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Simply Sweet Lollipop Bouquet - Cricut Project!

Hey, everyone! It's Tamara! I'm back to share another super cute Cricut project with you all! It's a bit later than we had planned because I ended up pretty sick for a few days and didn't get a chance to finish it until recently.

This one is super cute and very easy to do! I had a lot of fun creating this to share with you all. This would be a great gift for a friend, teacher, child, etc. (or to look cute on your desk!)

I created a cute lollipop bouquet!

 

 

 

 

Adorable, right?! I was inspired by my cute new 3 Birds On Parade cartridge to create an 'April showers' theme. For this project I used the super cute paper collection 'April Showers' by 3 Bugs in a Rug! (Found at Right at Home Scrapbooking, of course!) Such a cute collection of papers! I love the spring colors!

If you would like to make one here is what I did -

Cartridges Used -

Tags, bags, boxes and more  

3 Birds On Parade

Simply Charmed

Accent Essentials

Create a Critter

 

INSTRUCTIONS :

With a Gypsy or in Design Studio weld two tags Sized at 3" each. You will want to weld them so the holes are at the ends for the lollipop stick and ribbon to go through. 

Bucket - TBBandM - Cut it as large as it will go. I layed it out in my Gypsy and rotated it a bit to get it even larger!

Flowers - Accent Essentials - #24 @ 3", 2 1/4" and 1 3/4". #32 @ 3", 2" and 1 1/4". And #46 @ 2 3/4", and 3/4". Glue them all together and fold up the petals so they look 3D.

Cloud - Simply Charmed - 3 3/4"

Text - 3 Birds On Parade - 2"

Grass - Create a Critter - 2 1/4 (trim to fit on the box)

Sun - Simply Charmed - 2"

Bird - 3 Birds On Parade - 4 1/2

Once you cut your box you will want to hot glue in a piece of styrofoam to hold up the lollipops. The 'You're tweet' is attached to a piece of jewelry wire and then stuck into the styrofoam.

Use some coordinating ribbon to tie your flower lollipop covers closed. It would be really cute to write or stamp something on the inside flap. That's it! Then give it to someone special to enjoy!

I really hope you all have enjoyed this project and that it inspires you!

--Tamara

Lost and Found

Hi Everyone, I'm back with two more layouts from My Mind's Eye Lost and Found Collection!  I had so much fun working with the different lines in this collection!  I love the vintage feel of them both!  Like Frances, I really didn't have any valentine pictures, so I had to adjust to what I had on hand!

My first layout uses the Market Street line form Lost and Found.  It's full of great pinks and browns.  The colors coordinated perfectly with the old black and white picture I had of my grandparents when they were dating.

 

I created the flowers using the Rolled Rose Die-namics from My Favorite Things.  They're actually made of fabric that I sprayed with Shimmerz and stiffened. I added some hand stitching for the vines and the Queen and Company pearls for some extra bling!

 
 

 
 
My next layout uses the Portobello Road line for My Mind's Eye Lost and Found Collection.  This line is also vintage in feel, but it is made up of blues, greens and browns.  I decided to convert a color photo of my daughter to black and white to keep with the "old" feel.  The title comes from the conversation we've had at bedtime since she was little...love you, love you more... love you most!

 

 

The hearts and the rolled flowers were made withDie-namics.. some from fabric and some from paper.  I hand colored both of the trims using Shimmerz.

 

 

 

 
I really enjoyed changing things up a bit and going with a more romantic feel!  I'll be back next month with some more layouts!  Make sure to stop by the store soon... lots and lots of goodies coming in from CHA!!

 

More From Crate Paper

Hi everyone... I'm back with more from Crate Paper's Restoration!  This line was too good to only feature for one day!

This first layout uses the green, blue, and yellow from this line.  There are so many colors in Restoration that you can easily create layouts in several different color palettes.  I happen to love this color combination and it went well with the splashes of bright yellow in my photos of my little guy. 

I used Glimmer Mist and a mask on the kraft cardstock for two reasons.  One, because I simply like using kraft for a neutral background!  Two, because if I don't like how the misting turns out I can grab another peice of cardstock without ruining my patterned paper.  There is NO reason to fear the mist!  Glimmer Mist is really fun to use and can be sprayed on everything from chipboard to paper to flowers and more.  I used a plastic "mask" designed for mists on this layout but you can also use doilies, found objects, alphas, or anything else to create a reverse image on your page. 

And see those larger splotches?  Some people will tell you those are undesirable.  You can hold the bottle differently and get a more uniform look but I actually prefer the size variety.  I think it looks more interesting for most of my boy pages but the softness of the smaller mist spray also looks beautiful on more delicate or romantic layouts.  It's all a matter of what you like!

This next page, Wild Card, uses an entirely different color scheme.  I though the card pattern was a cool design and wanted to do something with the cut cards.  Well, my son is a total wild card when it comes to his personality... one moment he can be yelling in protest and ten seconds later he is smiling sweetly.  Boys!!

