tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511560825658696192024-02-07T17:21:23.692-08:00Any Way CraftsBrandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06609148976709275959noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651156082565869619.post-49018087534407056712016-02-22T13:43:00.000-08:002016-02-22T13:43:01.846-08:00Samples of 3D projects I created<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Open explosion box with Lettering Delights decorations.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Minecraft print and cut box, with party info inside. (Edited original explosion box I created.)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I created a stencil to create a deck of cards in cookie form. I used simple shapes, basic fonts, and found images for the King and Queen.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This Frozen invitation was my creation except for the snowflake. I used converted an image of a snowflake from the movie so it would match the theme.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The castle was from MTC Gallery and the carriage was altered from Lettering Delights. The Fonts is just script, but the two tiny crowns and the large crown I created. The crown on the left is completely mine and the one on the right (same as the large crown) was an image I traced over and simplified to fit my needs.</td></tr>
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<br />Brandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06609148976709275959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651156082565869619.post-79021300816318544872011-07-31T19:27:00.000-07:002011-07-31T19:27:24.843-07:00Trying to catch up!I think I let two weeks go by without posting. One day, I just let the day sneak by and last week, well, I think I just didn't want to do anything...anyone ever have those days??? I have several in a row it seems, but this weekend I was back. I got almost all my crafts I wanted done...the cleaning on the other hand...well, it's just not as much fun! LOL I know, I know. I should clean first, play later, but I can't keep my mind on cleaning if I keep thinking about the projects I want to do.<br />
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There are still a few projects I haven't done. Mainly because I have to order vinyl for them and don't have the extra cash on hand, LOL. I'm already trying hard not to buy a couple of set of lettering delights files, before they aren't on sale anymore...I just may bite the bullet and buy them anyway...<br />
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Okay, so here we go with another set of "hodge-podge" crafts to feast your eyes upon.<br />
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First up, the paper origami flower balls that I have had completed since May, but just now put them up. I found this project <a href="http://www.michaels.com/Origami-Flower-Ball/e10365,default,pd.html?cgid=projects&start=2">here</a> on Michael's website. I bought my paper and ribbon from Hobby Lobby, but I have no idea what the brand is. I'm just happy to get them up in Belle's room. I had plans to put lights inside, but I just couldn't figure out a good way to do it, so here they are...sans jewels in the centers...will add later.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flower balls above Belle's bed.</td></tr>
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I wish I had moved them slightly to the left, but I did it by eye...so it can't be perfect.<br />
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Next project on the list this weekend was iron on transfers, but with plastic...I saw this idea mentioned on the MTC forum a few weeks ago, but finally got a chance to do it. I love it and can't wait to do more shirts.<br />
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You can find the forum post with the link <a href="http://forum.make-the-cut.com/discussion/16061/heat-transfer...what-a-twist#Item_13">here</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The back of the orange shirt.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The front.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A close up.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was my first attempt. I use a left over Tangled party bag.</td></tr>
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Another thing I accomplished this weekend was making my very first puzzle with MTC. I used the puzzle generator and an image that Belle picked out online. I still only have a Cricut, but my mom bought me the deep cut blade housing recently and I just had to try it out. Oh, and yes, that is a DIY sticky-ed cricut cake mat. Hobby Lobby had the 12x12 and 12x24 cake mats on clearance. I got a couple sets of 12x12 for about $3 each and a set of12x24 for $5. I just couldn't pass that up. Gotta love it when stores clearance things!<br />
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I cut at depth 5 and cut the image 3 times. I have absolutely no idea what my pressure setting is on...I would guess a 3. I don't touch it anymore...<br />
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I guess that will be all for today. Maybe I will get another post up sometime this week. I did a few cakes this month I would like to add. I hope this crazy random project post was fun for you. LOL I really should get organized and do one project a post...I just get too excited and want to throw it all out on the table.Brandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06609148976709275959noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651156082565869619.post-81208327374814168742011-07-10T08:31:00.000-07:002011-07-10T08:31:12.264-07:00Today We Will Talk of Cakes!I think this post may be short, but I'm trying to get through the list of things I've done in the past few months. Today I am going to talk about a few cakes I've done. I made my first 3 tier cake for a girls birthday. The daughter said she wanted a 3 tier white cake with multicolored peace signs on it...and that's what she got, LOL A few weeks later the same girl's sister had a birthday. Her sister wanted a Little Mermaid cake. Of course, I have my problems with both, but I think I just want things to be perfect...a good and bad trait. :) I also threw together some mini cupcakes for my daughter's preschool Easter party that I'd like to share...<br />
