Natalie's Creations

Teacher Appreciation Doors 2011

2011-07-21T13:23:00.000-07:00

Here are some of the doors I did this year. I only took pictures of 2 of them, but I was able to do 4 this year. It is so much fun....some of my favorite things to do during Teacher Appreciation. I used the paper doll cartridge for the super teachers. I got the idea for the incredible door here.

Birthday invitation - Basketball

2011-07-21T13:19:00.000-07:00

Here is a birthday invitation using vinyl and SCAL.

Poster for Creative Lit. Magazine at HHS

2011-07-21T13:15:00.000-07:00

Kristina volunteered to design and make posters for Creative Writing for the literary Magazine for school. She designed and we created it in vinyl. Great Job TT!

Posters for SBO

2011-07-21T12:52:00.000-07:00

I love my cricut for days like this. I had three children run for SBO this year. Here are some of the posters we did.

40th Birthday Fun - YARD SIGNS

2011-07-21T12:35:00.000-07:00

Here are some YARD SIGNS that I did for a 40th birthday. I got the sayings from a friend that decorated my 40th with plungers and signs in the yard. :)

Vinyl lettering on T-SHiRTS...Oh, yes you can :)

2011-07-21T12:25:00.000-07:00

Here are some t shirts we did for girls camp 2010. We used iron on vinyl to do these projects. This year we did something different. The girls are at camp, but, I will take pics and post when they get back. :)

Banners Anyone?

2011-07-21T10:10:00.001-07:00

Here are some banners that I have done the last few months for a graduation and birthdays. They are really fun to make. If you are in need of a banner, the cost starts at $50 for a 2 x 6 foot banner. Cost depends on style and amount of vinyl used.

2010 - Halloween Door using vinyl lettering

2010-11-05T23:55:00.000-07:00

I love to decorate my front door with vinyl for the holidays. It is such a fun and inexpensive thing to do. This year my door is a combo of ideas. The "Happy Halloween" was actually a gift from my friend Kristin. Thank you Kristin. :) She found the image at vinyl ready designs. I love it. I cut out my spider on the Trick or Treat from the paper doll dress-up cartridge. The trick or treaters I found at a wonderful blog called Images by Heather. She has such great ideas. Thank you Heather.

2010- Pep rally treat for Football

2010-11-05T23:47:00.000-07:00

My son helped me come up with this year's Football pep rally treat. It was very quick and easy. :) You can see my past years' ideas here.

Name board for baby nursery in LUAU theme

2010-11-05T23:42:00.000-07:00

This was made for a baby girl and her room was decorated in bright LUAU colors and theme. I used the plantin schoolbook cartridge for the name, Lyrical letters cartridge was used for the I am a child of God. I found the sun here. Thank you Kristin for recommending this site to me. LOVE IT! I usually don't paint the back of the board, but, I decided to add a finishing touch. :)

Vinyl lettering on glass ... I love to see the temple. (Floating Frame)

2010-11-05T23:35:00.000-07:00

I found this tutorial and knew exactly what saying I wanted to try. So, I tried a 12 X 12 version and as I was pushing in the glass..it broke. I was disappointed...but, tried again and here are the results. I love how the color of the wall shows through. I learned how to "word wrap" using SCAL here. Michele is amazing and is always so willing to answer any of my questions. I highly recommend purchasing SCAL
through her. :) Once again, the temple image was purchased here.

Vinyl lettering on tiles using cricut and SCAL

2010-11-05T23:15:00.000-07:00

I saw this design and wanted to duplicate it for a gift. It turned out great. I love this saying!

Recently I found a wonderful website call www.myvinyldesigner.com. They offer files that are already made and you can purchase them and download them quickly. They have a lot of the LDS temples. I got this image from there. I love it. It saves so much time and the cuts are so crisp.

I found an image of the Salt Lake Temple and converted it to an SVG file using Inkscape and SCAL.

I found this saying on a website that my friend Kristin introduced me too. They sell files that can be bought, downloaded and cut out within 15 minutes. LOVE IT! You can find it here.

This was a fun tile I made for a gift. I love this saying.

Wall Decor using cricut home decor cartridge

2010-11-05T22:56:00.000-07:00

Love this cartridge. Thanks Shontell for letting me borrow it. I love this flowering branch. I have used it on walls, cards and gift bags. I only have a picture of the wall. :)

Relief Society Announcement Board using Vinyl

2010-02-20T08:45:00.000-08:00

This is a re-usable board I made for announcements in Relief Society. The dry erase board I purchased at home depot. They will cut it to size. I found one that was quite damaged and I got 2- 18x24, 1- 24x24 and one 48x36 for $5. It is always fun when your church calling allows you to get crafty. It was a lot of fun.

