Lisa's Crafts

Week 17 Cricut Challenge

2012-03-04T12:56:00.000-08:00

Today is going to be a short post because this week has been really crazy busy. I hope your day is going good. Mine is going good, getting as many chores done before my Hubby goes back to work tomorrow.

Recently I took my kids to a lung specialist for their breathing issues. Well my daughter is now on 4 different meds and my counter was looking crazy cluttered with RX's. So I went to the Dollar store and bought some containers and labeled them with Vinyl. This makes it so much easier to give everyone their meds without getting confused.

The cart I used was Base

Thank you for stopping by, Have a great day

Lisa

Corrina's Birthday

2012-02-26T11:00:00.000-08:00

Well hello there my crafty friends, as most of you know I have been recovering from surgery. I am so amazed at how well I am doing. This modern medical technology is amazing. It's only been 9 days since my surgery and all is well. Well, while I was recovering I did manage to get some crafting done for my Beautiful daughters Leap Year birthday party. I ordered this beautiful cake from my friend Andy. He always makes our cakes to celebrate birthdays and wedding anniversaries. He has an amazing talent. Thank you so much Andy.

Here are my daughters finished Birthday invites. These were all pieced together using Cricut, Core'dination card stock and Bazill card stock. Adhesive I used is Xyron runner and Scotch liquid glue for the rhinestones. Wow, lets just say the bling took me a long time to apply. The bling is from M's Recollection's.

These are my first attempt ever to make candy. Boy I thought this would be a quick process but I was wrong. I still had fun making them. It took trial and error, but eventually I got it. I had to make 20+ of these. I hope the kids like them. I made these 2 days after my surgery wow right?! They came out so cute and match her theme. The punch and the sentiment are from Stampin Up and the twine I bought from Heart to Home. The twine is a lime green and white twist, you can hardly see it in the picture but it looks great.

Here is the banner that I made for My sweet Princess. Teri helped me assemble each section, Thank you Teri. The bling I got from Heart to Home. this was my first banner too. We are decorating the back yard now, and we are having fun. Everything is falling into place perfectly.

I hope you like my post for today. I will be back later, got a lot of things to do still to get ready for the party. I would love to read your comments on this project.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by.

Lisa

Craft Room Mini Makeover

2012-02-19T08:00:00.000-08:00

Well hello there and Happy Sunday to you all. This week I will not be featuring a cartridge challenge. You see, my wonderful husband gave me a craft room makeover for Christmas. Well since then I have decided to not accept it, (I Know that's crazy but here is why). We decided as a family to work on becoming debt free. So I explained to him that we can't get to where we want to be if we do a custom cabinet wall for my craft room. So after several conversations I finally convinced him to cancel my cabinets. But his condition in order to cancel the cabinets was that I keep a little bit of money for my Christmas and birthday present. So I did, lol I'm not totally out of my mind.

So what I decide to do is a mini makeover with the money I kept. Here is my before and after pictures of my craft room. I hope you like it.

The 3 stacked tubs are full of cricut cartridges lol, and the blue tub with the scale on top has tons of Stampin Up retired stamp sets. And to the right is my super model Daughter, who ran in the room just before I took the picture lol

In this picture you can basically see my whole messy room. I would have to move stuff around on the floor just to get to things that I needed and then move them back so I can work. It was very annoying. It would drive me crazy enough that Iwould avoid my room sometimes.

As you can also see, my room was made up of extra pieces of furniture from where ever I could get. The center cabinet was bought a few years ago at Home Depot for $135.00 and I told my husband, that if it doesn't fit in this cabinet then I don't need it. Well I guess I was wrong, I out grew that cabinet in a few months lol. My husband also wanted my Son to have his dresser back, UH OH is what I said. So off I went onto the Internet to see if I can find another cabinet like my big white one. And I scored again. Home Depot still carries it for almost the same price.

Are you ready.....................................
After removing everything out of all the cabinets, which took me about 4 hours.

This is my new and improved Craft room. Here is my new white cabinet next to my old one. It took me a good solid 6 hours to put everything back together and organized at the same time. I could barely move on Monday after I did all that work. But it was fun finding all kinds of stuff I forgot about.

As you can see, my husband added a small hook on the end of my ATG gun so I can hang it when I'm not using it. Now I can't loose it. Cool huh?

The picture on the left side below is of my new cabinet and it is so full, that I cant even think about adding anything new in there. but it looks so pretty and organized. The right side is my old cabinet. This one has all of my machines and sewing supplies along with miscellaneous items

This is my pretty table all cleaned and ready to craft. But as you can see I still have tons of stuff underneath it. But now I don't have to move things around just to get supplies and work. Most of what is underneath my table is paper. I am a paper addict, there I said it. lol. The Mini makeover cost me ..............Drum roll.......................................................$190.00. Not to bad I think, compared to the $2700+ cost of custom cabinet we were going to have made. I love it!!!!!!!!

I know this is a long post, but I had to share my new clean space with you all. I hope you like it.

Thank you for stopping by

Have a great day

Lisa

Cute Penguin Birthday cards

2012-02-13T08:00:00.000-08:00

Hello there, my crafty friends. I hope you are all doing well. I have another 2 birthdays to celebrate this first half of February. So I made these 2 very cute cards. I wish I could take full credit for them, but I can't. I did make them myself but they were inspired by UdderlyAwesomeStampingfromtheheart
I was browsing her blog for inspiration and jackpot, I found it. I also happened to have all the supplies needed on hand too yay!! I made them in the basic same color scheme because they are the actual favorite colors of the persons I am giving them to.

