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Hello Pumpkin Sign featuring Fairfield World’s Oly*Fun® and Project Foam

Happy Halloween Banner featuring Cricut

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Halloween in near and it’s also Craft Lightning time! This Craft Lightning features Cricut! So, I made a Happy Halloween Banner with pumpkins and letters cut with my Cricut Explore. It was quick, easy and fun. Even the kids could get in on helping making this adorable Happy Halloween Banner! And this banner is perfect for a kids party!

Materials needed:
Cricut Explore, Air or Maker
Cricut Cutting Mat
Cricut Tools for removing yardstick from mats
Computer with Cricut Design Space installed
Cardstock (orange and black)
Yarn
Small Clothespins
Glue

How I made it:

I chose a pumpkin from the Images category. This pumpkin was free with Cricut Access. I also chose a font for my letters. This particular font is from my font book via my computer. I picked one that looked a little spooky. I laid everything out in Design Space and then cut it all out, the pumpkins first and then the letters. I hid the letters while I cut out the pumpkins. And then I hid the pumpkins while I cut the letters. I cut out two sheets of pumpkins.

2. Once everything was cut out, I glued the letters to the pumpkins using Aleene’s Fast Grab Tacky Glue.

3. I let the glue dry and then it was time to hang it up using the yarn and the small clothespins.

I love a good banner, so I keep Command Hooks in my dinning area where we have gatherings and such. It’s super easy to throw up a cute banner for whatever the occasion is. This Happy Halloween Banner is perfect for a Halloween Party for the kids. I hope you like it!

Side note: The pumpkins can be decorated. That may take a little longer than the fifteen minutes allowed for Craft Lightning! 🙂

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Pikachu Popcorn Box

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It’s time for Laura Kelly’s annual Popcorn Box Blog Hop! Pokemon has been really popular in our house this year, especially with the release of the PokemonGo app. My youngest son just had a Pokemon themed birthday party. So, for this years blog hop, I thought I’d dress my popcorn box up as Pikachu!

Materials:
Popcorn Box from Cost Plus World Market
Pikachu Ears and Tail PDF (I created the tail and ears pdf, so click the photo below to print your own!)
Yellow Paint (I used DecoArt Americana Sunny Days)
Paint Brush
Red, black and white scrap paper
Scissors
Marker (I used a Tomboy Mono Twin Marker)
Glue (I used Aleene’s Fast Grab Tacky Glue

First, you need to paint the popcorn box. I did three layers to cover the red lines really good. Once it was dry, I cut out the ears, tail, cheeks and eyes. When everything was cut out, I glued everything to the box and then I had an adorable little Pikachu Popcorn Box!

I hope you enjoyed my Pikachu Popcorn Box! It was super quick and easy!

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Easy Christmas Gift Tags

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Christmas is upon us and the shopping has begun! These adorable and super easy gift tags are going to look awesome on the gifts below my Christmas tree! If you have a Sizzix Eclips2, then you most likely use Sure Cuts A Lot eCAL2 for your software. Well, if you do then all of these cut outs are included in the software.

The process was pretty easy……

The snowflake: I just cut the tag and snow flakes out separately. I used a foam dot to get the snowflake a little dimension. Then, I added a white ribbon.

The Christmas tree cutout: I cut the tags with the Christmas Tree Cut out together and then cut the same tag, minus the tree. I put them together using an Aleene’s tape runner. Then, I added a piece of twine.

The Gingerbread Man: I cut out a tag. Then I cut out the gingerbread man on brown card stock. Then, in the software, I removed the face and buttons from the gingerbread man and just cut out the outline on white card stock. Using the tape runner, I attached the white gingerbread man cut out to the back of the brown one. Then using a foam dot, I added it to the tag. To finish it up, I added a piece of twine.

The Raised Christmas Tree: I cut out some tags. Using the Christmas Tree scraps from the Christmas Tree cutout tag, I just added a foam dot to the back of the tree and added it to the tag. Then, I added a piece of twine.

The Holly Tag: I cut out some tags. Cut the Holly leaves and berries out and used a foam dot on each piece and then attached it to the tag. Then I added a piece of twine.

I hope you like these adorable little Christmas Tree Tags! I made some last week and sold them at an Artisan Fair that my Church was hosting and everyone loved them!

Until next time………..