I actually Glimmer Misted the twill ribbon on this page as well. It started off cream and I used green and a bit of brown to color it to match the papers.  Glimmer Mist is super great to have on hand to recolor your embellishments.  Ribbons, alpha stickers, wood, chipboard, canvas and flowers all take mist like a dream! 

Restoration has been a blast to work with.  Be sure to run to Right At Home for yours before I get there first and buy it all myself!!

Love is Still in the Air!

Lisa sent me We R Memory Keepers Be My Valentine Collection, and I have LOVED using it!  But, but I did not have any Valentine's Day photos to scrapbook.  Soooooo, what to do?  I just found a few photos that I LOVED and gave it a whirl!  Take a look...

Oh How I Love You!

I Will Love U Forever

EVERY color in this collection is perfection...bright and bold, the perfect hue, and just perfect for LOVE!  I loved, loved the the embossed cardstock stickers...gorgeous!  The tiny hearts that you see on both layouts were cut from a piece of patterned paper, and the journaling spots were too! 

If you have already scrapped your Valentine's Day photos, don't rule out this line...it can be very versatile!

Thanks for stopping by!

Frances

Lots of Cards to Share!

Good Monday Morning Friends! I have LOTS to share with you today. The first two cards showcase the "Lather. Rinse. Repeat." set from the Pure Innocence collection from My Favorite Things stamps. I paper pieced the shower caps and I used Copic Markers (BG000, C0, C1, C3, E000, E00, E11, E25, E27, R20, Y32, YR24, and the Colorless Blender) and glitter to bring her to life. All of the patterned papers are from the Alphabet Soup Girl collection from My Mind's Eye. They are accented with Bazzill and Bo Bunny card stock. For the card above, I used the Classic Circle Spellbinders Nestabilities. I also used the My Favorite Things Die-namics Hearts A Plenty die that I accented with a Basic Grey button and some Baker's Twine. The My Favorite Things Die-namics Open Scallop Border die is accented with a few little pearls. For the card below, I also used the Classic Circle Spellbinders Nestabilities. I accented this card with the MFT Die-namics Hearts A Plenty die with a Basic Grey button and some Baker's Twine as well. As you can see, I had a lot of fun using a couple of different stitches on my sewing machine on these two cards. The next two cards that I'd like to share with you showcase the "Lollypop" set from the Pure Innocence collection from My Favorite Things stamps. This little sweetie is colored up with Copic Markers (BG11, BG13, E000, E00, E11, E25, E27, E40, R20, R22, and R24) and I added some glitter to her lollipop to make it sparkle. She is layered onto a piece of patterned paper from Crate Paper (School Spirit Collection). This piece was made with using the MFT Die-namics Textile Rectangle die. The other patterned papers for this creation are from the Alphabet Soup Girl collection from My Mind's Eye. Another heart, a Basic Grey button, some more Baker's Twine, and a wide piece of twill finish off this card.

This little, lollipop loving sweetie was also colored up with Copic Markers (BG000, BG11, BG13, E000, E00, E11, E33, E35, R20, R22, R24, Y11, Y21, and YR24) and accented with glitter. The classic oval and scallop oval were made with Spellbinders Nestabilities. As you can see, I really put my Hearts A Plenty Die-namics to good use for all of these cards. A few more Basic Grey buttons and some craft thread finish off these accents. The polka dotted paper is from the Alphabet Soup Girl collection from My Mind's Eye and the solid card stock is from Bazzill. You can check out all of the supplies for these cards the next time you stop in for a visit at Right at Home Scrapbooking. Thanks so much for taking the time to visit with me today...Toodles! :D

Be Mine by Echo Park

For the past two days, I've had lots of fun playing with Echo Park's Be Mine collection. Right At Home has the full collection of papers, and I had so much fun flipping through them, trying to decide which ones I wanted to take home. Although the collection has a Valentine's Day themed name, it is filled with anything but just Valentine's day fun.  The whole collection has an old-world, french flair, and includes a combination of pinks, cream, grey, and black patterns.  I used one piece for a Hot Air Balloon festival we attended, and the other for a "so in love with you" layout, but you could do all sorts of things (for either gender).... birthdays, celebrations, dance, music/band, and so much more! Here's a quick look at the collection:

 
 

Layout #1: Grounded

The Script Polka Dot paper has this neat hot air balloon pre-printed on the reverse side. I really like hot air balloons, and thought it was prefect to highlight a balloon festival my husband and I attended last year. I ended up slicing the balloon and adding foam tape behind the layout so that I could make some of the stripes 'pop' off the page. Then topped it off with some fruit punch stickles (thanks to Kathy DeLuca, this is now my new favorite stickes color!)

As my husband and I watched the balloons go up one by one, we started to get excited for our trip. Unfortunately due to some last minute sprinkles and a wind gust, our balloon flight got canceled.  I decided to write about this in the hidden journaling behind the first photo.

In order to get a refund on our tickets, we had to return them, so I took a picture for the memory and tucked then behind the papers. All-in-all, we had a great time watching the process of how a festival gets all the balloons in the air, and enjoyed a fun filled day in Great Falls Maine.