I did change a couple of things. For the eyes, I added googlie eyes because I lost the eyes I punched lol oops I know.
and I also added Stampin Ups white twine for the balloon ties. I am so in love with twine now.

I hope you like the cards, I especially hope my recipients like them too.

Thanks for stopping by and visiting me again. Have a great day.

Lisa

Cricut Challenge 16

2012-02-12T08:00:00.000-08:00

Hello there and happy Sunday to you. I hope you are all ready for Valentines Day, I am.
I made some treats for my kids classmates. It was fun making these, not to mention the yummy smell too. lol

The cartridge I used is the Wedding for the red scallop heart.

along with Cricut I also used several Stampin Up products.

For the sentiment I used the new Stamp set Valentine Love, SU heart punch and SU treat bags.
I held it all together with a couple of products Xyron runner, and Twinery Blossom twine.

I hope the kids enjoy them.

Thank you for stopping by and visiting me again. Have a great week-end and a wonderful Valentines day.

Lisa

Cricut Challenge 15

2012-02-05T08:00:00.000-08:00

Hello there, I hope you are all doing well this week-end. This weeks challenge was inspired by DD's Crafts, I was browsing her blog and just loved the way these looked. So of course I had to make them for some friends of mine who are having a birthday around the same time. The top one I use the Cuttlebug swirls embossing folder. On both of them I used some matching Stickles.

The cart I used is:
Smiley Cards the cake and all the layers were cute at 3 1/2"

Thank you for stopping by today, Have a wonderful day.

Lisa

Cricut Challenge 14

2012-01-29T08:00:00.000-08:00

Hello there, I hope you are all doing ok. I am doing good and so are my kids, finally.

This weeks challenge was encouraged by my 5 year old son. Everyday when I take my kids to preschool, I have to pass a few school zones and crosswalks. Well everyday I get so angry at the amount of parents who totally ignore the school zones and crosswalk laws. Even knowing that there have been so many crosswalk deaths here in the Vegas valley. So on a regular basis you will hear me honk my horn in hopes that they will realize they are speeding right by an elementary school. But as usual it never works. And sometimes you'll hear me scream "SERIOUSLY" or "ARE YOU KIDDING ME". well my son always asks me why I do that, so I explained to him why. A few days later he then says to me about an hour before school, can you make me a sign? I of course am curious, sure son, what kind of sign. So he goes where some of my Cricut Cartridges are stored and picks out Something to Celebrate. He brings it to me and points to the Crosswalk sign. I said sure I can make that for you. But Anthony why do you want a Crosswalk sign, he said " that way when you take me to school I can put it out the window near the school so it reminds people to slow down. It's pretty sad when a 5 year old can have that much common sense put grown adult parents don't.

So please parents and non-parents, remember to slow down and pay attention to the crosswalks. It may be your child.

The cart I used was the Something to Celebrate
I was able to cut all the layers on 1 mat with my Gypsy Yay!!

Calendar Kits By Heart2Home

2012-01-27T13:27:00.000-08:00

Hi there, Just thought I would stop by and share 2 more monthly kits I got from Teri from Heart2Home. These are the February and March kits that Teri designed. I love the flowers, makes it so elegant.

I have these displayed on a wooden stand that was also made by Teri, on my craft table so I can admire them as I craft.

To visit Teri's Etsy store click here

Thanks for stopping by and have a great Friday and week-end.

Lisa

Cricut Challenge 13

2012-01-22T08:00:00.000-08:00

Hello there my crafty friends, hope you are having a wonderful day, I know I am. :)

This weeks Challenge is the New Year for 2010. This particular picture has great meaning to me. I know it just looks like the moon with a tree in front of it. To me, it was my Father In Law. You see he was a very brave and strong man that I loved like my own father. He had lost his battle with pancreatic cancer December 15th, 2009. This was the first New Year not seeing him and it was hard for all of us. This picture was taken in front of his house on New Years. For some reason I could not keep my eyes off the moon this New Years morning. It really felt as if I was looking up at him. We miss him so much.

For this I only used StoryBook Cricut Cartridge for the Journal tag with a shadow.

I hope you like my challenge, Have a great day and thank you for stopping by.

Lisa

Another Crafty Christmas Gift

2012-01-15T11:53:00.000-08:00

Hello there, I wanted to share another great Christmas Gift that I received. Another one of my Dear Friend made this for me. She scented some Epsom salt with fragrance and decorated the glass container with Vinyl. I have already used more than half of this. Relaxation is a great gift, Thank you Em. I love it very much. She also included some monogrammed pencils and a notebook. But I forgot to take pics of it before I started to use it.

Thanks you for letting me share my gifts with you. I feel really loved and cared for by my friends. They have spent their valuable time to give me a gift. I am truly blessed with the greatest friends. Thank you guys I love you all.

You can visit Emily's blog here you can stop by and give her some love. She will really like that.

Thank you for stopping by

Lisa

Cricut Challenge 12

2012-01-15T08:00:00.000-08:00

Hello there and Happy Sunday to you all. I hope you are having a great week-end. I have had a ruff one, got hit with a migraine. But I survived, thanks to my wonderful friend and neighbor. She helped me with my kids during my headache.

Well this year I have to buckle down and catch up with my scrapbooks. I have decided to work on the same month for the 2010,2011 and 2012. But each year will have their own layouts for the books. I'm going to try this, hopefully it works.

This layout was at Disney on Ice. The kids were finally old enough to really enjoy and get excited about the show.

