Showing posts with label Quickutz. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Quickutz. Show all posts

Sunday, November 24, 2024

Construction Site Birthday Card

It's Master "C's" 2nd birthday! He had a Construction Site Birthday Party complete with dump trucks and tractors.  He's so into trucks right now it was the perfect party for him!  This is the card I designed.



Sunday, November 3, 2024

Are you ready to start making your Christmas Cards?

We saw our first overnight snowfall in Northern Utah this morning... it looked beautiful! It inspired me to start working on Christmas cards.

When the new Fall Fun kit was released by Queen and Company my mind immediately thought of my granddaughter, Miss "M".  She has long beautiful Auburn / Copper hair color and sparkling green eyes (just like her Nana ;-)  Instead of dressing her for fall, I changed it up and used Christmas paper instead.


Dies Used:
Bell = Marianne Designs CR1611 
Bow in Girls Braids = Marianne Designs CR1434
Girl = Queen & Company Fall Fun Shaker Kit
Foundation Sets = Queen & Company #3 / #8 / #19 / #20 / #25 / #26 / #28 
Snowflake = Quickutz

Embellishments Used:
Globe = Queen & Company
Petite Posies= Queen & Company
Shaker Toppings = Queen & Company

Papers Used:
Background = Queen & Company Winterberry Frost patterns & solids
Bell = Metalic gold cardstock from my stash
Fur on Girl's Coat & Hat = SEI white velvet paper
Girl = Queen & Company Winterberry Frost patterns & solids
Snowflake = White glitter paper from my stash

Stamps Used:
"Tis the Season to Sparkle! = Queen & Company Winter Wonderland kit 


I entered the Double D Challenge


Sunday, March 15, 2020

Miss "O"s Minnie Mouse Birthday Shaker Card

This was the card I came up with for my middle grandbabe... 
Miss "O" - She has the funniest personality
and there is never a dull moment when she is around!

I used Queen & Company's Magical Characters kit. 
 She informed me when we went and looked at the new house Todd
and I are building that she wanted her room painted pink!
Miss "O" loves Minnie and has a dress with the large pink polka dots
so I found some paper that matched. I added Q&C bling for her earrings,
pink stars for the shaker and a big #3!
I think we fulfilled the pink part for sure!

Sunday, October 27, 2019

Queen & Company Shaker Cards

  The girls picked out all of the pattern paper and what dies they wanted to use.
We looked at some of the ideas from Queen & Company and then we went from there.  


 They loved being able to "load" each card with the cordinating
shakers and made sure to get just the right amount.
Miss "M" wanted to add a shell to her hair so it looked like a bow :-)

Miss "M" (the 4.5 year old) loved the idea of adding ghosts and bats and a pumpkin too.
I pulled out my old Quickutz dies... and they worked perfectly!
Miss "M" wanted to make sure that we had a ghost IN the house... 
she's has such creative ideas!

 The girls other grandparents were headed to New York for a fun-filled vacation...
so we made a card to show them how much we love them!
 My grandbabes (and their parents too) have been staying with us the past 3 weeks
while their new home is being completed. 
 It brought such joy to have them all here and hanging out with us.
Imagine my happiness when the two older grandbabes (ages 4.5 and 2.5 years)
asked if they could craft! I was doing the happy dance since
 I have not had a "crafting buddy" in years!
It's wonderful to look at things through the eye of a younger person... 
they are so smart and fearless... they don't care if the witch broom is on top of the legs...
or if the card is lined up... just right...  to them it is PERFECT!!!
I have learned so much from those two sweet girls...
and I can't wait for another craft weekend!

Monday, September 11, 2017

"Old School" Dallas Cowboys Truck

 I'm guessing if you have followed my blog at all you know that I'm a Dallas Cowboys fan.
I so love when football season kicks off and this year was no different.
I have looked at the "old school" trucks at The Wood Connection and I have
loved them from day one.  They have a truck for every season but
football so I decided to create my own.
Above is the finished project... my son, Josh, loves the Cowboys even more than I do
and we both loved the Thanksgiving uniforms of the blue/white jerseys with the single
blue star on each shoulder and the white helmet with the solid blue star on the side and
2 solid blue "racing stripes" on the helmet ... just like the one here with Tony Romo.
This is a mailbox I did several years ago that was like our favorite helmet...
I painted the whole truck white including the "extra side piece" ... I kept doing back to the
picture and decided I would paint the "fenders" Cowboy blue to add some color to it.
I then decided that I wanted to add some texture since it was so "flat". I had some 
Silver Glitter Blast spray paint from several years ago... so I sprayed the side pieces with
the glitter spray... at first it started to come out "blobby" so I thought for sure I would
be sanding everything down and starting over again.  After it dried, I decided that
I really like the look... it's an "old school" truck so it's bound to have some blemishes.
I had some blue with silver stars washi tape that I have been holding on to for
the "perfect" project and this one was it... just to give it some personality
I had some blue stars I used as the hub cap center and
I added two silver sparkly enamel dots for headlights...
 and... 2 red sparkly enamel dots for the taillights.
Since there was a spot for a "license plate" I added
a "#4" to Josh's and my Uncle Darrell's and
did a "#82" for mine.
 I used my Cameo to cut the star and my Quickutz for the numbers!
It was a fun project ... hopefully this little truck with bring us some good luck!
Go COWBOYS!!!
and... Happy Crafting!


