Cherry On Top Blog Award

I wanted to thank Titine for the cute blog award.  If you click on her name it will take you to her blog.  She has some cute things on there!

The rules for this award are:


1. Thank the person who gave this award to you
2. Copy the award and put it on your blog.
3. List three things which you love about yourself.
4. Post a picture you love.
5. Tag five people you wish to pass this award on to.


Three things that I love about myself:

1. Once I decide to do something I will keep going until I get it finished no matter how long it takes.
2.  I am very self sufficient.
3.  I love to make people feel special.
 
This is one of my favorite pictures...
 
 

The five people that I would like to give this award to are:

1.  Scrappy Mel

2.  Paper Pastimes of a Scrapbooking Mimi

3.  Liz

4. craftin-on-my-door

5. Candace

Summer Theme Album for Cricut Mini Albums Design Team

Here's the Summer album that I promised you all. I made this album for my 10 year old to document her summer. I have added pocket pages to save ticket stubs, extra photos, and bookmarks for added journaling. Also there a couple lift the flap pages so that she can add more hidden journaling or photos.


Cover:
Sun- Doodle Charms
2010- Graphically Speaking
Summer- Straight from the Nest
My- Don Juan

Bubbles- A Child's Year
Fish- Create-a-Critter

Books- Locker Talk
Rounded rectangle- Gypsy Wanderings
Welded together with Gypsy to make Bookmark

Watermelon- Doodle Charms

Lift the Flap page with journaling on top and photo inside.

The journaling cards are made by K and Co.

Another lift the flap page with journaling on outside and photo inside to document road trip.

Pocket pages. Lemonade Bookmark slides out and photo can go on front and journaling on back.

Ice Cream Cone- Straight from the Nest

Lemonade- Just Because Cards

Last page is a mini album I cut out from Fabulous finds and mounted to the back page.

Cuts from the Sugar and Spice Cricut Lite cartridge

I thought I might make a few cuts from the Sugar & Spice Cricut Lite cartridge to show you all what they look like. I have went ahead and labeled all of what I have cut out for you. I am hoping to cut out more later this week to show you what else is on this wonderful cartridge. I think that EVERY image on this one is absolutely adorable! Enjoy!

(If you want to see larger images- just click on the picture)

I will be posting my Cricut Mini Albums Designs Team project a little later this week. I am very excited to share it with you. I LOVE how it turned out and cannot wait to give to my 10 yo! The theme for this assignment was SUMMER. So come on over and see what everybody has come up with this week. The link for the Design Team is on my side bar.

Apple for the teacher...

My youngest daughter wanted me to make an apple card for her to give to her teacher on the last day of school. I used Doodle Charms for the apple and my Gypsy to weld into the card.

Quick Easel Card using Graphically Speaking

Here's the card that I made for my boyfriend's father for Father's Day. I like these easel cards- they are very simple and fun to make.



Cartridge used: Graphically Speaking

Cards using Cricut Lite Slumber Party, B is for Boy, and Sugar and Spice

This cellphone card is made using Slumber party. I really like this cartridge because it has two different cards and envelopes to be used with the square or round backgrounds of the shapes. I also like it because you don't have to use the backgrounds if you don't want to and just cut out the shapes. This is a must-have cartridge if you have little girls. My 10 yr loves it!


This elephant is from the Sugar and Spice cartridge. One of the reasons I bought this one is because of the elephant. My 10 yo LOVES elephants- but especially Horton! :)

This little giraffe was made with the B is for Boy cartridge. I thought he was rather cute. I don't like this card though because I went a little crazy with the faux stitching- it doesn't look right to me.

I don't have to work this weekend so hopefully I will be able to update with a few more cuts from these little cartridges. I have to say that I may be of the minority but I think I may like these cartridges and the little "booklets" that come with it better than the full cartridges. I find that I get a little overwhelmed with the full cartridges- too many images to choose from and remembering what is on what cartridge. The layering is outstanding and the images are simpler. I am a clean scrapper. I do not like a lot of busyness.

Thank you all for taking the time to check out my blog. I cannot believe that I have 174 followers. :)

Cricut Lite "B is for Boy" sock monkey!!!

I found them! The Cricut Lite cartridges at my Walmart, that is.
Since I saw the sock monkey on the "B is for Boy" and "Sugar and Spice" I knew I HAD to have them.
My youngest DD has a birthday party to go to tomorrow and she asked me to make a card with a monkey on it.
This is my first try at an easel card. It measures 4x4. So...
Here he is...



