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Vellum Votives Tutorial

April 22, 2012 by Holly Gagnon 16 Comments

Sharing a tutorial on how to turn those dollar store votives into pretty Vellum Votives that would be perfect  to use as decorations for wedding's, baby showers, garden parties or simple home decor. DIY Vellum Votives   To decorate the large votive, I stamped two pieces of 4 x 11 inch vellum with decorative stamps.     Using a score board, score the vellum at 1/2 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Altered Item, Cricut, Home Decor, Published Work, Tutorials Tagged With: Altered Item, Cricut, Dollar Store Goods, Home Decor, Published Work, Tutorials

Using Xyron to make Embellishments

March 22, 2012 by Holly Gagnon 19 Comments

Baby Gift Bag made with Xyron

Today I'm sharing a tutorial for  The PaperVariety  on how to  use the Xyron to make Glitter and Twine Embellishments.  This little " X-thingy" is marketed as an Create-A-Sticker tool but instead of using it to make stickers, I've found the adhesive very useful towards making embellishments. {this post contains affliate links}  Like... adhering glitter evenly without making a mess on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Baby, Cricut, Gift Boxes, Tutorials Tagged With: Baby, Cricut, Tutorials, Twine

Paper Tearing and Chalking Tutorial

February 22, 2012 by Holly Gagnon 25 Comments

Mermaid Card made with paper tearing and chalking

Here's a simple tutorial  on paper tearing and chalking techniques.  I actually learned this paper tearing technique from a scrapbooking demonstration that I attended on a Royal Caribbean Cruise years ago.   The chalking was something else I've learned on my own.  What a great vacation, huh?  Sun, food and scrapping! {This post contains affliate links referencing products … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cricut, Handmade Cards, Tutorials Tagged With: Beach Themes, Cards, Cricut, Tutorials

Kids Valentine’s Treats

February 13, 2012 by Holly Gagnon 25 Comments

Super Hero Valentines

It's  that time of year to make the Kids Valentine's  Treats  for their classrooms and that exactly what we did this weekend.   My daughter is 5 and she was totally into making Valentine's where as my son who is 7 1/2, really didn't have much interest.  I'm sure he would of preferred the store bought Lego Star Wars Valentine kits if I gave him the choice.   But that's not happening with this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Handmade Cards, Kids, Published Work, Tutorials, Valentine's Tagged With: Cricut, Kid Fun, Published Work, Tutorials, Valentines

Sour Cream Container Wedding Favors

February 12, 2012 by Holly Gagnon 25 Comments

Sour Cream Containers Wedding

Since Spring Weddings are already being planned, I decided to make simple but elegant Wedding Favors out of sour cream containers for the challenge this week at Getting Cricky with K. Andrews .  Too bad there isn't a better name for these little containers, the word "sour" just doesn't sound that elegant but that's what they are thanks to Wendy's. Wedding Favor Sour Cream … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cricut, Gift Boxes, Published Work, Tutorials, Wedding Tagged With: Cricut, Published Work, Treat Boxes, Tutorials, Wedding

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