Pineapple Drink Card

Here's a fun card, for a fun friend, to brighten up her day.  I created this Pineapple shaped card using my Cricut Expression with Cricut's Life is a Beach cartridge. And here's a bonus for those that are interested!  I have the step by step directions below!

I love how this little card came together.  I may have to make a few more and put them up on my Etsy shop.  Anyone interested ?  :-)

As to why Adhesive Squares are in the picture above, Glue Arts is having a challenge on their blog;  Glue Arts: Make something for Mother's Day.  The challenge was to create something for Mother's Day using one of their products and take a picture showing how you used it.  Well the package does not actually hold squares, but a nice long line of adhesive that was perfect for gluing the designer paper to the straw and umbrella pole.  This adhesive is awesome for use with ribbon (probably why it's called Ribbon Adhesive)  It will stick ribbon down and not show through with those ugly blotches.
thanks for stopping in and I hope you all have a fabulous Mother's Day,
Michelle
other challenges;
fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com -mothers day

Blender Pen Refill

Hi all! I have been MIA for awhile because I have hurt my hand. I had x-rays done yesterday, so hopefully I haven't' broken a bone and it's just a bad sprain. Of course it's the right hand, the hand that I do everything with. I have been wearing a brace, but boy, is it hard to do anything with it on. Gosh, I mean anything. So that I don't run the chance that you will forget to visit my blog I am giving you something to read. It's a How To that I found here. This is a recipe for the fluid used in your Blender Pen. I know I'll be needing this soon because I love using my Blender Pen, alot.

Blender Pen Refill

Mix together:
1 oz. glycerin
2 oz. distilled water
3/4 teaspoon rubbing alcohol

Gently pull the tips out of the pen on both ends. Some people use tweezers, but I have no problem just grabbing it with my fingers. If you do use tweezers, be very careful. You don't want to mar the tip.
Soak the tips in the fluid that you mixed together. Some say to soak it over night, others say for a few hours. It depends on how dry the tips are.
Gently push the tips back in. Add a drop of fluid to each end (since you probably squeezed some of the liquid out) Now you're ready to do more creating ;-)