a quick birthday gift

A wonderful friend had a birthday celebration today and I put together a little gift for her.
I found the gift bag with the "Make yourself at home..." sentiment a few months back and instantly thought of Marie so I was hoping for an opportunity to present her with a gift :) The invite for the b-day bash specified no gifts so of course I had to make her one! I used greenbean's crafterole idea of hand scrub and found another body scrub recipe (brown sugar scrub) and voila - two yummy spa treats for the birthday girl! I made the card using the Cricut Imagine and two carts - Letter Envy

for the monogram and inside bracket shape; and Audrey for the colors of the monogram layers and inside bracket-sentiment shape (I adhered it after snapping the photo). I ran the top layer of the card through the cuttlebug using the Moroccan Screen folder and then lightly inked the design with a studioG chalk ink pad and brayer. I used a happy birthday stamp and my Stampin Up chocolate chip ink pad for the sentiment and a brown sharpie to sign the card. I adhered the inside bracket piece with repositional adhesive so Marie can use the card as fancy stationary - kind of like two for the price of one!

fun give away on Royal Things blog

I just like the fun question/ fill in the blank request for a chance to win a MS cake cartridge. Visit Royal Things blog for the entry but peek around for some inspiration!

crafty resolutions

I made a lovely layout to hang in my craft room to remind myself of the goals and resolutions for the 2012 year. I know I will get side tracked many times but this will be a great reminder to get back on track!

The back cut lace and shape shadow is from Cindy Loo cart (cut at 10.5 inches) and the daisy flowers are from gypsy wanderings cut at 1.2. I printed the resolutions on my home printer and cut them apart using my trusty Fiskars trimmer. Each purple flower had a small dot of lilac pearl pen for the center.

a gift for Bobby

My oldest DS will be having surgery on Monday and he's not too happy about that. To cheer him up I made this little popcorn gift.

He loves popcorn with butter and salt and I thought he would enjoy some different popcorn treats. I utilized my new Imagine machine to make the project. The popcorn container is from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More cartridge and filled the pattern from the Imagine more cart. The letter B, attached with a brad, was made using the Mickey font and Imagine More. The popcorn container cut-outs are from the Cricut Light Carousel cart and colors from the Imagine cart.

On the back of the popcorn container cut-outs I glued on print outs of names of pop corn recipes. I found lots of yummy recipes by doing a search on the internet but I only chose ones that I can make with the ingredients I have on hand. My plan is to give Bobby his gift the night before surgery so he has something positive to cheer him up.

Happy Thanksgiving!

I've been busy with work and crafting and sending cards to loved ones. But never too busy for a little black Friday shopping preparation. I discovered the Target ads and just have to laugh :) Here's a fav. Enjoy!

cuttlebug circle challenge

I will be attending a conference soon and wanted a fun folder to keep my papers organized. I used Kates ABCs and Alphalicious and Create a Critter for the cuts and lots of different cuttlebug folders to create the fun texture.

Cricut Circle challenges

I have been busy creating but just not blogging. So what have I been making???
I made window/bulletin board for my library to start the school year.

The students like my large, easy to spot bathroom pass

I made a "Cute As a Button" layout for the recipe challenge:
1) a title - Cute as a button
2) at least 2 cricut cuts - I used my gypsy to weld buttons for a border, Kate's ABC for the title, New Arrival for the circle and footprints, Mini Monograms for the scalloped circle.
3) at least 3 buttons - used real buttons for another border and one button in the center of the flower on the title.

I made page dividers for an inventory book for the exclusive Circle Cart challenge
Exclisive cart used was Cricut Everyday. There is also a little from Alphalicious for some of the letters. Each card in the photo is for a section of my inventory book (6in x 4in) so I can have the information with me when I shop. I have a list of all the cartridges and highlighted the ones I have; a sample of all the cuttlebug folders, cutouts of cuttlebug diecuts; sample of Viva pens, stickles, etc.; samples of ink pads, chalks, embossing powders, flocking material; list and samples of markers - all to be held with the paper rings. After assembling, I even added a bit of ribbon to jaz up the book.

I used a sketch to make a decorative cover for an old popcorn tin - to be used to collect paper scraps! The peacock, feather, V monogram are from Art Nouveau and the flowers from one of the preloaded e-carts on the E2.

Another layout using orange for a monochromatic color challenge. Carts used: Everyday Paper dolls, Accent Essentials, A Garden of Words.