New Designer's Challenge at My Creative Time!

Happy Thursday!

Today is the start of an all new challenge on the My Creative Time blog. Every other week, one of the MCT designers will be choosing a new challenge.

This weeks challenge is a recycle challenge. You can make anything you want, as long as you are re-using something in the design.

I re-cycled these $1 store hurricane candle holders, into these super cute Halloween candy holders. Once the candy is gone, they can be used to hold a candle again.

 For the sentiment, I used MCT's new stamp set called Treats for My Sweet and the Scalloped and Stitched Circle die. I attached them to lollipop sticks with foam tape.

The jack-o-lantern faces are from Treasure Box Designs, Carving Out Memories file. I cut them out of black indoor vinyl at 2 1/4" tall and placed them on the front of the hurricane jars. The ribbon is from May Art's 3/4" Twill Ribbon with Chevron Stripes.

I designed everything in MCT and cut the vinyl out on my Silhouette Cameo.

Want to see more projects?

Click the picture to go to the MCT blog.

Head on over and check out what my fellow DT members made.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you have a fabulous day!

3-D Wednesday!

Happy Wednesday!

Today is 3-D Wednesday on the My Creative Time blog. I though it would be fun to play along, but I forgot one very crucial part. I forgot to read the directions! Ha! Sadly, this is not the first time that I failed to read the directions.

Oh well...

I am going to share my project anyway! 

 Don't you just love it!?!

 My besties hubby was eyeing it while I was taking photo's. I think that it probably had more to do with what is inside the coffin box, then the box itself. :) 

 Don't you just love Sigmund? (I named the bat Sigmund.) Emma's Sentiment stamp & teeny tag die is pretty amazing too.

Coffin box svg: Scrapping Bug Designs, Vampire Box

Papers: Core'dinations & Clear Acetate

Sentiment: My Creative Time's, Treats for My Sweet

Tag Die: My Creative Time's, Teeny Tag Die

Twine: Timeless Twine

For more 3-d inspiration...

(Click on the picture to go to the MCT blog.)

Head on over and check out what the rest of the dt has done.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you have a fabulous day!

Ghosts night out...

Happy Tuesday!

Did you have a nice Labor Day weekend? Hopefully all of my non- US followers had a wonderful weekend as well. I spent most of my weekend working, trying to get caught up on blog projects, and cleaning. 

I have a quick card for you today.

The card measures 3 3/4" x 3 3/4". The orange layer was cut at 3 1/4" x  3 1/2"and then I used my Fiskars scallop boarder punch along the bottom. The polka dot piece was cut at 3" x 2 1/2". The white sentiment piece was cut at 1/2" x  2 1/4". 

I made this cute little ghost button. You can find the tutorial in the new edition of Cutting Edge Magazine. I placed him on top of a flower that I made with My Creative Time's, Flower Petal dies. The flower was cut out of pattern tissue paper, that sewing patterns are printed on. I had an old pattern that I picked up at a yard sale and I wanted to see how well the tissue paper worked with the dies, I really like how it looks. 

Papers: PaperTrey Ink, Bo Bunny, and Core'dinations
Twine: Divine Twine &  Endless Inkabilities 
Sentiment: My Creative Time, All Around Halloween
Flower dies: My Creative Time: Flower Petal dies
Ghost Button Tutorial: Cutting Edge Magazine

Today is...

Click the Picture to go to the MCT blog.
on the My Creative Time Blog. Head on over and check out today's techniques.  

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you have a fabulous day!

Best baby gift ever!

Happy Friday!

Today I am going to mix things up a bit. Most of you that have been following me for awhile, know that I love to sew. I thought it would be fun to mix things up a bit and start adding in some easy sewing tutorials, every couple weeks.

You will need to have some basic knowledge about how to operate your sewing machine. I will not be doing tutorials on how to thread or operate your machine. 

The first project, is my most favorite baby gift to give. 

Here is a list of things you will need:

1. 2 yard's of a cotton flannel
I normally get two coordinating fabrics - 1yd of each.  I always buy the quilters cotton flannel from Joann's when it's on sale.  This will be enough to make 4 burp rags and 2 bibs.
2. 1 yard of a light weight batting (Warm and Natural)
In lieu of Warm and Natural, you can also use a 1yd piece of white flannel, it's a little more affordable and does just as good of a job.
3. Coordinating spool of thread
4. Sewing Machine
5. Good pair of Scissors 
Never use your fabric scissors to cut paper, it will ruin them. 
6. Pins
7. Bib pattern (Here is a free one)
8. Burp rag pattern (Here's a free pattern, it's the one I use in this tutorial.)

