Printable templates and a free SVG!

I have been crafting up a storm (and the disarray in the rest of the house shows it, I had to hunt through 3 baskets of clean laundry to find a pair of socks for my son to wear to school today!) Here is my latest project:

Pinwheel Template: Heather Bailey, Paper Pails Template download below, Paper: K&Co

I filled an old bottle with marbles to keep the pinwheel standing up. Stamp: Inque Boutique

Best part, it matches my ornaments from the other day!

The pinwheel was made using a template by Heather Baily, you can download it from her blog. I use a half sheet of double sided paper to make it. I took some shortcuts and improvised on mine a bit for example I did not use a ribbon wrapped dowel for the stick, instead I painted a chopstick green and wrapped a wire around it instead of drilling a hole through and I used hot glue to keep it together!

Cute felt pail from Target (dollar spot!)

I bought this felt pail at Target last year and it is so cute! It is similar to the popular Baskets and Blooms die from Stampin up too. I made a print and cut template inspired by this bucket as well as an SVG version that you can cut with your cricut if you have SCAL software. Here are the ones I cut with my SVG file:  (The tag is not included in the SVG)

If you want to make the bucket out of felt you may want to cut off the fold over flap and butt the sided and bottom together ans whip-stitch it for a country look, if you plan on gluing it I suggest leaving the tabs on and using tacky glue. PS please do not attempt to cut the felt in your Cricut!

my little pretties on my mantle!

Tomorrow I’ll show you how to make quick and easy scrapbook calendard perefect for grandpapents gifts! Until then happy crafting!

Some ornaments, tags, a freebie and more!

Well, how’s that for an intro! We have all been very crafty at around here making lots of things too decorate with and give as gifts and I thought I’d share a few with you today:

Paper: K&Co "Swell Noel" pack

This is fun to make! First cut out the star shape and score a line from star point to the opposite indent and score the tabs then fold the points out and the indents in. On the Cricut DS and the SVG version start by scoring a line from the star point to the next indent, that will leave you with a tab that you will fold back and glue to the back part of the star. You will need to cut two of these shapes. For cricut (baby bug) users just load your mat with a 6″x12″ sheet of paper, cut it, flip the mat around and cut again. For SCAL users import the svg file and size it than copy that and pates it to be sure both stars are the same size. Check out the referenced printable templates to see a folding guide. You can download a Cricut Design Studio version here using the basic “George” cart or download a svg template here that you can cut with you Cricut and SCAL software, you can snag a print and cut template here from EnchantedLearning.com and the toymaker has a nice one on her website that is one sided like the “barn stars” you see in craft stores, that would be especially lovely done on a 12″ sheet of Christmas scrapbook paper. You can refer to either of the websites to see how to score and fold the star. Also if you are hosting gathering with kids this Christmas be sure to print out some of her paper toys, her whimsical watercolor illustrations are breathtaking and their print and cut toys are fabulous!

Holiday ornaments by Lindsay Weirich 2008

In a hurry? This orniments only takes 8 punched circles!

I also made some paper ball ornaments, I saw one the Crystal Jeffery Rieger made in the Memory Makers newsletter and I had to give it a try…If I was bright I would have read her instructions BEFORE I attempted mine…There was a good deal of un-assembling and re-assembling this ball before it was done and a couple of hot glue burns too but it really was quite simple and I got to use up some scraps from the star ornament. You can get Crystal’s instructions here.

Use leftovers to make cute holiday gift tags! Hey, it beats cleaning!

One more thing, before you chuck all of those bits and pieces leftover from your projects in the trash, make a few tags. These were made from leftovers and do you recognise the shimmery tags? They were the cardstock samples from my homemade glimmer spray tutorial.

Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by!