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Yesterday, the school posted the schedule and reminders for next week and I read na may color coding so this year, “Blue”. Wrapping notebooks and books is not my favorite thing, so I watch a movie while wrapping my son’s notebook. No labels yet because I am still waiting for the “Section”. 

Speaking of back to school, last month Cricut Philippines had Back to School Demos and I watched all the replays and made some of the projects. I already shared the Faux Leather Pencil Case and First Day of School Sign Board. 

Here are the other projects that I tried. 

This is a print-then-cut project, I used a sticker and glitter photo top. 

This is a draw-then-cut project, I used stickers and Cricut pens. 

I made magnetic bookmarks before but this time I used my leftover faux leather to make this magnet.

A few years ago, I purchased a Printable Iron On Paper and did not use it right away so last December when Cricut Philippines had a Christmas Challenge, expired na yung Dark Transfer Tape na nabili ko so hindi ko na nagamit. I purchased a new one pero hindi na umabot sa deadline yung order so hindi ko na naman nagamit. It was only last month na ginamit ko. Buti pwede pa but I need to remind myself na gamitin ko na lahat bago pa mag-expire. Mahal din kasi yung materials. 

I am happy with my first Printable Iron On project. The Game Over Back to School Design is from Nancy Better Life Blog and The Alphabet M is from Love Cynthia's website. 

There are still 3 demos that I watched but I did not make the craft projects because I was busy doing something else. I did not do the tracing mat and felt pencil topper because my son is already a teenager. I will do the faux leather bag tag next time. I am just waiting for my order. 

I also made this Back to School Scrapbook Title, I don’t have a scrapbook but I will put this on my son’s school album. You can also use this as a cake topper. This is a layered craft project using Moon and Latte font. 

I like trying different papercraft projects because it is one way of knowing what I like and what I don’t like to do. Among the 14 projects, vases, daisy flowers, and rolled paper flowers are my least favorite because I prefer layered projects. 

I have limited time to blog so I’m sharing the different layered cards I made last month. My mom asked me to make a wedding card because she is attending a wedding. I made two cards but only gave her the Floral Best Wishes Card. 

I used pearlescent cardstock, glitter cardstock, and Ohuhu glitter markers to make this layered card. This Floral Best Wishes Card is flying to the United Kingdom this week. Buti pa yung card ko makakapunta na sa United Kingdom. 

Wedding Cake Card 

Another Wedding Cake Card using pearlescent cardstock and glitter cardstock. 

The following Thank You Cards are from Craft With Sarah website. 

But I will share my growing collection of gnomes. I started collecting gnomes last year when I joined Craft with Sarah Countdown. I already shared some of her gnomes on my blog but I still have a long list of gnomes I want to cut if I have extra time. 

You can purchase an Instant Access Bundle of these two craft countdowns or per gnomes on her website or Design Bundles.

I already cut some of these gnomes multiple times like Coffee Gnomes, Teacher Gnomes, and Cricut Crafting Gnomes.   

This is supposed to be rainbow gnomes but I changed the colors.

This time I want to try something else, ayaw ko ng pictures namin so first, I want to make some cards. I already searched different sentiments for puzzle cards like… 

Love you to pieces 

Life is like a puzzle. Each piece has its own place. 

You’re an important piece of the puzzle. 

The smallest pieces make up the bigger picture. 

We fit together 

Wishing you a piece-ful holiday 

But I remembered that I recently made a watercolor card so I wanted to do something different. I searched my files and I found this Family Puzzle Laser Cut. There are 10 designs on this bundle and for my family of three, my choices are seal, fox, whale or rabbit. 

They are all cute designs but yesterday, I chose Seal. Like I said before, this is a laser-cut file and I don’t have a laser machine or basswood so I upcycled our cake box. Using my Cricut Maker, I cut the design into multiple pieces hanggang sa magamit ko yung buong cake box. Then I use cardstock for the front layer using the Draw then Cut function. Watch my short process video here. 

This looks like an easy project but it took me a long time cutting and assembling the project. I also applied Glossy Modpodge for the first layer and edges of the puzzle to protect the paper. But despite that, I enjoyed the process and am happy with the result. Now, may paggagamitan na ko ng ibang cake boxes na hinohoard ko. :)