Happy Thursday!

Welcome to my blog on this Friday Eve!  Yes, I'm living for the weekend this week!  My project for this week is a two page layout that I created for our TNT group last summer.  We went to a Legend's baseball game on Family and Faith night.  The kids were able to watch a great baseball game and afterwards there was a small concert of a contemporary Christian group.  The kids all had a great time, but by the time we made it to the concert they were all about beat.  This is an activity I would recommend for any church group in the surrounding area.

For my project I used a black base, red, white, a yellowish color, gray, and navy cardstock.  The patterned paper is from my stash and I'm not sure who the manufacturer is.
I used the Tear Drop and Sports Mania cartridges.
The title was cut using the Tear Drop cartridge at 2.06", welded together using my Gypsy.  The baseball, bat, and jersey were cut using the Sports Mania cartridge at 3".
Have a wonderful Thursday and a super weekend!  Don't forget to join us on Monday for a new challenge!

Happy Valentine's Day Challenge

Welcome to my little piece of blog world.  The new challenge over at Exploring Cricut is to create a card, layout, or other papercraft to celebrate Valentine's Day.  There are a ton of cartridges out there to choose from when working on a project for this holiday, from serious, to silly, to just plain fun!
Valentine's day is not my favorite holiday since I'm single.  I've always looked at it as a holiday created by businesses to increase their sales after Christmas.  I still feel this way, but after this summer, I realize how important it is to always tell those you love how you feel and not wait for a silly day to come around once a year.

My project for this challenge is a simple Valentine's day card.  I started with a white base that is 5.5 x 4.25 and I covered it with a cheveron pattern paper from the special Dotty for You collection from CTMH.  I then cut the heart on the right side using the Love Struck 2010 cartridge.

I cut this heart at 2.06" from Blush cardstock.  I love that the big heart is made from lots of little hearts.

I then cut the heart on the left side from the Sweetheart cartridge at 2.18" from colonial white cardstock.  This is one of my  favorite go to fancy hearts.  I then combined the two hearts with  bow using Valentine's ribbon.  The ribbon is from Wal-Mart.
Thank you for visiting my blog.  Remember to link your project on the Exploring Cricut blog so you can be entered for the prize drawing.  We look forward to seeing what you come up with!

Daily Project: Many Thanks

Welcome to my blogland for this wonderful Friday eve!  Yes, I'm a teacher and I celebrate Friday eve each week.  I have several projects in the works to share at a later date, but the project I want to share with you for today is a simple thank you card.

The base of my card is 5.5 x 4.25 and I covered it with a piece of patterned paper from the Lucy paper line from CTMH.  I put a 2" strip of cotton candy across the top and then tied a piece of sweet leaf ribbon across the cardstock.
Using the Phrases cartridge I cut the phrase "many thanks" at 2.06" using hollyhock, cotton candy, and sweet  leaf cardstock.  All products are sold by CTMH.
Thanks you for allowing me to share my project with you today, and may you be blessed with time to craft today!

Cricut Choice Challenge

Hi ya'll!  Welcome to another challenge at Exploring Cricut.  This week's challenge is to create a card, layout, or other papercraft using 2 pattern papers, 3 cricut cuts, and 1 embellishment.  You can use any theme for this challenge.

For my project I created a Thank You card.  A dear friend gave me the cartridge "Phrases" for my birthday and I'm in love with it.  I also used the Paisley cartridge which is a cartridge I've had forever but have never used.  I really some of the images on this cartridges, it just gets overlooked.

The base of my card is 4.25 x 5.5 twilight cardstock.  I used 2 different pattern papers from the Close to my Heart Wonderland series.  Other cardstock colors used are white daisy, sky, and spring iris.  "Thank You" is cut from Phrases cartridge at 2.06", both the base/shadow cut and the main cut at the same size.  The third cricut cut is the butterfly which was cut from the Paisley cartridge at 1.12".  The butterfly was cut out of spring iris cardstock, the phrase was cut out of white and sky cardstock.
I used very tiny sparkles (in purple) from Close to my Heart for the body of the butterfly, added a twilight flower button and added an In Color Dahlia (Stampin' Up)in the center.

I also made a second card and changed the sparkles of the body of the butterfly.

Thanks for joining us for the challenge this week.  I hope you're able to play along with us, don't forget to link your creation at exploring cricut!  Have a super week!!

So Sorry: Daily Project

Welcome to my little part of blog world.  Winter is a favorite time of year for me, but I really hate when it gets so frigidly cold you can't stand to breathe outside.  We are going through this type of period now.  What better time to spend inside working on projects.
The project I'm sharing with you today is a sympathy card that I created for a friend just last week.  Not sure  if its just our area, or if its happening everywhere, but it seems like more and more people are passing away. I keep saying I'm going to make a lot of sympathy cards to have on stand-by, but I still never have them on hand when I need them.

I used pattern paper from the sweetheart line from Close to my Heart for the base of my 6x6 card.  I then cut out the different layers of my saying "sorry for your loss" at 2.53 from the cartridge Phrases, using white, black, smoothie, and tulip cardstock. I added rhinestone bling and a flower button to add the final touches.

Thank you for stopping by my blog today and looking at my project.  I love feedback from visitors so please leave a comment.

Winter Challenge

Thank you for joining us for this week's challenge, which is to create a card, layout, or other papercraft for a snow activity or winter activity.  I couldn't find an image of someone snuggled under a mound of quilts and fleece covers up to their eyeballs so I decided to stick with something more traditional.

I decided to decorate a picture frame with a tiny bit of winter.  One of my favorite activities as a child was to build a snowman.  Seems like the kids around here lately have missed out on this joyous activity because the snow we have been fortunate to get has been too dry to make a decent snowman.  They are truly being robbed of part of their childhood.  Now on to my project.

 I started out with a wooden picture frame from Michael's (the opening is 3.5" square).  I covered the frame with a piece of sky cardstock from CTMH using ModgePodge.

I then cut out 2 large snowflakes from Designer Calender at 1.71" and 6 at 1.12".  Each of these snowflakes were covered in studiog Glitter glue (stardust) and then a CTMH sparkle was added to the center.

Next I cut out images of the snowmen building a snowman using white daisy cardstock, Cherry-O and Miracle pattern paper all from CTMH.  The white sections were covered with the studiog Glitter glue and a nose was added using Stickles in Orange peel.  I also used the Mocha opaques from CTMH for the eyes.

Once I had all the elements adhered where I wanted them I added another layer of ModgePodge to make sure everything stayed down.  I then sprayed the frame with vanilla smooch for a frosty appearance.

Thank you for stopping by hope you find something to spark your creativity.  Don't forget to link your project back on the exploring cricut site to be entered for the drawing for the prizes for this week!  Happy crafting!

Birthday Wishes!

Welcome to my little piece of blog world.  My project for today is a birthday card that I put together for someone special.

I used pattern paper from the Roxie line for my base and present.  The cardstock colors used were Bamboo, Desert Sand, Tulip, and Smoothie.  The ink for the saying is cotton candy.  The saying is from the stamp set Card Chatter - Birthday (D1475), and the ribbon is from Michaels.
I used the Forever Young cartridge and cut all images at 5.59" except the gift which was cut at 1.71".
Thanks for stopping by.  Hopping you're finding plenty of time to craft so far this year!