Sunday, September 8, 2013

Dad's #1 Cowboy Fan Stick

 The front and back of stick...

 My Uncle Ace ~ My Daddy ~ My Uncle Darrell
Our first Memorial Day without my daddy...
With the kick off for the first game of the season just a few hours away... I find my heart is excited for the kickoff... but saddened that my daddy won't be here with us to cheer them on! My dad passed away in February and I miss him every day! 
 I made this stick for Memorial Day for him. The front has #1 Fan that I painted in Cowboys blue and then used some silver metallic chalk around the edges. Our family wears jerseys every game day...so that is why I had the #82 ~ #88 ~ #9 ~ #19 and #94 on the stick to represent each one of us.  I used the stick to hold a picture of my dad and Josh we had taken 2 years before... I first put it in a heavy sheet protector and then taped the back down so the water from the sprinklers wouldn't get it wet. Then weaved the stick in the holes to hold it up. I also added a ribbon that is not in the pictures...
Here's to a new season for the Cowboys... and a new season for my family I know my dad's going to be watching... and cheering right along with us... cussing out Romo for turning sideways when he throws... Witten dropping his passes or getting upset with the O-line for their penalties. Cowboys let's make this an awesome season and head to the Superbowl!
GO COWBOYS!
 

Sunday, July 14, 2013

Dallas Cowboy & Texas Longhorn Hard Hats...

 The Freshly scrubbed white hard hat...
 Josh and Joey modeling their new hats... minus the insides that hold the hard hat up...
 I put their names inside the brim of each hard hat...
 Joey ~ Josh and Big Al with their new hard hats...

Fireworks West has been in over-drive for several weeks now... for most states the 4th of July celebration is over... but in Utah, we celebrate the entire month of July since we celebrate Pioneer Day... for those of you not familiar with Pioneer Day it is an official holiday celebrated on July 24th. It commemorates the entry of Brigham Young and the first group of Mormon pioneers into the Salt Lake Valley on July 24, 1847, where the Latter-day Saints settled after being forced from Nauvoo, Illinois and other locations in the eastern United States. Parades, firework, rodeos, and other festivities help commemorate the event.

So in getting ready for firework season... Josh sent me a picture of a Dallas Cowboy hard hat he wanted to see if I could replicate... I told him that if I did one for him... I would need to do one for Joey too... since he's my "adopted" son... and they set up and shoot all of the fireworks shows together. Josh agreed and he and Joey found the "best looking" hard hats that had the least amount of scuffing on them. Joey decided that he wanted a Texas Longhorn hard hat... and asked if I could make one for his dad, Al... aka The Boss. So in typical Vicki fashion I waited until the night before they needed them done to get started. I downloaded the official Dallas Cowboy and Texas Longhorn logos into my Silhouette Studio and worked my magic... yeah... since I use it so often it takes me forever to remember what in the heck I did the last time I used it... I really love my machine... but Pintrest has taken over my life and I don't use it near often enough!

Luckily I had the darker blue vinyl color that Josh wanted and I thought the burnt orange vinyl color was pretty close too!  Then I cut out the shapes... and put them on both sides of the hats.  Inside the brim of each one I put their names... Josh ~ Joey and Big Al.

They stopped by the office to pick them up before the show... and the boys loved them! The last picture is the night of the show... Josh had his sideways so that we could see the star... I love July and I love this men!!!

Sunday, June 30, 2013

Jaden's Grizzly Pretzels...


Jaden is Kendra's (my daughter-in-law) youngest brother and he plays football for the Logan High Grizzlies!  We were making Halloween pretzels when I thought it would be fun to make some special ones just for Jaden.  We pulled out the red and gold as well as the black candy melts and Kendra decorated away. I made the tag with my Quickutz football die... then cut the letters for his name and #... put the pretzels in a plain cellophane bag, punched a hole in the tag and tied it with red ~ yellow and black ribbons... he loved it and we love him!

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Cowboy and Halloween Pretzels...

 The cute bag filled with treats...
 Halloween Pretzels...
 Dallas Cowboy Pretzels...
My dad and the cool Cowboy Pretzels...

In keeping with holiday tradition we made our super tasty pretzels. One of the girls at work found these cute football pretzels and thought that I should have them. Mom and I dipped with dad and Kendra were the decorators... Josh even joined in on the fun after he got home from work.  We put the pretzels in these cute bags and I made a cute pumpkin tag by cutting two of the pumpkins and sticking them together (the eyes and mouth would have fallen out... by putting tape over the back of the eyes and mouth and putting the two together you couldn't see the tape... OCD I know... but it looked cuter!) a little chalking to add some depth and they were ready to go.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

My Pot of Gold and Rainbow...

