Peep Shrinky Dink

I remember Shrinky Dinks from my childhood, but they were never this cute!! I purchased a small kids craft kit from the store that came with colored pencils, shrinky dink paper, hole punch and jump rings. I stamped the My Peeps image with staz on in and then colored. I then followed the directions for cutting and baking.
I also cut the the clear pillow box with the CTMH cricut Cartridge! I cut it at 5 1/4" using the deep cut blade. I know it is hard to see in this picture, but it is there.
You can get you Close to My Heart Cricut Cartridge for FREE this month when you enroll with close to My Heart-Find all the details Here.

Milk Carton Bird House-FREE Directions with Purchase

Look at this lovely Bird House Made from the CTMH Milk Carton! For the rest of the Month of March when you make ANY purchase on my Close to My Heart Website I will email you the full color step by step instructions. Below I have provided a list of the CTMH supplies used to make this Bird House as a suggestion for your purchase. You can buy one or all of the items listed. You can also purchase anything not on the list as well. Shop for Products Here.

Supplies used for the Bird House from Close to My Heart
BUY ONE OR BUY THEM ALL TO GET THE FREE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THIS PROJECT.

Z1739 My Creations Milk Carton
Z1336 Opaques Adhesive Gems
Z1710 Paradise Paper Flowers
X5917 Spring Cardstock Combo Pack (Buttercup, Blush and Crystal Blue)
X5919 Autumn Cardstock Combo Pack ((Olive and Smoothie)
Z1294 Sanding Kit
Z2137 Olive Ink
Z2196 Smoothie Ink
Z1204 Bone Folder
Z679 Liquid Glass
Z1114 Piercing Tool Kit
Z578 Corner Rounder
CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge
The directions is 13 full color pages of step by step instructions created by me. A purchase is required to get them.

Peeps Flower Vase

I am giving you a fair warning, over the next few weeks you are going to see lots of projects using the new My Peeps stamp set!! I am a peeps lover!! In fact a few years ago at CTMH convention in Washington DC I got to go to a Peeps store!! (it was one of the highlights of the trip for me!)
I created this vase using a plain mason jar I had here in the house. I used some paper that was left over from a CTMH special a long time ago, but I still have a small stash of it and the colors were perfect for Easter.
Here you can see that I chose to mask the face of them peep and create the "backside" of the little rabbit-I cute a very small 3D flower from the CTMH Art Philosophy cricut cartridge to make the "bunny tail". (Tip: when you are cutting tiny on the cricut I find it helpful to change the speed to slow)
I also used one of the CTMH springs on the bunny, it is just too cute when that little tail starts to spring!!

Homemade Gift from my Heart

You have to try these yummy, most delicious Chocolate Biscuits! Go here to Mrs. Graham's Chocolate Biscuits from Dragonfly in Amber for the recipe. After I made them I put a few back to take to a friend who had surgery last week. ( And I had to hide the yummy treats, because everyone in my house was head over heels for them. By Sunday I had to make a second batch!)
They Chocolate Biscuits were the perfect size for this tin container I had. I created a simple band to go around the tin and stamped a cute label from the Crafted with Love stamp set.
Here I added a little tag that said "homemade" and on the back I typed the link to the recipe for the biscuits!!

St. Pat's Day Treats

Have you found Pinterest yet? That website is amazing, full of ideas that I will never have time for! I was inspired by a project from that site for this year St. Pat's treats. In addition to the cute treat, I am now addicted to rainbow Twizzlers.

Comic Strip Flower Tutorial

Today I am going to give you a quick lesson on how to make this great flower. This is a fun way to use the Superhero paper pack in a unique way! You can make your strips any size, but for this flower I used 6 strips. (Three-1/2"x 6" and Three-1/4" x 5") You will also need a hole punch, a brad or flower center of some kind and a little adhesive.
Start by creating loops by folding the paper ends to the center and gluing down.
Next punch holes in the center of each loop. Inset the brad through all 6 pieces layering the smaller ones on the top. Fan out to create flower.
I added the flower to a card base along with some great velvet rub-ons from CTMH.

Book Review: The Scottish Prisoner

In keeping with the plan of reading everything my favorite author has written, I read The Scottish Prisoner. This great novel is about Lord John and Jamie Fraser--Jamie is a paroled Jacobite prisoner living and work at a farm in Helwater he is deeply troubled by dreams of his lost wife, then by the appearance of a former comrade from the Rising who still lives and breathes for the Cause. Jamie has sworn off politics, fighting, and war. Until Lord John Grey shows up with a summons that will take him away to help with his own plans. Lord John Grey takes Jamie to Ireland to help translate and right into trouble. This book show just how Jamie and John start to become friends despite their very strong dislike for each other. It also shows just how much respect they have for one another. Lord John grows by leaps and bounds in this book and proves more why I find him so interesting. The book also gives a more clear view of just how hard it was for Jamie while Claire was away for 20 years.