Hooray for Scrubs

Hi friends,
A friend asked me to make a few invitations for her nephew's graduation party.
Here it is:
 (sorry the color is way off from IRL :( - it's Certainly Celery)

(I blocked out the name to protect the graduate) but quite simply it's a scrub with a stethoscope around the neck *Ü* I used the Everyday Paper Dolls Cricut cart to cut out the stethoscope & layered circle punches for added details.

Here's a peek of the innies:

 (Blocked out the party deets- they don't want party crashers ;)  I typed out the deets on Word & printed them out.

Here they all are:

simple but cute, me thinks *Ü* I made 15 total. I accidently broke my photo lamp bulb so that's why the colors on my pics are a bit wonky :( 

Thanks so much for peeking today!
Happy Sunday!

It's Knott CAS

Hi friends,
Today I'm sharing the invitations I made for my son's birthday party. We're taking Jordan & six of his friends to spend the day at Knott's Berry Farm. Like the crazy woman that I am, I thought I would make his invitations instead of buying them from the store.
Here it is:

I used my Cricut to cut out the card which was the ticket image from the Carousel cart. I welded 2 together on my Gypsy to create the card base. The roller coaster also came from that cart & "Celebrate" from the Sophisticated cart. The ticket sentiment comes from the PTI stamp set & die called Just the Ticket.

Here's a peek of the innies:

I cut the number 12 from the Old West cart. The stamps are also PTI- Big Birthday Wishes. On the right side of the card, is another ticket that contains all the party info. The ticket strip holds it to the card, but it does slide out.
Going back to the crazy woman part, I intended to make some CAS cards & then I'm not sure what happened! Ugh... they took much longer to make than what I had planned, cuz I kept adding more & more---> hence the crazy woman part :)

Fortunately, I only had to make six.

Oh Phooey! I only see 5 invitations! Ack! If I don't find the other one... we'll only be inviting FIVE kiddos cuz Mama isn't making any more! Ughhhhh...

ETA: the 6th ticket was found :) all is well in the world once again!

Here are a few challenges I'll ride along with:
Celebrate the Occasion: #57 Child's birthday
Papertake Weekly: Anything Goes
Throwback Thursday: Cricut Use any cart

Thanks so much for peeking!
Gotta Go!

Teacher Gifts- Calendar Cube Tutorial

Hi friends,
Today I am sharing a little project I have had spinning in my brain for a while. I've been wanting a calendar for my desk at school to match the other things I've made. So I decided to get the idea out of my head & make it happen.
Here is what we'll be making today:

This cube features a Kleenex dispenser, 2 pull out drawers, 2 date cubes, and a top organizer.

So, ready to get started? Well, grab a venti-sized cup of joe cuz this is a lengthy tute!

DOWNLOAD the Calendar Cube Project Cut & Scoring Guide

Sm. Drawer:

Cut: 6 1/8" x 6 1/8"

Score: 1" on all sides

Assemble your box.

(If you need directions on how to assemble a basic box, please see this previous tute. Use the box lid ~blue)

Sm Drawer Sleeve

Cut: 4 1/4 x 11"
Score: 1", 5 1/4", 6 1/4", 10 1/2"

 Slide your drawer in:

***NOTE
Add a piece of 4" x 4" chipboard to the top of the box to give more support to the cubes.

Add some patterned paper to hide it

Lg Drawer Box:

Cut: 7 5/8" x 8 5/8"
Score: 2 1/4"on all four sides

Lg Drawer Box Sleeve

Cut: 4 3/8" x 12"
Score: 3/4", 3 1/8", 6 3/8", 8 3/4"

Slide your box in the sleeve

Tissue Wrapper:

Cut: 7 1/4" x 4 3/8"
Score: 1/2", 1 1/2", 3 7/8", 4 7/8"

Use punch, die, or craft knife to cut opening for tissue to be pulled out through. I used the SU word window punch.
Assemble your box & slide tissue pack in.

Top Organizer:

Cut: 4" x 12"
Score: 2", 5 3/4", 9 1/2", 10 1/4"
Add adhesive & fold as shown

Adhere to the top of sm. drawer box

Add strong adhesive to the back of the Tissue Wrapper & adhere that to the front side of the Lg drawer box.

Add strong adhesive to the bottom of the sm. drawer box...

Adhere it to the top of the Tissue and Lg. box

Wrap a piece of ribbon around the back part to create a pocket.

Add a bow on top

Calendar Cubes:
Download GYPSY cut file for cubes. You'll need the Tags, Bags, Boxes, & More Cricut cart. For the numbers, you'll need the Hello Kitty cart. :)
Don't have a Cricut? No worries, DOWNLOAD THE TEMPLATE I created for you.

Use a 1 1/2" square punch to punch the layers for the numbers. Adhere them to the cube & assemble.

The numbers should be glued as follows:
Cube one: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Cube two: 0, 1, 2, 6 (which also will serve as a 9), 7, 8

Place the cubes on top of the sm. drawer box.

DOWNLOAD the MONTHS and DAYS LABELS. Cut them apart on the solid lines...

Put a piece of magnet tape to the back of each one.

Put a magnet coin on the mat label:

Add your month label.

Here is the finished front of the box

I've also included a couple of fun countdown labels:

Here's the final product, embellished

The back pocket could be used to hold your month labels or to hold other items like a pad of Stickies.

With the open drawers:

***NOTE: the drawers are "push" drawers. The buttons are decorative, not strong enough to be used as pulls.

Well, that's it! Hope you like this project & you give it a go :) There's a version 2 of this project I'll add later. I have a kit to give away complete with everything you need to create this project, pre-cut & pre-scored. Just leave a comment :) Yup, this is open to everyone :)

Thanks so much for peeking today!
Gotta Go!