Diamonds are a Girls Best Friend CWC Challenge #83

Hello and welcome to Michelle's Crafty Creations

Today at Cooking with Cricut, our DT was challenged to make something with BLING!!  I love bling! 

 I have SO MUCH of it and rarely use it.  So this was challenging for me.  Why?  Because something can go from pretty to gaudy quickly (at least in my book)  Think Bedazzled over board....yeah...not pretty! (all you 80's and 90's children will know what I'm talking about) I can SO go gaudy!!  I see other people use stickles and bling like it's going outta style and it really looks good!!! So I really thought about this one.  I had someone in mind when making it.  I can't say yet, but they will know soon!  The hardest part was paper, but in the end it ALWAYS comes together!!  

I really like how it came out. :)

To make this I used:

Cart: Walk In My Garden for the flower (That's it!!) LOL

Paper: DCWV Garden Party and Colorbok for solid

Misc: Bling from my stash (I have a LOT of it), SU flourish, foam dots for dimension on flower

Now it's your turn!!  

 Link up your project to the Cooking With Cricut challenge post.  There are some guidelines.

1.  Must follow the challenge topic.

2.  Must be a new project for this challenge

3.  No back dated posts please

4.  Must have a link back to this post on your blog

5.  Must link your project post through Inlinkz and not just your blog

6.  Must use your Cricut in some capacity

7.  Gotta HAVE FUN!!!

8.  You may combine challenges...we like to!

Can't wait to see what you bling up!  I NEED some bling inspiration!! :)

Hugs and Happy Crafting!!

I am linking this card up to:

Jill's Sundays are Lovely #8 + giveaway

Flowers and Butterflies

Hello crafty friends!
I don't think I have posted anything in almost a week!  YIKES!  It has been extremely busy here with starting homeschool, getting my first born off to college, and yes......decorating for fall!! I LOVE the smells and veggies of fall! :) (I also like the start of cooler weather...I know it's not official, but thats me!)

Without further ado, here is the paint can I made for my other niece for her birthday.  Sadly to report, the other can I decorated and sent is lost in the mail as we speak...:(

Top of the can.  She really liked whimsical/frilly things.  She is also pretty simple.  Tried to balance the two!  I love the stickles and how they added some sparkle to the butterfly!

I did her name as flowers to go with the butterfly.  Plus her name, Tehya, is short so I had to improvise so I wouldn't have a half finished side! ;)

Heres the whimsical butterfly that just flew away from the flowers! 

All the pretty ribbon that tied around her handle.  It kind of gets lost in the fall decorations in the background, but I went with mostly sheer ribbons.  

I had a lot of fun making this for her.  I must say, I prefer the metal paint cans over the "see-through" crafty ones much better.  Everything just seems so crisp and laid together right.  PLUS the handles come off and it makes it easier to decorate.  Seeing how the empty paint cans cost 4 dollars and some change at Lowes....they are also cheaper than the crafty ones!

Materials I used:

Carts: Storybook, Plantin School book, Live Simply, Walk in My Garden

Paper:  Colorbok and DCWV Blossoms and Butterflies

Misc: ribbon(from my stash) and stickles and flowers (from my stash)

Hope you had a great midweek so far!  

Hugs,

Michelle

Baby Shower decorations...my first "job"

Hello my crafty friends!!

So I get a call from a friend, who works for a tea house/cafe.  They are hosting a baby shower for a group and asked if I could make some decorations.  I get this call Thursday, and the baby shower was Saturday.  YIKES!!  DO I think my creations are sell worthy...not quite.  I think I have a lot to learn and I see some pretty awesome creations blog hopping.  However, I figure it would be  a way to get my "work" out there and possibly some more business.  It would be great to do what I love for income!!  So here is a day and a half's worth of work at the last minute!  I must say, I LOVE how it came out...especially the baby memory paint cans.  

It was a bee theme.  However, I did not want to decorate the cans with the bee theme.  I used them as center pieces to hold a hive and a couple of bees.  It was to be simple.  So here is simple! :)

Baby girl memory can.  They didn't know their names so there was no personalization.

Baby boy memory can

The paper was SO cute, and the camera does it NO justice!

The color came out a bit better for the girl can!! :)

This is the lid for the girl can.  The note paper is used to drop the memory in the can.  The place cards with bees are ribbon tied to the left.  I made 8 pink ones and 8 blue ones with mini bees.

Same thing for the boy can!

banner I made in the shape of beehives.  Under congratulations, I centered the her name and it hangs from the middle of congratulations with a bee at the end.  It was too big to separate and take a picture of the whole thing.  it came out super cute!

Up close of the beehive.  Simple, but cute.

To make this I used:

Carts: Stretch Your Imagination, Storybook, A Child's Year, and Walk in My Garden.

Paper: Specialty paper from AC Moore, and pastel card stock

Stamps: SU 

Misc: Disney paper punch, citrus skittles, stickles, specialty ribbon from AC Moore and from my stash, and shimmery "easter grass" ( I don't know what it's called LOL)

I had a lot of fun creating this.  

With the girl paint can being yellow, I am going to enter this in the Challenge Me Monday #75 over at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog!

Hugs,

Michelle