Piles of Smiles Boy

With Fall fast approaching, Mother Nature

is changing her pallet of colors.

For this project, is used the file

Piles of Smiles - Boy .  

I duplicated and enlarged all of the leaves (about 50

I think). I covered an 11 x 11 inch of chipboard 

(reason for 11 and not 12 inch is so that if I don't get

the 12 x 12-inch paper lined up perfect, I can trim the edges

to make it look perfect)

with a fall colored paper and glued it to the chipboard

and made an envelope with 3 pieces of 3 x 11 inch

cardstock scored every 3/4 inch.

The large leaves are placed in a small box near the

envelope with a pencil.

Throughout time, people can write

positive thoughts or compliments for one another

that can later be read together at

a designated time.

Seashell Girl with Seashell title

Are you a beach lover with beach memories?

Check out this cute file, Seashells - Girl and title.

Also, along with the beach them, I have used 

I'm Beached for a bit of 

whimsical charm.

The background paper is from one of DCWV's pads.

Two more cute learning games

The first is "Pin the Trunk to the Elephant."

I used the file, Pudgie Palz - Elephant to

create it.

I enlarged the pieces as big as I could and still fit on the mat.

I then duplicated the trunk 9 more ties and

cut each one out of a different color of

heavy cardstock.

The teacher or parent can adapt the game to fit their need.

For the second game, I used the file,

School House.

Within the Cuddly Cute Designs, the main characters

are usually the complete character so the

can be used in more than the way

is showed in the sample picture showed in the file.

I duplicated the worms, made them smaller, and put them in as decorations on the game board. I also

duplicated the apple and used it

as placeholders on the game board.

This game is also adaptable.

CutieKins are "fall"ing all around us!

I was in the mood for a different "cooler" season when

I designed these 3 layouts.

I used CutieKins - Fall, CutieKins - Indians, and CutieKins - Thanksgiving in designing these layouts.

They were so much fun to make.

Can't wait to see what you make!

Career Cuties - Firemen

There are soooo many fires burning in our states right now.

I think our state is finally down to 5. One is not

expected to be contained until September and has

been earning for 2 weeks or so.

My projects for this week are in honor of those firefighters

that are risking their lives for us every day.

One of our dear firefighters in Utah, Chief Burchett,

volunteered to go and help firefighters in California.

While on the line, Chief Burchett lost his life.

(Info about this story)

I have used the file Career Cuties - Firefighters to

create a card and a layout honoring

Chief Burchett and other firefighters for

their service and sacrifice.

(The large hat with Chief Burchett's name on it that I put on the card came from an SVG found on Google.)

Fire Puppy Pal

Do you have a loved one that is a firefighter?
a retired fireman?

My father in law retired from firefighting in the
California area.
The file Fire Puppy Pal makes a cute page to honor
that wonderful firefighter.

Teaching aids from Cuddly Cute Designs

I'm excited to share some fun teaching aids that I made

using files from Cuddly Cute Designs.

I used to be a public school teacher and I miss the

experiences that teaching has.

A dear friend of mine asked if I could help make

some teaching aids for her classroom.

My thoughts went right to Cuddly Cute Designs.

The files I used were:

CutieKins Zack and Mia

Sea Turtle

Love You Tons

For the first aid, she wanted a

person that she could cover half of so only one

side. She will have an outline of the

person on the rectangle to illustrate it.

The concept is that we cannot

see the whole person. We have to look

farther to see the whole person.

This will be done with the girl and

sea turtle as well.

How clever is she!

The next aid is a game using the Love You Tons

file. I also added some extra hearts for

spots on the board to advance through the game. The idea

is to get the baby and mother elephant

together by answering the concepts

correctly.

In this picture, I created hearts with

 first grade Dolch sight words.

The board would be able to be used for any concept

by just using different concepts for the hearts.

Little placeholders will be used to mark the spots

as they work through the game.

I made the board using chipboard and

using in a spray adhesive to adhere the

background paper to the chipboard. An inch

spine was added to the middle so the game board

could be closed for storing.

Have a great beginning of your 2018-2019 school

year!

Zoo Book

I have an awesome book project for you today.

The files I used are:

CutieKins Zach and Mia

Zoo Cuties - Monkeys

ChooChoo Cutie

Zoo Cuties - Giraffes

Ice Cream Cuties

Zoo Cuties - Lions

Zoo Cuties - Tigers

Zoo Cuties - Elephants

Zoo Cuties - Zebras

and various images from Cricut Design Space

to complete the book.

The pages are 6 x 12 inches with 5 x 11 inches

patterned paper mats.

I added buttons, ribbons, and flowers to bling it up.

I had a lot of fun making this book for you and hope

you enjoy it.