365 Days Of Cricut

#34 St. Patty's Day Owl Card

2012-03-01T17:01:00.000-08:00

HI everyone there's a brand new color challenge on the SVG ATTIC blog for my card I used 3 different SVG sets from the SVG Attic store called.... CELTIC KNOTS, GO GREEN, and GIVE A HOOT. I out everything out using SCAL3 and my SIlhouette Cameo. The sentiment is from My Creative Time. Be sure to enter our challenge HERE.

#33 Leprechaun Home Decor

2012-03-01T05:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone for today's project I made a little helper for my kitchen this leprechaun and pot of gold actually measure 12x24 inches which I cut out using SCAL 3 and my Silhouette Cameo. I made this door decoration for the new St. Patty's Day Home Decor challenge at Cameo Creations on Monica's blog, to enter the challenge you can use any Silhouette machine and this week's prize is a $15 gift card to Michael's! I used the GO GREEN set from SVG ATTIC!

You have 2 weeks to enter the challenge HERE

#32 Easter Peeps Layout for SVG Attic DT Day

2012-02-29T08:00:00.000-08:00

Happy LEAP DAY!!!! It's SANDRA here and for this week's project I made a pre-made layout for this year's Easter pics, especially after seeing these super cute cuts from the NEW set called EASTER ELEMENTS by SVG ATTIC I could NOT resist using this set ASAP lol!

The patterned papers I used here were actually from a set I got from the $1 bins at Target last year these papers are teenager themed but I think they worked out good with my Peeps! The stickers I used are thick glitter foam stickers from Creative Imaginations. I also added green pastel ribbon, pearls, purple Martha Stewart glitter and sprayed everything with "Yellow Daisy" Glimmer Mist, I just love the shimmer on the peeps in the pic above.

I cut everything here including the bunny and chick peeps, and also the butterfly with SCAL 3 and my Silhouette Cameo.

Be sure to check out my post's and the rest of the DT's daily posts for inspiration HERE on the SVG Attic Blog, along with our new color challenge!

Here's the set I used Easter Elements

#31 Baby Blog Hop Alligator Layout

2012-02-25T06:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone welcome to the baby blog hop hosted by Sylvia from http://bellascrapbookdesigns.blogspot.com/ if you are here from Sylvia's blog then you are in the right spot! Here's a sweet blog hop all about babies, I really wanted to be part of it since I will be having my sweet baby girl here in about 5 more weeks, I am so excited it's going by pretty fast and before you know it I will be a mother of 2 instead of 1!

In honor of me having a new arrival soon I decided to finally make my baby her first layout for her baby scrapbook album. The alligator is from Lettering Delights called "Love Bites" which I cut out using my SCAL3 along with my Silhouette Cameo. I did some embossing on the alligator and also on the umbrella and added Stickles, inking and bling, I also stamped the eyes using PKS Winter Wonderland faces. The flowers are all Prima and I added pink pearls to the centers and used 2 different Glimmer Mist sprays. The glitter chipboard letters are from We R Memory Keepers. I cut the outer doily square shape and the scalloped rectangle for the mat using files from the Silhouette store.
Thank you for hopping with us today!
NEXT STOP is SANDY

#30 SVG Attic Wednesday Baby Shower Decor

2012-02-22T08:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone it's SANDRA here, for today's project I thought I'd share with you the centerpiece I made for my baby shower. This Princess mobile was cut using SCAL 3 along with my Silhouette Cameo, and the SVG set I used is from SVG ATTIC and the set is called BABY GIRL, it's a set that's perfect for baby showers it has tons of stuff! Be sure to also check out my post on the SVG Attic Blog, have a great day!

#29 Mason Benefit Blog Hop Alien Card

2012-02-19T05:00:00.000-08:00

Welcome to the Mason Benefit Blog Hop hosted by MONICA, if you are here from ANA MARIA http://www.shortycreations.com/ then you are in the right spot! I'm so glad you are reading this. Mason is a sweet 2 year old boy who has endured a lot of medical problems from such a young age.

THIS is THE LINK (http://thesearsfam.com/masons-riddle) where you can read about young Mason's life.  It was recently updated by his mother, Dana.  

We are sending cards of encouragement to Mason and his family to uplift their spirits.

The challenge

Create an Encouragement Card with the outside being for Mason and the inside for his parents that will be mailed to the family.   What's nice about THIS blog hop is that YOU, the reader, get to participate in this challenge as well! 

It's a win-win situation, if you think about it.  Mason and his family are going to receive a lot of wonderful cards, and you get to submit entries to win some nice blog candy along the way!

The link for your Encouragement Card submissions will be active from Sunday, February 19th at  5 AM Pacific Time Zone, through Thursday, February 23rd midnight, Pacific Time Zone.  The Winners will be announced on Monica's Blog after the 23rd.  

To enter more than once, there are a few things to do:

1.  A. Create your card for Mason, and please include a note to his parents to let them know you are thinking of them.

B.  Create a post showcasing your card creation donation on your own blog then link your blog post's website to Monica's website:

http://www.monicascreativemadness.com 

C. MAIL your encouragement card to Mason and his family.

 MAILING ADDRESS WHERE TO SEND CARD

 WILL BE EMAILED to you after you Link your Card.

2. Donate via the PayPal button that's at the bottom of this post.

    Please let Monica know if you donate by leaving a comment on her blog.

There are two sponsors for this blog hop:  

1. The Twinery is donating a Sample Pack which will have 3 of their new colors included!

2. SVGCuts has donated a $25 gift card to their online store!

There will also be a chance to win blog candy along the hop from the participants!  So be sure to stop by every single blog to see some great ideas and possibly win some extra Blog Candy of your own! 

For Mason's card I went with n outer space theme my inspiration for my card was my son Aidan who is obsessed with aliens right now. I figured if my little boy likes aliens Mason will probably like aliens too! The svg set I used is called "Out of This World SVG Collection"  by SVG Cuts.

To create Mason's card I made a long card to fit into a regular size business envelope the card is 4 x 9.25 inches long! I cut out the alien, star and sentiment using SCAL 3 along with my lovely Silhouette Cameo. Check out this sentiment it's only 1.5 inches with lots of detail and it cut perfectly, love my Cameo! I also added googly eyes, a ribbon bow tie, Stickles, ribbon and I used a border punch to create the tiny dots.

Monica www.monicascreativemadness.com

Carley http://www.craftycarley.com/

Cecilia www.craftinginthenight.com

Esther http://forthejoyofcreating.blogspot.com

Kerri http://kerripowell.blogspot.com

Jann http://snap-schotts.blogspot.com

Ana Maria http://www.shortycreations.com/

Sandra http://365daysofcricut.blogspot.com/

Lisa http://prettypaperprettyribbons.blogspot.com/

Sylvia http://www.bellascrapbookdesigns.blogspot.com

Thank you again for visiting my blog...NEXT STOP is LISA

You can donate to Mason's family below:

#28 SVG Attic Wednesday 2 Page Layout

2012-02-15T08:00:00.000-08:00

Good morning! It's SANDRA here and today is my day to post on the SVG Attic Blog and I made a 2 page layout featuring one of my favorite sets which is Erin's Scalloped Trims, I guess I love this set so much because it's a great alternative to border punches plus it's a major space saver LOL! These pictures were taken at the San Diego Zoo and I used a few cuts from my Paisley, Tags, Bags Boxes & More, and Life's A Party Cricut cartridges to create these layouts, I also added some bling on top of the borders from SVG Attic.

Here's the set I used from the SVG Attic store ERIN'S SCALLOPED TRIMS

#27 You Light Up My Life Blog Hop

2012-02-13T00:37:00.000-08:00

You light up my life

You give me hope

To carry on

You light up my days

and fill my nights with song

Jearise from Lorby's World is our hostess for today's hop which takes a look at all those things that light up our lives be it a significant other, children, place or pets. Enjoy what they have come up with as you hop along and please leave a comment on each blog to light up their life today. Some may be giving blog candy away so keep an eye open to see and you never know...You're life may be lit up.

BLOG CANDY
Leave a comment at Lorby's World and become a follower (or let her know if you already are one) to be eligible to win a $10.00 gift card to Joann's Crafts and Fabric.

SPONSOR and more BLOG CANDY
SVG ATTIC is sponsoring this hop by giving away a $20.00 gift certificate to their store. SVG Attic is the last stop on our hop and to qualify for the gift certificate you must do two things. 1. Visit the SVG Attic Store and then 2. Become a follower of SVG Attic's blog and leave a comment telling which svg file from the store you like best.

If someone turned off the lights and you ended up here by accident, please follow the lighted path as you begin your hop at Lorby's World .If your hop stayed lit, you should have ventured over from JANET http://ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/ and will continue on to JESSICA http://thecrafterscottage.blogspot.com/.

Lights on....

There are so many people who light up my life.... my hubby, my son Aidan, my 2 little dogs, and the little Princess I have growing in my tummy (who arrives in April!). But I had to make a layout with a great picture that I had on hand, so here is a picture of me and my son I just love smothering him with hugs, kisses and all my love! I never understood why so many people loved being a mom until I became one myself to this little man 4 years ago, I love you Aidan!!!!

I made this layout using my Silhouette Cameo and found the 4 lamps and marquee shapes in the Silhouette store they are all Lori Whitlock files. For the title I used some glitter stickers, I also added a large Prima flower with some large grey buttons. I added yellow Stickles to all of the lamps.

NEXT STOP is JESSICA

#26 Chinese New Year 2- Page Layout

2012-02-12T03:02:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! Here's a layout I made of us celebrating Chinese New Year 2010 the year of the "Tiger". We went to this awesome parade in Chinatown Los Angeles, CA. It was our first time ever seeing something like this I loved every minute of it! There were so many colorful floats and dragons and dancers, along with people doing karate it's a must see!

All of the cuts I used here are from the Pagoda Cricut cartridge, and the sentiment is from Designer's Calendar Cricut cartridge. I got this gorgeous stack of patterned paper from KI Memories for only $5 at Ross, I love getting good deals on supplies! I also added Stickles, black glitter brads, rick rack ribbon, and some black ribbon on the bottom.

#25 Build A Bear Workshop Layout

2012-02-11T16:22:00.000-08:00

***This is my 2nd post please scroll down for another layout!***

Hi everyone here's a layout I made of my son at Build A Bear Workshop, he chose to make a cute little football dog! I was inspired by all the bright colors inside the store to make my layout, I cut everything out using my Silhouette Cameo the bear , banner flag, journaling tabs, and screws also including the font...look how skinny and tiny those letters are and they cut perfectly! I also added some black jumbo brads and painted all the edges with black acrylic paint. I stamped the bear's face with Peachy Keen XL Critter Faces.

I am entering this layout in PEACHY KEEN STAMPS photo challenge:

#24 Tiny Turtles Layout

2012-02-11T16:15:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! I have been very determined to finish my 2010 Scrapbook album before my baby gets arrives in April, I just can't believe how long it's taking me... I guess because last year I made so many cards and not enough scrapbook pages! Well that is all going to change since my New Year's resolution was to make way more layout then cards this year I think I am doing good so far lol!

I made this layout to feature our tiny pet turtles that we got in 2010, they were about 2 inches or less each and now they have grown so much, they are the size of the palm of my hand, it's pretty neat watching them grow and swim around in their tank.

I used the Life's A Beach Cricut cartridge for the turtles and pulled out all of my "chocolate" colored supplies so I can enter in Amanda's Crafts and More Challenge which is "chocolate" themed. I used chocolate colored cardstock, ribbon, twine, glimmer mist, buttons, flowers, marker, and stickers! I also embossed the turtles with my Cuttlebug and added some pearly bling.

#23 Mother's Day Layout

2012-02-09T01:30:00.000-08:00

Good morning! I am excited to share with you my all time favorite layout I've made so far (well one of them lol!). I used my Cricut E2 along with my lovely Cameo to create this masterpiece! The 3d ruffled flowers are a file from the Silhouette store I cut them around 3 inches each and sprayed them all with glimmer mist, ruffled them up and added a brad to the centers, the tiny flowers on the bottom right are also from the Silhouette store these are more like quilled flowers. Here's a list of the Cricut carts I used:

Title-Mother's Day 2010
Green flourish- Home Accents
White Flourishes- Storybook
Yellow Scallop Square- Just Because Cards

I was happy to be able to combine my Cricut and my Cameo for a fun little twist lol! I am so hooked on my Cameo at the moment that I sometimes forget that I already have 100,000's of images on all my carts!

