Peacock Card: Scrapbook Pal Design Team Entry

I am applying to be on the design team at Scrapbook Pal.

They have loads of great products for very reasonable prices!

Here are all the "ingredients" for my card below
1 piece of card stock cut at 4.25x8.5
1 piece of card stock cut at 3x8
1 piece of card stock cut at 3x4
1 piece purple card stock (about 4x3 inches)
1 piece teal card stock (about 4x3 inches)
1 piece of blue card stock (about 4x2 inches)
Cuttlebug embossing folder Spots and Dots
Give a Hoot cartridge Peacock on page 14 cut at 3.25
Gypsy (optional)
Ribbon or Rafia cut at 4.5 inches and another piece at 3 inches (trim to desired length of bow)
Zig 2 Way Glue Pen Chisel Tip
Double Sided Mounting Squares
Tape

Joy Fold Card Directions

I hope you enjoy my FIRST video!

Happy Crafting,

Hoppy Birthday

Hi!

Happy Easter!  I am on spring break this week and will be headed all over the place.  We are celebrating Easter with both sides of the family today.  I am looking forward to a week filled with friends, family, and relaxation!

I made this card for my brother in law for his birthday.  I used Stretch Your Imagination.  Instead of cutting out the card with the critter I went over it with a cricut marker then cut out just the solid card.  I used my gypsy to get the layers the size I needed and the frame as well.  The font is Mini Monograms.

I then used my Martha Stewart scoreboard to create a coordinating envelope because the card is 5.5x5.5. I am still getting the hang of the scoreboard but I do like using it!

I hope your Easter is blessed and that you are able to spend some time reflecting on what Easter is truly about.

Much love and Happy Crafting,

Easter

Happy Palm Sunday!

It's a dreary day here in the foothills of the mountains.  I'm hoping that the warm weather will be back this week.  Spring break begins on Friday and I can tell already it's going to be a long week!  I made some quick and simple Easter cards.

This one I used Designer Calendar for the Easter and Indie Art for the cross.

I think this little bunny is just adorable!  He is from Gypsy Wonderings as is the grass.  The font for this is Gypsy font.

I also made a birthday card for the Cartridge Exploration Challenge over on the message boards at cricut.com.  Every week they pick a cartridge to explore and people post their creations.  It's amazing to see how JAMMED packed each of the cartridges are.  

This cupcake is from A Child's Year

The sentiment shape is from Storybook

The stamp is a Studio G stamp.  The sentiment will get place inside the card once my stickles dry.

Happy Crafting!

Hello Spring

Well happy last day of Winter folks!

It's sunny and beautiful here.  I have a busy weekend ahead so I wanted to get my weekly post up today.  I made this card with George and some scraps of a secret project I am working on.  I was feeling ready for spring and whipped this together.  Simple and sweet!

This weekend my husband and I (we're youth group leaders) are hosting our spring retreat.  The girls and I will be making spring/Easter cards for a local retirement home.  I went to Joann's and loaded up on spring paper.  I'm excited to see what we can craft together!

Have a great weekend!

Happy Spring and Happy Crafting!

Precious Penelope

As you may have read in my previous entries my niece was born last month.  We have been soaking in the new born time!  Here's a few shots and a layout I made for my personal scrapbook.  The Penelope was written with the Gypsy Font cartridge.  Jane I believe is from A Child's Year.  The dragonfly is from Gypsy Wonderings.  I used my cuttlebug to emboss the rectangles with core-dinations paper.

I have also been able to add pictures to her babybook as well. I must admit it looks so much better with pictures in it!

I left some journaling room for my sister to write as well.  I am really enjoying working with these pictures!  I have never scrapbooked a baby before.

Happy Crafting,

Life before my cricut

My husband and I got married on December 29, 2007.  I was able to take advantage of my lifestyle as a teacher and complete my entire wedding scrapbook over the summer.  I was so happy to have actually started and finished the project!  I am slightly bummed that I didn't have my cricut when I did it.  I have been gradually going back and adding on a few things here and there but it is difficult to squeeze things in. I had been saving up embellishments for a long time and unfortunately really do not remember where a lot of stickers and other items came from.

The scrapbook is from Michael's I can remember that much. I had never seen a scrapbook this style with the ledge in the back.  I put some of the cards, invitations, save the dates, and pictures I couldn't find a place for here.

 You'll notice there is not any writing in this book.  My handwriting is TERRIBLE and I always end up disappointed with the finished project so I decided to make this more of an album rather than a traditional scrapbook. I used a lot of rub ons and even cut some of the cards we were given to add words/embellishments.

Thanks for looking!

Happy crafting!

Checking in!

Hi crafters!

My niece arrived safely on Monday 2/15!  They named her Penelope and she of course is the cutest thing ever.  I am loving being an Aunt.  I've been working on putting pictures into her baby album today.

I'm bummed I haven't had time to post now that we have actually had school without snow days!

I just wanted to give you cuttlebuggers a heads up.  They are doing a bunch of give-a-ways on the cricut.com message boards, twitter (twitter name: provocraft), and on the new cuttlebug facebook followers' page this weekend.  Take a few minutes to check it out if you haven't done it already.  My cuttlebug is one of my favorite crafting tools.

Happy Crafting!