Thursday, September 16, 2010

Made It: Boo Magnets & Freebies

For the last two days my SIL has been coming over and I've been helping her cut out some stuff on the cricut. It's been a lot of fun, and what we were doing got me really excited to try some other things with the Make The Cut program. I am loving it!!!

Since the project for the week over at CSI is fall, I decided to make some BOO magnets! :)
(Of course I always think the linky is open all day Thursday, and it never is. And with early morning doctors oppointments, I totally missed posting these over there. Oh well. Hopefully next week I'll remember to make something on Wednesday! But go check out all the cute stuff anyway!) :)

These magnets are pretty big, just over 4.5" by 4.5". But it's been fun! I don't use my cricut nearly enough!!

BOO
"B is for BAT" and "O is for OWL"

I cut them out, ran them through my xyron creative station, turning them into permanent stickers. Cut out the background and glued it all onto magnet sheets and cut out the magnet just around the paper. Then I am going to cover them with modpodge to help keep them all together! :) I love how they turned out!

I do have to do a shout out to all you scapbookers though! It's tough figuring out how to layer the paper so they look good, and are readable! I need to add some extra outlines with my pen to make some of them more readable. I guess I'm still learning! ;) (I am DEFINITELY not a scapbooker.)

When I first thought of these, I couldn't decide how to display them! I thought of cutting them out of fabric and making them appliques on a little quilt or wall hanging, or modpodge fabric and these onto a canvas board. I also thought about framing them, or even making some fabric blocks and putting them on one side of each block. (That's actually what I tried first, but I was having difficulties). That way my boys could play with them, and I would have to figure out where to hang them on our lack of wall space. You could also put them on wooden blocks, and that would be cute too. The possibilities are endless! The magnets are fun though, and Hike already played with them a little bit.

And guess what! While cutting the paper I had extra squares and decided to make an extra set!

Do you want it???
*** A new home has already been found for this lovely set ***
Make sure you are a follower of this blog, and leave a comment with your email (or you can email me at dbByDesign@gmail.com if you don't want to leave your email) so I can contact you, and I will randomly pick a winner first thing Wednesday! :)

Happy Halloween! and Happy Fall!!! :)

Do you want to make your own? I used fonts from Lettering Delights. You can get there by clicking on the button on my sidebar.
Font is LD Typeset, The bat and owl are DB Boo Ya. So cute! And right now they are only $1! :)
You can check out Make the Cut from my button too. It's a fantastic program if you have a cricut! Easy to use and you don't ever have to buy another cartridge!

8 comments:

  1. Super cute!!

    I want a Cricut so bad. ;)

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  2. Those are darling. Oh I just love love them!!! How very very fun. Thank you for linking them up. Happy weekend to you

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  3. My goodness you have a lot of blogs! Thanks for stopping by to visit me today. I am following you now, on THIS blog. ;)

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  4. I love Halloween decorations! I'm following this blog now.

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  5. Hi there,

    New follower from New Friend Fridays.

    Great blog you have here. Please come by and visit me sometime. Thanks

    Marie
    The Things We Find Inside

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  6. I'm a new follower :) your stuff is super cute! I would love to have a set of these magnets on my fridge :) wateverticklesurpickle@hotmail.com

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  7. I'm a new follower. Thanks for linking up to Suzy's Artsy Craftsy Sitcom!

    suzy

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  8. LOVE this!!! So darling! Thanks SO much for joining in on Thrilling Thursdays @ Paisley Passions. I hope to see you again this week :)
    ~Lori S.
    Thrilling Thursdays @Paisley Passions

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