I think we will start with the Easter cupcakes.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjejB5OXjH35wzlUBzdM_fRyh3BEuaOYQPVouk8mx0174aQfT3kcWpxdHZk2neQTGmQyVPukv9GFXUfPIWlHRFeaDUZNirzU0UT9GZwD9u6OCYXi92JtMgiO5yCVTRhM50KVzmqkd51nVKi/s1600/Photo0180.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjejB5OXjH35wzlUBzdM_fRyh3BEuaOYQPVouk8mx0174aQfT3kcWpxdHZk2neQTGmQyVPukv9GFXUfPIWlHRFeaDUZNirzU0UT9GZwD9u6OCYXi92JtMgiO5yCVTRhM50KVzmqkd51nVKi/s200/Photo0180.jpg" width="200" /></a>These are a simple design. Grass tip (233) icing and Robin's Egg Whoppers and some Reese's Eggs for the eggs on top. Very quick but still cute...I wish I would have had time to do something a little more original, but I made these the day after the Tangled party...on very little sleep...<br />
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Next is my first 3 tier cake. I think it turned out really well. I used a Cricut Cake with MTC to cut the peace signs, attached the two layers together and adhered them to the cake. I also used some piping gel to pipe clear peace signs all over the cake for a little more detail. I really like how it turned out!<br />
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I would also like to remind everyone that MTC is no longer compatible with Provocraft products. If you were lucky enough to purchase MTC before the lawsuit settled, you are still able to use MTC with your machine. I wish I could afford to replace my paper Cricut and my Cricut Cake, but that requires money...that which I don't have much of... :P For those who have the compatible program, I would like to remind you to back it up. It is very sad to see people coming to the MTC forum asking if they can still get the working version because their computer crashed. They advise you to back up, back up, back up. LOL It seems crazy, but if you use the program as much as I do and only have Cricuts, you will probably be lost without MTC...I know I would be. From what I've seen Andy, the creator of MTC, does an awesome job and I highly recommend his product!<br />
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Okay, off my soap box and on to my last cake. The Little Mermaid cake. I thought it would be fun to replicate the scene where Ariel sings the reprise of Part of your World, I think, where she is sitting on the rock watching Prince Eric being rescued---for a lack of a better explanation...if you know the movie, I think you know where I'm talking about. And I think you will get it when you scroll down and see pictures. The only thing I used MTC and Cricut Cake with were the letters. (I think MTC is worth it just for the ability to cut any free font with fondant...everything else it can do with fondant/gumpaste is a fantastic bonus for me.) <br />
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Ariel is a doll, but her shells and tail are fondant. I hand sculpted Sebastian and Flounder. I personally think Sebastian is a little off but Flounder is right on.<br />
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Tah-Dah! LOL Okay, I hope you enjoyed seeing some of my work. As always, if you want to see more of my cake work you can find it on my Facebook Page, Any Way Cakes.Brandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06609148976709275959noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651156082565869619.post-72723996851826601482011-07-03T16:15:00.000-07:002011-07-03T16:15:31.592-07:00I'm So Excited!!!Okay, to some of you, this may not be a big thing, but I haven't been really into blogging until this year, so it was to me. I posted a picture of something I worked on yesterday to Penny Duncan's blog, <a href="http://www.pennyduncancreations.blogspot.com/">Penny Duncan Creations</a>, as well as a comment on how much I liked her work. <br />
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Well, she hopped over here to thank me for my comment on her page, and ended up seeing my previous post, and commented with the words "WOW, Amazing, and Beautiful." I got chills. I am so thrilled that someone with such an awesome blog enjoyed my work! I think you made my day, Mrs. Penny!<br />
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And for that, my 6 followers get another blog this week! One about the Gumpaste Hydrangea Baby I made with Penny's Hydrangea file (This can be found on her website...hope this is okay to post...)<br />
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I basically pushed tinted gumpaste into the baby mold, froze it so it would be hard enough to unmold, let it dry, and dusted the baby with petal dust for a more realistic look. For the Hydrangea, I used Penny's file, and cut it the size it loaded, about .25" for each flower. I have no idea how many flowers I ended up using (I cut 49 flowers and 2 leaves...one broke...), but I'm sure I used at least 20 flowers. I used a ball of gumpaste to "glue" the flowers to, using a gumpaste/water mixture. After putting the leaves and flower ball on the baby's back, I let it dry. Once dry, I used some luster dust to give the flowers a little shine, and mixed the luster dust with a little water to dot the centers with. I think the shimmer adds a little wimzy to the piece...kinda like fairy dust.<br />
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I hope you enjoy!<br />
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There were a few things I knew I wanted to do. Instantly, I decided the cake MUST be the tower. I knew I wanted to incorporate the glowing flower and I knew I wanted a few games and activities for the kids to do. Belle also insisted on a Pinata.<br />
