Die Cuttin Divas Christmas Carol Inspired Challenge

Christmas is certainly in the air right now. We hear Christmas music everywhere. Jingle Bells, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, etc. But my favorites are the Carols about the true meaning of Christmas, Christ!

So, for this weeks challenge at Die Cuttin' Divas - Christmas Carol Inspired - I chose one of my favorite Carols, "Away In A Manger"

For my project I created a little shadowbox of Jesus in the manger.

The sweet little 3D Jesus is a Snapdragon Snippets file over at Sillhouette Studio. It is design #52508 

The hay is raffia spread on the bottom of the shadowbox.

                                       

I designed the sentiment in Silhouette Design Studio and cut it out of cream colored vinyl. I placed it on the outside of the glass.

Supplies used: shadowbox - Michaels; cardstock - 2 shades of brown, 2 shades of cream, peach, 2 shades of blue; patterned paper - Basecoat Christmas Collection by Kaisercraft, Alpine Frost by SEI; Raffie; Cream Colored Vinyl.

Now pop on over to Die Cuttin' Divas and see all the fabulous inspiration the rest of the design team has come up with.

Hope to see you playing along with us!!!!

Die Cuttin' Divas Halloween Project Challenge

I had a wonderful time Saturday evening at my annual Halloween party!!!

I used the letter "P", from our last name, as my theme for this year. I was dressed as A Pink Lady from Grease and my husband was a Proctologist (Hehehe).
We served a Deadly Pumpkin Martini and a Poison Carmel Apple Martini as our drinks. We played a couple games, enjoyed munching on some great food and all around had a great time with our friends and family!!!

This week over at Die Cuttin' Divas we are looking forward to Halloween on Friday and asking you to create a Halloween Project.

Our sponsor for this weeks challenge is Cricut Vinyl Supplies and you have a chance to win a $10-20 store credit!!!

For my project I decided to use some vinyl, a shadowbox frame and scrapbook paper to create a wall decor item for my home. I found this phrase at the Silhouette Store and knew it was for me as Halloween is my favorite holiday.

It is design # 67172 - we really love Halloween. 

Supplies used:  shadowbox frame - Michaels; vinyl in black and orange glitter; scrapbook paper - My Minds Eye; Pop Dots; Silhouette Studio cut file

Now pop on over to Die Cuttin' Divas and see all the fabulous inspiration the rest of the design team has come up with.

Hope to see you playing along with us!!!!

Wine Shadowbox

I wanted to share a shadowbox I made for a dear friend of mine.

Along with coffee time at Starbucks, we also enjoy sharing a glass (or two) of wine together in the evening. We sit on her back deck, enjoy the scenery, cool breeze, and great conversation.

I purchased the shadowbox at Hobby Lobby on sale for 50% off, can't beat that!

I have a huge collection of corks that I have saved (not all the bottles were enjoyed by me), friends have donated to my collection also.

The cut files are both from Silhouette Studio. 

The phrase on the front of the box is #62603, best wines drink with friends.

The wine glasses inside were cut with file #62780, wine glass by Snapdragon Snippets.

My girlfriend was thrilled and I had a great time making it!!!!

Bride of Frankenstein Shadowbox

OK... I pretty much cased this project I found in one of my Cricut magazines. I thought it was so fun and wanted to put it in my guest bathroom. Of course I added many of my own touches, cuts, paper, etc.

I created it using an 8X10 shadowbox purchased at Michaels. I used both my Cricut and my Cameo cutting machines.

I used a ton of Pop Dots on the project for several layers of dimension, sometimes using three Pop Dots on top of each other to really raise it up.

The window frame is a Memory Box die, the curtains were cut freehand, the chandelier, candelabra  and spiderweb were cut with the Chic and Scary Cricut cartridge, the Bride of Frankensteins head and the bath tubs claws were cut with Happy Hauntings, the towel was cut with Paper Doll Dress Up, The potion bottles were cut with Frightful Affair and the bath tub, the bubbles and her legs were cut using a Silhouette Studio cut file.

For her curlers I cut small strips of black and pink paper, rolled them up and glued them to her hair.

Supplies used: card stock - white, vanilla, tan, 2 shades of green, purple, yellow,orange, pink, red, gray, black; patterned papers - Echo Park and Little Yellow Bicycle; Window Memory Box Die; Chic and Scary, Happy Hauntings, Frightful Affair, Paper Doll Dress Up Cricut cartridges; Silhouette Studio cut files; Orange Stickles, brads - Making Memories; clear Skittles; ribbon - my stash; Pop Dots; 8 X 10 shadowbox - Michaels

Have a fabulous day!!

Halloween Printers Tray Shadow Box / UnBOOlievable Blog Hop

Hi everyone and welcome to the "UnBOOlievable" Blog Hop!

If you have arrived at my blog from Connie's blog Connie Can Crop you are at the right place, but if you just happened upon my blog you'll want to start at the beginning at Lisa's blog HoneyBearz Designs.

