Lighthouse Sympathy Card

OK, so I REALLY fell down on the blogging over the last few months.  I will try to do better.  

I made this card for a dear friend of mine in Wilmington, NC who just lost her dad.  I used CTMH papers (Seaside and Colonial White), stamp sets Treasured Friendship and Seaside Greetings, and Desert Sand and Glacier inks and burlap ribbon.  I also used SU Groovy Guava ink and the Cheesecloth BG stamp, and the With Sympathy is from PTI's Out on a Limb Sentiments.  

I distressed the edges and sponged them with Desert Sand ink. 

 I hope anyone still reading this blog is having a wonderful day!  Happy crafting!

FCCB Challenge # 234--Fright Night!

Boo!  Happy Halloween and happy Monday!  It's time for another challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut!

Halloween is my second favorite holiday--it's so much fun!  And when the new CTMH Idea Book came out in August, I fell in LOVE with the delightful witch's hat.  My project today is my version of that hat.  

Most of the cuts are from CTMH Artiste.  The cone part of the hat is on p. 68.  I used my Gypsy (but you could also use Cricut Craft Room) to hide the stars and make it as big as I could on the mat.  I cut the circle using CTMH Art Philosophy and used my G to cut a second circle in the center.  I used Cricut markers to draw a circle about 1/2 inch out from the inner circle, then used scissors to cut little flaps between the two circles.  Then I glued them inside the cone.  Now the fun part--decorating the hat!!

I stuck pretty close to the picture.  The spider webs around the brim are the cupcake wrapper on p. 77 (you need 4 of each size).   The flowers and leaves are on p. 54, and the spider web is on p. 76.  The label is also on p. 77 and coordinates with the CTMH set Halloween Greetings--I am in love with that set!  The paper is all from the CTMH Scaredy Cat Paper Pack.  I stamped the bats from Halloween Greetings around the brim and sponged the cobwebs.

I taught a class on making this hat and people loved it.  It really is so fun to make, and the Cricut makes it really easy.

Do you love Halloween?  Why not play along with us this week?  Just make a Halloween project using at least one Cricut cut and upload it to Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog.  That's all there is to  it!  You could win a fabulous prize!

Thanks for dropping by today--See you next week!

FCCB Challenge #232--Pun Fun

Hello, and welcome to another Challenge Me Monday!

Challenge #232 Pun Fun
Make a project using a pun

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I really had fun with this week's challenge:  Pun Fun.  I love puns, and I have lots of cute "punny" stamps to use.  So the challenge is choosing which one to use!  Since Halloween is coming up, I decided to go with that theme.  Here is my card:

The cauldron is cut from Create a Critter 2 at 3".  I cut the shadow layer out of light gray, the main image out of DCWV green glitter paper, and the cauldron out of black.  The flames are also DCWV glitter paper.  I cut out a second cauldron out of green glitter CS and cut off the handles and most of the cauldron and punched it with my Martha Stewart Drippy Goo punch to make it look like the cauldron is overflowing.

The stamp is from the SU set "Tee-Hee-Hee", in the holiday mini catalog.  I used green epoxy bubbles from CTMH.  Green and orange patterned paper is Doodlebug designs from a couple of years ago.

Here's a close up of the drippy goo!

I hope you enjoyed this project!  Why not play along with us this week?   Just make a project using a pun and at least ONE Cricut cut.  Then upload it to Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog--that's all there is to it!  We'd love to see your creations.

Thanks for dropping by today--have a great day!

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge # 230--Shape Up!

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Challenge #230 Shape Up
Make a shaped card (any shape but rectangle or square)

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This week's Challenge:

Shape Up: Make a shaped card

Good Monday morning, all!  You know how I love making shaped cards--it's one of my favorite things to do with my Cricut.  There is a beautiful card on Fontopia that I've been meaning to try, and I just got some lovely Christmas stamps and the new Paper Fundamentals from CTMH, so I thought I'd make a Christmas card.

