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Happy Halloween Pumpkin Cut Out Art

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……

Back To School Picture Frame

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It’s time for Back To School at our house! Everyone takes the “First Day of School” photos of their kids, so I thought I’d jazz up our first day of school photos. I made this super easy “My first day of….” Photo Frame. My children go to a year round school, so they are back at school this week. My oldest is off to 3rd grade and my youngest is starting Kindergarten.
Materials:
Stakes (I purchased these from ACMoore in the wood department)
Krylon ColorMaster Paint+Primer (Benjamin picked the color Iris)
Adtech Hot Glue Gun and Glue Sticks
Letters & Aleene’s Tacky Line Runner

Using the color Iris from Krylon’s 2015 color palette, I spray painted my stakes. I did two coats.

Once my stakes were dry, I used my hot glue gun to glue my stakes together.
For the letters……you can use any store bought letters, cut your own by hand, or do what I did and use an electronic cutting machine. I absolutely love my Sizzix Eclips2 and am constantly cutting letters! I then used Aleene’s Tacky Line Runner to attach my letters to my frame.
Once my letters were attached, it was time for the Kindergartener, Benjamin, to get behind the frame!

Once the school year is over, I remove the “first” and replace it with “last”. And then, the next year, I change out the grade and replace “last” with “first” again.

Here is the one I made for my oldest son, Landon!

This project was made in 15 minutes or less for the Craft Lightning Back to School Blog Hop. Click the Craft Lightning Button to check out some other 15 minutes or less Back to School Crafts!

Hope you liked my “My first day” Frame!

Until next time……

Easy Fabric Key Fobs

To Talk or To Not Talk

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Do you have little ones that love to talk and not eat when it comes to meal time? Mine love to talk and not eat and we sometimes find ourselves still sitting at the table an hour later because the children aren’t done.

My oldest is in elementary school. I’ve noticed that when I go there to have lunch with him, that they have a period of time at the beginning of lunch that they can not talk. At the end of the table is a little stand that has a green side and a red side. When the red side is facing them, they can’t talk and must eat. When it gets turned to the green side facing them, they can talk quietly with their friends. And it’s never quiet in the cafeteria when it’s time to talk!

So, since we have a hard time getting our food eaten within an hour, my husband suggested that we make a very similar stand for our table! I decided to make mine with Kunin Felt!

Using my Sizzix Eclips2, I cut out a person and a talk bubble out of cardstock. These two items were included in the Sure Cuts A Lot software that is used for the Eclips2. Then, I used pins to attached the patterns to the felt and cut out two of each! I ended up cutting out two small strips of red to put into one of my talk bubbles to symbolize “no talking”. I then cut out a red and green rectangle, probably 6×10 inches. Using my sewing machine, I sewed the people and bubbles onto the rectangle pieces.

Using a strip of white felt (3×10 inches), I folded it into half and then in half again. Using scissors, I cut a right triangle, so that when it was unfolded it was a triangle. I pinned it to one of my rectangles with the right side up. I sewed them to the rectangle and repeated with the other rectangle. I then cut out a 3×6 inch rectangle from white for the base of my stand. I pinned it and sewed it to the top part of my felt stand, leaving a 2 inch opening for turning it inside out and stuffing it. Once it was stuffed, I sewed it up from the outside using my sewing machine. You could also hand stitch.

One of my kids thought it was cool and one wasn’t so happy about it, well until it was turned to the talking side! Usually we start our meal by saying a blessing and talking about what we are thankful for that day. Now, we say our blessing, set the timer for our 10 minutes of no talking, and then we can talk about what we are thankful for that day.

Benjamin actually ended up like the talking/no talking stand. He wanted to snuggle and sleep with it! He carried it around for a little while before it went back to the table. Now, just so you know……we aren’t doing this to be mean. We just have an every day issue with a little too much talking at the table and very little eating. And after trying it, it has actually helped! Benjamin will be going to Kindergarten in July, so this also helps get him ready for what lunch time will be like for him at the elementary school!

Hope you like my Talking/No Talking Felt Stand!

Until next time………..

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Laura Kelly’s Pet Shop Sizzix Collection T-shirt

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Laura Kelly’s Pet Shop Sizzix Collection T-shirt

Laura Kelly just launched a new line of die cuts with Sizzix/Ellison. It’s really exciting and they are such cute die cuts. Laura invited me to join in her quest to promote the line! It’s called the Pet Shop collection. Click on the link to check it out!!! I decided to use the terrarium and lizard that Laura so kindly precut for me!

Things you will need:
-a t-shirt
-Laura Kelly’s Pet Shop Dies by Ellison
-Die Cut Machine
-Scribbles 3D Fabric Paint
-Tulip 3D Fabric Paint
-Fabric with an adhesive backing

Before I removed the adhesive cover, I inserted my lizard into the precut slots.

I then gently removed the backing of the lizard first and then the backing from the terrarium.

I then placed the terrarium onto my shirt, making sure I put it exactly where I wanted it because it’s not easy to move!!! Next, I added the cute little saying “Here Lizard Lizard!”, black fabric paint to the top of the terrarium to make it look like it has a lid and eyes on the lizard!