I used brown vinyl and cut it out with my cricut and SCAL. I used the font: Licorice

The WHAT'S FOR DINNER I found at a wonderful site called visiting teaching.net Linda has fantastic ideas on how to be the best visiting teacher. I especially LOVED reading her own story of how visiting teaching changed her life. Check it out. :)

Family Name Vinyl Quote - Be true to who you are

2010-02-11T08:36:00.000-08:00

My sweet friend Kristen always finds the best quotes. I cut this out using the SCAL program. Kristen choose the FONTS: Kings Quest for the quote and Gothic caps for the initial. Once again...I love the SCAL program. To find an initial that we liked, I just googled fonts and found one and downloaded it for free. It's awesome. Here is a picture of the finished product. Thanks for sending it to me Kristen. It looks great!!

There's just no place on earth like home - vinyl quote on wood using SCAL and cricut.

2010-01-26T11:30:00.000-08:00

I have this saying in my home and I was playing around one day and came up with this. Once again the font and flower were FREE and I didn't have to buy a cartridge. LOVE IT!!

Vinyl sayings on wood blocks using SCAL and the cricut

2010-01-26T11:24:00.001-08:00

Here are just some examples of things I have put on wood using SCAL.

This Family Believes - Vinyl quote on wood

2010-01-26T11:19:00.000-08:00

I have always liked this saying and so I created something similar to those I have seen online. I used my SCAL to create it and cut it out with the cricut. Sorry the pic is a little blurry.

Christmas tree VINYL TILE using cricut and SCAL

2010-01-26T11:13:00.000-08:00

I found this saying here and I was able to re-create it using my SCAL and cricut.
I love this site. It has great ideas!

Custom Sleds using vinyl and the cricut

2010-01-26T11:09:00.000-08:00

One of my neighbors asked if I would help make her daughter a "BUTTERFLY SLED". So, here is what I cam up with. I used my SCAL program with my cricut and found all these butterflies FREE from dafont.com Can't beat that. I did use my cricut cartridge LYRICAL LETTERS for the name.

ABC BLOCKS using vinyl

2010-01-25T12:02:00.000-08:00

I wanted to make some alphabet blocks for Christmas and told my neice about it...and she got the ball rolling. She went and bought 2 - 2 x 2 pieces of wood and cut and sanded about 150 blocks. She then came over and we painted them and then my daughters and I put Vinyl lettering on them. To seal them I used Mod Podge. They were so fun and they turned out great and my little girls LOVE them. The letters have capital letters on one side and lower case on the other. The numbers have different shapes. What's even more fun is the box I got to put them in. I will post a picture when I get on taken.

Christmas Decorations using vinyl

2010-01-25T11:57:00.000-08:00

Above my entertainment center I have 4 gifts that are wrapped. I had one without a bow and so I decided to add a saying. The other 3 gifts represent the 3 wise men and the gifts they gave. The other one represents what gift we will give to our Savior. I used the stone script cricut cartridge.

The Merry Christmas block were a gift from my friend Robyn. She is amazing. She cut out the blocks, painted them and added the vinyl. I love them. THANKS AGAIN ROBYN>>>LOVE THEM.

Christmas Vinyl sayings cut out by my sweet friend Kristin

2010-01-25T11:52:00.000-08:00

These sayings were cut out by my friend Kristin. I now can cut them out with my SCAL. The Christmas candy chains are something we do every year. We have our children set aside 25 pieces of candy on Halloween and then we put our chains together at the end of November or first of December. I loved the addition of "Christmas Countdown" this year.. THANK YOU KRISTIN!!!

Holiday Containers - vinyl sayings using SCAL

2010-01-25T11:50:00.000-08:00

These cute containers were at Smith's in December and I cut out Merry Christmas with my cricut using the SCAL and the font: Country ALphabet.

Christmas Vinyl sayings and Cutouts using SCAL

2010-01-25T11:41:00.000-08:00

Here are some of the vinyl sayings I did this last year using my Sure Cuts A Lot (SCAL).

SURE CUTS A LOT...MUST HAVE FOR CRICUT OWNERS!

2010-01-25T11:33:00.000-08:00

My sister got me the absolute best gift for Christmas...and gave it to me early. It is called Sure cuts a lot and it is FANTASTIC! The best place to purchase it, according to my sister and I, is
here.
She has the best website for tutorials and free fonts and dingbats. I have personally emailed her about questions and have received a response within 15 minutes to a couple hours. What is great is that you never have to buy a cartridge again. I increased my cartridge size by 100+ It works with your existing fonts on your computer. It is also so user friendly. LOVE IT!!! I will show use some things that I have done with it. It allows you to take a jpeg file and convert it and cut it out! TOO FUN!!! I had so much fun over the holidays!

Fun missionary gift

2010-01-25T11:29:00.000-08:00

I took an old peanut butter plastic jar that I saved and cut out a missionary from my cricut in vinyl and we wrote a poem to go with how we were"beary" excited for him serving a mission. And then we filled it with cinnamon bears and used black tulle for the bow.

Cricut cartridges used: Paper doll and street sign

Thanksgiving Vinyl saying for front door or window

2010-01-25T11:25:00.000-08:00

This is what I did for Thanksgiving this year. I put it on my storm door. I used the cricut cartridges: Lyrical letters and wild card for the leaves.