Fontopia has very ornate monograms, plus a crest function and a card function.  I love the swirls on this card.  I used White Daisy for the base, the cranberry Paper Fundamentals for the layer and New England Ivy for the frame and the image.  I embossed "Joy" in gold, from CTMH "Noel" stamp set.  It's so much prettier IRL than what I was able to photograph!  The bling in the corner is CTMH's gold glitter gems.

Here is a detail of one of the corners.  So pretty!

Here is a pic of the sentiment on the inside, also from CTMH "Noel".

Thanks for dropping by today!  Please play along with us this week!  It's easy.  Just make a shaped card using at least ONE Cricut cut, and upload it to FCCB!  The prize is from SVG Attic this week--love their stuff!  Wish I could participate LOL!  Have a great week!

Additional Halloween Layouts Using Scaredy Cat from CTMH

Good morning, all!  Yesterday I showed you a two page layout I devised for my September Scrapbook Club.  Today I'm showing the second two-page spread--and yes, you can get both of these pages out of one paper pack!  (The colonial white "photo mats" are not included in the pack and are only there to show size and spacing for photos.)

For these pages I used the Scaredy Cat Paper Packet X7185B, Scaredy Cat Complements X7185C (darling kraft cardstock stickers), White Enamel Stars Z2010, and Black Enamel Stars Bulk362.  I also used Black, Sunset, and Thistle ink pads, and the stamp set Halloween Greetings D1605.  The page base for this Lo is Black, included in the pack.

I used the Halloween Greetings stamp set more on this LO than I did on the previous LO.  It is so cute!  I love that vintage-y Halloween paper too.  I cut the moon from CTMH Artbooking at 3" real dial size.  I used the negative cut of the bat from the moon on my LO as well.

I cut "Beware" using CTMH Artbooking at 2.5" high real dial size.  This makes it about 8" long.  The labels are cut from CTMH Artiste and have stamps designed to go with them in the Halloween Greetings set.  This is one of the reasons I love CTMH!  And the size you need to cut the label at to fit the stamp is listed right on the stamp set--very convenient!

I hope everyone has enjoyed these layouts--thanks for dropping by today!  And if you see anything you just can't live without, you can order it from me by clicking the button at the top of my blog.  Have a great day!

Halloween is Right Around the Corner!

Hello, everyone!  My favorite time of year, fall, is here. And my second favorite holiday is not far off!  Close To My Heart came out with a wonderful Halloween paper pack this year called Scaredy Cat.  This is one of the layouts we well be doing for my September Scrapbook Club.  Usually we do a Workshop on the Go, but there wasn't one for this particular paper pack, so I came up with my own.  

For these pages I used the Scaredy Cat Paper Packet X7185B, Scaredy Cat Complements X7185C (darling kraft cardstock stickers), White Enamel Stars Z2010, and Black Enamel Stars Bulk362.  I also used Black, Sunset, and Thistle ink pads, and the stamp set Halloween Greetings D1605.

The page bases are Whisper, included in the packet.  I used the stickers to spell out my title.

I stamped the pumpkin and cut it out.  The little gravestone sticker makes a perfect journaling piece.

The haunted house was cut using CTMH Artbooking at 6" (NOT real dial size).  I wish I had made it a little bigger.  I backed the windows with Sunset CS (included in the paper pack).

The spider web border is also from Artbooking, cut at 11" (again, not RDS) from Thistle CS (in pack).  I sponged the edges with black ink.  I needed 3 border sections for my LO.

The enamel stars I colored with my Copic markers.  There is a Scaredy Cat Assortment Z3011 that has enamel stars already in Sunset, Thistle and Black, plus some punched pewter shapes, but I wanted to experiment with coloring the stars with Copics.  You get kind of a swirly effect with the Copics--not a solid color.

Thanks for dropping by today!  If anything here strikes your fancy, you can order it from me by clicking on the button at the top of my blog.  Come back tomorrow to see the second layout using the Scaredy Cat Paper Pack.

