Thanks Teacher

 

 

 

Hello this is Terri from www.scrappinwiththebug.blogspot.com. Where oh where has the year gone. I can't believe it's JUNE already. I must admit I almost missed the post for today - as the month totally got away from me.

 



So we all know I love love love playing with vinyl. So a few months back before school was out for the summer I made these. My daughter went  2 years to the same preschool. While, I was a little nervous about her going 2 years ago my daughter's teachers put me at ease. They were simple the BEST. They genuinely loved kids. So I wanted to make these fun flower pots for them as a HUGE thank you gift.

 

I used pots I found from Michael's. They were 50% off when I bought them.  The one teacher likes purple and other green/blue. So I thought these were perfect.

 

I cut the words from white vinyl. I used billionaire and welded the words together. The words are just over 1.12".

 

The saying, "Thanks for helping me grow". The teachers loved them so much.

 

I know it's a super quick and easy project but the result and gift was fantastic.

 

I kiss cut the vinyl by turning my blade to 3, pressure to 3, and speed to 3 or medium.

 

I then used washi tape to transfer the words to the flower pots.

 

And I leave you with my love of this fun little project. Lots of people know I love my Blackhawks. My hubby is a true Chicagoan - me a transplant Chicagoan (I grew up down state IL). I love watching hockey. My MIL a few years ago bought my daughter this hockey Jersey and I had to make a photo layout with it. I used PKS face on the little hockey girl. The  girl was made from paper dolls and she is 3". As you can see this is from 2010 -- so with them winning the STANLEY CUP I guess I should make another layout of her w/ a 2013 cup....

 



Designed by Terri Szymanski

 

Gypsy and Expression used

 

Cartridge: Billionaire cut at 1.12"

 

Supplies: White Vinyl

 

 

Frying Tom Thanksgiving layout

Layout before adding journaling and photos

Turkey - 3" Create a Critter 2

 Hi this is Terri from http://scrappinwiththebug.blogspot.com/ this month for my project I am sharing a layout I made reflective of this past Thanksgiving. Hoping everyone had a GREAT Thanksgiving. I know I did.
The past few years the tradition has been to get a Turkey and fry him. This year was no different. My family all crammed into my brother's apartment for Turkey Day. My husband was in charge of frying the bird. I will say - for those who have never had a fried turkey it is so super yummy. We use an electric fryer and it works wonderfully.
I must admit in the past 8 years of frying the turkey I have never taken photos. So this year I knew instantly that I wanted to make a series of photos showing what steps go into making the this wonderful bird.

I used the paper from DCWV -- Citrus stack and also Fall harvest stack (for the solid paper).

Cartridges used:
Create a Critter 2 - Turkey cut at 3"
Arts Philosophy - Square 4 cut at 4"
Arts Philosophy - Banner  1" each
Billionaire - Welded the words Frying Tom cut at 1"
Billionaire - 2012 - cut .80"

I used a Martha Stewart punch for the accent red and also used a square punch to cut  date tag at the bottom.

The orange rhinestones are from Queen & Co.
Hemp Twine - from Michael's

Designed By:  Terri S.

Cricut Machine Used: Expression, gypsy

Cricut Cartridges Used:  Arts Philosophy, Billionaire, Create a Critter 2,

Other Supplies Used: DCWV paper Citrus and Fall Harvest paper stacks, ATG adhesive, Queen & Co - rhinestones, hemp twine

Elf on The Shelf Letter

Happy Holidays to all. It's L.B. from Cool Beans By L.B. and I love the holiday season. Starting with Thanksgiving and through the New Year I just love it all. One special thing that we have done in our home for the last few years is have the Elf on the Shelf visit our home. For those who do not know, the Elf on the Shelf is a story about an elf who comes and visit your home daily before Christmas. Each night it reports back to the North Poll about how the children (and adults) are behaving in that home. There is a doll that comes and it moves all over your home during it's stay...check out Pinterest for some of the crazy ideas people use.  It is almost time for our elf, Conner, to arrive and I thought a letter reminding my daughter about his arrival would be a cute way to start the fun.

I found this sheet of cardstock in my holiday pile. I loved the way it looked like a postcard. I cut out a simple little elf using the Paper Doll Dress-Up cartridge. Once I had him all dressed I added some sparkle with my Stickles. I placed him onto the letter background.

Next, I used one of my favorite font cartridges: Billionaire to cut out the names for the greeting and closing. I love how this cart welds together on my Gypsy.

Once the names were on I add a simple little letter, including a message about playing in Mom's craft room. This letter will today and Conner will arrive at a special breakfast on Sunday morning. Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving and are ready for the holidays to come.

Cricut Info & Supplies:

Designed By: L.B.

Cricut Machines: Expression, Gypsy

Cricut Cartridges: Paper Doll Dress-up (elf and parts cut at 5.5 inches), Billionaire (letter height 1.47 inches)

Project Theme: Christmas and holidays

Additional Supplies: Gold and Diamond Stickles, Scotch's Two Way Glue, DCWV Christmas Combo stack