The cartridges I used on this are:

Mickey Font for the wording

Cars for the street cut out ( welded several tracks together to simulate an oval track)

This last pic is of the back of my layout. I'm sure most of you know of this little trick, but I'm posting it anyway for those who don't. What I did is, I matted the red on black, so I cut a square on the inside portion of the back card stock that won't be seen out. and I used the inside cutout portion for my mats on my photos. This was I save some of my card stock, and no-one will ever know hehehehe. Well you know that I did that because I am showing you a pic, but SHHHHHHHH don't tell NON-Crafters.

I hope you like my post and leave me some comments or suggestions. Thank you for stopping by.

Have a great day

Lisa

Beautiful Calendar Layout with wood stand

2012-01-14T19:51:00.000-08:00

Hi there, I thought I would share some of my crafty Christmas gifts that I have gotten. My dear friend Teri from Heart2home gave me this absolutely beautiful handmade scrap layout stand. She also designed the calendar layout for me to display in it. She stained it to match my furniture in my craft room. She really out did herself, I was surprised when I opened this gift. Thank you Teri, I love love love it.

She sells these in her Etsy Store. The page kits are sold separately. She include everything you need except for the adhesive. the great thing about her kits is , she is very generous with the supplies. She also uses quality card stock. When I say she does beautiful work, I truly mean it. She has fabulous taste when she creates her products.

I hope you like it, You can visit her Etsy store here .

Week 11 Cricut Challenge

2012-01-09T10:17:00.000-08:00

Hello there, I hope you are doing well. I have started to work on a banner for my daughters Leap Year birthday, I have never made one before, so this is new to me. This is a sample I came up with so far. I am not 100% satisfied with it yet so I'm going to continue to cut more things out and see if I like it better.

The carts I used for this are:
Art Philosophy for the banner and topper ( I love this cart)
Hello Kitty for the Font

This is going to take a while for me to complete. It's a good thing I am starting early lol.

Thank you for stopping by today.
Lisa

Cricut Challenge week 10

2012-01-03T14:12:00.000-08:00

Hello there my crafty friends. I hope you all had a wonderful New Years, we sure did. I know this is a little late, but we were off in the mountains have family fun for the new year.

Anyways this week I was planning on doing a layout for you but suddenly changed my mind. My daughter will be having a birthday on Feb. 29th (leap year). So I got motivated to get started on her invitations and decorations for her party. Since I don't really have a consistent craft time every day or even weeks sometimes. I figure it's best for me to get started now, so I can make sure they are done in time.

My daughters favorite color is pink so I decided to incorporate it in making her a Leap Year themed party. My good friend Teri from Heart2Home sent me an email with a sample invite, and I liked it very much. But I had to change it up a bit to fit my daughters birthday theme. I was suggested to do a leap frog, which I loved. That's why you will see this absolutely cute frog on the invite.

The carts that I used are:

Sugar & Spice Lite for the scallop circles

Paisley for the frog

Paper is from Cordination Lipstick and green apple. Bazzil paper is serinade (light lavendar)

Glam Pink Stickles,Xyron Glue runner

I hope you like this weeks challenge post.

See you soon

Lisa

Week 9 Cricut Challenge

2011-12-24T08:43:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas to you all, I hope you're enjoying this beautiful holiday. Last night we all sat on the couch and watched Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer. My kids had their Rudolph and Clarice hats on. They looked so cute. It's amazing how this movie no matter how old, doesn't get old.

This weeks challenge is called Letters to Santa. I have some pics of my kids writing a letter to Santa, well at least they were trying to write, since they don't know how to write. But it was cute to see how they were trying.

In this weeks challenge I used the following carts:
Paper Lace for the Letters to Santa cut-outs
Christmas Cheer for the Scroll
Calligraphy Collection for the writing on the scroll (used with Cricut markers)

I also used Martha Stewart's punch to add underneath the ribbon. It's a simple layout, but I think it's cute.

I hope you like this weeks challenge. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all. Stay safe

Thanks for stopping by
Lisa

Cricut Challenge week 8

2011-12-18T09:54:00.000-08:00

Hello there everyone, I hope you are doing good on this rainy Sunday morning. This week I made a cute layout. It was inspired by my Mother-in-Law. When she watches my kids, she has the tendency to feed the kids junk food ALL the time, despite my repeated request for her to not to. But I guess, it's her right as Grandma. Originally I was going to make this a sign, but changed my mind because I have some pics of my kids eating a chocolate cupcake. They ended up with chocolate frosting all over their faces. So what better way to scrap those pics.

The cartridges that I used were:
Sweet Shop Lite for the sweats that are cut out
Alphalicious for the font

My good friend Dawn also worked on this challenge with me. I find it much easier to do challenges when someone does it with you. It's more motivating and fun. Below you will find her interpretation of my challenge.

You can find more of her creations at http://scrappingthehappening.blogspot.com/2011/12/do-not-feed-kids.html

I hope you like my challenge, so please leave me your comments.

I hope you have a wonderful day and Happy Crafting

Christmas Cards/ Giftbags

2011-12-15T08:14:00.000-08:00

Here are some of the few cards I made for myself and for some family to send out this Christmas Season. I wish I could say that these are my original designs, but they are not. I found these on a few different blogs and unfortunately I don't remember them at this time. I will look for them so I can give proper credit to the person who's blog I found them on.

This one was fun to make, I used holographic embossing powder for the trees. I have recently become a big fan of embossing powders. I just love the finished look they have.

