Elmo Birthday Cake and Banner Using the Cricut and Cricut Cake and Cups Decorated with Vinyl

Elmo Cake
Dusty celebrated his 3rd birthday and of course who doesn't love Elmo?

I made this cake for his party using the 1996 Wilton Elmo Party Pan where Elmo is wearing a party hat and holding a piece of cake. Well since it was a jungle theme I changed the party hat to a safari hat. The cake piece I used the binoculars instead. Elmo was holding balloons and I put the map in the other hand. The map was cut from the Cricut Cake using the Paper Dolls cartridge cut at 2 1/2. I made all my own fondant and frosting's. The red frosting I started a week in advance increasing the intense color each day. The green leaves were all cut from Life Is A Beach cartridge at various sizes up to the 3 1/4.  The frosting tips are  16, and 72 and 2. I dyed the fondant with Leaf green from Wilton.

The animals were cut from Animal Kingdom. Too too cute!! Always love that cartridge.
I used the Wilton black food writers for the eyes and the details.

The map was cut from Paper Dolls Cartridge at 9 1/4. 

Close up of the leaves on the side they were all around cut from Life is a Beach Cartridge.

Everyone LOVED Elmo! THANK YOU CRICUT CAKE!!!!

The banner was cut from the Elmo's Party Cartridge at 10.

The Sesame Street Font Cartridge was used to cut the alphas at 6 1/4.

The heads of the animals was cut at 2 3/4  using the Animal Kingdom Cartridge.

And of course the leaves Life is a Beach.

We had the party as a pool party in my backyard at our new and in making of the outdoor kitchen.

We (me and Alexis) made the cups for the party, the children loved them.
Alexis went to every Dollar General around to get enough! Love ya Lex!





We were all so pleased with the cups. Using the Elmo's Party Cartridge and vinyl.



Hello and Welcome to the Elmo Party I had for my three year old Dusty. All the details are under the pictures. Everyone had a super blast and making all the goodies for the party was just as much fun!

My daughter Crystal sent Dusty from South Korea a Robot and a Slip and Slide!!! My  cousin Josh bought him John Deere Tractor ride-on I mean like cousin of the year here!!!!! Thanks BJ, josh and Rebekkah. Dusty had so much fun i just tell you how much!!! Thanks to all my family, friends, and everyone!!!

Dusty

Alexis dishing the ice cream, me cutting the cake, Abigail (my granddaughter) and Dusty having a blast!!

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Tags using your Favorite Tim Holtz stamp ~Enjoy the Journey~

Front view tag 1



Back of tag 1

 


Back of view tag 2

 


Front view of tag 2








Dusty walking down our lane

 


Dusty waving goodbye at a car passing

  

Dusty reaching for a limb

 Hello again,

        Sorry it has taken a week to make this entry....I had a few computer issues. I also started going to a chiropractor as of Monday a week ago and it is an hour away one way. The leg has improved some what...at least now I can walk much much better. I can complete adl's now without being in severe pain and complete the tasks needed of me for family duties. The pics I took are of Dusty on our way back from the bus and going to the bus. Cooper stayed with Amanda so he missed out on the walk.



        The tags are some tags I made for the blog challenge over at Simon Says Stamp and Show  Show your favorite Tim Holtz stamp...well that is just tooo hard for me. I love them all and I really do have some favs that I do use all the time. Starting with the Enjoy the Journey...the ones with birds.....oooooo so many favs. We will go with the Enjoy the Journey at the moment. The dragonfly is from my tutorial if you would like to see how to make it...easy peasy!! Tim Holtz stamps, keys, alcohol inks, distress inks, papers, paints, the tiny attacher and stamps were used to create the tags. Quickutz tree from the Going Green "Reuse" dies for the tree. The leaves are Cricut from Life is a Beach cut using the transparencies that Beverly gave me and everyone in the class. Thanks again Beverly. The transparencies work fabo on the Cricut then use your alcohol inks to add color!!

