DIY Lily wall art

Hello there!  I made this wall art for a little girl's room.  It was a birthday present for Lily from my daughter.  My video is at the bottom on how I made it!

I have a 10x10 canvas, a card stock pack I got from Wal-mart, and Basic Black card stock from Stampin' Up! that I used for the letters.

I first cut out Lily using my Cricut Expression.  The cartridge was Classic Fonts.  I believe I cut it out at 5''.  I can't quiet remember.

Then I scored the flowered card stock 1'' around all 4 sides.  I then Modge Podge all over the canvas and smoothed out all bubbles that I could. 

  I glued, (I'm just gonna say glued because its faster.)  the edges and stapled them down on the back.  I folded the corners in and stapled them too.

Then I glued the top of the canvas/ card stock and completely let it dry.  Glued on Lily and also went over that.  Let it dry and..

poof!..

DIY Personalized wall art!

And here is a close up of the flowers.  They have glitter on them.  The paper came like that.

Here's my video!   Hope you enjoy and give you your own ideas for your projects!

Valentines!!

So this year I made the kids Valentines.  I used my Cricut Imagine, and some Valentine paper pack from Hobby Lobby.  This is real simple to make. 

First you need are...these!!

Any candy will do, as long as it fits inside the right size baggie you are using.

The size bag I'm using for this project are 3''x4'' baggies I got from Hobby Lobby.

For the Hersey Nuggets,  I cut card stock at 1''x3'' and put adhesive in the center, and on both ends.  I used my ATG gun, because it would hold better. 

Then I stuffed my baggies full of candy!!! For a 3''x4'' baggie, the M&M's fun size fits perfectly.

For the bag top, I cut the card stock at 3 1/2'' x 4''.  Then I folded it in half to make 3 1/2'' x 2''. 

For the image, ( I dont know what it's called, lol)  I used the Cricut Imagine stock images.  It is at 2''.

So for this image,  I used 2 stamps I got from Hobby Lobby.  The double heart and the saying 'be my valentine'   The ink I used for the hearts are Stampin' Up! Real Red.  For the saying I used Memento Tuxedo Black.

I then used Stampin' Up! marker Basic Black, for the words.

For the top, I folded the 3 1/2''x 4'' card stock in half, then stuck the baggie slightly into the bottom, then staple it!

Then, I used the Image to cover up the staple.  I used pop dots from Hobby Lobby.

I had to make 21 of these.  These ones are for my daughter.  I then had to make 20 more for my son.  His are girly looking too (I havent seen blue valentine paper) but I don't think pre school kids will mind once the see candy.

These are my son's.

So enjoy!  You can make these candy bags for any occasion.

DIY Wall art

Hello there!  It's been awhile.  I've been busy.  But I got crafts up the sleeve!  Here is my video of how to do wall art using canvas and card stock.   This is the first time I have made this and I have imperfections in it.  But I know how to fix it for next time.   Watch the video and reads below.

This is a very easy project.   All I used was a 10x10 canvas that I got from Hobby Lobby.  And I had also got the Tim Holtz card stock pack. 

I used the card stock at 12x12.  I also used a stapler for extra hold.

What I did was measure and scored 1 inch around all the edges of the paper.  To give the extra bend around the canvas. 

Then I Modge Podged the top of the canvas and placed the canvas on top centered within the center of the paper.  I pressed down firmly around the bottom of the canvas and the canvas itself.   Then I glued around the edges bending the paper around the canvas.  I also used scissors to diagonally cut the corners to fold the corners around the canvas.    I smooth out the edges and then bent them again to wrap around the bottom of the canvas.  I then used the stapler to give it extra hold. 

I flipped the canvas back over and then Modge Podged the whole canvas and sides.  Let it dry.  I place it under a desk light to help speed up the process.  

I have wall art!!

Here is a close up of the card stock



Hope you enjoy!  Comment below to let me know what you think! 

Krafty Girls!

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Crayon drawing/ melting Lady Gaga

So this is a video I stumbled apon looking for crayon melting ect.  The start is a small clip of Lady Gaga but it leads into the crayon drawing.  I was totally amazed that this guy can draw this good! Love the rainbow effect! So I thought I would share it with you.  Enjoy!  :)

More crayon Melting using Cricut Expression

 So here is my how to step process of crayon melting that I do.  I am totally into doing crayon melting right now.  Ideas are just flowin.  I used my Cricut Expression to cut out the words, I have Winter Wonderland cartridge in.  I am also plugged into CCR (cricut craft room )

I traced them onto the canvas and then used painters tape to cover the letters I traced.  This one I worked on, Sam did Family, I helped her with it.

 Then Sam and I pinned on the crayons and started melting.  When I was done melting, I put the canvas outside to cool and harden.  (Not necessary but I choose to do it.)  I then peeled away the painters tape (VERY CAREFULLY) using a exacto knife.  Also I would scrap some edges and unnecessary crayon the was left behind in places it should of not been.


Here is Sam's.  Colors used are a rainbow selection.

Here is mine, colors used are light brown, dark brown, medium brown, and dark red colors and black.  Small pieces in random order pinned to the canvas.

The wine glass in this one is from the French Manor Cartridge.  But the letters are Winter Wonderland.
These were xmas presents for Sam's a aunt's.
Here is my how to video.  When I uploaded, edited, and uploaded it again.  It changed some how.  It's not exactly like how I have it in Window Movie Maker.  But most of it is just showing more process.  It's super speedy.  I wish Apple would create movie software for PC like what they have on their Mac's.  That would be awesome!!

So here's my video- enjoy.

I hope you enjoy it!  We worked hard on it.  Good Job SAM!!!

Kandee Johnson!!!

So this is a totally cool idea!  I saw this on Kandee Johnson's blog and wanted to share it with you guys!  I think it is so neat!  I did not do this,  Kandee made this one.  Here is her link on how she made it.
http://www.kandeej.com/2011/06/diy-make-up-storage-idea.html

Check it out.  It super cool!  I love Kandee and all that she does!  She's fun and bubbly and totally knows all about make up n hair n other crafty ideas!