Are you feeling lucky? Then try your hand at some fun St. Patrick's day decorated sugar cookies! After a few years of trial and error, I have finally settled on a sugar cookie recipe that I think is perfect. You can see from the photo and tutorials (below) that the dough keeps it's shape, but it's also SO tasty and full of Madagascar vanilla bean paste...so it's not the least expensive cookie recipe, it's just the yummiest. 🙂 . The dough is also nice and moist in the middle. There's a secret ingredient to provide that moisture. Can you guess what it is? I bet you can, you clever friend.
Grab the recipe here: A Mandatory Activity sugar cookie recipe
I ordered a batch of three cutters from Semi Sweet Designs this season, which can be found here: Semi Sweet Designs St. Patrick's Day cutters. It's not an affiliate link, I'm just a fan.
I always love the part about cookie-ing where random shapes turn into lovely recognizable things, that sometimes even have personality. Here's what happened...
Below are links to the 3 videos on YouTube with the designs used for these cutters. If you already follow me on YouTube, you will have already seen the shamrocks and leprechauns, but the pot o' gold cookies are hot off the press, so I'll post that tutorial first (lest you think this post offers you nothing new)!
https://youtu.be/L0T793fBfVohttps://youtu.be/H-G1xOGkRJYhttps://youtu.be/FWCMMOoHFRk
I had a blast making these cookies, and I hope you will too if you try these!
Supplies used for these projects are listed within the videos, and you can also find links to some of my favorite decorating tools on my resources page (piping bags that work beautifully without tips!), icing colors, scribe tool, etc.
Enjoy!
Who is excited for Spring? This adorable tulip box card features a lovely garden of paper tulips, and is a design by svgcuts.com (which is one of my ALL TIME favorite designers). This card is high-impact and super-dimensional and folds perfectly flat for mailing. I made a couple of small changes to the file, which I walk you through in the below step by step video tutorial! Grab the file now and send someone some Spring in an envelope!Â
If you read my Jeep wedding card post, you'll know I had more than one fan-girl moment while I was working on the card (and shopping on the site). Â
I'm constantly amazed by the innovative designs and the ease with which some of them come together. This was one of the easier designs, it's a simple box card with three inserts, but the tulip inserts sticking their adorable little tulip bud heads over the white picket fence is just incredibly charming. Â
I love it. Â
I kind of already want to make another one!
Much like the Jeep card, I found that my tutorial was pretty long. Great if you are grabbing the file and following along with your Cricut and glue...but no so much for those of you who just want some quick entertainment!Â
SO, I made 2 videos again. The first is the 3 minute trailer (even though the 3 minute trailer Jeep card video analytics taught me that people only have 2 minutes of attention span!), and the second is the full length feature film more comprehensive version. Â
Choose your own viewing adventure, friends!
https://youtu.be/QVYaRp9lEwchttps://youtu.be/uESv38p3kaQMaterial list is below.
AFFILIATE DISCLOSURE: Some links below may contain affiliate links, which means I may receive a small commission at no cost to you if you make purchases through the links. If you do, thank you in advance for your support of this channel!
The file can be found here: svgcuts.com tulip box card
Fall is in the air paper pack: Echo Park https://shrsl.com/25pgr
Tim Holtz paper for peach petals: https://shrsl.com/25piw
Cricut pearl paper for cream petals: https://shrsl.com/24475
Cricut cardstock, assorted colors: https://shrsl.com/21uhj
Link to favorite glue and other trusted papercraft supplies found on my resources page: https://amandatoryactivity.com/papercraft-supplies/
Related videos/content referenced:
Jeep card tutorial: https://youtu.be/YDluK6D3OpI
Jeep card 3 Min trailer: https://youtu.be/ym_6KgC2pck
Getting SVG files into Cricut Design Space: https://youtu.be/sWgjUVpUCc
Talk soon!
Are you thinking about getting a Cricut, but you aren't sure what you need to buy to get started? We are going to run through the 6 things you need in order to get started with Cricut projects. I think my actual desire for a Cricut got trumped by my fear of needing to buy 100 new things, and since I didn't know what I needed, I waited and waited. You don't need to wait, you just need a small list of items...it's really just 6. Full disclosure: Your Cricut will become your new best friend, and you'll end up with the other 94 things later...but on your own terms and without overload!
