Just Dropping You a Line

Hi everyone and Happy Wednesday! We're halfway through the work week, which is wonderful. I'm so excited for the weekend, I already pre-purchased tickets for hubby and me to go see the last Harry Potter movie, I can't wait!





For my card today, I cut out this adorable image using my Cricut and the Meow Lite cartridge (all the older Lite cartridges are on sale at Wal-Mart right now if you are interested). I cut the image out using SU cardstock. After I pieced everything together, I added some chalk for "blush" for the kitten's cheeks, then did some doodling with my white gel pen. Next I created my card base out of SU cardstock. My DP is from MME. I added bows made with Bakers Twine to the clothes line, then added pearls roses from Wild Orchid Crafts for a finishing touch. The adorable sentiment is from Scrappy Moms Stamps (Amusing Animals set) . What do you think?

Well, that's it from me today. Thanks so much as always for stopping by. Remember, I have some really exciting news and projects to share at the end of this week so make sure to stop back by. Have a wonderful day!

The Best Ship is Friendship

Hi everyone and Happy Tuesday! :) I hope you are having a wonderful week! I'm so swamped at work this week, but I've been making myself come home and relax a bit and do some crafting (it helps me unwind :) ). Hubby and I have also been watching re-runs of The Office when we have a spare minute, which is one of my favorite shows and always makes me laugh out loud (LOVE that show!) :) Anyway, onto my card for today.





I decided to create another card for today using an SVG file and my Silhouette. I purchased the SVG file from Treasure Box Designs (Yo Ho Ho set). I then downloaded the file into Sure Cuts A Lot (SCAL) version 3.0 (this is the only version you can use with your Silhouette, it's the newest version and the only one available for purchase). After I downloaded it into SCAL, I imported the ship image and the girl pirate image, sized everything the way I wanted it, placed my paper on my mat, and cut. After I cut everything out, I inked around the edges, ran the girl's dress through my Cuttlebug using my Swiss Dots embossing folder, and then did some doodling with my white and black gel pens. Next I created my card base out of SU cardstock. My DP is from MME (My Mind's Eye). The sentiment (isn't it perfect with these images?!?!) is from Scrappy Moms Stamps (Sun Kissed set). What do you think?

Well, that's it from me today. I'm working on some larger projects to share at the end of the week so stay tuned. Thanks so much as always for stopping by. Have a wonderful day and I'll see you back here tomorrow, probably with another Cricut project. Hugs!

Happy Happy Days

Hi everyone and Happy Monday! I hope you all had a wonderful week and that your week is off to a great start! Had a nice weekend here, I mostly stayed in and helped my husband with some work stuff and got a little crafting done (not as much as I would have liked, it's going to be a busy week, I have lots of things I want to share with you this week :)).





For my card today, I decided to create a cute and festive birthday card (you can never have too many birthday cards laying around :) ). I cut the adorable little girl out from the Playtime Lite Cricut Cartridge (I got mine off of Ebay months ago, I'm SO glad I did, I LOVE this cartridge!) I used the "hide contour" feature on my Gypsy to hide her face and then used my Peachy Keen Princess Face Stamps for her cute face. I also ran her dress through my Cuttlebug using my Swiss Dots embossing folder. I then put everything together and then did some doodling using my white gel pen. Next I cut the balloons out using my Birthday Bash cricut cartridge. I put everything together, then did some doodling around the balloons as well. Next I created my card base out of SU cardstock. My DP is from MME. For some finishing touches, I added pearls, a bow (tied with my Bow Easy), a rose from Wild Orchid Crafts, and some Baker's Twine for the cute little bow holding the balloons together. The super cute sentiment is from Scrappy Moms Stamps (Sweet Somethings set). What do you think?

Well, that's it from me today. I hope you enjoyed my card. Thanks so much as always for stopping by. Have a fabulous day and I'll see you back here tomorrow :)

Kiss Me

Hi everyone and Happy Thursday! I can't believe how fast this week is flying by. I had the craziest day yesterday at work, SO busy, and definitely not the right day to wear my 4 and a half inch heels :) I love cute shoes, but sometimes they are so not practical :) At least of the rest of the week is calm so that's good :) I came home last night so tired, but I had this idea for a card all day long so I made myself go into the craft room and make it :)





For my card today, I decided to cut out this adorable image from Little Scraps of Heaven Designs. This particular pattern is called Kissing a Frog Pattern and I think she is oh SO cute! I downloaded the SVG file into my SCAL 3.0 program and then sized the image at 5". Next I cut everything out and then I inked around the edges for added dimension. I then ran the skirt of her dress through my Cuttlebug using the Swirls embossing folder for some added texture. I then put everything together and then did some doodling with my white and black gel pens. Next I created my card base out of SU cardstock. My DP is from K&Co (I got it at Michael's, they have some gorgeous summery packs out right now). I used my SU Ticket Corner punch on all the corners and then added pearls. Next I adhered my image using dimensionals. I then added a bow (tied with my Bow Easy), dew drops, and roses from Wild Orchid Crafts for some finishing touches. My sentiment is from My Creative Time's You Had Me at Chocolate stamp set (I love Emma's stamps, they are fantastic!) What do you think?

Well, that's it from me today. I hope you enjoyed my little princess card. Have a wonderful day and thanks so much as always for stopping by!

