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My Stab at a Crayon Wreath

Posted on December 13, 2011 by apieceoflifespie

‘Tis the season for making homemade Christmas gifts. This past fall I saw these done and decided that I wanted to do this for my daughter’s teacher. She is a pre-k teacher that is just amazing. I adore her and will be sad to say goodbye this year. She has a time during her class where she does neat science experiments for the kiddos and when the experiment is done she always says, “That’s science friends!”. I wanted to incorporate that into the project as well.

It was a bit more labor intensive than I expected and what I used was a wire wreath and flipped it over and placed a glass bowl in the middle to line up the crayons perfectly. I then hot glued the crayons to the wire . . . that was a bit tricky, but I figured it out.

I have one more to make and I will take pics along the way to the steps I did so you can see how it was done and the recipe next week.

Thanks for sharing a bit of “spreading the Christmas cheer” pie with me.

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A “Spook-alicious” Halloween Card!

Posted on October 6, 2011 by apieceoflifespie

Hi everyone! I have been having so much fun in my craft room these past couple weeks. I am gearing up for a Halloween party where I have challenged myself that I am going to make all of the decorations and favors. Even though my craft room looks like Halloween exploded with six different projects going, I did have some time to make a few Halloween cards specifically for family using My Pink Stamper’s Spook-alicious and Spooky Puns stamp set.

Thanks for coming and having a piece of “Spook-alicious” Halloween card making pie with me!

Recipe:

Cricut Cartridge: Mini Monsters – Spider and shadow cut at 2 inches (This is my first project with this cartridge and I love with it! I fell in love with this cartridge thanks to Quick Chick Designs. Check out her Mini Monster inspirations!)

Paper:

Die Cuts with a View: Shimmer Mat Stack (green 4×4, orange, and purple 4 x 5. 1/4)

Recollections Black Mat Card Stock 8×11.5 cut in half and then folded in half for card base.

Recollections White Mat Card Stock 4 x 5 1/4 for the inside of the card

Ribbon – Celebrate it – Halloween Seasonal (made a bow for the Spider)

Glossy Accents (Black and White Enamel for the eyes)

Signo Uni Ball Gel Pen- White (for the mouth)

Stamps: My Pink Stamper’s Spook-alicious (“Boo to You”) and Spooky Puns (“Happy Boo-day)

Ink: Craft Smart Embossing Ink

Embossing Powder: Martha Stewart’s Peridot Embossing powder (this is the first time embossing anything with heat. I am using my husband’s commercial grade heat gun, so I was unsure if I was going to catch the house on fire. It turned out great and it took only a few seconds to do with no need to dial 911 🙂 )

Stickles: Orange Peel (for belly marking on the spider)

White Spiderweb: Stretched just a small amount around the green 4×4 paper.

Stick and Spray: Used to lightly spray on the spiderweb for glitter to stick to it also made it possible to stick the spider to.

Glitter: Creatology Halloween Glitter set (orange) – used to sprinkle on the spiderweb

Pop dots

Two-Way Glue Pen

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The Over- the -Top Home Built Play House…

Posted on September 19, 2011 by apieceoflifespie

. . . but the kids love it!

Back in mid-summer I mentioned that we were building our girls a play house. Well, it is finally done. Actually it has been done for about a month, but I just found some time to photograph it.

It was an amazing project to create. We used no plans. The hubs is a mechanical engineer, so designing things from scratch comes easy to him. I had a lot of imput, but he did the majority of the work. I designed the interior and assisted in the endless caulking and painting (so did the kiddos) . I made the cherry accents using the Tart and Tangy Stampin’ Up set and Stickles! I also even had a chance to pull out the ol’ Cricut for a vinyl wall accent (The famous quote from Pooh that Christopher Robins says to Pooh Bear.)

I still have curtains, a table-cloth and some accent pillows for the loft to make, but all in all it is done and being played in every day.

I already called dibs on it when the kids grow to old for it… I am thinking “Craft Flat’!

Thanks for coming and sharing a piece of ” whimsical childhood dreams coming true” pie with me

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Trying out My New Cartridge: Wild Cards

Posted on August 12, 2011 by apieceoflifespie

I just got Cricut’s Wild Cards in the mail and I tested it out on making a quick card for some friends that just bought their first home. I have to say that I really like this cartridge! It has a ton of options to customize a piece of you into each creation! It is worth checking it out.

Recipe:

Cricut Cartridge: Wild Cards set at 7. I first made the envelope on “fit to page” and then made the card based on that size.

Paper: Die Cuts with a View- Cotton Blossoms and open stock embossed paper from Michael’s (shrubs)

Stickles

Brads – Making Memories

Sentiment: My Pink Stamper

Ink: Stampin’ Up Early Espresso

Stamps and Stickles are for More than Cards and Scrapping!

Posted on August 10, 2011 by apieceoflifespie

Stampin' Up Tart and Tangy "Cherry" stamp accents on walls

The hubs and I are building a ~~playhouse~~ ridiculously over- the- top playhouse for our two little girls. It has been a fun summer project and we should hopefully be done with it by next weekend – just in time for my youngest second birthday.

The theme of the interior is a cupcake and cherry theme with a small vintage twist that meets a Pottery Barn Kids feel. I wanted to add some character to the walls and one of the ideas I just executed was bringing my Stampin’ Up and Stickles into this project.

Once we are done with the house, I will be sure to post the progress pics!

Thanks for stopping by for a piece of pie! 🙂

I stamped it with Stampin' Up Classic Black and then distressed it a bit by wiping with a wet wipe.Painted with craft paint.

Once the paint dried, I then applied X-mas Red and Diamonds Stickles over the areas I painted

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Thank You Berry Much!

Posted on August 8, 2011 by apieceoflifespie

I had to make a slew of cards the other night and I came up with an easy yet cute card that went super quick. I may add this to my Christmas gift packs. I got the original idea from My Pink Stamper in one of her tutorial videos making a cherry card and I have run with it since. Thank you MPS! If you have not had a chance to check out her videos, they are worth pouring yourself a cup of joe, adding a little “rat poison” (that is what I call my favorite creamers I tell my hubby that I am just taking off the bad years while I pour that into my cup of joe) and sit a spell and enjoy getting some neat ideas and tips.

Recipe

Cricut Cartridge: Storybook (scallop set at 2.5)

Cricut Cartridge: Mini Monogram (dot circle set at 1 3/4)

Paper: Fruit paper pack from Michael’s

Michael’s Textured open stock lime green and white paper

Card Base: iCraft blank cards from Michael’s Dollar Bin

Ribbon: Celebrations – Michael’s dollar bin

Stamp: Stampin’ Up Tart and Tangy

Ink: Martha Stewart’s Craft markers: Flamingo Pink and Lime Green

Stickles: Bubble Gum and Diamonds ( I used these to mark the seed marks on the berries and fill in the dots on the circle)

Punch: Fiskers Water wave

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Happy Birthday Hubby!

Posted on August 7, 2011 by apieceoflifespie

Yesterday was the hubs birthday. Here is a little something I whipped out for a card for him. He loved it. My 3-year-old and I made homemade cupcakes with cream cheese cupcakes.