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I found a wonderful website <a href="http://www.supermommoments.com/2011/01/tangled-party-decor-food/">Super Mom Moments</a> that was a great starting point. I used their file for the pennant flag decor, the Flynn game (altered slightly), and used their recommendation for the floating lanterns.<br />
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I also found frying pans for favors. Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of the favor baskets...I got behind that morning and totally forgot to catch a shot of those...oops...I guess I can't remember everything sometimes!<br />
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I guess the best way to do this would be to take you through the day. I'll start with the decorations.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Near the top you can see one of two strings of pennants I made for decor. Also in the picture is a "boat" I made, because my daughter decided she needed a boat to sit in to "see the lanterns."</td></tr>
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</tbody></table> This next section is about the games and activities we did. I have pictures of the kids participating in each game/activity, but thought it best to only show my daughter in pictures. I decided on the following activities: Can you get Flynn's nose right?, decorating flower pots (which included planting seeds and then having a "magic flower" "grow" while cake and presents were done.), coloring 3D Pascals, and the Pinata.<br />
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Coloring the 3D Pascals didn't go as well as I had thought. I only had a few kids color the two pieces and none of those got assembled before they left...these came from the <a href="http://family.go.com/disney/pkg-disney-printables/article-938728-3d-pascal-papercraft-t/">Disney Family</a> site. I guess the best laid plans...I did make one with Belle prior to the party just to see how hard they were to do. She loved it!<br />
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Then I had to figure out the easiest way to decorate these pots with 4 year olds. I was at a complete loss until I took Belle to a make and take thing at Michaels where they let her use the foam sticker things to decorate a easter egg hunt bucket. After seeing how easy this was for her to do, all the coloring/painting ideas went out the window and I bought 3 different shape styles of foam stickers. I ended up with a letter set--so the kids could put their name on them (letter search and spelling practice!)--small shapes and larger shapes.<br />
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After the kids finished decorating the pots, I took them over to another area of my carport where we added dirt and they got to pick which type of flower to plant. After topping the pot off with dirt, they took it to another parent that watered each pot and put them on a table for "safe" keeping.<br />
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The fun part, for me, came when I ran outside with a hand full of fake yellow flowers. They were painted with gold glitter and glow in the dark spray paint. While the kids were distracted with cake, I placed one flower in each pot--the Magic Flower grew!!! I had one 5/6 year old kid fuss because the flower was fake. LOL He thought the seed wasn't real! After we explained it to him, he was skeptical, but believed that, if taken care of, the seed would grow.<br />
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I know the planting of flowers doesn't go with the theme too well, but I wanted to incorporate the glowing flower...the kids liked it, though. :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Belle's completed pot with flower.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>The next activity was "Can you get Flynn's Nose Right?" This was, I think, clever and very entertaining to watch. I do have to say, I wish I had put a solid piece of wood behind the Flynn poster. Things would have worked better. Anyway, I let each kid select their favorite color of play-doh, which they got to keep. I then instructed them to mold a nose out of the play-doh, and when they were finished, they took turns seeing who could put their nose closest to where Flynn's nose should be. They thought this was hilarious. I think they could have played this for hours! It was fun to see where each kid put the nose, and their interpretation of what a nose was.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is my daughter trying to "get the nose right."</td></tr>
</tbody></table>The last activity we were able to do was the pinata. How do you get a Mexican tradition to fit into a Tangled party??? You make a sun! I originally wanted to make a Flynn head and have all the kids bang on it with the toy frying pans from their favor basked, but decided that would probably teach them it was okay to hit people on the heads with frying pans. Now maybe that's okay for a wife to do to her husband every now...I kid, I kid...but not for kids to do, for sure! My next idea came from watching the movie for about the 20th time. The sun medallion that appears on the mobile and the military armor.<br />
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I researched how to make a pinata on several sites, and pretty much came up with the same instructions. This is what I did.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I used a mylar (spelling is evil) from the Dollar Tree and used a mixture of flour and water to adhere my strips of newspaper.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Once dry, I removed the balloon, and used newspaper shaped like cones to make the rays. I bent these slightly to get the shape I wanted and taped them to the circle.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then came another coat or 3 of newspaper to cover the cones and give more shape to the sun.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here it is dry, just before painting.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ta-Dah! We now have a golden sun. Thank You Krylon Spray paint!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Of course, Belle got the first swing, but isn't it beautiful???</td></tr>
