 4". 

The cucumbers were cut at 1" each.

I think I am going to make this card in pink next!

I hope you are having a wonderful day!

Happy Scrap'n!

Ruthie :)