Another Christmas card with Sizzix dies

I love whimsical! So when I saw this set of Sizzix Sizzlet dies over at Hallmark Scrapbook, I couldn't wait to get them. And they did not dissappoint!! I cut each of them out and placed them on a scallopped square cut with my Cricut Expression machine and the Storybook cartridge. They are double popped for dimension. The pp is Bo Bunny from last year and the cardstock is Bazzill. Popped on a little border made with my Threading Water punch and put a little piece of ribbon on top. That was it! I'm slowly making some headway with my Christmas cards! Thanks for stopping by and visiting today! Hope you're having a wonderful weekend! HUGS!

Another dumb law in Nevada:

In Reno (right where I live) it's illegal to lie down on the sidewalk.

Not that I would really want to, but that's just a little excessive, don't ya think??? :)

ho ho ho...Santa was here with downloadable circle tag

I have been seeing these medalion cards everywhere and have really been wanting to make one! So I finally did last night. If you haven't seen this tutorial, be sure and visit Becca over at Amazing Paper Grace. She's one talented lady!!!

I used a corner punch to make the medalion. The PP is by Kaiser and the cardstock by Bazzill. The Santa stamp is a Mary Engelbreit by All Night Media #849J11. I used my MS border punch and then that fun tag is a downloadable stamp by Regina Easter over at The Cutting Cafe! They're so easy to use! Just print and punch out with your circle punch! I love them! Watch for them! They'll be available soon over on the Cutting Cafe web site! Thanks for stopping by to visit and have a wonderful Saturday!

Another Nevada dumb law:

in Elko, NV everyone walking the streets is required to wear a mask.

HUGS!

To/From Christmas tags set

This was my project for the Hallmark Ladybug blog a couple weeks ago. I gave you a sneak peek with just the box, so now you get to see the whole set if you didn't happen to go check them out over at Hallmark. I truly love making my own gift tags for Christmas, so this project was a LOT of fun for me. If you would like to have specifics, please click right here!

Now how about a little fun?!! I have always been intrigued by all the silly laws that are still on the books of our nation. So I thought maybe I'd let you know some of them. Here's my very first!! Since I live in the state of Nevada, I thought I'd start with one from here first.

It's illegal to drive a camel on the highway in Nevada.

Thank goodness! I can only imagine rush hour!!!!

Take care and have a great day! Thanks for stopping by to visit! HUGS!!

Hope you're feeling ducky soon and You did it!!!

I had a couple cards to make this weekend, and I'm feeling quite happy that I was able to get them done! One of my friends had surgery, and another is finishing up her last chemo treatment for breast cancer this week! For the ducky card, the stamp is from Whippersnapper, and the oval it's on it from the Cricut Storybook cartridge. The tag is from Tags, Bags, Boxes, and More cartridge. The "U did it" card is Mickey and Friends of course. The u did it is from the Mickey font. I cut it out five times and made my own chipboard letters with it. The tag again is from Tags, Bags, Boxes, and More. The paper is Basic Grey. If you're looking for any of these cartridges, you can find them over at Hallmark Scrapbook for a great price. And they have the best customer service on the web!!!! Thanks for taking a look! Hope you had a wonderful weekend!

One more thing, my friend Nikki is giving away some really yummy blog candy over on her blog!!!! Please be sure and pay her a visit and maybe you'll get lucky and win! While you're there, be sure and take a look at her awesome work! I've been a fan of hers for a long time!!! She's one super talented lady!!

Thanks again for stopping by!!

The Cutting Cafe - a downloadable stamp by Regina Easter

Regina Easter has come up with the absolute cutest downloadable stamps over at her shop, The Cutting Cafe!! It's a set of four cards that are adorable!! Here's a card I made by cutting out a foundation circle and a scalloped circle, both at 5 1/2 inches with the Mini Monograms cartridge in my Cricut Expression machine. I printed one of the cupcakes on the circle I cut out, and then printed another one that I cut out. I colored both of them the same and then layered the one I cut out on top with pop dots. She's got a special going on right now. If you purchase the cupcake set of downloadable stamps, you'll get her stocking and long box cutting files for FREE!! So hurry over and see Regina's awesome samples of these adorable cards and take advantage of the sale she's having! Thanks for stopping by my blog! Your visits and comments are VERY much appreciated!!

Scrap n Fonts challenge for Bitten By the Bug

Last week over at Bitten By The Bug, we got to use a doodlebat and font from Scrap N Fonts. This was a fun challenge! We got to use the doodlebat Tis The Season Modern, and a font called SNF Classy Charm. From the doodlebats, I converted the snowflake inside a scalloped square to a wpc file and cut it out with my Pazzle Inspiration. I also created a shadow for the snowflake with my Pazzle software as well. The JOY tag is also from the same doodlebat, but I printed that on a tag and colored it in with my Copic markers. I used Basic Grey paper and lots of chalk ink. The card and envelope are cut with my Cricut Expression with the Christmas Cheer cartridge. Please be sure and go look at all the amazing cards the other designers created over at Bitten By The Bug. Thanks so much for visiting!! HUGS!

New Hallmark Ladybug project posted on the blog!

Here's a sneak peek! I cut the gift box that comes with Regina's Christmas card set. If you haven't been over to see them yet, please be sure and visit her. She's so awesomely talented!!! Instead of filling it with the Christmas cards from the set, I put a little different twist on it. Please visit the Hallmark Ladybugs blog and check it out! Thanks for stopping by!!! HUGS!!