        This weekend was a busy one...I will share more asap. Hope your weekend was a fun filled creative one.  Have a fabulous week....I will try real hard to make a post to share my weekend tomorrow. Until next time.............Be Creative!! Cyber Hugs, Dawn Gallop

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Mermaid Mixed Media

Hello again,

Thanks for stopping by.  It has been a busy week here.....hubby is picking up Crystal from down in Alabama from the base, and she will be visiting with us for about a week. Yeah!!! We have not seen her since Christmas time, and then she will be off to South Korea. I can't wait. I am slowing getting my projects posted.....it just seems like I don't ever have a spare moment. I am always in awe of others whose blog is up to date and they have made videos...just WOW!! It is never quite enough here to pull off a video...lol!! This little canvas all started from Beverly giving me some wiremesh from Amaco ..I made the flowers, then well I wanted to put the flowers on something...so there you have it. The fish is clay that I also handmade from some really old glazes from Duncan (shhhhh they have lead in them) All the old ones do. The Believe was cut from Tinkerbell cart. (Tink and Friends) from Cricut...using the negative as a stencil....inking on. The memaid was cut from the Silhouette but I used the pattern to cut the body out of tin and alcohol inked it. Then the upper body was made from polymar clay . All paints used are Golden. Oh yeah btw the seaweed is cut from Cricut  Life is a Beach Cart. The seaweed is cut from canvas. Hope everyone has a wonderful day, cyber hugs, Dawn.

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Made the cover of Ready Set Create

Good Morning or afternoon where ever you may be....I just received my copy of the new Dec. 09/Jan. 10 copy of the e zine magazine Ready Set Create and much to my surprise my layout was on the cover......can you believe it??? I am still in shock here, lol!!!

















Go to http://readysetcreate.blogspot.com/
to get your copy today!!!! Filled with awesome inspiration and talent!!!! Have a WONDERFUL DAY!!!!! Oh yeah I wanted to share the charms I made for our charm swap at the Rusty Pickle Retreat. I'm gonna try and get pics up soon of the cabin and such!Okay now that you have seen the beads which you can click on any of the pics to enlarge. I made the seahorses from the Life is a Beach cart. and on my Cricut Expressions at 2 1/2 using black shrink it, multi-cut, and then stamped them with Brilliance ink pad Peacock and baked according to directions on the package, oh yeah punched a hole with 1/8 inch hole punch. Turned out GREAT!!! Had a BLAST making them!!! Thanks Julie Walton for holding the swap!! So much fun and the charms I received were perfect!!!!

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Surf's Up Birdhouse ~Rusty Pickle~

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Good Morning everyone..it is raining here but it wasn't the day I took the pics of the the birdhouse I made on the beach. Using Rusty Pickle papers, trims, and stickers. See product list below.
I had purchased this cute unfinished birdhouse at Micheal's several years back for .50 cents and of course had it on my to do list..which my boys have played with it numerous times and some of the original pieces have fallen off and are way gone.....but when the new Panama Jack Rusty Pickle papers were placed in my hands the ideas were flowing and this was one of them. I just think it had the cabana look.....I had so much fun making it. The boys would look everyday to see what I had done new.
There is a hammock underneath, clothesline, tiki party lights, surfboards, palm tree, etc. I sure hope you like as much as the fun I had making it. TFL!!!
PRODUCT LIST:

• Rusty Pickle Panama Jack pp RP868 No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problem.
• Rusty Pickle Panama Jack pp RP873 Blue Hawaii
• Rusty Pickle Island Summer ST56 Stickers
• Rusty Pickle Island Summer Tag set CT04
• RP 703 North Shore pp
• RP 707 Tribal tattoo pp
• RP 704 Tahitian Flowers pp
  
• RP 705 Island Summer pp
• Cricut Life is a Beach Cart. surfboard, leaves, and bikini bathing suit
• Cricut Doodlecharms Palm tree cut at 5 1/2
• LuminArte' paints
• Quickutz die 0566 board shorts
• ink, sand raffia, flip flops
  
• Judikins Diamond glaze

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Sun Yer Buns ~Rusty Pickle~ Blog Challenge

Beckie Dreyer Sketch
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Hello everyone I made this lo for the Rusty Pickle Sept. Blog Challenge see http://rustypickle.typepad.com/picklelicious/2009/08/september-sketch-challenge.html
The challenge this month is laughter..

