I AM SO EXCITED AND HONORED TOO......

When I opened my email this morning I got a wonderful surprise, I am to be featured in the Customer Spotlight of the Cricut Newsletter this week. SHOCK!!! but so honored too.
They are spotlighting the Spring mini accordian album that you will see below in my posts and there is a cut file there for anyone who wants it as well. Thank you all so much for your support too....... http://www.cricut.com/newsletters/volume.aspx?ID=252

My Very first Award!!!!

Wow!!! I am so Honored to be given this award from Audrey at Cute and Some for her challenge showcase #4. Thank you so much Audrey!!! Looking forward to your next challenge.......

Pink Stampers Challenge #9

This is my shaped card made with "From My Kitchen" cartridge. It is an A2 size and I used the pieces from around the neck tie for the pocket and layered with red and white. Came out cute Huh???? Of course wouldn't be complete without a matching envelope too.!!! Oh and by the way here is the free cut file for you too!!!

http://www.4shared.com/file/QismIJP0/Apron_Card-Frm_My_Kitchen-cind.html

Pink Stampers Challenge # 5

This is a Post it Note Holder that I designed on Design Studio and then Cut out from A Card that I bought in a pkg of 6 at Michaels and they also had matching Post it Pads so this is my Teachers Appreciation gift. Thanks for looking..... Also here is the cut file for you too: http://www.4shared.com/file/C0frtu6a/Top_Note_Post_It_Holder_-_sent.html

Pink Stampers Challenge # 4

This was made from the Cartridge that I own and Like the least which is Paper Pups.... But I did discover that there were some pretty cute borders and tags and such that I didn't realize this cart had so may use more often. ........ Hope you like it.......

Box of 10 All Occassion Gift Tags you can tie to a Bag or attach to a gift box !

Here is a great little box filled with Tags I made from all my scraps. I used my cricut to design the box and cut, I used my George Cartridge, and then just put together and filled it with tags. This little box will hold anywhere from 6 to 10 tags depending on their embellishments. These will come in so handy and will make great gifts to give too. Also Here is the free Cut file for you too. http://www.4shared.com/file/Hf52a8V8/bag_tag_boxes_-_george_-colane.html

Cherry On Top!!!!

I did this for the Bitten by the Bug 2 challenge - We were to use the Cricut cartridge "From My Kitchen" and use the Ice Cream Tab, so my variation is that I took the tab and made it into a card and Put an Ice Cream sundae on it too! The Card itself is just white but pictured on a dark background so it would show better You can get my cut file below and its free. Have fun making your own and show me what you make too!!

CutFile:

http://www.4shared.com/file/BZwKaAiC/Cherry_on_Top_Sundae_Card-From.html

Styling Shoulder Bag

Thanks for coming to my Blog to see my 2nd Paper Purse which I designed and completely cut on my Cricut Expression. The Purse Measures 6" Tall and 7" wide at the Bottom of the purse. the Shoulder strap is made from 2 ribbons that I glued together with Fabri-Tak glue and then fashioned into a handle. The purse is made from Art Watercolor paper that I printed first and the sides and Latch is Mirror Board Cardstock and I embellished the sides with silver brads. I thought the Jewel clasp added Elegance of course and then the Fluer De Lis Key Chain that every designer purse comes with is Fab too, don't you think??? Please leave a comment below and join my Blog just to the left here to follow me.

The Cut File and Directions are for sale here and once you pay I will email you the cut file and directions within 24 hours but usually within 2 hours.

Stylin Should Strap Purse

Option 1 $4.00 Option 2 $4.00 Option 3 $4.00

My First Purse made of Paper!!!

Here is a look at my very first Purse I made from Paper. It measures 7" wide by 5" tall not including the Handles which adds another 3". It will hold 10 notecards and envelopes and has a hook and loop closure under the gold button which I cut the back off of and then glued to the closure. Some of the parts I cut with the Cricut Expression. I only used 2 pieces of 12"x12" cardstock for the Purse Itself. I really think it came out pretty good. Let me know what you think. Thanks for Looking.

I've Been Really Busy!!!!

Here is a Stationary set I made and I am calling it "Island Life" since my husband is from Marthas Vineyard. These cards were made with pictures we took while visiting the Island. The Stationary Box is made from 2 pieces of 12 x 12 cardstock and Is really easy to do. It measures about 6"W x 5" H x 2" Deep. This box will hold 6 Note sized cards, 6 3" cards for bags, and 6 Tags too.

A Little Florida Sunshine!!!

This card came out cute with all the Florida themed papers and Sunshine, with of course my matching envelope too. Used Okielady's cricut template for this card as well and here is her site again. http://okieladybugsscrapnmore.blogspot.com/ Also sent this to my Easter Swap partner just as a little Bonus gift.

Easter Swap Gifts

UPDATE: I entered this into the Cricutter Anonymus contest on 4/4/10 and the cartridges I used for these projects are George and Forever Young.