Felt Christmas Tree

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It’s Craft Lightning time again! And this time it’s a 15 minute Christmas craft! This super easy and super quick Felt Christmas Tree is an awesome little decoration for the mantel or even the middle of your kitchen table!
Supplies:
FloraCraft Styrofoam Cone
Kunin Felt
Hot Glue Gun
Pom Poms
Rotary Cutter and Cutting Board
Pins

First, I did a quick cut of some felt, cutting it into strips. Then I did a super quick cut of triangles. Folding the triangles in thirds, I added a pin and then stuck it right into the styrofoam. I started it at the bottom and worked my way up.

Using my Pom Poms and my hot glue gun, I added the green, red and white pom pons to cover the pins and added a couple of more to fill in the gaps!

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Happy Halloween Pumpkin Cut Out Art

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Halloween will be here before we know it! And I am super excited. I love to pull out the Halloween decorations!

While I was at Target one day, I saw a popup heart piece in the framed art section and I thought it was so cute. I had not seen anything like it with Halloween designs and I don’t think the heart one had any words. I thought I’d make a Halloween one with cute little pumpkins and a font that was a little ghoulish!
Materials needed:
A shadowbox frame
cardstock (I used four pieces….black, white, green, orange)
Aleene’s glue and a adhesive runner,
Electronic Cutting Machine (I used the Sizzix Eclips2)
Halloween .svg file that I created. (comment if you’d like the file)
Once my file was cut and removed from the cutting mat, I lightly folded the cut parts upwards. I also saved the inside pieces of the letters.
Once all of my pieces were folded up, I cut strips of orange and green just big enough to fit across the back of my 12×12 piece. I used green for the stems and orange for the pumpkins. Using an Aleene’s adhesive runner, I attached the strips to the back, being careful not the squash my folded up pieces flat.
Because the insides of the letters were small, I used Aleene’s Tacky Glue to glue those to the green.

After all of my pieces were put together, I placed them into 12×12 shadowbox frames.
This photo is just to show them from each side, so that you can see that the orange and green can be seen from under the folded upward pieces of pumpkin.
I love them both, but truth be told, the black one is my favorite. It looks more Halloween-ish!

I hope you liked my Happy Halloween Pumpkin Cut Art. If you’d like the .svg file, just let me know in a comment and I will be sure to get that to you!

Until next time……

Kunin Felt Easter Egg Bunting

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Easter is right around the corner! Why not brighten up your decor with this adorable KuninGroup Felt Easter Egg Bunting! It was super easy and super fun!
I love using my Sizzix Eclips2 to cut out patterns for fabric or felt!
Once my patterns were cut out, I pinned them to my KuninGroup felt and then went to cutting! I used pinking shears to give the eggs zigzag edges!
Then, it was time to sew them! I decided to stuff them while they were still under the sewing foot. I sewed all but about 2 inches, stuffed them, realigned my edges and finished sewing!
Once they were all sewn, I used Tulip Fabric Paint to add decorations to them! I think they turned out egg-tastic! 🙂
Using bright pink baker’s twine and a big needle, I threaded the twine through the top part of the egg, making sure to go between the felt and stitches.
And then, it was complete!!! It is absolutely adorable!
Hope you like my Kunin Felt Easter Egg Bunting!

Until next time…..

Kunin Chevron Felt Hanging Letter

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I love Kunin Group’s Chevron Felt! The pattern is already on the felt, so all you have to do is create something Felt-tastic. I love having something decorative hanging on my front door. Driving by one of my neighbors houses the other day, I noticed that they had a wooden initial on their front door, so I thought……why not do something similar with felt! While at the Craft and Hobby Associations Mega Show in January, the lovely ladies at the Kunin Group Felt booth gave me this lovely Pink Chevron Felt. And I love how it turned out!

So, I am totally obsessed with the Sizzix eclips2! It does amazing things. I use it all of the time to cut out patterns for sewing. Using the eCal2 software, I decided upon this big B. I used the eclips2 to cut it out and tada….a big B pattern!

Once my B was cut out of card stock, I pinned it to the felt and then cut it out, making sure that the top and bottoms were both facing with the pattern outward.

Using my sewing machine, I began sewing at about 1/4 of an inch from the edge. I started with the insides. For the outside of the letter, I started on the serifs, leaving an opening on the left of the “B” so that I could stuff it. I used Poly-fil to stuff it. Once it was stuffed, I pinned my open edge and sewed it shut!

Using a thicker type wire, I inserted it in two places into the back side of my “B” at the top. I meant to leave about 3 inches that I wound around a marker so give it curls.