Lori Hairston: acorn cookies

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

I'm Nuts About You for The Cutting Cafe

Oh, I love FALL and I'm just waiting for it...we have had some rather nice weather lately, which makes me want fall even more! I went with some lovely fall colors for this week's project for The Cutting Cafe, while I'm waiting for fall's colors to arrive in my yard.

I used the Acorn Shaped Card file (but as you can see I did not make a card and that acorn is considerably smaller). I sized the acorn detail pieces down to fit a tag and cut it with my Silhouette. I clothespinned the tag to a felt bag. And you can see some of those cute acorn cookies that I made to put inside.

The circle sentiment is part of the set, too.

I've seen a lot of toilet paper rolls turned into pouches. This is based on that idea, but I just rolled up a piece of felt (used tacky glue and couple of stitches to hold it together) and then zigzagged across the bottom. Super easy! I made it a little prettier by adding my favorites: ribbon, twine and button!

Regina will have all the DT inspiration posted tomorrow on The Cutting Cafe Blog - she'll have a giveaway, too! Hope you're having a wonderful week!

Friday, June 29, 2012

Preview: My Time Made Easy

It's that fun time of the month: Previews for My Time Made Easy! I'm showcasing the new Cuppy Cake template which will be available tomorrow. Only thing is, I didn't make a cupcake - I made an acorn!!

I changed a cupcake into an acorn by adding a stem and leaves and using acorn-like papers. It turned out pretty cute! (The papers are from the Camp Out collection and Vintage Plaid Hues of Red with Sugar collection.) I rolled up a piece of brown paper for the stem and hand cut some leaves. The tag shape and banner are from the new cut file Magical Birthday Wishes. I drew my own acorn, but now I don't have to, because the Thankful set is now available in digi stamps and has a perfect acorn!