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DIY Dinosaur Fossil Birthday Banner With Your Cricut

July 18, 2018 by Ashley 2 Comments

If you haven’t been following me here or on social media then you may have missed some of my hints that my son is having a Dinosaur themed birthday party this year. This is something I’m having tons of fun with and have been enjoying making crafts for his party. The first craft I chose to tackle was his Dinosaur Fossil Birthday Banner.

When I first started planning for his birthday I thought I would just use my banner template from last year (which can be found here), but then I saw this cute design in Cricut Design Space™. This design does cost money, but if you have their Cricut Access membership it won’t cost you anything extra.

Dinosaur Fossil Birthday Banner

Making the Dinosaur Fossil Banner

Making the Banner was a lot easier than I expected. I was pretty nervous and scared because I completely messed up a trial project before this and was terrified that I would mess this project up as well. The program will recommend you use the Standard mat (green mat),but unless yours is a broken in and less sticky mat I’d recommend you using the Light mat (the light blue mat).

If you have multiple mats then you can prep all pages at once which will cut back on time making the project, but if you are like me and only have one mat to use you’ll need to do everything step by step.

What you’ll need:

  • 2 12×12 White cardstock
  • 1 12×12 Black cardstock
  • String
  • 2 Blue Cricut Mats

If you do the basic “Happy Birthday Banner you will need all of the above, but if you also choose to make a banner with your child’s name on it like I did then you will need double the supplies so that you can make a second banner.

Step 1

Set out all of your supplies and prep your first mat with a sheet of white cardstock.

Step 2

Load your sheet and follow the prompts on Design Space. You will start cutting and then unload the mat.

Step 3

Weed the mat and reveal your dinosaur head and banner pieces. Once the excess has been removed I recommend using your spatula to help ease the cardstock from the mat. Doing this will help ensure that you don’t have curled cardstock after removal. (I learned this the hard way.)

Dinosaur Fossil Birthday Banner

Step 4

Repeat steps one through three with a second piece of white cardstock. This will contain the dinosaur tail and the rest of your banner pieces.

Step 5

You are going to repeat steps one through three again, but this time you will be using your black cardstock. If you want to you can cut off some of the excess paper. I would do this if you plan on using the scraps for other projects. Weeding the Black is a little more detailed as you are weeding each individual letter.

Dinosaur Fossil Birthday Banner

Step 6 (optional)

If you want to make a second banner with your child’s name on it you will need to cancel the project and then click customize. Once here you will have to edit it to have each individual letter in your child’s name instead of having the project say “happy birthday”. This took me a couple of minutes to do. You also will want to count the banner pieces and delete any unnecessary pieces.

Step 7 (optional)

Cut and weed your new project just as you did with it the first project. I was able to only need to cut one sheet of white and half of a sheet of black.

Step 8

Assembly. The holes cut into this banner are quite small so you will need a thin string to assemble the banner with. I used fishing line. Lay out all of your pieces in order to get an idea of how long you need your string. Don’t forget to glue the letters on. I went the simple route and used a glue stick.

Step 9

Cut your piece of string and begin sliding the banner pieces on in order. Make sure you are putting everything on from left to right so that people can read it when you hang the banner at their birthday party.

Dinosaur Fossil Birthday Banner

And with that you have a complete pre-historic birthday banner!!

Happy Birthday, little ones!

Filed Under: DIY, Featured Tagged With: Banner, birthday, Cricut, DIY

Today You Are 10

April 30, 2018 by Ashley Leave a Comment

A decade has passed since you were born and so much has happened in the past 10 years. Today I sit here contemplating so many things, but one of those things is not the decision I made to have you adopted by a family of my choosing.

I remember the agonizing decision during the pregnancy to give you up for adoption. I didn’t know if I was doing the right thing. You were my baby and I was giving you away. I was so unsure about everything until I found your parents. Your mom was amazing and I knew that she deserved to have the child she so desired. I knew I had to give her that baby.

Now You’re 10!

It still amazes me that ten years have passed. In those ten years I finally got myself into a life that I can say that I am proud of. This is a life that I am okay with you knowing me in. We may not know each other now, but one day I hope to meet you and hope to have you meet your half-brother.

For now I sit here with my son on my lap showing him pictures of you so that he can know about his big sister he can meet one day! He might only be 2 years old, but I know that he loves hearing all about his big sister. I hope you know that he knows who you are and knows that he has more family out there in the world.

So today we all celebrate your birthday!

Happy Birthday, sweet girl!

Filed Under: Family, Featured Tagged With: Adoption, birthday

Where Does The Time Go? Happy Birthday, Sweet Boy!

February 26, 2018 by Ashley Leave a Comment

Today is your birthday, little man, and today you turned 2 years old. I can’t believe that it has been two years since I first held you in my arms.

You were so tiny, and were my precious little baby boy. My heart burst with joy when you were born. I never knew I could love someone so much that it felt like my chest was going to explode.

But time has flown by and you are no longer my little baby boy!

You are now my rambunctious little toddler that is really starting to learn and explore the world around him. You no longer cling to me to do everything for you; instead now you want to try to do everything by yourself.

Today marks the day when I will hold you tight and let you start to learn to do more things on your own, but still offer my hand to be held when life is still too tough.

You will always know that I am here to help you and here to hold your hand when things get tough.

Even though you are getting older and more independent I want you to know that in my heart you will always be my little baby boy!

Momma loves you, baby boy!