Scripture vinyl saying - Alma 53:20

2009-11-06T10:31:00.000-08:00

I did this for a young mans room...it was about 24 X 24 inches . You can always click on the picture to make it bigger. Used stone script and plantin schoolbook catridges.

Vinyl Halloween decorations 2009 using the cricut

2009-11-06T10:17:00.000-08:00

Here is what I put on my windows this year using vinyl and my cricut. Cartridges I used were blackletter, cuttin up, opposites attract, and paper dolls. My daughter drew the haunted house on the door and the ghosts and pumpkins on the big window. :) Gotta love vinyl!

Football - Pep Rally Treat 2009

2009-11-06T09:59:00.000-08:00

This is what I came up for this year's pep rally treat. I found the drinks and trail mix at Wal-mart.
It came together really fast. To see last year's pep rally treat you can click
here.

Sorry that the pictures are a little out of focus...camera was not agreeing with me. On the back of the slip I had the information for the game.

The Laundry Room...loads of fun - vinyl wall saying

2009-10-08T13:21:00.000-07:00

My sister-in-law, who happens to also be named Natalie :) has this saying in her laundry room and I liked it so much I re-created it. I used plantin schoolbook and jasmine cartridges.

Speak kind words, reveive kind echoes...newest vinyl wall saying

2009-10-08T13:14:00.000-07:00

My sweet friend, Kristen, told me this thought months ago and it has helped me so much in my life. I finally got it up on the wall. Thanks Kristen.

Font used: Scriptina

I added this last picture..because it included a "blue-bird". Many of my friends know what this signifies..."wishing you all bluebirds everyday."

Note: If you want to know the story...let me know. :)

Vinyl on metal, tile and wood

2009-10-08T13:09:00.000-07:00

These are just a few that I have done for people, for lessons and for FUN.

Cricut cartridges used: Cursive, Plantin schoolbook, stone script and calligraphy

Teacher appreciation gifts using homemade JAM

2009-09-04T22:54:00.000-07:00

Here are some simple "Thank you" gifts for teachers. I made strawberry jam and then I just used flowers, buttons and ribbon to decorate the lid of the jam. I cut out a flower tag on my cricut...I believe it was the Georges Cartridge. Then I wrote, "Thank you for being so Berry Sweet to me." And then had my daughter sign her name on the other side. The teachers LOVED it. My daughter had 4 pre-school teachers...so, I just did it for all of them. I say it was easy because the freezer jam was already made. I always make some smaller jars of jam .. to give away.

1 Timothy 4:12 - Poster for Young Women's

2009-08-27T21:51:00.000-07:00

I made this for Young Women's to help the girls memorize the scripture and theme this year. I used STONE SCRIPT cartridge and I found the flowers at Roberts. I loved this GOLD vinyl I found.

Baby Shower Invite - GIRL using cricut and Wild Card Cartridge

2009-08-27T12:17:00.000-07:00

My youngest...but tallest :) sister is having a baby in October and these are the invitations that I made for her baby shower. I LOVE the WILD CARD cartridge. I just selected paper and then choose the size using my Design studio on the computer and the Cricut cut them out. SO CUTE!! I then used the cuttlebug "You're Invited" embossing folder. And then inked the edges and added ribbon. They were really FUN!!!

10 commandments of Baseball in vinyl

2009-08-27T12:12:00.000-07:00

I did this recently for someone who was hanging in a newly dedicated baseball park. Just click on it to see it LARGER. :) This one took a lot longer to do ...just because of the small letters...but, it was fun.

Catridges used: Street Sign

Vinyl Wall sayings - Teenage girls' room - using cricut

2009-08-26T23:37:00.000-07:00

Here are some sayings I recently did for a teenagers room. She actually picked the quotes...which I think are Fantastic. I don't know why some of them look blurry, you can click on them to see them larger and clear. :)

Cartridges used: Lyrical letters, stone script plantin schoolbook, calligraphy

Name Boards using vinyl and CRICUT

2009-08-26T23:11:00.000-07:00

I have had so much fun doing name boards for a baby and wedding gifts. Especially because one was for my sister :) who is having a girl and one was for my nephew. I copied my sister's board that she did for my brother's wedding. Thanks for the stain too Laurel. Here are a few I have done the last few months. It is so much fun to match the colors of the babies rooms'.

Cartridges used: Lyrical letters, calligraphy and plantin schoolbook

Ribbon found at Hobby Lobby and Wal-mart

Flowers at Wal-mart and Roberts

School Projects with vinyl lettering

2009-08-19T10:09:00.000-07:00

Last spring my twins were in 5th grade and required to come up with a state float. My boy chose Colorado....because of football and the Denver broncos. My girl chose Tennessee....so that she could make Dollywood. :)

This is the cheerleading outfit my daughter wore for her first Halloween. We used rubber bands and bungee her on the back of the float.

