Ikea Project #7 - Stackable Mini Storage Boxes

 IKEA Project #7 - Stackable Mini Storage Boxes

 

These were the cutest little stackable storage containers. They come in a 3 pack in 2 different sets of colors. One is Pink/Yellow/White and Blue/Green/White.

These would be perfect for your kids art supplies.

I am using them in my office so I decided to put inspiring words on the front of each one. (if you were making them for your kids you could put there names on the front of each container.)

Supplies:

• Cutting Machine
• Vinyl (I used black)
• Design Cartridge or design on the web. (I used Cricut's Home Accents)

Happy Friday!!!

Carrie

IKEA Project #6: Fruity Funnel's

IKEA Project #6 - Fruity Funnel's

Supplies:

• Cricut
• Home Accents Cartridge
• Black Vinyl

I chose the pear and apple design. I set my cricut at 1 1/2" height and cut 5 of each design. Then like any other vinyl project, applied the fruit neat the rim of the funnels.

This was a fun and easy project.


Carrie

Adding a SPLASH of COLOR to your Kitchen!!

Me and my hubby live in a rental so we are limited on what we can do to decor wise. We cannot paint walls or upgrade things. My boring little kitchen needed a little color and me in it. I love the color orange and I love pigs. So I grabbed my knife wood block and a wood pig plaque my mom gave me.
Both needed a little TLC and pizazz. I decided to paint them a pumpkin orange. I had a small tester bottle of the exact orange that I wanted to use. I purchase this at walmart for a couple dollars. these are kind of nice for smaller jobs and the lid has an attached brush. bonus. If you are interested in the color it is a better homes and garden brand, item # BHG418 Mango Mania. I painted the whole knife block except the bottom and the pig I only painted the top and sides. note: when painting the wood block, to keep the metal plaque on the front from getting painted I covered it with masking tape.

Once the orange paint was dry, I applied 1 coat of clear sealant and let dry for a couple hours.

Now I pulled my cricut and my "make the cut" design system out and cut out 2 "H"s and 3 fun frames to surround the H's for the wood block and then I cut out the saying "Never Trust a Skinny Cook" all using black vinyl. Vinyl has become such a popular and stylish way to add a bit of you to walls and decor. when I got my decals where I wanted them I just used a credit card to rub over the tops of them to help them stay on. and there you have it. 

Hope you enjoyed this project!!

Carrrie

Ikea Project #4 - Desktop Workspace

Project #4 I used a clear desk pad from IKEA

Supplies:

• IKEA clear desk pad (http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/66703500/)
• wrapping paper
• scissors
• vinyl
• Cricut, Silhouette or any other cutting machine
• temporary adhesive spray

the first step is to lay your wrapping paper onto your desk top (design face up). Spray the temporary adhesive spray on the back side of the desk pad and then slowly apply the desk pad sticky side down onto the top of your wrapping paper. Now take your scissors and trim off the excess wrapping paper around the edges of the pad.  

To decorate the top of my pad I wanted my blog name and a horizontal & vertical ruler. Making projects quicker and easy. (no more looking for a ruler). I designed a 24 inch ruler & 12 inch ruler using inkscape, saving it in a sag file then using my Make the Cut program cut the rulers out of vinyl. Same thing my blog name. (if you want a copy of the ruler design let me know). Once the designs we're cut out. I applied them to the top of my work pad and ta-da. I was very happy with the end results on this one.

Carrie

DIY Mickey Head Embossing Folder

I recently purchased my first Big Shot for the sole purpose of adding a little more texture to my projects. I need TEXTURE and one way is embossing the paper with patterns. I received 2 embossing folders with my bundle. But hey if you knew me you would know 2 folders is not going to be enough for me, but at the same time paying the high prices on these folders isn't me either. So after doing some research on possibilities of making some folders on my own. I created a mickey head design, cut it out and mounted it. I think it is a good first try. I am going to keep fiddling with these and fill my folder box. 

To make these I used my cricut, cardboard from an oreo box, glue and tape to keep the 2 sides together. 

 Happy Embossing!!

Linky Parties

Table Top Tuesday

Make the Scene Monday

Metamorphosis Monday 

Masterpiece Monday

Monday Funday 

A Round Tuit 

Motivate Me Monday

Transformed Tuesdays

Monday Link Party

Free Winnie the Pooh SVG

This week my free SVG is Winnie the Pooh dressed up as the Easter Bunny.
This is a design I drew then broke into pieces for you to use.

click here for svg file

If you do download file, come back and let me know how it goes.

Happy Cutting!

Linky Parties

Personalize your journal with your cricut

I wanted to personalize a journal for my hubby.

 So I grabbed my cricut and cartridges and formed a plan.

Items you will need:

• Cricut machine
• Cartridge ( I used Superman)
• Journal (this was a 9 3/4 x 7 1/2 composition book)
• mod podge

Find the designs you want to use, cut them out, assemble them, 

place onto the journal with glue and then seal it all up with mod podge.

 easy peasy.

Happy Cutting!!

Halloween Silhouette Wall Decor

I know, I know. Halloween is officially over but I thought I would

 sneak this in there for any of our followers for next year. 

We made these last year to go over our piano. 

I used the cricut cartridge: Happy Hauntings 

I picked 5 different Halloween characters and then added our name in spooky text.

My nephew Colton was a ghost

My niece Hannah was a cat

My sister Janel was a witch

Mine was the bride of frankenstein 

My husband Aaron was of course Frankenstein

Just another fun and easy project with cricut and imagination!!

Masquerade Party Mask Invitations

Today I am going to share some photos of my newest invitation I recently made. They turned out so dang cute. So start off with a basic mask shape and cut it out.

Once I had the base mask, I then traced it onto a piece of copy paper.

Now because I wanted to make sure they fit the envelopes I have for them. I took measurements and then drew a box around the mask so that I would know how much room I had to work with.

Here is the fun part, the design. I first drew it out in pencil. Then when I was happy with the design I drew it in with a black marker.

Once the drawing was complete I created a die cut for it and started cutting them out. This mask had 2 layers of color. the first layer (which was done in lavender) was laid onto the base mask.

Then the 2nd layer (which was done in a dark purple) was layered on next.

Now you can go crazy or keep it simple. I took gold glitter glue around the eyes. (i know it’s hard to see this step), then added bronzed mica fragments over the right eye (this is made by stampendous) and last but not least added two rhinestones, one on each side.

Ok it wouldn’t be a real invite without a place to put all your info. So I cut out yet another piece which mirrored the base mask but bigger.

Glue your mask onto the white piece and fold over. You can now add your info to the inside.

Here is a shot of the final invitation. Isn’t it just lovely. I have had so much fun working on this one.