One of my 2011 Favorites

Hello everyone!  I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas.  I can't believe 2011 is almost over.  This year has flown by especially the last half of it.   I wanted to share one of my favorite cards of 2011.  Here is the link to my original post.  

Cooking with Cricut: Challenge #66 - Year in Review

Whimsical Wednesday: Favorite Project or Happy New Year

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

No Peeking!

Hello everyone!  I can't believe Christmas is in ten days!  I still have a bit of shopping to do.  I am baking this weekend with my sisters and mom.  It should be lots of fun.  Spending time with them is one of my favorite things to do.   I have a Christmas card to share with you that I made last week.  I absolutely love how it turned out, so super cute!

Peachy Keen Stamps: Sketch Challenge #67

The Paper Variety:  Anything Goes

Items Used:

Create a Critter Cricut Cartridge (dog)

Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge (background image)

Winter Frolic Cricut Cartridge (present)

Pooh and Friends Cricut Cartridge (santa hat)

Brad

Ribbon 

Peachy Keen Stamps: Happy Go Lucky Dog Faces

My Creative Time: All Around Christmas, Inspiring Words Accents, Curly Label Die

Thanks for looking and have a fabulous night!

Gift Bag

I'm back with another post for you today.  After I finished my homemade gifts, I did not want to put them in a generic gift bag.  I found some Kraft gift bags at Hobby Lobby for fifty cents and they are perfect for my glass etching projects.  The cute little penguin came from Simply Charmed and is cute at 4.5".  The North Pole sign came from Jolly Holidays and is cut at 8".  I then added some ribbon and a quick tag I made using MCT's stamps and dies.  I think the fished product turned out pretty cute.

Raise the Bar:  Challenge #86

Scrappy Mom's: Terrific Tuesday

Fantabulous Cricut: Challenge Me Monday #89

Items Used:

Simply Charmed & Jolly Holidays Cricut Cartridges

 Peachy Keen Stamps: Happy Lashes

My Creative Time: XL Label Die, Scallop & Circle Stitch Die, All Around Christmas stamp set

Ribbon

Kraft Gift Bag

Bakers Twine

Thanks for looking and have a wonderful Friday!

Glass Etching

It's Friday!  I so excited the weekend is here!  It has been a crazy week with grad school applications due soon and the holidays coming up.  I have a couple projects to share with you today.  I wanted to make a couple of gifts for people on my list this year.  I have always wanted to try glass etching so yesterday I did.  It is so easy and the finished product is so neat.  You will need glass, gloves, Armor Etch, a paintbrush, and a stencil or vinyl image.  I cut the images out on vinyl with my Cricut and then applied the image to the glass.  I did not use transfer tape but just peeled the vinyl form the sheet and adhered it to the glass.  I then took the etching cream and applied to the entire glass (the glass will be frosted wherever the etching cream is applied).  Let the glass sit for five minutes and then clean the glass with warm water.  Discard the vinyl and admire your finished product.  So easy!   I made a couple of these.  All of the supplies I bought at Hobby Lobby.  This first one is for my husband's grandma for Christmas.  She loves snowmen.  The image came from A Child's First Year.  The glass I bought has an opening in the bottom and a light fits perfectly.  I added some ribbon to the top and called it done!  Here is the finished product:

This next one I made for my neighbors.  They are always looking out for us and love MU football.  The football came from Life's A Party and I used the font from Birthday Bash.

Cardz TV: Challenge #2 - Crafty Christmas

Celebrate the Occasion: Challenge #42

Getting Cricky: Joys of the Season

Items Used:

Armor Etch

Gloves

Vinyl

Lightbulb

Stand

Glass Block

Life's A Party, Birthday Bash, and A Child's First Year Cricut Cartridges

Ribbon

These are such simple gifts to make and I think I am addicted!  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend!

Merry Christmas

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Winter is officially here!  We got our first snow today.  It only snowed about an inch but the roads were not pretty this morning.  It was a nice day to stay home curled up in a blanket working on grad school applications.  I do have a card to share with you today.  The background of the cad was done with Elegant Edges book feature.  I turned on the real dial size on my gypsy and made the shape as tall and wide as my card.  Although I have had my gypsy for a year, I just realized you can change the height and width independently. :)  The cute little elf came from the Jolly Holiday's cartridge.  I think this is my favorite Christmas cartridge.