*****Do you own a Silhouette Cameo or SD? If so be sure to come play along in the current Cameo Creations Challenge right HERE for a chance to win $15 in SVG files!!!!

#22 Diaper Shaped Baby Shower Favors

2012-02-08T08:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone it's Sandra here and I want to share with you these adorable diaper shaped baby shower party favors I made for my upcoming baby shower. To make these diapers I used some cute paper from Hobby Lobby with satin ribbon and stamped the Thank You sentiment on every diaper. I plan on stuffing these diapers with tulle filled with candy for all of my shower guests. I used my Cricut Expression along with SCAL 2 using SVG Attic's "BABY GIRL SET", this set has everything you need to have a baby shower be sure to check it out HERE!

#21 Monkey Love Tag

2012-02-02T05:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! Welcome to our 2nd ever Cameo Creations challenge hosted by Monica's Creative Madness. For this weeks challenge please make a Valentine's Day tag using a button and any scallop shape to have a chance to win a gift certificate to The Digi Bistro SVG store.

For my project I cut everything out using SCAL 3 and my Silhouette Cameo, this cute monkey girl is from The Digi Bistro's Funny Valentine set, and I stamped her face using PKS. The sentiment is from Scrappy Moms stamps. I also added baby pink tulle and a red button on her flower.

To enter the "Cameo Creations" challenge you can use ANY Silhouette SD, or Silhouette Cameo and you have 2 weeks to enter the challenge HERE!

#19 #20 SVG Attic Wednesday Bee and Baby Elephant Cards

2012-02-01T08:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone it's SANDRA here and today I have 2 cards to share with you using all files from SVG Attic. The bee card is from the MY VALENTINE svg set. I added some Stickles and Peachy Keen Stamps.

For this baby elephant card I also used the MY VALENTINE svg set along with ERIN'S SCALLOPED TRIMS svg files to create a layered border of scallop shapes! I cut everything out using my Cameo along with SCAL 3. I made this baby card for our brand new challenge which is to make something using a heart, you can find more info HERE.

Here are the set's I used:

MY VALENTINE

Erin's Scalloped Trims

#18 Easter Layout

2012-01-30T22:31:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone this is actually my 2nd post tonight please scroll down to see my other layout I made!

I made this Easter layout of my son when he was only 2 yrs old back in 2010. He just kept grabbing eggs and then he would dump them all out and the older kids would come running trying to steal his eggs... how mean!!! Anyways I made this layout without using my Cricut or Cameo... I made it just using the stuff I had like ribbon, flowers, brads, chipboard letters, sticker, stamps, glitter and buttons. The stamp shaped die cuts I used for the banner are actually a cuttlebug die!

I am entering my layout in 2 challenges:

Die Cuttin Divas- Bows, buttons or bling (I used buttons, bling and my die cut is a Cuttlebug die!)

DCWV- Stackaholic Template Challenge (I used Nana's Kitchen Stack)

#17 Birthday Boy Layout made with Cameo

2012-01-30T20:06:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! I feel like I have been neglecting my blog a little bit, I have so many new projects to share with you that I made over the last 2 weeks, but I've been too lazy to blog about them!

Here's a layout I made of my nephew Jacob's 2nd birthday. I got this fun and bright paper stack at Joann's a few days ago I forget what the collection is called but it's all about birthday's and it's adorable. All of the cuts here which include, title, stars, circles, tags, balloon and present are all from the Silhouette store. I did some doodling around with a black pen and embossed 2 tags, the sentiment "memories" is from Pink By Design stamps. I also added some glitter to some of the cuts.

I am entering in Creative Scrappers SKETCH #192

Also, just a reminder if you own a Silhouette Cameo or Silhouette SD be sure to enter in our first ever "Cameo Creations" challenge HERE for a chance to win some SCRAPPY MOMS STAMPS!!!!!

#16 Little Devil Monster Card

2012-01-27T08:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone today is Crafty Sprouts Friday and the DT made some very cute monster cards to show you! I found this little monster from the Silhouette store and cut it out using my Cameo. The stamp set I used was Monster Kisses, I also added twine from the Twinery. Click HERE to view the rest of DT's cute projects!

#15 Guy Birthday Card for SVG Attic Wednesday

2012-01-25T08:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone it's Sandra here from 365 Days of Cricut and today is my day to post on the SVG Attic Blog. I wanted to make something out of the ordinary using the stars from the NEW YEAR PARTY COLLECTION which is a set not just for New Year's there's other stuff that you can use all year round.

The stars are from the New Year Party Collection and I cut them all out at 1 inch using my Cameo, and the background stamp is from Market Street Stamps, the sentiment is from Pink By Design Stamps I also added some brown embroidery floss to the card.

You can view the collection I used HERE

#14 Baby Shower Invitations

2012-01-24T07:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone!! Hope you all had a great weekend, I did I got lots of crafty things done I have plenty of inspiration for you guys!! For today's post I am also being featured on the CRafty Sprouts Blog my sister Victoria helped me make 30 baby shower invitations for my upcoming baby shower. I finally chose a theme for the nursery and it's Princess theme so I decided to go with a Princess themed baby shower also!

I cut all of the onesie's out using the Life's A Party Cricut cart and welded them together in my Gypsy to make a shaped card. The Princess crown is from the Teresa Collins Sophisticated Cricut cartridge and I added pink Stickles on all of the crowns. I am very happy with the way they came out because they were nice and easy to mass produce 30 of them! I stamped ALL of the sentiments using CRAFTY SPROUTS "Rock that baby Bump" stamp set which you can see below. Click HERE to check out the rest of Crafty Sprouts stamp collection they are so awesome!

Be sure to check out CRafty Sprouts Blog every Tuesday for some Design Team inspiration and also every Friday for new bi-weekly challenges with prizes!!!!!!

#13 Crafty Sprouts DT day baby card

2012-01-20T15:03:00.000-08:00

HI everyone! Today is a brand new challenge at Crafty Sprouts and the challenge is to "Case the DT" which also means make a copy cat project from anyone in the DT! I chose to "case" my DT sister Zeni she made an adorable mini album which you can view HERE. I chose to case it but I just made it into a card instead of a mini. For the sentiment and the baby footprints I used the ROCK THAT BABY BUMP stamp set, and the marquee shape is from the Accent Essentials Cricut cartridge, I also added twine, a button and bling with my I-Rock tool.

Here's Zeni's adorable project be sure to check it out HERE!!!!

To check out the entire Crafty Sprouts Collection you can view them all HERE!

Be sure to play along with our "Case the DT" challenge for a chance to win some Peachy Keen Stamps!

#12 Twisted Easel Card for Cameo Creations Challenges

2012-01-19T05:00:00.000-08:00

HI everyone!!! Today is the start of the brand new Cameo Creations Challenges over at my friend Monica's blog aka http://www.monicascreativemadness.com/. Every other Thursday we will have a new challenge where you get to use your Silhouette Cameo machine yay!!! I am so excited for this especially since I got a Cameo for Christmas.

For our first challenge it is to make a Twisted Easel card using the colors pink, red, and turquoise, be sure to link up your project HERE for a chance to win a stamp set from our sponsor SRAPPY MOMS STAMPS, you have until Feb. 2nd to enter the challenge.

For my Twisted Easel card I cut this cut monster and all other shapes here from Lettering Delights using SCAL 3 and my Cameo. I embossed the red and white papers with my Cuttlebug. The sentiment says "My Funny Valentine" and is from Scrappy Moms "LOVE NOTES" stamp set. The face is from Peachy Keen Stamps.

Have a great day and don't forget to enter our very first Cameo Creations challenge HERE

#11 Amour Picture Frame for SVG Attic Wednesday

2012-01-18T08:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone it's Sandra here from 365 Days of Cricut and I'm here to show you a frame I made using SVG Attic's newest release... Sweetheart Captions. I cut it out using my SCAL3 along with my Silhouette Cameo. I painted the edges silver to match the paper and add some black bling!

Here is a link to the SVG set I used Sweetheart Captions:

*This frame is available in my Etsy shop HERE!*

#10 Baby Monkey Card/ Come on Baby Blog Hop

2012-01-17T01:35:00.000-08:00

HI everyone!!! Welcome to the Come on Baby Blog Hop hosted by the newest mommy that I know ASHLEY!!!

I am so super happy for Ashley because she just had her first baby on January 12th who was actually due today! I just know that little prince of her's must be spoiled with love! Baby's are a real blessing, and I am so honored to be part of her hop for her baby boy!

For my card I used my Cricut E2 again yay! This adorable monkey was from the Birthday Cakes Cricut Cartridge, the face stamp is from PKS Critter Faces-medium and this funny stamp which says "Congrats on your little poop machine" is from Crafty Sprouts ROCK THAT BABY BUMP stamp set. I stamped this funny sentiment because I was thinking of the day Ashley and I were chatting on FB, I was giving her a little advice about newborn baby boys that involved what the sentiment says lol!!! I also stamped the back of the card and envelope with Crafty Sprouts stamps.

The list for the hop is:

Ashley : http://myscrappinpalace.blogspot.com

Sandra : http://365daysofcricut.blogspot.com

Monica : http://simplycricutting.blogspot.com

Nicolette : http://beyondscrapin.blogspot.com

Jen : http://jenscraftcorner.com

Kari : http://purplefuntastickcreations.blogspot.com

Indira : http://craftyhomemade.blogspot.com

NEXT STOP is MONICA

#9 Disney's "Up" Doug the Dog Layout

2012-01-15T14:06:00.000-08:00

Click HERE to continue the Crafty Sprouts Blog Hop!

Hi everyone!! Here's a fun Disney layout I made for our Disney scrapbook album, this picture was actually taken at California Adventure which is one of Disney's parks here in So. California. At the time my son Aidan was obsessed with watching the Disney movie "Up" and he was sooooo excited when he saw Doug the Dog there so of course he had to get his autograph and take a pic. BTW I made is Disney autograph book in this picture myself you can see my post HERE.

For my layout I used all the papers, chipboard letters, and faux button from the "Grandma's Kitchen" paper stack set from We R Memory Keeper's, I embossed the orange paper strip with my Cuttlebug and stamped the sentiment "How's It Waggin'?" with Scrappy Moms Stamps. I found this FREE awesome SVG of Doug the Dog from Up over at Mardenz Blog HERE and cut it out using my Silhouette Cameo and SCAL 3.

I am entering in a few challenge below:

Scrappy Moms Stamps- CARTOON CHARACTERS (I used "Up")

Creative Scrappers- LAYOUT SKETCH #189 (I had to flip the sketch for my pic)

ALSO BIG NEWS!!!!!

My awesome friend Monica from Monica's Creative Madness aka Simply Cricutting is starting a brand new challenge every other Thursday on her blog HERE. The challenges will be all about using your Silhouette Cameo!!! We are super excited to launch this week especially since so many of us got Cameo's for Christmas yay! I am the sponsor coordinator, and let's just say we will have some amazing prizes twice a month!! I hope you can play along with our first ever Cameo Creations Challenge this Thursday on January 19th!!!!!

You can view the rest of the DT below:

Elsa: http://www.cricutlvr.blogspot.com/
Ana: http://www.shortycreations.com/
Shanna: http://www.shannanoel.com/
Lisa Norris: http://prettypaperprettyribbons.blogspot.com/
Cecilia: http://craftinginthenight.blogspot.com/

and Monica of course!

http://www.monicascreativemadness.com/

#8 (Video) Gamer's Layout

2012-01-14T14:39:00.000-08:00

CLICK HERE for the Crafty Sprouts Blog Hop

Hi everyone I hope you are having a great Saturday so far! Here's how I spent my Friday night last night I made a scrapbook layout of my gorgeous hubby and my beautiful son. For those of you who don't know my hubby is currently on deployment right now until 2 weeks before I give birth in April! We miss him dearly, he is in a safe place actually here in the states, but still he is away from us and not at home it sucks!!!!