So, maybe I jumped the gun a little? Have you been reading my posts and seeing my projects and thinking, "these look really fun, but what is a Cricut?" Or maybe you're even stuck because you don't know how to pronounce it. Is it CRYcut?? And if you can't even pronounce it, it's probably too hard to figure out how to actually use it. Is the conversation you are having in your head something like that?
First of all, it's not CRYcut, there's no crying in Cricut. 🙂 It's pronounced like cricket, but with an "uh". Like crick-uh-t. Second, it's not that hard, but it I get how it can be intimidating (see my post here about being afraid of your Cricut), but there are SO many great resources online, and if you only know me, ask me!
When I was a beginning and first got my Cricut, I had no idea what to do. Cricut itself was the resource I turned to. When you get your box, it doesn't just have a big, scary machine inside (jk), it has a bunch of helpful information and a link to the Cricut people. Those Cricut people have a ton of getting started videos. In fact, they have so many getting started videos, I don't think it makes a ton of sense for me to make any, but you be the judge. Here's a link to videos walking you through all the things you need to know to get started! How to Cricut with Cricut Explore Air Video
The box will also have materials to make your first project (mine was a little phone card), and a tutorial on how to do it. And THEN you're off to the races. My list of items is below, and if you make it to the bottom of this post, you'll get the abridged version. 😉
My Cricut has been with me cranking out projects on the daily (ok, well on some evenings and on weekends, a girl's gotta work), and I've had mine for nearly 5 years, so I know she's getting old, but she's my friend and she needs very little support from me to keep creating, so I haven't upgraded. Â
I have the Cricut Explore Air, and it's wonderful because it has Bluetooth technology and you can instruct wirelessly from your computer, iPad, or even your iPhone. There is a top-of-the-line mamma bear of Cricut machines called the Cricut Maker (which is what I will get next time now that I've mastered the Explore Air), but the Air does so many things, it's a great place to start and is 30% less expensive than the Maker.  Incidentally, Cricut has just released the Cricut Joy, which is teeny tiny and fits in the palm of your hand, but can do a lot of smaller projects. It just came out a few days ago, but it's $179...and you need special materials. Right now, you can get the Cricut Explore bundle for about $230, so unless space is your primary concern, I think the Explore is a much better value. Update: I've since purchased the Joy too (gulp) and will post a review shortly!
Okay, I've talked enough. Here's my list of what you need to get started with your Cricut. I'm going to assume for the purpose of this list that you already have a computer...because you will need a computer too. 🙂Â
So, 6 is kind of a lot of things, but now that you know what the things ARE. The least expensive way to get them is to get yourself a machine bundle, which takes care of #1, #2, #3, and often #4 (and right now also a trial of #6!) for one price that is not incrementally higher than just the machine alone. It's the bundle. As I write this post now, it's on sale for $230. So you could buy the bundle and some paper and be good to go. Since the bundle contains the machine, the mats, the tools, a pen, and an access trial, that makes the list 2 items long! 🙂Â
Here's the bundle:Â
She's a beauty, no? The bundle is also available in different colors, but not all of them.
Want to get the list down to JUST ONE ITEM? There's a bundle that is called the Everything Bundle that also includes a bunch of paper and cutting materials, a full set of black pens, a small set of colored pens, and the black Cricut is one of the available colors. 🙂 This bundle is typically about $300, which is a pretty great deal.Â
KNOW WHAT ELSE?? SHE COMES WITH A FREE CRICUT ACCESS TRIAL if you are new to Cricut. So that's truly all the things bundled together. The "everything bundle" isn't the most clever name, but it works when you legit throw everything in there...
Hopefully this list will help disspell some of the concern about how much stuff you really need.  More importantly, I hope that I have helped you learn how to say Cricut properly. 🙂 Welcome to the world of Cricut, it makes me very very happy.
Now that I have this post off my chest, time for more paper projects! If you want any more basic information, please let me know. I love answering questions and helping out. Grab some stuff and join me for tutorials! There are so many fun things planned, and I can't wait to share them with you.