Whimsical Designs:  Layer It

Scrappy Mom's Stamps: Terrific Tuesday Challenge

Items Used:

Elegant Edges Cricut Cartrdige

Jolly Holidays Cricut Cartridge

Ribbon

My Creative Time's All Around Christmas

Peachy Keen Stamps Simple Sallies set

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful evening!

PKS Sketch Challenge #66

Hello everyone!  I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!  I spent the weekend with my sisters and mom. We made Christmas cards Saturday and today we slept late and went to see the Muppet movie.  I loved the movie and highly recommend it.  I have a card to share with you today that I made for Peachy Keen's sketch challenge. This skater girl came from Jolly Holidays.  I embossed her hat with my Cuttlebug and added some Stickles to her button.  Here is the sketch.

Here is my card.

Items Used:

Jolly Holidays Cricut Cartridge

Peachy Keen Stamps: Happy Lashes Assortment & PKS-07 Penguin Girl

Cuttlebug

Stickles

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.  I am off to get ready for the week ahead!

Cricut Cardz Challenge #96

Happy Friday!  I can't believe December is here!  I absolutely love this time of year.  We put up our Christmas tree on Sunday and yesterday I was baking up a storm!  Here is the super simple card I wanted to share with you today.

Items Used:

Winter Frolic Cricut Cartridge

Ribbon

Cuttlebug

Embossing Folders

Peachy Keen Winter Face Assortment set

Sentiment: Pink by Design Christmas Wishes set

I hope you all have a fabulous weekend!  We (me, my sisters & mom) are having a Christmas crafting party this weekend.  It should be lots of fun!

Santa Claus is Coming to Town

Hello everyone!  I have a card to share with you that I made for a couple of challenges.  I have  seen some adorable window cards and I decided to give it a shot.  For the base, I welded two images from Elegant Edges together.  Then, I welded the chimney to the middle of the window.  Here is what I came up with:

Here is the card opened.  I am not thrilled with the way the inside came out but it's ok.  I should have made the window a little smaller but I will know for my next attempt.

My Craft Spot: Challenge #35, Christmas Through a Window

Fantabulous Cricut: Challenge Me Monday #88

Items Used:

Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge

Simply Charmed Cricut Cartridge

Cuttlebug

Black Soot Distress Ink

Market Street Stamps: Punched Tin background stamp

Peachy Keen Stamps: Christmas Face Assortment

My Creative Time: Scalloped & Stitched Circle Die Set & All Around Christmas

Clear Embossing Powder

Heat Gun

Thanks for looking and have a fabulous week!

PKS Sketch Challenge #65 with a Twist

Hello everyone!  I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  My husband and I spent our holiday at home with his parents, his grandma, my mom, and my youngest sister.  It was a good day with family.  Yesterday I did manage to do a little bit of Black Friday shopping.  I went to Michael's in search of some ribbon and paper and stumbled upon the Ribbons and Rosette's cartridge for $24.99!  Of course I snatched it right up.  I dug it out today to play with it for PKS Sketch Challenge.  This challenge had a twist, paper piecing.  This was my first attempt at paper piecing and although I need more practice, my reindeer didn't turn out too bad.  I think I am going to LOVE the Ribbons and Rosettes cartridge.  My rosette was cut at 2" and I pieced five of them together.  It was so easy to do and I love how the rosette turned out!  Here is the sketch:

Here is my card.

Items Used:

Ribbon and Rosettes Cricut Cartridge

Score Board 

Bone Folder

Sentiment: Pink By Design's Christmas Wishes set

Reindeer: Pink By Design's Beary Merry Christmas set

Have a wonderful weekend!  I am off to play some more!

LFIF Holiday Recipe Cards

Happy Tuesday!  My project today was made for Peachy Keen's LFIF challenge.  The challenge was to create a card or layout to share your favorite holiday recipe.  I was excited to attempt this challenge because my sisters, mom, and I are going to have a baking party next month.  Here is what I came up with.  I plan to attach a recipe card with our favorite recipe for them to take home.

This is the side view.

My card was made from and 8x12 paper.  I scored the paper at 4", 6", and 8".  Adhesive was applied to one of the 2" strips and it was adhered to the card to make it stand up.  The original ribbon I had was white but I didn't like the way it looked so I added some Tea Dye Distress ink to change the color.

