Hair barrette flower card.

I forgot to take a picture, but you fold down the second side to the opposite side.  Same thing, other side.  Got it?

I used fabric this time.  I cut it with my cricut!  I used one of the shapes from Accent Essentials.  Worked like a charm. 

You just hot glue the fabric covered brad into the center of the flower.

Then you flip the flower over, take a small piece of felt cut two strips in it, open your barrette and push the bigger side into the strips.  Hot glue the clip in place.  Close the clip and move the petals to cover the clip. 

I choose coordinating papers.  Used my i-rock to adhere the i-pearls and i-bling (not sure what those are really called, but they are all up in the craft room and I am blogging from my bed... so LAZY comes to mind.) 

I cut out a square, then cut off the corners so it stays hidden under the flower.  I cut out two slits in the paper so the clip just slides into it.  This holds the flower in place but also allows the recipient to remove it and put it in their hair.

I picture of the bling.  That is ribbon they are on.

I am entering this into the cricut circle blog magazine challenge.  Wish me luck!  :)

Remember this

So today's challenge at FCCB was a little bit of an emotional one!  It is Remember this and we were challenged to remember a person, time or anniversary.  Well I guess I could have chosen to remember the Disneyland trip, or our time in Washington DC, or Legoland.  But I decided to remember something a LOT better.  My Grandpa.  He was a FANTASTIC man.  I remember a lot more than I had room for on this one little project. 

Here is a list of stuff that didn't make it onto the project.  NOT because of importance, more because of the lack of tie-tacks for the occasion!

1.  He loved his wife more than anything and we all knew it.
2.  He loved his kids and grand kids a very close second.  :)
3.  Hugs and kisses kept him alive 80+ years.  He would tell me as I hugged him that this is what is worth living for.
4.  He was a do-er.  He loved to fix stuff that he noticed was broken, no matter where he was.  Even at the hospital when he had Dr.  appts he fixed the sink!  I remember him in his mid 70's walking through his neighborhood picking up trash and fixing sprinklers. 
5.  He was a TON of fun.  He had 4-wheelers and we would always want to ride with him because he was "crazy"  Silly guy hurt himself a couple of times... He went off a curb on a bike in his I think 70's and hurt his back. 
6.  He collected antique tools and catalogued them so we would know all about them too.
7.  He loved to work on a miniature train set and it is GORGEOUS.
8.  He loved his mom and was a really great son.  (I remember him being so thoughtful and patient as he watched his mother age and then pass on)
9.  He could always make you feel at ease with his smile and warmth of personality.  He wasn't the loudest guy, but he made everyone feel loved.
10.  He and my Grandma were great examples of what a marriage can be.   They would bicker all the time and sometimes they would argue about the same thing and really they were agreeing, but nobody would know it but them.  But they LOVED each other so much that at the end of the argument they would laugh at each other and themselves. 
11.  I remember him saying that you are only as old as you feel.  And then later he said "I remember when jumping in the shower meant getting into the shower quickly.  Now it is more of an idea. lol . Then I remember him saying that he takes his morning pills to keep him alive until the evening and his evening pills to keep him alive until the morning.   :)
12.  He had a great sense of humor as does my Grandma check out this picture:

This was their Christmas card one year.  How awesome is that! :)

Ok, I know I could go on for a REALLY long time talking about my wonderful Grandpa.  He really was a FANTASTIC man.  But I will get on to the project now.

All the little embellishments are his tie-tacks.  My grandma said I could have them, so I decided to make them into a remembrance book, and now I have finally started!  I have soo many more.  He got a lot of them from donations he had made throughout the years.  The one on a chain is a Boy Scout of America symbol.  That is a program he loved!  All the flags show how much he loved his country and are from donations to different organizations.  The little gold on  says USA and the olympic sign.  The shotgun shell was from his funeral, he was a veteran and got a salute in honor of his service to his country.  He LOVED airplanes and had his pilots license and took would take us on plane rides.  (I told you he was fun!)  That little airplane was one of his tie-tacks.  He also had a saw tie-tack, but my hubby claimed that one!  The circle with a bird on it was from the Christopher Reeves foundation.  In 1999 my cousin was in a car accident and was paralyzed from the neck down.  In fact I remember hearing that she broke it in the same place as Christopher Reeves.  She is amazing, but anyway he then donated (as far as I know) every year to that cause as well. 

