Portuguese Christmas Ornaments

This past weekend the Portuguese School that my kids attend celebrated their Annual Christmas Concert. This year they also had their very first silent auction. I thought I could contribute by donating some of my Portuguese themed floating ornaments.

Here are a few of my favorites!

Eu te Amo means I love you in Portuguese!

I LOVE this one... it has to be my favorite, probably because it is SO true! Good thing I kept this one for myself because I just noticed that some of the letters went on a little crooked, oops!

 This one was inspired by my daughter, who sometimes thinks she's a princess, lol!
Love it!

To watch a how to video, I found one similar to the process I did mine for those of you that are interested in how to make your own. They are actually easier than you think!

There is still plenty of time to make a few before Christmas!!! All you need is vinyl, transparency sheets, transfer tape and glass or plastic ornaments and of course a Silhouette Machine!

For those of you interested here are the Silhouette Studio Files FREE for Download!

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Crafting  :)

Carrot Patch Paper Garden | Easter Treat Boxes

Are you all ready for Easter? Here are the perfect little treat bags for the little bunnies in your life! Aren't they so cute?!? They are the perfect size to fill with just enough goodies :P

Here is the recipe:

File - My Scrap Chick - Carrot Patch Box. 

Paper - Memory Stor and plain paper from Recollections 

Stamp - from Micheal's dollar bin Craft Smart

Cuttlebug - wood grain folder

Cut with the Silhouette Cameo

Hope you like my little carrot patch, thanks for coming by!

Happy Crafting :)

3D Paper School House Treat Boxes for Teachers | SVGCuts

Yeaaaaah! School is almost done!!! My kids are so excited for the summer holidays to begin... they have started the countdown a while ago, LOL! 

My son is even more excited he gets to miss the last week of school... even though they are the fun school days, he really doesn't care! He leaves tonight with my In-laws for Portugal! He is so excited, I'm sure going to miss my little man :'( Well join them there in August!

So because today was his last day of school I wanted him to give his teacher a little gift to thank her for all her help this year... (I think teachers have the hardest job! They deserve so much more!!!) Of course I made the same gift for my daughter's teacher, but she won't receive it until next week! Hopefully, Mrs. Stiksma doesn't show Mrs. Esser, LOL!

 Aren't the School Houses adorable!!! The cutest part is that they are totally functional, flip open the roof and they are gift boxes! Fill them up with goodies and they could also be used as bookends :)  What teacher would love them? 

The files I used come from SVG Cuts SCHOOL DAYS SVG KIT. LOVE their files!!! (I did have to enlarge the files to accommodate the size of my gifts) The cardstock comes from DCWV, the Grade School Stack, all cut with the Cameo.

Used the apple file to make a tag!

And here is what goes inside the gift box! Love personalized gifts... just makes it that more special! Thank you, Mrs. Esser! Maia is sure going to miss you!!!

Thank you Mrs. Stiksma! Tomas adores you and will miss you very much!

Etched the bottom of the glass with the kids' names :)

A perfect fit inside the School House gift box! Add tissue paper and perhaps a coffee gift card and DONE!

I'll post some pics of how I etched the glass mugs in my next post!

Thanks for stopping by,