Blog Award From Crystal

First I want to thank Crystal for sending me this award!! It is soooo sweet of you!! I am really glad we are friends!! I love going on your blog and seeing all your creations!! They are great!

Here's the rules for this one. Accept the award from the Sweet Friend (s) that sent it to you, thank her in your post and pass it on to bloggers whose creativity knock your socks off. Then reveal 10 things about yourself.So the three other bloggers that I want to send this to are:

1. Pam

2. Shazza

3. Sharon

Okay then 10 things about me:

1. I have been blessed with 2 wonderful children who are my world!

2. I have a wonderful husband who supports every decision I make and is a serious enabler of my craft addition!

3. I have a degree that I earned after my son was born!

4. I am currently taking some online classes

5. I start scrapping back in 1993..before I knew what scrapping was..LOL..

6. I exercise every weekday..whether I want to or not (guilt takes over LOL)

7. I try to stay positive or try to find something positive in every situation

8. I can't stand negativity or laziness..(my 2 huge pet peeves)

9. I hope to get caught up soon on my scrapbooks..I have yrs of vacations to do still :)

10. I have amazing friends and am thankful for every one of them!

Happy 9th Birthday Tara Layout!

I just did this LO this morning..I was looking at some of my favorite blogs ( http://www.practicalscrappers.com/ ) and the new challenge is to use at least one patterned paper....I ended up using 2 different patterns for this LO..

What do you think?

JB challenge #22 All about food

Challenge 22 - All about Food


Make a food themed project. It can be a treat container, food themed layout, etc. Whatever you can think of. Make sure you use your cricut at least once as always!!
Don't forget to join us at http://justbugginchallenges.blogspot.com/
every week for a new challenge!! The challenges are posted every Wednesday....and then there is new inspiration posted daily! Check often for great ideas!




So for this challenge...I decided to alter a candybar..well the wrapper...LOL..I used some DCWV cardstock and wrapped it around the yummy candybar...this is also for a swap I am in..I hope she likes it! I used my cricut for the hearts and the wording..I used my MS punch and some ribbon..and of course..Stickles! LOL!

Working on cards...LOL..

Here is a quick one I did for one of the missions for the fairies...I just used my george cart for the circles and letters..and my dotterifics (not sure how to spell that) markers for the dots and dashes..it is so nice to be able to sit and make cards today for such a great cause!

cards continue

Here are the other 2 I made from the sketches..

Quick cute cards!!

I am in the flowery mood today with cards!! I have 3 made so far and they all have a flower on them! LOL!!

These were all created with sketches found at http://icsketches.blogspot.com/

This was sketch 51

2 Cards--Same basic design

I made these 2 cards today..I needed one bday and one for a baby congrats...I used my storybook cart to cut the accents...which I am really loving this cart for that reason..it has so many nice accent cuts!! I added some buttons, little rhinestones, embossed with my cuttlebug and voila..all done!! Simple yet cute! LOL!!

I adding this post to http://www.practicalscrappers.com/ challenge this week as it was to use embossing!

Challenge 20 All About Pets

The challenge for this week was Pets!! So this was pretty easy for me..as I have 2 boxers!! For this LO, I used my pics from our newest addition, Zeus....

Iused Paper Pups for this LO...

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ABC cuts..a Cricut MB swap..

So I love a good swap and this one was right up my alley for swaps! I love when I can use my cricut to create things..so the swap was to create something with your cricut using each letter in the alphabet except for the letter X...I think it is funny though out of all the carts I have..I seemed to use the same ones over and over LOL!

Challenge 18 In the Shadows

It is new challenge time again at http://www.justbugginchallenges.blogspot.com/ and this week's challenge is to use shadows or the blackout feature on your cricut!! So I decided to make this Christmas bouquet. I used a variety of the Christmas carts and used some kabob sticks to make these. I bought a 1.00 vase and some floral foam and wrapped it in ribbon..

What do you think? They are super easy and fun to make!

Challenge 17 Inky Fingers

At http://www.justbugginchallenges.blogspot.com/, the challenge is to use ink on your cuts/projects and as always use at least 1 cricut cut!!

Here is a tin I made for a young lady this Christmas...I used alcohol inks and Storybook for the letters..

Merry Christmas

To all!! We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!!!

Challenge 16 Santa's Helper

At Just Buggin Challenges, we were to create something for someone we love using our cricut!! Well I thought my little nephew would like this!! I used the Spongebob cart for this and bought a cheap photo frame from WM!! I think it came out pretty cute!!

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Snowman tin Just Buggin Challenges Challenge 15

I rec'd snowfriends for a birthday gift this yr so I made this tin with that cart, this is for my daughter's troop leader. I used my MS snowflake punch for the border..I just need to add some ribbon to the handle and probably a little snowman on the top!

Homemade Ornaments

My daughter and I made these ornaments this yr...they were so much fun and super easy to make! All the letters were cut with wall pops (vinyl)...