Thursday, December 31, 2009

My Favorite Projects March thru July

March
Brotherly Love

April
Bluebird of Happiness

May
With Love Anniversary Card


June
Colors of Fatherhood



July
Love Notes













My Favorite Projects August thru December

August
Princess Joy Fold Card

September
No Cracks!!

October
Cowboy Birthday



November
Christmas Rocks Pop Bottle Wrapper



December
All the vinyl tiles I made for gifts




Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Gifts from my sons


My sons each made me a Christmas gift this year. My 15 year old made me a tile with vinyl. He hijacked my Cricut and design studio one day to make my gift. It is wonderful and I just love the images and words he chose. My 14 year old made me the wooden tree. I call it my Charlie Brown tree. It is just so cute!!! Both are wonderful gifts and I will treasure them always. Aren't homemade gifts the best?

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Christmas Gifts from My Sister-in-Law!!







My SIL suprised me with some great handmade gifts. The first is the framed picture. It is just adorable and I love all of the paper dolls she made. My daycare kids will have fun trying to figure out which of the paper dolls is them. The next gift is the box and note pad. She used the anniversary card I gave her and my brother to decorate the two. Inside the box was the pebbles. She printed out small pictures of some of my projects I had on my blog and attached them to the back of the pebbles. The pebbles are flat on the back and then she added a magnet. What a great idea. Love them all and she is very creative!!!

Monday, December 28, 2009

Vinyl Tiles













I made these tiles for Christmas gifts this year. I bought the tiles at Lowes. They measure 8x10 inches so are a great size to work with. Cricut cut details listed below.
Live Laugh Grow Tile:
Live and Laugh are from the Home Accents cartridge cut at 4 inches
Child with flower: A Child's Year cartridge cut at 7.25 inches
grow: Jasmine cartridge welded in design studio cut at 3 inches
Support our Troops Tile:
Support our troops: Stand and Salute cartridge cut at 3.5 inches
Child with Flag: A child's Year cartridge cut at 6 inches
God Bless America Tile:
God Bess America: Stand and Salute cartridge cut at 3 inches
Child in pedal car: A child's Year cartridge cut at 5 inches
Angels Come in All Shapes and Sizes Tile:
Angels: Jasmine done in design studio cut at 1.5 inches
other words: Base Camp cartridge cut at 1 inch
Dog and cat: Paper Pups cartridge cut at 3.5 inches
Haol: George stretched in design studio
All Aboard tile:
All Aboard: Base camp welded in design studio cut at 1.5 inches
Train: Christmas Noel cartridge cut at 3.5 inches



Friday, December 25, 2009

Meet Me Under the Mistletoe

Merry Christmas to all!!!! I hope that everyone is enjoying their holiday with family and friends. We have snow and I am looking forward to a day snuggled in with hot chocolate and spending time with the family. This is the card I made for my husband for Christmas this year. After opening it, he looked around for the mistletoe... I used the cuttlebug snowflakes embossing folder and added pearls and ribbon to finish it off. Very simple by elegant card.
Mistletoe: Christmas Noel Cricut cartridge cut at 3.75 inches
Tag: Tags Bags Boxes and More Cricut cartridge cut at 2 inches

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Snow Globe Cards


Made these cards for my sons for Christmas. When they were younger they used to get me a new snow globe every year for Christmas. Benjamin says his favorite color is pink so I couldn't resist adding pink rhinestones to his snowman. I used the snow flakes cuttlebug folder to emboss the globe. I used my platinum ink pad to add some color to the flakes. The faces are from the Peachy Keen stamps winter face assortment.
Cricut Cuts
Snow Globe: Joys of the Season cut at 5 inches
Snowman: Doodle Charms cut at 3 inches
Arms: Snow friends cut at 3 inches
Santa hat: Pooh and Friends cut at 1.25 inches
Stocking hat: Pooh and Friends cut at 2 inches
Names: Base Camp welded in Design Studio


Tuesday, December 22, 2009




I have had all of the presents wrapped but needed to add the gift tags. If you look closely in the picture, you will notice that I write the name of the recipient in the upper left corner as I wrap. I do this so I remember who gets what until I get the tags on them.
Tags:
Santa: Very Merry Tags cartridge cut at 3.5 inches
Stocking: Very Merry Tags cartridge cut at 3.5 inches
Snowflake Tags:
Tag: Tags Bags Boxes and More cartridge cut at 4.5 inches
Scalloped Circle: Mini Monograms cut at 2.75 inches
Snowflake: When It's Cold Outside cartridge cut at 2.5 inches
Embossing: Cuttlebug snowflakes embossing folder
Face: Peachykeen Winter Face Assortment
copics and chalk used for face