Back 2 School

Good Evening Internet Friends!

It seems that summer is officially over as today was back to school for my son.  I cannot believe that my little teeny tiny preemie is going in to Grade 8 🏫🎒

Up early to get the new school routine in .  Pancakes, poached egg and strawberry/raspberry/blueberry smoothies.  My son thought he hit the jack pot 🥞.  Lunch was packed and contained Sugar Cookies that we made yesterday:

I found the ABC/123 sprinkles in the cupboard and decided they were a perfect addition to the cookies.  

After dropping off my son at school I went to see my physician.  Three days post injury, ice, pain medications and my hand still really hurts.  Good news:  no fractures in my hand.  Still have sturdy bones.  🥛  Bad news:  I have a "VERY bad" sprain of my pinky finger and wrist.  As such I am now wearing a slab, fingers are buddy taped and all wrapped up in pressure bandage.  Worse yet news: I cannot go to work because my hand is all wrapped up and poses risk for hand hygiene/infection control.  This also means that I need to find things to do a home with minimal hand use.  😿

Being at home with absolutely nothing to do I have discovered is ridiculously boring!!!!   I decided that I could make a couple of birthday cards this afternoon so that is what I did:

Took a long time to do this and hand hurt afterwards.  Drat.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Quick Treat Boxes

Today we hosted my son's 9th Birthday Party.

It's not his actually birthday, quite yet, but we had the party today.

After searching party and toy stores all over Edmonton and Central Alberta, I came up empty handed for items for the loot bags to the party.

So, late last night I got out my Tag a Bag Gift Boxes from Stampin Up, some Designer Series Paper (cut the banners with my Cricut using my Artiste Collection Cartridge.

The stamp set is called Label Love and is also from Stampin Up along with matching paper punch.

The inside of these boxes is filled with candy!  My son and I had so much fun getting and filling these boxes with candy:

I am so going to make these better for the next time, but this was a quick easy solution!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Oh S"Crap"! It's Monday

I had a lot of fun making this card!

I used Soft Suede card stock for the base, left overs from the Dotty for You paper from Close to My Heart, my Celebrations stamp set and Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge (all from Close to My Heart).

The banner and cupcake were cut out with the Cricut, and then colored with my Stampin' Write markers, and of course I had to use my orange liquid embossing to make the frosting look yummy.

I LOVE this card, cupcakes always make me happy!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Oh S"crap"! It's Monday...

I found a handful of those chocolate wrapped eggs on the cupboard today and asked my son if he wanted them.  His response, "nah, not really".  Now, what to do with these, as I certainly don't need them?

Ah Ha.  Creative packaging.

My Easter 2010 Cricut cartridge has this pillow box die cut in it, so I used a piece of left over Certainly Celery and a small piece of window sheet and filled it with the left over chocolate (truly all scraps)!

Once presented to my son in this fashion, it was much more of a hit, and I think by tomorrow the last of the Easter candy will be gone.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Good Friday

It's Good Friday, and I always find it hard as to how to "celebrate" today.  As for making a craft, that is even harder.  While looking at my crafting supplies I realized my Cricut Solutions Easter 2010 cartridge had a cross in it.

The background for this card is Daffodil Delight, the Whisper White was run through the lattice embossing folder (it has crosses in the center of it).

I sponged Lucky Limeade for the grass, and pool party for the sky.

The cross is cut at 3" on the Cricut. 
In keeping with "The Cross" theme I have attached links to versions of two of my favorite singers, singing The Old Rugged Cross; Brad Paisley and Alan Jackson.

 Have a Blessed Easter, and Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

The Annual Poinsettia

Every year my son's school does an annual Christmas fundraiser selling Poinsettia plants.  These poinsettia's are AWESOME, and usually last until August when they are thrown out due to vacation schedules.  I have several friends and colleagues that purchase these plants yearly and so to say Thank you for their support of the school I always include Thank you cards.  These are the cards I made this year.  I used my Cricut and the Joys of the Season cartridge.  The card stock is real red, garden green and whisper white from Stampin Up.  After I cut the poinsettia's I used the Distressing Essentials Kit from Stampin Up to flat stamp across the leaves with tea stain ink, just to give the leaves a more "real" look.  I rolled the edges and then used glue dots to adhere each layer and then place on real red ribbon placed over whisper white card stock embossed with the Snow Burst folder.  The centers are made from Flower Soft that I had lying around the craft room.   The last picture is of one of the poinsettia just after being taken out of the plastic wrap, it will get much fuller.  Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

New House

I love my Cricut machine!  I recently got the Sweet Tooth Boxes Cartridge.  In it is this pattern for a house box.  My friend Alyssa just bought a new house, and got a new job.  So, to say congratulations, I made her this box in which I will put poppy seed muffins (I just baked).  The house was cut at 10", and then assembled by me until I almost tossed the whole project only to realize I was assembling it wrong!!  OOOOPPs.  Went together very easily once I did it correctly.  For the windows I used the clear window sheets from Stampin Up and adhered with glue dots.  Since Alyssa has a dog I added a dog sticker, bowl, and ball to the yard of the house to make it look like home.  The house is red with black trim, because I think they are the best houses to have!  Congratulations Alyssa!  Hope this inspires your  own creativity...


Kathy