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It was my brother-in-law’s birthday celebration so nagdinner kami. Knowing me na maaga nagdidinner, I was a little bit worried na baka malipasan ako ng gutom because I cannot forget our SM Grand experience na 1 hour ang waiting time. Fortunately, they served our food in less than 30 minutes so okay ang service dito. 

For a group of 11 persons, ito yung kinain namin. 

Tinapa Roll, Crispy Pork Sisig, Pork BBQ, Mesa Braised Beef, Inihaw na Manok in Honey Patis, Suahe Stir Fried Salted & Spicy, Bam-I, Garlic Rice, 

Among the meals, I ate the laing, baby squid, and crispy pork belly. We couldn’t finish the Boodle meal, ang dami ng serving so sulit sa PHP995. Some also order Fresh Fruit Coolers, but I don’t have a picture of those drinks.

I also made this birthday cake topper. The font is Birthday Verygood 

This is my entry for Cricut-Made Belen. I made this Nativity Pop-Up Card using the design of Nancy of Better Life Blog. This is part of the Cricut Craft Fest 2023.

I used blue and beige cardstock, Cricut premium shimmer vinyl, Cricut pen, and Ohuhu markers. I was thankful that there was a step-by-step guide because it helped me big time in assembling this project. The tutorial video is only available for 24 hours unless you pay for VIP access. Alam niyo naman, hanggang free event lang ako. Hehehe! 

I liked this card and this is something I will recreate in the future. Check my short reel here. 

My favorite projects are Stained Glass Nativity Windows, Cardinal Gnomes, Christmas Critters, and Nutcracker. I also like the last two projects I was not able to do but it is on my list.

I don't have Cricut Watercolor Pens so I used the regular Cricut Pens here.

This Christmas at the Beach is more realistic because we don't have snow in the Philippines.

Anyway, last month I attended the Handmade Holiday Craft Meet with KM and Judy PHP799. I won an Exclusive Event Pass last year but I haven’t used it yet kasi ang layo ng Bee Happy Craft Store sa amin so kapag may event, malabo makapunta. So when I saw there was an Online Option, I took advantage of it. I only paid for the shipping fee so they could deliver my crafting kit. 

Here are the crafting supplies and tools that I received. 

Cardstock for handmade bag, card and gift tags 

Lindy’s Magical Powder (Mad Hatter) sampler 

Aleene’s Glue 

Brush 

Mintay Chips 

Foam Tape 

Die-cut sentiments 

I just watched the demo and waited for the replay video. Hindi ko kayang magcraft along when I learned na nakakstain yung Lindy’s Magical Powder. It was my first time using it and sobrang messy pala niya gamitin, ang dami ko wipes na naubos, kakapunas ng work area ko. Kasi kahit may glass mat na ko, may lumalagpas pa rin kapag nagspray ako. Good thing that my craft area is beside our kitchen so madaling maghugas. It was messy but fun. 

These are my finished handmade gift tags using the techniques I learned and the craft supplies inside my kit. And because of this, natetempt na akong icheck-out yung Lindy’s Magical Powder sa shopping cart ko.

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. 

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”. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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

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

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.

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. 

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

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.

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. 

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.