Verse tile - vinyl

I'm back again today with another quick post.  Did you see my London card??  Made with the coolest stamp set ever!!! 

This is a project that I tried to make awhile ago, but neither the vinyl nor the tile cooperated! Grr!!  I was home with my sick daughter yesterday so I had a little more craft time than usual, and I started working on favors for our Valentine Banquet this Friday.  That was going well, so I decided to tackle this again.  Success!!

**note to self - - - ALWAYS clean the tile with vinegar first!!!  Just a damp cloth will NOT do!!

Vinyl on tile is a lot of fun (when it works!) and is a very economical gift idea!!  I've done many, many tiles for gifts.  Vinyl on the walls is awesome, too!  Lately, I worked with heat set vinyl and have made some T's and onesies.

If you are interested, here are a couple of my earlier posts with instructions and ideas.

• Vinyl tutorial and tips
• Lot of tiles
• Wall vinyl

If you click the label "vinyl" below, it will bring up all my vinyl posts. 

This verse is from Word Art Wednesday on Jan 23.   I tried it that weekend because as soon as I saw this verse, I knew I wanted to use it on a tile to put in the vestibule at church.  This shoud be our prayer every time we enter the Lord's house!!   I pray this will be a blessing and encouragement, and maybe even conviction, to our church family.

Challenges...
Word Art Wednesday #65 - anything goes
Inspire Me Fridays #94 - anything goes

Supplies...
~Oracal 651 vinyl
~WAW verse pixel traced in MTC and cut on my Cricut
~9x12 ceramic tile (53 cents!!)

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!

Tuesday Morning Sketches #167

Tuesday morning = Tuesday Morning Sketch!!   This week at Tuesday Morning Sketches , we are having a judged challenge!  Not only is there a sketch to follow, but a twist as well for a chance to win!!   This week's sponsor is Sassy Studio Designs.

**Also, be sure to check out our extra challenge this month in honor of Theresa's birthday!  Click HERE to find that challenge**

Here's the sketch...

The twist with this challenge is "E"!  That means anything you can come up with that goes with the letter "E"!  I chose Embossing (the technique that I love most!!!!)

~Bazzill and Neenah cardstock
~card cut in MTC
~Allegro and Swiss Dots embossing folders
~Memento Bamboo Leaves ink
~PTI sentiment
~Flora Doodles

Be sure to check out the other DT's creations then play along!!
Angela

Bonnie  

Cheryl

Dawn

Jessi

Laura

Melissa

Theresa

Thanks for stopping by!!   Have a great day!!

Cute little boy's T

I made one of these earlier this year for a lady in our church for her great-grandson, but forgot to take a pic of it!! :/  She recently asked me to make one for another little guy and here it is...

it looks big but it is size 24 mos

close-up

 I used Siser EasyWeed heat transfer vinyl.  I cut it all in Make the Cut using Snickles and Segoe print fonts.
It was fun to make!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Mother's Day cards... The End

Warning... this post is very pic heavy!

Here is my 6th (and last!) post of the Mother's Day cards I made.  (And the decorations etc for the Mother/Daughter luncheon are below)  This morning the kids in junior church were so happy to make a card for their mother!  They were just as excited to add the Hershey bar to it!  :)

Here they are...

Quick and easy with a pre-made card

~K&Co paper for all
~the infamous Stampendous stamp (I told you that was the only one I had)
~Flora Doodles  ( I got them in several colors and they are great!)

I spent a lot of time during the last 2 weeks preparing for our Mother/Daughter Luncheon.  Some time spent VERY frustrated!!  I cut the letters for the banners from light pink several times and had to throw them away!  They would not cut cleanly!  [it was HL cardstock... but the dark was the same kind and it cut out well.  ???] Then I remembered that I had some Cricut 12x24 cardstock.  The color was just a little different, but the letters cut like butter!!! 

"welcome" banner

rosette made of old music I had

Happy Mother's Day banner

up close

Western font cut in MTC

treble clef cut from Quarter Note at 1 1/2"

On the walls...(all cut from Quarter Note)

trumpet

French horn

paino

eighth note

half note

lg rosette from old sheet music

flute

cello - why no violin on cart??

2 eighths

 

saxaphone

Here are the take home favors... flowers for ladies, sour cream containers (with kisses inside) for children...

I needed almost 50 of each

Forgot to take a pic of the program.  It had music in the background in pink (digi stamp) and the info in black.  They looked very vintage with all the spots my printer left on them!!