So, I was lying in bed one night, scrolling through my IG feed and BOOM, Fancy Sprinkles ad. I think it's safe to say that I spent about an hour combing through the website before I decided it was too late and I was making poor decisions, and then came back to it the next day, credit card in hand.Â
Fast forward yet another hour and my order had been placed. Fast forward another week or so and a shared love of sprinkles convinced a friend and I that we should absolutely sign up for the monthly subscription. Who doesn't need 3 jars of fancy sprinkles EVERY MONTH. Nobody. Everybody needs those. I'm just going to keep saying that until my husband agrees with me. 🙂
Fast forward AGAIN to a week or so later, and the box arrived. I ran up to the craft room and turned on the camera. I'm more than a little embarrassed to share the unboxing video, because I'm an absolute goofball, but here we are. The thing is, I don't think I fully considered whether I would post the video, and because I wasn't sure, I was really myself and totally relaxed...so much so that I was drooling a little (you'll have to watch it now, won't you? If you were on the fence before and maybe didn't believe that I am embarrassed, telling you that I'm drooling will likely get you to click it, right? Animals. :))Â
The box had an unfortunate life on the road, and there is a total glitter explosion, but somehow being covered in glitter for the whole video made it all that much more festive! If I can entertain you here, I've done my job for the day. This is just a silly unboxing video, but MAN did it make me happy. Â
One thing to mention is that the video refers to a prior video for shamrock cookies on YouTube, which I haven't yet posted on the blog. I'm working on shamrocks, leprechauns, and pots of gold and while that will be either 2 or 3 videos, it's only going to be one blog post. If you are only subscribed to the blog and you want real-time video content, consider subscribing to YouTube as well.
For the record, this is not a sponsored post, and there are no affiliate links here (although I wouldn't mind a replacement spilled prism powder if Fancy Sprinkles happens to read this!), and in the meantime, cross your fingers for me that THIS isn't the video that ends up going viral.
Everything mentioned in the video is from the Fancy Sprinkles website: www.fancysprinkles.com
Enjoy the drooling, my friends!
https://youtu.be/IlFdJ0fWty4
Thank you to Feedspot to featuring my blog on the Feedspot Top 75 Happiness Blogs and Websites to Follow in 2020. #41, woot! I use Feedspot to help me organize all of the blogs and websites I think are cool...and I trust them to direct me to new ones that I will also like. So I am THRILLED to have made this list and to be in such good company!
You see that glow on my cheeks in the pic above? I'm going to start calling that "the Feedspot glow" (can I trademark that?) I started this blog with the intention of sharing the things I do that make me happy, and to hopefully help my readers do the same. If I inspire you to try a project or cookie design that you might not have considered before, that's a win. If I even just entertain you because you like watching OTHER people do those things, that's a win. I enjoy it too, I have watched hour long videos of people organizing their craft rooms, because I like to see what ideas other people have, and that's one reason I love the blogoshere so much. There are SO many people, and SO many ideas, it's just the best.
Today's lesson for yours truly, is that while the blogging experience itself has been tech heavy with a gigantic learning curve, I can add it to my list of things that make me happy.
So thank you to Feedspot for the shout out, and thank you for those of you who have elected to come on this journey with me. I'm grateful for the love, for the shout outs, for the shares, for the comments, and for the encouragement!
Working on some fun St. Patty's Day cookies, so come back soon for those. 🙂
Ok. This is THE MOST FUN CARD I HAVE EVER MADE. If you've been following my blog, you're aware that we had some friends get married recently, and I have many many folders of content to share (stay tuned) from various wedding projects, but THIS Jeep card was the most fun.
The bride and groom are Jeep owners. Red Jeep owners. So when I saw this Jeep card design on the SVGcuts.com website, I knew it had to happen.
I am a new affiliate for SVGcuts.com, but I am a seasoned lover of their designs. When I first got my Cricut, the SVGcuts.com website was the one that I used to visit longingly and think "I wonder if I'll ever be able to make one of those".
Without sounding too affiliate-y, it is something that you should check out if you have a Cricut (or other cutting machine). Even if you are new to your Cricut use, take a peek and check out the 41 pages of free designs on their site. Grab yourself something fun to play with, and practice until you get comfortable.
In my mind, I looked like this (except female and older and with wrinkles and, well, you get the idea).
I'm pretty sure I watched one of their tutorial videos before I even got up the nerve to open my Cricut box, and I was mesmerized.