Let's get started!
The first thing you will need to do is wash and dry your fabric, this will pre-shrink it. You don't have to worry about the batting, it may shrink a tiny bit, but not enough to worry about. Although if you choose to use white flannel instead of the batting, make sure you wash and dry it too. Once this is done, you're ready to cut everything out.

Let's get to cutting, shall we?
1st fabric (face fabric)- 4 burp rag pieces and 2 bib pieces
2nd fabric (back fabric)- 4 burp rag pieces and 2 bib pieces
Warm & Natural or White Flannel - 4 burp rag pieces and 2 bib pieces

Let's get ready to sew!
Now that everything is cut out, we can get everything pinned together and ready to sew. 
You are going to layer all of your pieces like this:

1. Take a back piece and lay it facing downward so that the wrong side of the fabric is facing upward toward you.
2. Place the batting or flannel piece next. Get them lined up as best you can.
3. Take a front piece and place it on top of the other two pieces, just make sure the face of the fabric is facing up this time. Again, make sure to line them up the best you can.
4. Pin them together to keep them in place. 
Look at my photos for an example of pin placement. 

Ready to sew!
Once you have your machine threaded and ready to go, sew all the way around the edge of each burp rag and bib. You will use a straight stitch, medium length, your seam allowance will be 1/2" (so place the edge of whatever you are sewing at the 1/2"mark while you are sewing). Remove the pins as you go, so that you don't damage your machine (I'm really bad about this).

When you are finished sewing all your pieces, they should look something like this.

Ready to start snipping?
Now that all of your pieces are sewn together, you can start snipping. Find yourself a comfortable seat. Take your scissors and start "snipping"all the way along the seam allowance. Be careful not to cut into your sew line. I make a snip every 1/4", or so, all the way around. I just eyeball it the best I can. 

Once you are finished they will look like this.

Then all you have to do is run them through the rinse cycle again and throw them in the dryer. This will make the snipped edge "fuzz". Which is the look we are going for.

The best part about these burp rags and bibs is that the more you use them, the softer they become. 

I love this gift b/c it's home made, practical, and new moms love it! Want to know the best part? If you get your fabric on sale, this gift will cost you less then $10. Even less then that if you happen to sew and you have lots of fabric already. These burp rags and bibs are a great way to use up all those small pieces of fabric you just couldn't bear to throw out.

I hoped you liked my tutorial. Let me know if you have any questions. I am off to think of something for next week!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

 

Have a Spooktacular Day!

Happy Thursday!

I have another fun Halloween card for you today.   

When I saw this cute  little ghost, I knew that he would work perfectly with my sentiment. 

The card base is a label shape from the Artiste Cricut cartridge. I adjusted the height a bit and welded two of them together, to form the base of the card.  I love all the fun labels and page shapes in this cart. I see lots of fun shaped cards in my future. :)

The ghost is from Scrapping Bug Designs, she has a peachy face, and the sentiment is from My Creative Time. (links below)

Card Base: Artiste Cricut cart 
Ghost svg: Scrapping Bug Designs, Boo Buddies
Paper: PaperTrey Ink, K and Company
Halloween Twine: Endless Inkabilities
Face Stamp: Peachy Keen stamps, Monster Mash Assortment
Sentiment: My Creative Time's, Treats for My Sweets stamp set

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you have a wonderful day!

 

3-D Wednesday!

Happy Wednesday! 

Today is 3-D Wednesday over at My Creative Time. Since yesterday was Emma's mom's birthday, she asked us all to create a birthday themed project in honor of her mom.

I made a paper flower cone.

 I have always wanted to make one of these flower cones. I cut a party hat svg, turned it upside down, and made it into a flower cone.  I added some white 6"tulle, some flowers, and a   sentiment tag.

Party Hat/Vase SVG: Svgcuts.com, Happy Birthday to You

Tag Die: My Creative Time, Curly Label Die

Sentiment: My Creative Time, Celebrate Good Times

Paper: Authentique, Fresh Collection

White Tulle: Michael's

Blue Hemp Twine: Liz's Paper Loft Boutique

If you want to see more 3-D inspiration, click here!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you have a wonderful day!

 

Happy Happy Halloweenie!

Happy Tuesday!