Thanks for stopping by!!  Happy Mother's Day to all you mothers!!

Sweet treats favor box/card

I was thinking it is about time to start thinking about Valentine favors, so I did some more thinking, came up with this idea, played around with MTC and came up with this favor box/card combo.  I'm thinking it's too big and heavy to put on the front of a 'real' card, so will leave it plain.  What do you think? 
I promise I am now all done using the word 'think'!!

I dug out this paper, remembered the lollipop on Mickey & Friends and thought decided they would work together.  I realize it is not Valentine-y looking, but I think imagine my kids would still like it!  This actually looks more birthday-ish. 

Challenges...
Bitten by the Bug 2 - numbers challenge
Fantabulous Cricut #95 - "Label me"


More pics and directions if you scroll down after this pic.

(the dsp and swirl both sparkle but I didn't get the right angle for it to show)

~Bazzill rose cardstock
~DCWV Sweet Stack dsp
~Slice Shimmer Pearl Vine paper
~lollipop from Mickey & Friends cut at 3"
~'just 4 u' from Alphalicious, welded
~label from Sentimentals, stretched in DS

Welded shapes to make box

Scored, added Scor-tape and acetate ready for the window

the window is in and the bottom is taped

The 'box' is 1 1/5" square, so I scored lightly for lining up where it will be taped

Adhered that side, then bottom

It took 6 minis but then I decided to fill it with Peanut M&M's

 I am probably going to change the file a bit.  I'll make the shape more rectangle so it is not sticking out so far from the card.  I' also add side flaps at the top so the lid won't go in too far.  Otherwise, I was pleased with my first attempt at making a file for my own boxes. 

So what do you think?  Oops!  I mean, what's your opinion?  :)

Thank for stopping by!!!

a few more 2011 LO's

The last few weeks have been crazy for me.  I've been gone 3 weekends in a row, and sick a couple of times in between.  Not fun!  So I haven't made any cards for awhile and have not made any layouts for a looooong time.  I got back in my craft room yesterday and decided to  make some LO's.  These are not for any challenge, they are just for we, ourselves, and us.  [Get it?  It's the plural version of me, myself, and I ;-) ]

I know that I will never be able to scrap all my 23+ years of marriage, nor my 15+ yrs of children, so I decided to scrap this year as it went.  A girl can dream, can't she??  I'm only on Feb and it is already Nov!!

My kids have bad eyes like their mother and all got new glasses in January.  One of my daughters got glasses for the first time.  No longer can she brag about not having them! :)

~Basic Grey Recess paper
~LD Red Hatter's Hand font
~Nymphette scroll
~Wingdings glasses
~all cut in MTC

I am doing a title pg for each month, so rather than love as would be expected for Feb, I did snow because I love snow and we got so much!!!  :)

for the 2 pg LO...
~DCWV paper
~scroll from HA
~snowflakes from WICO
~"snow" and branch from WW
~K & Company sticker
~snowflake punch
~stickers I've had forever for "playing in the"

A friend always gives us an Amaryllis each year and this year it was so beautiful!  It had 3 stalks, the first had 2 blooms, the 2nd had 3 blooms, and the third stalk had 6 blooms!! 

Can't remember what all I used for this and am too lazy to go to my craft room and look, so no 'recipe' for this one.  Sorry! :( 

I'm at least making progress, so I'm happy about that!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Pink Christmas??

I have mentioned before that I am the traditional red/green Christmas colors person.  Really!!!  So straying from that is a challenge.  But I can do it!! :)   Especially for a very good reason.

This week, jingle belles challenge is "I'm dreaming of a PINK Christmas" and two members of their DT are each donating $1 for every pink Christmas card entered this week.  That's wonderful!!!

Tuesday Morning Sketches is "thinking pink" all month in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness and this week's even has an inspiration photo to go along with the sketch. 

Here's my pink Christmas card...

I used...
~Kraft paper card base
~Basic Grey "Infuse" DSP
~Nestabilites for the label
~Olive Bazzill CS
~Perfect Paisley Cuttlebug folder (LOVE this one!!)
~MME Noel stamp using StazOn Timber Brown
~Threading Waters border punch
~snowflakes cut in MTC
~Paper Studio adhesive pearls

Thanks for stopping!

'faith hope love' note card

October is breast cancer awareness month.  I'm sure we all have been touched by this cancer, whether personally, or with someone we love.  It is wonderful to see the advances in treatment but there is still a need to getting the word out is important!!


