Michi Photostory: November 2024

November 28, 2024

December Craft Projects

November is about to end so iblog ko na ito December Craft Projects ko bago pa mag-anniversary. I made a lot of Christmas craft projects last year but forgot to share these projects at naging busy na.

Christmas Insert Cards

When I was a beginner Cricut crafter, I bought a lot of Insert Card SVG Files and until now, I haven’t finished cutting those cards. Hopefully, next year matapos ko na. Hehehe! These two Merry Christmas Cards are part of the Huge Best Seller Card Bundle I purchased and part of the Ultimate Dollar Deal Event tomorrow.

3D Santa Sled

I reduced the size of the 3D Santa Sled and because of that, I had a hard time cutting the “Believe” word so I changed that layer to “Pen”.

Santa Claus Gift Tags

This Santa Claus is part of the Christmas Candy Dome Bundle I purchased but I used the design to make gift tags. I just reduced the size of the Santa Claus.

Christmas Artist Trading Card

This was the first time I made an Artist Trading Card and it took me a lot of time thinking how to put this together but I’m happy with the result.

It’s Fine, I’m Fine, Everything is Fine Family Shirt

For the longest time, making family shirts has been on my “to-do” list so I even bought Light Transfer Paper that I can use since I don’t have a sublimation or pigment printer. But every Christmas Season, I am busy with something else so hindi ko naman nagagawa.

Then Cricut Philippines’ Day 3 Challenge is “Make Matching Holiday Shirts”. After reading the terms and conditions, I knew what design I would use because I bookmarked the Christmas Gnomes , Tangled Lights, and Everything is Fine SVG last year.

I looked for the Light Transfer Paper I bought two years ago and started personalizing my design on Cricut Maker. It was just a simple offset and I added our family name. Then I printed my design but the material had already expired so I just used sticker paper to print my design.

Christmas Tree Gnomes Ornament

I purchased the Christmas Gnomes Mega Bundle of Craft with Sarah and these Christmas Tree Gnomes are part of the bundle so I used the design to make Christmas Tree Gnome Ornament.

Christmas Lights Gnome

This is also part of the Christmas Gnomes Mega Bundle and I find it so cute. There is a female version of this hindi ko pa lang nagagawa.

Santa Dinosaur Christmas Tag

I found this Santa Dinosaur Christmas Tag on Cricut Design Space, this is a simple Print then Cut Project.

Merry Christmas and New Year Cake Topper

I found these designs on Cricut Design Space too so if you have a Cricut Access Subscription, you can recreate them.

November 27, 2024

Cricut Made Acrylic Ornaments

For the past few days, I’ve been making Christmas Ornaments but realized that I haven’t shared the ornaments I did last year. I have been making acrylic ornaments since 2020 for our Christmas tree and gifts.

To be honest, making an ornament takes a lot of time and patience but I feel happy when I see my finished craft projects on our Christmas tree or if family and friends tag me on their posts using my ornaments.

Christmas Alphabet Reindeer Scene Ornament

I made 10 ornaments using the Christmas Alphabet Reindeer Scene that I purchased from Design Bundles. These ornaments were my gift for my son’s teachers. This year, ito din sana gift ko but I will try new design, unfortunately hindi pala pwede kasi may naulit na teachers anak ko. Since Grade 7 to 9 kasi, iba-iba yung teachers niya.

Personalized Ornaments

I made these ornaments for my friends’ children. The design is from Cricut Design Space.

Merry and Married 2023

I made this “Merry and Married 2023” for my brother-in-law, this is part of our Christmas gifts. The design is from Cricut Design Space.

Stained Glass Nativity Ornament

Last year, I already made this Stained Glass Nativity but last month, nakita ko na may extra ako na nacut na design so para hindi naman sayang, I weed the vinyl, and fortunately, okay pa yung material. I used STA Acrylic Paint Markers to color the image and for a change, I used a Holographic Broken Glass Photo Top at the back of the ornament.

Stained Glass Poinsettia Ornament

A few days ago, I made this Stained Glass Poinsettia Ornament as my entry for the Cricut Made Ornaments Challenge. This is a shadow box, but I made it into an ornament using a slice function on Cricut Design Space. The poinsettia design is from Jennifer Maker's website. This time, I used my Ohuhu Acrylic Markers to color the image. You can watch my video here.

You can also check my other acrylic ornaments project below.

DIY Personalized Acrylic Ornaments

DIY Personalized Acrylic Ornaments 2022

DIY Christmas Cardinal Ornaments

DIY Acrylic Holiday Ornaments

DIY Stained Glass Ornaments

DIY Memorial Christmas Ornaments

DIY Christmas Ornaments

November 26, 2024

Penguin Craft Projects

A few months ago when I was planning for our Melbourne itinerary, one of the suggested day trips was the Penguin Parade Phillip Island Tour but when I checked the rate it was so expensive so I asked my husband and son if they were interested and they said “No”.

Well, I can no longer count how many zoos and ocean parks we have visited in the past so we’ve seen lot of penguins already so nagsawa na rin sila siguro. But when I was finalizing our Melbourne Itinerary, I read that we can see little penguins at St. Kilda Pier.

So before our trip, I made these penguin crafts using black and white cardstock. I just use my marker to color the designs.