</tbody></table>I hung it with fishing line...I should have thought that out a little more, but it made it 3 rounds before a boy swung downward and broke it off the string. I was afraid it wouldn't make it 1 round of hits before breaking. I think we had 8 to 10 kids at the party.<br />
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I hate that I didn't get a picture of the favor baskets, but I can at least tell you what was in them. I bought plastic baskets at the Dollar Tree (Can you tell I love that store?). I would show you an image of those, but they no longer have them up online. Inside each basket I put an empty Tangled treat bag for their pinata candy, a small slinky, a bouncy ball, a glow braclet, an 8 1/2 X 11 inch laminated Flynn wanted poster and playdoh (so they can play the game at home), and two plastic frying pans, since that thing was all over that movie.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So Adorable!!! I painted these with some Krylon texture paint. Krylon states that their paint is non-toxic once dry.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I went ahead and gave them both since I got the two piece set for $1 at Michaels.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>After the party was over, and it got dark, we released floating lanterns. These were absolutely beautiful. We tied them down with fishing line, but one got away. It was okay though. When the string broke, it was out of any danger of hitting trees or power lines. It was fun to watch it disappear, and fun to watch the others float and slowly fall to the ground.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I shopped Belle's granddad out of this picture, but I just had to! Isn't it just wonderful to see her watching her lanterns? I just wish I could have gotten all 4 we launched in the shot...since she turned for...I guess I could shop another lantern in...</td></tr>
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Last but not least, is the cake. I promise I saved the best for last! I know this has been a heavy post, and I promise, if I am still doing this next year, Belle's next party will be spread out over several posts! <br />
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I am still in love with this cake. I knew I wanted to make a tower, a big tower! So I decided on a 3 to 4 FOOT tall tower. I made most of it ahead of time and with PVC pipe and Styrofoam because it was a lot of work and I knew I wouldn't need that much cake. The only thing that was cake was the area that could be considered the living quarters. The only thing I hate about this cake is the bottom. I wish I had had the time to finished it off a little better, but I was literally piping leaves on the vines 2 hours before her party started! I also would have wished to add some flowers to the vines, but I guess this is what happens when you let time get the best of you! On to the pictures!!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First, I glued the PVC pipe to the table and covered it with fondant...I bought lots of new toys for this one!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is the basic structure before fondant, and I have a dummy cake in place of a real cake for now.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is after I added the detail "wood work." If you look real close, you can see a little Jasmine doll I was using for sizing things out...I ended up putting one of the little Rapunzel dolls in the final cake.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After adding the "gables" (I think that's what they are called). You can also see that I've added some dusting to the stones.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I just love this picture of the details.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another detail shot.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The roof now has shingles and the bottom has RKT for the "ground."</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I absolutely love the roof...yes, each shingle was placed on individually by hand!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was a very long night...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is the completed cake.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The blue window is styrofoam covered in fondant.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"When will my life begin?"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think it turned out great!</td></tr>
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Thanks for bearing with me! More to come later this week or next Sunday for sure!Brandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06609148976709275959noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651156082565869619.post-6361869280518005312011-06-26T08:52:00.000-07:002011-06-26T08:52:32.205-07:00Will I ever make this a regular thing???Hmm, all you daily and weekly bloggers out there, hat's off to you! Remembering/making yourself blog regularly is a very hard thing for me to do! I have a few projects I would like to show you but I think I will try to spread them out over a few posts...gives me something to "post regularly" with...I guess.<br />
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I haven't posted since March and a lot has happened.<br />
Here are a few things I will post about:<br />
--My daughter, Belle, turned 4 with a wonderful Tangled Birthday party.<br />
--I made some quick and simple mini cupcakes for my daughter's preschool Easter party. <br />
--On April 27th, we were affected by the tornado outbreak in Alabama.<br />
