Happy Fourth of July! (and a t-shirt)

Happy Fourth of July! It's Becky with you this morning and I have a quickie post for ya. I had intended on buying Abie a shirt or outfit to wear today, as I always do, and the time just slipped away from me. So when Stacy had the brilliant idea to stamp shirts for the kids I did a mental head slap. She's so smart! :) I bought a four pack of tank tops at Wal-mart, for $4, and stamped the large firecracker from Stampin' Up!s Independece Day set then I used the firecracker topper from PTIs Let Freedom Ring set. I held the shirt up and my firecracker looked slightly off so I grabbed the 4th of July stamp from my Hero Arts July set and stamped in underneath, bringing the whole image back to the center. I love the way it turned out.

I can hardly believe my baby is two today! We have a big bash going on, starting at 1 PM, so I'm off to finish preparations! I hope you have a fun and safe holiday!

4th of July Dress Up

Hey gang !! Stacy here.....thanks to Becky for sitting in for me last night !! I had a busy night after work and wasn't gonna be able to post until 10 or 11 !! Anyway......Becky came over the other night and we made shirts for the kiddos for 4th of July. I have to say that after doing this, I think I'm addicted !! lol

Lots of pics tonight, so I'll stop blabbering and let ya look !! The first pic is the two shirts I made for my girls. I also ended up decorating flip flops and hair pieces.....they gotta match !!

This is a close up of one of the shirts. I used Palette Ink and stamps from PTI:

This is a pic of all 4 shirts I made: My two daughters, my son and my nephew:

And finally a close-up of the flip flops. I love red white and blue !! They may end up with flip flops for every holiday lol !! Ok, that's it for tonight, thanks for stoppin' by !!

Napkin Rings

It's Becky with you today and I have a couple of things to say. First off, I didn't get any organizing done Saturday. :( I got down to my scraproom and realized, I don't have room for my new shelves. What's a girl to do when she doesn't have room for new shelves? The same thing a girl does when she's finds a great pair of shoes on sale that don't match anything she owns. She buys a new outfit to match the shoes, right? Since my shelves don't fit, I have to make room for them which means, I have to re-arrange my room and buy a new scrap table. If you know me at all, you know I love to change things around. Even if they're perfectly fine the way they are! :) Mike and I will be working on the new table over the next two months and when it's done, then, hopefully, I'll post pictures! :) Second of all, after reading Saturday's post I realized I say "so" way too much! Thirdly, I'm super excited for tonight. After dinner, I'm heading over to Stacy's to craft the night away! Finally, today's project!

In May, when PTI came out with the Let Freedom Ring set, I knew I had to have it. Largely in part to Lisa Johnson's post here. I loved the napkin rings she made and thought they would be a really easy way to add some patriotic flare to our bash! I stamped each of the round images from the set onto white card stock, punched them out with my 1 1/2 inch circle punch and adhered them onto pinked circles from my Accent Essentials cartridge for my Cricut. Then I cut a piece of patterned paper to 1" by 4" and stuck my circle embellishments to the middle. Finally I wrapped the whole piece around my rolled plasticware!

Here's a close up of the napkin rings and you can see the patterned paper here. It looked like an old faded red and white checkered table cloth. In the center of the stamped image, I adhered a rustic wood button from PTI.

I hope you have a great night! I know Stacy and I will!

Fourth of July Goodie Bags

Well here we are, Saturday again! It's Becky with you today and I am super excited! We were at the pool this morning and our neighbors were having a garage sale. So while I was swimming, I spyed a set of shelves that would be perfect for my scrapbook room. So I walked on over there, in my swimsuit and towel, and was able to get them for $25! So, I'm going to spend the afternoon re-organizing all my treasures! I'll try and share a picture when I'm done! Okay, on to my project for today! I have more Fourth of July goodness to share!

I made up goodie bags for Landry's birthday party next Saturday and just purchased the blue and red sandwich bags from Wal-Mart. I think they're 4 for a $1. Then I used my Let Freedom Ring set and Palette inks and stamped on some PTI white card stock. I used by 1 1/2 inch circle punch and punched them out and mounted them on that cool pinked circle. The pinked circle came from my Accent Essentials cartridge for my Cricut. I thought it looked more Fourth of Julyish than a scalloped circle, don't you! Then I stamped "America" from the same set and trimmed it up to look like a little flag and attached it under the circle.

Here's a close up of the tag. I just punched a small hole with my Crop-a-Dile and threaded it onto the white curly ribbon which hold the bag closed.
Okay then, have a great weekend. I'm off to organize!

Patriotic Pinwheels

Happy Thursday friends! It's Becky with you on this fine day. I tell ya, it must be pinwheel week on the bloggy blog! Today's project is one I got from here. When I read Lisa's post about gluing the pinwheels to clothespins, I thought she was a genius. I'm always looking for more decorating ideas for The Fourth and I thought these would be great to clip on various things around the house. So I made a bunch of these Patriotic Pinwheels and clipped them to the blinds in our half bath, downstairs. I feel like the half bath is neglected, not quite a full bath so people often write it off! So whenever I get the chance, I like to add a little something to that room! I made the pinwheels in several different sizes.

