Happy New Year - Exploring Cricut

Happy Monday and Happy New Years Eve!  It is challenge day over at Exploring Cricut.  Today's challenge is to create a New Year's project.  Here is what I came up with:

Cute huh?  The teddy is from Teddy Bear Parade cartridge.  It is all cut at 3 1/2 inches.  It is hypothetically possible that I might have put the sash on upside down - but we won't tell anyone that :)  The sparkly patterned paper is from CTMH and the rest of the paper is from Recollections.  I did a bunch of doodling with my Sakura Jelly Roll pen and used one of Mary's fabulous Cardz TV Stamps for the sentiment.  It is from the "Classic Christmas" set, one of my favorites!

I hope you pop over to Exploring Cricut and play along with us.  I would love to see what you create!  Also, be sure to remember that there is new inspiration every day at Exploring Cricut , you can always find amazing ideas from all the talented designers!

A challenge or two for my cute card:
Catch the Bug - holiday/seasonal 
Just us Girls - sparkly new year (the patterned paper is sparkly)
Little Claire's - new year
Brown Sugar - happy new year
Fussy and Fancy - furry friends
Divas by Design - anything goes
Paper Pretties Wednesday - happy new year

A la prochaine... 

Clown Bear - Exploring Cricut

Well, all my best intentions to post my late projects went out the window when I got home yesterday morning.  I arrived to a sick little girl, she has strep throat.  So yesterday was a trip to the doctor, and the pharmacy and then another trip to the pharmacy and phone call to the emergency line when she reacted to her antibiotics - fun, fun, fun!  Anyway, here I am TWO days late with my Exploring Cricut post for Friday.  Here is what I came up with:

I made this cute little card for my daughter to give to one of her friends, so I needed the clown to be girly!  The card stock is mostly from Recollections.  The patterned paper is an old stack I bought from Michael's when it first opened and  I did some doodling with my Sakura Jelly Roll pens.  The stamp is from Cardz TV Stamps "Beary Sweet" and you can buy your own right HERE!  

Be sure to go to Exploring Cricut every day, there is always an inspiring project to be seen there!  There is a new challenge starting there tomorrow, so be sure to check it out.

A challenge or two for my cute clown card:
ATCs and Cards with Attitiude - anything goes
Card Crafter's Challenge - anything goes
Lady Anne's Challenge - anything goes with a sentiment
Stampin for the Weekend - anything goes
Charisma Cardz - anything goes
Dutch Dare Challenge - celebrations
Pixie Dust - celebrations
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

A la prochaine... 

No Peeking Tags - Pause Dream Enjoy Challenges

Well, I managed to completely lose track of the days - what with Christmas, all my night shifts and a sick munchkin - gotta love strep throat...  Unfortunately, I missed posting a couple of projects.  Here is what I created for Friday's "anything goes" challenge over at Pause Dream Enjoy Challenges.  A few cute last minute tags:

Aren't they cute?  The tag is cut from Plantin Schoolbook.  The cutie penguins are from Simply Charmed - I love that they make a boy and a girl :)  Their faces are both from PK Stamps.  I embossed the background of the tag with Swiss Dot.  The sentiment is from  Cardz TV Stamps "Christmas Joy" set.  You can buy your own HERE.

A challenge or two for my tag:
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge - any christmas card
Wags'n'Whiskers - anything goes
365 Cards - pick 2 (polkadots and winter)
Aud Sentiments - anything with a sentiment
Craft Us Crazy  - merry christmas
ABC Christmas - zoo animals
Crafty Creations - seasonal tags
Creative Moments - embossing

A la prochaine...

Bad me!

Eek!!  I have just realized that it is Friday, and I messed up :(  In the chaos of the holidays, and bad weather, I forgot to do my blog posts in advance. I am in the midst of 3 twelve hour nights, and am staying at my parents to make life easier for my hubby and the kids, cause I am sleeping during the day. I will be home some time Saturday and will get both my exploring cricut post, and my pause, dream, enjoy post up then. Sorry for my brain bleep :(

A la prochaine...

Cookies for Santa - PDE

Happy Friday! Don't you just love Fridays? 