For my new year's resolution this year I promised myself to make more layouts and use up some of my crafty supplies and enter in more challenges, who knows hopefully I can win a prize (keeping my fingers crossed lol!).

This page was made to add to my 2010 album here's a pic I took of my son and my hubby playing a PS3 game, scrapbooking is my addiction and gaming is my hubby's addiction lol! All of the patterned papers I used are from the Generation Tech stack from DCWV along with the embellishment at the bottom. The font is from the Feeling Groovy Cricut LITE cart, controller is from the Father's Day Cricut cart, and the marquee shape is from Cindy Loo Cricut Cartridge. Below you can see I added black buttons and some blue metallic clearance Christmas ribbon that I got over a year ago! I love it when I can use Christmas supplies for non-Christmas projects!

I am entering in a few challenges below:

Fantabulous Cricut- MAN THEME

More Than Favors- SKETCH CHALLENGE

#7 Spring Flower Card Crafty Sprouts Recap Blog Hop

2012-01-13T17:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone welcome to the Crafty Sprouts recap Blog Hop event! Today the DT is showing a project from every stamp set that CRafty Sprouts has released. If you are here from Carley's blog then you are in the right spot.

To make my card I used a flower from the Mother's Day Bouquet Cricut cart and embossed with my Cuttlebug and added a large flower button. The outside scallop shape is from Accent Essentials. The stamp set I used is from CRafty Sprouts "FEELING ICKY" stamp set

Be sure to check out everyone's projects we've been previewing all week on the Crafty Sprouts Blog.

BLOG CANDY!! I am giving away my card that I made for today's hop, just leave me a comment below!

NEXT STOP is ELSA

#6 Love Shaped Card

2012-01-13T13:42:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone here's a quick card I made using the BE MINE SVG set from SVG ATTIC, using my Silhouette Cameo along with SCAL 3. I embossed the background with a rose embossing folder in my Cuttlebug and glittered the sentiment. The inside sentiment is from My Creative Time stamps. Be sure to enter our "Glitter" challenge over at the Svg Attic Blog you have a chance to win a $25 or a $10 gift certificate to the Svg Attic store be sure to link up your glitter project HERE.

Also, the SVG Attic is having a Design Team Call!!! You have until Feb. 1st, to respond to the DT call, click HERE for more info.

P.S. Be sure to stop by my blog today at 5pm PST for the Crafty Sprouts stamps blog hop with some blog candy!

#5 SVG Attic Wednesday Tree Card

2012-01-11T08:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone it's Sandra here from 365 Days Of Cricut. For today's project I used the tree from the GIVE A HOOT SVG set from SVG Attic. I cut the tree out using my Silhouette Cameo, stamped the sentiment from Pink By Design stamps, and the heart border is from a punch. I also did some inking and added purple twine from The Twinery! Be sure to check out the current challenge we have going on at the SVG ATTIC BLOG HERE which is to use glitter along with any SVG Attic design, how easy is that!?! I love glitter!! You have till the end of the month to enter the challenge and the prize is a $20 gift certificate to the SVG Attic store.

Here's the GIVE A HOOT SVG set I used for today's project:

#4 Rock Star Pirate Bear Card

2012-01-10T10:32:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! For today's project I made a little rock star pirate bear card for Crafty Sprouts , everyday for the last week the DT has been showcasing Erika's awesome stamps. Today I am showcasing the Are You Ready To Rock stamp set by Crafty Sprouts which was one of her first releases that I LOVE! This set is so versatile there's stamps in this set even for babies and men!

I cut the marquee shape from Accent Essentials Cricut cart, the bear with crossbones are from the Rock Princess Cricut cartridge. I used some of my older paper that I've had in my stash for about 2 1/2 years now, which is the All Dressed Up stack from DCWV! I also embossed the sentiment with silver embossing powder.

Be sure to check out the rest of the DT's posts HERE, and tomorrow everyone from the DT will be showing our favorite sets! Have a great day!

#3 Balloon & Wine Festival Layout

2012-01-03T05:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! Here's a layout I made for my 2010 scrapbook I am really trying hard to finish it soon before this baby comes in April! I have 20 layouts down and 20 more to go! I feel like a complete scrapbook album is 40 layouts total LOL!

I used my Silhouette Cameo for the doily shape, the hot air balloon, circles, the font is a font from my computer that I cut at 1/2 an inch! The flourish shape is from my Storybook Cricut cartridge. I allded plenty of pink bling and Stickles. All papers are from DCWV Lace & Linen stack, it's so pretty!

Here's my bling hot air balloon.

I am entering my layout in this sketch challenge http://sketchabilities.blogspot.com/

#2 Intricate Hearts Card made with Cameo

2012-01-02T13:21:00.000-08:00

***This is my 2nd post please click HERE to view my first project of the year!***

I am still loving my Cameo, especially after this amazing cut it's so intricate! Normally I would NEVER even attempt to cut something out like this with my beloved Cricut because I know that I would have to do major surgery with my Xacto knife LOL!

I got this shape from the Silhouette online store with my Premium subscription, I am very excited to make a bunch of Valentine's Day projects I guess I got a little burnt out making Christmas stuff, eventhough I LOVE Christmas! I cut this card out at 5x5 inches and stamped the sentiment "Happy Valentine's Day" with a Martha Stewart stamp. I just love sweet and simple cards that are easy to make!

This card is now for sale for $2.50 with FREE SHIPPING at my ETSY shop HERE!!!

#1 Happy New Year Glasses

2012-01-02T13:19:00.001-08:00

Happy New Year everyone! Here's some 2012 green glitter glasses I made for my son he loved them! I used the NEW YEAR PARTY COLLECTION from SVG ATTIC, this set is awesome because it has a lot of different party favors that can be used year round, not just for New Year's. I cut the glasses using my new Cameo and with SCAL 3 easy peasy! I placed clear transparency papers on the circles to create a lens. You can view the entire collection HERE

#270 My First Silhouette Cameo Project!

2011-12-31T14:32:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone!! I am so excited to share my first Silhouette Cameo project, my hubby got me a Cameo for Christmas and I was completely shocked that he got me one it was a big surprise!! I will be makoing some changes to my blog in the upcoming 2012 year, meaning I will not just be posting Cricut only projects, I will also be using my Silhouette Cameo, stamps, digi stamps, non die-cut machine projects, and of course Cricut projects! I have invested way too much $$ in my Cricut and cartridge library that I will NOT be getting rid of or selling, I am still a proud Cricut owner eventhough I have a new Cameo!

Ok I am in love with my Cameo, I mean it was completely hard for me at first to figure out their Free software, since I am so used to using SCAL 2, both of these are way different from eachother. I am NOT a tech savvy person at all I mean I couldn't even figure out how to but a free blog header on my blog for months ugh! Luckily my sweet, sweet friend Monica aka Simply Cricutting came to the rescue and offered to help change my blog isn't it cute!?! Thanks Monica you're the bomb, girl!!! Be sure to check out her blog HERE because she has been very busy making several Youtube videos about the Cameo, and she is the one who really convinced me to ask for one for christmas LOL! Good thing I listened haha!

Ok now onto my project....... I got this dress shaped card from the Silhouette store and added a button on the front, stamped the sentiment inside with an Inkadinkado stamp I've had in my stash forever! This card measures about 3.5x5 inches.

I signed up for the Silhouette store's monthly pass subscription for $16 a month I get $150 worth of image downloads basically for free! It averages out to be about .10 per design woo-hoo so awesome!! I am in download heaven overhere LOL! When you download their images from their store you can only use it with the Silhouette software, you can NOT use it with Scal3 or MTC!!!!!

Be sure to check out my blog tomorrow, I will be sharing a project I made using SCAL3 with my Cameo! FYI- if you already own SCAL2 you can upgrade to SCAL3 for FREE!!! And don't worry you still get to keep SCAL2 on your computer, I have both now but SCAL2 does NOT work with the Cameo!!!! You will need SCAL3 or another program if you want to cut other company files that are NOT from the Silhouette store like SVG Attic, Lettering Delights, SVG Cuts, etc.

I am so sorry this post was very long, I am just trying to explain as much as I can about my experience with my Silhouette over the last couple days, since I know so many people are interested int this wonderful machine. So far I LOVE it, and I promise to learn how to do the print/cut feature and also to cut some very intricate stuff for you!

***This card is now for sale in my Etsy shop HERE with FREE SHIPPING!!!!!***

Happy NEW Year!!!!!

#262-269 Milk Carton Treat Boxes for SVG Attic Wednesday

2011-12-28T08:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! Today is my day to post for The SVG Attic and I made some very yummy homemade fudge and Reese's cookies to give as Christmas gifts this year. I just have to say that I LOVE this milk carton SVG box from the FUN FAVORS SVG COLLECTION, it's huge! It holds all of this in one box! This was pretty easy to fold and glue together, I just used regular Elmer's school glue to adhere the boxes and they glued perfectly! I also placed clear transparencies inside the box on the circle shape and I stapled each box shut.

Here's the SVG set I used HERE! Be sure to come check out the SVG Attic Blog HERE!

#261 Money Holder Stocking SVG Attic Wednesday

2011-12-21T08:00:00.000-08:00

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Hi everyone today is SVG Attic Wednesday and I will be posting a new project every Wednesday using the SVG Attic's SVG files. I made a money/gift card holder stocking for a guy using the "Cookies For Santa" SVG set, this is such a great set as you can see below:

I cut everything out with my SCAL 2 and my old Cricut Expression the paper is from DCWV. The stamp set I used is Crafty Sprouts HAVE A COOL YULE stamp set

#260 Ornaments, Ornaments and More Ornaments Blog Hop

2011-12-16T22:24:00.001-08:00

Welcome to

the KinderStampO Ornaments, Ornaments

and more Ornaments Blog Hop hosted by http://www.kinderstampo.com/. If you are here from http://scrappinpinkpiglet.blogspot.com/ then you are in the right spot!! This hop is all about beautiful ornaments that 24 designers will be giving away on our blogs!!

Be sure to leave a comment on all the blogs for some fabulous blog candy given by Kinderstampo, she will randomly select a winner from ANY random blog stop from the hop!

For my ornament I used a Digi Stamp from Tiddly Inks and colored her with Prismacolor pencils. I used Martha Stewart glitter for the blue and white parts only and added silver ribbon to the backside to hang on a tree. To make this ornament more sturdy I layered it on 4 pieces of cereal box chipboard so it's pretty thick! You can use this ornament for other things too... like an embellishment for a mini album, scrapbook layout, etc. that's why I placed the ribbon behind the ornament!

Blog Candy!! I will be giving away my ornament here to one lucky follower who leaves me a comment here. I will select a random winner on Monday 12/19. This ornament is about 4x5 inches.

I hope you enjoyed the hop and Merry Christmas!!!

#259 Penguin Card

2011-12-16T07:00:00.000-08:00

Good morning! Today I made a simple penguin card using Crafty Sprouts HAVE A COOL YULE stamp set along with this cute penguin digi stamp from our sponsor this week from Bugaboo Stamps. I colored the stamp with Prismacolor pencils and add some Stickles and a snowflake border using a Fiskars punch. If you would like to enter the Crafty Sprouts photo challenge for some great prizes CLICK HERE

Hop WInner's!

2011-12-15T23:50:00.000-08:00

I am so sorry this is long overdue I keep forgetting to post the hop winner's!!

The Random Winner of the Heidi Grace Christmas stamp set is...... lanejoy1

The Random Winner of the $10 PKS gift certificate is........ Ladybug

The Random Winner of the Kitty Stationary set is.......... marg0006

Congrats everyone! Please contact me at critterbugg365@gmail.com with your address to claim your prizes! You have 7 days to claim your prize!!!

#258 Snow Angel Gift Bag

2011-12-15T21:26:00.001-08:00

Hi everyone here's a quick bag I made using one of my new Cricut carts called Snow Day, it's a really cute cart that needs to be Peachified LOL! I embossed the snow angel with 2 different Cuttlebug folders and stamped her face with Peachy Keen Stamps Princess faces. The tag and mittens are from the Jolly Holiday's Cricut cart. I stamped the To/From sentiment using Crafty Sprouts HAVE A COOL YULE stamp set.

