Disney's Frozen Elsa Inspired Birthday card

So my youngest daughter's 5th birthday was last weekend and she had a Disney Frozen party. A while ago I had been researching my Cricut cartridges for something I could use to make a Frozen birthday card. I found the perfect image on Paper Doll Teen Scene Cricut cartridge that would work for an Elsa image. I hadn't used this cartridge yet and I was a little intimidated by it. Let's just say there a many cuts you have to do for these paper dolls, so very time consuming. I also found on Life's a Party Cricut cartridge a castle that would work great for Elsa's frozen castle. I cut the castle card feature at 11 inches out of white cardstock...I wanted it to be as big as possible. I then cut the castle layer out of blue cardstock. Then I decided that Elsa needed to be pretty big too so I cut her at 5 inches. I also made some alterations to her dress to look more similar to Elsa's dress in the movie. Once I had all of that put together and attached to the card, I added the iridescent snowflake sequins and the other iridescent sequins. Lastly, I printed Olaf out from my computer and hand cut him out and attached him the inside of the card. I then added the Happy Birthday stamp.

 



I used these items to create my card:

• Life's a Party Cricut cartridge - castle card
• Paper Dolls Teen Scene - Elsa
• Iridescent snowflake sequins
• Iridescent sequins
• Diamond and Glitz Bazzill cardstock
• Shimmery blue and white Recollections cardstock
• Computer generated Olaf image
• Happy Birthday stamp

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

• BBTB2 - Anything Goes Challenge
• DL ART - November Linky Challenge - ANYTHING GOES

Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed my Disney's Frozen Elsa inspired birthday card.

 

Disney's Frozen Inspired Treat Box

Recently my youngest daughter turned 5 years old and she wanted a Disney's Frozen Birthday Party. I didn't want the typical party supplies that you get from your local party store so I made some of my own. I did a little research of my Cricut cartridges and found a super cute snowflake treat box on the Wrap it Up Cricut cartridge that I knew would be perfect for what I wanted to use it for. I made 6 white and 4 blue because we were expecting girls and boys to my daughter's party. I cut the boxes at 11 1/2 inches, folded it at the hash marks, added iridescent snowflakes around on all 4 sides, put in the treats and closed it up. This was a super easy treat box to make and everyone loved getting them as they left the party.

Here you can see I was able to fit a package of hot chocolate mix, Frozen fruit snacks, a sticker sheet and a tattoo.

This angle shows how pretty the top snowflake looks once it is all put together.

 

 

I used these items to create my treat box:

• Wrap it Up Cricut cartridge
• Recollections shimmery blue and white cardstock
• Iridescent snowflake sequins

 I am entering my treat boxes in the following challenges:

• Fantabulous Cricut - Challenge Me Monday - #237 Embellish Me - use 3 embellishments
• BBTB2 - Anything Goes Challenge
• Decorate to Celebrate - Challenge #88 - Anything Goes
• Red Carpet Studio Challenge #83 - Julie & Julia - create a project inspired by food
• DL ART - November Linky Challenge - ANYTHING GOES

This was such fun and easy project to do and the Wrap it Up Cricut cartridge is really awesome for these types of projects. Thanks for stopping by and checking out my Disney's Frozen Inspired Treat Box.



Snowman Hat

So if you read my other post about how I long for the wonders of Winter then you can understand that I love making crafts for Winter...especially snowmen related!

I knew right away I had all of what I needed on hand to create my Snowman Hat. I spray painted a large coffee can and a piece of ply wood cut into a circle with black spray paint. I hot glued the coffee can to the wood. I then wrapped blue snowflake ribbon around the base of the coffee can. I then realized I had some icicle garland with my Winter decorations. I wrapped and super glued the icicle garland around the top of the coffee can. I then sprayed some spray adhesive to the top and brim of the hat and then sprinkled some buffalo snowflakes on it. Then I painted the edges of a pine cone and a portion of a gold berry pick with white craft paint. I also added some iridescent glitter to the berries. I pulled the holly leaves from another pick and attached them, the berries, pine cone and a large snowflake ornament to the hat. Lastly I super glued iridescent sequins and snowflakes around the entire hat.

This was a super easy and fun project and it will make an excellent addition to my growing Winter decorations. I'm so glad I saved those coffee cans...I wonder what I will do with the others?

I will be entering my Snowman Hat in the following challenges:

• Decorate to Celebrate Challenge #66 - Snowman/Snowflake
• DL ART- Thankful Thursday - January Linky - Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by and checking out my Snowman Hat.

Let It Snow Lighted Snowman

Well it has been quite some time since my last post...November 2013. This past year was very stressful and this year has begun as it ended...stressful. The holidays are always stressful for most of us but because of personally reasons it was even more stressful this past year. Being under that kind of stress, creativity does not flow so freely for me. But I came across this unfinished wooden snowman that I have had for many years, got out the paints and paint brushes with my youngest daughter and he is now no longer unfinished. Just behind Fall, Winter is my second favorite season and I absolutely love snowmen. Living in sunny Arizona makes me miss the cold snowy Winter of New Jersey so I try to surround myself with some comforts of the wonderful winters from my childhood. Once the Christmas decorations come down the Winter ones go up, at least for a couple of weeks, just before Valentine's.

