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Roses are NOT always Red . . .

Posted on April 29, 2013 by apieceoflifespie

It is Monday and it is another fun filled challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog. This week’s challenge is “Paper Roses”. You will need to make a project using paper roses and have at least ONE Cricut cut and LINK up your fantabulous project! If you are needing inspiration the Design Team came out in full forces for this challenge and there are some amazing inspirational projects!

Well… I kind of have a confession to make… my project is not made with paper roses. It was MADE by using a paper rose cut from Cricut’s Flower Shoppe, but it is not paper, it is fabric and jute. I also was on a double date in my craft room with both my Cricut and Cameo. They seemed to assume their proper roles and helped me come up with an amazing project.

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I have seen this type of project floating around where people used buttons or fabric, but I wanted to pull out my Hempitique thread (Hemp thread) that Dave over at Hemptique sent me and see how it worked in regards to how it embroiderer. Boy did it deliver! It was strong, super easy to work with and the color is just vibrant! {LOVE}!

What I first did was sketch out the monogram on the light canvas fabric using my Silhouette and Silhouette sketch pen. Then using my Cricut, I cut out two sizes of flower patterns from Flower Shoppe (Scalloped 5 inches and 6 inches). I then traced the flower stencils on fabric, cut, rolled and held together with hot glue.

For the embroidery portion, I just used a tapestry needle and a high quality soft canvas and stretched it onto a 6 inch embroidery hoop. I just did a simple chain stitch and ta-da! I had myself my first ever made hemp embroidered monogram! After that was finished a stitched the two buttons on with the hemp thread (the yellow button was from a score from Pick Your Plum!). I then hot glued my roses on and secured the left over edges to the back of the hoop with just a few stitches. To be clear, I am not someone that you see with a needle and thread, even the hubs looked at me cross-eyed, but I am expanding my horizons and actually liking it (I only stuck myself once on this project ). I am still afraid of my sewing machine and I am hoping I can gather enough courage to turn that thing on and make a few things!

I just loved how this turned out and I have a feeling I will be making more of these! Now be sure to pop over to FCCB, check out the great projects the DT has and link up.

Thanks for sharing a peice of “I can’t believe I am using a needle and thread” pie with me!

Linking Up To:

Everyday is an Occasion – Sunday Funday

I Gotta Create – Wildly Original Linking Party

The Real Thing – Real Family Fun

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My First Monday Fantabulous Cricut Challenge – Fun with Puns

Posted on February 16, 2012 by apieceoflifespie

I found this blog, Fantabulous Cricut this past weekend and was actually challenged by this week’s challenge of making a card using a pun. I usually don’t gravitate towards using puns in my card making, so this posed a bit of a fun challenge. I had certain peeps in mind for this card and began to build a concept. I printed out the pun on card stock in a font that would most suit as a stamp at 14 pt Bradley font and for the word “hare” at 16 pt Bradley font.

This card is for two people who have been through the ringer with loss, illness and very surprising news these past few months. I hope this brings a smile to their faces when they open this card!

Thanks for coming and sharing a piece of “puny” pie with me.

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Recipe:

Cricut Cartridge:

Love You A Latte – teacup cut at 3.5 – teabag cut at 7 inches (the shadow cut)

Create A Critter – Rabbit cut at 2.5

Paper:

Recollections – Berry Collection

Recollections – Red, and pink, white

Papertreyink- Spring Moss

Ink: White Gel Pen for stitching, Stampin’ Up Early Espresso for edging, Close to My Heart – Holiday Red for sentiment.

Sentiment - My Pink Stamper – Itty-bitty-licious

Glitter – Recollections Chunky Glitter – raspberry

Glossy Accents for nose and cheeks

Baker’s Twine – Berries and Cream from My Craft Spot

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A QUICK and I mean QUICK Valentine Idea Afterglow!

Posted on February 9, 2012 by apieceoflifespie

So I am still on a huge high from having a wonderful spot on the CREAT Blog today! My husband is a bit worried he may not be able to sleep tonight since I am beaming from all the excitement. So to organize some of that excitement I decided to make a quick video! NOOOOOO! Not another one! I promise not so much of the gabby gift that I have this time!

I found this idea via Pinterest and loved it!

Thanks for sharing a piece of “too excited to do anything productive today, so why not produce a video” pie with me!

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Drum Roll Please. . . A Piece of Pie has been Published!

Posted on February 3, 2012 by apieceoflifespie

With six months of waiting I finally got to get the first issue off the shelf at my local Michael’s last night. It was a bit surreal standing in the corner of my Michael’s flipping through the February issue of Cricut magazine and there it was! I felt like Martha Stewart for one hot minute. . . without her enormous empire and bank account!

Back to the reality of laundry, housecleaning, and taking care of the two best things I ever made! Still it was super fun to be known other than “just a mom that lives in sweats and t-shirts” for a minute.

I think it is neat that my kids are seeing me shoot for dreams and challenges and achieving success within my scope of reality. I hope that these are examples that will resonate with them as they mature into amazing young women, that it is OK to put yourself and your talent out there no matter where you are in life and sometimes the payoff is very rewarding and self-fulfilling.

