Topiary

This is my first topiary. It took me 3 days to figure out, but I did it. The pot is really a pretty purple color. I don't know why it came out more blue. I still have a lot to learn about my new camera.

The circles were cut at 2 and 1/2 and 3 inches and spiral cut. I rolled them on a petal roller.

Wood blocks

This project was fun to do. Bruce even helped. Dad cut up 2x4's that are really 1 and 1/2 by 3 and 1/2 (I didn't know that). He cut them into 3 and 1/2, 4 and 1/2, and 5 and 1/2 inch lengths. I sanded and painted them. Patterned paper and cut out letters were modge podged onto the wood. I used the Alphalicious cricut cartridge.

This is much different than I usually do. I have quite a bit more wood, so expect more sayings soon.

Let it snow!

Yes, it's true, I love the snow. It covers everything in white and is so pretty. I don't even mind driving in it.

I made this a couple of months ago. It is on a 12X12 peice of paper using Snow Friends for snowmen, Winter Woodland for "Let It Snow", and When It's Cold Outside for the snow flakes.

Contest Winners

No contest winners this time.  Several people called and said they wanted Melissa to win.  Melissa said she wanted one of you to win.  No one entered, so no winner.  I'll try a contest another time.

Wow! 100 Views!

My blog has been looked at 100 times!  Time for a give away, you know, blog candy.  Leave a comment on this post to be entered to win a set of the 8 create a critter cards featured earlier.  Good luck!  Contest ends this Saturday the 19th of February.

Fun with vinyl!

My brother and his wife have had me do some vinyl for them recently. The more vinyl I do, the easier it becomes.

This is on the door of their home.

                                               

The mirror in the kitchen.  "The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are."
 

This is the saying they chose for their living room.

Now their family has a place to hang things in the bathroom.  "Mom, Dad, Bailey, Corban and Kallie"

Happy Birthday Dad!

My dad's birthday is on February 18th, so I made this card for him. He loves trucks and the color blue. Hopefully this reminds him of the trucks available when he was in High School.

The design was made on the gypsy and cut with cricut. Truck is from Nifty Fifties and happy birthday is from A Child's Year. Truck was cut at 2.06 inches and happy birthday was cut at 1.59. I fits on an A2 card. The colors were used from my stash (Hobby Lobby's cardstock packages).

My first digital camera pictures!

Wow, thanks to Melissa I have some craft pictures to post!  These were designed on my Gypsy and cut on the Cricut using the Create A Critter cartridge.  The cards are all A2 size.  Sorry, I don't remember the sizes of the cuts.  The images were all outlined with black marker.   I made eight sets of these and will give them as gifts. 

Guess what I have?

A digital camera! After waiting for what seemed like forever, it is here!

No digital cameral yet

Wow, I can't believe I am up to 50 views on this craft page.  I realize some of them are my own, but still that is very exciting.  I'll have to give some fun prize away when I reach 100.
Chris ordered my camera last week, but due to all the storms back east it won't be here until Wednesday at the earliest.  I have some fun craft projects in mind.  I made some paper roses a few weeks ago and now have a better way to make them look more realistic.
I'm still trying to think of a cute St. Patrick's Day decoration that can be made with my cricut.  If you have any suggestions please let me know.