Hey Everyone, I 've been really busy making stuff and packing a swap gift box for my partner. Here's several things I made for the Swap and all of it ( except the chocolates, LOL!!) were made on my Cricut. The 1st picture is of chocolate goodies I sent inside an altered Crystal Light container. Came out cute huh?? For the Pink and Green card I used a template for the cricut that I got from Okieladys site which you can get here: http://okieladybugsscrapnmore.blogspot.com/ By the way she also has a video posted on this blog on how to make your own pop dots too!!! I had to design the Easter Bonnet on the Design Studio for Cricut and then cut it out. The rose on the card I made from the same ribbon around the hat and then I attached it to the card with Fabri-tak glue. I am also gonna try to attach my cut file that you can download for the Easter Bonnet Card. Have fun making yours. Here is the link for the Cut File: http://www.4shared.com/file/242764698/2f758ac3/Easter_Bonnet_Card-Forever_You.html

I'm Late ! I'm Late ! For a very important Date!!!

Hope I am not too Late for this Contest!
Here is my entry for the Cupcake challenge at the BBTB2 Blog. This card is a mix of Traditional and Digital cardmaking. To see the other entries click on their Blog listed on the left hand side of my Blog here. Thanks for looking too.

Bag of Tags

As you can see I have been really busy with this Project but it is a wonderful selection of oversized tags with 3d embellishments on each tag and has beautiful organza and satin ribbons too. The bag measures 7-1/2" high by 3-1/2" wide and each tag measures 8" high x 3-1/4" wide. Plenty of room for you to write your own sentiment or these could also be used as bookmarks or combine them with the binder ring I will include with this set and turn it into a tag mini album. Its up to you ! There are 10 Tags in all so could use part of them as a mini album and part of them as tags or bookmarks. Have fun deciding. And for those of you who do alot of scraping this was a wonder way to use up some of my scrap stash too!

24 Hour shipment

Option 1 $15.00 Option 2 $15.00 Option 3 $15.00

Will ship within 24Hrs.

Exploding Scrapbook

Blue Flower

Option 1 $10.00 Option 2 $10.00 Option 3 $10.00

This little mini scrapbook is really compact at a 4" square tied closed with an elegant organza ribbon which when opened up explodes to show 10 pictures. Great to give as a give as a gift or just carry around with you as a brag book.

Blue Roses made with my Cricut

I made these roses and put them on tags after watching a you tube video from Paper Phenomenom, you will find her link below, check out her site. She is so good and shares all she learns. I am putting the link to her you tube here for you to see too. Have a nice evening everyone.

http://www.youtube.com/watchv=edApDLVUWSw&feature=PlayList&p=C76771FBBEB610D2&index=3

Stinkin Cute !!!!! Car Album

Hello Everyone, I am a little late with my post this a.m. because I was trying to finish this albun and then get some pics so I could post and show it off. This album is a 6" car but I have added several ways to add more pictures. Inside the Stop Sign you can fit 4 pictures, Inside the wallet on the orange gingham page can fit 2 pictures, The Pale Blue one has two tags that can hold pictures on the front and back of tags and then one on the pocket on the front too. And the Green page with the polka dot ribbon that opens up so you can fit 5 pictures inside that so the whole album will Hold 24 pictures in Wallet and Thumbnail size on the small squares and frames. All of the decorations and fold outs were cut with my Cricut Expression. These are really fun to make and I get the shaped albums at Michaels for $1.00 so all I have to do is decorate them. Hope everyone is having a great day. Thanks for looking too.

Altered Composition Book

This is an Altered Composition book that I made for a friend. It's covered inside and out, and the Initial on top is wood that I painted to match and a fabric/paper flower for Decor. Also added tabs to make sections in the book.

Valentines Day!

Jon and I had a wonderful Valentines day here in Florida, It was only about 55 degrees, but sunny and we planted dinner plate sized Lavender Dahlias. Can wait till they come up. Hope all of you had a great day too. Here is the card I made..

Spring Cricut Mini Album

Hey Everyone, This is a really colorful mini-album I designed on my Cricut Expression using the new Sentiments cartridge and Fabulous Finds for the Library Pockets. It was really fun to make and the graphics for the papers I chose came from the pccrafter.com site which is another provocraft digital graphic site which has a monthly club that I belong to. I am gonna post my cut file for this project as soon as I learn how to do that.!!!!!

5-6-10 Ok Here is the free cut file I promised a while ago and then forgot to put it up here: Some of the cuts are from another mini I made so you may not need them but they are here anyway. For the main part of the accordian book it is the easiest to just cut 1 piece of 12 x 12" cardstock in half to have 2- 6" x 12" pieces, fold each in thirds and then glue two of the pieces together so you end up have 5 places on each side for pictures and tags. The library pockets I used in this one I bought at a teachers store, (you wouldnt believe how much stuff you can find to scrap with there. Have fun.....

http://www.4shared.com/file/ZvXPh_8T/Mini_Accordian_Scrapbook-Sentm.html

Babys Mini Album I created

I created this baby album from some oversized coasters I got at a local Restaurant, and its been so long that I dont even remember which restaurant. The size is 3-1/2" x 5" and lots of pop ups that the pictures can slide under, like under the dog and small squares. Perfect size for wallet size photos and then also some of the thumbnail photos. too.

Thanks

Since this is my very first post on my very first Blog I just want to thank all of you that are visiting my blog/wishes/musings. I wanted to be able to share some of my projects with you and some patterns and cut files when i learn how to do that. LOL!!!!!