Penguin Design

Penguin and Penguin Gift Tags

I brought my penguin craft projects to Australia but unfortunately, we did not see any penguins at St. Kilda Pier, maybe because of the ongoing construction in St. Kilda.

November 25, 2024

Lunch at Neil’s Kitchen

We went to S&R last weekend for groceries and after that, we ate lunch. Our go-to restaurants at Westgate Alabang are Kanin Club and Alba’s so for a change we tried Neil’s Kitchen. Well, it is not a new restaurant because they started operating in year 2015 but it was only last weekend that we paid a visit.

The restaurant has a unique look both exterior and interior so very Instagrammable. There was an event during our visit so the second floor was occupied. This is the third floor where we ate.

The staff gave us a one-page menu and we asked if the food was good for sharing. Yung specialties daw, good for one person so we ordered Sinigang Paella with Grilled Pork Belly PHP395, Bagoong Paella with Kare-Kare PHP395, Boneless Chicken Barbeque with Java Rice PHP395, Bottomless Iced Tea PHP95, and Dalandan Juice PHP95.

When the staff served our meal, we were all shocked kasi ang laki ng serving. I already have a feeling na hindi namin mauubos. I liked my Kare-Kare because you can really taste the peanut sauce pero medyo napaalat lang ng konti yung Bagoong Paella but I will still order this if ever we return. The Sinigang Paella with Grilled Pork Belly is just okay for us, medyo nasobrahan kasi sa grill yung pork. My son enjoyed the Boneless Chicken pero nahirapan siya ubusin, yung chicken parang hawig yung lasa sa Aristocrat.

Buti na lang, we did not order dessert kasi hindi namin naubos yung meal namin. If ever we will go back, we will order two meals and extra rice na lang. Kasi yung serving nila, hindi namin kaya ubusin. Service is fast and good.

Neil’s Kitchen

Lot C 701 and 704 Westgate Filinvest City

November 21, 2024

Snowman Paper Craft

I knew that we don’t have winter season here in the Philippines but I still made some Snowman Gift Tags because I have a lot of white paper scraps. All gift tag designs are from Main Road Digital Creations, you can get these files on her website or Cricut Design Space. This design can also be used as an ornament, but since I am using paper scraps, I reduced the size to fit my paper.

Snowman Gift Tag (Face)

Snowman Gift Tag (Half Body)

Snowman Gift Tag (Whole Body)

Snowman Christmas Insert Greeting Card

I also cut this Snowman Christmas Insert Greeting Card and colored the design using Ohuhu Markers.

Read: Christmas Gift Tags

November 20, 2024

Thanksgiving Paper Craft

I’ve been seeing a lot of Black Friday Deals so I know that Thanksgiving is already near. Thanksgiving is a National Holiday in the United States and other countries like Canada, Saint Lucia, and Liberia. Some countries also observed Thanksgiving Day but I was shocked when I saw the Philippines.

According to Wikipedia, as an American colony, the Philippines celebrated Thanksgiving on the same day as the Americans until 1969. It was revived by President Ferdinand Marcos but stopped in 1986 when he was no longer the president.

Even though we don’t really celebrate Thanksgiving here, I made some Thanksgiving Paper Crafts.

3D Gather Here

3D Gather Here only needs 5 cardstock, you can use this as home decor or layered card.

Male and Female Turkeys

The Thanksgiving Menu is not complete without turkey. It became popular in the 19th century because Turkey is big so it can feed big groups and is a good centerpiece on the table.

Female Turkey

Male Turkey

Male and Female Thanksgiving Gnomes

The Male and Female Thanksgiving Gnomes are wearing pilgrim costumes.

Male Thanksgiving Gnome

Female Thanksgiving Gnome

Turkey Place Card

I found this design on Cricut Design Space, this is a place card. You can write the name on the white layer. This turkey can stand on its own.

November 19, 2024

Christmas Gift Tags

Christmas is fast approaching and I am feeling so stress since last week because of my November online orders. Ang tagal dumating and bayad ko na sa credit card pero yung items wala pa rin. Tapos may dumating kahapon pero wrong item naman pinadala and yung maling item pa naman ang order ko for myself and the rest are possible gifts. Mas mura din yung item na pinadala kaysa sa order ko. Grrr! Kaya minsan ayaw ko ng maramihan na order, madalas nagkakamali yung nagpapack.

So I told myself, no more online orders until the end of the year kasi ayaw ko mawala ang Christmas spirit ng dahil sa stress. And because of that, pause muna sa Melbourne series and back to crafting muna ko, pampatanggal ng stress.

Ugly Sweater Gift Tags

Over two weeks ago, I made these Christmas Gift Tags using cardstock, stamps, Versafine Ink, Ohuhu Markers, corner punch, single hole punch, reinforce hole punch, and gold string. This was my entry for Bee Happy Crafts Weeklies. I only used my paper scraps for this project.

After I finished these gift tags, I challenged myself to make more gift tags using my paper scraps because we all know that craft materials are not cheap so hindi ko talaga kayang itapon kahit maliit na papel. Hehehe!

Holiday Suits Gift Tags

So I searched my files and found these Holiday Suit Gift Tags. Kristin Cruz designed them for 12 Days of Christmas of 12x12 Cardshop. I enjoyed doing this project.

Santa Claus Suit Gift Tags