Lunch Bag and Backpack Key Tags

My boys are going back to school in a week (goodbye summer :() so I wanted to think of a project for that occasion.  I’m always keeping my eyes open in stores for cute things that can hang off the zippers on their backpacks or lunchboxes.  I thought, why not cut out shapes, use my Xyron machine to laminate them, and make key tags out of them! I used my Create a Critter Cricut cartridge and cut out the two little dino’s in blue, green and orange cardstock.  I put the laminating cartridge in my Xyron machine and ran them through.  Before cutting them out I...

Create Your Own Kids Room Wall Art

This is a quick idea for anyone looking to add some art to their child’s room.  Rather than going out from store to store searching for that perfect picture, why not create your own? I found these 4″ x 6″ frames at the dollar store for $5.00 each!  I loved the simple bright white color, which I thought would go great in a girl’s or boy’s room.  All I did from there was pick a couple of cute pictures from my Create A Critter Cricut cartridge, mount them on some pretty patterned paper, and add a few gems to each animal to finish them off....

Owl Birthday Theme Treat Bags

I created an owl birthday invitation a while back and thought I would do treat bag toppers to go with the theme.  I found some little bags at the dollar store that measured 4″W x 6″H, so I cut out a scalloped square from the Accent Essentials Cricut cartridge measuring 4″ square to fit the width of my goody bag.  This scalloped square was actually a frame so the centre was empty, therefore I had to cut another square at about 3.5″ to layer underneath the blue scalloped square frame.  If you don’t have access to the Accent Essentials...

Owl and Squirrel Bookends

I recently found a really cute bedding set at Toys R Us called the Kids Line Dena Happi Tree collection.  It has owls, squirrels, birds, and hedgehogs; all the things I love to make!  I love the pinks, yellows and blues that this set is colored in, so I decided to make a set of bookends similar to this bedding. Usually I would mod podge on some paper flowers, but because this set has so many flowers and colors to it, I decided to try painting on some leaves and flowers using some stamps that I had.  They worked really well, and I just cut out a flourish in brown paper...