So this little gem of a card has a lot of steps. A LOT. But it's totally worth it. I can't say whether the 1 hour and 18 minute long video that I made is worth it (:/) but it's thorough! In the video, I show you around the SVGcuts.com website a little, get the file into Cricut Design Space, and then show you how to make a few simple adjustments to turn the Jeep card design into an adorable Just Married Jeep. I walk you through construction, but the SVGcuts designs also come with phenomenal tutorial videos, so I won't pretend mine is better than that. 🙂
When I finished making my adjustments, adding the cans, bow etc., I literally sat at my craft table with a big, stupid grin on my face. I was so excited to deliver this card I had a hard time sleeping.
I realize that I am a particular kind of craft nerd, but I do like to think that everyone would experience a similar, if not completely consuming, variety of pride.
If you want a slightly less complex design, I have a tulip box card tutorial from their site as well. I'll link that here.
If you aren't up for a full gigantic tutorial (second video below), might I interest you in a 3 MINUTE TRAILER (first video below) instead?
I tried to keep it light for those of you who are just looking for entertainment, and aren't necessarily hoping for instructions on how to make tiny cans and rear view mirrors with your Cricut. 🙂
If you ARE looking for details on how I made the little tin can ridges on the tin cans (why did I do that?) MAN are you in the right place.
Whichever tutorial you pick, you should know it made me very happy. I hope it makes you happy too.
https://youtu.be/ym_6KgC2pckhttps://youtu.be/YDluK6D3OpI
AFFILIATE DISCLOSURE. I have already disclosed that I am an affiliate for SVGcuts.com. Along with their site, other links below may be affiliate links, and if you make a purchase through any of the links below, I may receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. If you do, thank you in advance for your support of this blog.
Supplies used for this project:
I use the Cricut Explore Air, and I love it. If you don't already have a Cricut, I would get the bundle so you have all of the mats and tools you need to get started.Glue is always the same for my paper projects. Art Glitter glue. Foam squares can be purchased at Scrapbook.com. They have a great variety of both square and round foam squares, foam tapes, and double sided tapes. They also have the Doodlebug spinkles used for the wheel bling.Cricut papers used for this project were Cricut Sparkle Paper, Cricut paper in red and black
Jeep Card File can be purchased here at SVGcuts.com
Have you been reading my blog and watching my videos and thinking "Amanda, I don't HAVE a Cricut machine, I can't DO any of this!"? Well, here's a crepe paper succulent tutorial that is a Cricut-free paper project!Â
This should help get your feet (fingers?) wet...maybe you work your way up to a Cricut. 🙂Â
This tutorial shows how to make beautiful crepe paper succulents that I will eventually be using on a rustic wedding centerpiece (see the succulent placecard tutorial for related content). These succulents get attached to the top of a mason jar lid, and embellished with other paper flowers, leaves, and a little moss, and they become magical!Â
As I mention in the tutorial video, I also watched a video to help with the construction of these succulents. I changed a few things, and there are definitely steps I think are made easier by things like less measuring, but to make sure I properly apply credit for the idea, here is the post I watched first. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0-ju0UOIew
Succulents have become quite popular over the last few years, and while I have a fairly large collection of actual succulents at home, I think sprinkling some of these throughout the house might also be a nice plan.
This project also helps highlight one of my favorite products, which is Lia Griffith's double sided crepe paper. The crepe paper is so stretchy, it makes it really easy to shape these petals with a gentle press. Â
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I have an embarrassingly large amount of colors of Lia Griffith crepe paper, but I think the double-sided green is actually my favorite, and that is what is used for this project. The variation between shades of green on each side is slight, but it's enough that it makes things like petals and leaves look extra dimensional. Links to Lia's crepe paper can be found on my resources page, but the specific green one used for this project is the fern/moss color. Â
I think this tutorial is easiest to follow using the video link to YouTube below. There are a lot of steps, but many of them are repetitive and mindless (like making petals). I made a giant baggie full of petals whilst watching The Masked Singer. 😉 Â
I will post the materials used for this project below, and encourage you to stay tuned for the next project, where we make the rest of the top of the jar featured above!Â
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Lia Griffith fern/moss double-sided crepe paper
My favorite, Art Glitter Glue
Low temp glue gun
Dew drops chalk ink
https://youtu.be/n3RR6qlcTq8
Hi Friends! Today's post is going to be a quick one. Mostly I'm going to post the video below, which is only about 3 minutes since I sped it up a little, but I did want to mention a few items.