This one was pretty simple,what took the longest was to color in the stamped image. I originally made a set for my mother but then later she called and asked for me to make more. It was a good thing I didn't put my supplies away yet.

This one was pretty simple too. I made these for my Mother-in-law.

I decorated these simple craft gift bags. I used a snowflake punch and a bling for the center of the main snowflake. I also used a fun software to make a kaleidoscope ornament out of pictures I already had on my computer. Their software is called Kaleidoscope Kreator 3. Its a really fun and simple way to have creative fun with your pictures.

Here is a close up of the ornament.

I made these gift bags for some of my very best crafting friends. We are meeting on Monday for a lunch date before we all get too busy with the holidays and our own families. I hope they like them.

Thank you for stopping by today, I hope you have a wonderful day.

week 7 Cricut Challenge update

2011-12-13T14:21:00.000-08:00

Well my friend Dawn got her project done and here it is. I think it came out so good. Dawn you did a great job on this, I am certain that Chris is going to love it.

You can find more of Dawn's work on her blog and facebook fan page. Here are the links, Please stop by and leave her some love.

http://scrappingthehappening.blogspot.com/

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Memories-are-a-Scrap-Away/222523247817702

Here is a cute Crafters Christmas poem I found on Facebook , Thought I would share it with you my crafty friends.

Twas the night before Christmas, I'm glued to the tree.
I'm wonderin what Santa, brought just for me;

... Could it be cardstock or chipboard or lace?
or a cricut? i said with a smile on my face!

And that's when i heard him...''HI SANTA,'' i said.
''you know good little girls should be in their beds''.

I know i should Santa, and now I've been caught!
but i was excited, to see what you brought.

Well, lets take a look in this room where you work.
he shook his head quickly and left with a jerk!

I heard him exclaim as he put it in gear...
you've got enough crap, I'll see you next year!

Week 7 Cricut Challenge

2011-12-12T15:59:00.000-08:00

Hi there everyone, I hope you are all doing well and surviving this Holiday season. I have been trying my best, but both of my kids have been really sick and finally on their way to recovering.

My friend Dawn sent me a S.O.S. text last week. She needed my help, so I ask what can I help her with. Well she is working on a project for her husband and needed a St. Louis Cardinals symbol.

So I got my trusty Gypsy and started to work on it. The white portion was actually easy, just a little welding and dashes added and welded to try to match it as best as possible. The real challenge for me was to create a shadow for it. I had to add all the welded dashes but also proportion it to shadow it correctly. The shadowing didn't come out as perfect as I would like it to be, but it worked for what she needed. I hope her project comes out perfect. I will ask her to send me pics so you can see her finished project. I will post it as soon as I get it.

The Cartridge I used is Printing 101

I do have a project in mind for next week, it will be a cute and fun one.

Thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful day. See you soon

Lisa

week 6 Cricut Challenge

2011-11-20T12:46:00.000-08:00

Good morning to you on this beautiful Sunday. This week I decided to attempt to make something I saw on the Facebook page of Cricut magazine. They featured the work of Crafting with Katie. She made this beautiful Thanksgiving wall hanging with her Imagine. Well I don't own the Imagine, so I decided to attempt it in vinyl. This vinyl cut is one that you must have patience and time. It took me about 1/2 an hour just to weed it out. The hard work definitely paid of because now my neighbor has a great gift. I did meet up with some crafting friends and we all made this, they all added their own special twist to the hanging. They all came out beautiful.

The cartridges that she and I used are:

Word Collage Projects cartridge for the collage

Paper doll Dress up for the Tree

CTMH Art Philosophy for the leaves.

Please visit Cricut Magazine and Crafting with Katie's blog and give them some love.

The next project was a very fun and easy. This year me and my kids are going to make ornaments together. So I decided to try it for the first time. I bought some plain glass bulbs at "M" they were very cheap 6 for $2.50 on sale. I didn't have the specific medium to add glitter for the inside so I decided to try Elmer's spray adhesive. It worked great for the glitter. What you do is spray the inside with a generous amount of adhesive. slosh it around until it is evenly covered and pour out the excess adhesive. Then you pour your glitter inside and shake it all around ,you do the hoky poky and you turn your self around that's what it's all about, lol oops got carried away, sorry I'm having fun. The kids are singing that while I type. once the glitter covers the entire inside of the bulb, pour out the excess glitter. let it dry.

I decided to decorate it with vinyl and some bling. I made this with Base Camp for the font and Cricuts A Child's Year for the snow flake.

I hope you like my projects this week. I would love to read your comments.

I wish you a great Thanksgiving Holiday

Talk to you all soon.

Week 5 Cricut Challenge

2011-11-13T09:30:00.000-08:00

Good morning and Happy Sunday to you all again. This weeks challenge was pretty easy for me. A good friend of mines children are celebrating a birthday. The party is monkey themed,so with that I chose to use Cricut's Create A Critter cartridge. We will be attending their birthday party this afternoon, I am sure the kids are going to have a blast monkeying around hehehehe. I put the single page layout in a shadow box that I purchased at Michael's. The frame looked just a little to plain for me, so I decided to bring it to life. I got some scrap vinyl and made just a few stickers for the outside. I love how it turned out. I hope the Birthday kids love it, and their mother too. I might just have to make another one for my 2 little monkeys lol.

