Pinterest sewing project

I've pinned several projects on Pinterest for refashioning t-shirts and finally got brave enough to try one.  I wanted to do the first attempt on a t-shirt that wasn't too sentimental for me.  The one I chose was from my sister's trip to London around 15 years ago.  The London Olympics seemed like the perfect time to pull this shirt out again and give it new life.  The tutorial I followed can be found here.  I decided to finish the edges, and I took one commenter's advice and used the bottom hem I had cut off as the tie rather than cutting off another strip above that.


Here is the before picture:

And here's the after picture:

I've gotten several compliments on the re-do already!

Update:  I wore this shirt recently when I knew I was going to see the sister who had given it to me.  She looked at it and said, "When did you go to London?"  She didn't even recognize it!

Summer Love

Tuesday Throwdown, Dilo en español, and Totally Papercrafts are having summer challenges.  What summer goes by without a wedding?  And, as a result, anniversaries.  I have a wedding and several anniversaries coming up, so I made some cards that would work for either occasion.  (They could also work for Valentine's Day, I suppose.)

This is *gasp* a Cricut-less card!  The sketch is from Mojo Monday.  The sentiment was a free word art file from Papercraft Memories.  After printing it on my computer, I cut around it with my Creative Memories Custom Cutting System.  The background was run through the D'Vine Swirls Cuttlebug folder.

This card will be entered in the following challenges:

Mojo Monday 248--sketch contest

Tuesday Throwdown #104--summertime

Totally Papercrafts #124--Here comes summer

The Scrapbooking Queen--Digi Challenge #10 anything goes

Dilo en español--#3 Summer

Have an EGGcellent birthday!

I have a friend who is a farmer.  She and I have exchanged cow themed cards for years.  I'm running out of cow puns though, and since she also has chickens (I buy my eggs from her) I decided to go with an egg themed card.  The sentiment inside says "Have an EGGcellent birthday!"

Again, please excuse the poor photography.  I had to use the camera on my laptop.

The tag is from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More.  The brown eggs are from Smiley Cards.  The cracked egg on the tag was cut freehand with scissors.

This card will be entered in the Skipping Stones Design's sketch challenge.

Father's Day

Tomorrow is Father's Day, so I guess it is time to make some cards!  In addition to my dad, I wanted to make one for my brother-in-law.  My sister said he was bummed when I didn't get make him a card for his birthday this year, and he and my sister are having us over for dinner on Sunday.  I thought a card with a grill would work for both men.

Please excuse the poor photography.  I don't have access to my camera and had to use the one on my laptop.

The grill is from the From my Kitchen cartridge and the circle is from Graphically Speaking.  It was run through the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder.

This card will be entered in the following challenges:

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog #115--Father's Day

Cricut Cardz Challenge #110--Father's Day

More than Favors--Wacky Wednesday #72: Father's Day

Die Cuttin' Divas #69--Father's Day

Celebrate the Occasion #66--Father's Day

Craft Spot by Kimberly #59--King of the Grill

Reto Dilo en Español #2--Dads

Creative Time for Me--Color challenge

Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge--sketch challenge

Puff the Magic Dragon

My mom has always been a fan of Peter, Paul, and Mary, so when I saw that Peter Yarrow was coming to town in May, I knew what to get her for Mother's Day.  I e-mailed the woman in charge about getting tickets and mentioned that they were going to be for Mother's Day.  Imagine my surprise when she e-mailed back inviting us to meet Peter at a restaurant afterwards!

Ever since this came up, I've had the song Puff the Magic Dragon in my head and I wanted to make a card with Puff on it.  Unfortunately, there are not many dragons on the Cricut carts.  There is one on a Paper Dolls cart, but it has no layers.  I decided to use a dinosaur from Create a Critter and attempt to make him look dragon-like.  I cut out a bat from the Holiday Cakes cartridge and cut it in half to make wings.  I cut out some ears and a little spike for the tip of his tail by hand.  I think it worked pretty well, except I'm not completely happy with his face (which I used my Cricut markers on.)  I think she'll get the idea though :)  Because of the musical theme, I ran the white background through the Cuttlebug Allegro folder.  The sentiment was printed from my computer.

This card will be entered in the following challenges:
Peachy Keen Stamps--sketch challenge #17
Cricut Cardz Challenge--#107 "There's no other like my mother."
More than Favors--Wacky Wednesday #70: Mother's Day
Really Reasonable Ribbon--#47 Mother's Day
Dilo en español--All about moms
Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog--#110 Mother's Day
Scrapalicious--Mother's Day
Tuesday Throwdown--#97 Mother's Day

"Manly" confirmation card

My cousin's son is getting confirmed tomorrow, so I had the challenge of making a "manly" religious card.  I used a couple of challenges as inspiration.  I also tried to use one of my more "manly" Cuttlebug folders--Diamonds in the Rough.  The cross is from Indie Art.  Here is what I ended up with:

This card will be entered in the following challenges:
Die Cuttin' Divas--sketch challenge
Totally Papercrafts challenge 115--white on white
Cute Card Thursday challenge 215--one for the boys

"Green" cards

I had an old calendar with photos too gorgeous to throw out, so I decided to cut it up and make some cards with it.  I used my the cutting plate from my Cuttlebug Everyday Greetings set to cut out an assortment of words from scrap paper.  On a the cards where the photo I cut from the calendar wasn't quite large enough, I added some Cuttlebug embossed paper.
Here are a few of the cards:

These cards will be entered in the following challenges:
Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog--use a recycled item
The Cuttlebug Spot--flowers