Items Used:

Sesame Street Font Cricut Cartridge

Jolly Holidays Cricut Cartridge

Twine

Button

Ribbon

Tea Dye Distress Ink

Peachy Keen's Winter Face set

Thanks for stopping by!

MCT Throwback Thursday Challenge

Hello everyone!  It has been a couple weeks since my last post.  My husband attended a conference for work at Walt Disney World and we followed him!  We spent the week in Orlando.  The weather was absolutely gorgeous and it was so much fun.  We went to Disney two years ago for Christmas and it was not near the experience we had a couple of weeks ago. Unlike two years ago, the crowds were so much more manageable.  It was just a more enjoyable trip.  Emma at My Creative Time is having a Throwback Thursday Challenge that is "kid themed".  In honor of our Disney trip I made this birthday card.

Here is a picture of us at Epcot.

Items Used:

Mickey and Friends Cricut Cartridge

Sentiment: My Creative Time's Wow! So Many Candles

My Creative Time Die

Ribbon

Random Border Punch

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a wonderful week!

Harvest Greetings

Hello everyone!  I am so excited that the weekend is finally here!  It looks like fall has finally made it to Missouri.  The temperatures have dropped and we finally broke down and turned on our heat.  My yard is also screaming of fall.  We have raked sixteen bags of leaves in total and yet somehow they keep falling.
It is a never ending battle and one that I am not winning.  Oh well.  Here is my card for the day.

Items Used:

Stretch Your Imagination Cricut Cartridge

Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge

Peachy Keen Wide Eyed and Bushy Tailed set

Sentiment: Pink By Design Bountiful Blessings

Ribbon from my stash

Celebrate the Occasion - Challenge #36

Whimsical Wednesdays - Fall Cuties

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Best Witches

Hello everyone!  Even though there are only three days until Halloween, I do have a last minute card to share with you.

Items Used:

Mini Monsters Cricut Cartridge

Peachy Keen's Monster Face set

Sentiment - My Pink Stamper Spooky Puns set

Martha Stewart Drippy Goo punch

Twine

Cardz TV - Challenge #94

BBTB2 - Happy Hauntings Witch Challenge

DCD - Challenge #38

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend!

MCT Design Team Call

Happy Friday!  Emma at My Creative Time is having her first design team call.  I was so excited when I saw this because I absolutely LOVE her stamps and dies.  It would be an absolute honor to serve on her design team.

Items Used:

Winter Frolic Cricut Cartridge (snowman)

Joys of the Season Cricut Cartridge (snow globe)

Peachy Keen Stamps Winter Faces

Sentiment: My Creative Time All Around Christmas

Brads and Ribbon from my stash

There are so many amazing projects that have already been entered, you should go check them out!  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend!

Mini Album

Hello everyone!  I hope you all are having a fabulous week.  I have a mini album I would like to share with you.  I love the idea of mini albums, especially as gifts.  This is the first one I have ever done.  I wanted to cut it into a cute shape but ran into some trouble.  My cricut did not seem to want to cooperate and cut my chipboard.  If anyone has any tips on how to cut chipboard, I would greatly appreciate them.  I finally gave up and made a boring 8x8 square mini album.

I made this album for Melody Unger.  I went to college with her parents, Lois and Kaleb.  Lois and I were in the same social sisterhood.  Little Miss Melody is a miracle baby.  Due to health problems that Lois was having, she was born at twenty three weeks.  Melody joined this world in May at 10 inches and only 13 ounces.  Lois and Melody's fight to become healthy again was a long one.  Melody spent months in the NICU and Lois had some severe complications.  On October 3, Melody finally got to go home with her parents.  Things were looking up for the Unger family.  However, on October 11th, Lois' health took a turn for the worse and on the 15th she passed away.  I wanted Melody to have something for pictures of her and her mom.  So, I am sending the album to Kaleb so he can add pictures and journal memories.

Items Used:

Pooh & Friends Cricut Cartridge

Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge

Baby Steps Cricut Cartridge

New Arrival Cricut Cartridge

Simply Charmed Cricut Cartridge

Journaling sheets from Michaels

Chipboard

Crop-a-dile

Ribbon

Various punch out embellishments

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful rest of the day!

EEEK!