Here is my second project. My good friend Teri Schoeni from Heart2Home made a glue holder for me. I think she got tired of me complaining that my glue always tips over on me when I stand it upside down. So she came up with this great holder for me. When I got it, it was just raw wood. I tried several attempts to decorate it but it just didn't look right to me. Well it would help if I also new what I was doing when decorating wood. So I finally had a light bulb moment and figured it out. once I got it covered with paper, I decided to add a little vinyl touch to it. I love vinyl, can you tell. I used Gypsy Wonderings on my Gypsy. I cut a silhouette of a boy and a girl to represent my kids. I also cut Inspire, well because I like to get inspired when I'm crafting. and the last one is Bliss, because crafting is blissful to me. I just love my new holder. I like that I can use several different types of bottles of glue and stickles. Thank you Teri. You can find a link to her Etsy shop at the bottom of my blog.

Thank you for stopping by and visiting my Blog. Have a wonderful crafty day.

Week 4 Cricut Challenge

2011-11-06T09:06:00.000-08:00

Good Morning to you all and happy Sunday. Last week-end I went to the Rubber Stamp and Scrapbook Expo and I was able to get the new Close to my Heart Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge. It's such a beautiful cartridge and I'm really glad that I got it.
So my mother needed a retirement card for a friend of her. So I decide to make the sample card from the AP cart. Very very easy to make. The flowers were a bit tricky to work with but once I did the first one, the second one was easy. I would recommend using hot glue, otherwise you will be sitting there holding the flower together while the liquid glue dries. The only things I changed a bit was, I made it a retirement card instead of a birthday card and I added yellow pebbles from Heart2Home (Teri S.) to add a little dew like effect in the center of the roses. I inked all of the edges with SU Crumb Cake ink.
I hope my mom's friend likes the card.

On a side note I also made a decal for my husbands tool box in the garage. So I played with some shapes to come up with this decal for him. I'm sure you will all recognize the symbol. lol

OK so for this decal I used George and Basic shapes for the circles, Makin' the Grade for the slats, and Plantin Schoolbook for the Jeep. I love to make decals, but Cricut doesn't always have the image I want, so I have to kind of make my own. I love doing that because it really makes it a challenge and its fun to play with my Gypsy.

I hope you like this weeks projects, see you soon.

Week 3 Cricut Challenge

2011-10-30T14:20:00.000-07:00

Hello there, and Happy Sunday to you all. Today was the Rubber Stamp and Scrapbook Expo. So I got to go with a good friend of mine Teri S. from Heart2Home. We had fun, and we both went home with lots of goodies. I can't wait to play with them.

Here is my third week Challenge project. I made this for a friend of mines baby daughter. I haven't given it to her yet, so I hope she likes it and it's still a surprise.

Cartridges I used were Home Decor, and Word Collage. Word collage is a fun cartridge to use with Vinyl. There are so many different choices of collages. I already got an order for 2 wall hangings. Yay!!!! I also used Martha Stewart's Large Monarch Butterfly punch. I also used some packaged flowers, because I ran out of time to use my Flower Shoppe Cartridge. But there is always next time.

I hope you like my project this week.

Thank you for stopping by, and Happy Crafting.

Faith Community Lutheran Crop

2011-10-24T13:03:00.000-07:00

This was an amazing week-end for me. I had the opportunity to attend the Faith Crop again. Thanks to my wonderful husband. He stayed home with the little ones while I got to go play for 2 days.

The layout above was a make & take from Teri Schoeni. It was a single page layout, hers is the 1 on the left side. I decided to make it a 2 page layout. She was nice enough to give me her scraps so I could put the second page together. She is a very talented crafter. Thanks Teri

These 2 layouts are from Janet Coppens from Creative Memories, They were super easy to make and fast too. The second layout, I decided to add some of my pictures to it of my 2 little ones. Corrina was learning to walk just before she turned 1 year old. when she made it up to her feet at the end, she was holding on to Anthony and for a brief second they were dancing together. Just too sweet.

This single page layout was Gina Julians from Croppers Nook. This was her make & take. super easy and very cute.

This was one of mine. This is of my Daughters 1st birthday. It took me forever to make this,
I think it's because I was just talking too much. lol oh well, that's what crops are for right, socializing.

This was another layout I did, not to happy with it but here it is. It's just of us 4 in our everyday life. simple.

This was my last layout I did. I think it came out really cute. It's of my husband and my daughter just being silly. Corrina was having the really deep belly laughs, which in turn made me laugh too. This was a fun day to watch my husband play with Corrina. I made some faux bows, which I got the idea from youtube. I can't tie a bow for the life of me lol. I also added some beautiful decorative pins by Teri Schoeni from Heart2Home.

That's it for my crop accomplishments. I had such a great time, can't wait for the next one in February.

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great Crafternoon.

Cricut Challenge week-2

2011-10-23T08:24:00.000-07:00

Good Morning and a Very Happy Sunday to you all. This week-end has been absolutely great. I got to go to a 2 day crop and had a great Mommy's 2 days off. I got a lot accomplished. I will share pictures of that later. So I was really Motivated to create my 2nd weeks challenge. While my Husband watched football, I sat next to him with my Lovely Gypsy. I designed the entire layout using the Layers feature. I separated each cut by color then cut it all with the E-2. The Cartridges I used were:

3 Birds on Parade- for the moon,I inked the edge with Only Orange Ink to give it dimension.

Happy Hauntings-for the bats and the Happy Halloween

October 31st -Spider,Tree,Cat,Witch,Gates and tombstones

Chic & Scary for the pumpkins

Plantin SchoolBook - Grass

The pumpkins were a last minute add on because I received the cart in the mail lol. They are not adhered to the page yet because I'm not sure if I want to keep them on it or not. I did take a picture without them, but it came out too blurry and I'm on a time limit here. Yes I know I'm addicted to Cricut Carts, well with crafting in general.