Life's a Beach

Hi everyone and Happy Wednesday! Boy do I have a crazy day at work today so I'm going to keep my chit chat short and get right to my card :)





For my card today, I decided to create a fun, bright, glittery summer-themed card :) My friend Kristy has opened up a new paper-piecing store that you absolutely MUST check out. The store is called Scraptastical Kreations and her designs are oh so cute! Her grand opening is coming up soon and she's going to be adding lots more patterns soon so keep checking back. The particular pattern I used is called Just Beachy and it is SO cute! I love all the patterns in this set. I decided to cut out the little girl bear with the sand bucket. I downloaded the SVG file (you get all the cuts together at one price), then used my SCAL 3.0 program to size everything, then cut it all out with my Silhouette. I inked around all the pieces, then put everything together. To add some extra dimension, I did some doodling with my white and black gel pens. Next I created my card base out of SU cardstock. My DP is from K&Co (this paper is really pretty and so glittery in person, but there is now glitter everywhere! :) ). I adhered my image to my card base using dimensionals, then added pearls, a bow, dew drops, and roses from Wild Orchid Crafts for some finishing touches. The sentiment is from Scrappy Moms Stamps (Sun Kissed set). What do you think?

Well, I hope you enjoyed my summery card :) Thanks so much as always for stopping by. Have a wonderful day and I'll see you back tomorrow. Big Hugs!

Pixie Dust

Hi everyone and Happy Tuesday! I hope all my friends in the US had a wonderful 4th of July! We had a great long weekend here. On Saturday, hubby and I went out to a nice lunch and then saw the new Transformers movie (it was his turn to pick the movie :) ). It was actually really good though, I was pleasantly surprised, I really enjoyed it. Yesterday we had brunch with a friend then watched some movies at home curled up with the kittens. Today hubby had to work so I vegged out, did some crafting, and made us a nice dinner (chicken, mashed potatoes, fresh corn on the cob, and cantaloupe, yum!). I also finished the latest book by my most favorite author ever, Karen White. Her latest novel, The Beach Trees, is absolutely fabulous as are all her books. I highly recommend them! Today it's back to work, but this work week isn't looking too bad so I can't complain :) Well, enough chit chat and onto my card :)





For my card today, I decided to use this adorable image from Treasure Box Designs. This particular image is called Tooth Fairy. I decided to turn her into a "regular" fairy and I didn't use the tooth image :) I purchased the SVG file from Treasure Box Designs, then downloaded it into my SCAL 3.0 program and then cut it out using my Silhouette. I chalked around all my pieces, then pieced everything together. After I pieced everything together, I did some doodling with my white and black gel pens. The cardstock is from SU and the pink glittery paper is from DCWV. Next I put my card base together using SU cardstock. My DP is from Basic Grey. I wrapped some chocolate colored twine around the DP and then adhered my image with dimensionals. I used a Martha Stewart edge punch on the top piece of cardstock. The adorable sentiment is from Scrappy Moms Stamps (Happily Ever After set). For a finishing touch, I added some roses from Wild Orchid Crafts and some dew drops. What do you think?

Well, that's it from me today. I planned to have some Cricut projects up as well as some more scrapbook pages done over this holiday weekend, but I spent too much time doing other things :) I'll catch up this week, I have lots to share and I also have some really exciting news that I can't share yet, but will be able to share with you soon so stay tuned :) Have a wonderful day and thanks so much as always for stopping by.

One Day Out West . . .

Hi everyone and Happy Thursday! One day closer to the weekend, yay! :) I am SO excited to share my project with you today so I'll keep my chit chat super short and get right on to my project (warning, this post is picture heavy).

I decided to create a two-page 8x8 layout spread for one of my scrapbooks. When I was growing up, I was fortunate and blessed enough to have wonderful parents who took me on fabulous vacations every year. I got to see so many parts of the country and the world and I am SO grateful for that. One of my favorite trips was a trip we took out west to New Mexico, Arizona, and Colorado. We of course saw the Grand Canyon as well as so many other wonderful things. We have tons of photo albums full of pictures from these trips. I lost my mom six years ago and I still find it difficult to open those photo albums. I decided that I would honor her and those wonderful memories by picking out some of my favorite photos from each trip and scrapping them. This is the first layout spread in this journey of mine and I hope you like it :)



Here is the two page spread (I know the picture isn't great, it's hard to get both pages together in one picture). I haven't added my photos/photo mats or my title yet because I'm not sure yet which pictures I'm going to pick. The absolutely adorable cut out images were made using my Silhouette. I downloaded all the images from Treasure Box Designs. All the images I cut out were from the Southwest Collection. You get all the images I cut out plus a couple more, plus diagrams on how to put all the pieces together all for just $2.99! How cool is that?!?! I cut all my pieces out and then inked around the edges with various chalks and inks. I still need to work on this technique, but I'm getting there :) I put all my pieces together and then did some doodling with my white and black gel pens. Then I put my scrapbook pages together using SU cardstock and Debbie Mumm DP.

Here are some detail shots of the first page:





And the second page:







What do you think? Well, phew, if you made it this far, thanks for sticking with me :) I had so much fun working on this project. I just love my Silhouette and I love being able to access all these adorable SVG files. I'm having SO much FUN! :) Well, that's it from me today. Thanks again as always for stopping by. Have a wonderful day and I'll see you back here tomorrow with a cricut project (don't want my cricut to feel neglected) :)