--I made two cakes, my first 3-tiered cake and a Little Mermaid cake.<br />
--I made 3 paper origami flower balls to hang above my daughter's new "big girl" bed. (This project is still in the works!)<br />
--I made some Duct tape roses and turned those in the hair barrettes and rings.<br />
--We moved back into our house on June 21st after construction was complete...more about this in a minute.<br />
--My daughter and I made her dad, my husband, a Father's Day/Birthday cake. <br />
--I helped my "sister-in-law by marriage" decorate for her daughter's 5th birthday luau party.<br />
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I've been busy...just not productive when it comes to posting blogs. I am going to jump Belle's party for the moment and discuss the April 27th tornadoes. Unfortunately, but thankfully we had only relatively minor damage to our house. We live in Cordova, AL about 1.5 hours north-ish of Tuscaloosa. We had two tornadoes, I believe, go through our town that day, a smaller one early that morning, and the big one at about 5pm. The latter tornado resulted in a tree falling on top and into our daughter's room. The three of us were huddled in the hallway and were fine. <br />
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We are very thankful to still have a house...a fixable house. In the following months, we saw house after house being demolished because of the extent of damage or other reasons. It has been a very sad thing to watch. Many people lost their homes and have had to find new places to live. We were fortunate enough to live near my in laws who were not affected by the storms, and they were nice enough to let us stay with them for nearly 2 months while our house was fixed.<br />
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We only just moved back into our house on the 21st and are happy to be home. My house is still all out of sorts with things floating around out of place and things needed to be thrown out or donated, but it's slowly coming back together. I have a hard time motivating myself to get stuff back in order. I have so many things I want to make to decorate Belle's new "red flower" room, but I find myself refusing to let myself "play" when there is so much that "needs" to be done. LOL Anyone ever feel like that? I guess I'm trying to use paper crafting and cake decorating as a reward for good behavior. LOL<br />
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Anyway, I am going to leave you with a few pictures of my house when it was damaged and the town shortly after the storms...I will have to go take pictures of my completed house....I haven't gotten around to that either!<br />
PS: I hate trying to get pictures to work on here...sorry for the strange arrangement...I'll get better, I promise. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This tree ripped up our drive.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This used to be a tree.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another shot of the tree in front.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back yard.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Overlooking the town.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The city again...that red truck is parked </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">where a laundromat used to be.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trees covering a stree.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Belle's poor toys...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The house once the tree was removed.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The trunk of the tree that was on our house.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...big hole...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A tree fell where my husband usually parks...he was at work at the time.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view into Belle's room after...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More poor toys...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It amazes me that that half of the room was perfectly fine. (That red thing on the kitchen is a paper lantern...)</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...more toys...I hadn't cleaned her room before the storm...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...that wood on the left is part of her bed...thank goodness she wasn't in bed when this happened...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This church used to have a second story on that flat spot...they have now demoed this as well...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Brandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06609148976709275959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651156082565869619.post-31351919665751325402011-03-16T18:04:00.000-07:002011-03-16T18:04:50.708-07:00I Must Start Posting Again...Wow! It's been a while...no one commented on my last post. :( Oh well, I will pick a project and start with it next time. <br />
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A lot has been going around in the crafting world. PC and MTC settled the lawsuit...I'm sure everyone has heard by now, if you're in the scrapping/crafting community, but there has been no official word on how this will affect the current users of MTC.<br />
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I would be MUCH happier sacrificing my cartridges and keeping MTC. I have fallen in love with <a href="http://www.letteringdelights.com/">Lettering Delights</a> and I'm sure that I will find lots of cut files to use with my crafting and cake baking that I will have more freedom with than I do with the cartridge images.<br />
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I think I do want to post one picture of some trial boxes I made with an LD SVG set...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I threw some cake balls inside just for giggles!</td></tr>
