Michigan t-shirt

While camping last week I made this Michigan t-shirt.

I used State Designs Michigan from My Scrap Chick for my t-shirt. I used the contour feature in Design Space to remove the heart from the Lower Peninsula and the slice feature to add a heart to the UP where I live. 

I started with a 11.5 inch square of camping themed fabric and ironed Heat and Bond Lite to the back. I cut the design out, then ironed it onto my t-shirt. Using two strands of embroidery floss, I blanket stitched around the images.

Even though my stitching is far from perfect, I'm happy with the way my t-shirt turned out, and it was a lot of fun to make.

Why not try to make a t-shirt for your home state?

Thanks for stopping by!

Shirley

Mouse Ballet Slipper

It's Christmas in July At My Scrap Chick!

 I fell in love with this little "Mouse Ballet Slipper" and just had to make one.

You can find the svg file HERE:

MATERIALS LIST

Mouse Ballet Slipper svg

Cricut Felt in gray and pink

Scraps of green and red glitter cardstock

Black cardstock scrap

Two 3/8 inch wiggle eyes

3/8 inch pink gel sticker

6 inch piece of 1/8 inch wide red ribbon

Tacky glue

small clips (optional)

small glue dots

I cut the mouse body pieces and ears from Cricut Felt. I glued the pieces of the body together using Tacky Glue and held the pieces together while they dried with small clips. The mouse sole measures 4.5 inches long.

The ears slip into the slots and I added a dab of glue behind each ear to hold them in place. I also glued the tail at the back of the slipper.

I used Glue Dots to attach the eyes and nose and whiskers. I added the holly pieces with Tacky Glue.

I love this adorable little "Mouse Ballet Slipper!" I think I need to make another so I have a pair.

Thanks for stopping by!

Shirley

Christmas Shape Cards

It's Christmas in July at My Scrap Chick!

For my project I made three Christmas shape cards. I used Winter Wishes Christmas Card, Merry & Bright Christmas Card and Holly Jolly Christmas Card

I created my cards in Design Space. I grouped all the pieces of each card together and sized the card so the card base measured 11.5 inches. The finished cards range from 5.25 to 5.5 inches tall.

MATERIALS

Printed cardstock: Old World Winter Stack by the Paper Studio

Plain Cardstock by Coredinations

Glossy cardstock in white, red, green and black (source unknown)

Cream & gold pearlescent cardstock by COLORBOK (for candle)

Christmas trims

Various gems (Jots)

Coordinating inks

Foam squares

glue

All the pieces were inked with coordinating inks. The cards were put together with glue and foam squares to make the titles pop. Gems and Christmas trims were added as accents. 

I love these cards; they are so easy to make and turn out so beautiful!

Give them a try!

Thanks for stopping by!

Shirley

Miss Lilly on the Bike Garden Gate Easel Card

Hi! It is finally starting to look like Spring!

Today I am sharing a sweet little easel card made by combining the adorable Miss Lilly on the Bike from Little Blue Button Stamps, with Birds and Garden Gate Easel from My Scrap Chick.

                              

When making the garden gate I made four of the cross beams on the gate. I put two across horizontally and the other two on each end vertically. I used two layers of double stick tape for the side pieces to raise them up a little.

I used cardstock from several sources for my card. I used a blue floral print for the background, a green dot for the grass, and a gray wood grain print for the garden gate. The card base is light blue,

I moved one of the birds to the left to create room for the image.

Here is how the card looks from the back and side.

I used my Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers to color Miss Lily on the Bike. I tried to copy the grass and garden gate between the spokes of the bike tires. I fussy cut the image and added her to the card using foam tape to give the card some extra dimension.

I created the sentiments in Cricut Design Space and added the "Life is a beautiful ride" sentiment using more foam tape.

I think these two files make a perfect pairing. My Scrap Chick cards make a perfect base for LBBS images!

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Spring!

Easter Charlie

Hi! It's New Release time at Little Blue Button Stamps and I made an Easter step card using the sweet "Easter Charlie" digi stamp. You can find all the New Releases HERE:

I got the Cricut Design Space file for the step card from the Facebook group, Cricut Lovers Guide to Design Space. I used patterned cardstock from Uptown Flair Glitter Stack from The Paper Studio for my card. The cute little chicks are a file from My Scrap Chick.

I colored the sweet "Easter Charlie" with my Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers using soft pastels.

Thanks for looking! 

Happy Easter!

Apple Picking Time

It's that time of year - Apple Picking Time!

I made two Apple Boxes and an Apple Shape Card using the My Scrap Chick files, Sliced Apple Card which is the current Freebie, and Back to School Project Bundle for the Apple Boxes.

                                                                                              

                                                         

For the Sliced Apple Card I used a tan leaf patterned cardstock from my stash for the base. The plaid cardstock is from the Jen Hadfield Home-made Collection, The off-white is from Stampin Up and the other cardstock is from Recollections. I added a red twine bow to the top.

This box was made with the same supplies, except I made the box using red tagboard so it would be stronger.

The above box also uses all the same supplies plus a red print from Beach House by COLORBOK.

This set would be great for Back to School gifts for the kid's teachers.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Shirley

Flip Flops Summer

It's been HOT, Hot, Hot here!

Perfect flip flop weather.

Today I am sharing a cute little flip flop wall decoration. I used the Flip Flop Tags file and Summer Title from My Scrap Chick for my project. 