Cricut cartridges used: street sign, lyrical letters and plantin schoolbook

Customized Lil coupe Car

2009-06-10T09:05:00.000-07:00

I was so excited to do this for our baby girl. All she wanted for her 2nd birthday was a car. I wanted to make it look different because there are a few of the same cars in our circle. Little Tikes is doing their 30 year anniversary and so this car came with eyeballs ... too cute. So, here is her custom FLOWER POWER Princess Car! I also added blue eyes and eyelashes!! TOO FUN!
Cup Holder

Custom License Plate

Star Student of the Month

2009-06-10T08:59:00.000-07:00

I love cricut for these kind of things. Here is the Star student of the week poster I did for my daughter. I used Lyrical letters for the name and georges basic shapes cartridge for the stars. This is came together really quick and I like that I have her favorite things down for the year!

Wedding Banner

2009-06-10T07:57:00.001-07:00

This is the first banner and biggest project I have done with vinyl. I was not able to cut out something this big on my cricut. The banner is 4 x6 feet. Luckily, I know someone with a bigger machine and she was so great to help me and cut this out :)!! THanks KRISTIN!!! My sister and I put it on the banner ... it was so much fun and I think it turned out great. Thanks Shari again for your late night help and for finding the image for the dancing couple. And Kristin ... You are amazing!!!

We hung the banner by the "dance floor." The font used was Scriptina.

My sister in law is a folk dancer for BYU ... don't you think the dancing couple looks like that? They are so much fun!!!

More glass etching - Wedding shower gift

2009-06-10T07:45:00.000-07:00

I etched these 3 pans for a "couples shower" we did for my brother and his sweet new wife!

Cricut cartridges used: Lyrical letters, home accents, calligraphy and Doodletype.

Note: You need to type the letters backwards and then use the FLIP feature on the cricut.
Just click on the picture to see it larger. :)

Wedding Sign-in book

2009-06-09T07:29:00.000-07:00

These last few weeks have been so busy...but, so much fun. I created a wedding sign-in book for my neice, but forgot to take pictures. It turned out great. Her colors were plum, sage green and black and silver. My brother was getting married a week after her and so I thought it would be fun to create one for them. Their colors were coral and peach. I had it at the luncheon and everyone was able to sign it. You can just click on the picture to see it larger. Special thanks to my sister Shari that stayed up with me to help me create and adhere!!! :)

And a HUGE thanks to my husband, Wade ...who took the great pictures and printed them out for me. :) Love you !

Families are Forever

2009-06-09T07:22:00.000-07:00

This project was inspired by my sister, Laurel. She had an idea and together we accomplished it. She found the wood board at wood connection in Utah and then she painted it black, sanded it and stained it. Then we added the vinyl. It was a gift for my brother that just got married last weekend. They loved it! Good job Laurel!!

Note: Cricut cartridges used were plantin schoolbook and calligraphy

Teacher Appreciation Door 2009 - TREASURE THEME

2009-05-14T22:40:00.000-07:00

This year our Elementary chose HOLLYWOOD WEEK for a theme and so I went along those lines with the movie National Treasure. I decorated the door and said, "Mrs. AUlt is our NATIONAL TREASURE." On the door I copied The Declaration of Independence onto cream cardstock and then I wadded the paper up into a ball a few time , burnt the edges and chalked and inked it. For the all seeing eye and torch, I printed those off of the internet and added chalk, glitter and clear, liquid dimensional embellishment called glossy Accents. Then I put together a scrapbook that contained pictures of the class, a sheet filled out by all the students... The top 10 things I TREASURE about Mrs. Ault and also a thank you note from the parents. Then I found a small treasure chest and made a satin pillow and filled it with gold dollar presidential coins. I just picked them up at a local credit union. Here are some pictures of what it looked like. Just click on the picture to see it larger. :)

I also included some of her favorite quotes in the book, such as "To teach is to touch a life forever."

Teacher Appreciation Gift

2009-05-06T12:39:00.000-07:00

I found a wonderful idea for a teacher gift here. This is what we gave to her for "Wonderful Words Wednesday." I got the board from Roberts crafts. Next time I will just have my husband cut them out. :) I used the Alphalicious and Stone Script cartridges. And light tan paint. Just click on the picture to get a closer look.

The quote says: "To the world you may be one person,
but to one person you may be the world."

Glass Etching - First Try

2009-05-01T12:02:00.000-07:00

Finished Project

My husband and I had seen a commercial using the cricut and glass etching cream and so we decided to get some and try it. Today was my first attempt and it was a quick and easy project. Here are some simple steps to try.

1. Cut out a design on the cricut. Now I just cut it out normal not reversed, so if you look at the bottom of my pan it reads TYCKSEN. If you look from the top it is backwards. So, that just is something I will try different next time. You will need to reverse and FLIP the letters. :)

2. Place stencil you just made from the cricut onto the glass. I found that using transfer tape, helped it go quicker.

3. Brush on etching cream according to directions, which is brush it on left to right and top to bottom, be careful not to get etching cream anywhere else...besides your stencil.

4. Let sit 3-5 minutes and wash off with tap water. Thouroughly wash off all the cream.

5. Peel off vinyl and clean with glass cleaner. When it gets wet it looks like it did not work, but, it quickly dries....and there you go. I have included a few pics.

