Update coming soon!

I can't believe that Christmas has come and gone so soon. Life has taken over my crafting time, but some new projects and updates will be coming soon! Stay tuned for new projects! Happy New Year everyone!

Christmas Cards

Another wonderful Challenge to keep my blog updated from SOC. Here are 3 cards that I created using some of the items that I made for other swaps. The wreath, the large snowflake, and the bulbs were the items I created for Christmas Swaps on Cricut-licious from Sparkpeople.com and also from the Swappin Sisters Club.

Thanksgiving Cards

Here are two cards that I created for Thanksgiving as part of the Holiday Bloggers from SOC (Sisters of Color) page. I have never done Thanksgiving Cards before and since I just did them on Thanksgiving night I will have to save them for next year to actually give out.

 On this card I used Recollections Cardstock that looks like card board. Love this paper. I stamped the Sentiment Grateful using the Stamp From Studio G and Copper Kettle High Density Pigment Ink from Fiskars. The embellishment in the upper left and right corner are brads from a Family Kit I bought at Costco some time ago. The beautiful embellishment at the bottom of the page was made by Tammy Wallace, a lady that I do swaps with on the Swappin Sisters Club (SSC).

Same card stock used on this paper. Stamp from Studio G used the same ink also. I made this hat using the Celebrate with Flourish Cricut Cart.

Christmas Tags

Christmas tags made for a swap.

Christmas Tag Stocking Trio

Christmas Tags made for a Christmas tag swap. I used the Christmas Cheer Cartridge for the stockings and the Splish Splash Cart for the Tag.

AnyTime AnyWhere Challenge #1

I created this layout using the Inspiration tips for the AnyTime AnyWhere Challenge on SOC. It is highlighting my daughter and her sophomore year of high school. Straight A student, basketball player, and a beautiful blossoming young women.

Ice Skates Christmas card

Ice skate Christmas card made using the Celebrate with Flourish Cart. I added some extra stickles for some bling on the Ice Skates!

Let It Snow Christmas Card

This card is a regular 8.5 x 11 in card just cut from regular cardstock! I used the cricut Celebrate with Flourish Cartridge and cut out the Let It Snow from the the cart using <wntr1>. I used regular light blue cardstock from Colorbok for the shadow feature, beige for the L, I, and OW, and blue for the S and T. the glitter paper is from DCWV The winter wonderland stack. I used Diamond stickles to out line the flourish's. The ribbon is from  Sugar and Spice. All cuts were cut at 3.5".

Frankenstein and his bride

Using the Happy Hauntings Cartridge, Frankenstein and his bride were cut at 4" using just regular cardstock. On Frankenstein to make his nose and lips pop I used a green gel. In the bride's hair I used some green stickles. These were made for a swap for Cricut-ilicious.

Back to School

Celebrate With Flourish Cricut Cartridge

I used the celebrate with flourish cart for these cuts. I didn't write down the sizes I actually cut them out at. I was playing around with the cartridge to see how they would look and they came out pretty good. Too bad I forgot to write down the sizes.

I do have the cuts for these. I swapped these with my friends on the Cricuteers Team on Sparkpeople.com. The Apple is is cut at 3".
Apple Sch12
Sch12-s black cardstock
Sch12 Dark green cardstock
Layer Sch12 Light green cardstock
Layer Sch 12 -s red cardstock

The Back to School is also cut at 3".
Back to School is Schl1
Schl1 red cardstock
Schl1-s light green cardstock
Schl1 layer dark green
Schl1-s black cardstock

Base is cut at 6" using the Just Because cards cart - sheep layer # 12 and it is cut using DCWV High school paper pack! There are actual lines on the paper, could not get a close up of the paper because of the flash on the camera, it just made a bright light look to the paper.

About a Boy Swap -SSC

These 2 items were created for a swap that was all about boys. I used the Create A Critter Cricut Cartridge for the Prince Charming title. All items were cut @ 1 1/2". I used the phrases function - selected phrases shift dragonfly in tangerine card stock and phrases frog in a blue shade. I used the Life's A Party Cricut Cartridge to create the onesie using the same paper colors so it could be used on the same page. All cuts were cut a 4" Onesie-s layer tangerine cardstock, onesie layer on blue cardstock, onesie-s white cardstock and onesie on yellow cardstock.

Birthday Tag Swap - SSC

 This a tag for a girl/gal. I used the DCWV paper stack All Dressed up for the first layer. It was cut @ 4" using the Just Because Cards cricut cart Squirrel cut and the same cart and function for the pink layer but cut at 3". Happy Birthday Stamp from Recollections, black ink, Model 19 cut @ 3" from Forever Young Cart using black card stock.  Model 19-s cut @ 3" colorbok patterned paper pack-neutral, Model 19 Layer cut @ 3" using gray and white dotted colorbok paper. Pink and white dotted ribbon used for bow.