Tuesday Morning Sketches is a great challenge blog and this month, Theresa, one of the blog owners is having 2 birthdays!  Happy Birthday, Theresa, for how many years you have been here!  And Happy 4th Cancer Survivor Birthday!!!  That is wonderful!!

Celebrate the Occasion is focusing on breast cancer awareness this week, too, so with both of these in mind, here's my card and let's 'think pink'!!

~card shape made in MTC
~CS from my stash
~Basic Grey "Infuse" DSP
~Cause ribbon from MTC basic shapes, shadowed
~computer generated sentiment
~Cat's Eye ink on edges
~grosgrain ribbon

Thanks for looking!!!

'Vintage'-ish Christmas card

I have just a few pieces left from the DCWV Holiday Stack I got a couple of years ago.  I really like the vintage look of the pattern and colors... red, green, with the creamy tan (rather than stark white).  And using up scraps is good, too!  Then I have to go buy more!  ;)  It's a good thing my hubby doesn't pay too much attention to my blog!  :) 

Challenges:
~Mojo Monday 209 - sketch (this week is a contest)
~jingle belles - "peace" wording or something that evokes peace for you

~DCWV Holiday Premium Stack
~Bell border from MTC gallery
~Fancy cut bells from DCWV stack, pop-dotted
~Fiskars 'peace' and swirl stamp
~StazOn black and Stampology Autumn Leaves ink
~Queue dune ink on edges of green
~Ivory grosgrain ribbon

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Thank you "berry" much!

There are only a couple of hours left Tacky Tuesday's challenge, so I'm just making it in time!  This month it had to have a berry cut or svg and the word "berry" in the sentiment. 

~computer generated sentiment
~strawberry svg from Lettering Delights "Sweet Birthday" set
~Kraft paper card-shadows of the berry welded in MTC
~white gel pen

Thanks for looking!!!

Cupcake birthday card

This card would thrill at least 2 of my 3 girls!  I think most girls would like it!

This is for 3 challenges...
Birthday Sundaes - cupcake or cake (& birthday wording)
      *blog hop along with this week's challenge
Celebrate the Occasion - kid's birthday
Tuesday Morning Sketches - follow the sketch

I just realized it is a bit out of focus but the colors were off in the other I took.  :(

I used:
~g.c.d studios "Eye Candy" paper  
~Fiskars Treading Water punch
~cupcake made MTC
~Swiss Dots, Swirls, and Distressed Stripes Cuttlebug folders
~grosgrain ribbon, stamp, and brads from my stash

Thanks for looking!!

"splash" LO

I don't have a lot of water pics for this year yet, so I went looking through my pics from last year.  In July '10, we celebrated my parents 50th anniversary with a week of family activities.  We started with a couple of days at their cottage.  It was sooooo much fun!!!  Swimming, boating, food, fun, and unfortunately, sunburn!   Last fall, I got my pics printed from that week, but I didn't do much with them then.  This has me inspired to get at them and make a scrapbook for that special time!

These pics fit the sketch from Sketchy Thursdays this week and a water theme fit the criteria over at Fantabulous Cricut.   I'm submitting this to Getting Cricky with K Andrew's summer fun challenge, too.

(All the colors look a little 'dull' in the pic.  They are much better IRL!)
~DCWV summer words paper
~Coredinations and Paper Studio cardstock
~DCWV Tahiti Beach for the flags
~glossy accents to look like water droplets
~Sybil Green font for 'splash' cut and shadowed in MTC  **I noticed how much the asterisk looked like a water drop, so added a few for accents

Thanks for looking!!!

'Christmas in July' card

Still working at my Christmas cards!   This week was quite easy to be inspired.  A couple of challenges want Christmas cards and the sketch from another fit this theme well.  I was pleased with this card and might even 'mass produce' this one for this year.

Mojo Monday 198 ~ follow sketch 

jingle belles ~ starts or stripes forever

Celebrate the Occasion ~ "Christmas in July (no red)"!!! * *now when I even hear the word Christmas, I see red - no, I don't get mad, I really see the color because to me Christmas is red & green, so this was a bit out of the norm for me, but I was able to do it. :D  They are having a DT call so head over there if you are interested in that, too!

Thank you, jingle belles, for picking this as a shining star this week!!!!!

What I did...

~Kraft paper A2 card

~Christmas paper from my stash

~computer generated sentiment cut with 2" round punch

~2 1/4" scallop punch

~star cut in MTC

~yellow strip embossed with Swiss Dots

~ribbon from my stash

Thanks for looking!!!!