Grandma’s Summer Fun Recycled Play

Grandma’s Summer Fun Using Recycled Drink Cylinder

This grandma is so excited about Summer coming.  Summertime means I will have my babies for a short time. My baby girl is  3 and half loves to craft with Granny! So I decided to help the environment and have fun with Rei too! So I am putting together crafting ideas for our vacation time together. I want this planet to be around and litter-less when my grands and their kids inherit this earth. So I am creating a fun way to get my Reilee to recycle and yet have a blast.

So this is what we are starting with!

Supplies:

• CraftwellUSA’s eCraft die cutting machine
• eCraft Pro Software
• my face design file (gift to you!)
• Xyron’s Mega Runner (LOVE THIS)
• Xyron’s 1.5 Create-A-Sticker machine (LOVE TOO) from Walmart
• Card Stock - eCraft Diecutable Cardstock from The PaperMill Store
• puzzle piece earrings from http://fabric-ecraft.blogspot.com/2012/03/puzzling-gift-idea.html
• any tea, lemonade or grits empty storage box will work.
• fun foam for wrapping the container from JoAnn's Fabrics

This is so super simple. I have provided the face piece files for either the eCraft Pro Software or the svg files for you! You will have to manual separate them and then cut them out. I love the ecraft as I can use scraps to make my small pieces.

I used my Xyron’s Mega Runner to adhere the fun foam to my tea container. I also used the Mega Runner to attach my “hair” as well.

For the smaller pieces I ran those thru my Xyron’s 1.5 Create-A-Sticker it is so easy and not messy at all. I love the all over coverage!

Here you can see my individual face pieces ready to be placed. This is so easy and I know that Rei will have a blast. I can’t wait to make accessories for them too! I can see bows, masks, and even party hats made for our special container!

and here I am the Grandma recycled instant tea container! Are my ears really that big…LOL! Ready for a night on the town with my puzzle earrings. I just hope that my little grand-daughter has fun playing with me and making her own storage person. Yes you can put your “stuff” still in the container!

I wish all of you joy for every day of your life! I hope that you have many special days and that my everyday  will  remain just that a special day.

See you next week, Debi

Recycling Can Be So Useful!

Thrash can be a Treasure!

One of my personal pet peeves is the giant waste that we (as a whole) produce daily.  I am always looking for ways to reuse items that normally would have been thrown out.  So my project this week is an organizational container and I love it!

First do you ever wonder what to do with all of those empty drink mix containers, that wind up in your trash.

Well my Craftwell eCraft  helped me make a cute and usable addition to my crafting desk.

Supplies:

• Craftwell eCraft  from HSN
• Craftwell Vinyl from Fotobella
• Xyron cute Purple Glitter X machine with permanent adhesive refill from Walmart
• Simple Flower Svg file
• eCraft Pro Software
• warm and cool cardstock

I love my eCraft and it returns its favor to me by helping me produce some really fun items. I love how easy it is to make something so cute out of something that would be simply thrown away.

I used my eCraft to cut my vinyl. I quickly weeded it and then used masking tape to put it on my little tool box.

I love the Spring motif that I used on these great containers.

Also to add to the versatility of my new Deskmates I used my Xyron 1.5 inch “x” to add so also  plain cardstock letters to clue me into which container holds the pens I want to use by coolness or warmth.

See Someone’s thrash can be someone else’s treasure. Please join with me for the rest of this month and together we can share  recycling ideas!

I hope your week is wonderful!

Debi

Easter Blooming Recycling Project

Recycling Fun and Spring Flowers!

I love Spring, but I have not known its merits long. I had lived all of my life with virtually no season changes. We laughed and said that we only had two seasons hot and hotter. But I recently have had the pleasure of seeing the seasons change first hand and I love it. I love seeing the green appear from the brown remains of winter.Seasons do reflect life’s journey in such a way that I have now realized so much. I love seeing the daffodils rise up and show their beautiful faces. The Iris, azalea, dogwood, and numerous blooms how breathtaking they are. So to give back to Mom Nature and to keep several plastic bottles out of the landfill I designed this project. I will show you how I made them into Easter or Spring gifts that I hope will bring smiles.

