Merry Christmas in July!

I have been trying to get a jump on making Christmas cards this year.  I hope to even remember to mail them out this year too.  I have been known to even have stamps on them and still forget to mail them.  I used the Bobble Buddy Moose from Treasure Box Designs to make this one.  I created the sentiment in my Silhouette design studio. 

My 7 yo daughter, Maggie, also wanted to make a card.  She used Bobble Buddy Reindeer, also from Treasure Box Designs on her card.  She had to have some help, but not much.  She popped the front legs and head up on foam dots.  She loves to craft, just like her Momma!  And I love to create with my kids!

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Bazinga!

Yesterday was my step dad's birthday.  One of his favorite T.V. shows is The Big Bang Theory.  A while back SVG Cutting files and Jaded Blossom did an awesome blog hop and offered free files of TBBT  cast.  Jaded Blossom also offers a stamp set with the BaZnGa elements, but I didn't have time to order it when I needed the card.  So I created the background in Silhouette Design Studio.  I love their blog hops, they have amazing design teams that are so inspiring!  Here is the card I made my dad Tony.   Here is the inspiration for it.

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Doctor Who sneakers

Dylan is a huge Doctor Who fan!  So when we saw the blue laces of these shoes, we knew exactly what they needed, a T.A.R.D.I.S.  For anyone who has never seen the show, the Doctor travels through space and time in the T.A.R.D.I.S., which stands for Time and Relative Dimension in Space.

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Wreck It Ralph Math Hero Game

 

My son Luke was having trouble learning rounding at school (3rd grade).  My youngest 2 are in public school for now, while the older two are home-schooled.  To help Luke practice rounding in a fun way, I came up with a game.  It took most of the day to come up with the idea and then make the game, but it worked!  He mastered rounding and then I gave the game to his classroom.  The object of the game is to move to each space to get to the top.  In order to move to the next space, you have to spin the spinner, draw 3 numbers from the brick pile and solve the problem. 

Pick your Wreck It Ralph Hero

Spin to see where to round to- tens or hundreds

Pick 3 bricks from Ralph's dump.  They have numbers on the back.

Place your numbers on either the tens or hundreds side depending on what you spun.  The floor number is where you are rounding to- either the tens or the hundreds place.  The star number is the helper number that tells you whether to round up or "stay on your floor".

The number line reminder.  If the star number is 0-4 you stay on your floor.  If it is 5-9, go up one floor.

Make it to the top to be a Math Hero!

More Pirate Monkeys

Here are a few pics from Bella's Pirate Monkey 1st Birthday party.  I made 2 banners, one of rosettes and a HB skull and crossbones, cupcake wrappers and toppers, personalized pirate coins, treasure chests, menu cards, stickers and tattoos.  Plus made the birthday girl's onesie (heat transfer vinyl) and tutu.  So much fun to put together!

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Enjoy The Ride!

I love the bicycle at Miss Kate Cuttables and knew I wanted to use it on a card.  Enjoy the ride!  The best is yet to come!  I don't think I had any one person in mind when I made this.  Maybe it is a reminder for me.  I think sometimes we all need a little reminder to enjoy the here and now.

I am going to enter this in the following challenges:
Brown Sugar Challenge Challenge #101  Anything Goes
Crafting By Design July Anything Goes Challenge
Papertake Weekly Challenge Anything Goes

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Pirate Monkey Birthday

Last September, my BFF Stacy's baby girl turned 1.  We couldn't think of anything cuter than pirate monkeys for her big day, since we love pirates and call her Monkey.  I have to say I spent months working on this party.  We started with templates for both sets of the Monkeys of the Caribbean and went from there.  These are the message in a bottle invitations.  I really love these little monkeys and the little monkey they were made for!

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