  The pictures are of he and my Grandma at his 80th Birthday and my two oldest that last time they saw him.  We love him so much and miss him a lot.  I believe this life is not the end and that we can and will see him again.  But that doesn't mean we don't miss him!  :) 

P.S.  I hate my handwriting, but thought it would be better if this particular project were a little more personal.

Cricut craftiest mom contest!

Ok all you wonderful followers of mine.  (and non followers too!)  I entered the cricut contest on Facebook.  So go here and vote for me.  I entered my Spring blocks.    You know my Mother's Day present to my Mom.   Here is what they look like in case you get lost on the contest board.  (I linked right to it.  But just in case...)

Ok so that link should take you right to it.  Vote for me and leave a comment telling me you did and I will have a suprise giveaway at the end of the week for voting. (June 1st is the day I will announce the winner)   You can go vote everyday on FB and comment for more chances to win a REALLY great suprise!  (I promise you won't even be a little dissapointed!!!) 

triangle, rectangle, green, blue, airplanes and denim...

I made this sweet little triangle box with a rectangle window... Now that I think about it, it would have fit the theme and the shoes would have fit in the box better if I had made it a rectangle box with a triangle window...

 But I didn't.

 I think it is fun to be a little bit different anyway.  HA I think outside (the normal shaped) box.  :)  So in case you are wondering what on Earth I am talking about (which if I were you, I would be)  FCCB challenge is to make project using a rectangle and a triangle.  I actually had kind of a hard time deciding what to do.  Then I remembered that my friend was having a baby shower on Saturday, so I thought I would make her these:

I thought they came out great!  I love that the plane is all frayed.  It looks boyish right?  Sometimes I have a hard time telling if it is boyish or not.  (Problem for a lady with 4 girls!)  Anyway I think they are cute.  And they fit in this:

My cute box that I made.  I used TBB&M and new arrival.  I also used a MS punch and some recycled plastic from the cricut cartridges I buy.  I put stickers on the window to spell baby.

 I used my cricut to cut fray the denim and I really like it!  I think if I had a little boy I would totally have him wear these. 

Like daily.  

They are soft and cozy and they came in a matching BOX for goodness sake! tehehe  I hope my friend likes them too!   They are made from fleece and the sole is wool felt.  It was so fun to use green, BLUE, airplanes and denim.

Scripture bag or reusable lunch bag

Believe it or not this cute bag:

Used to be this placemat!

I took it and folded it in half lengthwise (like a hot dog bun, not a hamburger ;)  then stitched up the side and bottom.  It was such an easy bag to make.   The hardest part was the flower, and it is SOOOO easy to make.  It is more like oragami than sewing.  

I only used one placemat and 4 recycled buttons.  This fits The King James version of the bible and the triple combination (BOM, D&C Pearl of Great Price)  But I was thinking it would be a really cute reuseable lunch bag for a little girl. (OR a big one.  This is soo cute!)

Here's another picture for you!

Thanks for looking!  :)  I was thinking of adding my DD initials cut with the cricut.  I think that would look ADORABLE.  But since I made this for a Church activity (it is a sample of what we will be making) I thought I shouldn't make it personalized... :)  Let me know what you think!  I LOVE comments!

Popcorn box

 My friend called and asked me if I had a pregnant lady cut on my cricut.  I told her yes and then this was born.

 I would love to take credit for the idea but she found it on another blog (sorry I don't know which one, if it is yours let me know and I will give due credit!) and wanted to recreate it for another of our friends baby shower.  They turned out way cute and she filled it with yummy popcorn!  mmmmm white chocolate popcorn...  (I am sooo easily distracted! tehehe)

We used tags bags boxes and more for the popcorn box and New arrival for the preggo lady and a punch for the tag.  And a bit of ribbon.

cupcake for my pink stamper.

Actually it is a card I made this morning for my friends baby shower... So I made it work for the challenge too!  So here it is! I don't usually do cards and now I know why most people do! They go together so quickly! And it is rather fun!

The inside says congratulations on your new little cupcake!  :)