Giveaway!!!!

Michele at Thoughts of a Cardmaking Scrapbooker is giving away 2 Garden Soup Cricut cartridges on her blog. Check it out

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How I created this:

Cardstock: Glitz and Glitter stack

Cricut: Cindy Loo: #3

Lacy Labels: All Girl

Jasmine: shes

Digital: Photo Corners

Imagine: Journal tab

Imagine More Cards, Notebook

Doodles

Wallpaper Upcycle/recycle

While perusing my town one day, I came across some discarded wallpaper books that were thrown alongside a street curve. At first glance, my interest was peaked but I passed them by. A few days later I noticed they were still there, so guess what? I picked them up and added them to my collection of crafty chaos. After much effort and hard work as well as some surfing the web, I got two of the books apart so that I could use most of the material. I cut some flowers with my Cricut and here is the result:

A Cricut Swarm Event

On Saturday, February 11, 2012, a small group of us Cricuteers held a swarm at the local library in my hometown(Aiken, SC). Each of us had a table dedicated to displaying our wares( crafty projects). We shared ideas and laughs as we worked on projects using our beloved Cricuts. The swarm lasted all day until 5:30 and then we ate a meal together as a local restaurant where we continued to share thoughts, opinions and ideas. We talked about the competing cutting system, the Silhouette Cameo( ahhhh) (looks good). However, each of us is pleased with the cutter of choice(for right now). Can't wait to see what Provocraft has up their sleeves for the cricut. Enjoy some pics from the swarm:

31-Days Journal Challenge

Marion Smith(A Piece of Craft.com) hosted a 31-day journal challenge for the month of January. The details of the challenge are : to document with photos and journaling each day of January and compile it in a journal. While Marion did offer digital files that you could include in your journal, there was leeway also for you to create your own pages. So I used my Cricut Imagine to replicate some of her pages. I did purchase one of her digital files, however. What a journey that was. I have thoroughly enjoyed compiling photos and journaling for this project. What a great idea. I haven't decided if I am going to continue next month or not. We'll see.

Formal Occasion

I am making the invitations for a formal that will be held in February. It is a young people's theme. I used the Tie the Knot Cricut cartridge and my Gypsy to help me plan everything out. I was able to lay everything out on my G and cut effortlessly all the pieces I needed. Putting them together was easy-peasy. The colors are black, red and white. My Cricut came to my rescue and now I realize how glad I am to have it. Here is a preview of the invites.

Framed Name Sign

I made this framed name sign for my granddaughter. She is almost three. I used my Gypsy and Gypsy Wandering. I also used SCAL2 for the font. It is a free front called Clipper Script. For the rest of the images I used Kate's ABC's.The frame was a thrift store find. My background cardstock was someI had in my stash. Then I added some bling.