Time to... "Escape"

Good Evening Fellow Crafters (and to those who happened to stumble on my blog in a random google search).  ;)

A couple weeks ago, I needed a card for a teacher friend and didn't have any pre-made; so I was flipping through my Cricut Magazines for inspiration and found one.  I ended up using "Kate's ABC" cartridge; and what I thought was going to be a quick card, I realized this isn't going to be one.  LOL!

Here is the finished product...

Inspiration came from Cricut Magazine special edition "Cards" pg.15

Supplies: Cardstock-Stampin' Up; Patterned Paper- DCWV Travel; Stickles; Sharpie pen; Pearl Embellishment-Stampin' Up Pretties Kit, Letter Stickers-Unknown; White Gel Pen

I distress the "sky" paper.  Not too bad; if I say so myself.  ;)

That's all I have to share for now.  So until next time...

Laters!

Patriotic Wreath

Good evening fellow crafters and/or random person (who happened to stumble upon my blog)!   ;)

When looking at a calendar and taking note of the holidays and special occasions, there are several holidays that focus on appreciation for America and those who have served in our military.  When I was making my wreath, I wanted to be able to use it more than once a year; so when deciding on the images I kept that thought in mind.  Here is my finished project...

Materials used: 12 inch wire wreath - Michael's; Tulle - local Sew Store; Cricut - markers & cartridges "Stand and Salute" & "Independence Day"; Cardstock - Stampin' Up, Creative Imaginations, Recollections; Red/White Twine - The Twinery; Ribbon and Fibers - Michael's; Glitter (lots of it) - Martha Stewart.  :)

Dog Tags read: "Support Our Troops" and "Let Freedom Ring"

Give a shout out to my brother who helped me out with how to "bling" the Eagle.  ;)

Well...that's it for now; so until next time...

Three cheers for the red, white, and blue!

CHEERS!

June Crafts

Happy Fabulous Friday!

I love me my Fridays!  ;)

So...this past month I worked on 2 crafts one for my brother's b'day and another for my father for Father's Day.

First up is my brother's b'day and here is the card I made him for this year.

Inspiration came from a Cricut Magazine issue Feb 2012.

Supplies: Recollections brown, white and black cardstock; Stampin Up shades of green cardstock, sentiment stamp, balloon; Cricut Cartridge Pagoda;  The Twinery red/white twine; blue rhinestones; Martha Stewart red glitter; adhesives

And three days later was Father's Day and here is out my mind created this year for my dad...

A beach/surf shack!!  :)  I've seen wood birdhouses at Michael's store for a while now and one particular style reminded me of a beach hut.  So...for the past 4 years I have hand crafted a Father's Day gift for my dad and thought this would be a great gift for his office.

Supplies: Cricut cartridge Life's A Beach; Michael's Store birdhouse and sea shells; acrylic paints shades of brown and green; real sand; cardstock from various companies; Recollections metallic gold pen, Local Sew Store green trim; Stampin Up hemp twine; adhesives.

I LOVE THIS TIKI FACE!

That was it for the month of June.  Currently I'm working on a 4th of July wreath.  Stay tuned for that.

Have a crackle bang boom Independence day!  ;)~

I'm Back and Sharing!

Good Day Fellow Crafters!

It has been almost a year since I posted and shared on my blog.   Well, I am back and blowing the dust off this page and giving it a new look with some of the projects I've been working on.

Mother's Day Gift 2012

I found the inspiration for this project in the March 2012 Cricut Magazine (on the cover as well as page 106) by Roree Rumph (blog: www.roreerumph.blogspot.com).

Supplies: Wood box, Paint, Floral wire, Floral foam: Michael's Craft Store; Patterned paper: Stampin' Up!; Buttons: Scrapbuck; Sentiment sticker: K&C Company (I THINK); Cricut Cartridge FOREVER YOUNG; Adhesives  
 

I am also re-vamping my facebook page as well.  Please stop on by and give a "LIKE"; www.facebook.com/creationsbyzajc  :D

Wanna Smore with Sebastian?

Happy Thursday All!

I'm getting ready to head to Chicago for my family reunion; but first I wanted to share this last project I was able to squeeze in.  

I was crafting with a friend and she had The Disney Princesses cartridges.  As I was going through them, I saw the image of Sebastian (from The Little Mermaid) and thought he was the perfect fit to my beach layout.  He adds a lot more "life" to my page.  :)  

The layout size is 8.5 X 11.
Enough room for a wallet size picture.

I used Stickles to embellish the fire, top of the palm tree, marshmallows and Sebastian's face. 

I used a brown Sharpie pen to add a shadow effect on the title.
Also, I put Sebastian on an Action Wobble.

He know's how to shake it.  LOL!  :)

TA-DA!!!  ;)

Until next time... keep you craft groove going!  :)

Dress Form Stand

I found this dress form stands at a local craft store; Wooten's Scrapbook Co.  I kept coming back to them and visioning what/how I would decorate them.  One of the sales girls made a few suggestions and I'm out the door with two of them!  :)  Overall, I'm proud of my finished project; since this was my first try at decorating one of these. 

This is what I started with.

And... this is what I finished with.  :)

My plan of attack when I started, was to start with the skirt and work down the base/stand.

I found wonderful stack of paper by DCWV "The Lace and Linen Collection."

The flower on the base were from Prima and I used pink and silver Stickles in the center of flowers.

Now, I will ask for opinions on this: what are your thoughts of covering the base/stand with flower like I did?

I said it above and have to say it again; check out DCWV "The Lace and Linen Collection."  Beautiful papers!!  :)

I cut strips of paper for skirt by 8.5 X 1.5

Then I would tear the excess off.  I used modge podge gloss.  This was my first time using modge podge and after seeing the finished skirt now realized what gloss glue does.  ;)

Unfortunately, I forgot what cartridge I used to cut the hearts; however the size of hearts are 3/4".

I used chantilly lace and threaded pink grosgrain ribbon to make the scarf.

The large flower came from Prima Flowers.

Well...hope you enjoyed my first decorated dress form stand.  I have one more to do; but mulling around with a theme and to what theme.  Suggestions?  :)

Birthday Card

Provo Craft has come out with a magazine dedicated to the Cricut/Imagine machines; called "Cricut Magazine."  Every so many months they come out with special issues; "Cricut Birthdays" and "Cricut Cards."  These magazines has opened my creative mind to new ideas and inspiration.  I was inspired to make this card after seeing it in the "Cricut Cards" issue; by Stephanie Ackerman.  When you can; go check out her work!  :)

Here is my creation:

Cricut cart used was  Life's A Beach (both out/inside); also Stickles were uses to embellish the flower and mermaid's top. The half perl in mermaid's hand is from Stampin Up's Pretties Kit.

I used Stickles to also embellish the sea shell board.

I will post two more projects tomorrow.  At the moment need to get back to getting ready for my "day" job.  Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Tammy