Easter Treat Bag...

I put together a quick treat bag for my littles to take home with them this weekend. Everything I used was stuff I had around the house, so it was a win win! Happy kids and happy me :)

For the bag I started with a 12X12 sheet of paper. I cut it in half and had two 6X12 pieces. I then used my score board and scored each piece of paper at 1/2", 5", 7", and 11 1/2". Then I folded at the scores to get this cute bag shape. I used left over clear plastic treat bags and filled them with plastic eggs that had treats inside. Last, I folded the bag together with the paper, and then stapled it at the top for a stronger hold. 

The tag was made using my Cricut cartridge, A Child's Year. I used the tag feature and the shadow tag feature. I cut the tag and shadow at the 3" size. I wrote on the tag for a little personal touch. Then I topped it off with a bow and stuck it all on with adhesive dots. 

I made twelve and it took around an hour, and that includes stopping to help the littles every minute or so. lol Such a simple project that brought so much joy!

Thanks for stopping in to look……………

Ericka

Mermaids and Mucinex

The last few weeks have kept me busy, busy, busy, with the local children's choir my daughter is involved with. They put on their annual musical this last weekend and a friend sweetly nominated me to be in charge of the lobby decorations. A gesture I will not soon forget. lol Then in the final stretch, I came down with a head cold. But, as my family loves to say, "Ain't nobody got time for that!" I grabbed my new favorite cold medicine, Mucinex, and kept right on going.

Because of the musical, I had to put my paper crafting on hold so there will be no project pictures this time. I am going to share with you some lobby pictures because they were adorable!

This years musical was Disney's The Little Mermaid Jr. and the kids did a FABULOUS job! The SSCCC group is such a shining spot in our little community! Hats off to all the people that make this organization run.

My niece drew Flounder, such talent! The sea horse was drawn using my Cricut and the Disney Princess- Dreams Come True cartridge. A friend and helper showed me how to make the jellyfish using garbage bags and dollar tree ribbon. They were a huge hit.

I love how the Actor's wall turned out also. I cut open shower scrubbies and then scrunched them and stapled them to the wall for the coral. The bubbles, my favorite decoration, we made by gluing glass gems from the dollar tree to the wall. A huge thank you to my sister that patiently stood and held all of them in place while the glue dried.

 The fish, starfish, sand dollars, and seahorses were drawn and cut using my Cricut and Life's a Beach cartridge and Disney Princess- Dreams Come True cartridge.

Thanks for stopping in to look….

Ericka

Family, Friends and Faith......

The time I take to create gives me so much more joy then just the final project provides. With a house full of children most of the day and running children all over in the evening, I cherish the quiet time I take when I have a project to finish. Having a deadline, one more reason I started to post on this blog again! In these last few weeks I have been making an album and I was also blessed to go to the Temple with my niece before she leaves on her mission. We had four generations of women from our family able to attend, along with many other people that mean as much as family to us.

Not only did I finally finish the Hawaii Album for my friend that took her trip two (yes two), years ago, but it gave me the opportunity to think about the wonderful day spent with such a great group of people. North Carolina is getting one of the best girls California has to offer so they better treat her right! LOL

On to the Album....

As in the past, I used cereal boxes covered with card stock for my pages. I used Life is a Beach cricut cartridge for all the shapes in the album and the Aloha title. I also used a bulk package of tropical die cuts I pick up at Micheal's awhile back, along with a few Joleen stickers.

 I hope you like it but most of all I hope my friend thinks it was worth waiting two years for! haha

This is the first time I used the waterfall picture spots in a mini album. I love the added space it provides.

My friend is a big fan of the flip flops! So am I :)

I used the waterfall picture spots again on this page, made them a little bigger, and added to the number of spots available. I like them better on this page. The joy of creating, the more times you try the better you get! 

Thanks for stopping in to look.....