Peanut Butter & Jelly

I was asked to make a housewarming card by a dear friend of mine, but it wasn't any ordinary card..she had some specifics.. YAY! So I accepted the challenge and I think it turned out fairly well!

First..here were the specifics: #1 It is for a housewarming gift.  #2 It needs to include something to do with peanut butter and jelly (thats what they call eah other)  #3 Would like to add the address or something personal to it to commemorate their first house.

Sounds like a great challenge and I LOVE challenges!

Here is what I came up with...

This is the card when you first pull it out of the envelope

And when you open it up..

The windows and grass were cut from the Sweet Treats Boxes Cricut cartridge.

The wreath was made using a snowflake paper punch as well as the little hearts and flowers.

I cut the door and embossed it to give it some depth.

Eveything else you see was cut by hand :)

Now the envelope was a little tricky! The card was so big and thick that a 12"x12" piece of card stock wasn't big enough! So I had to be creative, and experiment. After about 6 pieces of paper, I finally came up with this...

(front of envelope)

It is actually 1/4" thick to allow for the thickness of the card.

(back of envelope)

I thought it was fitting to make some more pb&j :)

What a relief to get done..now on to the next challenge! YAY!!

Let me know what you think by posting commenting below, I love to hear good things..and other ideas you may have!

*update*
Received a couple pictures of them opening their card :) Glad they liked it! :)

Haunted House Playset

This week I volunteered to make a 3-D project for My Cricut Craft Room.

I was so excited to make a project, I had it in my head of exactly what I wanted to make, then when it came down to it...I realized I was nuts! I didn't even own the Cricut Cartridge that I was using in my head! UGH! So I had to store away that idea and switch gears to make something that I did own.

I decided I really wanted to make a Haunted House, but I didn't want to use a "haunted house", I wanted to make my own! I started to flip through all of the booklets blindly, hoping that I would know what I was looking for when I found it. Then I stumbled across a cartridge that I had bought a few months ago (maybe 6 or 8) but had yet to use..and then I saw it!  It was perfect..it was a light bulb moment..I couldn't wait to get started!

I decided to turn the cutsie house box from Sweet Treats Boxes into a haunted house! YES! My plan is hatching perfectly..MAHAHAHA!

But I couldn't stop there..oh no, that just wouldn't be the "Amy Way"! I had to make it usable, and fun!

A Play set! That's what I need! How fun would that be for the Lil uns to play with?!!

I decided to make some figures and accessories to go with the house..

Yep! That should do it! I also made a green paper covered piece of cardboard for the "grounds".

Then I couldn't wait to play with it..I mean test it, to make sure it worked. :)

And then one of the best parts..you can open the house to put a monster inside while playing...or...to store all of the pieces!!  Function! I love function!! LOL

I think the kids are going to have a blast with this! (which is why I didn't put too much time or detail into it, I just know it wont last long! LOL)

Now on to the details so you can recreate it and make your own.

I cut the house at fit to page for a 12x12 inch cardstock from Sweet Treats Boxes. I then cut the windows, door, and roof to match the same size.

The monsters and vampire are cut from the Mini Monsters Cricut cartridge. They are all cut at 1 1/2".

Then using the Happy Hauntings cartridge I cut the gate, tree and gravestones.  The gravestones were cut at 2", the gate was cut at 3", and the tree was cut at 4 3/4". 

After all of the accessories were cut and assembled I  folded a 12x 1 1/2" piece of cardstock (I chose green to match the "ground") and folded it in half lengthwise. I then attached all of the accessories onto the folded strip of paper and cut them apart..leaving a little or a lot exposed on either side of the figure. After all of them were cut apart I took my scissors and cut the exposed parts with my scissors to give the look of grass.  Now they will all stand and allow for dimensional play!

I hope you enjoyed my project today! You should check out my other Design Team sisters projects too! Go to http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com

Thanks for stopping by!