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Telling Time in a Royal Way

Posted on January 28, 2013 by apieceoflifespie

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!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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!

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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

Gotta Create:

Craft-o-maniac

Pink Cricut Link Party

Sassy Little Lady – Show and Tell Saturdays #2

Angels Homestead – Saturday Spotlight #2

Tatertots and Jello – Weekend Wrap Up

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Ring in the New Year Blog Hop!

Posted on January 1, 2013 by apieceoflifespie
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Happy New Year and welcome to the Ring in the New Year Blog Hop sponsored and facilitated by the lovely Jill over at Everyday is an Occasion! If you have just stumbled upon this blog hop you can follow along by starting at Ribbon’s and Glue. If you have been following along you should have come from Cut, Craft, Create.
The idea behind this blog hop is to use something “new”.  I decided to make a man’s gift using my Christmas gifts of the amazing Silhouette Cameo, some new vinyl and put to use a gift card from Target to purchase the container.

The Project! 

I don’t know about you all, but I have a heck of a time making stuff that revolves around the male species, but I am finding that they like home crafted gifts more than anyone (I tease the hubs it is because his species are so darn cheap).  🙂  Anyway, I decided to make my brother-in-law something he could put to good use while he is at work.  He has quite a few direct reports and if you have ever had to manage people, keeping calm at all times is key.  He is also a M&M nut, so I decided to embrace the “Keep Calm…” phrase and pair it with his love for M&Ms.
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I found the container at Target, traced the lid on some fun chevron paper from My Mind’s Eye and cut out the shape.  Then by applying Glastique Matte to both top and bottom of the paper, I glued down the paper to the top of the metal top. It worked brilliantly. . . better than Mod Podge would! I then  hot glued some fun “Keep Calm and Carry On’ ribbon I found at Michaels around the rim and set aside to dry.
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Using my Silhouette and the stock font, I created the text for the jar, “Keep Calm and M&M On”.  I cut it out on red vinyl from Pick Your Plum’s recent sale and using transfer tape I transferred it onto the glass jar.  I finished it by filling it up with the Party Size bag of M&Ms.  I know he is just going to LOVE this and will have fun having a “M&M break” each day!
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Blog Candy!

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Up for grabs are some fun products from Globecraft and Piccolo – “Girls Night Out” embossing powder,  Embossing Powder Adhesive, and this fun heart bookboard image set ,all just perfect for any pending  Valentine’s Day project!  All you have to do is leave me a comment on what Santa left you, either follow me Here on Facebook or be a follower on my blog AND make sure you visit all the lovely ladies that are hosting this fun Blog Hop… trust me you will not be disappointed on what they have cookin’ up on their end!  Winners will be announced on my blog and Facebook page to a random lucky someone! 🙂
 Thanks for sharing a piece of ringing in the new year playing while playing with  my new crafty toys pie with me.  Now let’s get on with the New Year hoppin’!

 Line Up: 

Have a great day!

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Fantabulous Cricut Challenge “Get Organized Cricut Crawl!” and BLOG CANDY!

Posted on December 31, 2012 by apieceoflifespie

Yay!  Welcome to Fantabulous Cricut’s “Get Organized Cricut Crawl”!  If you came from Brianna ‘s fun project, then you are in the right place!  If you have just joined me, this fun challenge crawl starts HERE !  There are fun blog candy along the way and a fun challenge prize sponsored by FCCB!

Here’s how the Crawl will work

 1. The crawl will begin at FCCB. Participants will visit each Design Team member’s blog to view their FANTABULOUS projects. Participants may follow the provided links at each blog.  If you get lost along the way, you can always return to FCCB to follow the links to our Design Team members’ blogs.
2. There will be prizes along the way at some of the Design Team blogs, so be sure to check out the goodies up for grabs! *You must meet the Design Team members’ stated criteria to be eligible for the individual prizes. Please see each DT member’s blog for details and directions.*
3. There will also be one GRAND PRIZE at FCCB!! That prize will be awarded to a participant that meets the challenge criteria and posts a link to their project below, drawn randomly by Random.org. Just like every other Challenge Me Monday.