So  I have to say right off that I am not in love with this card. I love the ribbon, love the witch, love the sentiment, but I just had the worst time trying to create a card. In-fact I was told not to even post it, but I wanted to show you that I have "bad card days" too. :) 

The frame behind the witch measures 3 3/4" x 3 3/4". The witch is 3" tall.

 I actually learned this glitter technique from Joy at Obsessed with Scrapbooking. I made a tutorial video showing how to do it.

Let me know if you have any questions!

So... back to the card.

I found this ribbon at Michael's, I love it. 

Frame SVG: Lettering Delights 
Witch SVG: Lori Whitlock
Papers: PaperTrey Ink and Core'dinations
Ribbon: Michael's
Sentiment: My Creative Time, All Around Halloween stamp set
Glitter: Martha Stewart, black

Also...

Emma at My Creative Time is starting a fun new thing on her blog today. Tuesday's are now known as "Show Me Your Technique" Tuesday. Each week 3 of the My Creative Time designers will be sharing a new technique. This weeks designer's are:

Amy 

Cassandra

Cathryn

I can't wait to see what fun techniques they have come up with.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you have a wonderful day!

 

Birthday Wishes

Happy Monday!

A couple weeks ago, I bought the new Close to My Heart, Artiste Circut cart. I haven't used my Cricut in forever and I had forgotten what it's little "chirp"sounded like. :) I am loving this new cart! It is chalk full of fun stuff and definitely worth the cost, if you can afford it.  

Today's card is a birthday card.

The card shape/base of the card is from the Artiste cart. It's actually a shaped page for a mini album, but I stood it up and welded two of them together to form the base of my card. Then I took the same shape and shrunk it down and created to layer frame pieces for the front. The overall card size is 4"x 4 5/8". The cupcake was sized to 3 1/2" tall.

Card Base: Artiste Cricut cart

Cupcake SVG: Kadoodle Bug Designs, Pretty Emo Kitty

Paper: PaperTrey Ink, Core'dinations, and My Mind's Eye's, Follow Your Heart collection, bought from Paper Issues.

Ribbon: May Art's 3/4" Turquoise Twill Ribbon with Chevron Stripes

Sentiment: My Creative Time's, Teeny Tag's Greetings Stamp Set

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you have a wonderful day!

Post-it Note Holder

Happy Friday!

Today is day five and the final day of my back-to-school, teacher's gift week. Those of you that missed Monday's post, I dedicated this week to inexpensive and easy back-to-school gifts for teacher's.

My project today is a Post-it Note Holder.

I saw the idea for this on Pinterest and thought I would try making one. I found the acrylic frame at the $1 store.  If I make another one, I will probably look at Target and see if I can find a sturdier acrylic frame. 

To put it together, you just cut your decorative paper to size and slide it in, wrap it with ribbon and tie a knot or bow. I also added a sentiment, but you could add a paper piecing/die cut, or a small photo would be cute too. I  also added several rows of ATG tape to the back of the post-it note to make sure that it stays in place.

The sentiment is from Mt Creative Time's set called, My Teacher Rocks. If you don't have a teacher's sentiment stamp set, you could print something out on the computer.

Here's the breakdown

Acrylic Frame: 99 cent store - $1

Papers: Free- from my paper stash

Sentiment stamp: Free- from my stamp stash 

Ribbon: Free - from my ribbon box

Total spent: $1

Whew! What a week! I hope you have gained some inspiration from all the projects. If you would like to see a few more click here, here, here, here, and here.

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Personalized Tumbler!

Happy Thursday!

Today is day four of my back-to-school, teacher's gift week. Those of you that missed Monday's post, I am dedicating this week to inexpensive and easy back-to-school gifts for teacher's.

My project today is a altered custom tumbler.

 I made these two tumblers, one for my SIL and one for the other 3rd grade teacher that she teaches with. Both tumblers were purchased at the 99 cent store. I designed the vinyl pieces in Make-the-Cut and cut them out on my Silhouette. The vinyl I used is "outdoor" vinyl, it is more durable and has a better stick to it. These will hold up to being hand washed with out any problem.

Here's the breakdown
Tumblers: 99 cent store - $1 eac
Font: LD Super Duper Cool (Free - Chose a font I already had)
SVG shapes: Lettering Delights (Free - used svg files I had previously purchased)
Vinyl: Free - in my stash

Total $1 eac.

I can't wait to make more of these, I have a ton of ideas swirling around in my head!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you have a wonderful day!