My heart is yours - Valentine's Day Card

Happy Friday!!!

As part of my UWIH challenge for January, I listed making a Valentine's Day card for my husband as one of my goals. So here it is...

Another goal was to use the Ornamental Iron cartridge. Using DS I welded together two shadows, one flipped of course, of the gate and cut it at 6" using black cardstock, the gate was cut from a silver metalic paper and I have no idea where I got it! LOL
The key is from Wall Decor & More and the heart is from Sweethearts cartridges.
The metal key hole is Karen Foster and the stamps "My heart is yours" and "Will you be my Valentine?" are Studio G stamps from the dollar bins at M's or J's (can't remember) that I got on clearance for $.50!! :)
And as I have stated before...I'm totally into feathers on my cards right now. Hehe.
The hearts were cut using DCVW glitter cardstock and I used silver metalic ink for the stamps.

So that is two more goals off my list for the UWIH challenge!! Yippeeeee!!
Thanks for stoping by!

Christmas Cards

Hi there! I know the holidays are over but I never got around to sharing some of the cards I made. Here are a few:

For these cards I used PC Cardstock and the Christmas Cards seasonal cartrdge to cut the actual card and lightly ink the edges. I cut the background using Paper Lace and shimmer DCVW cardstock, the shadow background was printed and cut using my Cricut Imagine and the Mr Frosty colors & patterns Imagine cartridge.

"Reindeer Crossing" & "celebrate the season" are from Pink by Design's Christmas Wishes stamp set.

The reindeer and Santa's head was cut using my Cricut Expression and the Christmas solutions cartridge. I added a little bling to both carts using my i-rock. My feather obession began in October when I was making some Halloween decor I never got around to posting either. LOL

Leaves and flowers are Prima and used some self adhesive pearls by Want 2 Scrap.
Thanks for looking! Have a great day!

Cricut Expression Dust Cover

Finally! I have a dust cover for my Expression. My Mother-in-Law sewed this baby together for me this past weekend. I purchased the material from JoAnn's and we used the free pattern from the Custom Crops website.

I don't know a thing about sewing so she is going to make dust covers for all my machines. I will post pics when the rest of them are done. I don't think there are instructions on the free pattern at Custom Crops about how to do the piping (I think that is what it's called), but my MIL added it and it looks great!

Thanks for looking! Have a great day!

Party Animal Rock On! - Birthday card

I made this Birthday card for on of my little sisters. Everything was cut using my Imagine. I actually made this a few months ago so I don't really remember all the details but i will share what I do know. :)

The girl is from Rock Princess. Her skirt was printed with a pattern from the JT Imagine cartridge. You can't tell from the pic but I gave it a pleather look using Aleense's Paper Glaze.
"Party Animal" & "Rock On!" are from My Pink Stamper's Everyday Life stamp set. I used my i-Rock to add some bling. Pink Cardstock and the glitter cardstock is DCWV. I have a thing for feathers right now, so I have purchased several packages from JoAnn's in different colors.

The corners on the inside were punched using a Martha Stewart corner punch. And I stamped the candles & "blowing birthday wishes your way" using Staz On ink.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Use 2 - week 2 draw

Hmmm...this will be interesting! LOL This week's draw for "Use 2" is Joys of the Season & When it's Cold Outside. Time to get creative here! :)

Make a Wish - B-day card "Use 2" & UWIH

Happy Friday!!

Ok, here is my project using the two cartridges I drew for this week, Doodlecharms & Nursery Tails. I used them both in one project. This also qualifies as one of the Birthday cards I listed as my goal in the UWIH Challege from the Cricut Circle MB. :)

This is a 5-1/2 x 5-1/2 card. The cupcake is from Doodlecharms, I used my Imagine to cut it since the pattern for the cupcake wrapper and candle is from the Nursery Tails cart. It is cut at 4". I used DCWV glitter cardstock for hte frosting and DCWV shimmer cardstock for the flame. The green background is also printed and cut using my Imagine and Nursery Tails. The stars are from Jolee's and streamers are from Sandylion Essentials.

