Make A Manly Pillow Box with the Cricut!

Need a gift card holder for a guy?  Or a guy teacher?

My son has had a wonderful teacher this year and I'm getting his "end of school year" gift together.  A gift card is usually appreciated and fortunately, our school provided the info about what stores/restaurants/hobbies that the teachers like.  So helpful.

The pillow box is a perfect solution.  Larger than a card, smaller than a gift bag.

I found this fun, chevron pillow box hidden away on the Cricut Something to Celebrate cartridge.  Amazingly, there are quite a few pillow boxes on this cartridge (see below-photos from cricut site):

I cut this pillow box at 8.5".  The box comes out to about 4" x 6".  I inked the edges to hide the score lines.  I used Scor-Tape to adhere the box.  Ribbon is from Stampin Up!

Quick and easy!  My favorite kind of project!

I found the teacher appreciation tag at 24/7 Moms as a free download HERE.  Thanks to 24/7 Moms for this fun tag!

And now for our giveaway!

This week's giveaway is the Cricut Teddy Bear Parade cartridge!

How can you win?

1) Leave a comment below letting me know if you make mini-albums. I love to make them!
2) Subscribe to the blog HERE.

That's it!

Enter every day by leaving a comment below for more chances to win!

Winner will be announced on Monday, May 20, 2013 and has two weeks to claim prize.

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Addicted to washi tape but not sure how to use it? Or maybe you’re in love with the sticky stuff and want to learn MORE ways to put your favorite trend to good use. In either case, washi guru Monica Bradford has some creative tips up her sleeve. In May’s free scrapinar, Monica will wow you with her prowess as she wrangles her washi and makes it do her bidding. You’ll never look at washi the same way again!

Here’s What You’ll Learn:

• ALL NEW tips and techniques for using washi tape on your projects
• How to incorporate popular trends using washi
• How to create your own washi tape
• Storage ideas for your rolls
• And more!

Spend an hour with Monica Bradford and me, and you’ll be ready to holler Washi Wahoo!

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Hello Thursday - Cricut CTMH Art Philosophy, Sophie, Art Nouveau, Something to Celebrate, Simply Scarecrow

Another rocking Hello Thursday and there are some fabulous cartridges being released this month!

Check them out below:

1) Close to My Heart Art Philosophy Cartridge:

This new cartridge from Close To My Heart Stamp Company is packed full of goodies (as seen above) - it also comes with fonts, tags and more.  Best of all, there are coordinating stamps when you purchase the Art Philosophy cartridge, as well as even more of them available in their catalog.  It's pretty impressive!  And don't worry because they tell you the sizing of the cuts to match the stamps!  Fun, fun!

Melanie is a Close to My Heart rep and she will be taking orders for this cartridge starting August 1.  We will give you all the details as we get closer to the release date.

Below is a gift bag I made using the cartridge - the flower, number collage and the tag are all from the cartridge.

Paper by Core'dinations. Ribbon from Michaels.

2) Cricut Art Nouveau Cartridge:

This cartridge comes with two outstanding fonts as well.  I decided to cut one of them for my project below (letter cut at 2-1/2") to make a monogram "J" card.  I love the swirly bits!

Paper by American Crafts, K&Co. and Core'dinations.

3) Cricut Sophie Cartridge - exclusive to the Cricut Circle (for more information on the Cricut Circle, click HERE)

This is the new Cricut Circle cartridge for the first quarter of the new year. (People who join now may not get this cartridge - check above link for details).  It has three sets of cards (one set is shaped, one has cutouts along the edge and one has decorative edges) plus a set of bookmarks and more.  It really is gorgeous! The flower bouquet below is made from a set of flower shaped cards.

Paper by Bo Bunny and Core'dinations.

4) Cricut Something to Celebrate Cartridge:

This cartridge has a whole key of shaped cards and guess what?  They all layer perfectly (finally)!  Card base, shadow and all layers are all cut at 7" and fit on top of one another exactly. The card measures 7" tall.  The "cheer up" sentiment is from My Creative Time - I am giving away a set of these (see below in giveaway section).

Here's the card open...

Glitter paper by DCWV and striped paper by Anna Griffin.

5) Cricut Simply Scarecrow:

This is a seasonal cartridge that has a lot of fun autumn images.  I wasn't sold on it initially, but as I started working with it, I really loved how it came together.  I will tell you that I double layered things by cutting two layers and off setting one of them so it had more dimension.  You can see the beige outline around the scarecrow and the "fall".  This is a trick I learned from the fabulous Monique Griffith!

Paper is by DCWV.

To see more projects made with these cartridges, head over to my BFF Melanie's site, Courtney Lane Designs.

Today's birthday giveaway is the Winter Frolic Cartridge!

How can you win?

1) Leave a comment below telling which new cartridge you like best (see HERE on how to leave a comment; if you get this in email form, you need to click on the email title to get to the blog itself and then leave a comment).

2) Subscribe or follow the blog.

Don't forget the other birthday giveaways - see below:

1) 4 Sets of My Creative Time's latest stamps - enter HERE to win
2) Cuttlebug Emboss Plus Folders - enter HERE to win
3) Creative Memories Stork's Delivery cartridge - enter HERE to win
4) Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake Art and Cricut Birthday Cakes cartridges - enter HERE to win
5) Cricut Stand and Salute and Freshly Picked cartridges - enter HERE to win

Winners announced on Sunday, July 31, 2011.  Winners have 2 weeks to claim their prize.

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