I bought the cream at Roberts. You can find it at any craft store.
Note: I have read that you can also use contact paper for stencils.
Cricut catridges used: Doodletype and Home Accents.

Wall Sayings

2009-04-28T09:43:00.000-07:00

These are a few sayings my daughter wanted in her room. We put one above her dresser and the other above her desk.

Note: cricut cartridges used were plantin schoolbook, jasmine and stone script

Bridal Shower Gift - bed tray using vinyl lettering

2009-04-14T20:37:00.000-07:00

I think it is fun to give a gift that you normally wouldn't buy, hence, the bed tray. I have given them often, but, this is the first one with vinyl lettering. I love the saying, "We don't remember days, we remember moments." My sisters and I were putting together a basket of goodies for a kitchen shower for our sweet new sister-in-law to be. So, we grabbed a cute basket and added hot pads, a muffin tin, muffin mixes, a candle warmer and scents , lotsa tissue paper and a fun picture of the happy couple. It turned out great! Thanks to my sisters for their help. :)

Note: Used the home accents and stone script cricut cartridges

I was featured on another blog...too fun!

2009-04-03T21:34:00.000-07:00

This is a first for me and it was very fun. Laurie from TIP JUNKIE was featuring teacher appreciation doors and mine was on there. You can find her posthere. You can see my original post here. I didn't even have to submit anything...she found me. What a small world. Anyway, I love her little button above that says, "I was featured." What an unexpected surprise. Thanks Laurie!!

Happy Birthday cards with cuttlebug

2009-02-11T14:14:00.000-08:00

My sister sent me copies of these cards that I did ...see previous post on January 23, 2009. Thanks for the picture sis!

LOVE block

2009-02-06T06:39:00.000-08:00

My friend Robyn came up with this design and even cut out the wood :). She is so creative. The only thing I changed was I added some hearts on the front. I haven't painted anything for awhile and this was quite fun and simple. My kids even wanted to help and so they painted a little. Calligraphy cartridge was used for the LOVE.

Thanks so much Robyn!

Birthday Party Invites

2009-01-25T20:54:00.000-08:00

Birthday invites are always fun and definately a lot quicker with the "Wild Card" cartridge. The first one was made for a birthday that had a Wii theme.It is meant to resemble a Wii wheel. I cut the circle card from using the wild card cartridge and then I cut the blus circle and the Wii from vinyl. For the circle I used the George cartridge.

The second one is much more bright. The colors are lime green and deep hot pink. I stamped the "You're invited" with white versamark and the used lime green embossing powder and heat embossed it. I also inked around the edges of the white cardstock and heat embossed those edges also in green embossing powder. Just click on the picture to get a closer look :). I used the "wild card" cricut cartridge on both invites. Can I just say I LOVE the wild card cartridge. It is perfect for quick cards, and it also has the envelope to match! I LOVE IT!!!!

Fun Get well card

2009-01-25T13:51:00.000-08:00

This is a card I made for my daughters birthday party a few years ago and then I thought it would make a cute get well card. I made the ladybug by punching out 2 - 1 1/2 " circles (one black and one red). Cut the red cirle almost in half, pull it apart slightly and add to the black circle. Add brads for spots.

Note: I don't know why it looks a little blurry by the words, if you click on it you can see it better and it is clear :)

Thank you cards

2009-01-25T11:56:00.000-08:00

These colors and patterns of these cards were inspired by a card my by amazing and talented friend, Natalie. She makes the most beautiful cards and I loved the colors so much...I made some different cards with her color scheme. Thanks Natalie...you are the best!

Happy Birthday

2009-01-23T08:12:00.000-08:00

These cards were simple to make. I actually did about 6 colors in all, but only have pictures of 3. I used my cuttlebug and the happy birthday embossing folder. Inked the cards and added ribbon. I also did white cards inked and accented in orange, lime green and torquoise blue.
Note: I lined up the square for the present to match the background.

Princess Birthday Invite

2009-01-19T08:54:00.000-08:00

I have not made cards for awhile, so this was especially fun. I made these for my 4 yr olds Princess Tea Party. I used the Wild Card cartridge...which is wonderful, cuts out the invite and the envelope. I embossed the invite with the cuttlebug folder Princesses. I used violet ink and inked all the edges and then tied the envelope shut with ribbon. I love purple and so does my 4 yr old.

Great saying!

2009-01-02T11:59:00.000-08:00

THis is one of my friends favorite sayings...so I put it on a tile for her. I used the stone script and plantin schoolbook cartridges.

Baptism frame w/vinyl lettering

2008-12-30T21:19:00.000-08:00

We just had a baptism and I added some vinyl lettering to a white mat (that came with the frame). I really like how it turned out. I used two of my favorite cartridges: stone script and home accents. I got this idea from my dear friend Janae, she had seen something similar done. Thanks Janae!

Name tile

2008-12-30T21:15:00.000-08:00

I helped a friend make some gifts for her family...they turned out good. I used the plantin schoolbook, jasmine and home accents cartridges.