Throughout the video, I show some of the products that I'm using, and on my resources tab you will find links to things like my preferred icing bags, and the little detail brush I used for this cookie. I'll link it here. There is a edible image printed on frosting sheets as part of this project. I know, I know...nobody has an edible printer at home unless they are running a bakery, or ARE ME. I end up using the thing all the time and I like the convenience of having it at home and being able to design things on the fly for projects. If you stick around this blog long enough, you'll notice little printed tidbits make their way into my baked goodies quite a bit.
BUT, do not despair if you don't have an edible printer, or any desire to buy one. You can design you own images and do one of two things, depending on what's available to you locally. Many grocery store bakeries have printable image cakes, and if you live near one of those, you can generally get the bakery to print you a single sheet of images for just a few dollars. As a point of reference, I could fit about 60 llama saddles onto one printed sheet, so you can really get a lot of mileage out of one print.
Another option if you have left yourself enough lead time, is to go to www.inkedibles.com. That website offers you the ability to send them your image and order individual sheets to be mailed back to you. Here is the link for an individual page. It's about $8.50 as I write this today. There is no affiliate relationship, I just really like their products and as far as I'm concerned, they are the OG's of edible imagery!
Enjoy this fun cookie. I hope you llove it!
https://youtu.be/RESONE8QfXk
Do you love love? Why not add a little extra love into your place settings for Valentine's Day?Â
This year, we are having a small gathering of friends over for Valentine's Day dinner, so I wanted to make a special table preparation with a fun and simple napkin fold and placecard.
The placecard design is a manipulated Lori Whitlock box card design, purchased from her website here:Â
https://shop.loriwhitlock.com/box-card-valentine-truck-back-end/
You can see when you open the link, the original card design has an XOXO on the back of the truck, and I removed that and made space instead for the names of our guest. Finally, the design gets miniaturized, assembled, and multiplied!
Construction on these guys wasn't too bad. The first one took the longest, somewhere around 10 minutes, but the remaining 5 I did much faster and I think I was finished with those in about 30 mins total. Video tutorial for adjusting the box card into a placecard, and for assembly is available here:
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https://youtu.be/2S13dOO8O5g
Finally, I wanted to do a fun napkin fold for the table. In my opinion, napkin folding is an under-utilized entertainment art form. 🙂 Guests tend to be really impressed, and it typically doesn't take that much time. I did a really simple heart napkin fold, which comes together in just under a minute (although the video tutorial is a little longer than that because I stopped to explain, etc.). It's a quick watch, and I mostly managed to keep my head out of the way while filming 🙂
https://youtu.be/A9eSDSqy4eMItems used in this project are linked for you below.
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Cricut machine (if you are new to Cricut, you will want the bundle so you get all the tools and mats and goodies!)
Cricut paper: The red paper and the black wheel paper are both Cricut cardstock, available here.
The silver paper for the bumper and tail lights is Cricut pearl paper, available here.
The red sparkle paper used for the license plate holder is Cricut shimmer paper, available here.
The Cricut black pen 0.4mm was used to write the names on the placecards.
Pick up stick for tiny paper pieces.
My favorite glue used for almost all of my projects.
Cats Eye chalk ink.
Red bling used for tail lights / Clear bling used for rear view mirrors.
I hope you all have a wonderful Valentine's Day! Thanks for joining me today, and until I see you again, do what makes you happy.
When I decided to start my blog and YouTube channel I don't think anyone (other than me) was more excited than my son, Spencer. I'm sure the exciting part for him was the YouTube part, since YouTube is life, but he immediately wanted to know what he could help with.
"Can we play Minecraft together online?" (uh oh)
"Can we review toys?"(double uh oh)
You can see the direction the conversation was headed. None of those things fell into the construct of my blog or channel, but it also didn't seem like something I should be able to readily say no to. Those of you who are parents know how many opportunities we have to say no to things, but "what can I do to help?" is too endearing a request..so here we are.
We are going to intermittently provide some DIY and/or Lifestyle segments, which Spencer has named "Fun and Son".
SO, understanding that this is a little off-brand for me, I hope you will do us both the courtesy of giving them a shot. I'll try to keep them brief and try to edit in enough goofiness to keep them light and entertaining. He's a ham and he seems to like the camera, so at least you won't have to watch a shy kid who doesn't want to speak. 🙂
I think next up is bath bombs from the Grow & Make bath bombs kit!