Thanks for sharing a piece of “15 minutes of Cricut crafting fame” pie with me!

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In Recovery Mode!

Posted on January 19, 2012 by apieceoflifespie

The holidays were a whirl wind! I figured I logged about 40 hours in my craft room during the month of December! That meant late, late nights after the kids went to bed. Now I am in a bit of recovery mode from post holiday illnesses that took the family by storm and just getting my house back in order and us on a routine.

I did manage to sneak in to my craft room to make a couple of birthday cards and a Valentine banner. This weekend I plan on finishing up my craft space and starting a huge project of making scrapbooks for all the moms in my daughter’s co-op preschool. Just shoot me for being over ambitions now!

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The banner was made out of felt and I picked up some ribbon and the heart string at Micheal’s

The card was made out of a new cart I just got called Life’s a Party! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the cart. The paper was from “open stock” at Michael’s and I embossed it with circles and spots Cuttlebug embossing folder. The sentiment is from My Pink Stamper, of course!

Thanks for coming and having a piece of “recovering” pie with me!

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Halloween!

Posted on November 2, 2011 by apieceoflifespie

Halloween Tree

Well it is over… Halloween that is. The kids are coming down from the sugar and party high which makes for some challenging moments and there were times yesterday I was convinced they were trying out a few new little monster costumes.

The party was a huge success. We ended up having all but 3 families show up but a few “last-minute invites” took their place, so I had a total of about 20 kids and 40-ish adults here. It was a little overwhelming at times trying to keep cold beverages in everyone’s hands (it was 80 degrees and I was the requested margarita maker – I can make a mean margarita!) while trying to catch up with friends and remembering to change my youngest diaper. The best feedback was my oldest telling me that she can’t wait until next year, so we can do it again!

Trick or Treating was my favorite thing we did. My kids really have the hang of it this year and marched, sometimes bravely, to doors and melted everyone’s heart out of more candy than they should have been given with “please”, “thank you” and “Happy Halloween”. That made this mommy very happy!

I am super sorry that I don’t have more detailed pictures of my projects and a ton of them are missing. It was just a bit crazy to get it all documented. I did have a kids craft table where they got to decorate little fash lights that came with batteries I picked up at Home Depot to take with them for Halloween night. That was a big hit with both kids and parents.

Thanks for coming and sharing a piece of “Life’s is a Party” pie with me!

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Monday’s Made It Myself Halloween Party Invites

Posted on September 19, 2011 by apieceoflifespie

Sorry I had to cover the address and contact info... my house can only hold so many people!

Over at You Had Me At Craft, she has a challenge every Monday called, Made It Myself Monday’s. This weekend I have been working on invites for our Halloween Party. This will be the first Halloween party I have thrown in our new house. Anyone that knows me, knows that I love Halloween and the other house we sold was in a neighborhood where the surrounding community would bus in the kids…LITERALLY! We would have close to 300-400 trick-or-treaters each Halloween.

This was sooooo up my alley, so I would spend the month decorating, make my big run to Costco for candy and on the big night, I would have an open house for close friends and family where I would make homemade mac and cheese or chili and pull out my COSTCO sized bags, a stool and sit at the door from 5:30-8:30 passing out candy non-stop. It was so much fun!

Our new neighborhood does have its share of trick-or-treaters, but since we live on a cul-de-sac on a hill, we don’t get many of those little folks decked out as Tink or Spiderman. So I am taking this in my own hands and throwing a party!

Thank you for coming and sharing a piece of “Made It Myself Monday” pie with me!

Recipe:

Cartridge:

Simply Charmed – Ghost cut at “Real Dial Size” 3 inches
Storybook – Marquise cut at 6 inches and 5 1/4 inches

Cuttlebug: Spots and Dots

Paper:

Recollections Black Smooth
Recollections Orange Smooth – I printed out invite details and cut down to 2.5 x 2.5 inches (roughly)
Recollections Textured White – This is the base of the invite and was cut down to 7 2/3 inches wide by 5 inches in height.
Cloud 9 Seasonal – Jo-Ann’s

Ink/Pens

Sakura Med Black Jelly Roll Pen
Stampin’ Up Classic Black Stamp Pad
Stampin’ Up Pastels – Pretty and Pink

Ribbon:

Halloween Baker’s Twine (My Craft Spot)

Glossy Accents (for the eyes)

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My Pinkalicious Blog Hop Challenge: Wildly Sweet Notebook

Posted on September 12, 2011 by apieceoflifespie

Last Friday My Pink Stamper had her monthly My Pinkalicious Blog Hop. The theme was “school” that could not be a card or scrapbook page. The ideas and creativity that came along that blog hop was AMAZING! I have listed at least seven projects I want to do.

In spirit of the challenge, MPS presented a similar theme for the challenge. I just had my first chance to make my project last night since my “big” project just wrapped up yesterday. I have been following the submissions and the creativity and ideas are equally inspiring. There is a few “crayon wreaths” that I just adore and will make for a couple of teachers this year.