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge # 226--Make a Project for a Kid!

 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge!

Just a quick run down of the rules:

You may add up to 3 unique projects that meet the challenge criteria

You must use at least 1 Cricut cut, after that anything goes, stamps, svg's, etc.

Challenge #226 Kids Theme

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Kids Theme

Create a project for kids

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used.

Here is my Project:



My project is the bison from Birthday Bash!  I cut him at 4" and popped him up on an Action Wobble.  CS and patterned paper are SU, stamp, embossing folder, Aqua Dots, and Action Wobble are CTMH.

Thanks for stopping by today!  Don't forget to link up your kids' project to FCCB for a chance to win an awesome prize!

Evergreen Memories Team CTMH New Catalog Swap Blog Hop!

Hi, everyone, and welcome to the Evergreen Memories Team CTMH new catalog blog hop!  I'm so excited to be a part of this amazingly talented group!  You see, when I decided to sign up as a consultant, I couldn't find anyone around here to sign up under.  I had already discovered Lalia Harris' blog, Crafty Lalia, and discovered that she is very talented and super nice!  So I signed up under her.  Unfortunately for me, she lives in Washington State!  But when Evergreen Memories organized a swap, I wanted to participate.  If you're coming here from Lalia's blog, then you are in the right place!

I chose Wanderful, because I love maps and travel themes.  We were to do one single page LO and 3 cards.

on my LO I used Colonial White for the base.  Other CS is Crystal, Flaxen, Gypsy, and Smoothie.  Ink used are Honey, Gypsy, Crystal, and Black.  Stamp sets are the Wanderful WOTG stamp set and Here We Go.  I used the CTMH Artbooking cartridge for the Cricut shapes.  I'm very pleased with how this turned out!  Other elements from the WOTG kit are the arrow washi tape and the silver metal circle.  

This card uses Smoothie and Colonial White CS and Crystal, Gypsy and Black ink.  Stamp is Here We Go.  I used the arrow washi tape and a purple glitter gem.

Here I used Lagoon and Col. White CS and Black ink.  Stamp set is Geek is Chic, which may be my very FAVORITE new stamp set!  The ribbon is the black striped twill.

Here is my last card.  It uses Gypsy and Col. White CS and Gypsy and Black ink.  I used Frame Flair for the frame, Celebrate from the Cricut Art Philosophy Collection, and the balloon string from the Cricut Artiste Collection.  I cut the pennant and label shape from Art Philosophy and the balloon from Artiste.

I had my new catalog Open House yesterday and showed off all my lovely swaps, which you can see on this blog hop.  Everyone loved them and wanted to sign up for many workshops, so I'm a happy girl.  

Thanks for dropping by!  The next blog on the hop is the amazing Gail Hopkins! 

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge # 226: Make a project for a kid

 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge!

Just a quick run down of the rules:

You may add up to 3 unique projects that meet the challenge criteria

You must use at least 1 Cricut cut, after that anything goes, stamps, svg's, etc.

Challenge #226 Kids Theme

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Kids Theme

Create a project for kids

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used.

Here is my Project:

This cute little bison on skates is from Birthday Bash, one of my all-time favorite Cricut cartridges.  It has SO many cute things on it.  This is the first time I've ever used the bison though.  I mounted him on an Action Wobble, available from Close To My Heart.  When you touch him, he wobbles, just like a real bison would do if you put him on skates!

The card base is Tangerine Tango and the paper is Retro Fresh, both SU.  The bison is cut at 4".  I used Aqua Dots from CTMH on his skates, and the stamp and embossing folder are also CTMH.  

Thanks for dropping by today, and don't forget to link up your project to the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog for your chance to win a cool prize!  The rules are listed above.

I hope everyone has a wonderful week!

FCCB Challenge #222--Bug Out!

 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge!

Challenge #222 Bug Out

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Bug Out

Create a project that uses a bug

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used.

