End of Year Teacher Gifts

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Today I wanted to show you the End of Year Teacher Gifts my daughters and I made for their cute teachers.  It's so hard to believe I'm going to have a Second Grader and a Fifth Grader!  They really need to slow down on this growing up business! 

I have wanted to do a little gift basket for their teachers that wouldn't be too spendy, but would look cute.  Enter, an ice cream care package where they only have to add the ice cream!  My little one was SO excited to give this to her teacher.  I had to use my Cricut Explore to make the tag and my little poem was just the perfect touch and my oldest daughter said it said everything she could want to say to her teacher, so she just said "From, Shelby".  HA!  She cracks me right up.  Her teacher had planned a root beer float party for his class and forgot a scoop!  So glad we gave him one!   Thank you for visiting today!

Mother's Day for a Dog Mom!

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My SIL adopted the cutest little puppy I've ever seen and I'm truly smitten!  Mother's Day was coming up and I thought we should at least give her a gift card to Petco because that Ella is the cutest puppy!  And wow is she full of energy, too!  I was trying my best to design a cute gift card holder with my Cricut and only have one dog on it, but as I got into it, we needed to have all sides of Ella that we could.  I used a white gel pen to add the fluffy fur to the silhouette images and I had a cute little gift card holder and I was super excited to give it to my SIL.  That dog has added so much to our family and my girls cannot get enough of her!  Thank you for visiting today! 

A Teacher Appreciation Gift

I love Teacher Appreciation Week!  It's my favorite time of year, and our school each year sends home a little list of things we can do for the teachers each day of the week.  A thank you note, a treat, a chore, etc.  It really is a great time!  My little one gets into it BIG!  She wanted to get her cute teacher a notebook, some pens that matched and some dry erase markers.  Done, and done!  I of course had to make a silly tag for the girls to sign.  I had my Cricut Explore write the lines on the tag in the bluebonnet pen from the Wildflower Collection and then it wrote the "Just Write" sentiment in black pen.  Done!  I was in a rush and just had to tie it super quick but it worked out and my little first grader couldn't wait to give it to Ms. Chesnek!

Teacher Appreciation Posters

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I signed up way back in August to do the Teacher Appreciation doors this year.  I love making posters and was happy to do it.  As the year went on, I had zero clue what to do for Shelby's male teacher.  Guy things are so hard for me to make cause I'm all about the frills, ya know. Ha! But as the due date was quickly approaching, I was hit with some much needed inspiration.

I used a rectangle and some lines from a ruler image in Cricut Desgn Space and had these cute rulers  to paste on this poster!  I'm feeling very thankful for my Cricut and Glue Dots! 

Now on to the first grade teacher!  I love this poster, and rolled flowers are my favorite so it only felt natural to put them together!  She loved her poster and so did I!

Thanks for visiting today, and thank you to all the amazing teachers who  have helped my kids grow!!

Cricut Cards

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I wanted to show you some cards I made for a birthday gift. I love to make a box of cards for my friends and add a book of stamps and a fun pen. #longlivesnailmail right?! Anyway.  It makes a great gift and with my Cricut Explore gifts have never been easier!

This card was a fun one to make. Those balloons are from the Hello Kitty Greetings cartridge but I didn't want to use Hello Kitty.  I cut the shadow and then snipped her off with scissors and put the banner over and had a cute lil' card!

 This one may be my favorite of the group: I had the Cricut cut the "thanks" on a rectangle and then I did some back stitching through the holes and had a way cute sentiment!

This card looked like a cupcake from the beginning to me and I felt that it needed a topper! Those flags from Party Picks and Pennants Digital Set are so fun to use.  You can change the size in Design Space and have a sentiment in no time!

This card was probably the easiest for me because I just had to choose paper and have the Cricut cut it!  It is from Creative Everyday Cards and it was done! 

This card was one I wanted to be simple but have a little texture to it.  I used my Cuttlebug to emboss the background and added some enamel dots in the corner and had a simple little card.

This card was from Classically Modern cards. Not the most fun to glue but it looks cute anyway!

This is from Deorate! Celebrate! I added a sentiment from Walk in my Garden and that was a super cute thank you card!

This card was a Make it Now project in design space.  Easiest ever! 

Here is the packaging for the gift.  I used a cupcake I had made long ago for the tag and it was the perfect finishing touch!

Thank you for visiting today!

Burlap Flowers? YES!

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Today I want to show you these amazing flowers that my Cricut Explore cut for me with the Deep Cut Blade.  I had watched a video from the super fun Country Charm by Tracy and I just had to try my own.  I love burlap so much, but the messy factor of it almost always makes me choose a different material to work with.  Tracy's blog has been a place where I can always find inspiration.  You should check her out!  I mod podged my burlap a bit too heavy so when these flowers were all rolled and set they were a bit hard and since I was making them for a wedding I thought they should be a little softer.  I don't have a ton of die cuts for my  Cuttlebug but after this project, I will be getting so many more! Rolled flowers are my favorite things to make with my Cricut so it seemed as natural as Burlap to make some! Thanks to Tracy for being my inspiration!

This is the card I ended up using.  The wedding colors were cranberry and gold with burlap. It was a very beautiful reception and I loved those burlap flowers with rolled ones!

Thank you for visiting today!  

First Day of School Lunchbox Notes

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School is in session and this Mama has a whole new idea of freedom!  Both girls are in school full time, and I wasn't sure how I'd do without my little buddy around.  Turns out, I'm just fine! The first day of school is a big deal around here.  A new lunchbox, new clothes, new teachers.  Everything is new!  My oldest daughter is in fourth grade and is obsessed with hipster glasses and hashtags. I knew exactly what her note would be like:

She loved it. I did too.

My youngest is in first grade and I was really struggling with having her gone all day. But we make the best of it and have some fun along the way.  She's just starting to read and I knew she'd know what her note said:

She came home and was just thrilled that age got a pink note in her lunch. She promptly hung it on her door.  Aw!

I love my Cricut Explore and lunch box notes have never been easier!  Thank you for visiting!