Hello and Happy Monday! It as been two weeks exactly since my last post, but thankfully those two weeks bore some crafty fruit! For starters I am thrilled to share with you what I cooked up for this week’s Fantabulous Cricut Challenge, Time Flies! Make sure you head over and see what my DT buddies have created with “father time” on their creative side! Be sure to link up a “timely” project that follows the theme that is made with at least ONE Cricut cut!
What I came up with was something that I have been needing to make for my youngest monkey or should I say princess. I am trying to teach her to tell time and one thing I found successful in teaching time to my almost 5 year-old is to place a clock in her room when she was around 3. Since my youngest princess’ room is pink and has a fairy princess garden theme, I decided to make a clock with a tiara and made sure all the important stuff was covered as far as glitter and it being her favorite color purple!
I found the clock at IKEA for $1.99! It is just a plain opaque clock. I decided to put to use some craft paint I picked up at Home Depot over the holidays. I painted it with two layers.
Then I dusted it with some purple glitter I had on hand while the second coat of paint was still wet. Using a dry paint brush dust off glitter from the clock face.
Using my Once Upon a Princess Cricut Cartrige, I cut a “pre-cut” on scrap cardstock to make sure the sizing was right before I cut the vinyl.
Once I confirmed the sizing, using Oracle Pink vinyl from Experssionsvinyl.com, I cut the image at 3 inches. After peeling off the excess vinyl and removing the inner “H” I then burnished the image onto transfer paper and placed onto the clock face.
I then used Globecraft and Piccolo Glastique Matte to fill the void area of the “H” and dusted with glitter and removed the excess and made sure to dust straggler glitter away with a dry paint brush. Of course I had to add some purple bling gems from Doodlebug Designs for the final touch! Set aside and allow to dry and set.
This was a super easy and fun project with a great return on time! Be sure to head over to FCCB and join in on the challenge!
Thanks for sharing a piece of “crafting with time on my side” pie with me!
Linking Up To:
Everyday is an Occasion – Sunday Funday #5
Sassy Little Lady – Show and Tell Saturdays #2
A Piece of Life's Pie 
Arin – this is so cool – what a fabulous project. I bet your daughter loves it. Have a fabulous week and welcome back:-)
Thank you Karon, yes she LOVES it. I am thrilled to be back!
OMG! So super cute and a really neat idea!
Happy Monday to you too!
Susie
Thank you Susie!
Great job Erin! I love this idea. Our grandson almost has time down. I think he needs a clock. No glitter or pink but his room is Lime and Teal with a tad of Purple and this would be awesome. Thank you for the inspiration. And for all the Bloggie Love you leave me!! I really appreciate it.
What a gorgeous clock, Arin!! I love the beautiful sparkle!! Perfect for a princess!! Happy Monday 🙂
Lisa
Oh boy does it sparkle! My little one loves it too! Thanks for stopping by Lisa!
Great inspiration, Your clock is firt for a princess thanks for the tutorial on how you did it!!. Have a great MONDAY
DIANA L
http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com
Thanks Diana! It was fun to do and super quick!
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Oh my, oh MY!!! This is fabulous! I love the little crown and the purple sparkle you added!! Great, great idea!!!
Hello!
Show and Tell Saturday at Sassy Little Lady is LIVE! I’d love to have you share your post!
http://www.sassylittlelady.com/blog/show-and-tell-saturday/show-and-tell-saturday-2
Kathie
I sure wish I could of made one of these for my daughter when she was little. Thank you so much for sharing with Saturday Spotlight. Have a great week and come back soon!