Here is the side view of the little sock monkey. Isn't he just the cutest?! Did I happen to mention that I have LOVED sock monkeys since I was a little girl? I still have the sock monkey that my grandma made before I was even born.


So I broke down and bought 3 of the "Lite" cartridges... Slumber Party, B is for Boy, and Sugar and Spice. Be on the look out for more projects with these cartridges and maybe a few individual cuts off of each one. How's that sound?

"Happiness..." mini album for Cricut Mini Albums DT

Here is this week's callenge submission for the Cricut Mini Albums Design Team.

I welded the couple to the last page on my Gypsy.
There is vellum in the heart cut outs on the first page- I put in between the layers of the chip board and the
patterned paper covering. The little sticker says "Happiness is spending time together" by K&Company.

I used the same shape as the cover for the little folder inside- folded it in half-
to be used for journaling.

The tag and letter L were cut out using chipboard with my Cuttlebug.
The flowers are Primas with a pearl brad center.

Cartridges used:
Sweet Hearts- couple
Wedding- hearts
Gypsy Wanderings- rounded square pages and mats
Create-a-Critter- first page with heart cut outs

CRICUT MINI ALBUMS DT project #3

For this project the theme was Mother's Day. I had heard somebody on the Cricut Message board asking why anybody would want to buy Fabulous Finds so I decided to look it over and see what cuts I could use on this mini album. Sooo here it is...

A Couple More Cards using Create-a-Critter

I made this little card for my cousin's little girl. This is the teddy bear from Create-A-Critter. I really didn't like the smile on him so I didn't use the part of the nose with the smile in it. Also if you do not want to put the dress that comes with the bear- it has a cute little cutout for the tummy where I added some patterned paper and a little heart. The present is also an accessory for the bear. I used the flock on her as well- she's very fuzzy and soft. The banner is from Christmas Cheer and I used an American Crafts rub-on for "Happy Birthday to you".



I made this card for my boyfriend, "Just Because". For this one I used the little peanut that is on Create-A-Critter and "nuts about you" is from Just Because cards.

More Critters from Create-A-Critter

This is my "boy" doggie birthday card. This is the dog from Create-a-Critter and the hat is from Celebrations. I have had a few of you ask me how I make the cards and get them to line up. I use my Gypsy to I weld the shadowed images together- I line them up on the center lines- one reverse image and normal image so that they slightly overlap. I then weld them together and group the two images together so that I can move them around the page together. If I want to add another shape I will weld that shadow to the base as well (i.e. the birthday hat). I then continue to cut out the original shapes and layers and use pop dots to adhere them to the page. I also use Fabri-tac to make the card more sturdy and I also cut a blackout image to line the inside so that the back of the card does not feel so flimsy. Some of you have asked me to make videos of how I do these. I do not know how to do this but my DD has a flip video camera that she has just offered to let me use- with her help of course. So maybe you will see a video or two in the future. :)



I made this card because it made me think of my youngest DD- I always tell her that she is my sunshine. I used the card shape from Wild Cards, the sun is from Create-a-Critter- which I welded to the card, and "You are My Sunshine" is from Just Because Cards. I also used my Studio G flock. I am so much fun using the flock... the instructions say to use a glue pad but I have just been covering whatever I want to use the flock on with my Zig pen, then covering with the flock and press it onto the shape, let it dry and then shake off and return the excess to the jar. I have to say a little bit of flock goes a loooong way.

I have to say that this cartridge has completely made me want to create again. I just love ALL of the images and really was hoping that a new baby cartridge would come out and this fits the bill for me. What I enjoy the most is making more kid/ baby themed projects and am considering selling some of them on Etsy. I have a bunch of stuff that I made that have not given away that I should do something with... why not sell them?

Here is the "girl" doggie birthday card. DD insists that I make a girl and boy image of each Critter. I also used Kraft paper for the strip down the nose and the white flock to make it feel fuzzy.

Loving Create-a-Critter Cartridge...

I am hooked! I am loving making these shaped cards with the Create-a-Critter cartridge. And the best thing about it is that it is a cinch to weld together and piecing these little guys together is as simple as it gets. My daughter has plans for me to make every one of the critters into a card. 5 down and many more to go! LOL

This dinosaur is the cutest!