Carry laughter with you wherever you go. ~ Hugh Sidey

What a great quote this is!! I don't know about you but laughing just really is good for the soul.

• use Candy Land papers or your favourite collections of Rusty Pickle patterned paper
• project must contain 80% of Rusty Pickle product.
• Use the sketch above by the talented Beckie Dreyer.
  

Due By Sept. 25 so hop on over and lets see your creations.
I chose the new pp from Rusty Pickle Panama Jack........love 'em. Well we were at the beach and the little swimmer had rubbed Dusty's leg in one spot so I took it off, well the boys just thought that was the funniest...they laughed and laughed about him not having on his little swimmers. We were packing to go so it wasn't long....so he could really Sun his buns, lol!!
Products Used:

• Rusty Pickle No Shoes No Shirt No Problem Panama Jack RP868
• Rusty Pickle Sun Yer Buns RP870
• Rusty Pickle Paradise RP869
• Rusty Pickle Tropical Hangover RP867
• Rusty Pickle Blue Hawaii RP873
• Rusty Pickle Panama Jack Stickers ST108
• Rusty Pickle Tag
  
• Rusty Pickle trims
• Petaloo Flower
• Fossil leaves
• Burlap ribbon roll
• Cricut Life is a Beach cut at 1 1/2 on acetate and TH alcohol inks applied
• Cuttlebug Folder Shell Collage embossed side of pic and ink applied
• Sea glass I picked off the beach years back
• ATG gun, and Janome sewing Machine
  

TFL!!! Have a Wonderful Day!! Dawn

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WET 'N WILD ~The Perfect Day~ Rusty Pickle

Click on pic to view closer Hello everyone here is another lo I did using 100% Rusty Pickle other than paint, ink, and glimmer mist. I used several lines... Paradise Island, Capt Jack Pirate, Pop Star, and White Christmas. We had to create the perfect day. Well my perfect day is being with my family at the beach and the wild horses frolicking around. I work at the beach and if you look closely where the arrow is you can see two brand new baby colts/filly foals...when we were going down the beach we saw the females about to give birth ...well my dh said I wonder why they are down at the water today well I knew right away. When we done with our job we came by and saw the foals born and we stopped and watched in amazement. I wish I could have stayed and watched the whole thing but I had a turn and was on a time limit. The Cricut is the light house from Life is a Beach. Quickutz flip flops, hibiscus flower. TFL.

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SAND-TASTIC

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Hello everyone....made this last night......Yep I stayed up late, but you know I didn't get to sleep in...Dusty was up by 6:30. It is not sunny here and according to the weather I don't think it will be all week. I did this lo for Kimmi's June Colour Challenge using the colors TEAL/TURQUOISE, WHITE, RED and BLACK. I thought over this for awhile I knew I wanted to use a beach theme. The pic is of Cooper in July 2007. Look at that belly.....too funny! He was litteraly eatting the sand...we kept washing him up too turn around and eat again...YUK!!! I should of bought the large little swimmers...lol! We had a ball!!
Products used:

• Cricut Life is a Beach cart. lighthouse cut at 7
• Cricut Life is a Beach cart. seagulls cut at 5 1/4
• " "" "" """" " seahorse cut at 4
• " " " " " bucket cut at 4
• Ranger Stickles Christmas red, turquoise, and black
• Bazzill cardstock
  
• title computer font baby kruffy
• EK Success swiss cheese border punch
• wiggle eyes
• MM black paint, sponge brush
• fern leaf, and white swirl from my wonderful friend Betty...cut on Quickutz Silhouette Thanks Betty!!!
  
• one yellow skittle

Thanks so much for looking!!! Hugs! Dawn

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Smooth Sailing

Hello Everyone. Another card. Here I used Basic Grey Cupcake line and Phoebe. The sails were cut from the Cricut at 2 1/4, and the title sail cut at 2 3/4 from LAB. The stamp is from Inkadinkadoo, Inc. probably most of you have that one.....I used watercolors to paint. The sun is from doodlecharm. Tfl!

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