I used the items:

• Provo Craft unfinished wooden snowman stand
• craft paint 
• iridescent snowflake sequins
• iridescent sequins
• black buttons
• Let It Snow wooden add-on
• super glue

Before:

After without lights:

Some close ups:

After with lights:

I am entering my snowman in the following challenges:

• (Pin)spirational Challenge #89 *** SEE LINK FOR IMAGE ***
• Crafting When We Can Challenge #60 - Outside
• Craftin Desert Divas - Craft it up - Link it up - Linky Party #22 - Winter
• Decorate to Celebrate - Challenge #66 - Snowman/Snowflake
• DL ART - Thankful Thursday - January Linky - Anything Goes

I am so excited about how my snowman turned out and I hope you like him too. Thank you for visiting my blog and checking out my Snowman.

My 1st Shaker Card

Yes, you read it right, this is my very 1st shaker card.  I have been wanting to try one of these for a very long time and now I have. I did make some mistakes along the way but I learned from them and I feel very confident that I won't make those same mistakes again.

I used these items to create my shaker card:

• Design Studio
• Joys of the Season Cricut cartridge - snow globe (can't remember the last time I used this cartridge)
• Create a Critter - penguin (can't remember the last time I used this cartridge either)
• stickles
• glitter (have had for many years)
• Close to my Heart clear stamp sentiment - S110 Holiday Magic (never used before)
• ribbon (had since last year)
• iridescent snowflakes (have had for many years)
• Clear Craft Plastic (had since last year)

Here is a view of the bottom and inside of the card:

I am entering my shaker card in the following challenges:

• (Pin)spirational Challenge #39 - see photo below - open til 1/14
• Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge - Shaker Card - open til 1/14
• Go Fish Challenge #32 - Winter - open til 1/14
• My Craft Spot Monday Challenge #81 - Frosty Days - open til 1/14
• Paper Take Weekly - Anything New
• Party Time Tuesdays - PTT #102 - Sparkle, Glitter and Shine - open til 1/14
• Use it Tuesday Challenge #47 - Make it Sparkle - open til 1/18 by 10:am AZ time
• Little Scrap Pieces - Fun Friday - Winter Blues Challenge - open til 1/18
• Exploring Cricut - Baby It's Cold Outside - open til 1/19
• DL Art Thankful Thursday Linky Party - Anything Goes  - open til 1/31

I think I did pretty good for my very 1st shaker card (toot toot my horn). Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my Penguin Snow Globe Shaker card.

A Gift For You - Christmas Layout

 

Today I bring to you a very special scrapbook layout I made. In 2009 we had a very special early Christmas gift given to us, our youngest daughter Jaidyn. She was born premature at 31 weeks and 2 days weighing only 3 lbs. 1 oz. Jaidyn only spent 27 days in the NICU and we brought her home just 2 weeks before Christmas. This photo with Santa and her older sister Kaitlyn was taken 3 days before Christmas and I still can't believe how tiny Jaidyn was. She was the best early Christmas gift ever.

I used these items (all of which I've had for at least a year or longer) to create this layout:

• Misc. pattern paper and cardstock
• Winter Frolic Cricut cartridge - "A Gift For You"
• Martha Stewart glitter
• Martha Stewart edge punch - used leftover snowflake
• ribbon
• iridescent snowflakes
• metal SANTA tag - attached to the hidden journaling
• misc. clear Santa stamp

Behind the photo I did some hidden journaling and it says:

A Gift For You

That is what Jaidyn was for us November 17, 2009. My water broke on November 11^th and Jaidyn was born via C-section 6 days later, 9 weeks before her due date. December 22, 2009 was Jaidyn’s 1^st visit to see Santa at the mall.  Kaitlyn looked beautiful in her Christmas dress and Jaidyn just looked so tiny in her Santa jammies. Jaidyn slept through the entire time in line. Her monitor kept going off, which was nothing to worry about. We were so worried about having Jaidyn so early but she proved to be a tough little cookie. We just know she had other plans and wanted to be in our arms before Christmas. She was the best early Christmas gift anyone could ask for.

I am entering this layout in the following challenges:

• Exploring Cricut - It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Christmas - open til 12/22
• Red Carpet Studio Challenge #16 - Christmas Layouts - open til 12/22
• Celebrate the Occasion Challenge #93 - Christmas - Anything - open til 12/23
• Hooked on Crafts Challenge #27 - Christmas card/layout - open til 12/29
• More than Favors - Wacky Wednesday #78 - Christmas - open til 1/1
• Go Fish Challenge #31- Anything - open til 12/31
• DL Art - Thankful Thursday Challenge - Linky Party - Anything Goes - open til 12/31

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my layout!