NOW FOR MY PROJECT AND BLOG CANDY! 

In just a few hours we will be watching the ball drop and saying goodbye to 2012 and hello to 2013!  One of my New Year’s resolutions is REALLY get organized!  I am a organized person, but with a busy schedule of having a three and four year old and as my crafty blog hobby grows, I find that time is NO longer on my side and refining some of my organization IS A MUST!

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I since I am now on multiple design teams I really need to keep track of my deadlines.  The system of using my Iphone calendar was working, but just was not feeling right. I tend to be old school with calendars and my schedules, I need to be able to physically write it down and see everything at one glance.  I found this planner calendar in the Target $ bin and decided this would be perfect!  It is portable,  yet big enough for notes and to see it at one glance.
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Using paper from a Recollections stack, I covered the planner using an ATG, added some ric-rack, ribbon, and buttons. I inked the edges with Holiday Red from Close to My Heart and used Glue Dots to attach the ribbon and button (the curly ribbon was wrapped around a 1/4 inch dowels using clothespins to fasten each ribbon end and was baked at 200 degrees for 20 minutes).  Using Cricut Craft Room, I cut some vinyl out from Expressionsvinyl.com using the Storybook font. Then I added it to the planner using transfer tape.  The colors of the planner match my craft room and I am thrilled I am starting out the New Year already getting a handle on organizing my busy life.

 THE BLOG CANDY!  

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As many of you know I am a designer for the fantastic manufacture GLOBECRAFT & PICCOLO.  I LOVE their products and one of my favorite products to work with is their sparkle glitter coupled with their adhesive/finishing glaze Glastique that rivals Mod Podge.  What is up for grabs is a bundle set of the Pure Sparkle Silver Glitter, 1 oz. Glastique Matte  and a pretty vintage book board images!  All you have to do is be a  follower of my blog,  leave a comment and LIKE me HERE on Facebook!  Winners will be announced on Friday! Please be sure I have a way to contact you or your prize will be up for grabs to another lucky crawler! 
Thanks for sharing a piece of “getting organized with some fun bling for free” pie with me!

Now Let’s Get Back To Crawling Along!

Here’s the Line Up

Missy – http://www.quickchickdesigns.blogspot.com
Tammy – http://thepurplemuse.blogspot.com
Connie – http://www.conniecancrop.blogspot.com 
Jamie – http://scrapqueen141.blogspot.com
Brianna – http://www.Bloeffelbein.blogspot.com
Arin – http://apieceoflifespie.com (YOU ARE HERE)
Cicily – http://pinkdalmationscrapper.blogspot.com  NEXT UP!  
Cyndy –  http://arcyscraps.blogspot.com
Diana –  http://daisylovecreations.blogspot.com 
Nikki – http://craftycalamities.blogspot.com
Susie – http://www.susiecrafthappy.com
Janea – http://www.recollectionalley.blogspot.com

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The Snowflake Project

Posted on December 26, 2012 by apieceoflifespie

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Happy Day After Christmas! I hope you all are enjoying the bliss of the holiday after-glow!   It has been a whirl wind, but I loved watching my kids in the magic of it all!

Today I am going to share a project I made for a project  for the decorations for the new Sandy Hook Elementary School.  The goal is to get crafters to make snowflakes and mail it to them so they can use it for the Winter Wonderland theme they are going to use.  Click HERE for all the details.

I found a simple Silhouette image and cut it out at around 5 inches on chipboard.  I then punched a hole at the top of one point with my Crop-A-Dial.  After that I applied Glastique Matte and then dusted with Piccolo Pure Sparkle Silver Glitter. I shook off the excess and repeated on the opposite side once dry.

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I ran some ribbon through the hole and packaged it up and sent it out to be part of the many that will hang to greet the students that endured so much just two weeks ago.  My prayers are with them, their families, the community and those that were directly effected by the tragedy.

To check out more about the glitter used in this project, please head over to Globecraft & Piccolo’s blog to see my product highlight.

