School Days

You may remember that my friend and co-worker, Claire, got married back in May? When she married Chris, she got a precious step-son in the bargain. Logan started Kindergarten last week.

Bella, the granddaughter of one of my double cousins, and her mom came for a visit last week. Bella starts Kindergarten next week.

Since I don't have grandkids of my own, I decided that Logan and Bella needed something for their new adventures. And we all know that I love making luggage tags.


I started with Locker Talk and selected the school bus and crayon. After looking at all of the apples available, I decided that I liked the one on My World best for this project.


Next was the colors. I knew that I wanted to go with primary colors for the school bus and apple, but what about the crayon. I found out that Logan's favorite color is red and confirmed that Bella's are pink and purple. Sorry for the glare below; it was that or blurry.


As usual, I was doing everything at the last minute. Logan's was so last minute that I didn't have a chance to take pictures of his. Of course, his crayon was red, so all of his tags were in red, green, yellow, blue and black. Being a boy, I figured that he most definitely would NOT want ribbons on his.

I had a little extra time with Bella's and got them done after she and Gram went to bed for their sleepover. I wish I had some of that child's energy.


Each item has it's own tab. I didn't try putting everything on one cut tab. With all of the pieces, it was easier for me to work with each item on its own. The School Bus sign has its very own page because I used my Cricut markers on this one so that the letters would show better. They're a bit blurry, but you get the general idea. I think the gel pens that Diane has been working with would have been better, but I don't have those yet. If you don't have the markers, you can just use a pen or chalk or leave as is.

I started the project using one font for the names but changed when I found Printing 101 on sale at Wal Mart. I doubt you'll need these names, but I left those tabs anyway. You can use whatever font you want for your names.

Due to a glitch in the calendar, Logan didn't have his until the second day of school. Claire said he was so excited about his tags that she couldn't get him out of the car that morning. It seems that his PreK teacher was helping him out and Logan was telling him about the tags instead of getting out.

I think Bella was excited. She gets pretty quiet when I give her things, but Gram said that she was telling her mom all about them later.


I think these would be great for anyone in the younger grades or elementary teachers. Locker Talk has some other items that would be better for higher grades. Hope you find a use for them.

So far, another beautiful day in Branson. I think we're going out to the dam in just a bit.

Oh, guess I better include the cut file.

Have fun,
Jill

Thanks, Capadia!

Diane has come to our rescue once again. She found a work around for the Hide Contour problem that I have been having. See her post here for explanation.

She was kind enough to fix the Class of 2009 Mesh, and I was able to fix the Baby Bottle Gift Card files. I have replaced all of the file links with the new ones here and in the previous posts.

Class of 2009 Mesh
Baby Bottle Gift Card
Baby Bottle Gift Card w/ George
Baby Bottle Gift Card w/ Plantin

Thanks, Diane!

Jill

Class of 2009

Grrrr! I really wish I knew why my hidden contours sometimes save and sometimes don't. Anyone else having that problem or know the answer?

I'm so excited over this mesh. And I'm sure you'll note that my example is Class of 2002; but I promise that the cut file is 2009. My son graduated in 2002 and I thought maybe it was time to start on his graduation photos. (hiding face in shame-where are those smiley faces when I need them?)


Cut-Shadow is the base page. I cut mine in black.

Cut-Vines. After cutting mine, I revised and welded the touching vines together. I've also moved them as close together as I felt was safe. Be careful removing the cuts from the paper as these are delicate. I would also advise against using white cored paper.

Cut-Caps, Tassels, Words. If your caps and tassels are the same color, place your caps color on the top of your mat, words color on the bottom and cut. If your caps and tassels are different colors, I would delete the tassels from this page before cutting and use the next page to cut them.

Cut if Tassel different-hide button/tassel. Here's where my issue comes. If your tassel is a different color from your cap, there's no reason to cut all of that twice. That's why I set up this page. However, I've tried everything I know to get the file to save with the Hide Selected Contour items hidden, and it's just not happening. So you'll have to work a little and hide them once again yourself. At the top of the page, the buttons need to be hidden; at the bottom, it's the tassels that need to be hidden. If you need help with this feature, please visit Narelle's blog.

I made a few cuts on the end of the tassels with my scissors and bent them slightly for a little dimension. It may not make a difference by the time it's in a page protector, but I tried.

With all of these thin pieces, I mainly used my Sakura Pinpoint roller Quickie Glue to adhere.

My son's school colors were maroon and gold. I look forward to seeing what you do in other colors.

(Note 2/15/09--Hide Contour problem has been resolved and file should be problem free. See next post.)


Class of 2009 Mesh


Jill

Congratulations Graduate!

CarlaSchenk from the Cricut message board issued an invitation to join a swap for gift card holders. How could I resist with all of the great designs people were sharing at that time. I didn't want to miss all of the fun. (http://www.cricut.com/messageboard/tm.aspx?m=3592445)

The way time flies these days, I realized that graduation would be here before we knew it and decided to start there. This is the card I came up with.

This can be cut on any of the bugs using either Plantin Schoolbook or George and Basic Shapes along with Base Camp and Locker Talk. I would do it in their school colors if known and pop-dot the cap. I also inked the edges for a little more color on this one.

Click HERE for the cut file. Although there are several pages to the file, there are only two that you will need to cut: whichever base you want to use and the Cut Page with the layers.

Good luck to all of the 2009 graduates in your life.

More holders to come....

Jill