Hello Kitty tote

On the Cricut message boards I recently came across the idea of using the Cricut and freezer paper to make tshirts. I expanded on this idea and decided to make a canvas tote using this technique. You simple put freezer paper on your cutting mat shiny side up. You use the negative space and iron it onto your shirt or bag or any type of fabric. You make sure it's sealed all the way around your image and then paint the image in. I used acrlyic paint and fabric medium. Then I added ribbon along the top.

I found this super cute black and white wrapping paper at Hobby Lobby. Paired with the cute pink bows I couldn't resist adding Hello Kitty tags. They were cut at 3" and embossed using my Cuttlebug.

Hello Kitty bday

My daughters 13th birthday is tomorrow and since it's cool to like Hello Kitty even though you are a teenager she decided to go with that as her theme. Of course that fact that I have the HK cartridge helped influence her a little bit too. LOL. After deciding on her theme I got busy crafting. Here is her table decoration.

Teacher bouquet

I made this teacher bouquet using my Cricut and the Locker Talk cartridge. I just made my cuts in varying sizes and attached to barbecue skewers. Place styrofoam in the bottom of a flower pot and stick in. Cover the styrofoam with shredded paper.

Smarties

Here is the smartie jar I made for Grayson's teachers. The card that goes with this says "Thanks for making me such a "smartie".

Catch up

Whoo I'm not doing very good with keeping this updated regularly but I guess it's better late then never. With the end of the school soon approaching I've been working on making end of the year teacher gifts. Here are the giant candy bars I made for each of the teachers. Really simple to do just make a sleeve the same size of the candy bar wrapper and decorate.

Prom mini album

So my son is going to his first prom this year. I think I'm more excited about it then he is. LOL. His girlfriend is a total sweetheart so I wanted to make her something special to remember the occasion. This is going to be a little surprise for her and I hope she will like it as much as I do. Their prom this year has a masquerade theme to it so I used feathers to go along with that idea. This was the first time I've ever used feathers in my scrapbooking but they where a lot of fun and something I'm sure I'll use again. I went the black and cream for a sophisticated look and tried to incorporate some orange too as that is the color of her dress. The album it self is a 6x6 acrylic album. I used the Cricut Storybook cartridge for the titles. I also used a lot of stickles, ribbon, stitching, primas and feathers. I do plan to add a little something else to the cover between the words "Prom" and "2009" just not sure yet what it will be.