I have been working on some items for my little one’s craft fair at her school. When you live in a small town, the schools tend to be small. In our case, there are 30 students K-5! It is considered a one-room school house and the only one in California! The Mom’s all try to raise money for various field trips to get off the mountain and for technology for the classrooms.
This wreath is so simple to make and it took me a few hours one night.
You will need a foam wreath form, four fat-quarters of fabric, a pencil and some glue.
Start by cutting the fat-quarters into 3″x3″ squares. I used pinking shears to make the edges cute.
Then using your pencil (or other sharp object) punch a hole into the Styrofoam. Drip a bit of glue into the hole. Using the eraser side of the pencil, place it in the center of your square twist it a bit to wrap the fabric around the pencil then push it into the hole. I kept rotating the colors around the wreath form until it was filled.
For the back, I used a few remaining squares and glued them around the ring to hide the Styrofoam.
I used a few push pins and attached a ribbon to hang the wreath.
Since it is December 1st and the countdown to Christmas has already started in my home. I am sharing an advent calendar with you!
Cut out 24 cone shaped boxes, I used my Silhouette. You can use your Cricut with a similar design or if you don’t have a cutting system, use scissors to cut out a cone shape (like a birthday hat). I liked the way that these laid against the wall. Fold and assemble the boxes.
Number your boxes 1 – 24. If you would like the gsd files for the Silhouette for my numbers send me an e-mail and I will forward them to you.
Punch holes in the sides to thread your ribbon through. I decided to separate them into two sections as I didn’t have a wall space to hang numbers 1 -24.
Now for the fun part….EMBELLISH and then fill with goodies! I like to do some big gifts throughout the 24 days so put a little note in that one and then I have a gift wrapped to give my little one!
Hope this gives you inspiration for your advent calendar!
It’s December 1st…the beginning of my Twelve Days of Christmas Online Workshop and the end of my Blog Candy Giveaway!
Here is everyone that entered…
And the winner is………….
V Dare!!!! Congrats! Send me your address and I will get the $25 digital download card in the mail to you.
Thanks everyone for playing along!
I love stamping and have a huge collection in my craft room. I have recently been introduced to Digital Stamps and love to color and cut them out to use on layouts and cards. My husband likes it too because they don’t take up any room!
Some of my favorite places to get digital stamps are:
I love stamping but cutting the images out is so time consuming….so if you have a Silhouette you can use the machine to cut it out for you! How cool is that!
Hope you enjoy this weeks tutorial! If you have any questions please feel free to ask!
Have a wonderful weekend!
I just love these photos from our last visit to my parent’s house. It was a beautiful sunny day perfect for ice cream!
Pattern Paper: Making Memories “Just Chillin”, Cardstock: Close To My Heart, Ribbon: Target Dollar Bin, Brads: Close To My Heart, Font: Close To My Heart Hippo, Ink: Close To My Heart, Die Cut Patterns: Silhouette SD
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Today I have TWO Silhouette tutorials for you. I was a little ahead of myself this week and had time for one more!
This first one is welding words together. While some fonts require you to piece each letter on your page, some more script-like fonts allow you to weld the letters together.
The second one is how to create a mat for your titles. This allows your title to pop off the page a bit more and create a shadow behind it.
Happy Friday!!
I am in love with this paper pack from Close To My Heart. It is called “Grace.”
The colors are great for fall and the flowers have a retro feel to them.
I thought it would go perfectly with sepia colored photos of my daughter with lots of distressing.
I used a sketch from a wonderful artist, Allison Cope. Her blog called So Sketchy! and she has a great variety of sketches for all types of scrapbookers and cardmakers.
Close To My Heart: Grace Level 2 Paper Pack, Basic Craft Buttons, Crystal Blue Waxy Flax, Priceless Love My Acrylix Stamp Set, Delightful Things My Acrylix Stamp Set, Foundry Bookplates, Cocoa Ink Pad, Colonial White Ribbon Rounds, Brads Metal Assortment
Quickutz Silhouette Designs:
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Imaginisce had their design team try-outs and I decided to send in my application. I love their products from the I-Top Brad Maker to their paper and embellishments.
Here is what I designed for their try-outs, wish me luck!
This is a Petri dish that my sister gave me to see what I could make out of it. I thought this mini album turned out pretty cute!
**Items used:
CTMH: Tulip, White Daisy and Desert Sand Cardstock, Juniper Grosgrain Ribbon, Tulip and White Daisy Ink, Desert Sand Embroidery Floss, For Every Occasion My Acrylics Stamp Set
Quickutz Silhouette SD Designs: Scallop Border Large, tree_C20090907233012_18443, Scallop Border Tiny
Imaginisce: Twitterpated Bumble Brads, Hey Foxy, Mushroom Fancy and Collorfall Paper, Twitter Talk Rub-ons, I-Top Brad Maker
I love my Silhouette! I use it on a daily basis and learn more and more about it’s capabilities every day. Since November is Thanksgiving…I wanted to thank you for reading my blog. I am giving a gift card for $25 worth of Quickutz Silhouette Downloads. All you have to do is leave a comment on this post and then post about my giveaway on your blog. You will have until midnight November 30th (PST) and I will pick a winner on December 1st! Check back as I will be adding more items to this blog candy and how to earn additional entries.
GOOD LUCK!!!
I just received this e-mail today from QuicKutz. It is more information on the new company name for the Silhouette Product.
Sounds like this is a change for the better!
I can’t wait to see what Silhouette America will do will do with the Silhouette!
We’ve recently made some big changes with the Silhouette product line that you will be excited about. As you may know Silhouette has always been a brand of QuicKutz, Inc. and has been part of the QuicKutz family of die cutting products. Recently, however, we’ve formed a completely new company for the Silhouette product line called Silhouette America, Inc. This initiative was made with the intention of enabling both QuicKutz and Silhouette to sharpen their focus on two similar products that are growing in very different ways. We fully expect to maintain the same quality of service you’ve received in the past with both companies moving forward and you, as customers, will still interact with the same customer support you’ve grown to know and love. The only major change that you should notice moving forward is that we now have a new phone number and customer support email address.
(800) 859-8243
support@silhouetteamerica.com
With this new ability to focus exclusively on the Silhouette product line, we anticipate being able to improving the number and quality of products we offer as well as the service we provide to you. That means if you have a subscription to the Silhouette Online Store it will continue to be honored and we’ll continue to provide new designs on a regular basis. In fact, if you don’t have a subscription there’s never been a better time to subscribe than now. Take a look at some of the popular new designs this week.
Thank you for your continued support throughout this transition. We look forward to working with you in the future. Feel free to contact us with any concerns or questions you may have.
