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!

CHF Challenge #1

Hey gang !! Stacy here.....well the CHF summer challenge is underway !! I was really excited to submit this card.....I think that it absolutely reflects who I am as a crafter. The colors turned out beautiful and I hope you enjoy !!

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!

Feel Better

Happy Friday gals ! Stacy here tonight with a card I put together for my husband's grandma that is feeling a little under the weather. I started with a 6x6 piece of cardstock, added a brown piece of cardstock to the bottom and I rounded the corners (sorry...didn't get that in the pic !!). The patterned paper is DCWV and was a 12x12 piece that had this design in the bottom right corner. I cropped it down and mounted on coordinating red cardstock. I finished it off with brown ribbon and three buttons that tie it all together. Sentiment is PTI stamped in brown. Hope you enjoy and have a great weekend !!

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.

Firecracker !!

Stacy here : ) It's Monday and time to get out all of that fun 4th of July stuff !! Lots of projects to post for the next few weeks so tune in daily for cute stuff !!



I've been waiting to make a firecracker and think it turned out awesome !! I took a piece of white paper 2x6 and stamped on it with just a blue and red stamp pad. I adhered twine to one end and rolled it as tight as I could and secured with glue dots. The blue paper I patterned myself with a star stamp from Hero Arts and white ink. The red and white paper were run through the Cuttlebug with swiss dots and there she is !! Card measures 7x4 1/2 complete. Have a great week.....

Home

Well, here we are. Saturday again! Becky here today with a card to share that I made for our new neighbors. The card measures 5x5 and I trimmed piece of Kraft card stock to 4 3/4 x 4 3/4 to mat on top of the base. Then I trimmed a piece of patterned paper to 2 x 4 3/4 and adhered on top of the Kraft. I then cut out the little birdhouse with my Cricut using the Stretch Your Imagination cartridge. After that I printed out the word HOME on my computer and taped it to the birdhouse. I poked holes through the card stock and stitched the word using a running stitch. I put some pop dots on the back of my birdhouse, adhered it, added some Autumn Leaves buttons and I was done! Hope you're having a great weekend wherever you may be!

Hi : )

Stacy here : ) Well, it's 10:00 pm Friday night and I can't believe that I'm still awake !! It's been a long week and I'm glad it's over !! So my card----Becky and I are so excited about Flower Soft !! Isn't it just the coolest thing !! I used the Summer color Flower Soft on the stems for this card. I'm addicted now and I'm probably going to use it all this weekend !! lol

Have a great weekend !! See ya Monday