Day 98

Today I worked on our Shih Tzu Izzy's treat jar.  I did it pretty much the same as the cats except this time I added bones and the words "woof" and "grrrr".  And on the top I wrote "Izzy's Treats" instead of "Do I Have To Beg" like I did on the cats.  It came out just as cute as the cats, and I'm just waiting for it to dry to put her new treats in, which are frosted and sprinkled ginger cookies that I bought from Petco!  She's so spoiled...

Here is is finished:

Here it is before I did anything:

A close up of the lid:

A close up of one side:

And a close up of another side:

A close up of the other side...yeah, they all look the same!:

Day 89

Since I had stuff to do I decided to do what I thought would be an easy craft.  I pulled out the Kirigami book and chose to do the Bell Net fold.

It went well, until Cody grabbed the finished craft (not before ripping it while I was trying to take pictures of the finished work), he ran down the stairs, only to be attacked by Izzy and well...this is how it ended:

R.I.P Bell Net paper craft....

Before the carnage, I folded the paper and free handed the design for the cutting:

I then cut the lines, being careful not to do all the way to the end:

I gently unfolded it:

I then strung a thread on a piece of scrap paper and used it to pull the center up, to unfold the bell:

And here it is open, and this where Cody decided it was a cat toy:

And ripped it.....sigh....:

Here is an attempt at trying to show it hanging:

Right after the last photo I put it down flat and turned around, with my back turned that's when Cody grabbed the bell and ran down the stairs.  Refer to the first photo for the end of the story.  Ah well they are pretty cute, and I forgive them.  :)

Day 45

When I got home from work tonight one of the first things Stan said was "I have a craft you can do tonight!".  And my first thought was "YAY!!!" because I wasn't too sure what I was going to do!  

His computer came with a bunch of craft software and he was checking it out today.  There was a template for a photo cube, you just add your pictures, print it out, cut it, score the folding lines, fold and glue!  That's it!  It was easy and fun and now I have an adorable photo cube of the 6 loves of my life to adorn my desk at work!!!

Printed on card stock:

All cut out and ready to be scored, folded and glued:

Folded, a little flimsy looking but it's holding up well:

Top view:

Another side view:

Day 32

Today's craft is allll about Izzy!  Well isn't everything about the princess?!?!  She's our baby.  What can I say.  I enjoy scrapbooking and if I could I would do book after book of just Izzy because she is just the cutest!

Here is a page all dedicated to her and her adorable little face!!

Here is the whole page:

 

And a close up of the top of the page:

 

Close up of the bottom:

An angle shot, so you can sort of see the 3D effect of the stickers:

 

And another angle shot!:

Day 9

I could not for the life of me figure out what to do today, so I enlisted Stan's help.  He suggested a frame, and I have had this picture of our cat Rascal (aka "Coo Coo") sitting next to my alarm clock for a while frameless, so this was a great opportunity to get him looking even cuter!  

I had an empty cardboard box that I cut down to about an inch bigger then the picture on all four sides.  I glued the picture to the cardboard, used acrylic paint around the edges in blue, stuck the various stickers on it and added the brads in the "I love my cat" banner.  On the back I stuck an extra piece of cardboard in a triangle to hold the frame up.  Overall an elementary but totally adorable frame.  It's super cute, but that might just be the picture!!  Below are some not so good pictures of the frame, the lighting is really bad.  Also, there is a picture of Izzy trying to help get a good shot.  Obviously it didn't help.  :)