This picture shows the vinyl best...
This one shows how sparkly the rainbow is!
This one is a picture I had Josh take with his phone.
It's a good thing we both work at the same place

I have to admit... I've been feeling guilty... I know it's silly... but I do not have any St. Patrick's Day decorations any where in my house!   All of my cute bloggy friends all have been busy making their awesome green holiday decor.. and I have nothing! I used to decorate... have parties... and make treats! But the past 7 years (that's another story in itself) I have not done anything for this fun holiday...yes I still make sure to wear something green... even though I think that having green eyes counts as wearing green ;-)  I was thinking how bare my desk looked...I always have a basket ~ bucket or something on my desk at work filled with treats. I remembered I had a black pot tucked away in the closet (I re-discovered it when I was looking for anything red for my kitchen) and I thought I can redeem myself with this fun holiday! I cut the Happy St. Pat's Day out of vinyl on my Silhouette (the dark green is really hard to see and the curvature of the pot made it tricky putting the vinyl on). I made the rainbow from a Quickutz die... I added some Stickles for shimmer. I taped a skewer on the back of the rainbow... and stuck it in the Lifesavers...however the more I looked at it today... I didn't like having that stick in the middle... instead I broke it in half and taped it to the back of the rainbow on each side and stuck it in the treats... (last picture) I think it looks better... what do you think?

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Valentine Wood Projects...

After I had painted the XO's I decided that I wanted to put hearts on the "X"... I pulled out my trusty Quickutz die and started cutting out the hearts. I thought they turned out cute... but then the "O's" looked naked.  Josh happened to come into the studio at that time and I asked him... what do you think... should I add some flowers... he said... "No mom... add some lips... it is hugs and kisses ya know". So I did just that... I added lips... with my Quickutz lip die. I posted this one so you can see how I have a few of them hanging off the edge... and then I just went back with a craft knife and trimmed off the edge!
I love this heart with the arrow through it... I painted the heart in Pop Pink by Creamcoat and then the arrow in Royal Fuchsia by Creamcoat.  I cut out scrapbook paper ( I love this one... it has all of the colors I decorate with)... I then added Martha Stewart Tourmaline glitter to the arrow for that added wow...
The lips I painted in Cardinal Red by Creamcoat and added added Martha Stewart Garnet glitter and sealed with a spray coating to seal the glitter.  It makes the glitter NOT sparkle as much.... but it goes make it much less messy.
This conversation heart is for Josh... it has been his nick-name since he was little... and the name has stuck...even now he's 23 he will always be my Babycakes!
 
I can't take much credit for this set... other than painting it!  I cheated and bought the vinyl from the Wood Connection... I figured it was worth the $5 to already have it done... I used...Cardinal Red...Royal Fuchsia and Think Pink all by Creamcoat.
I did NOT make this awesome Love sign... I purchased it several years ago... I don't remember where... but I just absolutely LOVE it...

Monday, December 20, 2010

Christmasary...


 The NEW Board...

Up close...
 Cards...
Christmasary...Vicki Style!

As promised... here it is....Christmasary!  (can you hear the drum roll)? Back some 20 + years ago... we used to play Pictionary all the time.  I'm not artistic in any way... but I still enjoyed playing.  I decided it would be fun to come up with a Christmas version (hence the name... Christmasary). I made cards (you can tell the top 3 cards were typed on a typewriter and then copied onto cardstock that's how old they are!)  I did the same 5 colors... as in Pictionary and did the " * " for all plays.  I did make a few changes... here is how I did it.

Yellow - Person - place or animal
Blue - Objects found around the holidays
Orange - Food that we eat around the holidays
Green - Difficult (yes... some of them are really hard!)
Pink - Christmas carol - You think you know them all... but try to draw them

We have always played on the Pictionary board... but this year I wanted to make a board that would be just for Christmasary.  I painted a wood board black... and used my Silhouette to cut all of the stars - snowflakes - gingerbread men - trees and ornaments out of vinyl . I made a "start" and "finish" and also the name of the game... Christmasary! Put a top coat of sealer over the board and vinyl and viola....our new game board!  For markers... we used peanut better cups!

We have found that with the "younger" generation... they don't know who Bing Crosby, Johnny Mathis, Currier & Ives - or what bubble lights are so Josh and I will be making a new set after the holidays... for next year. We need to update a few new ideas... and change a few of them that everyone gets cranky trying to draw...  like Fall Softly Snow. Let me know if you are interested and I will e-mail you the new cards when we are finished making them...
Or you can play... Win - Lose or Draw... I have printed out 150 Christmas "things" on cardstock (above) and it can be done on a dry erase board or just like Christmasary with teams using the board but everyone plays each time.

Traditions are so important... this one is has been in our family for 20+ years... and now that Kendra (Josh's girlfriend) loves playing it... I think it will stay a tradition! I may even have to make a few of these to give away for gifts next year! Merry Christmas!