"Make a wish!" is a sticker I found in a drawer full of birthday and party themed embellishments and stickers! Holy Moly I have a lot of stuff to use! LOL I inked the edges with a dark blue ink on both the card and the green background.

This stamp I believe is from a Birthday set by Stampendous and Azure Staz On ink.
Quick, simple and easy!

If anyone out there is looking, thanks for stopping by!

First draw for "Use 2"

I decided that is what I am going to call this challenge, "Use 2". So far for 2011 my crafty/scrapy challenges are UWIH (for the month of January) & Use 2 (this will continue throughout the year).

As you can see in the pic above, the lucky cartridges I picked for this week are Doodlecharms & Nursery Tails (Imagine Cartridge). Hopefully I can get started on these this evening after I get off work.

Another Goal/Challenge for 2011

I've joined another challenge with my fellow Circlets. This one is to use two cartridges a week. No other rules here other than to use two different carts a week. They can be used either together in one project or two separate projects. I printed out the names of all the cartridges I currently own, both Cricut & Cricut Imagine cartridges and put them in this cute little round box.

Each week I will pull two cartridges from "the hat" and put them to work on a project. I haven't yet decided which day I will draw, but I'm thinking Saturday's or Sunday's.
I will draw my first two tomorrow morning before I head off to work, then my next two sometime this weekend.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Welcome, 2011! :)

So one of my goals for the new year is to UWIH/UWYH (Use What I/You Have). I am a Cricut Circle member and some of us Circlets have challenged ourselves to UWIH/UWYH. This means NO purchasing of new scrap/crafting items for the month of January! You can only use the items you currently own and have been hording for months, well maybe years LOL! The only thing we are allowed to buy are items such as adhesive, cutting blades, items necessary to assemble our projects.

Below are a few pics of my scraproom I took a couple weeks ago (please excuse the mess) which clearly shows I have more that I can use in my lifetime probably, LOL but exactly how am I supposed to stop buying all the cute stuff that comes out???

(what is that cart doing way over there? it should be on the other side of the room! LOL)

For this challenge we listed out a few of our goals, mine are as follows:

Items to complete:

• An album for DH of his Grandfather
• couple Birthday Cards
• Valentines Day card for DH
• small photo books for Mom & Grandma

Tools/Machines I have never used:

• Bind-it-all
• Your Story
• Your Story Photo

Cricut Cartridges never used:

• Bloom
• Botanicals
• Elegant Cakes
• Ornamental Iron
• Summer in Paris
• Four Legged Friends

Good luck to my fellow Circlets who are challenging themselves as well.

I better get to work on that album!

WOW!!!

Another year has come and gone! And I have continued to neglect my Blog. :( Along with many other goals I have for the new year, I want to spend more time sharing my creativity. So watch out! Here I come! LOL :)

Wishing everyone a safe and Happy New Year!!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

Have a fun safe Halloween!!

Halloween Card - Witch Boot

Ok, so I had to try making a card with this totally cute witch boot from the Happy Hauntings cartridge. I made this using my Gypsy, welding two boots together (one flipped). Came out really cute.

I then finshed it off with ribbon laces. :) I gave this card to my Grandma, put a smile on her face.

Halloween Decor - Frames

This is my fireplace mantle that I spooked out for the month of October.

I found a couple 5x7 wood frames in a hallway cabinet that I spray painted black. Cut out the bat & skeleton frames using my Cricut Expression and the Happy Hauntings cartridge. I also cut out Frankenstein's bride with Happy Hauntings.

I cut the bottle of poison and the spider I glued on the same frame using the October 31st Seasonal Cart. The orange glitter cardstock (DCWV) was cut with Martha Stewarts cracks edge and corner punches.

The rest of the the decor was puchased from Michaels, Partylite & Costco.

Thanks for looking!

Halloween Card - Quick & Easy - Spooky

Here is a quick & easy card...

I used black & orange cardstock from DCWV and a Jolee's Halloween embellishment. I also used my I-rock to add a little bling and a "spooky" stamp from my stash.

Here is a closer look...

The view.

Check out the view!

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