Fantabulous Cricut Challenge # 304 - Patriotism

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Challenge #304-Patriotism
Make a project about patriotism in any country!

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To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used. If you use a Cricut Explore machine, at least one cut must be from the Cricut catalog of images.

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Here is my Project

 

 

I created this décor piece for Independence Day aka the 4th of July

The piece is a standard 12 x 12 with 9 3 1/4 inch squares decorated with

Independence Day related images.

All images are raised with foam tape for some extra dimension.

 

Here are a few close ups of some of the images:

 

 

 

 

I used these items to create my Independence Day décor piece:

• Ultimate Creative Series Sampler Cricut cartridge - United States, hat, fireworks, flag, Liberty bell, firecracker
• George and Basic Shapes Cricut cartridge: Star
• Old West Cricut cartridge: Bunting
• Phrases Cricut cartridge: 4th of July
• foam tape: under all images
• Silver Stickles: firecracker
• Martha Stewart glitter (red and silver): fireworks

I am entering my Independence Day décor piece in the following challenge:

• CardzTV - Anything Goes
• PDE ch#178 - Anything but Card

 

I had so much fun creating this Independence Day décor piece. Thank you for stopping by. Please head over to Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog and add your Patriotic project.

Snowflake Tealight Luminary Table Decoration

Since I live in sunny Arizona, we don't see much of the white stuff.  After Christmas I like to decorate the house with things that remind me of Winter.  Today I share with you a very simple tealight luminary I made.

I used these items to make this project:

• Design Studio
• Winter Woodland Cricut cartridge - the card feature cut twice at 3 7/8
• Frosted Lace Stickles - around the edges and the snowflake
• Vellum
• Martha Stewart punch - for the little blue snowflakes
• Blue ribbon

Here's a couple more pics to show the details, including how it looks lit up:

 My original idea for this project was much different than the final project but I am totally happy with the way it turned out.

I am entering this project in the following challenges:

• Decorate to Celebrate Challenge #15 - Winter Wedding
• Shopping Our Stash Challenge #33 - Rewind - redo any of our challenges OR simply use a Meljen's image! - I choose to do Shopping Our Stash Challenge #29 - White - create a mostly white project
• My Craft Spot Monday Challenge #39 - Winter Wonderland - Winter Wonderland MUST use glitter
• Anythin Goes Challenge #57 - Colour Blue and One Other Colour

I had so much fun creating this little tealight luminary...I KNOW I will be making more in the future!

Thanks for stopping by, please leave me a comment to let me know what you think...all comments are much appreciated!!!

O Christmas Tree

Just wanted to share a quick pic of our tree.  Each year we choose a different color scheme and this year we chose snow white and blue.  I'm not totally satisfied with the ribbon but it doesn't matter our 2 year old has been rearranging all of the ornaments anyhow! 

I am linking this up to Docerela Creations - Christmas Tree Link Up Party

So this is it, I hope you like it and I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!

Elmo's Party Game

I made this game for my daughter Jaidyn's 2nd birthday party.   I'm unsure of it's measurements but the base is half of a piece of foam board, then I cut everything out using the Design Studio and the Elmo's Party Cricut cartridge.  This was super fun to make and is nice to have something a little different than the usual "Pin the tail on the Donkey."  I wrote the players names on the game pieces (crayons).  The object of the game is to give Elmo his crayon and the prize for getting the closest was a box of brand new crayons!

I am entering this project in the Decorate To Celebrate Challenge #12 - create any project to be used as a party decoration (or party supply) for a SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTY!!  Let's celebrate EVERYTHING WONDERFUL ABOUT GETTING OLDER (tee hee) with your table decorations, party banners, pennants, yard signs, cupcakes, party favors and more!!  

Halloween at my House - HDH113 - Heinously Haunted Houses

I just wanted to share my Heinously Haunted House.  I think we try to do creepy outside and cute inside.

This poor guy became victim to the giant spider that lives above our garage.  At night we have a green spot light shining on him!

This is the creepy spider fence my husband made a couple of years ago.  The spider bodies light up red in the evening.

As you walk up to the house you are greeted by our cute little ghost...my almost 2 year old daughter Jaidyn aka Cute Little Spider just happened to be next to the ghost when I took the picture on Halloween night.  They look so cute togther!!!

Then next to the side walk is the graveyard.  My husband made all of the gravestones and the one gravestone you are looking at reads,"Here Lies the Body of John Blake He Stepped on the Gas Instead of the Break."  Then of course you see the foot and leg sticking out of the ground to compliment the gravestone.

Now this guy is literally coming out of the grave.  He is just an upper half of a body and came with a spinner to hang but we decided he would look a lot creepier if he looked like he was coming out of a grave.  My husband also put a green light under him and it looked really cool! 

This is the graveyard watcher, he watches over all of the victims and is hanging right at our entryway...you literally have to move him to ring the doorbell. 

Here is a close up look at the wreath I made a couple of years ago hanging beside the graveyard watcher.

This is our cute little dog greeter dressed up as a ghost...a costume I made from an old bedsheet.  He stands next to the witches culdron, you might recognize it from my appalling apothecary...it has made its way outside.  Unfortunately one of the wicked witches isn't going to make it, she is melting!!!

Here's a few pictures of what my house looked like Halloween night with the lights glowing and fog flowing:

That last picture doesn't even come close to expressing the feeling of what it actually looked like but you get the idea.  I'm also not sure but can you see the little orbs floating around...ghosts maybe?

We also made these outdoor decorations a couple of years ago but some vandals destroyed them...see the before and after pictures:

Hangman Before:

Hangman After:

Witch Before:

Witch After...plus they stole the culdron:

We didn't decorate or give out candy for 2 years...it was heartbreaking to have something like that happen.  Not only did it break our hearts but it scared our daughter, who at the time was 6 years old.

Enough depressing stuff...now here is the inside decorations:

I made this wreath of witches a couple of years ago.

Here are the picture frames that I have made throughout the years and of course the newest addition Here Lies Bride Frame that I made this year.

Here are my Halloween trees...you'll probably notice some pieces that came from my Appalling Apothecary such as the ogre eyes,  the shrunken sculls from Scandinavia, and the tiny hands of munchkins.  I also added some witches fingers and some skeletons I had leftover from some empty coffins that displayed the inner workings of a coffin.

Now here are my girls, Kaitlyn and Jaidyn, carving pumpkins:

Thank you so much if you made this far.  I plan to share some pics of the girls from Halloween but for now I hope you enjoyed viewing my Heinously Haunted House and hope everyone had a safe and Happy Halloween!!!

I am entering this post in the HDH #113 Heinously Haunted Houses challenge.