Start by cutting your paper in a square, such as 8x8 and draw a pencil line from corner to corner so they intersect in the middle of your paper. Then with your scissors, cut the four corners, towards the middle, stopping about an inch before you get to the center. Then poke a hole in every other corner and in the middle. Using a brad, attach all the holes to the center and secure. I attached all of my pinwheels to the clothespins with Zip Dry, one of my new favorite adhesives.

Here's a close up picture of one of the pinwheels. I think this one started as a 4x4 piece of paper.

Celebration Buckets

Stacy here this stormy Wednesday night !! I'm trying to post quickly because a nasty storm is headed our way....3 days this week now and we've have some crazy weather !! I have to start by telling you that my original post tonight was going to be a USA banner. Ok, that didn't happen !! After I saw Becky's, I was too embarrassed to post mine !! lol She did what any BFF would do and told me it would be just fine (I told her it was ok to laugh !!) So, I decided to make a few decorative buckets to throw around the table for firecracker day. I bought the buckets last Halloween at Target...$1 for 2 !!! They are approximately 3-4 inches tall. I lined the middle with My Mind's Eye "It's Time to Break Free" paper (which I love) and tied a felt star with "Celebrate" on the tag to ribbon. The pinwheels are made from the same paper, secured with brads and a button and I used candy sticks that I bought at Hobby Lobby for the stems.

Here's a little better shot:

Well, the thunder is getting closer so I'll let ya go for now. Have a great night !!

USA Banner

Hi there, it's Becky with you today. Just when I think it can't get any hotter, it does! Temperatures were in the upper 90's today and we had a heat index of 110! Today's project is a USA banner I made for our front door. I used the Learning Curve cartridge for my Cricut to make the stars and my Storybook cartridge for the letters. I used Melissa Frances papers and PTI Stamps. To finish it off, I made two small pinwheels and adhered them to clothespins which I slipped on to the stars. I hope it's cooler where you are!

Here's an up close shot of the U...

and the S...

and finally the A.

Fourth of July Banner

Hello there, it's Becky with you today. Chances are, if you're visiting you might notice that we're a little under construction. It's a bit of a long story but the all mighty Stacy is going to spruce up the bloggy blog! Tonight's post is a banner I made for Landry's birthday party last year, but I'll use it every year. I was at Gordman's and found this fabric banner with six triangles. It was too perfect to pass up especially for $3.99! I simple cut out letters with my Alphalicous cartridge for my Cricut and embellished the letters with buttons and ribbons and such. So easy and simple but festive and cute! Have a great night!

Here's a close up of the L A N...

and the D R Y!

Fourth of July Buckets

Aaaahhhh, the weekend. My favorite time of the week! It's Becky with you today and I hope you're having nice weather where you are too. Today's project is one I made after seeing centerpieces like this done on various websites. I needed something to add to our table for the Fourth of July bash and these were very easy to do. I had purchased these plain white paint pails, on clearance at Hobby Lobby. On of them was even dented! But once I Mod Podged the paper on, you couldn't even tell! I used Making Memories patterned paper to make two different sized pinwheels and plain card stock in three colors, to coordinate with the patterned paper, to make stars in different sizes. Then glued the pinwheels and stars to painted dowel rods and stuck them in the paint cans where I had placed some floral foam to hold them upright. To cover up the foam, I used that crinkly crunched up paper you use for gift bags. I finished the cans off by adhering letters that spell Celebrate Freedom and some navy grosgrain ribbon on the paper seams. Enjoy and have a great weekend!

Birthday Invitations

Hello there, it's Becky with you today. With today's post I'm starting a trend! A Fourth of July posting frenzy! Our youngest daughter was born on the Fourth of July and we have a big bash every year for her and to celebrate the holiday. I have lots of fun projects to share with you over my next several posts, all Fourth of July themed. I thought I'd start you out easy with the least Fourth of July like project, her birthday invitation! I knew I wanted to make her birthday invites "summery" this year and not so "Fourth of Julyish." So when I picked up the last issue of PaperCrafts magazine and saw the Popsicle card submitted by Betsy Veldman, I knew instantly it would by my inspiration. I fiddled around with my Doodlecharms cartridge for my Cricut until I figured this out:

First I cut two Popsicles with the shadow function at 5 1/2. Then I cut one brown Popsicle at 5 1/2. Then I cut one red Popsicle with the shift function at 5 1/2. I layered all the pieces and scored the bottom white piece along one side. Then I adhered the bottom white piece to the top white piece. I tied orange grosgrain ribbon around the Popsicle and then adhered it to the white card base. To embellish, I cut out the cupcake image on the Doodlecharms cartridge using the charm function and stamped the Celebrate sentiment from PTIs Mixed Messages set. Then I used by circle punch to cut the lime green circles and adhered fun summer epoxy stickers from KI Memories. I attached the charm and embellished circles to the ribbon with white floss.

Here's a group picture of all the Popsicles. What says summer more than a red twin pop? Have a great night!