 Happy Birthday Anyone - Sweet Treats Cricut Cartridge used for this tag. All cuts were made at 2 1/2". Tag is 5". Tag is dark gray card stock, hat is on black cardstock, layer is on turquoise cardstock, pom pom on hat is white cardstock. Happy birthday stamp from Katie & Co. stamped with Black Ink.

Happy Birthday boy/guy! This is my all time favorite so far. I love the little monkey on this tag. Created using Create a Critter Cricut Cartridge. The tag was cut @ 4" using the Christmas Cheer Cricut Cartridge. The base was cut using Colorbok non-textured cardstock in dark brown. The tag is on tan cardstock from the same paper pack.  Using the Create a Critter Cartridge all cuts were cut at 2" accessory shift banana on green cardstock, monkey on black cardstock, monkey layer on tan paper, monkey layer 2 on brown cardstock all from colorbok non textured cardstock. Happy Birthday Stamp is from Recollections and black ink used for stamping the sentiment.

Happy Birthday Cards -Forever Young Cricut Cartridge

These 2 cards were made by using the Forever Young Cartridge;

 Forever Young Cricut Cartridge used for this card. Model 20 cut using the Flip function @ 4 1/2 "., layer and model 20-s also cut @ 4 1/2". White card stock for card and Colobok patterned paper-earth tones. Happy Birthday stamp from Stamps etc. Stamped with turquoise ink from Studio G.

 Model 12 cut @ 4 1/2" Shadow using black card stock, model 12 brown card stock, Model 12-s hot pink card stock, layer function on model 12 using pink card stock, fruit punch stickles on the flower belt on the pink card stock. Happy Birthday Stamp Katie & Co. stamped with Hot pink ink from Studio G.

Celebrate ribbon from Michaels, Birthday Sentiment from Stampendous Stamps also using the Hot Pink Ink from Studio G.

More from Forever Young

I simply just love this cartridge. I promise I will post other projects too, but this one is my all time favorite cartridge there are so many things you do with this cart and I am in love with the ladies on it.

My plan is to create invitations for a Girl's Night Out Party, using these colors.

 Can be used a birthday card or just embellishments on a page. I liked the color scheme, saw it in a fashion magazine and went for it.

 Creating a princess book for my niece, she is 3, she likes Disney Princesses so I am making her a book.

Sunglasses from the Forever Young Cart and Ice cream 1 from the Sweet Treats Cart. I made these for a Summer/Vacation Swap on Cricuteers.

New Projects using the Forever Young Cartridge

This is my new favorite cartridge, there are so many things you do with it. birthday card, party invitations, girls night out invitations and much more.

Sunglasses I used a product called Glossy accents to get the illusion of a reflection, but it it did not turn out the way I thought it would next time I know to just put a layer on it and it will dry flat. No need to try to design it.

Model 12 and Model 11. All paper is just plain cardstock by Colorbok, the shadow is black, the model is a dark brown, hot ping outfits, light pink flowers on Model 12 and light pink belt and necklace for Model 11. The accessories on both have a little fruit punch stickle on them to give it a little bling.

Flower Swaps

These flowers were created for the Flower Swap for the Team Cricuteers on Sparkpeople.com

Basketball 2010 -2011

All of these pages were created with Sports Mania and Basketball Solutions Cricut Cartridges. This book was assembled and given to my daughters basketball coach, he actually had tears. I was very thankful that he appreciated all the hard work that went into this project. 

Busy as a Bee!

Hello,

I have been very busy lately with the kids and their sports and school. I have been keeping a photo journal of my work that I have done, but have not posted it yet. Once it all slows down and I have a minute to log in and take the time to edit and post my work I will do exactly that. My next big project is going to be a scrapbook album for my daughter's basketball coach. There were 10 regular season games and I have some photos and video footage that I can turn into photos for the pages. I will be doing 2 pages for each game. Then I will do a photo of all the girls with their numbers on the page and have them autograph it for the coach. I am looking forward to this project, since the season is over I can relive the excitement from each game.

Happy Scrapping everyone. I promise to post more photos as soon as I have time.

Tag Swap Wedding Tags

These tags were created using the Stretch Your Imagination Cricut Cartridge for a Tag Swap.

They were left blank on purpose so they could be addressed by the recipient.

Valentine's Day Swap

This heart and love birds were created using the Celebrate with Flourish Cartridge.