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

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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

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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...