Crop Chocolate Online Crop

Hi Everyone!! It's been a long time since I've posted anything, I have lots of projects that need to be added!  But, first things first... and the FIRST thing, is something I'm super duper excited about!

Cropchocolate.com is hosting a 48 hour online crop THIS WEEKEND!!!  There will be some awesome prizes, including a CRUISE!

Click here to learn more, or click here to visit the contest page and get going!  Let's all get out there and make some awesome projects -- it IS almost Christmas (have YOU started your cards and homemade gifts yet?  I've started the gifts, but not the cards... oops!)

Leave me a comment and let me know what you're doing for your homemade Christmas/Holiday items and gifts this year! I'm making wood/vinyl signs, glass blocks with vinyl designs, and etched glass candy jars... so far :) I'm sure more will be added to the list.

4th of July Card

This is the first of my 4th of July Cards... yes, I am a little behind this year :)  The card is 5x5 square.  I used papers, buttons and ribbon from Hobby Lobby.  The stamp is by Stampabilities.  I stamped the image a second time on the glitter paper, cut out the heart, and pop dotted it for some dimension.  The stars on the front are cut from George and Basic Shapes (check that off the cartridge exploration challenge list!) at 2 1/4, 2 1/2, and 2 1/2 shadow and pop dotted.  The stars on the inside are cut at 2 and 2 1/4 inches.  Thanks for looking.

Bloom Where You are Planted

I made this sign for my Mother to put in her office.  She works for DHS, and they are going through a lot of reorganization and stress right now, with early retirements and some smaller offices closing.  I thought the saying, "Bloom where you are planted" was appropriate for the situation. 

I cut the word "Bloom" from the new Cricut Lite cartridge, Bloom.  I cut the phrase "where you are planted" with Make the Cut.  Papers are from the DCWV Spring Stack, and the flower stickers are KC & Co.  The frame was a $3 frame from Walmart.

Peachy Cheap Giant Bag of Scrap

Just wanted to share with you what I got in my Giant Bag of Scrap from Peachy Cheap.  Lots and lots of cute stuff... and all for only $30.  I can't wait to get scrappin' :)

Wildcard #35 - Father's Day Card

Here's the first of my WildCard creations... #35.  I made it into a Father's Day card for my Fiance's dad - who is super outdoorsy.  I cut the card and matching envelope as large as I could on a 12x12 mat.  To do this, cut the envelope "fit to page" and note the size, then cut the card to match.  This particular card cuts at 4 1/2 inches square.  Used paper from my stash, buttons and raffia to finish it off. 

And for my not so outdoorsy dad, a simple "Dad" card using the font on the Wild Card cartridge.  I think this should count as my first "Cartridge Exploration" challenge, too... because honestly, I didn't even know Wild Card had a font!  But I do like it, so I'll probably even use it again :)  This card was super simple -- just paper from my stash and a little doodling on the letters with a white gel pen.

Challenging Myself!

I have been having trouble with "crafters block" lately, so I decided I need to give myself a little push to get craftin' :)

I am giving myself TWO challenges... so that equals TWO projects per week. So keep me accountable you guys! If you dont see two per week, start nagging!

My first challenge is CARTRIDGE EXPLORATION. I have about 35 cartridges... and probably 30 of them just sit unused on the shelf. In fact, several have never even been used at all. So my challenge is to dig everthing out and make projects with at least one cut from every cartridge that I own.

My second challenge for myself is the infamous WildCard challenge. I will make every card on the cartridge... at least one per week.

Bus Mini Album

Hello, Everyone!  Today I'd like to share with you a gift that I made for a friend and coworker for her retirement party!  I work with Head Start, and our Transportation Specialist retired, so I made her a mini album in the shape of the school bus from Doodlecharms. 

I took a picture of each of our coworkers and asked them each to write a note on a speech bubble to be added to the book.  This way, she can't forget any of us.

Supplies:

Cricut "Doodlecharms"

Cricut "Plantin' Schoolbook"

Cricut "A Child's Year" (scalloped tag)

Cardstock - yellow and black

Silver Vellum (behind bus windows)

BIA

3/4" Binding

Floura-Doodles

Sorry I had to blank everything out, wouldn't want to publish people on the 'net who don't want to be published :)

After I thought about it a bit, I quickly whipped up a tag to wrap around the whole thing instead of putting it in a gift bag.

If you need any more details, let me know!  Have a great day --