My first project for Regina's Cutting Designs

If you haven't been over to see Regina's new shop, I would urge you to go look around! This is the easiest box I've ever cut with my Pazzle! Regina creates the cutting files and you can get them in either WPC format or PDF format. The wpc format will work on your Pazzle machine (and I'm sure other cutting machines as well), and if you don't have a die cutting machine you can also get them in pdf format. That way you can print them right off your computer onto cardstock and pattern paper and cut them out yourself. It doesn't get any easier than this folks. All I did was cut it out in the paper of my choice, and then decorated it the way I wanted. I decided to fix this one up for fall. Wouldn't this be a great hostess gift to take to Thanksgiving dinner? Besides Regina's cutting file, I used Basic Grey paper, a Cuttlebug cut and emboss die for the leaf in metal, a piece of acetate for the window, an Autumn Leaves stamp on the tag and Mini Monograms for the scalloped circle under the ribbon. Please go over and wish Regina well on her new adventure. These files are AWESOME! Thank you Regina!!

I've been invited to work with Regina Easter in her new venture!!!

I have received some exciting news since my return this weekend! Regina Easter, an extremely talented friend and fellow crafter, has requested me to be on her design team for her new venture, REGINA'S CUTTING DESIGNS. She is creating cut files that can be purchased as either a wpc file to use with cutting machines, or a pdf file that can be used to print off your computer and cut out yourself! I'm soooo excited to be a part of her design team! She's reserved some really talented ladies to join her, and I feel VERY honored and flattered that I get to work with all of them. Please be sure and link to her shop. I can guarantee that you're going to see some really amazing things from her!

I'm back and ready to start crafting!

I haven't had time to do anything new yet, but thought since I hadn't posted anything for so long, I'd post a few things I've made and never got around to showing you. Here are just a couple. Thanks so much for all of your friendship and support while I've been gone. The last several weeks were pretty darned tough, so I've taken this weekend to just kind of relax and try and regroup myself. I've missed all of you so much, and I know I have a lot of blogging to catch up on in the next week!! HUGS!!!!!

Sorry I've been so absent!

There's a lot going on right now. First, I went on vacation to attend my nephew's wedding for the past week. When I got back to work, I got the sad news that some of our workers have gone on strike. This has thrown a wrench into things, so I'm headed out of town to help out for the next two+ weeks. So I'm really sorry I haven't been able to post, and I know there are a lot of thank you's that I owe my friends for all the wonderful birthday greetings and gifts. I'm so sorry that all of this has just come crashing down. I should be back and running maybe the second week of October hopefully. Thanks for being so understanding, and I hope to be chatting with you again soon!

HUGS!

Flower Frame from Cricut Pooh and Friends cartridge

This week over at Bitten By The Bug, Regina asked us to use this flower frame. I fell in love with this frame cut the first time I saw it, so this is not the first time I've used it. The PP, lace ribbon, and glitter heart are all by Melissa Frances. The flowers are Prima that I brushed with some chalk ink and then put a rhinestone by Kaiser. The pearls in the frame are Dew Drops. Now if you look really close behind the glittered heart, you'll see something that looks like lace. This is my new favorite stuff! I got a GORGEOUS new stamp set, lace edgings, by Paper Salon. I stamped it on white cardstock and then embossed it with Tim Holts distress embossing powder in antique linen. This truly looks like real lace. I can not believe the beauty of these stamps. Look at the netting! The details on these stamps are gorgeous! The stamp on the tag is from a set by Kim Hughes at Cornish Heritage Farms. Please be sure and go over to Bitten By The Bug and check out the rest of the designers creations for this challenge. They have so much amazing talent! Thanks for stopping by today and have a wonderful day!

Whoot Whoot! Let's Celebrate! Cricut Accent Essentials Cartridge

Just a fun birthday card! I used the Cricut Accent Essentials cartridge for the frame and a cute stamp set by Kim Hughes with Cornish Heritage Farms for the owl, hat, and sentiment. I'm sorry, I can't remember who made the pattern paper. I'm thinking it's Kaiser, but not positive. Added some stickles and some rain dots, a little machine stitching, and that's about it.! Hope you had a wonderful weekend! Thanks again for stopping by! Don't forget to go check out the Cricut cartridge super sale going on over at Hallmark Scrapbook right now!

Hallmark Scrapbook

Good morning! We made it through Monday! I just wanted to give a quick reminder that Hallmark Scrapbook is having an amazing Cricut Cartridge sale going on. Most cartridges are on sale for $39.99, and some are as low as $29.99! Don't miss out on this sale! Click on the link and get those cartridges for yourself or for your loved ones. It's the perfect time to start your Christmas shopping. Only 106 days before Christmas!!! I just ordered My World for 29.99 and can't wait to get it!

I'm finally going to have some time this evening (Good Lord willing and the creek don't rise) to do some crafting. I can't believe it's been almost two weeks since I've been able to sit down and create. That's way too long!!!! But things have settled down just a little at home, so I'm hoping to be able to get something accomplished tonight! Hope you're having a wonderful day!! Thanks again for stopping by! HUGS!

New tutorial posted over at Hallmark Ladybug blog by Nancy

If you haven't seen Nancy's work, you are in for one heck of a treat. This lady does some fantastic work! She's a sister ladybug designer for Hallmark Scrapbook, and she just posted a new tutorial over at the Hallmark Ladybug blog for a really cute Christmas jar. So run (don't walk) over to take a peek at it! Then do yourself a huge favor by taking a peek at her blog too! Awesome stuff!!!

Also, my friend Michelle is having a birthday today, and she's offering up some YUMMY blog candy! Be sure and go check it out!