#257 Snowman Layout

2011-12-14T08:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone today is my DT day over on the SVG Attic Blog, and I was so proud of myself for finally making a scrapbook layout! I have been neglecting my scrapbooks a lot lately, hopefully I can make a lot more in the future!!

For this layout I used a patterned paper for the background which had one large snowflake and some swirls it's from DCWV. The snowman is from the Build a Snowman Collection from SVG ATTIC isn't this set adorable!?! I stamped the face with Peachy Keen Winter Wonderland Faces.

I also used the All The Trimmings SVG set from SVG ATTIC for the 2 snowflakes and the title. I also added some ribbon and bling and embossed the snowman's hat and scarf with my Cuttlebug.

#256 Gifts from the heart Blog Hop/ Tiffany's Inspired Christmas Wreath

2011-12-09T16:40:00.001-08:00

Hi everyone! I am pleased to announce I am the newest DT member of the SVG Attic, and I will be posting SVG Attic projects every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month! I am super excited because today is my first project ever using the SVG Attic's SVG files and it's also "The Gifts from the heart Blog Hop" hosted by the SVG Attic. If you are here from Katie's blog then you are in the right spot!

This hop is all about handmade Christmas gifts that we all made using SVG files. We also have 2 super fabulous GIVEAWAY'S!!! We are giving away 2- $50 gift certificate's to the SVG ATTIC STORE all you have to do to win $50 is leave a comment on everyone's blogs and also make sure to be a follower. For another chance at winning become a fan of our Facebook page HERE, and also another chance at winning you can share about our hop on Facebook/ and or your blogs about our hop this weekend.

For my Christmas gift I made a Tiffany's inspired Christmas wreath, I cut the wreath shape out on cereal box chipboard using the ALL THE TRIMMINGS Svg set. I also used All The Trimmings for the snowflakes, the heart was a basic shape I already had on SCAL 2. I cut all the snowflakes out on white glitter cardstock and added 9 pieces of bling to each snowflake, that's a lot of BLING!!!! I added silver tinsel Martha Stewart glitter to the heart and this Tiffany blue ribbon I found last year on clearance after Christmas at Michael's! The total size for the wreath is about 11x11 inches.

Here's the SVG set I used:

We are also having a 50% off sale in the store HERE just type in coupon code GIFT

www.svgattic.blogspot.com

Jessica B. - www.thecrafterscottage.blogspot.com
Ruthie - www.septemberninth.blogspot.com
Kasi - http://19eightyexpressions.blogspot.com
Jessica L - http://craftyrktsci.blogspot.com/
Laura - www.makinprettythings.com
Lisa B - www.our2angelsinheaven.blogspot.com
Jearise - http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com
Corri - www.buglvr.blogspot.com
Katie - http://ktsangels.blogspot.com
Sandra - http://365daysofcricut.blogspot.com/

I hope you have enjoyed our hop, and help spread the word about our hop to win one of our fabulous $50 gift certificates, you have all weekend to complete the hop have fun!

#255 Gift Card Holder/Ornament Crafty Sprouts Challenge

2011-12-09T12:09:00.001-08:00

Hi everyone today is a new challenge at Crafty Sprouts and this weeks challenge is to use the photo inspiration (below) to create any project, you do not have to use Crafty Sprouts stamps if you do not own them to enter the challenge. This week we were sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps and I chose to use "Christmas Brat Girl" isn't she so cute! You can win her if you just enter the challenge HERE. For my project I used my new Teresa Collins Sophisticated Cricut cart for the frame, and added ribbon and bling. I colored the stamp using Prismacolor pencils and added Stickles to the stamp.

Here's the back of the gift card holder, I stamped the sentiment using Crafty Sprouts Have a Cool Yule stamp set, most sets are on sale for $12.50 with FREE shipping!!! You can check them out HERE.

Here's the photo inspiration, I was inspired by the candy cane picture for my project!

P.S. Be sure to stop by my blog later today I will announce some winner's and also I am in the SVG Attic blog hop it starts today at 5pm PST!

#251-254 Crafty Sprouts Blog Hop/ Kitty Stationary Set

2011-12-06T21:58:00.001-08:00

(Scroll down for the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop)

Hi everyone!! Welcome to the Crafty Sprouts Blog Hop!! We the DT thought it would be fun to have a hop showcasing Crafty Sprouts Stamps and we will be giving away our projects how neat is that! If you are here from the awesome Raven Love 4 Stamps then you are in the right spot!!

(You can also click on the pics to zoom in)

For my project I wanted to challenge myself to use a cart that I have NEVER used before since I have about 5-10 that are untouched :( The cart I used was the Meow Cricut LITE for all of these cut kitty's, the shaped cards, background circles, and all envelopes are from the Wild Card Cricut cartridge. I cut all of the cards and envelopes at 4x4 inches. I stamped all of the faces with Peachy Keen Cute and Cuddly Faces and also Wide Eyed and Bushy Tailed Faces, of course I had to give them all blush and eyeshadow lol!!

Here's the awesome stamps I used from Crafty Sprouts, which are also on sale right now for $12.50 with FREE shipping, just in time for Christmas gifts!

I also stamped the back of the cards with the Happy Wishes barcode stamp.

I adhered all of the envelopes with my ATG gun, and stamped the flowers pink with a Cloud 9 stamp from Joann's. I added an adhesive tab on every envelope that way it's ready to go!

I also stamped the To/From using Crafty Sprouts HAVE A COOL YULE stamp set.

BLOG CANDY!!!! I will be giving away this entire Kitty Stationary set (which can be for yourself or to give as a gift to a loved one!) to one lucky follower, just leave a comment telling me which Crafty Sprouts stamp set is your favorite (I will be giving a set a away on my next blog hop coming up!) you can view all the stamps HERE! I will announce a random winner on Monday 12/12

Erika http://Craftysprouts.com

Carley http://www.craftycarley.com/

Elsa http://cricutlvr.blogspot.com/

Gloria http://omascrafts.blogspot.com/

Jess http://myscrapdiary-jess.blogspot.com/

Kacee http://youhadmeatscrap.blogspot.com

Kristi http://littlepapersprinkles.blogspot.com/

Raven http://love4stamps.blogspot.com/

Sandra http://365daysofcricut.blogspot.com/ You are HERE

Zeni http://www.scrappyzeni.com/ NEXT!!!

NEXT STOP is ZENI

#250 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop DAY 12/ Doggie Christmas Gift!

2011-12-06T18:07:00.001-08:00

Hi everyone welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Blog HopDAY 12 hosted by Sylvia Bella Scrapbook Designs. If you are here from Sylvia's blog then you are in the right spot! This hop is all about making 12 different Christmas gifts 12 days in a row and the last day we will be posting is on December 6th.

Hi everyone I hope you are having a great day! Today is the last day of the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop! I made a Dog Christmas gift for my dogs I just love to spoil them even at Christmas time and plus I love watching them open their presents LOL! If you are trying to guess how my dogs open their presents, well we usually fill their stockings with treats, bones, pig ear raw hides, and toys and let them "dig" them out it's pretty funny and cute I think this year we will actually film them in action lol! It's so sweet hearing my son giggle and get excited watching the dogs open their presents!

I made this treat present using the Christmas Cards Cricut cartridge (I forgot I had that cart!) I cut the stocking from that cart and did some surgery on it since it only had the top layer and I wanted a red and white stocking! I cut 2 stockings on clear transparency paper I was able to fit 2 on one 8x8 sheet. My Cricut didn't cut all the way so I had to go back and cut the outline out with my Tim Holtz scissors, not bad since it's an easy cut! I stamped the sentiment using Scrappy Moms dog stamp set, and embossed the snowflakes with my Cuttlebug. I also added red/white twine, so this can even be a Christmas ornament too!

My son is so cute right away he said "Oooooh mommy made a dog cookie necklace!" awww the things 4 year olds say! he is so excited that I made the dog's a present lol! As I type my post Aidan is hanging this stocking on the tree and I can hear him say "No Boots, that's for later for Christmas!" I just had to mention that is so cute!!

Here's the back, I was only able to squeeze in 2 small dog treats without popping it open. I adhered the stocking with my ATG gun, I don't really recommend it, since it was popping open as soon as I fit the treats in. I think a hot glue gun, or a wet glue would have been better, or even a stapler.

I love this sentiment "You've got me wrapped around your Paw!" yes my dogs do! they are my little precious balls of fur LOL!

BLOG CANDY!! In honor of me creating 12 projects 12 days in a row, I will be celebrating by giving away ONE $10 gift certificate to one of my favorite online stores...... PEACHY KEEN STAMPS!!! All you have to do is leave me a comment on all 12 of my 12 Days of Christmas post and be a follower. The last day will be on December 6th. I will announce a random winner on Wed. 12/7 good luck!

NEXT STOP is PATTY

P.S. Be sure to check back TONIGHT at 9pm PST for the Crafty Sprouts blog hop, you won't want to miss it, everyone on the DT has something special to giveaway!!!!!!!

#249 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop DAY 11/ Jack Skellington Cocoa Mug

2011-12-05T18:30:00.001-08:00

***Please Scroll down for DAY 10***

Hi everyone welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Blog HopDAY 11 hosted by Sylvia Bella Scrapbook Designs. If you are here from Sylvia's blog then you are in the right spot! This hop is all about making 12 different Christmas gifts 12 days in a row and the last day we will be posting is on December 6th.

For my 11th project I made a gift for a guy. I got the cocoa mug SVG and the Santa hat SVG from Lettering Delights. I made my own SVG file for the Jack Skellington cut by using this .gif image. I cut the files using my SCAL 2 along with my old Cricut Expression. I embossed only the front of the mug with my Cuttlebug using Duff's texture tiles (scroll down for more info!) I also inked up the snowflakes with white chalk ink.

Here's the inside, this SVG already had a spot to place the hot cocoa, I just added a glue dot underneath the cocoa to keep it in place.

Here's the back of the mug, for both sentiments I used CRAFTY SPROUTS STAMPS "Have A Cool Yule" right now she is having a sale all week long, all stamp sets including new releases are only $12.50 with FREE shipping!!!! Great deal, be sure to check them all out HERE! I love them they stamp so perfectly and the are the perfect size for all your projects!

Here's what the side looks like, I added pop dots under Jack Skellington, and also added a pop dot to close the mug together.

I recently figured out that "Duff's texture Tiles" work in the Cuttlebug!! I bought these at Michael's on clearance for $3 and you get 2 embossing folders and they emboss pretty good, not as good as Cuttlebug or Sizzix but pretty good as you can see in my project above! I actually did the de-bossed side instead of the embossed side make sense?

Here's the Cuttlebug recipe for the Texture Tiles, (I was too lazy to type it lol!) BTW the rubber mat I used was from Spellbinders embossing mat from Joann's or Michaels!

NEXT STOP is PATTY

#248 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop Day 10/ Easy! Christmas Ornament

2011-12-05T15:49:00.001-08:00

Hi everyone welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Blog HopDAY 10 hosted by Sylvia Bella Scrapbook Designs. If you are here from Sylvia's blog then you are in the right spot! This hop is all about making 12 different Christmas gifts 12 days in a row and the last day we will be posting is on December 6th.

I apologize for not posting the last 2 days, I have been very ill and pretty much in bed all day long :( Luckily I am finally feeling much better and I will be posting Day 11's project later this evening thank you!

For today's gift I made something super fast that I think came out great! I made a Christmas ornament using the Serenade Solutions Cricut cartridge, the size is about 3x 4.5 inches, I cut it out on 3 layers of cereal box chipboard, and also for a 4th time I cut it out on gray cardstock. I placed the gray cardstock piece of the bird upside down in my Xyron sticker machine and poured Martha Stewart Christmas glitter all over it. I punched a small hole using my Crop a dile and tied a circle of embroidery floss through it to hang on the tree.

As soon as I was finished my son said he wanted to put it on our "Big" tree lol! No kidding it's 7 1/2 feet tall, and guess what I almost broke our tree while decorating it (don't ask LOL!) luckily my hubby was able to fix it, but I had to re-decorate the entire tree all over again because of the way he fixed the tree all the "good" ornaments were facing the back. So it's like I decorate to huge tree's this year lol! Can you spot where I place my new ornament below??

