Pinterest Inspired Propane Pumpkin

Hi Everyone

~Happy Tuesday To Ya~

Well, if you are anything like me, you live on Pinterest. There are so many good ideas on there. I came across a propane tank painted to look like a pumpkin and thought Oh my goodness this is to cute not to share with all of you.

Here is the one I seen on Pinterest:

How cute is that right? It looks like they painted the tank orange and then maybe hand painted the face on. Well, again if you are like me, you can't paint :)  So I thought, Cricut Explore to the rescue and we would use vinyl.

Be safe when you are using a propane tank, this one is completely empty of all gas, hubby took it some place to get checked. 

I also decided to go with a yellow color vinyl, I thought it would give the look of a light shining through after the pumpkin is carved.

I am so happy with the way this turned out. And I am for sure going to repaint it and do it again to look like a snowman for the holidays (yes, of course I will share)

To see all the details on how I did this, watch the video here!

Hope you all have a great day!

Many many hugs,

Stacy

Make It Now Pie Boxes

Hi Everyone

~Happy Tuesday To Ya~

Who doesn't love pie, especially the calorie free kind, right? Yum! I am a pie nut. My favorite is Coconut Custard, with Apple Pie being a close second.

Anyway, here is today's Make It Now project. I love the Make It Nows, great for when you are stumped on what to create. When I seen these, I knew I would love them!

How cute it that? I am in love with it. You can use these for little gifts for co-workers, hair stylist, postal workers, teachers, the list goes on and on. You can even cut a few of these out and put them together to form a whole pie and use as a centerpiece.

Here is a close up of the printable vinyl:

I am giving away a pack of the Printable Vinyl. All you need to do is leave a comment on this video on my YouTube channel telling me what your favorite pie is. I will pick a winner on Friday, October 10, 2014

You can see the video HERE

Hope you all have a fantabulous day!
Many many hugs,
Stacy

Football Favor Boxes

Hi Everyone

~Happy Friday To You~

Who's ready for some football? At our house we are always ready! I am a big Pittsburgh Steelers fan and the hubby, well sad to say he is a St. Louis Rams fan. You can laugh, I do all of the time. He always seems to root for the underdog. lol

At least, neither of us are Tampa Bay Buccaneer fans, they got crushed last night against the Atlanta Falcons. Final score was 56-14 OUCH!!

OK, lets talk treats or treat boxes. This a Make It Now project, a really cute one by the way. It only takes one piece of card stock, so it is also inexpensive.

OK, so you are not into football! No big deal, you can make these anyway you want.

• Change out the stripe for snowflakes, for a a Christmas Box.
• Put school images on the box for a fun gift for the teacher.
• Use religious symbols for Church friends.
• Weld a shape into it, put acetate behind it and a battery operated candle.

As you can see there a ton of ways you can use these boxes. The most important part, is have fun!

Here is video for this project

Hope you all have a great weekend

Many many hugs,

Stacy

Paper Pumpkins

Hi Everyone

~Happy Thursday To You~

Today I am sharing some really cute paper pumpkins. These are so fun and really easy. These would also be great for the little ones to get involved in. They can choose the papers, or even use plain paper and have them draw on them, so they can have their own personalized paper pumpkin.

I think these would also be really pretty done in different sizes and use them as a centerpiece at the Thanksgiving table OR do them smaller and have them be the place settings. Another option would be to use Christmas paper and use them as paper ornaments. You get the idea, lots of things you can do with these!

Here is the file for them and here is the video. I sized them at 4 inches. If you want to change the size, just highlight them, right click, select detatch and then change to the size you want. Be sure to go back to the top tool bar, hit select all and then go to the layers panel and click on attach. That way you can fit them on one sheet of paper.

Hope you all have a great day!
Many many hugs,
Stacy

Printable Vinyl and Sticker Paper

Hi Everyone

~Happy Tuesday To You~

I hope all of you are having a fabulous day!  Today I decided to play around with the new Printable Vinyl and Printable Sticker Paper from Cricut. This will be available to purchase once the Print then Cut feature goes live (week of September 22 2014)

The Printable Vinyl is really thin, almost like contact paper. But worked really well. I had the dial set to vinyl on the machine and cut away.

For the Printable Sticker Paper, this is much thicker, like a heavy card stock. On the machine I had the dial set to card stock and it cut out with the perfect kiss cut.

I can myself having fun these 2 products.

Big congrats to Cricut for the awesome Print then Cut and more fun goodies

You can see the video here!

I hope you all have a great day
Many many hugs,
Stacy

Big News

Hi everyone

~Happy Monday To You~

Have you heard the news? No, when them let me fill ya in :)

The Print then Cut feature with the Cricut Design Space and Cricut Explore is going to be LIVE next week. I know, I too am jumping up and down in excitement. I did do a short video sharing what it looks like now, and there are more to come.

I still want to focus on the "regular" Explore videos as well, not just the print then cut, hope you all don't mind.

Also new fun products

Printable sticker paper and printable vinyl paper. These will retail for $9.99 per pack and will be available with launch

You can also see the video here on YouTube.

Hope you all have a great day
Many many hugs,
Stacy

Holiday Blocks

Hi Everyone

~Happy Thursday To You~

I hope all of you are doing well. Today I am sharing a Holiday Block project with you. These are all over Pinterest and I thought how fun and probably easy would it be for us to make our own, right?

So I came up with these.

My wood was just a 2 x 4 cut in half lengthwise. Then my oh so wonderful husband cut them down into smaller pieces for me.

The sides and bottom are 2 x 6. the two small ones are 2 x 2 and the other one is 2 x 3. Of course you can make yours whatever size you would like. You can even have your local lumber store cut them down for you :)

After they were cut, I sanded them, then wipe off and extra dust with a cloth. Then I did 2 coats of paint. Just plain acrylic paint from Walmart. I also sanded some of the paint down to give it the not so new look. We used the Explore for the lettering, I cut that from Georgia Pacific card stock, again from Walmart.

