Paper Lighthouse

Yes this lighthouse is made of paper! It's from SVG Cuts Seaside Kit. There's a place to store a battery operated candle in the top. The middle section also comes off the base. I made this as a gift and put some mini candy bars in it!

Supplies:
Seaside SVG Kit (SVG Cuts)
Cricut Explore and Design Space
Seaside Paper Pack (retired Close To My Heart)
Colonial White Card Stock
Sorbet Card Stock
Vellum Paper
Quick Dry Glue (Elmer's)
Embossing Folder and Cutlebug

Box Birthday Card

My dear friend Jolene is celebrating a birthday today. All month I have been working with Close To My Heart's featured paper packet La Vie En Rose so I had it on my table when planning out this card. The box card design is from SVG Cuts. I used CTMH's glitter paper and embellishments from the La Vie En Rose Complements. The birthday sentiment is from the stamp set Your Own Kind of Wonderful.

Joyful Stars June Blog Hop

Welcome to the Joyful Stars June Blog Hop. This hop is a circle, so it doesn't matter if you are coming from Lori's blog or if you start here on my blog. Just continue around until you're back to the blog that you started on to make sure you see all the fabulous projects. This month I have two projects to share. Both feature the best paper pack to celebrate summer, Jubilee.

Strawberry Box Card

Close To My Heart Supplies:

Jubilee Paper Pack

Sweet Leaf Cardstock

Topiary Cardstock

Topiary Ink

Green & Blue Epoxy Bubbles

Other:

Box Cards SVG Kit (SVGCuts)

Swiss Dot Embossing Folder (Provo Craft)

Cricut Explore Machine and Software (Provo Craft)

Carnival Bendy "Card"

Close To My Heart Supplies:

Jubilee Paper Pack

Topiary Ink

Green & Blue Epoxy Bubbles

Pink Glitter Gems

Mini-Medley Accents Rosewood Collection

Sparkles Clear Assortment

Artiste Cricut Cartridge

Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge

Other:

Cricut Explore Machine and Software (Provo Craft)

If you are interested in Cricut Design Space and the bendy card project check out this post. As long as you have Artiste and Art Philosophy, the Cricut Explore machine, and Design Space software you can access the project here and create your own bendy card. 

Now it's time to go to Betty's blog for more inspiration. For a full list of bloggers on this hop look here.

Gingerbread House

Last night I went to dinner with my coworkers to celebrate the holidays. We always celebrate with a Pollyanna gift exchange. My gift was a "Waiting for Santa" cookie tray with cookie mixes. I decided Monday night to make this Gingerbread house from SVG Cuts as a gift box for the cookie mixes. This was a lot of cutting with my machine and time to put together! But I love they way it turned out and the person who got the gift said they have the perfect place to display it. Now I need to make one for myself!

Silent Night Church

SVG Cuts has a collection called Silent Night. One of the cutting files is this church, My friend and fellow CTMH consultant Stacy Stokes made this for our gift exchange last Saturday and I was honored to be able to take it home!

SVG Cuts is having a sale right now, 25% off. So now I bought the file for myself. I'm thinking change up the paper and embellishments and I can make an Easter version!

Jack O Lantern Treat Box

This awesome Jack-o-lantern box is from SVGCuts Gimme Candy Boxes SVG Kit. I made eight of these tonight for my students. Instead of candy there is a mini-puzzle, yo-yo, rubber ball, and tattoos. The paper is from Close To My Heart's retired Spellbound kit.

Clutch Bag Freebie!

Check out the special offer from SVGCuts. They are giving this clutch bag file away for free! Then when you make the bag and fill out a form they will give you a $6.99 gift card! Check out all the details here.

I wanted the bag to look like leather. So I printed the digital paper textured leather from Picky Chicken. The accent pieces are from retired textured paper from Close To My Heart. A couple of brads and a new bling piece from CTMH later and it's complete.

Another Birthday, Another Cupcake

Last month I made a paper cupcake for my nephew Zack's birthday. My other nephew Ben turned 22 last week. So, I made him this paper cupcake and placed some cash inside. I used the new paper pack called Dotty For You and a chipboard cherry sticker from Basic Gray. The cupcake design is from SVG Cuts. 

  

The Dotty for You paper packet, created specifically for National Scrapbooking Month in May, includes 24 specially designed, coordinating B&T Duos® sheets (2 each of 12 patterns) and an artwork idea insert.

There are three ways to get this exclusive Dotty for You paper packet, valued at $19.95:

• Place an order of $35 or more in products from the Spring/Summer 2012 Idea Book between April 17 and May 31, and add the Dotty for You paper packet for just $5*.
• Host a Gathering with a sales total of $400 or more (excluding tax, shipping/handling, and Operation Smile^® donations) between April 17 and May 31 and receive a Dotty for You paper packet FREE.
• Join Close To My Heart as a new Consultant between April 1 and May 31 and receive a Dotty for You paper packet FREE.

*Taxes and shipping/handling may apply. Offer good during above-specified dates, while supplies last.

Do you smell carrots?

I love these paper carrots! I made three of these for "gift boxes". They will be going to my niece and nephews on Easter with some cash inside. The carrot is part of the Hippity Hoppoty SVG Kit from svgcuts. If you have an electronic cutting machine and software that cuts svg files I recommend this site. The cupcake I made last month is from the same web site but different SVG Kit.

My blog post title comes from a stamp set I saw on the Cat's Pajamas web site. Their designs are so whimsical. These are the two I'm debating on buying.

I won't have them in time for this year, but wouldn't they make an excellent tag to the carrot boxes? Maybe next year. If you are not familiar with Cat's Pajamas check out their Projects of the Month. For these projects you don't need any special cutters or software just a printer!

Paper Cupcake

Recently I purchased The Happy Birthday to You SVG Kit. This is the first project I made from the kit. It is a cupcake for my nephew Zack's birthday. I'm not 100% happy with it. I accidentally glued paper down on the wrong side and I was a little impatient with letting the liquid glass dry. However, I'm sure Zack won't mind. After all, what matters is what's on the inside, right?