In the meantime, here is the YouTube video with our first episode.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMj7A6xWzkM
Do you share my experience where Star Wars unites people through generations? A Star Wars themed birthday party is almost always a safe bet, and Star Wars themed cupcake wrappers were one of the first projects I attempted when I got my Cricut about 5 years ago. I'll insert pics below with 2 caveats: #1 they are old, pre-blog, pre-new camera, pictures that I took with my old iPhone and never intended for the internet, and #2, in the second one I look like a gigantic spaz and am purposefully pulling a face for my Aunt JuJu, manning the camera 🙂 . This is easier for me to do knowing that as I write this I currently have 15 subscribers, all of whom know me pretty well. This will be an embarrassing choice if this is the blog choice that gets traction, but if you read my first blog post https://amandatoryactivity.com/the-blog-post-nobody-will-read/, you will understand that I'm not interested in hiding anymore anyway, so you get it all. Not every photo is run through a filter, and not every project is perfect. Part of my mission here is to share some ideas, even when they fail a little...so we can problem solve together.
These cupcakes I designed to hold those little tiny Halloween glow sticks (and in pic 2, i'm somewhat frantically pulling them out, cracking them, and putting them back into their holsters. The effect was not bad, especially as the lights went down for Happy Birthday singing). Â
My purpose for sharing these old pictures with you is to mention that baking and crafts often cross the dividing line for me. I love taking a baking project and adding a Cricut element, or novel cupcake or cake topper made with the Cricut. When I decided to take a chance and start the blog, everyone's advice online is to "niche-down" and pick ONE TOPIC and stick with that, but I'm not following that advice. I can't do that because one project often leads to another, and sometimes my Cricut projects become edible. 🙂 So, I'll try to stay organized at the very least and put the projects into the appropriate heading buckets, but this one is cake decorating AND papercraft. There's no way around it.Â
For today's Mandatory Activity, we are making a cupcake, sticking a small Master Yoda (or Master Yoder as it came out in the video -face palm) cookie on the cupcake as a topper, and then making a cupcake wrapper and a robe to stick onto it's front. The effect in a group is fun. Who wouldn't love a fleet of Yodas?
https://youtu.be/d63Upu4oFls
I use the Cricut Explore Air, and I love it. If you don't already have a Cricut, I would get the bundle so you have all of the mats and tools you need to get started.
Joseph Joseph rolling pin Wilton Juniper green gel paste food coloring CK Products neon green gel paste food coloring Zots 3D adhesive dots All of my baked goods boxes and cake boards, etc. come from BRP Boxshop. I have used them for years. Shipping is fast and free to 48 of the US States. www.brpboxshop.com Thanks for joining me, please subscribe with the box below so you received notification of future posts, and if you are enjoying the video portion of these posts, please subsrcibe to my YouTube channel as well. In the meantime, do what makes you happy, and come back soon!  Love,
Do you have a grillmaster in your life who will need a birthday card? If so, you've come to the right place! I always find it a little difficult to make or create cards that aren't too cutesy, but hopefully I succeeded here today with this BBQ apron card design.
The tutorial below will take you through design of this card in Cricut Design Space, using only images from Design Space, so if you have Cricut Access, this project should be free for you to create yourself! We will use various techniques in Design Space to turn an image, or a bunch of images, into a BBQ themed card!
https://youtu.be/Qq3zHgirL4M
I use the Cricut Explore Air, and I love it. If you don't already have a Cricut, I would get the bundle so you have all of the mats and tools you need to get started.
Glue is always the same for my paper projects. Art Glitter glue.
Foam squares can be purchased at Scrapbook.com. They have a great variety of both square and round foam bits and foam tapes. Scrapbook.com is also where I purchased the yellow twine I used for the banner inside of the card.
I cannot recall where the paper for the grill tools came from, but another alternative is the Cricut Sparkle Paper. Before you get concerned, sparkle paper and glitter paper are not the same thing. I love sparkle paper because the glittery part is trapped under a clear layer, so it cuts smoothly and doesn't get glitter all over your work surfaces!Washi tape is from a Michael's set. I don't see the set any longer (it was pretty old), but this one is similar and any coordinating washi tape will work.
It's All in the Wrist Roll-On Perfume
by Dayna
I'm All Gears Soap
by Michael Wills II