  
 

Layout #2: So In Love With You 

 

Just like the layout before, I was blessed with a great pre-printed image to work from. I always think its so great when the title is already on the page. I worked with the remaining stickers from the Be Mine sticker sheet, along with the reverse side of the Black Damask paper, and added in a few Doodlebug buttons. Who says you can't use pink on a guy layout???

  

I hope you enjoyed these, and look forward to coming back next month and sharing a few more fun things. In the meantime, stop by Right At Home and check out all the great new products.  The store is filled with lots of spring goodness!

Smiles.
--Cory

Today's the Day...NSD Weekend Retreat!

We are very excited to announce another wonderful Weekend Retreat that you just need to join us at.  Our next Retreat is to celebrate National Scrapbook Day and will bring us back to the Johnson & Wales Inn located in Seekonk, MA.  This location housed a couple of our earlier retreats, as well as one of our most recent, our Winter Escape Retreat, and we are excited to return there again.  Johnson & Wales is a renowned Culinary Arts School, so we are certain you will enjoy your stay and the menu as much as we have.

We are also running a special promotion offering a FREE Designer's Workshop for attendees who register and pay in full by Wednesday, February 16th...and that's today!  So call your friends, make your plans and give us a call soon to sign up.  You can check out all the details on our National Scrapbook Day Weekend Retreat by clicking here.

Restoration from Crate Paper!

Hi everyone!  I am so excited to be posting for the first time here on the Right at Home blog! 

I've been working with the rich, beautiful products from the Restoration line by Crate Paper.  This stuff is simply *gorgeous*!  Talk about details and color! 

First, here's my layout "Sundrenched World".  I love this photo of my little guy in a sunny swing and the yellow and orange tones of Restoration were perfect to echo that feeling of the warm sun. 

I fussy-cut the flower paper (boys like flowers too!) and layered some chipboard flowers on top for dimension. They add subtle depth without being overpowering.

I used My Little Shoebox chipboard alphas in "fire engine" for the title but I sanded them to distress them and then dusted them with gold Perfect Pearls. 

This next layout, "Sugar & Spice", uses BoBunny paper for the background and I layered a strip of the Restoration paper across the entire width of the page.  Then, I fussy-cut (can you see I have a "thing" with this?!) some of the lace doily images, cut them up, and stitched on them.  You will see touches of stitching all over this layout: around the border, across the October Afternoon title stickers, on the rub-on at the top, and of course on those doilies. 

I inked almost everything on this page to add to the old-fashioned feeling that Restoration is perfect for.  The coordinating rub-ons with this line are super cool.  You can see them sprinkled around this page: the round family accent at the top, the pink banner, the little bicycle, and this sweet five cent circle that I added to a button and backed with pins and ribbon:

I finished the top border of the main design area with a couple of trims.  I used Glimmer Mist to slightly color the white ribbon and then I ran adhesive along the entire edge and simply folded the ribbon down randomly:

That's it for today but I'll be back later this month with more projects from the Restoration line to share with you!  Of course you can get a jump on creating with this amazing line by visiting Right at Home Scrapbooking by picking up some of your own!

Happy Valentine's Day from Right at Home!!

Hello!  It is Valentine's Day, and I was super busy this weekend preparing to show my family just how much I love them with a few crafts created by yours truly.  This morning started with baskets full of treats for my kiddos, and the day will unfurl with other treats.  In the past we begin our day with heart pancakes, strawberry milk, and strawberry syrup, but since it is a school day today we are moving those festivities to this evening.  Here is a look at a few of my creations...

For my cards and straw covers, I used My Mind's Eye...love it!  Hope you are having a great day...Happy Valentine's Day!!

The Cat's Pajamas & My Favorite Things Gifty Girls EVENT

 
with Alma of The Cat's Pajamas and Kim of My Favorite Things

Friday, March 25th
12:30-6:30 PM

  

Join Alma from the Cat's Pajamas, and Kim from My Favorite Things on March 25th for some fantastic make-n-take fun! 

 

Every girl needs some gifty goodness in her craft stash, and you'll create the purrfect gift idea that can be customized for almost any occasion.  

 

You'll be creating with either Alma or Kim, and you won't know until you arrive who will be your Hostess with the Mostess, but we know you'll be pleased as punch and will have a chance to visit with them both.

 

Want more good news?  Both Companies will be bringing a HEAP of new stamps and dies to spoil you with, but only for a limited time.

 

And since we are saving the very best for last, the whole event is FREE! But you will need to call or email the store to reserve your spot, because this kind of fabulousness will fill up fast!

 

We will have ten make it take it time slots available, with only six spots in each.  Please give us a call or email us with your first and second choice of time's and we will do our best to accommodate everyone.  Please include The Cat's Pajamas and My Favorite Things Gifty Girls EVENT in the Subject Line of your email. 

 

12:30 PM, 1:10 PM, 1:50 PM, 2:30 PM, 3:10 PM, 3:50 PM, 4:30 PM, 5:10 PM, 5:50 PM and 6:30 PM.