I hope you like my Layout and challenge for this week.

Thank you for stopping by and have a Crafty afternoon.

Cricut Challenge week-1

2011-10-16T13:05:00.000-07:00

Good Morning and Happy Sunday to you all. Sorry this is late today, But we were having a yard sale, trying to clear up some room in our garage.
This is my first project for my Cricut Challenge. I decided to use the Dude Lite Cartridge for this challenge. My little brother is having a birthday here in a few days and he is really into skateboarding. That is what motivated this use of the Dude Cart. I cut the skater at 3", Extreme @ 3',and the ramp at 2". The skater and the ramp were a real challenge because the lines are so fine and delicate. I had to re-cut those 2 several times until it would cut perfect with different settings.

For the inside I used crocheting cord in black to give it a bit of a break up from the gray. I also added "Happy Birthday" cut from the Beyond Birthday Cart at 2".
I layered all the images in several colors to give it some dimension.

The card base is from Bazzil paper in Gray texture. I cut it down to 81/2"x 12", I scored it at 51/2" and 11". I also used the left over strip to create a handy money pocket. I also used Stampin Ups Basic Gray Ink pad to ink the edges of the card. I used red-lined tape to adhere the strip to the card. I also used Stampin Ups large oval punch to create an opening for the money.
I hope you and mainly Chaz likes my card. Looking forward to week 2 of my challenge. I'm not sure which cart I will feature, but I will let you know as soon as I decide on one.

Thank you for stopping by and have a Crafty Day.

Cute Christmas Stocking gift tags

2011-10-15T09:36:00.000-07:00

Good morning and Happy Saturday to you all. I have a quick post for you today. I was fortunate enough to have a little craft time last night. So I made these really cute Christmas gift tags last night. I used the new Stampin Up Holiday Stocking Die, Mini Jingle Bells,Early Espresso

& white twine. DSP.brads.

I think these will add a touch of elegance to any gift. I hope you like them.

I will post my weekly challenge Cricut cuts tomorrow, so come back and check it out.

I hope you have a great week-end and Happy Crafting to you all.

Cute nugget Halloween Box

2011-10-11T13:40:00.000-07:00

Oops I was supposed to post this the other day on my blog, and I posted it on my Facebook fan page. Sorry guys. These really cute nugget boxes are for my kids pre-school teachers and for their karate instructors. I used SU's match box die and Bazzil paper, Batty punch by Su (retired but still avail. on clearance) and SU Gift Givers stamp set in the Holiday Mini catalog. I'm sure I'm forgetting something. And of course Hersheys Nuggets yum.

Halloween Candycorn sticks

2011-10-09T10:57:00.000-07:00

Good morning and Happy wonderful Sunday to you all. I have had a great week-end, I am truly grateful for my life,family and kids.
This last week I have been working on some candy corn sticks for my Moms students. She needed 60 of them. So I finally finished them all and when I delivered them to her she loved them so much, she asked me for more. So I get to stuff more candy corn sticks this week. Yay lol.

I hope you all have a great week-end, and thank you for stopping by.

Birthday cards

2011-10-05T08:55:00.000-07:00

My wonderful husband had a birthday yesterday, so he is now officially my old man lol. But I love him dearly. He is really into skulls, so I searched my Stampin Up stamps and paper and I found something that matched and had skulls on it. How cool is that. I did use some stickles in the eyes of the skulls to bring them out, plus I love stickles.

A good friend of ours also had a birthday recently. Eddie loves aliens, so I made this card for him. Its a duplicate of a decal I made for his Jeep. I used some recollections Crew Brads to add a little masculinity to it.

I hope you like my cards. I am doing a give-away on my Facebook Fan Page, it's a set of 5 Halloween cards that I made. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lisas-Crafts/190005824382478

To enter you must like the fan page (not the post)

and you must share my fan page on your Facebook wall. It's that easy, I will be drawing a winner Friday morning. Good luck.

Thank you for stopping by, talk to you soon

Halloween Wreath

2011-09-28T13:44:00.000-07:00

Happy Humpday to you all.

Lately I have seen a lot of these wreaths on many blogs and craft magazines. So I thought I would make one too, why not? I made this for my mother for her office at School. I hope she likes it.

I used many different products:

1. Pink By Design SOTM "Guess Who"

2. Martha Stewart's Score board

3.Stampin ups markers

4. Stampin Ups Basic Black ink pad

5. Stampin ups Topenote and Bigshot

6. Various scrap strip paper

7. well I can't think of the rest, but there is more. lol sorry

8. Tim Holtz's medalion die

9. Colored pebbles by Heart2Home

I cut a 12x12 piece of chipboard in a shape of a wreath. Now for next time I will cover the chipboard with card stock before I start to add the medallions or Lollies. That way if there is a tiny gap, you wont see the naked color chipboard underneath it.

Thanks for stopping by, see you soon

Halloween treats for Pre-School

2011-09-24T10:14:00.000-07:00

Good morning everyone, I hope you are having a wonderful Saturday morning.

Today's post is a cute fun and one for me. Since both of my kids have started Per-school, I am excited that I get to make crafts for the kids to share with their classmates. These treats are for Halloween of course. I used Stampin up cello treat bags that measure 1"x8" you can find those bags in the Holiday mini on page 11, #124134 $2.50 for 50 bags. I also used the Batty for You Stamp set #116576.