We all know the unloved plastic soda bottle. Well I used my craft knife and cut the bottom off about five inches from the bottom. By the way I use the top for my gardening funnel. You can use this to make bands for any plant pot, container, or even a glass. It is easy and doesn’t require a lot of work , yet the outcome is very pretty.

Now we are ready to get started.

 

Supplies and Settings

• one 2 liter soda bottle cut  in half
• craft knife
• quilting weight cotton fabric from JoAnn's Fabrics
• Beautiful Fabric from a mystery giver used for eggs..
• stitch witchery or straight stitch sewing machine
• Bias tape of your choice any fabric store or you can make your own
• Heat ‘n Bond from JoAnn's Fabrics
• eCraftshop Pro Software for manipulating images
• eCraft Die Cutting Machine
• veggie chopping mat from DollarTree

• 606 Spray and Fix Fusible Adhesive from Walmart

• Svg File of Chocolate bunny from Oh My Crafts..
• Svg of Egg made from shape file in eCraft Pro Software
• Ranger Stickles from Oh My Crafts..
• Iron on Crystals and application tool  from Kandi Kane
• Hook and Loop tape for closure from Walmart

 

After cutting my bottle, I next brought my image svg into my eCraftshop Pro software. It is so easy to use to make multiple images.  I sent these on to my machine and the cut out was very nice.

Settings for eCraft machine pressure is only 4.5 and no tabs. I used the veggie mat sprayed till it was very sticky and used a brayer to make sure the material was well stuck. I can cut plain fabric (cotton quilting weight) using this method.

It cuts so very cleanly. I actually used my leftover and made more. you can see the clean cut in front of the cutter’s trolley.  Love this.

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Check out all of my Chocolate Bunnies…non caloric. but they are soooo SWEET!!!

Next I cut a rectangle of pink fabric two inches longer than the circumference of my bottle. I cut it four inches wide. I pressed under a quarter inch on both edges. Next I used a contrasting bias tape to put on the edge of my pot band. I made mine but you can buy it at any fabric store. You can use stitch witchery to attach it to the band. I used my sewing machine but either way works fine.

 

I received this beautiful fabric strip from a mystery person. I love it and used it to make some sweet Easter eggs for my bands. I have plenty left for more projects.

Next I used my Heat n Bond to attach my bunnies and eggs to my bands. I also used hook and loop tape on the ends to fasten the band around the “pot” or vase. I used my Ranger Stickles and iron on crystals to embellish my Easter egg and rabbits.

One last note, I purchased the water crystals at the DollarTree store.  You will see a bounty of blooms from my yard. I am blessed with so many beautiful flowers. I love the Wisteria, and Bridal Wreath, I love the exotic pink honeysuckle. So much to be thankful for. I love the rebirth that Spring gives us. Life is such a wonderful gift!

One big purple bearded Iris and some beautiful foliage finish out my Spring Chocolate Bunny Band flower container. I am making several for friends so they too can enjoy and be “green” too!

I hope you enjoy my flowers!

Next week I will share another recycling project. This is so important to me, I pride myself on my saving and using stuff over and over again in new ways.

Happy Easter and Happy Spring to all!

Debi

Lisa's Creative Niche: Giveaway Time!!! *This is BIG*

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Hello, hello, hello and welcome! Whether this is your first time here or if you are a regular I'm so happy you are here and you will be too, because I have some wonderful candy to share with one lucky winner! I am celebrating my first publication ever in Scrap N Art Magazine and I now have over 10,000 pageviews!!! So as a way to thank all of you for your endless encouragement, inspiration, and nonstop creativity I wanted to offer some candy....

Yummy Right??? In here you will find some Martha Stewart, Penny Black, Colorbox, Technique Tuesday,and more stamps, flocking, sparkly fluff, ink, embossing powder, and much more!!!
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Spring Blog Hop!

Spring 2012 Bunny Blog Hop

Spring is when we turn to renewal!

Welcome to the

"Bunny" Blog Hop!

