I don’t know about you all, but I just love Halloween. We’re not one of those families that go all out and decorate our house for Halloween or throw Halloween parties, but we enjoy taking the kids out trick or Treating, and I enjoy creating all sorts of nifty Halloween projects. We’ve got a whole …
Category Archives: Projects by Occasion / Theme
Halloween Themed Decorated Lunch Bag, Featuring Gorjuss Girl Image & The Paper Tole Technique
I love stamping, and I love coloring. Sometimes though, you just don’t have time for either. In this case, I wanted to feature some of the Beautiful Artwork of Suzanne Woolcott who does the Beautiful Gorjuss Girl Stamps. While it is not always easy for me to get ahold of her stamps (shipping from …
Silhouette Cauldron Card
Today’s card perfectly highlights the wonderful versatility of the Silhouette machine! For this card, I purchased and imported this adorable graphic from the Lettering Delights Spooky Soiree set. Using the Print and Cut features of the Silhouette Studio Software, I was able to make layers for my image and then create a welded …
Happy Harvest Pumpkin Basket on the Silhouette
The weather is definitely cooling off, and today’s project is meant to celebrate the change of the seasons. I love this little rustic basket, and the 3-D pumpkins which inhabit it! Of course, my trusty Silhouette was part of my project lol. I simply can’t get enough of this machine, and I know that when …
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Club 52 Week 2 Techniques and the Winners of the Club 52 Give-away!
Wow! Thank you so much to all of you who entered the Club 52 Technique Club Give-away! At the end of this post I will be announcing the 5 lucky winners! Before that though, I wanted to give you a quick peek of the Week 2 technique released last Friday – which I call the Blended …
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Lunchbox Love Notes
Every year the older kids struggle with having to go back to school. While they are excited to see their friends, they’re not so happy to leave behind the fun and freedom of summer. For them – and I’m sure just about every child out there – school days, while jam-packed with activities, can seem …
Keeping Track of Children’s Backpacks with Backpack Tags
It was back to school again for my three older children today. I decided this year to create some backpack tags for ALL my children, to attach to their backpacks. Last year I created some for the youngest children, and found it was wonderful for helping them find their backpacks in the huge pile that would inevitably …
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Strawberry Box
Well we are finally back!! CHA was a blast! there are so many fun new lines and products coming out. It was amazing to see all the vendors together, and all the samples which were displayed. There were papers of all colors and patterns, new die releases, new products for trying out new techniques, and …
Pop-up Fruit Drink Card
Today’s card is a cute little pop-up card. I originally designed this half cylinder pop-up about a year ago for an online class. The original one that I did was a pop-up princess in a tower. This time I wanted to alter it to be a fruit drink on a sandy beach. The card is …
Pool Party Invite
I wanted to create some cool invites using one of the newer cartridges called Pack Your Bags. I love the images on this Cricut Cartridge, they are perfect for both summer and vacationing! This card uses the image found on page 55. This cute coconut drink is the perfect image to conjure up visions of …