Believe In The Magic

I made this wall hanging using the Cricut cart Out of Character, Craft Room Basics image set and Cricut Craft Room.. It's such a fun and funky cart! There are 4 different fonts and none of the letters match! It was fun finding the right combination of letters to create this project.

But, you may notice that your Out of Character doesn't have the same letters as mine. Why? Because I used CCR to weld some of the letters together to "create" a new letter or took some of the letters and flipped them to create the look I wanted.

Here's the breakdown:

B. . .font 3 plus the "L" is flipped, smushed and welded to the "B"
e. . .font 4
l. . .font 4 with a parenthesis welded to make it thicker
i. . . .font 4 with the flower dot hidden and a regular dot used
e. . . font 2
v. . .font 2 with the inner cut hidden
e. . .font 4

i. . .it's actually the exclamation point from font 1, flipped
n. . .it's the "u" from font 4, flipped

t. . .font 2
h. . .it's the "y" from font 3, flipped
e. . .font 3

M. . .font 3
a. . .font 3
g. . .font 3
i. . .another exclamation point, this one from font 2, flipped
c. . .font 1

I cut the scallop rectangle and circle from Craft Room Basics, The Santa image is from a clipart CD. I used an old necklace to hang the the scalloped rectangle and to dangle the scallop circle. The little bit of sparkle you see is from Mod Podge Dimensional Magic that I used to cover little white star shapes that were part of the paper design.

What Cricut images have you used differently from the way they were designed?

Magnet Board

While in Pigeon Forge, my daughter came back from a shopping trip with this magnet board! How perfect is it for a Cricut lover? It's pink and green and white and already had the ribbon attached. All I did was use my Cricut and the Cricut Font to cut my name in vinyl. I applied the shadow for my name in white and my name in pink. Of course, it needed a few magnets. . .so I made some! Now I have a place to hang ideas or cards that I receive or even important notes.

Santa's Magic Key

Welcome to the Sophie Cartridge Blog Hop hosted by Michele. We wanted to share some of the really nice images from the Sophie cart. If you just happened upon my blog and want to start at the beginning of the hop, go to Michele's blog. If you're already hopping along, you should have arrived here from Liz's Bog.

My project for the hop is. . . a Santa's Magic Key hanging. In case you don't know, there is a legend that Santa's magic can make an ordinary key open your door. This is great for children who live in homes without a chimney. But, it also works for children who do have a chimney but want to make it easier for Santa to get into their house with all those presents!

{you can click on the photo to make it a little larger}

I first searched for Santa Magic Key poems and when I couldn't find one I liked, I took the parts I did like and added some to create my own version. I printed it on ivory cardstock and cut it out using the frame background and CCR. I printed the image off center so I could hang the key and not block the words. Here's the poem I used. You can use it too, or make your own.

Santa's

Magic Key

It's the night before Christmas and we're excited as can be!

We're leaving this key

so you won't have to squeeze down the chimney.

Your magic makes the key fit right

and you can come in the door tonight.

Thank you Santa, for the presents you will leave by the tree,

And don't forget. . . the milk and cookies are on me!

I then cut the frame and glued it to the wording. I cut the key 5 times, 3 in gold cardstock and 2 in gold glitter cardstock (flipping the key image to get a front and back). I glued all those layers together and tied a ribbon. To hang the key, I punched a hole for a brad and when closing the brad, I left a little room between the brad head and the paper. That gave me enough space to slip the ribbon on and off the brad.

I then hid the interior lines of the frame in CCR and cut another frame in red. This one, I glued to the back.

I hope you like my Santa's Magic Key project and thanks for visiting my blog! Your next stop on the hop is Megan. Before you go, if you would like a chance to win this project, become a follower of my blog and leave me a comment stating you want a chance to win. I will randomly choose one person and send Santa's Magic Key to them!

Christmas is Coming!

Since the wreath that hangs over our mantel at Christmas time has seen better days, I decided to replace it with a  frame. I used glittered paper and what was suppose to be a window decal of Santa inside the frame and vinyl lettering outside the frame. I can't wait to hang it with the stockings and garland on the fireplace!

{And, I see I need to straighten the word Magic before it goes up! Note to self~buy some CLEAR transfer tape!}

Here's a "corrected" project photo. It looks so much better with the word Magic straight!  :)

Paper Cubes

If you just happened to visit my blog and want to start at the beginning of the hop, go to Kristen's blog  http://fantabulouslypink.blogspot.com/

My project for the Fall Blog hop is a set of decorative, paper cubes that spell F*A*L*L.

They are super easy to make and can be changed to fit any theme or decor. I used Design Studio and George and Basic Shapes cart to create the cube. (Then, I was looking for a cut on the Tags, Bags, Boxes and More cart and saw a square box there that would probably work too.)  File available at the end of this post.


Once you cut the box, it will look like this:

Then I take scissors and clip the corners of the tabs that will go inside the box. I find it's easier to hand snip them than to make sure small triangles line up on those edges in Design Studio and then you have to peel those small pieces off the mat!

And, then your box looks like this:

The file has scorelines, so fold those to make it easier to place the background paper. Apply adhesive to the side tab and join it to the opposite side of the box.

Close your box and decorate. If you are going to fill the box, glue the bottom so it will stay closed. Otherwise, leave it unglued and you can store your box flat until next use.

I think I will make a set that spells Merry Christmas. What will your cubes spell? Become a follower of my blog and leave a comment on this post for a chance to win the Christmas Cards Seasonal cart! I"ll randomly pick a winner on Wed, September 7.



Your next stop on the Fall Blog Hop is Paper Memories  http://papermemories4u.blogspot.com/ . Thanks for hopping by!

Grandmother's Garden

Here is the gift I made for my MIL for Mother's Day using the paper rosettes. The three children shown are mine and the blank ones are for her other grandchildren. I let their mothers pick out the photos and didn't take a picture of the totally finished project. The fence box was created in Design Studio using the Wrap It Up cart. The Grandmother's Garden sign is from Pooh and Friends.