Christmas in July for "Craft & Crop" at the Bird House

At last month event the ladies decided that we should do a Christmas in July and each person would make a card and reproduce it 8 times. When we meet on July 27 each person would pass out the card they created with instructions. Here is the card I will be sharing.

This is a neet little card and it carries inside a sweet surprise!

When you untie the ribbon and open it up you have a space where it holds a gift card or cash which ever you prefer. I found this design on Pintrestand fell in love with it. I will be sharing the 2 page scrapbook kit that you will be working on soon so check back. Hope you love this card it was fun making it.
Marye Bird
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Just-a scrappin Design Team Challenge

This challenge was Anything goes using any colors of choice create a celebration of  the all American past-time Baseball.

So her it is. I used the Cricut Cartridge Sports Mania. It has most sports events. I added the phase that I printed off my computer and framed a couple of times. I added some brown silk ribbon. Very simple and sweet. Hope you liked it.
Marye Bird
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Here is the Surprize Craft!

The surprise craft we did at "Craft & Crop" at the Bird House, was creating for ourselves the Tutera Burlap Flowers. I was walking through the craft store and my attention was drawn to these cute burlap flowers. Burlap is the big thing right now for weddings and such. When I checked out the package I saw that they had the David Tutera label on them, there were six in the package and I looked up at the price and my mouth dropped. $14.99 plus tax!!!! over $15.00 for six of these flowers. That was so wrong! I have made these flowers for years using card stock for various crafts and I was curious as to how much it would cost the average person to create them at home. So, I went to Jo-Ann's and purchased 1/8 yard of burlap and used a coupon 40% off it came to less than .50 . I had some left over Maudge Paudge (I don't have the container so I am not sure about the spelling) I mixed it 50% water, 50% Moudge Paudge. (You can use Elmer's white Glue, and there are many other stiffeners on the market). I dipped the burlap and squeezed it out, took it outside where I had a piece of string ready to hang the burlap while it dried.

 I took my pattern for the flower and printed it on card stock to toughen it up and used it as many times on the strip strip as possible. It came to 35 flowers.

It takes 3 flowers to create the finished 3-D flowers. So I can get 11 finished flowers with two left over.  It comes to less than  $2.50 per package of 6 flowers. You can take the pattern and make it any size you want, but there ya go. And these are so easy to make. The girls at "Craft & Crop" loved them. You can do so many things with them. Take some green burlap and cut out leaves and glue the flowers and arrange some green leaves on a hair clip to make a cute hair accessory.

Take one of the flowers and cut between two pedals all the way to the center of the flower, then cut the top off of  the next pedal. shape the flower into a cone and hot glue the half pedal to the back of the pedal on other side of the split you made to center of flower.

Then take the second flower and cut one of the pedals off by cutting to center of flower on both sides of the pedal. then cut the top off of the next pedal just as you did above. then shape in a cone shape and glue the half pedal to the back of the next pedal.

Then take the third pedal and cut off two pedals just as you did with the one above. Cut the top off of the next pedal as you did above and hot glue to back of next pedal as you did above. Save the pedals that you cut off.

Cut the bottoms off of the second and third flowers, you can do it before or after you hot glue them. I did mine after.

Then start layering them on top of each other according to number of pedals.

put glue around holes and push down into the bottom flowers.

 

 

 

Next take the two pedals you cut off the third flower and cut scallops to make 4 little pedals. Sorry I did mine crooked. Shape it into a cone and hot glue. Then.....

take the single pedal you cut off the second flower and make two scallops so it looks like a heart. Shape it into a cone and glue it around the one you just did.

Roll the pedals down and cut off the bottom of the cone shape and put glue in center of flower you just added layers to.

 

and there you have it. They sell burlap in many colors so have a blast with this.

This was too much fun. I hope you will try it for yourself and love it as much as I did.
Marye Bird
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Red, White & Blue Pop-Top Earrings

I just made these cute earrings for the 4th of July Holiday. Aren't they adorable! I wore a pair to work today and gave some to a couple of special people that I work with. I love making these and experimenting with different colors and beads. I think I might make a necklace and bracelet too.

June "Craft & Crop "at the Bird House

OK ladies here it is. This is the page you will be creating for our June 29th Project. I love this page!

I used only two Cricut Cartridges to make these two pages for you. Independence Day & Stand and Salute.

I found this wonderful Independence prayer on line to make it something special. But the real addition will be the photos you take during you 4th of July Holiday.

 

Here is a little detail

And some more detail

And since our country was founded on

 God it goes without saying that I should

add a requested blessing.

 

I hope you like it as much as I do. Can't wait to see you guys at my house on June 29th at 6:30-Midnight. Bring your favorite dish and I have a surprise craft that the materials were given to me by Pamela. She will be surprised too! Thank you Pamela for thinking of me.

Marye Bird

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Just-a-scrappin Design Team project "Graduation"

Another first for me. I made a magic slider card and designed it for Graduation. This was a little confusing at first, but once I figured out what they had done it was a ooh yeah moment.

This was so cool, you can pull out one side and the other side comes out at the same time and then when you push it back in the other side also goes back in. Hope you like it.
Marye Bird
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"Craft & Crop" at the Bird House Card Project

Here is the card we will be creating for our June 29 "Craft & Crop" at the Bird House. Hope you like it.

View at an angle: This is the easel design card and when you ca laps it, this card will fit in a envelope.

Here is the front view. I used my Texture Boutique for the Swiss dot pattern. I used a Fiskar hand punch for the circular pattern and cut them in multi colors and layered them on each other, trimmed and framed them. The quote I copied from the Internet you should recognize it from a Garth Brooks country singer.



 

This is what the inside looks like, where you would write your message.

 

So many times we forget what a sacrifice our troops and their families give and we are so busy with our lives that we take our freedoms for granted. I will send this card to those I know who have and are serving our country so I can have the freedom that many countries do not. I hope you like this card and that you will take time to show your gratitude for what they have and are doing for our country and our lives.

 

Marye Bird

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