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If you're wondering, the cake balls <a href="http://www.bakerella.com/">(Bakerella </a>does cake balls and cake pops a lot on her page.) are lemon cake and, I think, these have some kind of lemon curd filling (sweetened condensed milk and lemon juice) covered with white chocolate and yellow candy melts drizzled on top.<br />
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Hope you enjoy!Brandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06609148976709275959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651156082565869619.post-18101860624035798742011-01-30T12:12:00.000-08:002011-01-30T12:12:26.788-08:00In Hiding...I always have these big plans about things, and then fizzle once I get started. I wanted to keep this blog going, at least once a week, but I have failed...I do however have some things finished waiting to be written up. I guess I can give you a little hint about a few things I will be writing about in the coming weeks. Maybe that will wet your appetite and keep you checking back to see if I've posted anything new.<br />
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So here we go...<br />
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These first two are of the same project. I had so much fun doing this!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can you tell what I'm cutting? If you're from Alabama you should recognize it for sure!</td></tr>
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Now for this one, have you ever had left over cake--mostly from leveling them off--and not known what to do with it??? Well, here's a sneak peek of one option...<br />
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Maybe this has been a fun little blog to check out today. Hopefully I will post the first project later this week, or maybe you can vote to see what you want to see first??? That sounds like fun! I have ?6? followers? If you see this, you can comment and let me know which project you want to see first! Heh, fun!Brandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06609148976709275959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651156082565869619.post-62631233139889010722011-01-06T16:26:00.000-08:002011-01-06T16:26:10.836-08:00Tissue Paper Flowers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOQ_vV67FYjcGgLRHqyw7pXY_EZcqRrRQbsfoWZCdoupvMzqxuf7BF_YECxT-yEMUCqDY_7ZvWn5MZuZKiwEEyFNHKsw44hwfN9pLBqO-cVPmxrPZcTBCAGQ5OZk109Qq1oXBX5fSlv4LW/s1600/DSC00734.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a>Tissue Paper Flower have been around for a while, and I always thought they would be fun to use in a project but couldn't ever come up with anything to do with them...til now. I asked my 3 1/2 year old daughter, Belle, how she wanted her room decorated, if she could have it any way she wanted it. She replied, like a garden. We talked a little more and she decided on more of a "her sized" garden. No living like a tiny fairy in huge garden--no Tinkerbell land. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From this I immediately thought tissue flowers, and asked her if she wanted flowers in her garden. She told me she wanted them all over the walls and ceiling in a variety of colors. That's perfect! Tissue flowers are lite and I should be able to find something to hang them on the ceiling with. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So off I went! I found some left over Yellow paper and went to <a href="http://www.ehow.com/">eHow</a> to refresh myself on how to make these flowers. (I think I read a few different instructions and came up with my own.) I made two decent yellow flowers, and Belle loved them. I decided to take a few pictures of her with them and thought I'd share before showing you the red flower tutorial I made for you!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"> I fanned one out to let you see what it looks like just before you start to fluff.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Totng1YTzsAQlDlzBVRkNqx1GwBszNU2U-AAmeu69NCn_PfCk8gvRmkJt4ompwpUmvZPzVQfC3MzRylef84ObsZkMuxXKmc3WyRj8EAjfjPsxKTSqAaW8uKtf-W_iy9-nvDFmockWzbu/s1600/DSC00738.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Totng1YTzsAQlDlzBVRkNqx1GwBszNU2U-AAmeu69NCn_PfCk8gvRmkJt4ompwpUmvZPzVQfC3MzRylef84ObsZkMuxXKmc3WyRj8EAjfjPsxKTSqAaW8uKtf-W_iy9-nvDFmockWzbu/s200/DSC00738.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"> There's no set way to fluff out the tissue, really. This flower only has 4 layers so I took the top and bottom layers and fluffed them at the same time. You just have to be careful not to rip the tissue paper too bad. It's not terrible if you do rip them...a few of mine got ripped but you can't even tell. :) Then I fluffed the other two layers together.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglroKFGRD0DgACtgXdC82xSMkQR-49kLbjtQqJn0Ma1RQkBkcM5D_BCFtPfrTCQ6Y1aZbOl8aKlSqiiuJU2B3q1TpzogiuiqEQXDRaox3Vu9Lsz52P3RjN3rw9cg9aWSGwjef0w7UiwgHr/s1600/DSC00743.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglroKFGRD0DgACtgXdC82xSMkQR-49kLbjtQqJn0Ma1RQkBkcM5D_BCFtPfrTCQ6Y1aZbOl8aKlSqiiuJU2B3q1TpzogiuiqEQXDRaox3Vu9Lsz52P3RjN3rw9cg9aWSGwjef0w7UiwgHr/s200/DSC00743.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgms5UucGDngbFXPMaDudgy8HuPGLrZZN7cC1GlQ1lZondgnmpgoLv71mJlQ4k1vbz7U3k4ZCHyQLCI3bkhpVRfkoN_sDjK_DLmDdDu9VUzhaqQEvN_vcwl21V0C9L3_LEPeh9IJLKnuoqT/s1600/DSC00742.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgms5UucGDngbFXPMaDudgy8HuPGLrZZN7cC1GlQ1lZondgnmpgoLv71mJlQ4k1vbz7U3k4ZCHyQLCI3bkhpVRfkoN_sDjK_DLmDdDu9VUzhaqQEvN_vcwl21V0C9L3_LEPeh9IJLKnuoqT/s200/DSC00742.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"> You will want to do a final fluff once you get all your pieces apart just to make your flower a little nicer. It doesn't by any means look like "real" flower, but good and cheap for your kids room is good enough for me. This flower literally cost me less than $ 0.10 to make! They also weren't hard or very time consuming to make.