NEXT STOP is PATTY

#247 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop DAY 9/ Kitchen Gift

2011-12-03T14:43:00.001-08:00

Hi everyone welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Blog HopDAY 9 hosted by Sylvia Bella Scrapbook Designs. If you are here from Sylvia's blog then you are in the right spot! This hop is all about making 12 different Christmas gifts 12 days in a row and the last day we will be posting is on December 6th.

Hi everyone, I hope you all are having a great Saturday! Today I made a very easy Christmas gift project without using my Cricut eeeeek!! I just got some of these Nestability dies and used them in my Cuttlebug, I am in love with them they are so freaking easy to use!! Wow, I have totally been missing out! I think these are so cool for using stamps and digi stamps when I feel too lazy to bust out my Gyspy and Cricut, yep I have lazy crafting days lol!

First I cut and embossed this pretty scallop shape with my Cuttlebug and stamped Santa to it with a Studio G Michael's $1 stamp I got last year, I colored Santa with Prismacolor pencils. I stamped the handle of the spoon with Pink by design stamps it says "Naughty or Nice". The green paper is from K & Company I cut the size at 3in. x 12 in. to wrap around the dish towel and adhered with my ATG gun. For a final touch I added some ribbon. This was a super inexpensive gift I got the towel and the spoons from the Dollar Tree!

Here's a little closeup!

NEXT STOP is PATTY

#246 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop Day 8/ Gift bag with Tag

2011-12-02T07:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Blog HopDAY 8 hosted by Sylvia Bella Scrapbook Designs. If you are here from Sylvia's blog then you are in the right spot! This hop is all about making 12 different Christmas gifts 12 days in a row and the last day we will be posting is on December 6th.

Hi everyone! For today's DT day over at Crafty Sprouts our challenge is "Tag It" which is to make something with a tag. I chose to make a gift bag with a matching tag to give as a gift. The girl and the tag are from Jolly Holidays Cricut Lite cart. The snowflake I placed on the tag is from Winter Lace Seasonal Cricut cartridge. I made a few layers of "snow" and also used my Snow Writer pen on her hat and skirt. I embossed the tag with my snowflake Cuttlebug folder. I stamped the sentiment with CRAFTY SPROUTS STAMPS "Have A Cool Yule" right now she is having a sale all week long, all stamp sets including new releases are only $12.50 with FREE shipping!!!! Great deal, be sure to check them all out HERE! I love them they stamp so perfectly and the are the perfect size for all your projects!

NEXT STOP is PATTY

#245 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop Day 7/ Penguin Treat Bag

2011-12-01T13:47:00.001-08:00

Hi everyone welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop DAY 7 hosted by Sylvia Bella Scrapbook Designs. If you are here from Sylvia's blog then you are in the right spot! This hop is all about making 12 different Christmas gifts 12 days in a row and the last day we will be posting is on December 6th.

Hi everyone. I'm sorry for posting late today, I was exhausted yesterday from working on my house and getting my Christmas decorations up that I was just way too tired to work on my project!

For my 7th Christmas gift I made a white chocolate covered pretzel treat bag using a super cute penguin from Peachy Keen Stamps. I colored her using my Prismacolor pencils, added a snowflake border from a martha Stewart punch and stamped the sentiment with CRAFTY SPROUTS STAMPS "Have A Cool Yule" right now she is having a sale all week long, all stamp sets including new releases are only $12.50 with FREE shipping!!!! Great deal, be sure to check them all out HERE! I love them they stamp so perfectly and the are the perfect size for all your projects!

NEXT STOP is PATTY

#244 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop Day 6/ Christmas Cookie Box

2011-11-30T06:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop DAY 6 hosted by Sylvia Bella Scrapbook Designs. If you are here from Sylvia's blog then you are in the right spot! This hop is all about making 12 different Christmas gifts 12 days in a row and the last day we will be posting is on December 6th.

For today's gift, I thought I'd make something to give to the guys in my family it's a Christmas Cookie Box. I got the box from the Life's A Party Cricut cartridge, I cut it the largest size I could to fit on my 12x12 mat. The final size is about 2.5x2.5 inches or so, so that means your cookies or candies need to be 2.5 inches or smaller. I really wanted to make homemade cookies today but I was so busy all day and didn't have a chance. I bought these awesome store bought cookies from a Southern California grocery store called Stater Bros. these cookies are delicious, nice and chewy and only $1 for a package from the bakery yippee!!! Hmmmm maybe I will cheat this year and buy these instead of baking LOL! Ok not really but it's nice to dream!

*NOTE* This box has 2 extra flaps that I cut off with my scissors because I wanted a see-through box so you can see the cookies inside. I got a piece of transparency paper to cover the inside flap of the box. I bought those at Michael's in the paper stack isle BTW!

The stamp sentiment is from CRAFTY SPROUTS STAMPS "Have A Cool Yule" right now she is having a sale all week long, all stamp sets including new releases are only $12.50 with FREE shipping!!!! Great deal, be sure to check them all out HERE! I love them they stamp so perfectly and the are the perfect size for all your projects!

Here's what the inside of the box looks like open, it holds up to 3 cookies and I also added green tissue paper to protect the box and cookies! This project only took me 15 minutes from start to finish, pretty awesome huh!

NEXT STOP is PATTY

#243 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop Day 5 Vintage Altered Composition Book

2011-11-29T01:12:00.001-08:00

Hi everyone welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop DAY 5 hosted by Sylvia Bella Scrapbook Designs. If you are here from Sylvia's blog then you are in the right spot! This hop is all about making 12 different Christmas gifts 12 days in a row and the last day we will be posting is on December 6th.

This is the before picture of my sad, depressing composition book I got from the Dollar Tree!! LOL!

Here's the AFTER picture!! 100 times better then the before picture right ladies lol!

I covered the front and back of the book using 2 thin 12x12 sheets of K & Company patterned paper, I cut each piece into 9x12 inches and adhered with my ATG gun. I didn't feel like messing with modge podge! I added black ribbon to the side.

I stamped the sentiment "Listen to your heart" and frame using Tim Holtz stamps. I made this tulle flower myself and added a brad in the middle! I sprayed the frame with pink glimmer mist and added distress ink.

Dress form on left is from Forever Young Cricut cartridge, and the other 2 are from Summer in Paris seasonal Cricut cart. I added black Onyx Martha Stewart glitter to them, and added bling with my i-rock only to the larger dress form.

Here's a tag/bookmark I made I stamped the Eiffel tower using a Tim Holtz stamp, and added rose distress ink, and a pink silk flower that's from the $1 store, along with tulle and a black glitter button. I stamped the first page using a heart stamp from Joann's. I placed a paper clip behind the flower so that you can actually hold the bookmark in place.

Here's the inside flap of the book, you can see how I folded down the front paper and added black paper and a pink border strip which is also a pocket to hold stuff, here's an example of the pocket holding the bookmark I made.

I went a little crazy with my Black distress ink..... there's no such thing as too much distressing or glitter that's my motto LOL! I covered all of the outside pages with black distress ink too!

I hope you enjoyed today's gift I made, it was a true work of heart, only took me 3+ hours but worth it!! I was really glad to make something vintage it's been awhile!

NEXT STOP is PATTY

#242 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop DAY 4 Mickey Christmas Frame

2011-11-28T06:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Blog HopDAY 4 hosted by Sylvia Bella Scrapbook Designs. If you are here from Sylvia's blog then you are in the right spot! This hop is all about making 12 different Christmas gifts 12 days in a row and the last day we will be posting is on December 6th.

For today's Christmas gift I made a cute Mickey Mouse Christmas frame to give to my sister Patty, she loves Disney as much as I do! I plan on surprising her and giving this frame to her with a picture already printed out of her and her son at Disneyland during Christmas time!

I got this blank frame at Michael's for $1, and got Mickey from the Mickey and Friends Cricut cartridge, the Santa hat is from the Pooh and Friends Cricut cartridge. ( Can I just say that I am totally loving my E2, it cuts so much better than my original Expression, with my old Cricut I wouldn't even attempt to make a Disney cut this small because I knew it would tear my paper even after playing around with the settings and blade.)

I added pop dots under Mickey and added red rick-rack ribbon to the top and placed 2 white buttons on top, and made my own chipboard shape using a sticker and 3 layers of cereal box chipboard for the sentiment.

Here's a close up of the clean lines on Mickey using my new E2! I also found the perfect green paint to match the paper.

NEXT STOP is PATTY

#241 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop Day 3

2011-11-27T06:00:00.000-08:00

***Please scroll down to next post to continue the Calendar Blog Hop***

Hi everyone welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop DAY 3 hosted by Sylvia Bella Scrapbook Designs. If you are here from Sylvia's blog then you are in the right spot! This hop is all about making 12 different Christmas gifts 12 days in a row and the last day we will be posting is on December 6th.

For today's gift, I thought I'd make a cute gift box to hold some jewelry that I will be purchasing for my Aunt Rosemary, she is addicted to jewelry just like me :) I made this box using the Life's A Party Cricut cartridge for the box, BTW-there's a lot of great boxes and party favors on that cart! I got the snowflake from the Winter Lace Seasonal Cricut cart that came out last year, I cut it out 3 times and poured Martha Stewart tinsel glitter on top of all 3. I placed a pop dot under all of them for some dimension and added a large piece of blue bling! For the label I hand cut it and stamped the To/From sentiment using Crafty Sprouts "HAVE A COOL YULE" stamp set and inked it up with blue chalk ink. For a final touch I added white lace to the bottom of the box to make it look more fancy!

Here's some major dimension, love it!

NEXT STOP is PATTY

#240 Calendar Blog Hop/ 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop

2011-11-26T06:00:00.000-08:00

Good morning sunshine's!! Today is a great day because I made something awesome that I've been wanting to make for years and just never got around to it..... a calendar! I made this calendar for 2 hops I'm in today, one which is a hop all about calendars and the other one is for the 12 days of Christmas hop where I will be creating 12 different gifts everyday until Dec. 6th. I apologize for having to do another cross-post today, I haven't really been home much in these last 3 days so it's been really hard to craft!

If you are here for the Calendar Blog Hop hosted by ZENI and just arrived here from Jessica's blog then you are in the right spot!

If you are here for DAY 2 of the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop hosted by Sylvia then you are in the right spot!

Yesterday was Black Friday and one of the longest days of my life LOL! But definitely worth it because I got a brand new Limited Edition Cricut E2 at Michael's at a great price! I am super excited that my parents bought it for me for Christmas (only I get to play with it now LOL!) I have had my original Cricut for over 3 years and I just wanted to trade in my bug for a newer younger model! Also, my hubby and I took our son Aidan to go watch The Muppets movie and that's what inspired my project! I thought the Muppets was such a great movie and it was really funny too!

I searched for the perfect Kermit SVG file and couldn't find the right one for my "vision" so I made my own SVG sort of! I found this Kermit the Frog "JPG" image which is actually a wallpaper for the computers here's the link KERMIT THE FROG HERE . . After I saved it to my computer I imported the "JPG" Kermit to the "Image" box on my SCAL2 and then broke apart all the layers to make it into an SVG. I had to do some major surgery to Kermit, I hand cut his tongue and had to hand cut the bottom half of his eyes and bottom half of his collar. I also drew in his smiley cheeks with a black marker.

I used my Crop a Dile to set the eyelets on top and added green/white twine from The Twinery and some black brads to hold all of the monthly calendars. I printed all of the calendars around the size of 3x5 or so (I was able to print 4 calendars per sheet of paper) I found the FREE calendars HERE. The font I used was a free font that I had on my laptop that I used with my SCAL2. I used cereal box chipboard for the base of the calendar which is 6x12 inches total.

I am very happy with my Kermit the Frog calendar and I am so proud of myself for being able to figure out the JPG thing in my SCAL2, hey maybe one day I will get the courage to make my very first video!

Here's a closeup of the calendars, I printed them on basic printer paper, added the brads so you can easily rip out each page and still keep the calendar intact.

AND!!!

BLOG CANDY!!!!! Woo-hoo!! I am giving away 1- Heidi Grace Christmas clear stamp set to 1-Lucky Follower just leave me a comment on my POST #232 telling me your favorite Thanksgiving food or desert! mine is HAM!! I will announce a random winner on Monday Nov. 28th Good Luck!