I hope the kids will enjoy my treats, I know me and my kids had fun making them.

Thanks for stopping by, have a great week-end

Cars Goody Bags for School

2011-09-23T10:40:00.000-07:00

Good Morning and Happy Friday to you all.

Today's post will be very short and sweet lol

I have noticed that when I take my son to Pre-school, all the little boys have something that is related to the Disney Movie Cars. Since I have been on a creative streak lately, I also made some goody bags for his classmates at school. I know the boys will love it for sure, since it has Cars characters on it.

I hope you all have a great week-end, Thanks for stopping by.

"Wanted"

2011-09-22T13:35:00.000-07:00

Hello and Happy Thursday to you all. I have been working really hard on my sons invites, goody bags and Thank you cards for his birthday in early October. We are really excited this year, because we are going to fulfill his dream of becoming a Cowboy. We are going to go horseback riding as a family for the first time. This is going to be an exciting experience that I just can't wait for.

I was sitting around with some of my crafty friends and told them about Anthony's party. So the next thing I know, I received a picture text of a sample invite. It was so cute, I asked Cecy if I could duplicate it, and she said of course. Thank You Cecy , you can find her blog her http://cecygarcia.blogspot.com/ She is a very talented crafter.

I did add a few things to it though. My son just simply loves Mator from the movie Cars, so of course I had to add him on his invite. I also added 5 horses to represent him turning 5 years old. I also added some sewn in rope to give it a little more of a western feel to it. I just love how they came out.

Because this is a Horseback riding party/park party I added some Tim Holtz tickets with the same horse punch and I also used my Pink By Design western stamp set(not sure what its called duh!!)

So I added tickets to some of my invites, unfortunately I was not able to put them in all the invites, due to limited horse availability (and funds too).

I did have left over card stock, so I decided to make matching goody bags for all the kids. I also used my new Pink by Design stamp set. I love them, they are way too cute. I did use the same rope to make sure they matched my invites.

I also had enough of the matching card stock left over to make thank you cards. I also added some of the same horses on because they are just way too cute.

I have been working on these for the last 3 weeks, and I can now say I am done and ready to celebrate his birthday. My son is growing up so fast, but I am very proud of him and I love him so much. I will do anything to make him happy.

I hope you've enjoyed my post today. Have a great day.

Hope to see you soon

Delicate Doilies Slider Card

2011-09-21T18:16:00.000-07:00

A good friend of mine just recently celebrate a birthday, so my daughter and I decide to make her a card. we watched countless amount of youtube videos. We found this one using Delicate Doilies Stamin Up stamp set and some of the new In-Color ink and c/s. The video we found was done by www.got2stamp.com

I hope you like this card. It was really fun for me and my daughter to make together. It was also very easy to follow her instructions.

Thank you for stopping by today, Check back tomorrow, I'll have another really cool post to share with you.

Anniversary Card

2011-09-17T10:26:00.000-07:00

Good good morning everyone. Today is a very happy day for me and my family. My husband and I are celebrating 6 years of a wonderful marriage. So to show him how much I appreciate and Love him, I made him this beautiful card.

We have a big week-end planned. We are going to go see KA at the MGM tonight, which we have been wanting to go see for a long time. Thanks to Taunja and her Mom Pat for the tickets.

Tomorrow we are going to go see The Lion King at the Mandalay Bay. I am just way to excited, it's been a long time since we have actually done something on our anniversary. I hope you enjoy my card and have a great day, I know I am.

Dad's Birthday card

2011-09-16T13:46:00.000-07:00

Hello every one and Happy Friday to you. It's been a while, but I'm still here. My 3yr. and 4yr. old has started pre-school. And I am still trying to adjust to me new schedule. But I am getting in to the hang of it now. My father just had a birthday and I made him a card. He tells me that he looks forward to my cards. It makes me feel good to know he appreciates them. This is what I came up. I did use all Stampin Up products on this one except for the ribbon. Both of my kids helped me stamp this. I hope you like it.

Layouts for Thursday

2011-08-18T13:15:00.000-07:00

When I picked up the next group of pictures, I gasped a bit. I saw a picture of my Father In Law, and it was hard for me, we didn't know at that time, but this was going to be our last News Years with him. He was diagnosed with Stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer in June of 09. He passed away December 15th 2009. So a few tears were shed when I was trying to figure out how to scrap these pictures.

I did shop my book of finished layouts, and I found this one. This was designed by Teri from Heart2Home. All I had to do was put in the pictures and it was done. I don't think I could have designed a layout being so emotional. I hope you like it.

On a much happier note, this layout was fun for me. Again this was designed by Teri from Heart2Home. She is a very talented woman. I just love the colors, but I'm afraid the picture just doesn't do it justice. My sweet princess took these adorable pictures when she was 1 year old.

I just love the old antique look on pictures, and it was fun watching her. Well it's time for me to put my scrapbooking stuff away and get out my sewing supplies out. I need to make Cozies for the small cricut. So my next post will be in a few days. Thanks for visiting me, talk to you soon.

Outside Fun Layout

2011-08-17T10:53:00.000-07:00

Its amazing how fast time flies by. This is a layout of us in the park. We had just gotten back from getting haircuts. Corrina was only 11 months old and has had 3 haircuts already. She has tons of hair. It was in January of 2009 and the trees had no leaves. So I did a cut out using the Heritage cartridge by Cricut. I didn't write down the other carts I used, sorry. I did use the Gypsy to weld the words together.