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">This last picture is of 18 or 19 flowers strung together with the pipe cleaners. I am thinking of a fixing them to chicken wire and then stapling that to the wall and ceiling...I still have a lot of flowers to make, but I will post when I get this huge project finished.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj78eX29T-knHluqVaKCRRuZg27ngCLGZUDuJ94Kxn78VSxLqB4l05i6oH2YBhdXmRjilUuARRLdoWvV4iC3d3IbWnCxWAwKkexVk2nDMLET5TQAGaqJSs8E-PIFwRFVAUp6fkeIynDwSy2/s1600/DSC00755.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj78eX29T-knHluqVaKCRRuZg27ngCLGZUDuJ94Kxn78VSxLqB4l05i6oH2YBhdXmRjilUuARRLdoWvV4iC3d3IbWnCxWAwKkexVk2nDMLET5TQAGaqJSs8E-PIFwRFVAUp6fkeIynDwSy2/s320/DSC00755.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>I know this isn't cricut-e or anything, but it's crafty, easy, cheap, and fun. I hope you enjoyed! I loved taking pictures of my kid with yellow "pom" flowers on her head!Brandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06609148976709275959noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651156082565869619.post-42558855548257686482011-01-03T13:59:00.000-08:002011-01-03T13:59:19.826-08:00A Few Cricut Cake Things<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>I thought I'd show you some of the first things I did with my Cricut Cake machine. I think I mostly use it for lettering now, but there's one idea I have that I have to buy the cartridge for to do...maybe one day...<br />
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Any who, if you "like" the Cricut Cake facebook page, you may have seen some of these pictures. I also have a fan page for my cakes on facebook, Any Way Cakes, if you want to check out what I can do with cake.<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">These are pictures of the first things I cut with the Cake. I think I had made some MMF (marshmallow fondant) to practice with. I also laid some plastic wrap on the table to lay my cuts to keep them clean.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I think this was my favorite of the first things I cut. It's from cake basics and I think it was cut at 5" or 6". I was jumping up and down and giggling like a kid on Christmas. I was SO happy I got this thing to work! Remember this was my first night playing with this thing, and for days, all I could think of what getting home to play with my new "toy."</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Okay, these you may flip over...you may not. These were made with my first batch of cupcakes I made after I got the Cake. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcrpGdcfIuUbMKliSvNtbw5C1kuRK11ZL2-CCItBy4Jv9Ew6MZW0c6HPx-SVB2joGg4j6n98SiFiSMq-5CV3JVi0CE4WyNPzbtz31EgrnJFdD1OV7DpbqVBGD7j_2aPUd1JVQVpaI2a_nw/s1600/PICT0085.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcrpGdcfIuUbMKliSvNtbw5C1kuRK11ZL2-CCItBy4Jv9Ew6MZW0c6HPx-SVB2joGg4j6n98SiFiSMq-5CV3JVi0CE4WyNPzbtz31EgrnJFdD1OV7DpbqVBGD7j_2aPUd1JVQVpaI2a_nw/s320/PICT0085.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">In this instance, I "built" a crib from basic shapes on MTC, cut a paper version on the baby bug my sister let me borrow and cut a gumpaste version on the Cake. I built the paper version in order to have a base for the gumpaste crib to sit on and dry on the form. Once dry I dusted each white crib with Wilton pearl dust to give the blue and pink shimmer, added a rectangle of a corresponding color for the mattress, hand molded a baby head and used brown Wilton food coloring paste to paint on hair to put in each crib, and hand cut rectangles for the blanket. Whew, got all that??? Yeah, it's really not as bad as it sounds. :) </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirL5weIFm2Zs4jjws_f5qhyevl1qsYMwtX9tqpK9TzfiL3EgPJxRiHlrdq3BN8QYAOdHCZoOYFLXN4Tbou5ormY74j7SK9cEbDZjqs8I0eHtZJs0TwkC-uN2jaIYrTk0m6oZu1ai-Tw4wi/s1600/PICT0099.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirL5weIFm2Zs4jjws_f5qhyevl1qsYMwtX9tqpK9TzfiL3EgPJxRiHlrdq3BN8QYAOdHCZoOYFLXN4Tbou5ormY74j7SK9cEbDZjqs8I0eHtZJs0TwkC-uN2jaIYrTk0m6oZu1ai-Tw4wi/s320/PICT0099.JPG" width="320" /></a> Aren't the cute as well??? I just baked Duncan Hines Moist Deluxe Classic Cake for the cupcakes in plain white baking cups, and made buttercream to cover the tops in blue or pink and added white for clouds. I immediately placed each crib on the cupcake so the buttercream would help "glue" the crib to each cupcake. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> The close up above is just adorable, and it shows how intricate MTC and the Cake can cut gumpaste. Did you notice the heart on the side? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsRyPngqcDW9w0yDXYPJXBdAMU8U0G_VEwoZ15WbWUTDWrwTCtYbAuLdYCkVlUjr0Go5sh9vS0WLBTGqz5w0hY_8ueiokeZfbkqP6LzGHlJzmJx6tD2KtWdsWG9oHTZFk2WlEs3Aru2PI6/s1600/PICT0122.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsRyPngqcDW9w0yDXYPJXBdAMU8U0G_VEwoZ15WbWUTDWrwTCtYbAuLdYCkVlUjr0Go5sh9vS0WLBTGqz5w0hY_8ueiokeZfbkqP6LzGHlJzmJx6tD2KtWdsWG9oHTZFk2WlEs3Aru2PI6/s200/PICT0122.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP0quoGIqcmLAnhIOdRRIO1sV6go7pOhtR7lT-L4oCkBbq5Z1C7MZMTR7AhtkFPSYGYtFnzxe-ZdQB6ESx17oqgq-A4qFuKB0Zbs5pNHA6Xt4ukjGcJGAuMeQ70dVXGwGYyH5oarVkfQd2/s1600/PICT0120.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP0quoGIqcmLAnhIOdRRIO1sV6go7pOhtR7lT-L4oCkBbq5Z1C7MZMTR7AhtkFPSYGYtFnzxe-ZdQB6ESx17oqgq-A4qFuKB0Zbs5pNHA6Xt4ukjGcJGAuMeQ70dVXGwGYyH5oarVkfQd2/s200/PICT0120.JPG" width="200" /></a><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">The pictures on each side are of shopping bags on cupcakes. I know, adorable, right? </div><div style="text-align: center;">The black/white swirl bags were cut from MMF and the front two bags, green and blue, respectively, were cut from gumpaste. I was hoping to get a decent cut from MMF so they could be eaten with the cupcake. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Gumpase is edible but most people don't eat it. It's hard and I personally don't like the taste. I usually tell people to just remove it from the cake or cupcake before eating. I wish I could remember The sizes I cut these at...if you think the top of a standard cupcake is about 2.5" you will start to see just how small they are. I was so excited about these bags! They were from the Slumber Party Lite Cartridge as well. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope you enjoyed getting to see a little of what I've done with my Cricut Cake and if you want to see more of my cakes, please hope over to Facebook and search for my fan page Any Way Cakes, and like it. I love getting new fans! Oh and please follow my blog! Things can only get better!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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A few months back my mother and I were at a store called <a href="http://www.ilovedirtcheap.com/">Hudson's</a> and came across a giant whisk for about $5. We couldn't resist, so Mama bought me the giant whisk, but it has been sitting in the box ever since. I wanted to put it on the wall in my kitchen, but couldn't quite decide where it should go.<br />
Yesterday, I decided that I would put it above the refrigerator accompanied by the phrase "Whisk it good." It was a fairly easy project to do.<br />
I didn't have any vinyl or the money to go out and buy any, so I just stuck with my DCWV cardstock in black and double stick tape. For this project I thought it would be easier to use MTC and the TTF Script (Bold, I think). I cut "Whisk it" at 4" and adjusted the "Good" until the G was the same height as the W--not counting the tail. It ended up being slightly over 4" and "Good" was pretty close to 11.5" long. I messed up a little trying to decide what to do, but finally ended up with this.<br />
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I'm fairly sure you can do this with CDS or a Gypsy in conjunction with your favorite font from a cartridge...I don't have very many cartridges and MTC offers the ease of using TTF from your computer, which is why I chose to go that route. <br />
Hope you enjoy!Brandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06609148976709275959noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651156082565869619.post-76170457310128140322011-01-01T20:00:00.000-08:002011-01-01T20:00:03.902-08:00My Pink Stamper Design Team Challenge!!!Okay, yes, I decided to do it! New to the blogging community and all! Robyn from <a href="http://www.mypinkstamper.com/">My Pink Stamper</a> is having a challenge for two spots on her design team. <br />
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She stated:<br />
You must have a blog--CHECK <br />
Not be on a conflict of interest design team--CHECK, never been on one!<br />
Project must be new and just for this challenge--CHECK<br />
Cricut--CHECK<br />
Make a project with <span style="color: magenta;">PINK</span>, <span style="color: lime;">GREEN</span>, <span style="color: #783f04;">BROWN</span> and a color of your choice...<br />
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I ended up using <span style="color: blue;">BLUE </span>and <span style="color: #351c75;">PURPLE </span>for my other color choices...hope that's okay...<br />
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Here we go!<br />
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I have made many cakes for people in the past year, and one day I saw the Cricut Cake...yes, Provocraft, you had me at Hello!<br />
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This thing was amazing! I knew of the Cricut machines but never knew it could help me make cakes. I have very few cookie cutter things and this machine seemed to be heaven sent to cut anything I could ever want it to. So, yes, I twisted my, then, fiance's hand and got one. I waited a few months after the release and read many reviews about how awesome and horrible this machine was, but once I got mine I was a kid in a candy store!!! I was afraid I was going to get frustrated and angry after hours of trial and error, but I made good cuts after about two tries!<br />
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After seeing how easy it was to cut with a Cricut, I begged my sister to let me borrow her baby paper bug, so I could practice with paper--much less mess and time. OMG! Yes, I said it! How did I not give this thing a chance when my sister first bought it! It was wonderful! You just press what you want and cut...I'm sure you know all of this, but really, I didn't!<br />
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So about six months have passed since I got my first Provocraft product, the Cricut Cake, and discovered paper crafting with a borrowed baby bug and I'm hooked. My mother bought me a Green Cricut Expression from Wal-Mart's Black Friday sale for Christmas and I'm loving every minute of it!<br />
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With-in these six months I've also discovered the Make-the-Cut program and have used it just as much, if not more, than Cricut's Design Studio, and have recently found <a href="http://www.letteringdelights.com/">Lettering Delights</a> through <a href="http://www.underacherrytree.com/">Under A Cherry Tree</a>'s blog. Her blog is really great, and I can't wait to buy some of the SVGs on Lettering Delights to try with MTC.<br />
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I'm hoping to post a variety of crafts on this page...I've not tried a lot with my Cricut yet, but I have a lot of cake photos I can post to maybe fill out this blog on slow crafting weeks.<br />
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I'm also wanting to post a blog for <a href="http://www.mypinkstamper.com/">My Pink Stamper</a>'s Design Team before Wednesday...more about that if I actually do it...Brandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06609148976709275959noreply@blogger.com0