MATERIALS 

Flip Flop Tags file from My Scrap Chick

Patterned cardstock from Melon Patch by Craft Smith

Dark pink, bright pink, green and yellow cardstock by Recollections

inks in coordinating colors.

fine point black pen

1/2 inch green gems by Jots

glue and glue runner

foam tape/pop dots

medium gauge wire

scraps of tulle, rick rack and ribbon

I cut a 7 inch bottom layer of the flip flop from green triangle patterned cardstock. I then traced these pieces onto white corrugated cardboard, cut them out, then inked the edges in green. I then traced this same bottom piece onto bright green and cut it out 1/4 inch inside the traced outline.

I cut the inside layer from the watermelon seed print then traced it on bright pink paper so this layer was about 1/8 inch larger than the watermelon seed layer. I inked all the pieces. (All of these layers can be made by duplicating and playing with the pieces in your cutting machine software.)

I glued the pieces one on top of the other starting with the cardboard layer, then added the green layer, the pink layer and the watermelon seed layer. I used a black pen to trace around the watermelon seed layer onto the pink layer. 

I added the yellow toe pieces giving them a 3 d effect. I shaped and made the flowers, added a green gem to the center of each, then added them to the toe area with foam tape. The two flip flops were overlapped and glued together at the bottom.

The title is 4 3/4 inches long and is cut from yellow, green and pink cardstock. It was attached to the flip flops with foam tape. (One layer on the left and 2 or three layers on the right side.)

I cut about 12 inched of medium weight wire and curled it around a marker.  I poked a hole through all the layers at the top where the hole for the tag is and attached each end of the wire. I curled these ends around a pencil. The last step was tying 6 inch lengths of tulle, rick rack and ribbon  around the middle of the wire handle.

I  love this project - it's so bright and happy. 

Enjoy this beautiful weekend! 

Shirley

BBQ Apron Easel Card

Hi! Today I am sharing a BBQ Apron Father's Day Easel Card.

For my card I used BBQ Pocket Easel Card  and  # Happy Father's Day from My Scrap Chick.

                                          

This cute BBQ apron has a front pocket to tuck in a BBQ Sauce bottle, a BBQ mitt and BBQ utensils. 

MATERIALS

Dots, Stripes and Plaids Stack by DCWV

Glitter Cardstock in green and blue by Recollections

Cardstock in white, light gray, dark gray, tan, orange and reddish brown

5/8 inch striped grosgrain ribbon

two 1/2 inch green buttons 

glue, large glue dots and foam tape

I made my card slightly larger than given. (The largest piece measured 11 1/2 inches tall.) I used the plaid cardstock for the base and the blue print for the apron. I duplicated the apron piece and made it about an inch smaller than the original apron piece. This was cut from white. I cut the pocket piece off, then layered this white piece over the blue apron piece as shown. (A message could be added to the white layer.) I cut slits at the top of the apron to run the ribbon through, turned the ribbon up about an inch, then glued it in place. Green buttons was attached with a large glue dot. More ribbon was tied around the pocket of the apron. 

The # Happy Father's Day sentiment was sized to fit on the mats. The sentiment was glued to the center of the white mat, the white mat was glued to the blue mat, and the completed sentiment was attached to the card base with foam tape.

 

I love how this card turned out!

 Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Father's Day!

Shirley

Pretty Purse Card

It was recently my granddaughter's tenth birthday, so I had to make her a card that combined some of her favorite things. She is definitely a girly-girl who loves her three cats, so I combined the two in this card.

I used the file, Purse Pretty from My Scrap Chick for the card, and used a feminine, pink, double-sided cardstock from Modern Millinery by COLORBOK. I inked all the edges in pink and added some pink gems by Jots to the flaps.

 Using my Cricut Maker

 I added some corny cat sentiments to the mats in the small pocket in the front of the purse.

On the inside I added a kitty face image and a birthday sentiment. Then I added some lace sticker borders by Jots. My granddaughter loved her kitty, purse card. (And so do I.)

Thanks for stopping by!

Shirley

Moose Belly Box Silverware Holder

Hi! I'm so excited that it's camping season again! We have a new motor home and I needed something to hold our fancy plastic silverware, so I made this little holder using two of the Moose Belly Box files.

I grouped all the pieces together and enlarged everything so the tallest piece is 11.5 inches. I duplicated the file and flipped it horizontally. I inked all the pieces, then put the boxes together using foam tape on the muzzle and paws so the box has some dimension. I added a divider to each box using a 7 by 3 inch piece of paper. I folded the piece in half and a 1/2 inch flap on each short end. I added glue along the edges and on the flaps then attached one in the center of each box. I glued the two boxes together back to back and clipped them together while they dried. The last step was adding a bow from 5/8 inch ribbon.

This little guy looks so cute on the table in our motor home and will be so easy to carry outside when we eat at the picnic table.

Have a great crafty day and thanks for stopping by!

Shirley

Queen Bee

My Scrap Chick is having it's first ever Facebook Hop today and tomorrow, so be sure to stop by and check out all the great projects by the Design Team!

The theme of our hop is Spring/ gardening/ Mother's Day.

One sure sign of Spring for me is the reappearance of the honeybees. My project for the hop is a Queen Bee Belly Box and some little worker bees.

I used Bee Belly Box Trio for the box, and the bee from the card for the little bees. The bodies of the little bees are made using the carrot from Carrot Patch Box.

The belly box is 8 inches to the top of the antennas.I used yellow tagboard for the box and bees, white glitter cardstock for the wings and pink glitter cardstock (from COLORBOK) for the noses. I used black and white cardstock from Recollections for the rest. The other cardstock was from my scrap stash. I created an insert for the box that holds the little bees upright in the box. If you make your box a different size, adjust the file to be slightly smaller than the bottom of the box.

  Here is the link to the Design Space file for the box insert:  https://design.cricut.com/#/design/89077526

Check back tomorrow when I will explain how I made the little bees. Thanks for buzzing by.

Shirley