Join with Craftwell's eCraft Design Team to celebrate this wonderful Spring season. ! Spring is filled with so much and one of my favorite Holidays! EASTER! The holiday filled with traditions and chocolate, how wonderful is that? Remember that the hop starts at Kim Gaughan’s blog,click on the link below and you can have your starting point. ! If your are following the hop you have arrived to my blog from Nicola Jolliffe’s Blog.

Here is the full Hopper’s list! Have fun!!

www.craftypinkanchor.blogspot.com

Kim Gaughan

http://kreationsbykimberlyrae.com/blog/

KimberlyRae Forde

http://auntielolocrafts.blogspot.com/

Lois Hale

http://gingerpiedesigns.blogspot.com/

Claire Hamer

http://jazmin-rose.blogspot.com/

Jazmin Gibbons

http://enjayscraftpages.blogspot.com

Nicola Jolliffe

http://fabric-ecraft.blogspot.com/

Debi Tullier

http://www.purplepaperparadise.blogspot.com/

Denise O’Connor

http://blog.craftwellusa.com/

Craftwell

Welcome to my blog . My project for the hop is this fun slice-form basket which tops a round gift box.. I made it from a SVGcuts set. The slice-form basket was from a website called Extreme Papercrafting.  I Love the way the eCraft cuts these designs and  I also used my favorite card stock from eCraft Diecutable Cardstock from The PaperMill Store. The pattern paper was from an assortment of papers from JoAnn's Fabrics.

 

I used a cardstock stablilizer and pressure of 3.5, No tabs were set. I also used fiscar’s  Texture plates for the texture on the basket!

I love putting together the slice-form designs they are like putting together a  puzzle.

The basket was so cool to put together. I felt that I needed more hands, but when the slots locked together it held. Love this.

I dislike raw edges even on paper. So just like when I sew I used bias tape to cover the box edge. You can see the darker brown around the edge of the box lid. This not only covered the seam but added a richness to the box that I hope you can see in the photos.

I also used elmer’s quick dry paper glue for the edges. I love this project and it is a gift for a friend. I hope she too will like it.

There are giveaways  along the way to Craftwell’s blog so enter and win!  REMEMBER  you want to complete the blog because there is a great giveaway  at the end…….HOP HOP

Your Next Hop Spot is

Denise O’Connor

At Purple Paper Paradise

If you missed it the first site in the hop is

www.craftypinkanchor.blogspot.com

Kim Gaughan

 

Good Luck and keep on Hopping .visit CraftwellUSA website!!

 

Hop Along and See you next week!!!

Easter Head Band

Easter Head Band

I love Spring and Easter and all of the frills and blooms that go with it. So I decided to try my hand at a cute blooming head band to frame a sweet face. My version has three different frills to be removed and used as wanted.

Supplies

• Fabric from JoAnn's Fabrics
• Bake ‘N Shrink from Printonit.com
• Berol Prismacolor markers from Hobby Lobby
• a simple sewing machine from JoAnn's Fabrics or Stitch Witchery
• small pony tail holder
• sequined fabric very small 2 inch strip folded
• Embossing powder clear from Blitsy.com
• eCraft Die Cutting Machine from CraftwellUSA’s

This is a very easy project. I just used some wonderful sparkly fabric and gathered it by hand or you could use a sewing machine. I used a small snap on the back to attach it to the headband. You don’t have to make a band as I did you can use a premade band from any store.

My favorite part was cutting the shapes out on my eCraft! This Bake ‘N Shrink cuts so easily with my machine. I even used it to write the Happy Easter on my Egg! So EASY!

It writes so easy and does it before it cuts.

Once I finished cutting out my shapes, I used my Prismacolor markers to color them. I love using Bake ‘N Shrink.

I used my Ranger Heating Pan to shrink and glaze my Easter Shapes.

 

Just think about how easy this would be to make head band blossoms for any day!

Don’t forget to join us at our Spring Hop!!

Looking forward to see you there!

Debi

Craftwell: Bunny Blog Hop!

Craftwell: Bunny Blog Hop!: Spring Blog Hop! Mark your calendars!  Join our bunny blog hop this weekend, (March 31-April 1st) The fun starts here: Here is the l...