I made my own modpodge by using two parts school glue to one part water.We applied that first on the front of the block and added our letters and another coat of modpodge. Once that was dry, I did three more coats of modpodge on all of the side, so the entire block would be sealed.

Once dry, I added a little ribbon to the center block just for a little pizzazz.

Here is the file and here is the video.

Hope you all enjoy and ave a great day
Many many hugs,
Stacy

Happy Halloween

Hi Everyone

~Happy Monday To You~

I hope all of you had a great weekend! Today's project is super simple but still so cute! I wanted to make a quick Halloween card for my grandson. I used the Create A Critter 2 cartridge, which is included in the Design Space Subscription Plan.

I also used Action Wobbles to make the ghost look like it was flying! I forget where I got mine at as it has been a few years, but I did find some places that you can now find them (Your welcome)

Joann's       Walmart      Amazon

Is he not the cutest ghost ever? I think Jcee will get a kick out of him and really enjoy this card! I also did some faux stitching around the card and also on the hat using a silver metallic gel pen

OK, the sizes.

The ghost was 2.85 W x 3.83 H, the Phrase (Boo) was 2.56 W x 1.23 H and the Pumpkin Border (inside) was 3.58 W x 1.75 H

Here is the file and here is the video

Party Invitation

Hi Everyone

~Happy Friday To You~

Today I have a fun project for you. We are playing around with some markers :)

How cute and fun is this invitation? Adorable right?

Now, let's make it! All of the images I used are included in the subscription plan.

For the Envelope, I used the Creative Everyday Cards cartridge, envelope # M4CF5D
Sized at 6.52 W x 9.82 H

I then grabbed a square from Home Accents # M44DC6 sized at 4.5 W x 4.14 H
Copy that and make this one smaller by about 1/4 inch.

Lined Paper came from Simply Charmed # M4CF5D

The elements for the envelope all came from the cart Birthday Bash
Hat item # M3A0A6
Candle item # M3DE92
Present item # M44CA4
Balloon item # M394C7
Scallop item # M3A450

Here is the how to video   and   here is the file.

Hope you enjoy
Many many hugs,
Stacy

PS. Have a great weekend

Custom Coupon Book

Hi Everyone
~Happy Monday and Happy September~

Today we are doing another Make It Now project. We are making a custom coupon book for the little ones. I love this idea. It is a great way to "help" them have a good day by offering a little reward :)
Of course, you can put in as many coupons as you like, I just did 6. You can also customize them to fit whatever age of the child (or adult) you are going to give them to.

Isn't that adorable? You can find the file for this design HERE

You can see the how to video HERE Hope you all have a great day
Many many hugs,
Stacy

Cricut Artiste A2 Card Holder

Hi Everyone

~Happy Tuesday To You~

I hope all of you are doing well. Before I share this post with you I have to show you my oh so adorable grandson playing with his drawing book that we had made. He loves it!!! Yahoo, that makes grandmom super happy!

We are using the Artiste Cartridge to make this holder. This cart is NOT included in the subscription plan so I do apologize for that.
The image we are using is on page 47 in the handbook (Accent 3). I cut it out at 6 inches high. I love the way all of these look on my desk. So neat and tidy.

Ok, how cute are they? I really am happy with the way it turned out. HERE is the video showing how to put these together.

Hope you all have a great day
Many many hugs,
Stacy

Make It Now Acetate Treat Box

Hi Everyone

~Happy Monday To You~

Hope all of you had a great weekend! As many of you know I am a huge Nascar fan (love Kyle Busch). I want to send my deepest sympathy to Tony Stewart who was involved in an accident this past weekend with another driver Kevin Ward Jr who passed away. He was only 20 yrs old. Very sad and my heart aches for their family.

OK, now this little box. Can I just say I really love the way this turned out. So cute!

Ok, so how cute is it? I know, it is adorable right? I did use Stampin' Up! card stock, stamps and punches for this project. If you wish to order any products, please visit me at www.stampnshare.com

As I mentioned in the video, Cricut has new markers in new colors. One is called Candy Shop, you can see that one here. The other set is called Wildflower and you can see them here. They are both yummy!

To see the video for this box, please click here

Hope you all have a great day
Many many hugs,
Stacy

Tags Bags Boxes & More 2 Box

Hi everyone
~Happy Tuesday To You~

Wow, it has been a long time since I posted here. So sorry! Anyway, a few weeks ago I did a box using this cartridge. I made it small and did not decorate it, and I was asked to do it again but make it larger and decorate it.

So, here is my box. This box is called "Box with handle" in the images.

I did not make a file for this, but I did do a video so you can follow along.
You can find that here!

As mentioned in the video I used Stampin' Up! paper and card stock and other Stampin' Up! supplies. If you do not have a demonstrator I would love to be yours
You can find me at www.stampnshare.com

Many many hugs,
Stacy

Now a little fun, this is what happens when I create.
I MAKE A MESS OF EVERYTHING

Print then Cut feature

Hi everyone
I came across this today and thought I would share.

Print then Cut Timing

Have a great day
Hugs, Stacy

Crayola Markers

Hi everyone

My husband bought me Crayola markers to try out in the Explore and they worked. You can see which ones I used under the Tips page

Hope you all have a great day
Hugs, Stacy

Hi Everyone

Welcome to my blog!

This will be all about the Cricut Explore machine. A place where I can share files, tips, tricks and all sorts of ideas with all of you!

This is my own personal blog, it is not sponsored by Cricut at all.

Hope you find everything helpful and hope you all have a great day!

Thanks so much for stopping by
Hugs, Stacy