Thanks for sharing a piece of “there is no snowflake alike” pie with me.

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Hot Coco Warms the Heart…

Posted on December 19, 2012 by apieceoflifespie

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Oh my is it already Wednesday?  I can’t believe how fast this week is flying by and it does not help that I spent half of today in Dr. offices thanks to the whole family having a strep epidemic hit us and a unexpected foreign object (one of my flower crafting eyelets) in my 4 year old’s ear.  I guess she found it on the floor in my craft room and tried to attach it to her ear like an earring and it, “fell into my ear and disappeared”.  Thankfully it was removed safety and we are glad we paid the doc a visit for our strep epidemic or we would have never knew about her ear without the routine check for symptoms.

Now onto my fun project using Globecraft and Piccolo products and making my annual coco cones!  I used this tutorial from My Pink Stamper as my base for the coco cones, but I added dark chocolate chips, milk chocolate chips, white chocolate chip and a mixture of both peppermint and regular mini marshmallows.

For my tags, I recycled a metal garland I had by striping down the snowmen form it.  I then stamped an image on the snowmen with Close to My Heart – Everyday Life stamp set and the ink I used is My Pink Stamper’s Darkest Night.

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Once stamp has set and dried I then took Piccolo Turquoise 3-D Enamel Gel and applied it to the stamped stripes.  Set aside to set and dry.   For the candy cane striped snowman, I used Piccolo Napthol Red 3-D Enamel Gel and Titanium White 3-D Enamel Gel.  Make sure you let the first color (napthol red) set up first and then add the second color (titanium white).  This will limit any color running.

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For this snowman, I decided to emboss it.  I used a stamp from the same stamp set from Close to My Heat I used above.  Since chevron strips are really popular right now, I thought making a hip snowman was in order.  Using Enamel Powder Adhesive I ran it over the stamp and stamped the metal. I then dusted the snowman with Piccolo Siam Silver Enamel Powder and shook off the excess.  I then set it with a heat gun.

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There you have it.  Such an easy way to add some holiday festive cheer to some coco goodness.  I am also going to use some of these snowmen as gift tags for my Christmas gifts!   Take a moment and head over to Globecraft and Piccolo’s blog and check out my first product tip of the day!

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Thanks for sharing a piece of  “crafting eyelets do not make good earrings for a 4 year old” pie with me.

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A Fun and Festive Yarn Wreath using Globecraft & Piccolo Products!

Posted on December 17, 2012 by apieceoflifespie

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Today is my first blog post as a Globecraft and Piccolo design team member!  I have this post and a post up over on the Globecraft and Piccolo blog happening today!  I sure have been a very busy girl, but I have had a blast working with these product lines!  Their products for embossing and glittering are out of the world amazing!  I am serious!  I have worked with my fair share of product in this arena and I quit using a lot of it, because I thought it was me not being able to master technique or the product.  Well I am thrilled to say it is NOT me!

There is a  total difference  in efficiency, hardly any waste, goes on even, sets amazingly well.  AND the Glitter! Oh my goodness I have never seen anything like it and does it really cling to their glaze/adhesive, called Glastique Matte.

So here is what I had cookin’ with some of these amazing products . . . yes another yarn wreath!  OK, I must admit I love making these and this will probably not be the last one you will see.

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Materials Needed:

  • G&P Enamel/Embossing Powder Adhesive
  • G&P Glastique Matte Powder
  • G&P Napthol Red 3D Enamel Gell
  • G&P Pure Sparkle Silver Glitter
  • G&P Siam Silver Embossing Powder
  • 14 inch foam ring/wreath – Michael’s
  • Yarn – Michael’s
  • Straight Pins – Jo-Anns
  • Metal snowflakes – recycled Christmas garland
  • Ribbon – Celebrate it (both kinds) – Michael’s
  • Bling  -Michael’s
  • Letter – Michael’s
  • Hot glue gun

Making the Wreath:

How I made the wreath was very simple . . . almost relaxing.  What you do is get a foam ring from your local craft store. This one happens to be 14 inches in size.  I picked up some “woolly yarn” and some straight pins as well.