Hello everyone!  I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.  Mine was pretty quiet, my husband had drill and my step-son was at his mom's.  My dog and I had the whole house to ourselves.  Every now and then it's kind of nice to have some "me" time.  Tonight I made a Halloween card to share with you.  I bought a couple Sew Easy Ribbon punches and wanted to give them a try.  For the most part, it is very easy to use.  I will say that keeping the ribbon straight is a bit difficult but I think with a little more practice I will get the hang of it.

My Creative Time - Throwback Thursday

Cricut 360 - Spooky Halloween Blog Hop

Items Used:

Stretch Your Imagination Cricut Cartridge

Martha Stewart Drippy Goo Punch

Sew Easy Ribbon Zig Zag

Sentiment - My Pink Stamper Spooky Puns

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful night!

Jolly Holly Day

Yay, it's Friday!  This weekend should be pretty low key.  For the first time in a long time, we have absolutely nothing to do.  There is not even a soccer game tomorrow.  This means I should have plenty of time to work on grad school applications.  I have a Christmas card to share with you today.  I am hoping to get a jump on these early this year.  All the cuts came from the Jolly Holidays cartridge.  I forget how many adorable images are on this cartridge.  This little elf turned out so cute!

Items Used:

Jolly Holidays Cricut Lite Cartridge

Pumice Stone, Forst Moss, Black Soot & Peeled Paint Distress Ink

Ribbon from my stash

Peachy Keen Christmas Character Face Assortment

Sentiment - Pink By Design Christmas Wishes

Paper Cutz Challenge - Challenge 113 (circles, diamonds or stars)

Celebrate the Occasion - Challenge 34 (use red, black and white)

I am off to start some laundry, have a wonderful weekend!

BBTB2 Frog Challenge

Happy Thursday!  The challenge for Bitten By The Bug was to make a project using a frog.  As Halloween is quickly approaching, I still need a few cards to send out.  So, I added a witches hat to this cute little frog.  I think he turned out pretty cute!

Items Used:

Mini Monsters Cricut Cartridge

Martha Stewart Drippy Goo Punch

Pumice Stone Distress Ink

Sentiment - Pink By Design A Haunting We Will Go

I am off to walk my dog on this gorgeous afternoon.  Thanks for stopping by!

LFIF - Leaves

Hello everyone!  I can't believe it is Wednesday already!  This week is flying by.  Now that the wedding is over, I have no excuses not to work on my grad school applications.  If I am good at one thing, it is procrastinating grad school applications.  Tomorrow I am hitting them hard.  Wish me luck.  The weather around here has been absolutely gorgeous.  Fall has snuck up on me.  I looked up the wedding was over and somehow fall was here.  My yard definitely knows it's here and needs some serious raking.  Tonight I have a fall card that I made for Peachy Keen's LFIF Challenge.

Items Used:

Simply Charmed Cricut Cartridge (scarecrow)

Sesame Street Seasons Cricut Cartridge (leaves)

Peachy Keen Stamps Monster Face assortment

Sentiment - Pink By Design Bountiful Blessings

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous night!

Why So Blue?

Happy Monday everyone!  The weekend seemed to fly by although we did not do much of anything.  I did manage to get outside yesterday morning and rake up some leaves but that was about as productive as it got.  My sister and her husband are back from their honeymoon.  They are coming up today to get their dog that we have been watching.  Today, I have a super simple card I made last night.  I absolutely love the Disney cuts but they are so time consuming!  This cute little Eeyore turned out pretty well though.

My Creative Time - Throwback Thursday (use a font cartridge)

Whimsical Wednesday - Anything Goes

Items Used

Cricut Cartridge - Pooh and Friends Font

Ribbon from my stash

Sentiment - Pink by Design Animated Greetings 2

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day!

I'm Back :)

Hello everyone!  I feel like I have not posted in forever.  Last Saturday was my sister's wedding.  It was absolutely gorgeous.  I was out of town most of last week and I have spent this week recovering.  I finally got some time to make a couple of cards tonight.  My good friend from college is pregnant with baby number two.  They just found out that they are having a boy!  She is super excited.  I used the Peachy Keen sketch for inspiration to make her card.  Here is the sketch:

Peachy Keen Stamps - Sketch Challenge #62

Cricut 360 - Challenge #13 - Welcome Baby

Items Used

Cricut Cartridge - Baby Steps

Peachy Keen Stamps - Fun Kiddie Face set

Sentiment - Pink By Design Baby Love

Distress Ink - Pumice Stone

Various Ribbon

Have a wonderful night.  I am off to bed.  It is way past my bedtime. :)

Celebrate the Occasion - Challenge #31

Hello!  I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!  Mine was great.  I spent most of Saturday at the soccer fields.  They won their first game and lost the second one.  Today was spent mostly with my youngest sister running last minute wedding errands and working on my speech.  For the most part everything is done, I just need to pack and make a wedding card.  I am so excited to see my family and friends later in the week!  It is going to be so much fun!  Here is my card for the day.