Halloween is my absolute favorite holiday! I just think it is so much fun. I love decorating for Halloween and pretty much transform most of my house into a spooky setting. I love coming up with new decor items each year. 

For my project I decided to make a new decoration for my home by creating a shadowbox printers tray. The shadowbox itself is a 3 part cut file from Silhouette Studio which I cut out with my Cameo. For the background I used papers from the Black Widow collection by We R Memory Keepers.

I decorated each box with many elements and I used the drippy goo edge punch by Martha Stewart to put across the front of each box.

For the following two boxes I used a scary tree cut from Silhouette Studio, a bat button by Little Yellow Bicycle, a haunted house button from Michaels, a mouse cut from the Happy Hauntings Cricut cartridge and a chandelier sticker from Black Widow coll. by We R Memory Keepers, moss, lichen and cotton batting.

For the next boxes I used another sticker from Black Widow by We R Memory Keepers, more buttons from Michaels, moss and lichen.

The following box has a Dollar Store skeleton and a chipboard bat by Cosmo Cricket, moss and lichen.

For this last box I cut gravestones both from Silhouette Studio cut files and Cricut Happy Hauntings cartridge. The hand was cut from Happy Hauntings. The spider web and spiders are stickers by JoLee's. Moss on the bottom again.

I have a little blog candy you can have a chance to win.

All you need to do is:
1. Be a follower of my blog.
2. Leave me a comment and let me know your favorite holiday.

Now you are off to Janea's blog Recollection Alley .

Here is the full line up in case you get lost:


1. Lisa - http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/ 
2. Dena - http://missdjones.blogspot.com/ 
3. Ashley - http://thebloghopprincess.blogspot.com/
4. Teresa - http://freshandrenewed.blogspot.com/
5. Ashley - http://especiallymade.blogspot.com/
6. Christine - http://hotberrydesigns.blogspot.com/
7. Lucy - http://love2createitall.com/
8. Lluvia aka misses crafty-http://sweetbirdmemories.blogspot.com/
9. Pam - http://mzlavr2.blogspot.com/
10. Paula - http://preciouspagesbypaula.blogspot.com/
11. Connie - http://conniecancrop.blogspot.com/
12. Esther - http://forthejoyofcreating.blogspot.com/
13. Janea - http://www.recollectionalley.blogspot.com/
14. Rebecca - http://blog.scrapprincess.com/
15. Tricia - http://mysticalcardcreations.blogspot.com/
16. Suzy's Crafts - http://suzyssimplecrafts.blogspot.com/
17. Anna - http://www.stampanna.com/
18. Liz Mullen - http://ScrapiliciousLife.blogspot.com/
19 Diana - http://daisylovecreations.blogspot.com/
20. Jessi - http://mylifeinartsncrafts.blogspot.com/
21. Angela - http://www.3crazymonkeys.com/

Wizard of Oz Shadow Box

I would like to preface this post with the fact that I was the oldest of 4 siblings. As such, I did, at times, lord it over the younger ones - especially my sister as she would contest.

When we were young we used to dress up and play Wizard of Oz. I, of course, was always Dorothy, one of my brothers was the tin man and the other was the scarecrow (he would take pieces of my mothers broom as straw).  Here comes the part I am ashamed to admit - I made my sister play the part of Toto and follow me around on all fours. I realize there were other female parts she could have been, and she pointed that out to me on numerous occasions, but I told her she had to be Toto or she could not play with us. Horrible, I know! She probably has some deep, underlying psychosis because I forced her to play the part of a dog.

Anyway, over the years it has become a source of many jokes and we have exchanged many Wizard of Oz themed gifts to one another. Hence, here is my latest gift to her.

Supplies used: Shadow box - JoAnn's; patterned papers from The Magic of Oz by Graphic 45; Red Stickles; Pop Dots; GemTac

Jingle All The Way/12 Days of Christmas

Today is the second day in the 12 Days of Christmas blog hop. I hope you had a chance to go through the hop yesterday. Wasn't everyone's projects just super? We have lots more wonderful Christmas projects to share with you. If you just popped in to see me you'll want to start at the beginning of the hop with Sylvia at Bella Scrapbook Designs. If you arrived here from Gaby's blog - Gaby Creates you are on the right track.
Here is the full line up if you get lost:
1. Sylvia - www.bellascrapbookdesigns.blogspot.com
2. Sandra - www.365daysofcricut.blogspot.com
3. Patricia - www.creativediva98.blogspot.com
4. Gaby - www.gabycreates.com
5. Esther- www.forthejoyofcreating.blogspot.com
6. Monica - www.simplycricutting.blogspot.com
7. Anita - www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com
8. Jessica- www.chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com
9. Sandy - www.thecraftycreationspot.blogspot.com
10. Alina- www.neverstopscrapping.blogspot.com
11. Veronica- www.mommyscraftycreations.blogspot.com

For todays project I wanted to share a fun and easy home decor item you can make. It would make a great gift as well. I bought a three pack of shadow boxes at Michael's and several sizes of jingle bells. I simply attached some Christmas scrapbook paper to the back of the box and poured a bunch of different jingle bells inside. The words were cut with the Cuttin' Up Cricut cartridge, the jingle bell was cut with Joys of the season and the bow was cut with Christmas Cheer out of vinyl and attached to the front of the glass. To finish it off I tied some pretty Christmas ribbon around the box.

