At one point, I was going to start a separate blog (it’s still out there somewhere) of all my craft projects. Then I realized it’s too much work to do 2 blogs :) So…here are some of my recent projects:

For Christmas, Brian bought me a computer software program that allows you to cut pretty much anything with the Cricut machine. I had to train myself on it using youtube videos and had to download 2 additional (free) software programs to make it fully functional, but I figured it out and now I’m obsessed! Also, my wonderful mother-in-law stood in the freezing cold on Black Friday and scored me the BIG cricut so now I can cut giant stuff. Oh the possibilities!

The first thing I did with my new-found knowledge was to make stuff for the boys’ room

I painted and then sort of distressed two flat canvases, added a square of chalk-board paint to the center of each, then used my cricut to made stencils of “home”, “visitors”, and stars in circles using very thick paper. I sponge painted through the stencils, then cut square frames for the chalk board areas and attached them to the canvases using spray adhesive. This is my version of an “old school” score board. The pennants on the wall are from Land of Nod. 

These are more traditional canvases that I picked up at Michael’s and painted to match the colors of the boys’ bedding. I found super cool ball designs and cut them with my cricut. I attached them with spray adhesive and then sealed each canvas with clear finishing spray. I have since put these up on the walls in 2 different groupings.

Another flat canvas.

I found this image as part of a coloring page that had all kinds of cute cupcakes on it. I broke the image apart and cut it with three different papers. This is a card (1 of 2) that I made for 2 of Aiden’s classmates (twins) for their birthday party.

These are the bags I made for the same girls. The butterflies are in two different, layered papers. I attached them to gift bags with tiny fasteners. I also cut out the girls’ names and put them on the bags, but I lost that picture.  

The cover I made for Logan’s teacher’s book. I used the cupcake again :)

Bags I made for Logan’s classroom Valentine’s party

 

Logan’s 6th birthday party invite (the third bubble has our contact info so I didn’t photograph it). The green circles aren’t glued down in this pic so they aren’t totally where they should be…like the Logan is turning 6 looks sideways a bit.

My current project: gift bags for Logan’s party:

And finally, a card I made for my good friend who just had a baby girl. She loves elephants :) The front of the card is an image I found, doctored up with flowers, and cut in two different papers with a layer of brown underneath. The baby is just a small mirror image of the mommy (love this software!) The design on the back of the card is what was left over on the cricut mat after I pulled off mommy elephant.