For this challenge, I decided to make my teenage neighbor, who is our baby sitter, a composition book with a my usual “sweet wild” theme. Yes… I know… If I were a contestant on Project Runway and Michael Kors or Nina Garcia were judging me they would be yawning on my same old theme… but I can’t help it, I LOVE animal print and cupcakes! Since she is in High School, I assume she can use this for all the note taking that comes with the territory of being a high schooler. I embossed the “cupcake” with the Cuttlebug Number’s folder to give it a more “school time theme”.

Thanks for coming and sharing a piece of “blog hoppin’ challenge” pie with me.

Recipe:

Cartridge: Rock Princess – Cupcake shadow and top cut at 4 inches.

Cuttlebug Folder: Numbers

Paper Punch: Martha Stewart’s Ribbon Punch

Paper: For base it was 9.5 inches long and 7.5 wide (I cut two sheets one for the front and one for the back). For the bottom front I cut 3 inch long and 7.5 wide and then punched and weaved ribbon through it. For the spine it was 2.5 wide and 9.5 long.

Anna Griffin, Peyton Collection
Brazzil: Pinkini
Recollections: Mat Black cardstock.

Ribbon:

Celebrations: 2 inch black and white zebra stripe.
Celebrations: 1/2 inch black satin

Stamps: My Pink Stamper’s Font-a-licious (I lined up upper and lower case letters and used the long and skinny “Rock Block” to form the name.

Stamp Ink: Stampin’ Up Classic Black

Button:

Black Glossy Enamel for confetti on cupcake

ATG Gun

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Did Someone say Pickles?

Posted on September 10, 2011 by apieceoflifespie

Yes, you heard right . . . Pickles! My aunt introduced me to a cool method of making the BEST and I do mean the BEST pickles I have ever had without all the hassle of canning. DZ Pickles is the name and easy and delish is their game!

Today I headed over to the local farmer’s market and rounded me up about 4 lbs of cucumbers and a bunch of fresh dill. I then skinned a whole blossom of garlic (around 12 cloves) and added dried red HOT peppers (the type you get in Kung Pao). I arranged everything in a plastic “gallonish” container, poured the DZ Pickle brine in and then topped with water. It will need to sit on my counter for about 8 days- tightening the lid every other day or so.

After the 8 days are up they are ready to go into the fridge and eat! Yummo! They are crisp, spicy and flavorful!

Some fun news: This past Wednesday, while I was at the zoo with a dear friend and out kiddos, we shared the Santa Barbara Zoo train and “ant hill” (an artificial hill that is covered with Astroturf that kids can slide down) with none other than Mel Gibson and his adorable little girl! I know… regardless of all the tabloid nonsense, I love his movies and was a tad star struck. But being from Southern California, I see and have interacted with my share of Hollywood celebs, but he was a neat person to run into.

I am almost done with my “big” Cricut project. I have one more thing to do and I should be posting pictures tomorrow sometime.

Thank you for coming and sharing a piece of life’s pickled pie today!

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MPS- Card Donation/Service Project

Posted on August 25, 2011 by apieceoflifespie

My Pink Stamper just placed a call for card donations for an amazing cause. Today while my little ones were sleeping I made a fun card to send along as well. This card donation comes close to home since I have a friend that is my age and has a 2-year-old little girl and a 3-year-old little boy who was diagnosed with breast cancer so advanced it moved into her liver a few months ago. It was a miscarriage that brought the finding of her cancer. The diagnosis is very grim, but she is one of the most amazing people I have ever met. She was handed back-to-back heartbreak, yet she is fighting for her life in a manner not many would think any person could. The level of grace, self-sacrifice, dignity and strength she has floors me and all those around her. She has an amazing strength in the Lord and He is there delivering blessings of joy every day. It is one of the most astonishing things I have ever seen.

I decided to do an Ice Cream theme since it brings smiles to everyone AND from my understanding, most that under go treatment have a fondness for the treat since it is a soothing blessing to an upset stomach and a mouth full of sores that goes with that process.

While making this card, I thought of my friend greatly and thought that there will be a woman receiving this very card that more than likely is just like my friend. Those that battle breast cancer are the most amazing women I have ever met and I was honored to be able to participate in this service project.

Thank you for coming by and having a piece of more of the serious slice of life’s pie with me today.

Recipe:

Cricut Cartridge – Potpourri Bonus sheet with the Ice Cream Cone setting at 3.75 inches for both shadow and image. I cut out the image twice for different paper for the cone and the scoop of ice cream.

Paper: Brazzil Very Berry Swiss Dots, Brazzil Pinkini, Brazzil Chocolate, Die Cuts with a View Summer Stacker, an old piece of scrap (pink and white checker paper have no idea who manufactured it.)

Ribbon Celebrations Michael’s Brand, Strawberry Cupcake Pink Baker’s Twin from My Craft Spot.

Button – Random button I had in my stash (acrylic clear flower)

Cuttlebug Folder -Flower Blossoms

Glossy Enamel - White

Sentiment – My Pink Stamper

Ink – Stampin’ Up- Early Espresso

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