BLING BLING

Hi bloggers,

I know that it seems as if I've dropped off this great earth... truth is, I haven't had much of a mojo for crafting or creating. Now that the weather is getting warmer my mood is improving so stay tuned... I've been researching a new cutter because sadly the cricut isn't cutting it anymore. I never really realized how limited I was with this cutter until I started my research, what do you guys use?? I need a cutter that I can use to cut cardstock, vinyl, and rhinestone templates... I would love an extended length cutter so who knows!!!

Anywho, I came across this awesome site TRW(http://therhinestoneworld.com/)so I decided to try my hand at rhinestones. I know that the cricut has a terrible reputation for cutting circles but I decided to give it a go. Using the Silhouette rhinestone starter kit, TRW purchased template, MTC, my Geeko heatpress and rhinestones from Ebay I was able to create this Mega Bling Beauty... Was it difficult, heck yes... the wonky circles made the process nearly impossible so I had to hand set most of the stones. Overall, I'm very pleased with the outcome and my daughter LOVED her new shirt!

Winnie the Pooh and Baby Too!!

  Hi Blog Family,

I hope that this post finds you all well!

 Life for me has been busy as usual; however, I've managed to find a little "Me Time" in all our family mayhem.

Recently I attended a baby shower for a family friend whose nursey theme will be Winnie the Pooh. At the last minute I decided to purchase the Pooh diaper bag but I couldn't find anything to go inside soooo... Vinyl and MTC to the rescue.

In a hurry I was able to create a few cute little personalized items for Baby Christopher.

Enjoy and thanks for stopping by!

Personalized container to hold baby odds and ends

Wipe container

Wipe container- front

Personalized onesie using HTV

Long time no see... Recent projects!

 OMG, I cannot believe four months has gone by since I have last updated my blog...

Where did the time go?

I tell you it seems like the summer months were a complete blur; between travel basketball, cheerleading competitions, work, family vacations, and general family things I haven't had much "free" time . I have been crafting, just not posting ( I know sad excuse for a blogger). So let me catch you guys up on a few things...

 In July, I attended my first ever swarm and it was AWESOME!!! The swarm was hosted by Sista's Scrap TOO in Jasper, GA where I got to meet the most fabulous group of crafty people... I had a ton of fun and didn't want the weekend to end, I cannot wait to do it all over again. I've joined a couple of swaps which is something I NEVER do, I'll be sure to post a picture once my projects are delivered. I've been getting more familar with my new DSLR and I LOVE it...

So on to some recent projects... I hope I don't give you all picture overload.

My youngest son's basketball team was invited to the USBA Nat'l Tournament in Myrtle Beach over the summer so I made us all t-shirts using HTV, MTC and files that I found on google :



Front

Back

I've always loved the Smurfs, so imagine my happiness when the movie was announced!  I just had to make a tumbler with my two favorite characters. Anywho, I used outdoor vinyl, MTC, a coloring book page for Gargamel and the smurfette svg was found online ( sorry I cannot remember the owner)

These next two layouts are my most recent projects.

I have challenged myself to create at least two full page layouts per month for my family. So far I'm on target and find that I actually enjoy working with paper, now I just need to get the pictures printed.

Hittin' the books.

I used MTC, files found on-line and svgcuts.com kit to complete this lo. The apple and chalkboard were created using chalkboard vinyl!

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The Micheal Jackson Experience...

Earlier this year my husband and I hosted a Wii party... OMG, we had a ton of fun and our guests couldn't stop laughing and talking about the party. I knew that I had to create a lo to capture these memories, I cannot wait to add the pictures. I used MTC and images found in google and online, an assortment of glittery cardstock and print and cut for the lp albums.

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That's all for now, I promise to post again soon! Hugs

Monogrammed Cake Carriers

This month has been super busy for Nubian Crafter Designs in a good way!!!

Orders have been coming in almost daily, and I have gotten an opportunity to create some really cute custom items ( If I may say so).

The cake carriers were a custom order for a bridal shower and Mother's Day gift... (from what I hear, both recipients loved them)!!!

Turquoise and chocolate brown with lavendar accents...

