Watercolor Silhouette

I love silhouette's and have been playing around with them a little bit lately.  My friend showed me how to make a silhouette from any pic on my mac using pages, so I have been trying it out.  She cut this one out of the black vinyl for me on her silhouette Cameo, since my cricut won't cut shapes from my computer.  I watercolored a piece of paper with my daughter then thought I would see what it would look like if I used the outline of her over it, and I love it!  I had the frame laying around and it fit, so I put it in it and hung it on her wall.  I may add her name and age in vinyl on the mat, but for now it is done.

Vinyl on Photos

Here are two of the projects I did recently

I took pictures and mod podged them to a canvas, then cut out vinyl letters and stuck them on the pictures.

Cards with the Cricut

Here are a few of the cards I have made using the cricut!  

lilly painted this and then I slapped on some vinyl words

used the paper we made with shaving cream for this one

Spring Summer Wreath

Started this wreath a while ago but it took a little time to do.

used the pipe insulation again as the base

wrapped it all in this green material

wrapped it all in the fuzzy green knitting yarn I had laying around

cut flowers with the cricut

used pins to attach flowers and set the silly sheep lilly made on it, I plan on adding to it when I feel like it

Driftwood Creations and Plate organizer

Found this cool piece of driftwood and made it into a jewelry holder

took this piece of driftwood and pinned ribbon to it for our hair bows and clips

glued these plates together to make a stand for crap in the bathroom

Old Chandelier redone for Lilly's room

I bought this for $10 and decided to spruce it up for Lilly's room.

I painted the entire thing white

then sprayed it with pink glitter paint

I dipped the tops of all the glass in glitter after placing some hot glue on them

we finished it off with fishing fly's that we stole from daddy's tackle box

we may hang more fly's on it later.  

Karo Syrup finger painting

I have been doing finger painting with Karo syrup since my daughter was 1 and it is so fun.  A little messy but they turn out awesome, and everything we use is edible so it doesn't matter if the kids eat it.  Actually my daughter loves to lick her fingers when we are done.  

I first tape down some card stock so that it doesn't move around

Then brush a very thin layer of karo syrup all over the paper

Then add drops of food coloring

let kids finger paint on the paper( i keep them naked, so I can throw them in the shower since they get sticky!)

you end up with these cool creations that when dry are a shiny finger painting.

problem is that if you live somewhere warm (we don't) they may heat up and drip if you hang them, sooooo......

I decided to try covering them in clear contact paper and it worked awesome

now we paint, let them dry, cover them in clear contact paper and then cut them to put on the front of our homemade cards.

I love this because it is a fun project with the kids and using their artwork for cards makes the relatives happy and me since I have a use for all their creations!