1st Mini Album for Cricut Mini Albums DT

My 1st Design Team project for Cricut Mini Albums was due today. My cousin's daughter's 3rd birthday is next weekend so I made this little album for her. It fits 4x6 photos without any cropping. I used my Gypsy and welded together the cupcake from Create-a-Critter, the 3 candle from Sweet Treats, and 2 rounded rectangles which i manipulated the sizes to what I needed. I welded the smaller rectangle off to the side so that when I bound the book together it did not take up any of the room that the pictures would use. I wanted to be able to use regular sized prints because her mother is not a scrapbooker and probably would not want to cut down her photos. I also used my Cuttlebug to emboss the number 3 and my Bind-it-all. If you get a chance, check out the other girls' projects for this challenge as well.

I have noticed that I am getting near the 100 followers mark on my blog and have decided that I want to give some blog candy away when I do hit 100. It amazes me that almost 100 of you check out my blog and what amazes me even more is that I did no campaigning to get followers- you all did it of your own free will. :) WOW! I want to say thank you for stopping by and it really does make my day when I get a comment or two.

Another thing that I wanted to address is the sweet ladies who have all given me blog awards... Sara Kate, Melanie, Nicole, Melissa, and Liz. I have added links to all of their blogs and will be posting the awards to my blog in a day or two. I am on VACATION which means I have some time for scrappin'. Yippee!

"Happy Birthday" card using Sweet Treats

This card was made for one of the ladies that I work with for her birthday. I used the Sweet Treats cartridge and the background shape is from Just Because Cards.

On another note... I applied to be on the design team for the new Cricut Mini Albums website and I was notified last week that I MADE IT!!! I am so excited! The link to the site is on the sidebar of my blog. My first project is due this weekend coming up. Check out the site and see what me and the other girls have come up with.

Happy Birthday Mini Album

This is the toilet paper roll mini Album that I decided to try last weekend. I went thru my stash and used some embellishments that I have had for a while. The only Cricut that I used for this was the tag inserts. Sometimes I feel like I should always be using my Cricut which is why I have such a large stash. My goal is to begin using more of what I have stored up.
The rub-0ns are American Crafts, ribbon is American Crafts and some I found at the Dollar Tree, the birthday embellishments are Miss Elizabeth's that I also found at the Dollar Tree a couple of years ago, the jumbo eyelets are from American Crafts, the paper is from a Me & My Big Ideas Teen stack, and the journaling stamp I got on clearance from Michael's a couple of month's ago.
I have a few more tp rolls and I think I will be trying this one out again. :)

Cover:

Pages 1&2:

Pages 3 & 4:

Tag Inserts:

A Couple More Cards using Straight from the Nest

I made a little time to do some cardmaking today after a day of scrapbook shopping. I bought a couple of EK Success border punches- I used one of them on these two cards. The stamp that says "Living the Sweet Life" was $1 at Michaels. I bought a couple more stamps- Elephants- my youngest daughter's favorite, some clearance paper at Hobby Lobby, and some Disney paper I found at Tuesday Morning. Now I just need to get my photos developed from our Disney trip in February so I can start scrapping.

Chickie cards made with Straight from the Nest

I splurged and bought the Straight from the Nest cartridge from HSN. I've finally gotten to post what I made last weekend. I started a new job last week and am trying to get used to the new schedule and finding time to get things done. So here is what I made. I love this cartridge and can't wait to find more time to play.

Baby Boy Mini Album

I made this mini album for a dear friend of mine from work who is expecting her first child in July. Sadly I will be moving on to a new job and I really wanted to give this to her before I started next week.

Mother's Day Card using Mother's Day 2010 Cartridge.

I used the new Mother's Day cartridge for the word Mom, Gypsy Wanderings for the scalloped circle frame, Don Juan for the card shape with the circle cut out, and a Martha Stewart border punch. I absolutely love this paper pad that I found at Tuesday Morning this past weekend for 1.99- Wild Raspberry by K and Company. I got a few great deals there but I am really loving this paper.

Here is a mini album that I finally put the finishing touches on. All shapes were cut out on the Cricut- it's been such a long time since I started this that I have forgotten all of the cartridges that I used- but it's finally finished.

Green Stack Birthday Card

This simple card was made for Grandpa Frank's birthday- he's a nature lover and I thought the papers were perfect. The only Cricut I used was Don Juan for the font and Accent Essentials for the Top note shape. The "ribbon" is actually felt. It's nothing fancy because he probably won't even notice that it was handmade. :)

Birthday Gift Bag

The Cricut message board posts a one hour challenge every night and I decided to join in tonight. I've had these wooden gift bags that I got at Michaels for a while now so I thought I would embellish one tonight. I used the $4 Cosmo Cricut stack from Michaels, some $1 ribbon, and cut the cupcake from the Celebrations cartridge. The tag is a Cuttlebug die and the sentiment is an American Crafts rub-on.

A layout using Gypsy Wanderings and Treat cup from Sweet Treats

I got a little busy this weekend a did two projects done. There are not too many pictures of my mother and I but I really liked this one of us from Christmas. The butterflies are from Gypsy Wanderings, the flourishes and beautiful are from Home Decor, top note is from Accent Essentials, and the font is from Winter Woodland.

A close up of the butterflies...

I also wanted to try one of these little treat bags from Sweet Treats. Plus I brought out the Cuttlebug
for embossing. Everything that I did this weekend was against the norm for me.

10 Reasons Why I Love You mini album

I took advantage of the time I had this weekend because of the snow to make this mini album for my one and only. To give you a little background- he and I met and dated for a couple of years through college, we reconnected 15 years later and realized that we were each other's one true love. I wanted to make him this book to let him know how very much I love him.

I used some mini file folders that I bought at the Dollar Tree (all of the patterns are actually cut from them.) I brought out my old trusty white signo pen, and the font that I used is CK Ali's handwriting.