Dress-up box

2008-12-30T21:07:00.000-08:00

I made a quick and fun dress-up box with a plastic container and some vinyl lettering. It doesn't show it, but I put castles on the side. I used the stone script, paper dolls and alphalicious cartridges.

Find Joy in the Journey - Tile saying

2008-12-14T21:18:00.000-08:00

I made this for my sister in law for Christmas. I love this saying. I enjoyed the talk that was given by our prophet, President Monson. You can find the talk here.

I used black vinyl and the cricut fonts: stone script, home accents, and plantin schoolbook

Winner's Choice!

2008-11-26T07:31:00.000-08:00

Here is a picture of what one of the winners of my giveaway choose for their vinyl saying. What a great choice! I firmly believe every word!!

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!! May it be filled with warm and wonderful memories!!

Note: Stone script font used on cricut

Come what may, and LOVE it!

2008-11-22T22:08:00.000-08:00

This saying comes from a talk that Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin gave during General Conference in October. It is something his mom told him when he came home from a dissappointing football game. She told him, "Well Joseph, come what may, and love it!" It was a saying he lived by and it continues to now help us in our day! You can find the entire talk here.
This was the first tile I have ever done with vinyl. I think it turned out great! I love it...now to decide where to put it? :) But, that is always fun.

I used the Cricut and the stone script and home accents cartridges.

How to make a quick palm tree

2008-11-15T21:57:00.000-08:00

We had a daddy/daughter party for our 8-11 year old girls and their special guy in their life.
Here is a picture of a simple way to make a palm tree. I found the idea on the internet a few years ago, but I cannot find the source.
You get an empty carpet tube. I had one and cut it in 1/2 and made 2 palm trees. You then take brown lunch sacks, cut off the bottom and put them on the tube...and scrunch them together. Makes the trunk.
The top you can do 3 different ways:

fake fern in the top (easiest) ~ Thank you Shelly for the use of your plants :)
Cut leaves from butcher paper and put a flower wire behind each leaf and then place it in the top with floral foam ..not sure if it is called that. This is great if your trees are against a wall...because you can staple or tape some of the leaves to the wall.
Last, take a green umbrella and put it in the top, or take the material off the umbrella and put leaves cut out of paper on the frame of the umbrella.

I have tried the first 2 and they have turned out great, inexpensive too.

Health, Peace and Sweet Content - Holiday Card

2008-11-13T13:33:00.000-08:00

This is not my typical holiday card, but I wanted to make a card with white and blue. I started it and got the white card embossed and the blue strip done.. and then I was stuck...and then I found this sketch on another blog. And it helped me out, thank you for the sketch Robin. I also found a quote by Shakespeare that I liked it states: "Health, Peace and Sweet content be yours." I think that is very appropriate for this season and always...I wish you all, Health, Peace and sweet content. Have a happy day.

Note: I embossed the white using the dots embossing folder on the cuttlebug, Just my type embossing border on the blue, added some green ribbon and chalk.

WINNERS!!

2008-11-09T07:17:00.000-08:00

I decided to have 2 winners per category. Thank you to my oldest for helping me with the drawing.

Winners Are:

Vinyl Saying: Sheila and Kierstin W.

Frames: Lori and Sharon

Cards: Julie and Cheryl

Sheila and Kierstin, you can leave a comment or email me at ntycksen@finishwork.com
Tell me the saying, color and if you want it print or fancy. You can pick the font by looking at my category, vinyl lettering.

I will mail or bring the other items around. Thanks for playing, that was fun.

***For those who didn't win, I will be doing more giveaways in the future.

Have a happy day!

Giveaway !!

2008-11-06T08:53:00.000-08:00

HAPPY NOVEMBER! I am thankful for all my family and friends :)!!

I have friends that blog that have done giveaways and I thought it might be fun to have a giveaway when my counter hits 1000. Here are some of the items I will be giving away. Just leave me a comment and what you would like to be entered in. When my counter hits 1000..I will print out the comments and draw out the winners! Have fun and feel free to tell your friends!! I will close the giveaway on Saturday, 11:59 p.m. November 8th.

1. Vinyl Saying 12 X 24

* You can pick the name or saying. The colors I have are black, brown or beige.
Here are some examples: You can also click on vinyl lettering to see different ideas and fonts.

2. & 3. My mind's Eye - This & That scrapbooking frames, 2 sets of 10.

4. 1 set of 5 handmade cards: 1 birthday, 2 thank you, 1 blank, 1 sympathy/get well...comes with envelopes. (Photo not included)

Remember: Leave a comment and that will enter you in the drawing!

Have a great day!

Fall card

2008-11-03T13:23:00.000-08:00

This is a card I made for card club last Thanksgiving. I had this gorgeous paper and I just wadded it up into a ball, about 5 times...to make it look crinkled and soft. I used cork board. a leaf brad and leaf.

Kids Dyno-mite birthday card

2008-11-03T13:19:00.000-08:00

This card I made about a year ago and I needed to make some more, so I changed just one thing on it. The paper behind the dinosaur, I embossed with my cuttlebug and the swiss dots folder. The words I did on the computer and printed it out. The dinosaur is a sticker by Provo craft. You can find them at Roberts.

