Deco Mesh Wreath

In October, I was in Kentucky and saw Deco Mesh Wreaths.  What, you've never heard of them?  Well, I hadn't either, but from what I understand they are huge in the southern states.  I didn't buy one because I thought I could make one.  When I got home, I was so happy to find out that one of the local colleges was going to be having a class on making these wreaths! Me, my daughter-in-law, her mom and a couple of other ladies all signed up for the class.  This is one of the wreaths I made.

I love these wreaths!  It looks so much better if you could actually see it.  For some reason, it just doesn't photograph as well as it looks 'in person.'

Drum and Tissue Box

Christmas is right around the corner, so I've been making more tissue box covers.  Yes, I want one (or two) for every holiday!  Of course, I had to see what Mary had at SVGcuts.com, and found this cute little drum.  Yes, this drum is made from scrapbooking paper!  You know you want one!

Christmas Chargers

Love these chargers!  I bought the Santa and Snowman files from Kim Bright (google her for awesome .svg files) and after carefully weeding the vinyl, attached each to a charger along with snowflakes...instant cuteness!  Is cuteness a even a word??

Happy Thanksgiving

If you've never been to SVGcuts.com, you need to stop right now and go look!  They have tons of .svg files for every occasion and more!!  They give away free files weekly, and just tell me, who can't afford free??  They also have files that you can purchase for a VERY reasonable price.  That's where this little turkey and Indian files came from. I made about ten of the turkeys and I filled them with candy and plan on handing them out to nieces, nephews and friends. What little boy or girl wouldn't love to receive these cute little turkeys?

I used a file from SVGcuts.com to cut out the bag and then attached the cute little boy and girl to the front.  Once you start making these, it's hard to stop!

Fall Tissue Boxes

Everyone needs a tissue every now and then.  Why not cover those plain boxes with a cute cover.  The inspiration for these boxes was found on splitcoaststampers.com.  They have so many cute ideas.  Check them out!

Give Thanks

Fall is my favorite season!  I love the changing colors of the trees and the cooler temperatures.  I also love to do paper and vinyl crafts for this time of year.  This bottle was pretty easy to do.  Well, that is, after my husband cut the hole in the back of the bottle and inserted the colored lights.  I just used my handy dandy Cricut to cut out the leaves and wording with vinyl.

Surprise 30th Birthday!

Here's a picture of the 'Sucker Bouquet' I put together for my son who just turned 30!  (How can that be when I'm only 35??  LOL)  He was totally surprised when he walked in and everyone yelled, "SURPRISE!" Love when a plan comes together so well.

Happy 30th, Zach!

Mickey Mouse Bag

I decorated this plain red bag with the ever popular Mickey Mouse!  I love doing these bags for the birthday kids!

Happy First Birthday, Wyatt!

Superstar!

This sign is for a wonderful little girl who will be celebrating her fourth birthday in a few weeks.  She loves to sing and her aunt always tells her she's a superstar and wanted a sign that said just that!  

 Happy Birthday, Teagan!

Baby Shower Bag

I'll be going to a baby shower next weekend and I wanted to make a custom bag for my gift. I love buying plain white bags to decorate.

Baby Girl Card

I love Pinterest!  I saw this card in a baby boy theme and made this one for a baby shower that I'm going to in a couple of weeks.

First Cascading Card

My first cascading card!  I was expecting it to be difficult, but it really wasn't.  I'm pretty sure I'll be making more of these cards.  Oh, the possibilities!

Happy 1st Birthday, Isla!

A little over a year ago, I posted pictures of a baby shower that I was lucky enough to help create centerpieces for and a few other items.  Well, now that little bundle of joy is turning one this weekend and she's having an Elmo party!  Take a look at some of the decorations we made for her.


This is one of the taller centerpieces.  This is a tin bucket that the mom found at Hobby Lobby and I used the Elmo's Party and the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridges to cut out each shape and attached them to the bamboo skewers.  We also added the Elmo face to the bucket.

This is another tall bucket that we added the Elmo face to, but this bucket holds the M&Ms in the cello tubes.  I attached the scalloped Elmo and curly ribbon to each tube.  What kid doesn't love Elmo and M&Ms???