CLICK HERE to continue the Calendar Blog Hop, NEXT STOP is KACEE

CLICK HERE to continue Day 2 of The 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop NEXT STOP is PATTY

#239 Crafty Sprouts DT day and 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop

2011-11-25T07:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone, I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! Today is a very special day because it's Crafty Sprouts DT Day and also the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop hosted by Sylvia Bella Scrapbook Designs. If you are here from Sylvia's blog then you are in the right spot! This hop is all about making 12 different Christmas gift 12 days in a row and the last day we will be posting is on December 6th.

For my 1st day of Christmas project I made a sexy little vixen card to give to my hubby ;)

For Crafty Sprouts challenge this week the theme is "tag It". I cut the tag from Plantin Schoolbook and embossed the sentiment using embossing powder. The sentiment says "Is it too late to be good" using Crafty Sprouts Have a cool yule stamp set. I colored this digi stamp called "Cheeky Kitty" from The Greeting farm Stamps using Prismacolor pencils. I also cut the scallop shape from A Child's Year Cricut cart and embossed it with a Basic Grey snowflake folder using my Cuttlebug. Click HERE to enter in Crafty Sprouts "Tag It" challenge!

NEXT STOP is PATTY

#237-283 Crafty Sprouts New Release blog Hop/ Nurse Smurfette and Twilight Cards

2011-11-18T10:00:00.000-08:00

****CLICK HERE to view DAY 1****

Hi everyone!! Good morning and welcome to the much anticipated Day 2 of Crafty Sprouts Stamps New Release blog hop, hosted by Erika AKA Crafty Sprouts! If you are here fromKristi's Blog then you are in the right spot! Erika has come up with some FABULOUS new awesome stamps the our DT is going nuts over LOL!! Believe me you will not be dissapointed you will LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Them all!!

The first set I will be showing is called "FEELING ICKY" this is a great set for someone who isn't feeling well and needs a lift!

When I first saw this sentiment "Does the flu have you feeling blue?" I automatically thought of the Smurfs!! Luckily I have the bestest blog friends ever and my sweet friend Monica saved me because she knows how to make files into SVG's woo-hoo!!! I searched and searched for a Nurse Smurfette and I couldn't find one and Monica aka Simply Cricutting was glad to help, thanks girl you are the BEST!!!!

Nurse Smurfette was a little challenging to piece together because this didn't have an outline on where to put all the pieces like a Cricut cart does, so I pieced it together just buy looking at the picture online, I wanted to give up but I'm glad I didn't because I didn't want to let my friend down and it was worth it in the end, Nurse Smurfette is soooo cute!! I also added twine and inked up the paper with Broken China Distress Ink and added pop dots under her and the sentiment.

Here's a closeup of the sentiment and also the entire Feeling Icky stamp set it is available for pre-order HERE

The next set is the very much anticipated "FANPIRE" stamp set that we the DT have been drooling over for a while LOL! I am so glad Erika decided to make a Vanpire themed stamp set how smart and cool is that!!

I found this amazing Edward SVG for FREE HERE on Mardenz Blog I am so happy that I made the switch to SVG's because I haven't bought a new Cricut cartridge in months!! Especially when I can get SVG's for free or dirt cheap woo-hoo!!!

I cut the Edward SVG with my SCAL 2 using my Cricut Expression (also for smurfette) and then I placed him upside down in my Xyron sticker machine and poured black Halloween Martha Stewart glitter on top. I stamped the music notes with a background stamp and sprayed red Glimmer mist all over and inked the edges with Black Soot Distress ink, I colored my bling with a black marker because I didn't have black bling this large! I used my DCWV paper stack that looks like Twilight paper for the red rose background paper and distressed it using my Heart Attack paper sander from We R Memory keepers, and added some blace lace ribbon.

Here's a close up of Edward and the stamp I used along with the entire "FANPIRE" stamp set that is available for pre-order HERE

I hoe you enjoyed this release because I LOVE it and I could picture using both these sets for so many different things! have a great weekend and have fun watching Edward, Bella and Jacob on the big screen this weekend!!

***Just a reminder be sure to leave a comment on all the DT's blogs both days to win all 4 New Release stamp sets!***

NEXT STOP is GLORIA

#236 Crafty Sprouts New Release Blog Hop! Grumpy Card and Baby Boy Card

2011-11-17T09:22:00.001-08:00

****Big Announcement HERE**** Guess what everyone I found out I'm having a baby GIRL and I am soooooo excited I can't stop smiling and I feel like the first time I ever went to Disneyland when I was a kid LOL! Yesterday was one of my most happiest days in my life you have no idea! I feel so blessed that God has blessed me with a little boy and now a baby GIRL!!! Our family is complete!! I can't wait until she comes in April!

Ok now onto the hop, I just had to keep my lovely followers up to date on my pregnancy status LOL!

Hi everyone!! Good morning and welcome to the much anticipated Crafty Sprouts Stamps New Release blog hop, hosted by Erika AKA Crafty Sprouts! If you are here from Kristi's Blog then you are in the right spot! Erika has come up with some FABULOUS new awesome stamps the our DT is going nuts over LOL!! Believe me you will not be dissapointed you will LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Them all!!

The first set that we will be previewing is called "SMILE ON" it's a stamp set with some very smiley and happy thoughts!

When I first saw this sentiment "A Smile A Day Keeps The Grumpies away" I automatically thought of Grumpy from Snow White.... isn't he so cute!?! I've always liked Grumpy and thought he was so serious and so funny haha! I wanted to make this card unisex in case any of my friends are going through a tough time, or in case my hubby is being a little grumpy himself haha!

I stamped the background stamp with Market Street "grid" stamp, and added a border with my Fiskars punch and some yellow buttons, I really wanted this card to be bright and cheery! I also added pop dots underneath Grumpy. I used the Happily Ever After Cricut cartridge for the die cut.

A close up of this awesome stamp and the entire "Smile On" stamp set. You can Pre-Order it HERE!!!

Now for my 2nd sneak peek "ROCK THAT BABY BUMP" I made this card for one of my oldest friends Regina, I've known her since 2003 and both of our hubby's used to work together in the Marine Corps. and we made a pregnancy pact last year LOL (so true!) well, guess what.... we are both pregnant at the same time Omg!!! She is due 3 weeks before me and she is having a little boy!

For this card I used 2 layers of Kraft paper and embossed one with the large dots embossing folder with my Cuttlebug and did some inking with Antique Linen Distress ink. I got the booties from my New Arrival Cricut Cartridge and added some brown ribbon bows and blue buttons. The eyelet lace I used here I got at Wamart for like $1 and it's actually white! I sprayed the lace with blue Glimmer Mist, the color is "Cornflower" and it's one of the "Chalkboard" Glimmer Mist inks. I LOVE the way the ribbon came out, because it looks like jeans, and plus now I can make and lace into ANY color yay!!!

I love this Bootie Call sentiment haha!! Hey that's how we get babies in the first place from "Bootie Calls" from our hubby's or boyfriends LOL!!!!!!! My friend will get a kick out of this one! Here is the close up of the "ROCK THAT BABY BUMP" below, and you can Pre-Order it HERE

A special thanks to Erika, you are so amazing and talented and I am so happy to be on a DT with such talented sweet DT sisters! Love you guys!

I hope you all have enjoyed my baby stories and a little history LOL! And of course the New Releases!! be sure to stop by tomorrow for the other 2 releases by CRAFTY SPROUTS STAMPS!!

NEXT STOP is GLORIA

#234 Jingle Bells Christmas Card

2011-11-10T18:00:00.001-08:00

***CLICK HERE to see my extremely cute gingerbread cookie card for Crafty Sprouts DT day!!!**

Hi everyone I am so sorry that I haven't been posting as much as I used to. Most of you know that I am pregnant I am actually 17 weeks now and I have been having a tough time with my pregnancy especially since I am now considered a "High Rick Pregnancy" I have gone to 4 Dr. Appt's in about 9 days and they are all really long appointments with an hour drive each way on top of that, let's just say crafting has not been on my mind lately! Ok enough of my pity party and onto my project!

I made this card using the DCWV Christmas stack from last year, along with a music note stamp and Joys of The Season Cricut cartridge for the poinsettia flowers. I added pop dots under the flowers and added bling with my i-rock. I stamped the sentiment using Crafty Sprouts Have a Cool Yule stamp set.

Be sure to check out my blog tomorrow because I have another Christmas card to show you using this same paper set and Peachy Keen stamps!

Have a good night!

#235 Gingerbread cookies card

2011-11-10T14:06:00.001-08:00

Happy Friday everyone!! Today is Crafty Sprouts new challenge which is ANYTHING GOES!!! I wanted get a head start on making some more Christmas cards since I've only made 1 so far. I used my Peachy Keen Stamps for the gingerbread people and colored them with Prismacolor pencils and added Stickles to the gumdrops, frosting and hearts. I added gold glitter ribbon and 3 red brads to make it look just like the sketch challenge over at Peachy Keen Stamps challenge. The stamp set I used is from Crafty Sprouts "Have A Cool Yule" below....

Guess what this stamp set is 15% off for a limited time only, so that brings the price down to $12.74 with FREE shipping!!!!! What a steal!! Be sure to head over to The Crafty Sprouts store to get your discounted christmas stamps!

CLICK HERE to enter the Anything Goes challenge, you have 2 weeks to enter to win some Peachy Keen Stamps!!!

#233 Christmas is for the Kids Banner Blog Hop

2011-11-06T10:55:00.000-08:00

***Click HERE for the Thanksgiving Blog Hop****

Hi everyone welcome to the Christmas is for kids Banner blog hop hosted by Ellen of http://cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com/ if you are here from http://www.kinderstampo.com/ you are in the right spot! This hop is all about banner's that we will be donating to a children's hospital that Ellen works at.

For my banner I made a banner full of gingerbread people holding hands and gingerbread houses. I stamped their faces with Peachy Keen Stamps and added buttons since I couldn't add real candy LOL!

I cut the gingerbread people and gingerbread houses using the Gingerbread seasonal Cricut Cartridge at 6 inches each. I used my Crop a Dile to punch holes and added red/white twine to hold them together.

Here's what the banner looks completeted. Be sure to click on the pic for a closer view, since banners are hard to photograph!

NEXT STOP is BOBBI JO

#232 Thanksgiving Blog Hop /Napkin Ring Holders

2011-11-05T06:00:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone!! Good morning and welcome to the Thanksgiving Blog Hop hosted by the wonderful Sylvia from http://www.bellascrapbookdesigns.blogspot.com/ if you are here from Sylvia's blog you are in the right spot! This is going to be a very fun and exciting blog hop because it's all about table decor for any Thanksgiving dinner or party!

For my project I wanted to make something simple for Thanksgiving that I could mass produce, since we may be celebrating Thanksgiving for the first time ever at my house this year woo-hoo.... the pressure's on LOL! So if it's going to be at my house things are going to be done my way, meaning Cloth Napkins!!! Yep, I use cloth napkins all the time in my house, I guess I just got tired of buying napkins all the time and wasting money on something that is going in the trash. I figured what the heck I can do cloth napkins they are great for the environment and affordable too! All I have to do to clean them is wash them whenever I wash my towels easy peasy!

To make these very awesomely cute napkin rings I recycled!! I have been saving T.P. rolls for a very long time thinking I would some day make a t.p. roll mini album well I haven't yet so napkin rings will do!

First make sure all of the t.p. is off of the roll, then cover with cute paper the size was 4 x 2.5inches,then I cut the t.p. roll in have so each piece is 2 x 2.5 inches. I bought these adorable pilgrims from My Grafico they are on SALE right now!!! I printed them on white cardstock the size of a wallet size photo (you can print up to 9 per page), then cut them out with my scissors by hand. Once I was done cutting I placed one pop dot underneath the pilgrims for some cute dimension. This will be the cutest Thanksgiving dinner I've ever been to LOL!

BLOG CANDY!!!!! Woo-hoo!! I am giving away 1- Heidi Grace Christmas clear stamp set to 1-Lucky Follower just leave me a comment telling me your favorite Thanksgiving food or desert! mine is HAM!! I will announce a random winner on Monday Nov. 28th Good Luck!