Today is the start of a brand new challenge at

Pause Dream Enjoy Challenges!

Ch#51: December Celebrations

Create any type of CELEBRATION project.

(Christmas, Birthdays, Anniversaries, etc.) 

Starts: Friday, December 21st 12:00 am EST

Ends: Thursday, December 27th , Noon EST

Winner (chosen by random.org) Announced: Thursday, December 27th late afternoon

Here is what I came up with today:

One of my favorite things to do with the kids during the Christmas season, is to make cookies.  This year, I decided to try some new recipes and let them go to town with the sprinkles - as you can imagine, they were thrilled!  Some of the cookies they made are going to be for Santa, so I decided to make a little tag.

The tag is from Plantin Schoolbook.  That little ginger bread man is from Jolly Holidays - I bought it yesterday when Cricut had their digi cartridges 25% off - Yay!!  The card stock and patterned paper are both from Recollections and the button is from Walmart.  I did some doodling with my Sakura Jelly Roll pens and glittered up my buttons with some stickles.  The sentiment is from Cardz TV's Christmas Joy set.  You can get your own HERE.

Our Sponsor this challenge is

Cardz TV Stamps

http://www.cardztvstamps.blogspot.com/

Prize: 1 Stamp Set of the Winner's Choice

Come play with us!

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A challenge or two for my tag:
Crafting by Design - tags
Crafty Creations - seasonal tags
Dragons Dream - christmas tags
Little Red Wagon - christmas tags
Simon Says Stamp  - christmas
Craft Room Challenge - tags
Ribbon Carousel - holiday spirit
Twisted Tuesday - tags with a smile - how can you look at those penguins and not smile??
Ink it Pink - tags
Pink Elephant - holiday gift tags

A la prochaine...

Magic Reindeer Food!

Happy Thursday everyone!  I have a cute little project to share with you today, the kids and I made Magic Reindeer Food the other day.  For any of you who don't know what that is, it's special sparkly food that leads Santa's reindeer to your home on Christmas Eve.  Here it is:

We made 6 little bags of reindeer food, one for each of the kids, one for my Mum and Dad's place - where we hang our stockings - and one for each of the cousin family's.  We see them all on Christmas Eve.

Here is a close-up of the little topper we put on the bags.  The reindeer is from CAC2 and I found the little poem on-line and printed it on my computer.  

Here are my munchkins, getting ready to make the reindeer food - cute little monkeys!

And voila!  Our reindeer food...  Our secret recipe?  Oats, sugar and lots of edible glitter, decorative sugars and sprinkles.  The sugar and glitter help it sprinkle, so the reindeer will will be able to see our house from the sky and what reindeer can resist oats??  Make sure that everything you put in it is edible, just in case some birdies decide to feast on it :)

I will be back tomorrow with a new project for you, and here's a hint - it involves the sprinkles again...  see you then!

A challenge or two for my reindeer food:
Crafting for all Seasons - green, red and glitter sparkle (hope the reindeer food counts...)
Creative Belli - christmas project
Creative Moments - anything but a card
Divas by Design - anything goes
Penny's Paper Crafty - christmas
Celebrate the Occasion - christmas anything goes
Deep Ocean - santa claus is coming to town
Die Cuttin Divas - more holiday spirit
LEJ Designs - santa's coming to town
Top Tip Tuesdays - anything goes Christmas
Kaboodle Doodles - christmas/holidays
Unstampabelles - christmas no stamps
A la prochaine... 

Winter Fun - Paper Playtime

If you are looking for my Exploring Cricut Joy banner click HERE.

Paper Playtime starts a brand new challenge today!! 

For Ch # 91

Winter Fun

Starts: Monday, Dec 17th 12:00 am EST

Ends: Thursday, Dec 27th Noon EST

Winner (chosen by random.org) Announced: Thursday, Dec 27th late afternoon

Here is my project for this challenge:

Isn't it cute??  Teddy Bear Parade is my favorite cartridge these days!!  This little sledding girl in her winter coat, is cut at 3 1/2 inches.  The cardstock is a mix of Michael's and SU and I think the patterned paper is from a K and Co christmas pad from a few years ago, but I'm not positive ;)  I embossed the white paper with the snowflake folder from Cuttlebug.  I did a bit of doodling with my Sakura Jelly Roll pen, and the sentiment is from Whimsical Design's "Snow Much Fun".

