Word Bubble Magnets

Here is an easy DIY gift you can make for just about anyone! Mothers, fathers, grandparents, teachers.. You name it! 

Just take a picture of your child in front of a white board with a dry erase message in a word bubble. Print the picture and laminate if you like. I used these business card magnets on the back, but any sticky magnet should work. 

Have fun and let your creativity go wild!

4th of July Shirts

I experimented with iron on vinyl and the Cricut last night and I am so excited with the results!! Here's a sneak peak at what I created in about an hour for my kiddos to wear for Independence day.

Graduation Candy Gram

I made these cute graduation candy gifts for a few seniors graduating this spring. They turned out really cute! I had seen graduation candy cards on Pinterest but wanted to try something a little different by including bible verses as well. First I bought five different movie-sized candies, trying to think in advance what "punny" sayings I could make with them. Then I typed up my sayings and a coordinating bible verse for encouragement and printed it on card stock. I used blue and yellow for their school colors. I wrapped each box with ribbon too for an extra touch.

Sour Patch

(click on picture for a larger view and so you can read the pun and coordinating verse)

Milk Duds

Nerds

Reese's Pieces

Whoppers

 Then I wrapped them up in tissue paper and placed them in a gift bag. I made some graduation gift tags with the "A Child's Year" Cricut cartridge.

So easy and affordable too!

Here is a LINK to print the labels I created and used.

Flower Pot Card

Here is a simple card that your kids can make for any occasion. We made them as Mother's Day cards but they would be great for a birthday, grandparent's day, and more!

We traced my daughter's hand on green construction paper and then cut out a flower pot shape free-hand. You could also use your Cricut to cut the flower pot shape if you have a cartridge with a flower pot cut but we were in a hurry!

We did use the Cricut to cut out the little flower shapes for the top of each finger and then my daughter finished each flower off with a fuzzy ball.

Happy Mother's Day!

Reusable Birthday Banner

Here are some pictures of a birthday banner I made for my daughter's 7th birthday party. I laminated each oval so the banner would survive several years of use. I have two daughters so this baby will get used plenty!

Mother's Day Card

The kids and I made these cute Mother's Day cards for the grandmas and great grandmas in our lives. We started with the My Community cartridge and cut out the spinner image in black.








Next they picked some colors for the wedges and we cut those out as well.





Time to assemble the spinner! (yes, that is a lizard on the table lending a helping hand)



The kids came up with some adjectives to describe their grandmas and labeled each wedge with a different adjective.





Then they attached the spinner to folded cardstock and wrote "I love you because you are..." at the top.





Super easy, super fun, and personal too!

Cricut Easter Shirt

Spring is here and Easter is right around the corner! Time to get festive! Why not make a cute Easter shirt for your little ones with the Cricut?

Cutting fabric with the cricut can be a bit tricky. I got a lot of good tips from this video.

Supplies:
Plain t-shirt
Solid color fabric (I used purple)
Print fabric
Steam a Seam 2
Doodlecharms Cartridge (or other Easter image from your cartridges)
Buttons and ribbon (optional)

Begin by deciding how large you want your Easter basket to be. I decided to cut mine at 5 1/2" so I started with a 6" x 6" square of purple fabric and applied the Steam a Seam 2 to the back. Steam a Seam 2 is fusible web that comes in sheets with a paper backing on each side. You can buy it at your craft store.

Peel off one side of the paper backing, iron it onto your fabric, and leave the other paper backing on for cutting in your Cricut.

The Doolecharms cartridge has a basket and egg that are perfect for this project. Make sure your fabric is pressed securely to your cutting mat. Set your Cricut to multi cut, blade depth to 6, and pressure to max.  After my basket was cut, it looked like this.. not too pretty, but it still worked!

Next, apply the Steam a Seam 2 to the back of your printed fabric for the egg. I used a 3" x 3" square.

Then I cut the egg at 2 1/2". If you're using Doodlecharms, make sure you use the Real Dial Size button to get an egg cut at your desired size. Otherwise it was cut an egg much smaller but in proportion to a 2 1/2" basket.

Then I laid out my basket and egg on the shirt. I decided to add a little ribbon tied around the handle for an added cute detail! If you decide to do this, make sure you add it before you iron your fabric to your shirt.

Next step.. get your iron back out and start by ironing on the egg first..

Then add the basket!

I decided to sew on a few cute buttons to the front of the basket to give the shirt a little more detail. And here is the finished product!

Happy Easter everyone!