CTMH Cricut Art Philosophy... Pillow box...

An easy project that can be kept simple or more highly decorated....

This one is very simple......

Cut at 5.5 inches (I used last years Kaiser Christmas paper as I have quite a bit in my stash)

The snowflakes were cut at 2 inches (snowflake2 - shift under layer tab of Art philosophy)
The ribbon is from a favourite Martha Stewart punch.

I used clear glossy embossing powder to highlight the colour of the snowflake which was cut from cardstock.

This cut makes the ideal small gift for teachers and friends at Christmas.

Enjoy

Here is the finished cake.......

 

Looking forward to making some more now....its fun!!

 

 

cricut cake for christmas!

I have finally made a cake with cricut...wanted to do this for so long!
Lots of fun and very popular at work today especially as I had already included some chocolates!!
It is not quite complete yet and I plan to make  another couple this week.....

Our christmas tree in a bird cage.......

I have spent a great deal of time house cleaning and culling over the past few weeks of my holidays. I have so many Christmas decorations in the garage but did not feel like cluttering up again. I also wanted a simple natural theme this year with not too much glitter and bling.

This is what I came up with..........

 

I will add some decorations but am still making more birds.

The white and gold twigs were some I purchased several years ago from a post Christmas sale at spotlight and they turned out perfect for this purpose.....I knew I would eventually use them!

 

The bird cage is from the Reject shop (my stash) and the base is simply lined with some hessian (burlap)

I simply inserted the branches through the cage to stand up and spread them evenly.

Then I added some twigs etc from the bush up behind our town and included some she-oak cones and pine needles.

I tied some small pieces of vintage lace here and there for added interest.

I had purchased some lovely artificial red berries ( vintage red colour not bright) and these were added to the front of the cage.

Then what is a tree in my home without a touch of cricut - hence a small cricut bow - embossed with my new ebosser - which I just love (purchased from scrappygolucky.com.au of course).

 

I have some cinnamon sticks and star anise which I may incorporate as well.

 





Simple but beautiful birds to make.....

I discovered these lovely birds on pinterest from Joann.com and have really enjoyed playing around with the pattern to put my own elements into it.

I have added fine wire to the wings across the full length between two layers of cardstock for support and to enable shaping.

I added a  layer of cardstock between the two body pieces to strengthen the frame.
Then I added my brads prior to adhering sides so that the eyes were present on both sides of the bird and the backs of brads did not show.

The blue bird has wool from spotlight included in the tail - it is one of my favourite ingredients this year as has just a touch of bling.

 The bird below has some lace gold ribbon under the wings for added interest and effect. (Also from spotlight and half price this week in the Christmas section).

 

My next post will show our version of a home made Christmas tree for our living area this year.
Enjoy and please email if further instructions required.
The link to Joann
.com site is on my pinterest bird board,
Regards
Robyn

Well I am still producing in the craft room.....

Here are a couple of snaps of what I have finished -
There are all up 30 santa bags, 20 M&M cones, will be about 45 pyramid boxes, 16 batches of shortbread (I do 4 at a time) and about 8 of the dishes of chocolates. I love these dishes I bought them about 2 years ago in Chadstone Myers, they were selling them for $2 and $3 each, after this christmas there will be none left but they have made the most wonderfull base for christmas gifts!!
Now I just have to make a heap more tags, the little red ones in the photos were made with Art philosophy cart and matching stamp set, so easy will a little gelly white ink to highlight. The berries for the holly tags were from bunches that are half price in spotlight ($1.50) each..I recommend buying some if you haven't had a chance.