Our sponsor this challenge is...

Mary of Cardz TV Stamps

One winner chosen by random.org will receive 1 set of Mary's Cardz TV Stamps!

Please Note: This is our last challenge for 2012.

The winner will be announced on Thursday, December 27th, 2012.

Happy New Year! Have a great rest of the year!!

Come play with us!

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A challenge or two for my cutie card:
Gingerloft - winter
Opus Gluei - baby it's cold outside
Natalie and Amy - winter wishes
The Cupboard Trilogy - frosty winter
C.R.A.F.T. - winter
Craft Us Crazy - winter
Happy Camper - winter's here

A la prochaine...

Joy Banner - Exploring Cricut

Happy Monday everyone!  I hope everyone is getting ready for Christmas.  The challenge this week over at Exploring Cricut is to create a Christmas project using your Cricut.  Here is what I came up with:

I find banners really hard to photograph, despite my best efforts - they are either too dark, to bright or just a mix of dark and light - so I took a pic of each panel.  

The cute little reindeer here is from Create a Critter 2.  I did some doodling with my Sakura Jelly Roll pen.  

I cut each of the letters from Once Upon a Princess.  I just love the font they have on that - I wish it had a lower-case alphabet too...

The base of the banner is cut from Birthday Bash - the banner bases on that cartridge are AWESOME!!  They are the easiest things to put together!

The paper is a mix of Bazzil and Recollections.  The ribbon is from Michaels.  The little gingerbread guy below, is from Create a Critter 2.

I hope you like my cute little banner - I love making them, they are so fun :)  Pop over to Exploring Cricut, see what the rest of the design team came up with, and play along with us!!  Be sure to visit every day, there is always something inspirational there!

A challenge or two for my cute little banner:
Anything but a Card - seasonal holiday
Come and Get It - anything christmas
Dream Valley Challenges - christmas
Live and Love Crafts - anything but a card
Pretty Little Ribbon Shop - it's christmas plus a ribbon
Really Reasonable Ribbon - anything goes plus a ribbon
Fussy and Fancy - tags and banners
Do You Stack Up - christmas
Creative Moments - anything but a card

A la prochaine... 

Snowman Tags - Cardz TV Day 2

Happy Saturday everyone!  It is the second day of the "Dreaming of a White Christmas" over at Cardz TV.  With Christmas drawing ever closer, I am spending most of my crafting hours making gift tags.  I decided to make one that fits perfectly into this challenge.  Here they are:

Aren't they adorable??  I love them :)  I have a dozen of them finished, and another dozen in mid production.  Here is a closer look.

The tag is cut from Wrap It Up and the snowman is from Hello Kitty Greetings.  I embossed the background with the Cuttlebug snowflake folder.  The ribbon I used is from Michaels as is all the paper I used.  The twine is from Doodle Bug Designs.  The "for you" is from Christmas Joy, I also used the "to" and "from" on the back side - I should have taken a picture of that, sorry...  You can get your own set HERE.

Pop over to Cardz TV and play along with us - you could win a set of Mary's stamps, and who wouldn't love that??!!

A challenge or two for my cute tags:
Addicted to Stamps and More - bingo - embossing, free and ribbon
City Crafter - snowman and non-traditonal colors
Craft-room Challenge - make a tag
Flourishes - non-traditional christmas colors
Crafty Boots - christmas
The Crazy Challenge - christmas time
Catered Crop - gift tags
The Crafter's Cafe - tags 
Guylou's Inimitability - snow
Jellypark Challenges - tag it
QKR Stampede - snow, snowmen, snow balls etc
Raise the Bar - let it snow
Stampin for the Weekend - let it snow
A la prochaine... 

I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas - Cardz TV Stamps

Happy Friday! Today starts a brand new

Cardz TV Stamps challenge!