Kids birthday waterfall card

2008-11-03T10:11:00.003-08:00

Here is used the same colors of the previous birthday card and made a waterfall card.

Kids birthday card

2008-11-03T09:56:00.000-08:00

This was one of my favorite kids' birthday cards to make. I found these frogs at Roberts and then I cut the tags using the George and Basic Shapes Cricut cartridge and I used blue and green ink on the inside. I used sheer lime green and white polka dot ribbon that you can find at Michaels, Roberts and Wal-Mart.

Waterfall Cards

2008-11-03T09:35:00.000-08:00

My sister found these on the internet and told me how fun they were to make. I agree! They are really fun to make and even more fun to give. You can find the instructions here.
As you pull the tab down...each square says something. This one says, Thank you so much.

Butterfly card

2008-11-03T09:33:00.000-08:00

This card I copied from an idea that I saw on the Cricut Message Board. The original creator is Stampin Meg, you can see her card here. Thanks for the great idea! I did this card for a blank card theme. I used the Home accents cartridge for the butterfly.

Get well card

2008-11-03T09:32:00.000-08:00

This card I used a card "recipe" from the magazine "Joy of card making." It has pockets and you sew up the sides on your sewing machine. It was a lot of fun to make. I did this card while I was pregnant with Chloe, so a few years ago. It is still one of my favorites. It took a bit longer, but, I just did it in steps. I love this card.

Thank U card

2008-11-03T09:31:00.000-08:00

This card was inspired by a card my friend Tiffany did at card club. She was sweet enough to let me borrow her stamp set. Underneath the U (on the yellow) there are flowers that are heat embossed with clear embossing powder. The ribbon is sheer ivory and silver cording.

Halloween Card or Invite

2008-10-31T07:57:00.000-07:00

This is a really quick and easy card for Halloween. I used my cuttlebug and embossed the front with "Haunted House" embossing folder. Then inked the front with black ink and chalked the moon and windows. I was inspired by Susan at Heartprints.net...you can find hers
here. I love her cards, she always has great ideas!

Halloween Vinyl Lettering Sign

2008-10-29T15:18:00.000-07:00

I was having too much fun with my cricut yesterday. I found some shiny orange vinyl at Roberts and I just knew what I wanted to do with it. I made this sign and put it on our front window. I used the Opposites Attract, Cuttin up and Paper Doll cartridges.

Note: If you look close the sun is hitting the "ween" and you can see it sparkle!!

I also cut this skeleton from the Paper Doll cartridge. I used white vinyl and a black sharpie. It is on our front storm door. Cute huh?! It is about 23-24 inches tall.

Football Pep Rally Treat Ideas

2008-10-24T09:07:00.000-07:00

This is what I came up with for the pep rally treat tonight. Our team is undefeated and I thought this went well. On the back I have the info for the game time and place. I found a lot of ideas here. I wanted to also get "crush" pop and put CRUSH Bingham!! But, they don't sell crush in smaller individual containers anymore :(...just 2 liter bottles. There are 21 boys on Dallin's team..so, I just stuck with this! Good for the boys too! :)

This is one of the cutest football rally treats I have ever seen, and NO..I did not come up with this. One of the mom's on Dallin's team did. Isn't it awesome. Just click on it to make it larger and you can read what she wrote. Very creative!!

New saying for the wall - Find joy in the journey!

2008-10-11T19:56:00.000-07:00

I love this saying. It is taken from a talk from our Prophet, Thomas S. Monson. The minute I heard him say this in General Conference, I knew that I wanted to put the saying up in my home somewhere. Mission Accomplished :)! May each of us find joy in whatever journey we are on!
Note: I used the Stone script and Home accents cartridges for the cricut

Papa's 80th Birthday

2008-10-03T22:46:00.000-07:00

We just celebrated Papa's 80th birthday and as part of that celebration we were to create a few pages for a book. These are the pages I did for my family. It was a lot of fun. I haven't done any scrapbooking for some time. I cut out the family using my cricut and the Home accents cartridge. I used the cuttlebug embossing Dots folder on the tag holder and family picture. The cardstock and ribbon are from Stampin' up. I love the saying about grandpa's.It fits our Papa perfectly! It says:

"A grandfather is someone with silver in his hair and gold in his heart."

Double Chocolate Brownie Cake

2008-10-02T12:52:00.001-07:00

This is our favorite chocolate cake. I was trying to find something to be similar to a choclate cake we had bought at Costco. My sister shared this recipe with me. It is found on allrecipes.com you can find it
here.
The "satiny choclate glaze" is also from allrecipes.com you can find it here. I double the glaze recipe. You will LoVe IT!!! It is soo good...both hot and cold!!

Bridal Shower Card

2008-09-28T22:57:00.000-07:00

I made this card for my nephew's fiance (now wife :), for her bridal shower. I used the paper doll cartridge for the cricut. It was a "matchbook" style card, cut from the Tags, Bags and Boxes cartridge. The lilac cardstock was embossed with the cuttlebug, using the divine swirls embossing folder. I also stapled it with the staple "LOVE" and put dimensional glaze on the staple. I then added silver cord ribbon from Stampin' up. I used a lot of vellum, bling and glitter paper on the paper dolls. It was a fun card to make.