Items Used

Create A Critter Cricut Cartridge

Peachy Keen Wide Eyed and Bushy Tailed set

Sentiment: My Creative Time Wow! So Many Candles

Twine

Flower & Brads

Cuttlebug Embossing Folders

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful evening!

PKS LFIF - Challenge #24 Sunshine

Yay, Friday is finally here!  This is the last weekend before my sister's wedding and it should be a pretty busy one.  I am hanging out with my youngest sister this weekend which is always fun.  Plus, my step-son has two soccer games.  Needless to say I should be pretty busy.  Using my Gypsy, I made another spinner card for the PKS Sunshine Challenge.  These are so much fun to make!

As you turn the dial on the side the sun changes...

Items Used

Pack Your Bags Cricut Cartridge (Sun)

Create A Critter Cricut Cartridge (Clouds)

Wild Card Cricut Cartridge (Card base)

Distress Ink (Vintage Photo & Faded Jean)

Peachy Keen Stamps Wide Eyed Kids, Simple Sallies & Happy Lashes

Sentiment: My Creative Time Encouraging Quotes

Have a wonderful weekend!  I am off to watch Friends with my sister and work of my speech for the wedding!

Link Up Love Party with K Andrew

Welcome to another Link Up Love Party with K Andrews.  These are so much fun!  It is a great way to get to know fellow bloggers and find new inspiration.

Link Up Love Party: How it Works

*Link Up Party runs from Tuesday 9/20 to Tuesday 9/27. Winners announced 10/3
*Grab my blinkie and post on your blog's sidebar
*Be a follower of this blog
*Create a new blog post that is titled Link Up Love Party with K Andrew. In your post, you must mention that the link up love party is a way to get to know each other and find new blog inspiration, mention my blog, with a link back to my blog .
*Post your favorite project that you've done in your blog post THAT HAS TO DO WITH FALL/HALLOWEEN!!
*Copy and paste the link up code into your blog post so the Inlinkz will show up on your blog
*Spread the word so everyone can join in!
*You must visit, follow, and comment on the 5 people before you AND the 5 people after you in the Inlinkz. It would be fantastic if you would visit as many as you can--maybe everyone? If you are one of the first 5 then you will need to blog the ones before you and a few more after--as long as it's a minimum of 10 near you in the link up tool/gadget)
If you do not do the above your link will be deleted, because it's just not fair to those who work so hard linking up and showing love to the ones on the list. I have two moderators who will be checking this out to keep it awesome and fun!



I do not have very many Halloween projects made but this one is my favorite.  It just turned out so cute!

Thanks for stopping by and come join us!

PKS - Sketch Challenge #61

Happy Thursday!  This week is flying by!  It is hard to believe that next week we will be headed to my sister's for her wedding!  I am so excited to see family and friends that I haven't seen in awhile.  Welcome to another Peachy Keen Sketch challenge.  Here is the sketch:

Here is my card:

Items Used

Mini Monsters Cricut Cartridge

Sew Easy

Peachy Keen Monster Mash Faces

Sentiment: My Creative Time All Around Halloween

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful rest of the night!

Whimsical Wednesday - Challenge #23

Hello everyone!  I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!  The bachelorette/bachelor party bar crawl was a success.  We had tons of fun.  I have spent the last couple of days recovering though.  I have however finally gotten caught up on my sleep and have a card to share with you.  I bought the Flower Shoppe cartridge not too long ago but hadn't had a chance to play with it.  I have to say I LOVE this cartridge!  It was so much fun to play with and there are just so many options.  The only tricky part was the middle and I found a quilling tool works great!

Recipe

Flower Shoppe Cricut Cartridge

Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge

Ribbon

Sentiment: My Creative Time This & That

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you all have a wonderful evening.