Tear Bears!
I love Tear Bears and have found a great How-To! It incorporates the use of the Paper Dolls Cricut Cartridge (fro the clothes) and making Tear Bears! What could be better?! These little bears add so...
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Bear and Bunny SVG files
After admiring some Tear Bears online I decided to make an SVG file for a bear and a bunny that i could use until such time that i get up the courage to try making my own Tear Bears! Updated: These...
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My First Tear Bear!
After all my comments about Tear Bears and after watching various videos and reading several 'How-Tos' I decided that it was time for me to try making my own Tear Bear!Here is what he looks like:I...
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Tear Bear re-fluffed
I read about a tool that many use to fluff their tear bears.. looks like a tooth brush but has metal bristles and is sold in a pack of 3 (different roughness of bristles on each) for about $3 at Home...
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Great Tear Bear How-To
UPDATED: Okay so this week I'm obsessed with Tear Bears! I saw some really cute bears and couldn't figure out how the faces were made but then I found this 3 part video (which unfortunately was taken...
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Tear Bear Doctor
I made another Tear Bear head last night and today wanted to give her some clothes so decided to use her in a layout I'm going to do later next month. The layout will be of the delivery of my...
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Nurse Tear Bear and Boy Bear
I decided to make a Nurse bear to go along with my Dr.. although both tend to wear green scrubs I decided to go more traditional with the Nurseand put her in white.I used the Paper Dolls Dress Up and...
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cakes, cakes and more cakes!
Along with creating Dora files for my cricut and making tear bears I also have been spending some of my time making cakes for family and friends.... I decided to try decorating cakes about a year ago...
View ArticleSimple steps in cutting out gumpaste images on a Cricut!
Earlier today I was watching the Ultimate Cake Off on TLC (a recorded episode) and one of the contenstants used a Cricut (original one) to cut out gumpaste and add to her cake! Looked great but int he...
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My Daughter's 2nd Birthday Cakes! - Dora and Dora!
My daughter loves Dora so for her 2nd birthday I decided to make her a Dora cake. I had planned on using my cricut and some of the SVG files I had created but in then end went in a completely...
View ArticleCopic vs SU! Markers (my opinion...)
A little while ago I was considering jumping on to the Copic band wagon. After buying a few and hitting a few stores and 'testing' colors i fell in love with Copics. Then I realized how much it would...
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Another cake!
This is a bridal shower cake I made a few weeks ago. It was a 3 tier chocolate cake with whipped chocolate ganache filling, and buttercream icing. I made fondant/gumpaste flowers (about 200 small...
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Purse Cake
This was my first attempt at a purse cake. I rushed to make it and it shows. I baked the cake in the morning and iced and decorated it that afternoon in about 2 hrs... I didn't have time to really...
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Dora's Backpack
My latest creation... a cake that looks like Dora's Backpack!This cake took me about 8-9 hrs to make but was a hit! My daughter loved it. It was made using 6 layers of chocolate cake and chocolate...
View ArticleCupcake Wrappers!
Cupcakes were all the rage last year and still are this year! What could be better than making a batch of cupcakes and then putting them is some GORGIOUS wrappers! After doing some searching I ran...
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Groom's Tuxedo Cake
My latest creation was this Groom's cake that I finished yesturday. This cake was inspired by the many great Groom's cakes that I saw at Cake Central and other places on the internet, specifically one...
View ArticleAre you frustrated trying to cut fondant or gumpaste on your Cricut? Tips...
I've read countless posts on various boards about how frustrated folks are with using their machines to cut fondant or gumpaste and i can appreciate their 'pain'. I was thinking about this and then...
View ArticleHow to turn your Cricut Expression into a Cricut Fake (Cricut Cake)
I just ran across this and had to post a link to it! There are two videos that show you how you can 'convert' your Cricut Expression into a 'Cricut Fake' i.e. a DIY type Cricut Cake!Check it out:...
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American Girl and Christmas!
I decided to try making cupcake ornaments this year for Christmas. I think they turned out pretty good! Took a bit more time than I had hoped but was worth the work!Also made some Bailey's Chocolate...
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Altered Cupcake Liners!
Cupcakes are fun and easy to make.. well until you get crazy about the shape and size like I did!My cupcakes tended to look like this strawberry one:...
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