Wedding gift using vinyl lettering

2008-09-28T22:19:00.000-07:00

Here is another vinyl lettering project. This was for a dear teacher that was getting married this year. I got the metal frame from Roberts Crafts.

Latest Vinyl Lettering

2008-09-24T22:22:00.000-07:00

This is a saying on a mirror ...obviously. First mirror I have done..it says "Has anyone seen my Glass Slippers?" It turned out great. You can't see it very well from the picture. :) It was fun though!

GOT CHOCOLATE?!

2008-09-21T22:38:00.000-07:00

I made this "chocolate fix " bucket for the same enrichment night auction. I added quotes on chocolate also. This idea was inspired by my dear friend Kristen. Thanks again, Kristen. You can click on the picture to make it larger. It is easier to see the quotes that way. :)

Card Box

2008-09-21T22:22:00.000-07:00

This box I made for an enrichment auction at our church. It was a lot of fun to do. The box I bought at Roberts Arts & Crafts.

Star Student

2008-09-19T09:13:00.000-07:00

Each school year the teachers seem to "highlight" a student each week. This is one I did for Abby. It was really quick, because I only put one photo on it.

Teacher Appreciation

2008-09-16T20:36:00.000-07:00

I love helping at my childrens' schools. I have been a room mom for 8 years now. I absolutely love interacting with my childrens' classmates and their teachers. Teacher appreciation is a fun time. We usually decorate the door and I like to put together some kind of scrapbook with thank you notes from the students and parents. Here are some pictures of last years teacher appreciation. I used the cricut to cut out the letters and the paper doll and seashells.

More Vinyl Lettering

2008-09-16T13:56:00.000-07:00

Here are a few more:

I have to give credit to my good friend Janae..I copied her idea for the saying above my job chart. It is hard to see, but, if you click on it you can see it really well. Cute idea huh?!

Vinyl Lettering

2008-09-16T13:46:00.000-07:00

I love to cut out vinyl lettering on my cricut and put it on anything and everything. I posted some I did in my children's rooms on our family blog tycksentales.blogspot.com

Here are some more I have done. Just click on the picture to make it larger.

Clipboards

2008-09-16T12:19:00.000-07:00

Kristina's 13th birthday party was a mystery theme. So, Lauren and I stayed up one night and decorated 10 clipboards for the girls to use and take home. We had called each girl to find out their favorite colors and made them custom :). It was a lot of fun. I used mod podge to glue it down and glaze it once the papers were in place. And then sanded the edges once they were dry. Kristina and Lauren also made flower pens for each of the girls. It was such a fun party!
On my family blog there is a slide show of the party. There is a link on this page, just click onTycksen Tales.

Note: You can click on any photo to get a closer look.:)

Mother's Day Card

2008-09-16T08:14:00.000-07:00

This is a card I made for Mother's Day. I love the colors. I was inspired by an outfit that Chloe was wearing one day. Once again, I used an embossing folder from Cuttlebug and then inked it white. The pink paper the flower is on is called a slider, a die cut from cuttlebug. My sister, Shari, taught me that trick. Thanks Shari! In fact, I think I will post some of the cards she has made...she is AMAZING! :)

Notebook

2008-09-15T22:02:00.000-07:00

Here is another notebook that I did for a birthday gift. It shows a front and back side :). The letters were cut with my Cricut, I believe it was the Jasmine cartridge.

Baby Shower invite

2008-09-15T21:54:00.000-07:00

This was the invitation I made for my sister Laurel's baby shower. She had liked the colors of the thank you cards I did, so I came up with this. I used a "baby girl" embossing folder and the "dots" embossing folder from Cuttlebug. (If you haven't noticed...I love my cuttlebug!!) I scored the lines using my scor-pal. Love that too!! I chalked the baby and the pea pod.

Secret Service Agent Invite

2008-09-15T11:50:00.000-07:00

In our church I am blessed to work with the girls that are 8-11 years old. We had a great combined activity last week. We found the idea on sugardoodle.net, it is a Secret Service Agent Activity. I was in charge of making the invitations. I used my cricut to cut out envelopes and tags. I then printed info on the tag, inked it black and attached a red ribbon. On the envelope I stamped
TOP SECRET in white and added a paper with AGENTS WANTED attached with a paper clip. The activity was a blast. Everyone did a fabulous job. They received breifcases, id's, a service mission for the next week and badges. One of my favorite parts was that we took their ID PHOTO with those funny glasses that have a nose attached. They were all so very cute. It turned out great..thanks to all the helpful and talented women in our ward!!

Thank You, Blank Card

2008-09-15T10:47:00.000-07:00

These cards were inspired by Sue Nelson at www.heartprints.net She has the most beautiful cards...thanks for sharing Sue. I used the Cuttlebug and my Scor-pal to create these cards. I love the "birds" embossing folder. :)