These little buckets were also purchased at Hobby Lobby and I used the same cartridges to cut out six different 5" Elmos and smaller flowers.

There are five of these Elmo Food Tents that the mom is going to use to label her food items.  Cute idea!

Everyone will know they're in the right place when they are greeted with this door banner.

Graduation Card

Our great-niece (yes, I said great-niece) is graduating later this month, so I thought I'd see what I could come up with using my new Art Philosophy cartridge.

Her school colors are black and orange, so I dug around in my paper stash and used some of my Close to My Heart papers along with other paper I had in stock.  I love the 3D flowers on the AP cartridge, so of course, I had to add them to the front along with green polka dotted leaves and some black ribbon.

For the inside, I used the Potential Stamp, which is the Stamp of the Month for March from Close to My Heart.  I then attached a small black envelope to the inside flap for her money gift, which could also be used for a gift card. I ran the envelope through my Cuttlebug using the Swiss Dots folder and attached an orange button with some black twine. So happy she loved her card.  

We received two more graduation cards in mail on Saturday so I'll be making more cards!  

Busy, busy, busy!!

I bought a new paper carrier at JoAnn's a while back and it was very plain.  I used some leftover vinyl I had and created this using my Sure-Cuts-A-Lot software.  I like the way it turned out!

This carrier really comes in handy 

for crops or just storage at home.

The Hunger Games

Have you heard of that little movie called, "The Hunger Games?"  Silly questions, right?  My daughter-in-law is a HUGE fan of the books and saw the movie over the weekend. 

She wanted a shirt to wear to the movie, so a friend of mine converted the Mockingjay symbol into an .svg file for us.  I used my SCAL software and my Cricut to cut out the template with contact paper (you can also use vinyl) and applied it to the t-shirt.  My daughter-in-law and son then used a foam brush to dab the gold paint on and then added a coat of glitter paint as well.

"May the odds be ever in your favor."  Effie Trinket

First Card with Art Philosophy Cartridge

This is a card I made with my new Art Philosophy cartridge from Close To My Heart.  I want to show you that you don't necessarily need a lot of bling or embellishments to make a cute card.  The only thing I did do to enhance my card, was to run the paper through my Cuttlebug.

You can see on the card base that I used the Polka Dots Cuttlebug folder and the Divine Swirls folder for the blue mat.  On each of the starbursts, I used the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder and then added one of the 3-D flowers from the AP cartridge.

For the inside of the card, I used the outside layer of the mat that I have on the front of the card.  I added a piece of white cardstock to write my message on.  This is one of the more simple cards I've made and I really like the way it turned out.  I think I will be using the Art Philosophy cartridge alot! 

I would be happy to tell you how to get this cartridge free!  Time is limited though.  Contact me before the end of this month for details.

Close to My Heart

I just became a Close to My Heart consultant!  

I'm just getting started as a consultant, but I have been scrapping and paper crafting for over 15 years.  I would love to help you with any scrapbooking or card making projects that you have. 

CTMH has a wide variety of stamps, papers, tools and embellishments.  Let me know if you would like to place an order, schedule a Gathering (party), or have a silent/catalog party.  As a hostess, you will be able to earn free gifts from CTMH.

You can contact me by sending an email to tinastidbits57@gmail.com.

Happy scrapping!

Valentine's Day Wedding Card

This is a card I made for my husband's nephew who is getting married today...Valentine's Day!  I was short on time so this was scrap lifted from splitcoaststampers.com.

Best Wishes to Justi & Cody!

Birthday Banner

Here's a banner I made for three little boys who are celebrating their birthdays together this weekend. They are also going to go to the Monster Truck Show, so I wanted to try to make the banner to go along with that theme.

Here's another picture I took of the boys' names after I added Elmo and it was hung on their window.

Happy Birthday Brady, Bo and Paxton!

Birthday Card

This is a birthday card I made for a friend. Hope she likes it!

The flower on the card and the box are files from SVGcuts.com.  I used coordinating paper for the box and filled it with Hershey's Nuggets. Yum!