Reindeer Balloons

I wanted a fun way to give money to some of the older kids we give gifts to so I put these balloons together this morning.  I rolled up the money and put it in the balloons before blowing up the brown balloons.  I then used the Photo Props Cricut cartridge to cut the antlers from Kraft paper, and just used circles for the eyes.  I glued on a red pom pom for the nose. 

I made up 5 of these for my nieces and nephews kids and taped them up on the walls, which kept them out of the way...and the kids got to take them as they were leaving.  I probably should've added ears but I ran out of time.

Girl Tag Garland

I made this garland for the tacky gift exchange with my family!  The photos are of me and my 3 older sisters when we were young!  It's not really a tacky gift...it's more of a funny gift.  I think my Mom and my sisters are going to be fighting over this!

The dress is cut from the Children Around the World Cricut cartridge (the Dutch girls dress), the collar and bow are from the French Teddy Bear from Teddy Bear Parade, the hat is from Birthday Bash...it's the same hat on all 4, I just cut off the embellishments on 2 of them.  And, the wings are from the dragonfly on Home Accents (the pretend dress stand is actually the antennae from the dragonfly.

The completed Toy Soldier Army

I turned a hexagon box, from the Pretty Packages Cricut Cartridge, into a drum for my Toy Soldiers.  These were gifts for my co-workers.  The Toy Soldier box contained candy and the Drum held an ornament.

And a friend for the Toy Soldier

I used some pieces from Create a Critter to make a Panda friend for the Toy Soldier.

I really love this free svg file from SVGCUTS. 

Toy Soldier Box uisng Cricut Explore and svgcuts

I just opened and set up my Cricut Explore last night and this is the first project I've made.  It's a Toy Soldier box using the FREE SVG file from SVGCUTS.  I'm so pleased with how easy it was to upload the SVG file through Design Space and how easy it was to put the box together.  I'm a new fan of SVGCUTS and will be doing some shopping there today!