Treat Holder!

Make something fun....that's the theme here at SweetSassyDiva this week! Hello, Mindy from Grammies Craft Room with a quick and easy little candy holder. I made mine for Valentines Day, but it will work for any occasion. Start with a piece of card stock that is 3" x 7 3/4"

Score as shown below:

Fold on score lines and add adhesive

To make the rosettte I used Ribbons and Rosettes. I welded 4 - 1.26" sections together.

I scored this piece every 1/4" and attached the ends together with hot glue.

I punched out 2 - 1" circles , inked the edges and glued to the center of the front and back of the rosette. I stamped a heart from Stampin Up and cut out and pop dotted to the circle. The rosette is attached to the front of the box with hot glue. I cut a piece of ribbon about 7" long and used heart brads to attach to the box.

I put Ghiradeli squares inside and it's ready to give to my one and only valentine... my husband !

Happy Valentine's Day!

Hello everyone! Mindy from Grammies Craft Room with you today. The Challenge this week is to use a sketch, and the one that Jennifer provided is awesome. I'm sure I will be pulling it out often.

 I started out by placing my border cuts - from Ribbons and Rosettes - on my Gypsy. The larger on is the 2 x 6 inch  and the two smaller ones are 1 x 6 inch. I cut them out from 2 different papers, both from Hobby Lobby, to have a choice of layering, 

Next I used Paper Trimmings for the square - sized at 2 inches and the corner which is 1.5 inches, cutting both in red and white cardstock. I only used the shadow cut for the corner, as once again I wanted it just a little to small for the cut to come out right. I ended up using the little hearts that were left on the mat from the 2 inch border, for the top layer of the corner.

I used heart stamps from Stampin Up on the patterned papers and punched out with the Stampin Up punch. The sentiment is also from SU and punched with their punches as well. The only other embellishments I used was Glossy Accents and some Tim Holz ink on the edges of the border cuts.

I used dimensionals to pop up the square, the corner and the sentiment.

I can't wait to see how the rest of the team uses this awesome sketch. I hope you will give it a try and maybe put a link to your creation in the comments so we can admire your work !!

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Cheer for those Winter Blues!

Hi everyone, Mindy here from Grammies Craft Room. It's time to look those ole winter blues straight in the eye and make something out of them ! That's the theme this week at SweetSassyDiva ... make any type project that uses the Cricut and blue as the main color. I pulled out an old favorite and two new cartridges for this card. The card base is from Wild Card and is cut at 4.75. I set it up on my Gypsy so I could hide the score marks.

I added dots and accented the swirl cuts with my white gel pen. The rosette is from Ribbon and Rosettes, sized at 1.5". I welded 3 together and then 2 together. I probably could have used two cuts of the 3 welded pieces to make it just a bit fuller. I will try that next time. I punched a 1" circle from the Ballet Blue and one of the flowers from the Baja Punch from Stampin Up added a tiny flower brad to the center and hot glued it to the rosette. I cut a strip of white .75" x 11" to make the band and glued the rosette to the center.

The inside cut is from Paper Trimmings - a Cricut Circle exclusive. I have to say this is by far my favorite Circle cartridge. It has so many great features and useful cuts. This one is from the square feature cut at 4.75". The only thing I added to it was a stamped sentiment from Stampin Up. To recap the supplies need for this card: Cricut cartridges - Wild Card, Ribbon and Rosettes and Paper Trimmings. Card stock - Ballet Blue - Stampin Up , White - Walmart, Patterned - DCWV Punches -  Stampin Up - 1" Circle, Baja Flowers Birthday Stamp - Stampin UP Ballet Blue Ink - Stampin Up White Gel Pen - Sakura I hope you don't let the winter blues get you down, but instead inspire you to be creative!!! Happy Crafting !





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