Lady Bug
Lime & Black with white accents

Baby on Board car decal...

Hi bloggers,
A  dear friend requested a "Baby on Board" car decal... We found the image online and I traced it in MTC. The image was cut using Oracal 651 vinyl... TFL

Hello Kitty!!!

Hi bloggers,

Thanks for stopping by!!!

My little cousin is graduating from high school this weekend and heading to Temple University in the fall... we are all soooo very proud of her.

Rach, loves Hello Kitty so as a congraduation gift I decided to make her a custom Hello Kitty car decal and tumbler in Temple colors of course!!!

Tumbler and car decal

Car Decal



Tumbler front and back



I created all the images using MTC and oracal 651 vinyl... The car decal is about 5.5 inches x 5.5 inches.

2011 Teacher Appreciation Gifts

Hi Bloggers,

The past week I have been super busy preparing teacher appreciation gifts.

This year my kids have a great group of teachers who deserve to be appreciated daily.Our teachers do an amazing job and I cannot thank them enough!!!

 I wanted our TAP gift to be useful and something that the teachers would enjoy. My ideas were all over the place and I couldn't seem to focus on a central theme ( that's what I get for blog hopping). Anywho, using the ideas from several blogs I was able to put together a few items that I hope our teachers will enjoy. In total I created 15 TAP gifts ( not all teachers received a gift basket).

Thanks for stopping by!!!



Acrylic post it note frame, altered binder clip, smores, altered scissors, and hand sanitizer



5x7 Acrylic Post it note holder with altered pen and binder clip

Altered hand sanitizer ( file found here) and altered binder clip

Smores gift packet and altered scissors ( idea and files found here and here). I copied the smores image into MTC to change the colors and font...

Teacher t-shirt, I added the name on the back

Gift basket

Completed teacher appreication gift

Once again, thank you to all the teachers who give so much of their time, energy, and love to our children!!!  

Basketball Mom Car decal

Today while going through pictures of projects that I have recently completed, I realized just how much I've been focusing on vinyl related projects. Don't get me wrong, I love vinyl but I remember a time when I also loved to papercraft!!! Sooooo for the next week I have decided to "push" my beloved vinyl to the side and focus solely on some paper projects that I have wanted to complete for some time... Bloggers, please wish me luck as I have a mini-album swap that is due on the 28th!!! 

Anywho, my family is a huge sports family so I created a car decal with my son's AAU Basketball team logo... I've been getting tons of requests for decals but they will have to wait until my self imposed vinyl ban is lifted... LOL 

I used MTC and outdoor vinyl

Personalized Piggy Bank

Thanks to alsperkins over at the Smartbuygal forum, I think I have found the perfect baby shower gift!!!

This adorable little pig started out as a blank ceramic bank and has been transformed into a super cute personalized gift.

The pig was purchased from AC Moore and I used the My Vinyl Designer alpha 6 for the split letter, Times New Roman for Hunter and 2 Peas Mr. Giggles for "Baby's First Bank". I used indoor vinyl and MTC.

Sports Tumblers

Happy Valentines Day bloggers!!!

I hope that you all have had a wonderful and relaxing weekend... This weekend was really low-key and I did a bunch of lounging and movie watching... so all is good in my little corner of the world.

Last weekend my cousin requestd a couple tumblers. I found the svg for each tumbler on google.com and used MTC and Oracal 651 to create the look...



Sorry for the bad picture...



Breast Cancer Tumbler

Hi bloggers,

I hope that everyone is having a great week!!!

This weekend, I had some spare time to get some crafty projects completed...

Told you all that I'm addicted to tumblers; however, I'm down to my last two until the next shipment comes in:-(. Anywho, my MIL is going through breast cancer treatments and I wanted to make something to help brighten her spirts...

For this tumbler I used the Fight Like A Girl svg that Todd over on the scal forum created, thx Todd! Brenda and the random words were created with the Hot Fudge font... All items were cut using MTC and Oracal 651!!!

TFL

Water bottles and tumblers galore!!!

This has been a super busy and crazy week and it's only Wednesday.

On Friday my oldest son came down with a nasty cold and strep throat, then to top it off I started feeling sick on Sunday night...

