What Have I Been Up To???

Where has all this time gone??? I can not believe how long it has been since my last post. I have been up to a lot. First let me go back to the preparations for my daughter's graduation from high school and her party. I was lucky enough to find a great sale on couple of Sizzix brass embossing folders. I picked up these folders for fifty cents each at Custom Crops a few months back.

I will be back soon with some pictures from another project I have been working on.

Be Mine

Hi~

Hope all is well and everyone is staying warm.  I think I am ready for spring!  However since we are not quite there yet I thought I would make a couple of Valentine's to share on my blog.  I used the Martha Stewart Elegant Cake Art and the Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake Art cartridges in my regular Expression machine.  I don't actually own the cake machine (yet).  I just could not pass on these cartridges since they were only $30 each at Custom Crops.  I love all the MS boarder punches and these cartridges had so many cuts I could use for all those great boarders!

Supplies:  Cardstock (Georgia Pacific & The Paper Co.), embossing folder (Sizzix), Cuttlebug, Cricut, Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake Art & Martha Stewart Elegant Cake Art cartridges (Provo Craft).

Pumpkin Card

Hello -

Happy Saturday everyone.  I am so glad it's the weekend.  Last week was particularly hard at work.  Too many meeting combined with too many deadlines.  Crafting is my stress relief so I spent a little time with my Cricut.  Today I am going to share another card I made for my Halloween series.  This cut is from the card feature on mini monsters.

Supplies: Cardstock (American Crafts), Cricut & Mini Monsters cartridge (Provo Craft), Stickles (Ranger), Dimensionals (Stampin Up!) & Embossing Folder (Sizzix).

PS - I have had a few new followers lately and I wanted to say thank you to all of you.  I love sharing what I create and I love visiting all your blogs too!

Thanks for stopping by.

MPS Challenges #10-12

Wow - What a productive and fun day!  12 completed projects/cards.  I can't remember the last time I did that.

Challenge #10 - Make a project using a pet.  I decided to do another kitty cat card.

Supplies: Cardstock, Liquid Glass, Ribbon & Ink (CTMH), Pattern Paper & Embossing Folder (Stampin Up!), Stamp (My Pink Stamper), Stickles (Ranger), Cricut, Cuttlebug, Create a Critter cartridge (Provo Craft), Boarder Punch (Martha Stewart Crafts).

Challenge #11 - Make a project using black, green & pink.  I decided to do a shaped card but kept it at 4.25" so it could still fit into an A2 size envelope.

Supplies: Cardstock (CTMH), Stickles (Ranger), Pattern Paper (Stampin Up!), Cricut, Gypsy, Wild Card & Graphically Speaking cartridges (Provo Craft).

Challenge #12  - Kids Craft Project.  I made the cute little cheerleader from the Everyday Paper Dolls cartridge.

Supplies: Cardstock, Liquid Glass & Marker (CTMH), Stickles (Ranger), Cricut, Everyday Paper Dolls (Provo Craft).

Well from what I have seen the other participants all did a fabulous job!  I hope everyone had a blast.  Thanks for looking at my projects and please leave comments and become a follower.

1st Snow...

Well we had our first accumulating snow today.  I {heart} snow.  As long as I don't have to drive in it.  :)


So with the snow outside I decided to finish up some holiday projects.  This first is the cocoa packets for school.  I made 30 of them so I did these assembly style.

The die cut cocoa mug was especially easy to do using my Gypsy.  I used the mug from gypsy wondering and using the hide/contour feature enabled me to cut all three pieces in different colors.

I used a Sizzix embossing folder from Stampin Up and a stamp set from My Pink Stamper.

Bundle up and stay warm.  This is the perfect time of year to curl up with a good book and a warm up of cocoa.

Supplies: Cricut, Gypsy, Gypsy Wanderings, Sizzix Embossing folder from Stampin Up, Cardstock: Stampin Up & DCWV, Clear Bag from Stampin Up, Stamp from My Pink Stamper, Ink: CTMH, Nestle Cocoa & Mini Candy Canes.