Welcome to Saxey Designs and the SEVENTH Fantabulous Cricut Crawl...Fantabulous Cricut's version of a Blog Hop!
In honor of our Home Planet, Mother Earth, we're having a "Save the Earth" Crawl...each Design Team member will be featuring an originalUpcycled-Themed Project that includes at least one Reuseable/Recycled Item along with at least ONE Cricut Cut.
Make sure to check out each DT member's blog for some awesome inspiration! There will be PRIZES along the way at our DT members' blogs, AND there will be a Grand Prize up for grabs at FCCB for one participant that submits a "Save the Earth" project at FCCB!
How fun is that?
For my project I made a shaker card from the plastic packaging of a Cricut cartridge. In the past I have seen some adorable shaker cards and I have always wanted to try to make one. I knew this crawl was the perfect opportunity to try it out! For the basic instructions I used click HERE. I did make some modifications from this tutorial. Instead of Acetate, I used the plastic packaging from my Cricut cartridges that I had saved.
The gumball machine I used came from Sweethearts. I used the blackout image for the backing. Since there is no layer for the glass, I welded a circle inside the gumball machine. As for the circle, I played with the size of the circle until I felt it looked right. Once the gumball machine was cut out, I used my ATG gun to adhere the plastic to the cut. I did not directly measure the plastic but used more of a trial and error method. I cut down the plastic until I was happy with the way it looked. Then, I took foam mounting tape and put it around the glass as to form a barrier so my "gumballs" would not escape. I added buttons and glitter to the plastic piece and then adhered the gumball machine to the black out layer using foam mounting tape. All that was left were some finishing touches, I added some doodling and twine. I am so excited to make more of these. they are so much fun!
The gumball machine I used came from Sweethearts. I used the blackout image for the backing. Since there is no layer for the glass, I welded a circle inside the gumball machine. As for the circle, I played with the size of the circle until I felt it looked right. Once the gumball machine was cut out, I used my ATG gun to adhere the plastic to the cut. I did not directly measure the plastic but used more of a trial and error method. I cut down the plastic until I was happy with the way it looked. Then, I took foam mounting tape and put it around the glass as to form a barrier so my "gumballs" would not escape. I added buttons and glitter to the plastic piece and then adhered the gumball machine to the black out layer using foam mounting tape. All that was left were some finishing touches, I added some doodling and twine. I am so excited to make more of these. they are so much fun!
Now it's your turn! Let's see your Upcycled-Themed projects! Make sure to include a Cricut Cut somewhere on your project!
Next stop...Melissa's blog. Go see what she has in store for you today... And when you're done, make sure to link up your project to FCCB's Fantabulous Cricut Crawl post to be entered into the contest! 