Confession time--I geek out over bugs!  Cricut bugs that is!  There are scads of great bug cuts on many, many Cricut cartridges, but I decided to pull out an oldie but a goodie--Stretch Your Imagination.  I think it was the first cart I bought after I got my Cricut.  I don't use it much anymore, although it has tons of cute images, but I remembered this particular one and wanted to use it.

I cut the two layers at 4.5" tall.  I used a green Cricut marker to add a little definition.  It's hard to tell in the photo, but I offset the top blade of grass layer.   

Am I capable of using a bug on something without putting googly eyes on it?  Why NO!  I am not.  I also used green flock on his antennae.

I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder, sponged it, and fussy cut the top of the grass stems.  The sentiment is from a very old SU set.

I hope you've enjoyed my creation today.  Please play along with us this week!  It's easy--just create a project with a bug on it, using at least one Cricut cut, and upload it to the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog.  

Thanks for dropping by--have a great week!

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #220: Wet-n-Wild!

Welcome to another Challenge Me Monday...

 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge!

Challenge #220 Wet and Wild

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Wet and Wild

Create a project related to water

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used.

Morning all!  Today I have a vinyl project to share with you.  It's SUPER easy--my favorite kind of project!

I bought a soap dispenser at Wal-mart and cut out this cute little purple vinyl octopus using the Splish Splash Lite cartridge.  I set the width at 3.5", which made the height 2.81".  I used transfer tape to apply the vinyl, and then I then filled the container with purple liquid soap.  

I love how this turned out!  I eventually want to do my bathroom using this cartridge.  Maybe some cute vinyl sea creatures on a shower curtain!

Please play along with us this week at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog!  Just make a project having anything to do with water and use at least ONE Cricut cut.  It can be a card, scrapbook layout, gift, home decor item--whatever floats your boat LOL!  Thanks for dropping by--have a wonderfully crafty week!

More Camping Pages

These are some traditional pages I made using the CTMH Timberline Scrapbooking paper and stickers, plus the Artbooking Cricut Cartridge.  I thought I'd posted these previously, but I can't find the post--maybe I deleted it by accident.

This page uses 4 x 6 Flip-Flaps from CTMH.  I thought I'd taken a pic of them flipped out, but I guess I didn't.  They're good for if you have a whole series of similar pix that you want to display.  The titles use the font from Artiste and are the negative cuts.

Thanks for taking a look!

More Pages From Our Missouri Trip

Here are some more pages from our Missouri trip using the Picture My Life cards from Close to My Heart.  This set is called Surf's Up.  The first 6 pages are from our trip to Bridal Cave, and I thought the colors went really well with the cave pix.

The first pic is the one that the cave operators take of every group to sell you at the end.  This is the cover page designed to go with the set.

This is the back of the cover page.  Haven't decided what I'm going to do with it yet...

Here are some pix of the inside of the cave and the formations.  I love caves!

I'm not sure why it's called Bridal Cave, but people actually do get married down here, in front of a lovely curtain-type formation.

It's right on the lake, and you can go down to the docks.  When you turn around, you see the big sign.

Here are some pix of us by the lake, and the last of the cave formation pix.  The one in the lower left is my favorite.  Those formations are called "soda straws", and they are so pretty and delicate.

These are some pix I got of a great blue heron at our campground.  He really showed off for us.

Random pix of our trip--just filling in slots!

The one in the lower left here is from a scenic overlook near Bridal Cave.  That gorgeous tree was right near our campsite.

Some of my favorite pix from our nature trail walk.  I'm probably going to do more with these, but for now they're in here.

I have to say, I like the Picture My Life system a lot more than I thought I would.  It's very fast, and kind of fun--like putting together a puzzle!  And I intersperse the PML pages with my traditional pages, which adds interest, in my opinion.  Most importantly, it gets the pix out there to be looked at, instead of hiding on the computer!

Thanks for dropping by today!  Have a great day!