Tie a knot at the end of the yarn and push a pin through the knot on the backside of the wreath.  Begin  to wrap the yarn over and around the wreath covering the tail of the yarn.  When ending one color and going on to the next, tie a knot on the ending color and push a pin through it to secure on the backside of the wreath towards the middle.  Then start the steps over with the new color.

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Pretty simple huh?   This wreath took about an hour and a half to wrap, but I was watching TV, so my focus was not solely on the wreath.

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Making the Snowflake Embellishments:

These are metal snowflakes I pulled off of an old garland, you could use paper, chipboard, wood…etc.  Applying  Glastique Matte cover the embellishment and dust with Piccolo Pure Sparkle Glitter  and shake off the excess.  Allow to set and dry and repeat on opposite side.

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Making Letter Embellishment: 

Using a MDF letter found at a local craft store, apply Piccolo Enamel/Embossing Powder Adhesive to the outer edges of the letter with a small brush or Q-tip.  Dust outer edges with Piccolo Siam Silver Enamel Powder.  It does not need to have full coverage, just enough to cover most of it since it will be painted over with another Piccolo product.   Heat and set with heat gun.

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Next you will apply Piccolo Enamel/Embossing Powder Adhesive to the front of the letter and dust with  Piccolo Siam Silver Enamel Powder. Shake off the excess and set with a heat gun.

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Now apply Piccolo Napthol Red 3-D Enamel Gel to all the edges of letter.  Set aside to allow to set and dry.  This will take a little over a hour.

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Once letter is dry, tie a ribbon around the letter and add an embellishment to the bow  using hot glue and set aside.  Then wrap and tie pom-pom ribbon around each ends of the wreath and attach embellishments to it using wax twine.  Then place letter on the wreath by adhering it with hot glue.

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There it is a work well done with some serious added sparkle.  This wreath would be an excellent replacement for your Christmas wreath come January.

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Be sure to pop on over and check out my other project over at the Globecraft and Piccolo’s blog today!  Maybe even check out their shop and see about adding some of these amazing products to your craft stash!

Thanks for sharing a piece of “Tinkerbell has nothin’ on me now when it comes to fairy dusting” pie with me.

Linking Up To:

Everyday is an Occasion: Linking Party

I Gotta Create

Pink Cricut – Link Up Tuesday

 

 

 

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Ring of the Bells – Gift Card Style!

Posted on December 10, 2012 by apieceoflifespie

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Hello and happy Monday to you!   Today we are having a fun challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog with the theme being Bells are Ringing!  Head over and check out what the designers have in store for you in ideas for making some great Christmas themed projects with a little ring to it!  Make sure if you decide to link up, that you have at least some sort of bell and ONE Cricut cut added to your project!

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What I decided to do, is make a gift card holder that poses as an ornament in the shape of a bell using my Gingerbread cartridge.   I cut chipboard at 4 inches and then using a Doodlebug- North Pole designer paper, I cut the same image, two more times (I did not need to use the “flip” feature since I was using double-sided designer paper, but you would need to “flip” the image for the back of the bell if only one-sided paper is being used).

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I then cut two more images using the outline layer on a thick grey card stock from Papertreyink.com and embossed it using Globecraft and Piccolo Enamel/Embossing Powder Adhesive and Siam Silver Embossing Powder.

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I wrapped some waxed twine around the bell and hot glued it to clean up the edges of the bell. Once all the pieces were glued together (back sheet glue only around the edges), I then punched a hole at the top of the bell using my Crop-a-Dile.  I then used an exact- o- knife and made a slit along the backside of the bell to create at “pocket” where the gift card would be placed.

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I added the poinsettia embellishment brad and more waxed twine for the hanger.

It was a super quick and fun project that will make gift giving really fun this year.  Now be sure to head on over to Fabtabulous Cricut and check out the fun projects and LINK up!

Thanks for sharing a piece of “some creative gift giving” pie with me!

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