*** I hope I have you some inspiration on what to do with your empty T.P. rolls you've been holding on too LOL! I am excited to try this I think I will make them for every holiday and party that I have, they would be so cute for Christmas, B-days and Valentine's day awww!***

Just a reminder please stop by my blog tomorrow (Sunday if you get a chance I will be in one more hop this weekend I made a fabulous Christmas banner for a children's hospital!)

NEXT STOP IS SANDY!!

#231 Dia de los Muertos Blog Hop

2011-11-01T00:28:00.000-07:00

***Please Scroll down to my next post for my Tacky Tuesday Guest Designer card***

Hi everyone welcome to the 2nd Annual Dia de los Muertos Blog Hop hosted by Abby if you are here from my sister Joanna's Blog then you are in the right spot!!

For my project I just knew I wanted to make a skeleton with a rose in her hair so I did!! I cut the skeleton from the Happy Hauntings Cricut cartridge and made a 5 layered rose from a very small 1 inch flower punch. I stamped the sentiment "always and forever" using a wedding stamp set and then embossed with my cuttlebug and inked it up with Walnut stain distress ink. I also added borders with my flower scallop border punch.

Here's some awesome pics of the Dia De Los Muertos festival we went to in '09 in Oceanside, CA it was so much fun!!

I was so lucky to get a pic of this couple right before we were leaving!

Isn't this pic gorgeous!! I love the red roses and the fact that she was driving a car LOL!

Here's a cool pic of me and my honey Ricky, we paid a wopping .25 cents to make these cool masks, I think my hubby did a better job on his mask than me LOL!!

NEXT STOP is Xochitl

#230 Tacky Tuesday Guest Designer Frog Anniversary

2011-11-01T00:18:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, Happy Tueday! I hope you all had a great Halloween weekend, I sure did I carved a Hello Kitty pumpkin and took my son trick or treating and he loved it!

November is a special month for me because I am a guest designer for the Tacky Tuesday Facebook challenges HERE and the challenge for November is to use any "FROG" along with the word "TOAD or FROG" pretty simply and fun! I used my Peachy keen stamps for the frog couple and also the sentiment which says " Happy Anniversary to a toadly awesome couple!". I colored the frogs with Prismacolor pencils and embossed with my cuttlebug, and added twine and a button.

#229 Frech Fry Treat Holder Box

2011-10-28T09:54:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone today is a brand new challenge at http://www.craftysprouts.com/ and this week's challenge is simple....its "Anything Halloween"!! You can submit your project Here for a chance to win Twine from The Twinery!

For my Halloween project I made another treat box using a FREE french fry box SVG file, if you would like to download this FREE Svg just click HERE!!!

I used this file with my Cricut Expression and also SCAL2 and it was pretty simply to fold and glue together. The digital stamp is a witch stamp from The Greeting Farm Stamps and the sentiment is from Crafty Sprouts Totally Witchn stamp set. I hope you all have a great Halloween weekend, I'm going to try to post another Halloween project before Halloween so keep an eye out!

P.S. I am going to be in the Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the dead) Blog Hop on Tuesday November 1st hosted by Abby, be sure to stop by for some blog candy!

#228 Crafty Sprouts Halloween Week/ HK Treat bag

2011-10-25T07:00:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone welcome to Halloween Week hosted by the one and only Erika from CRAFTY SPROUTS this week the Design Team and Guest Designer's will be sharing various Halloween projects using Crafty Sprouts Stamps.

Today's theme is all about Treat Bags, I have been making all kinds of different one's like crazy for my upcoming Pumpkin Carving/Halloween Party this weekend and I am going to fill all of them with candy and give to my guests. I made this Hello Kitty treat bag using Tags, Bags, boxes and More and also Hello Kitty Greetings. To create HK I used the silhouette function of that Cricut cart and cut her on black and also a puple/pink paper and stamped her face using Peachy Keen Stamps "Simple eyes and noses". I love that set it's perfect for the Hello Kitty carts! For the bag the paper I used is a green and black glitter paper and there's swirls, witches, black cats and moons.... I forgot to take pics of the sides oops! The sentiment is from Crafty Sprouts Totally Witchn stamp set, I also added a black tulle bow that I've had in my stash forever and totally forgot I had it yikes! Glad I remembered it!

Be sure to head over to Crafty Sprouts (click on picture above) and make sure to leave a comment on my blog and also Crafty Sprouts blog for some amazing goodies! Pretty simple huh!?!

I hope you have a very spooky candy filled Halloween!!!!!!! Just 1 more week!!!!

Blog Hop Winner of Crafty Sprouts stamps!!!

2011-10-24T18:48:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone!! Thank you all so much for checking out my blog these last couple of weeks I have been in a lot of blog hops this past month and I have a WINNER!!!

The random winner of the Crafty Sprouts "Let's Go Blog Hopping" stamp set is.......... CallyAnn congrats CallyAnn!! Please email me at critterbugg365@gmail.com with your mailing address to claim your prize!

Would you LOVE to win some more Blog Candy everyone?? Please check out http://www.craftysprouts.com/ blog for Halloween week which starts today, be sure to leave a comment everyday for some fabulous prizes and awesome Halloween ideas!! My Designer day is tomorrow, so be sure to check it out!!

#227 El Cucuy Blog Hop -Scary Treat Box

2011-10-22T00:31:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone!!! Welcome to El Cucuy AKA Boogie man Blog Hop, hosted by Celeste and Yolie! If you are here from Ruthie September Ninth then you are in the right spot! I was so happy and excited to be a part of this fun hop, I guess it brings back spooky memories of my childhood when my mom and grandma would threaten me and say the cucuy is coming to get me if I don't behave! Well guess what now we tell our 4 year old son that.... I know you probably think it's child abuse by telling them that but it works! When I catch my son stepping foot in my scrapbook room, I say "Uh-oh Cucuy!" and he will literally run out of there and leave my stuff alone. I tell him this because I have caught him drawing on my layouts that take me 3 hours to create, or grabbing my scissors, or grabbing my inks ugh!!! Sometimes 4 year olds have a mind of their own!

For my Cucuy monster I decided to make him a scary Jack-O-Lantern, I cut the pumpkin from the October 31st seasonal cartridge... I LOVE that cart BTW!!!! The treat box is from the Spring Holiday Cards Seasonal Cricut cartridge. I am going to have a pumpkin carving party at my house next week and I am making an assortment of treat boxes to give out to my guests and I made this one for one of the guys, I guess my hubby approved because he loved this one! (my son not so much, I think he was spooked by the scary pumpkin!) This stamp is from Crafty Sprouts "Totally Witchn" stamp set and I also added a little green slime with my MS Drippy- Goo punch!

BLOG CANDY ALERT!!!!! I am giving away ONE Crafty Sprouts "Let's Go Blog Hopping" stamp set to ONE lucky follower who leaves me a comment below and also on my POST #212, I will announce a random winner this Monday Oct. 24th!!

NEXT STOP is XOCHITL

#226 Popcorn Box Halloween Treat Bag

2011-10-21T07:00:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! i know I said I would post a Halloween card yesterday but I have been extremely tired and I got morning sickness really bad the last 2 days and crafting is the last thing on my mind these days! I am so sad because I have no energy at all and I just want to be my normal energetic self LOL!

Today is a contiuation of the "Candy Goes Here" challenge at http://www.craftysprouts.com/. For the challenge you can make any themed treat box/bag for the challenge and you do not need to use Crafty Sprouts stamps to enter the challenge, but if you have them use 'em!! I have been wanting to make a popcorn shaped treat bag forever, I got the Tags, Bags, Boxes and more Cricut Cartiridge free last year with that big update they did. I love the shape of this box, it's pretty big and can hold a lot of candy.... or yummy popcorn!!! The cute ghost bird is from the 3 Birds on a Parade Cricut cartridge, I did some inking and faux stitching, the Jack-O-Lantern face is from Peachy Keen Stamps. I also added a green slimey drippy goo border all around the treat bag. For the "BOO" sentiment I used Crafty Sprouts "Monster Kisses" stamp set, you can view it HERE.

Be sure to link up your treat box/bag for a chance to win some goodies from DCWV paper and The Twinery!!! (I used them for my project!) Click Here for challenge!!

Blog Hop!! Be sure to check back tomorrow Sat. 10/22 for the El Cucuy Boogie Man Blog Hop hosted by Celeste and Yolie!! I am giving away a set of Crafty Sprouts stamps, don't forget! See you there!

#225 Team Jacob Card + The Hot Blog Hop WINNER!!!

2011-10-19T12:09:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! Thank you all soooo much for stopping by my blog everyday to leave awesome comments on each Jacob post, it means the world to me!!! I made this Team Jacob card for Chloe (Jacob's Owner) and to add it in his super cool luggage (below). I had fun making this card I used Everyday Paper Dolls for the Jacob doll and Pumpkin Carving cart for the wolf and moon silhouette. I used my Tim Holtz Type set die in my Cuttlebug for the letters. I stamped the face with Peachy Keen Stamps. I had my hubby draw a 6 pack on Jacob eventhough he really didn't want to LOL! I promised him I wouldn't tell anyone he drew it haha, promises are meant to be broken sometimes LOL! Just don't tell my honey I told you!

I am so sad to see Jacob and Clippy the Koala leave me, how dare you!!! LOL!! Well at least I will get to see Jacob again on November 18th when I go see breaking Dawn woo-hoo!! hopefully he takes his shirt off again so I can see his hotness LOL!! I really enjoyed having Jacob visit me these last 2 weeks, he was such a helper and we even did some fun stuff like Trick or Treating and taking a trip to a Corn Maze! Jacob and Clippy are welcome back in my home anytime!!!! Jacob and clippy are packed and ready to leave Southern California for a much cooler climate in Illinois where they will be going next to http://coolbeansbylb.blogspot.com/ house, so be sure to check out L.B.'s blog in the next week or so to see how Jacob will be helping her out! L.B. I really hope you enjoy having this hot scrappy assistant in your home, I sure did eventhough I think my hubby was a little jealous, and my son thought he was getting new toys LOL!!

Winner winner!!!! the random winner of the $15 Peachy Keen Stamps Gift certificate is........... MELISSA of Moe Creations!!!!! Congrats girly!!! please email me critterbugg365@gmail.com to claim your prize!

Thank you so much to CHLOE of http://chloeandherclipons.blogspot.com/ for doing such a great thing here you are a crafty genius!! I am so proud to be part of Jacob's Hot Blog Hop! and I would do it again in a heartbeat!! i'm so sad, I feel like it's the last day of school or something LOL!!!

Be sure to check out Chloe's Blog and give her some blog love, and also to track down Jacob's travels..... also check out something she got from Provo Craft it's way too cool!!

Have a great day everyone, be sure to check out my blog later for my pupmpkin shaped card!

#224 Corn Maze Layout + The Hot Blog Hot w/ Jacob the scrappy assistant

2011-10-18T13:17:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! I went to my first ever corn maze on Sunday and it was actually the largest corn maze in California or (Southern Carlifornia) one of those! And boy was I tired and it was so hot on Sunday, I'm so glad I brought plenty of water LOL! But of course I "HAD" to do it and get some great pics since I am a scrapbooker at heart!!

For my LO I used one of my favorite Cricut cartridges. Country Life for the corn and banner. I stamped the sentiment on the banner flags and used a black gel pen for the outlines. I stamped the cute face on the corn with PKS Laughy Taffy faces and embossed with my "snake skin" Cuttlebug filder to make it look like corn kernels. I added pop dots under the green parts of the corn, it's a pretty big piece of corn that's about 10 inces, my son was pretending it was real corn and fake eating it LOL!

I used Kraft paper for the background and a Fall stack from 2010 DCWV "Autumn Splendor" and added a punch from Fiskars as a border and "Lemondrop" yellow twine from the Twinery. The flowers are Recollections and the bling pieces are large bling I got from Walmart. I also added rick rack ribbon on the small photo mats. I used Walnut stain distress ink on the photo mats, and sprayed Olive Vine Glimmer Mist on the Kraft paper, and stamped a burlap stamp on the Kraft paper with white Acrylic paint.

Of course I had to make the corn a girl, with that big flower in her hair!