Uggh, what awful timing... I had orders that HAD to be completed, basketball mom duties to fulfill and my regular job to deal with ( did I mention, I hate being sick).

Anywho, on to the important stuff:-)...

I was asked to decorate 14  aluminum water bottles  for my  8 year old cousin's birthday party.  The birthday girl requested each guests name with butterflies on one side of the bottle (easy enough)! I wanted to do something special on the Bday girls water bottle so I found an awesome Justin Bieber svg file on the SCAL forum ( thanks Sweetness4713 for sharing your cool file) and I added this to the opposite side. The name font is Storybook created using MTC and the butterflies are a random clip art image that I traced in MTC.

All the other water bottles look similar to the ones shown

My name is Nubian and I'm an addict... YES, I have admitted that I have an addiction. I can't stop altering these double walled acrylic tumblers. I'll be cruising the net, see an image and the next thing you know I'm decorating a tumbler!!!

Whew, what a relief :-)

A co-worker requested these two tumblers for her 13 and 16 y/o nieces. The only information that she provided to me was their names and ages.

My goodness, I haven't been 16 in years and have NO idea what teenagers today really like- so hopefully I hit the mark. The images were found in google and I traced them in MTC. I used the Hot Fudge font on Brianna and the Princess font on Brittini.

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Who Dat & two inital monogram tumbler

I pray that each of you had a wonderful Holiday. This year my family hosted Christmas dinner, our home was full of family, laughter, and love... For the first time in over 50 years the RDU area of North Carolina had a white Christmas; therefore our guests left a little earlier then expected:-(  Overall, we had an awesome day and I cannot wait until our next family gathering.

Now, on to our regular scheduled post, I have a couple more tumblers to share... The first tumbler was created for my sista Tsrel over on the Cricut MB... Every year, we exchange Christmas gifts... what better gift then a personalized who dat tumbler and ornament!

The second tumbler was created for an elderly lady that my cousin sits with during the week... According to my cousin, Ms. Finn " drinks out of the same cup everyday" so hopefully she will give this one a try...

I used the font Monotype Corsiva for the monogram, a svg for the scallop and butterflies that I pixel traced into MTC.

Hot Chocolate Cones...yummy

Can I say how awesome and cute these little cones are... well I said it anyway:-)

I "lifted" this idea directly from Heart in the Details blog; if you've never stopped by this blog please check it out, Andrea has some great projects and recipes to share...

Anywho, this year our family will be hosting Christmas dinner... I needed a quick and easy gift to give to our 35 guests so when I saw these on Andrea's blog I didn't need to look any further.  These were so easy to create we made it into a family project...

For this project you will need:

12 oz Wilton decorating bags

1 oz Hot Chocolate packets

mini marshmallows

mini chocolate chips ( we used choc, white, and peanut butter)

crushed peppermints (or not)

small rubber bands

ribbon and gift tags

Head on over to Andreas blog for step-by step details

I created my tag in MTC using the print and cut method... One side is a personal message and the other includes instructions...

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My First Floating Frame!!!

After many months of saying that I wanted to create a floating frame, I've finally finished one!!! I'm a serious procrastinator, I'll see an idea, RUN out and purchase supplies and then let them sit for weeks sometimes months untouched...

So, when my cousin needed a Christmas gift for her ex-MIL I figured this would be the perfect occasion to use one of the floating frames that I snagged from AC Moore... This frame is 11x14; I used oracal vinyl with the Shishoni Brush and Aquarelle font.

The tissue paper is here for photo purposes only...

University Acrylic Tumblers & Cake...

I'm hooked on decorating these acrylic tumblers (they are sooo addictive)...

Anywho, as one of the holiday gifts for the kids teachers we personalized a tumbler with the teachers name or monogram and favorite University!!!

I found the college logos on sportslogos.net and used  MTC and Oracal 651 vinyl to complete the look.

Why, stop there... while browsing around Michaels, I picked up these super cute ceramic loaf pans...

My grandmother has the most amazing lemon poundcake recipe; what better time to share than the holidays!! Add some cellophane and ribbon and you have a nice little gift.

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