Filed Under: Family, Featured Tagged With: birthday, Family, Kids, Toddler

Free Printable Cupcake Toppers and Wrappers

March 18, 2016 by Ashley Leave a Comment

It’s my birthday and I cannot stop thinking about cupcakes.  I find them so much easier to eat than a cake.  I think I see it this way because I can grab one on the go and still multitask.  Seeing as I have a newborn right now a big birthday party is out of the question, but that does not mean that I don’t have parties on the brain.  I have gathered up a nice little list of free Printable cupcake toppers and wrappers for all sorts of parties.  I couldn’t keep it to just birthdays because I always like crazy themes for my birthdays and I sometimes throw in themes from other holidays.

Anyway, I hope you find these beneficial!

Free Printable Cupcake Toppers and Wrappers

Check out these 27 Free Printable Cupcake Toppers and Wrappers

 

Halloween Cupcake Wrappers and Toppers

 

Picket Fence Cupcake Wrapper

 

Valentine’s Day Cupcake Wrappers

Lego Party Cupcake Wrappers

Ninja Cupcake Wrappers

Princess Cupcake Wrappers

Bird Cupcake Wrappers

Butterfly Cupcake Wrappers

Deer Cupcake Wrappers

Easter Cupcake Wrappers

Calico Shabby Cupcake Wrappers

More Calico Shabby Cupcake Wrappers

Bohemian Cupcake Wrappers

Button Cupcake Wrappers

Brightly Colored Cupcake Wrappers

Chandelier Cupcake Wrappers

Black and White Cupcake Wrappers

Summertime Cupcake Wrappers

4th of July Cupcake Wrappers

Masculine Cupcake Wrappers

Mini Paper Cupcake Stand

Pink and Blue Cupcake Wrappers

Cherry Cupcake Wrapper and Toppers

Chilly Monkey Cupcake Wrappers

Peach and Grey Cupcake Wrappers

Ocean Party Cupcake Wrappers, Toppers and Flags

Polka Dot Cupcake Wrappers

Do any of these catch your fancy?

Filed Under: Featured, Printables Tagged With: birthday, Easter, Free Printables, Printables

Amazing Free Birthday Printables

July 8, 2014 by Ashley Leave a Comment

Birthday Printables

Free Birthday Printables

It seems like this time of year is just chalked full of birthdays for people that I know and because of that I figured it was time for another printables list.  Who wouldn’t love another birthday printables list?  This one is full of all sorts of printables and includes some pretty awesome themed printables as well as just down right cute and fun printables.  Have fun looking through these.  I would love to hear or see what you end up finding useful!

Organizers

Birthday Reminder Clipboard (12 Month sheets)

 

Decorations

Birthday Toppers Set of 2

Birthday Party Hats, Cards, and More.

Happy Birthday Banner

Retro Birthday Label Set

Birthday Party Pack

 

Cupcake Decorations

Mustache Cupcake Holders

Frog and Princess Cupcake Toppers

 

Cards

Birthday Card (1 Boy, 1 Girl) 8×10

We all Scream for Ice Cream Card!

Simple Birthday Card Printables

Spa Themed Party Invites (Printable & DIY)

Adorable Clown Themed Birthday Invitations

The Best Children’s Birthday Party Invite EVER

 

Keepsakes

Let’s celebrate books (2 images)

Thank You Party Bags

Thank You Tags and Treats

Happy Birthday Party Bags Topper

 

Themed Parties

Secret Agent Party Printables

Bubble Guppies Party Printables

Daniel Tiger’s Party Printables

Mario Brothers Party Pack Printables

Spongebob Square Pants Party Pack Printables

Lego Birthday Party Pack Printables

Construction Party Pack Printables

Fairy Party Pack Printables

Pirate Theme Party Pack

Owls Themed Party Pack

Ladybug Themed Party Pack

Firetruck Themed Party Pack

Bubble Bee Themed Party Pack

Cupcake Themed Party Pack

Olympic Themed Party Pack

Never Grow Up Birthday Party

Football Themed Party Pack

Lil’ Bug Woodland Theme Birthday

Trash Pack Party Pack

Construction Themed Birthday Party

Bird Themed Birthday Party

 

Disney Themes

Mickey & Minnie Mouse Party Pack

Mickey Mouse Birthday Coloring Page

Mickey and Friends Birthday Invitation

Minnie Mouse Party Pack

Minnie Mouse Birthday Banner

Minnie Mouse Birthday Treat Pack

Minnie Mouse Printable Party Pieces

Brave Party Pack .Zip Download

Wreck It Ralph Party Pack

Alice in Wonderland Party Pack

Donald Duck Party Invitation

Disney Pixar Cars Party Pack

Disney Cars Party Invitation

Cars Junior Junction Printable Thank You Cards

Cars Printable Sandwich Flags

Disney Cars Birthday Invitation

Variety of Disney Party Printables

Disney Princess Pack

Disney Princess Bookmarks

Disney Princess Party Invitation

Disney Princesses Party Invitation

Disney Princess Printable Baby Shower Thank You Notes

Disney Princess Printable Baby Shower Gift Box

Disney Princess Printable Baby Shower Buffet Cards

Disney Princess Printable First Birthday Banner

Iron Man Printables

Lion King Party Invitations

Doc McStuffins Party Pack

Large Variety of Disney Invitations

Aristocats Party Pack

Toy Story Buzz Lightyear Invitation

20+ Disney Character Invitations

2 Ariel Little Mermaid Party Invitations

Winnie the Pooh Party Invitations

Snow White Princess Birthday Invitation

 

Party On!

Filed Under: Disney, Featured Tagged With: birthday, Do it yourself, Freebies, Holidays, Printables

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