I wanted a non-Cricut title so I dug out my old Inkadinkado clear alphabet stamps and inked them up using yellow Acrylic paint!! a cheap alternative to inks! I also painted the edges with Burnt orange colored paint. I bought the paints at Michael's for .50- .75 pretty cheap huh!?!

Time for The Hot Blog Hop with Jacob wth Scrappy Assistant!! Plese scroll down to view my last 3 Jacob post to win a $15 Peachy Keen gift certificate!

On Sunday we went to a pumpkin patch and did a HUGE corn maze and I brought Jacob and Clippy the Koala with me on their last adventure in Southern California. It was really hard getting Jacob to wear this shirt in public, I mean he always wants to be naked LOL!!! His excuse was that he can't stand this 93 degree hot weather in October ugh!! Clippy the Koala was getting so freaked out in the corn maze because we kept getting lost, he thought we were going to be trapped there all night and the aliens would come and get us LOL!!!! (Ok I watch way too much TV haha!!!!) Jacob inspired me to make a Corn Maze Layout for today's post... great idea Jacob you are sooo smart and sexy haha!

Today Jacob the Scrappy Assistant helped me soooo much, by helping me put away all my supplies I used for today's project! It also made me realize how many supplies are needed just to create ONE scrapbook page!! I think I need to show this pic to my hubby and tell him I "NEED" to go shopping for more supplies so I can get more Layout's done LOL!

I am so grateful to have Jacob helping me in my Scrapbook room, I mean my hubby has never helped me put away all of my treasures haha!

Giveaway Time!!! In honor of me having Jacob as my hot Scrappy Assistant Chloe (Jake's owner) is letting me giveaway a $15 gift certificate to Peachy Keen Stamps woo-hoo!!!!! All you have to do is leave me a comment everyday on each Jacob post! Check my blog everyday for a new picture of Jacob helping me! I will announce a random winner who leaves me a comment on EVERY post on ~~Monday October 17th!....~~

ok scratch that.... since I've been super busy the last 3 days with a garage sale, pumpkin patch w/ corn maze, and an ultrasound appt for my baby I have been so behind!! So I will post-pone the giveaway, you have until tomorrow morningWed. 10/19 to leave me a comment on ALL Jacob post for the giveaway. I am planning on making a Team Jacob card for Chole as a thank you for letting me have Jacob help me! I will include it in tomorrow's post along with the winner, good luck!!

#223 Buggy For Birthday's Blog Hop + The Hop Blog Hop w/ Jacob the Scrappy Assistant!

2011-10-15T01:00:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone!! Welcome to the Buggy For Birthday's Blog Hop hosted by the birthday girl herself... Corri! If you are here from Cassie's Blog then you are in the right spot! I was so excited when Corri asked me to join her hop, I have gotten to known her better over the past few months and she is such a sweetheart that is in love with her bug!! Cricut bug like the rest of us!! This hop is all about cute birthday bugs and there a 3 grand prizes which are a Cricut cart, Scrappy Moms Stamps, and a gift set from Paper Issues, just make sure to leave a comment on all the blogs! Hope you have a great birthday Corri!!!!!

For my buggy b-day card I made a bling snail card with a Peachy Keen face on it!! The snail is from the Cricut LITE "Live Simply" cart, it's really sad because I think this is my 1st or 2nd time using this cart ugh I'm so terrible! i just wish there were more hours in the day for crafting! I used We R Memory Keepers paper and used kraft cardstock for the base and added a scallop border with a Recollections punch from Michael's.

Time for The Hot Blog Hop with Jacob wth Scrappy Assistant!! Plese scroll down to view my last 3 Jacob post to win a $15 Peachy Keen gift certificate!

For those of you who have been following my Jacob posts and leaving coments all week long I really appreciate it, and you ladies are making me crack up so much LOL!

Today Jacob really wanted to take a shirtless picture modeling this bling snail card I made for the hop!! Just look at those muscles and enjoy the "Eye Candy" on this beautiful Saturday morning LOL!!! Wake up and smell the "Hotness" haha!!

GIVEAWAY #1............

Giveaway #2................

I am giving away 1- Crafty Sprouts "Let's Go Blog Hopping" stamp set to one lucky follower who leaves me a comment below and on my post #212 HERE, I will announce a random winner on Monday Oct. 24th.

NEXT STOP is my lil' sis JOANNA

#222 Treat Bag + The Hot Blog Hop w/ Jacob the Scrappy Assistant

2011-10-14T07:00:00.000-07:00

Good morning everyone! Today is Crafty Sprouts new challenge which is to make a treat box/bag for Halloween! Woo-hoo I am so ready to start eating some more candy LOL! I think we all eat the most candy this time of year, it's just way too tempting! I made this treat holder which is actually shaped like a purse from The Digi Bistro's SVG store since the "Treat Boxes" are a new release they are not available for sale but will be very soon! The pumpkin is also an SVG file from Halloween Town and I stamped the face with one of my favorite most adorable stamps from Peachy Keen Stamps called Happy Lashes! The spooky fence is from my MS punch and the sentiment is from Crafty Sprouts TOTALLY WITCHN stamp set. I also added Charcoal Twine from The Twinery and green cardstock from DCWV paper, these are our awesome sponsors this month! Be sure to link up your treat box/bag to the CRAFTY SPROUTS blog, you have 2 weeks to enter the challenge!

Time for The Hot Blog Hop! Click HERE to see my original Jacob post and also leave a comment! and HERE for my 2nd Jacob post!

As I promised you on yesterday's Jacob post I would be sharing with you something fun! Well Jacob decided to get dressed up like a "Hot" shirt-less cowboy and take my treat bag out with him to go trick -or- treating at my Halloween village in my house!! Well he gobbled up all of the chocolate and left me with only Jolly Rancher's!! Ugh! How dare you Jacob haha!! I'm going to have to tell Edward on you, ROFL!!! If you zoom in on the pic (by clicking on it) you can see Jacob is holding a Blueberry Jolly Rancher mmmm Jolly Rancher's! I just really wish he brought home some chocolate candy because I ate all mine last week! Only 2 weeks left till Halloween!

Blog Hop reminder! in honor of Corri's Birthday this weekend she is hosting a bug themed birthday party this weekend Sat/Sun and I am one of the stops! Be sure to check it out because I will be giving away a Crafty Sprouts stamp set and there and some amazing Grand Prizes up for grabs, and some talented ladies joining the hop!

P.S. I will also have Jacob joining me at Corri's b-day party! You won't want to miss a thing!!!!

#221 Breast Cancer Awareness Skunk + The hot Blog Hop w/ Jacob The Scrappy Assistant

2011-10-13T18:03:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! I'm so sorry I didn't have a chance to pst something yesterday, sometimes life gets in the way of crafting LOL! I made another card for Breast Cancer Awareness Month and I am linking it up to "Link Up For Pink" hosted by Celeste, Yolie and Gaby. If you haven't link your cards yet be sure to because tomorrow's the last day! You can link up HERE.

For my card I used this adorable skunk and sentiment from Peachy Keen stamps and I paper pieced it onto hot pink and white paper and added Pink Stickles to the flower. The punch is one of my new favorites from Martha Stewart. I also finished it off with 2 pink buttons!

Time for The Hot Blog Hop! Click HERE to see my original Jacob post and also leave a comment!

So today Jacob the hot Scrappy Assistant said he was "HOT" and did a little strip tease for me haha ok I'm just kidding LOL!!! Since I have been making a lot of cards for Breast Cancer Awareness Month and linking my projects up for PINK, I saw that Gaby had the address to donate our cards to people who have just been diagnosed with breast cancer. Jacob my hot assistant helped me by filling out these cards and getting the envelope ready to mail! He also wanted to show off my newest pink skunk card and thought the "Pink Skunk" was a great idea LOL!! He has been so much fun having around my scrapbook room, be sure to check out tomorrow's post you guys are going to LOVE it! Jacob did something I couldn't imagine I will post tomorrow's project at 7AM PST! Don't miss it!

CLICK HERE for my previous Jacob post!

#220 Turkey Scenery Card + That's Hop Blog Hop with Jacob (from Twilight) the Scrappy Assistant

2011-10-11T12:06:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone I hope you had a great weekend! I did because I actually got to sit down and craft and make this Turkey scenery card for the new This to that challenge @ The Digi Bistro's Blog, the challenge is to make a "Fall Scenery Card" using ANY SVG file or Cricut cart. Be sure to link up your project HERE for a chance to win a $5 gift certificate to The Digi Bistro SVG Store and also win a Halloween stamp set!

For my project I cut this cute turkey and all of the leaves with the NEW "Autumn Harvest" SVG set from The Digi Bistro Store, since this is a brand new release sneak peek it's not available yet, but will be very SOON so be sure to keep checking because it's way too cute and comes with 20 SVG files perfect for Fall and Thanksgiving!!!

I stamped all the faces with Peachy Keen stamps XL Critter Faces, and Cheery-o Faces on the leaves, and the sentiment is also from PKS! The clouds on the top left are a cloud stamp from The Greeting Farm Stamps. I am also entering my card into the Peachy Keen "Leaves" challenge.

Ok now onto the "That's Hop Blog Hop with Jacob the Scrappy Assistant" hosted by me!! Let me tell you a little bit about Jacob the scrappy assistant.... to make a long story short it's kinda like The Sisterhood of The Traveling Pants movie meaning Jacob and Clippy the Koala travel to many different places in the world helping us Bloggers! So far he's been to many places including Australia, Hawaii, Arizona, Northern and Southern California and many other places!!! He arrived at my house here in Southern California last week directly from The Cricut Headquarters Provo Craft how cool is that!!!

I was super excited to meet Jacob and Clippy the Koala and I was so happy and surprised when I saw this awesome card (left) that Provo Craft made for me, it looks like a Cricut Cart box doesn't it!?!

#219 Halloween Treats Blog Hop Takeout Box

2011-10-08T06:00:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone!!! Welcome to the much anticipated Halloween Treat Boxes Blog Hop hosted by Sylvia!! If you are here from Sylvia's blog http://www.bellascrapbookdesigns.blogspot.com/ then you are in then right spot! I was so excited when Sylvia asked me to join her awesome hop because I LOVE this hop theme and I can't wait to see some real candy like what I will be showing you below :)

For my project I made a Chinese Takeout style treat box to hold my most all time favorite treats.... Reese's!!!! I stamped the sentiment with Crafty Sprouts "TOTALLY WITCHN"' stamp set, but I messed up because I didn't stamp the sentiment until after I assembled the entire box, ugh I'm such a dork sometimes haha oh well!! The spiderweb border is from my Martha Stewart spiderweb border punch that I got from Michaels. This very cute bat is an SVG file from The Digi Bistro SVG shop called PICK YOUR POISON, it's a great SVG set that comes with 18 spooky and cute files!

I got this Takeout box file also from The Digi Bistro SVG shop and it's called "Treat Boxes" and has 5 different style 3D boxes and bags and will be available real soon!

Here's the top view when it's closed. The measurements on my SCAL 2 where 11x11 inches. Can you guess how I made the green handles???? Scroll down and I'll tell you my deepest darkest secret!!

Mmmmmmmmm Reese's my fav! Here's a pic of it open it fits 5 total Reese's wow!! Ok that's too many Reese's for me to give away to someone so I think I'm going to keep them myself... Oh wait hold that thought!! LOL!! My hubby and son just hijacked 2 of my Reese's oh no!!! (that really happened just now haha!)

Ok so I made the green handles with 3 regular sized paper clips!!! I knew I had to come up with a wire type of handle to make it look more realistic. I straightened all 3 paper clips and used my wire cutter all in one tool that I got from Joann's to "bend" and loop on each side. I then poked holes on the 2 un-embellished sides and placed the paper clip handles inside.

Proof it fits 5 candies!!

Here's another close up of the other side I used the same bat, just a different sentiment oh and googly eyes!

You can view The Digi Bistro's cute SVG files here

BLOG CANDY!!!!!!!

I am giving away ONE Crafty Sprouts "LET'S GO BLOG HOPPING" stamp set to ONE lucky follower who leaves me a comment below and also on my original giveaway post #212 right HERE!! I will announce a random winner on Monday Oct. 24 good luck!

NEXT STOP is SANDY