CTVS Ch#21 "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas"

Starts: Friday, Dec 14th @ 12:00 am EST

Ends: Thursday, Dec 20th @ NOON EST

Details: Create a card, layout or craft project for 
CHRISTMAS WITH SNOW, SNOWFLAKES, OR A SNOWMAN

Prize: 1 set of Cardz TV Stamps of the winner's choice

(shop Cardz TV Stamps... HERE)

Winner (chosen by random.org) Announced: Friday, Dec 21st @ Cardz TV

Here's my "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas" project:

Are you as in love with this as I am?  I am so thrilled with how this came out!  All the Cricut cuts are from Doodlecharms - one of my first cartridges.  I created a shape card with the shadow on my Gypsy Girl - I love her!!   I used the blackout feature to cut out the snowman, and stamped his face from Peachy Keen's Happy Lashes.  I did some doodling with my Sakura Jelly Roll pen.  The stamp is from Cardz Tv's Christmas Joy set, and you can get your own right HERE.

Want to play with us? You can enter your project below or hop over to Cardz TV to check out what my Design Team Sisters have created and enter your project there!

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A challenge or two for my pretty shape card:
Inky Impressions - use something old (doodlecharms cartridge)
Stampin Royalty - christmas/ winter
The Perfect Sentiment - christmas
Bearly Mine - anything goes
Die Cuttin Divas - christmas spirit
Loves Rubber Stamps - let it snow
Papelitos Stamps - something with a touch of red
Top Tip Tuesdays - christmas
ABC Challenges - let it snow
Tammy's Scrapin Corner - christmas shaped card

A la prochaine...

Snowflakes - Pause Dream Enjoy

Happy Friday! Don't you just love Fridays? 
Today is the start of a brand new challenge at
Pause Dream Enjoy Challenges!

Ch#50: SNOW!

Create any type of project featuring SNOW.

Starts: Friday, December 14th 12:00 am EST

Ends: Thursday, December 20th , Noon EST

Winner (chosen by random.org) Announced: Thursday, December 20th late afternoon

Here is what I came up with today:

Isn't it CUTE!!??  I love how this turned out.  The tag is cut from Plantin Schollbook, the big snowflake is from Wrap it Up and the little snowflakes in the background are from Doodlecharms.  I used Peachy Keens "Happy Lashes" on the big snowflake, and colored it up with my SU markers and chalks.  I inked the edges with my Faded Jeans distress ink.  I doodled around with my Sakura Jelly Roll pens.  The sentiment is from Cardz TV's Christmas Joy stamp set, and you can buy your own HERE.

Our Sponsor this challenge is



Fresh Brewed Designs
http://freshbreweddesgins.com/
Prize: $15 Gift Certificate

Come play with us!
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A challenge or two for my cute tag:
Dragons Dream Tag It On - christmas
Freshly Brewed - christmas
Tanda Stamps - chilly colors
Craft-room Challenge - make a tag
Crafty Sentiments - snowflake
Craft You Passion - stitching
Incy Wincy - christmas with snowflake
Lexi Creations - snow
Come and Get It - tag you're it
Quirky Crafts  - christmas tag

A la prochaine...

Blue and White -Pause Dream Enjoy

Happy Friday! Don't you just love Fridays? 
Today is the start of a brand new challenge at
Pause Dream Enjoy Challenges!

Ch# 49: Blue & White

Create any type of project featuring BLUE & WHITE.

Starts: Friday, December 7th 12:00 am EST
Ends: Thursday, December 13th, Noon EST

Winner (chosen by random.org) Announced: Thursday, December 13th late afternoon

Here is what I came up with for today's challenge:

I cut the tag from Plantin Schoolbook.  I embossed the snowflakes and sentiment with Versa Mark and clear embossing folder, and inked the tag with some blue distress ink.  The snowflakes are from an old SU set that I had never used, and the sentiment is from Cardz TV Classic Christmas - I just LOVE that set :)

Our Sponsor this challenge is

Mark's Finest Papers & Stamps
Prize: Train Talk Stamp Set

Come play with us!
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A la prochaine...