I think I may have to keep one for myself!

Supplies used: shadow boxes - Michael's; patterned papers - Like A Light Bulb and Boughs of Holly from Christmas by American Crafts, "Awe" in the Wonder collection by Authentique; jingle bells and ribbon - Michael's; vinyl - Coarse Brushed Cherry Red; Cricut Cartridges - Cuttin' Up; Joys of the Season and Christmas Cheer.

I will have a blog prize at the end of this 12 Days of Christmas blog hop. All you have to do to be entered in the drawing is to be a follower and to leave a comment. If you leave a comment on each day you will be entered in the drawing one time for each comment, so you can have up to 12 entries in the drawing.

Now you are off to see what Monica at Simply Cricutting has created!!!!

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Shadowbox For Dad

Happy Tuesday everyone!

It's time for another challenge over at Celebrate The Occasion. This week we are celebrating Veterans Day.
I would like to share with you a shadowbox I made for my Dad. He went to Army Language School and then was stationed over in Germany. He had saved a lot of things from his time in the service and I put this together for him as a remembrance.

Supplies used: patterned paper by Reminisce; embellishments - K & Company and Reminisce; shadowbox - Michaels; memorabilia - my Father

Hope you will stop by and check out the other DT's creations and post one of your own!!
We'd love to have you play along with us!!!

Wedding Gift Shadow Box

Happy Saturday everyone!

My daughters best friend is getting married next Saturday and I wanted to do something special for her as a gift. I saw this gorgeous shadow box in my Feb/Mar issue of Simply Handmade. I thought it would be perfect.

I used a 10 X 10 shadow box, which I removed the glass from. All the paper is plain white cardstock (not textured).

The large butterfly is cut at 1 3/4" with the Indie Art Cricut cartridge. I then cut out the wings at 1 1/2" and ran them through my embossing machine with the Swiss Dots embossing folder.

The small cone flowers were cut at 1 3/4" with accent 6 in the Accent Essentials Cricut cartridge. I cut three petals out of the flower, cutting just to the middle of the flower. Then pinch the edges together and glue. That is what gives the flower the three dimensional cone shape. The small butterflies I punched out with a Martha Stewart punch and ran those through the embosser also.

For the large flower I used the Wild Card Cricut cartridge. I cut 4 flowers (pg. 56) each at 4". Keep one flower whole. For the next three flowers cut off one petal, two petals and cut one in half. Take each of those flowers and glue edges together. Take a pencil and wrap the petals around the pencil to curl them. Then layer them into each other with glue.

The background is four pieces of cardstock cut 4 X 5" and two pieces cut 2 X 5". I ran them all through the embosser with the Floral Fantasy embossing folder. I first glued a piece of plain white cardstock cut 10 X 10 to the back of the frame and then glued the embossed pieces on top.
I glued a doily a little off center. I then splattered some watered down black paint on the bottom half. I attached the photo on top of the doily, attached all the flowers and butterflies and added a few rhinestones for some sparkle.

I'm happy with the way it turned out.
I hope she likes it!!!

Supplies used: cardstock - white, Swiss Dots embossing folder - Sizzix; Floral Fantasy embossing folder - Cuttlebug; butterfly punch - Martha Stweart; doily - Wilton; Accent Essentials, Indie Art and Wild Card Cricut cartridges; rhinestones - Kaiser Craft; black paint; shadow box - Joann's

Seashore Shadow Box

I created this shadow box for my brother, it is his very late Christmas gift. Hope he'll forgive me!

Mike and I made a trip with my brother and my nieces to Monterey last year. We had a wonderful time and I wanted to make a special remembrance of this fun trip. I decided a shadow box would be just the thing. You can pick these up at Michael's rather inexpensively. The shadow box is made for 12 x 12 paper. I used patterned paper from the Happy Trails paper pad by K&Company for the background. I double matted the pictures I chose and used pop up dots for some of them to give them some dimension. The title and seagulls were cut out of the Life is a Beach Cricut cartridge by Provo Craft. The sand dollar was one I found at a very lucky day at the beach is San Francisco!

The other shells were both purchased and found by me at other beach trips. The song "Time in a Bottle" by Jim Croce has special meaning in our family and I wanted to incorporate it in the box. The sands of time move so quickly and if only we could keep them in a bottle! I put some sand in a tiny bottle and printed part of the song lyric on a tag which I added to the box with a pop dot. I also added some little blue plastic 3D dots that looked like bubbles from the ocean spray (thank you Cythnia).

I am happy with the results. Hope my brother likes it!

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