I did have to Dr. this layout up. My son got a hold of one of my daubers and some red ink. He added hi touch on it. He added circle ink marks on it. So I had to change some of the grass cutouts and placed them on the red circles. He also go some ink on the edges, so I went over it with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo ink and inked all the edges to cover the red. It actually looks nice. Thanks Anthony for helping me.

Thanks for stopping by and visiting today. I will try to have another layout tomorrow, since I'm on a roll.

Have a great afternoon.

Tender Moments

2011-08-16T12:47:00.000-07:00

I am on a roll, I did another 2 page layout of my kids. I used A childs Year Cricut Cartridge. I just love the silhouette look. These pictures were taking in January of 2009.

I was going to give away some of the kids baby things, and this blow up tub is one of the items on its way out the door. So I took a moment to have the kids lay in it for 1 last time, just to see how much they have grown. Amazingly they grew a lot. It was just too cute not to take a picture. I was also luck enough to catch them playing by the couch together, so I snapped a picture before they moved.

This layout is very simple in its looks, but I like it, and I hope you like it too.

Thank you for stopping by, See you soon

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star layout

2011-08-15T11:16:00.000-07:00

Wow, it's been a long time since I have done a scrap page. This photo is from January 09, my daughter is much bigger now. lol. This photo has been on my craft table for a long time now, so Saturday out of no where it really stood out at me. So I picked it up and looked at it and made this really quick layout.

This photo is my husband and wonderful Daddy and my Daughter Corrina. Daddy was singing to her and she was loving every minute of it. I loved watching them bond, and he looked like he was in heaven holding his baby girl. He was singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star to her.

I hope you like my layout, Thanks for Stopping by.

See you soon.
Lisa

New Cozies added to My Etsy

2011-07-23T14:56:00.000-07:00

Hi ladies

I have added more Cozies to my Etsy account. Please check them out. I do have a coupon in effect for

20% off use coupon code luvcricut. This coupon expires July 31st. To shop go to http://www.etsy.com/people/cricutmomof2

Thank you for stopping by today.

Rocha Family Tree 2011

2011-07-14T21:15:00.000-07:00

Step 1

I can now share my special project with you all. My Cousin Denise had contacted me to do a family tree for our family reunion. I have been trying to keep an updated record of my family members. That sure did come in handy. It took me a while to get started on this, because I had no idea how and where to begin. The tree will have 60 names on it. WOW! that's a lot of family members. I was shopping at Costco and I saw a metal tree wall hanging,and that is what I used as my inspiration. I purchased 2-12x24 sheets of dark wood veneer paper. When I attended Faith in May, I decided to bite the bullet and get started on my project. Thank goodness Teri from Heart2Home was there to help me.

I used the Heritage Cricut Cartridge to cut the tree. The tree measures 23"x24", this was definitely a 2 person cut. I had to use my trusted Gypsy on this for sure. The tree was cut in 2 separate pieces, seeing the cricut only cuts a max size if 11 1/2" tall. To glue the tree down was definitely hard to do, I had to make sure the seams were as invisible as possible. I applied little dots of glue in each section of the tree, but I worked in a 1 inch section at a time.

Step 2

Step 3

I inked the name labels in different colors for each individual family, so there is definition. Otherwise they would all blend in together.

Step 4

I added several different sizes of leaves. I inked the edges of each individual leaf. wow that took forever. I also added pictures of my Grand-Parents. I just love the picture of my Grandma (Ama)

She was so beautiful, like old school Hollywood.

Step 5

I added a ribbon with the family name on it. I also added some white doves on my Ama's frame.

Step 6 finished tree

I showed my friend my tree, and she donated the frame and matte to me. So I took it to Michael's to have it all put together for me. I just loved how it came out. I displayed it at our 2011 Rocha Family Reunion. I think it was a great success. I got a lot of compliments on it. I hope you like it too.

It took me about 40 hours from start to finish on this great project. Thank you Denise, for challenging me.

Last Vinyl Decal post, for a while at least

2011-07-05T15:52:00.000-07:00

My husband and I loved the T.V. show The Munsters. Since our name is so similar, my husband wanted me to make him a Munsters inspired decal for our tire cover for our RV. This is what I came up with. I used Happy Hauntings Cricut Cartridge, and October 31st Seasonal Cartridge.
This decal measures 11 1/2" tall and 19" wide.

On another note. I delivered 2 decals I made for some friends this morning, and they sent me pictures of them on their Jeeps. I love how they came out. They worked perfect for them. Thanks Eddie and Becki.

I wont be here for a while, we are on our way to a 2 week vacation. Having a family reunion in Texas, and heading to the Grand Canyon on the way home. Have a safe and wonderful 2 weeks.

Thanks for stopping by

And

Happy Crafting to you all

Decal for Eddie O.

2011-07-04T22:22:00.000-07:00

A good friend of ours, asked me if I could make him a specific decal. I told him I could try and to send me a picture of what he wanted. So he sent me a picture ( the first one on this post). Wow, I thought, I don't have that image on a cartridge. But I tried to make it anyway. So I used several images and welded them together and this is what I made. I think its very close. The long teeth believe it or not is the number 1 from Happy Hauntings Cricut Cartridge, The skull is from Indie Art Cartridge,The crack in the skull on top is the lightning bolt from the Cars Cartridge, The Horns are from the Old West Cartridge. I welded all the images together, except for the lightning bolt. It amazes me what you can do with the Gypsy, if you just put you mind to it. Thanks Eddie for challenging me on this decal. I hope you like it.

Vinyl Decals (part 2)

2011-07-03T16:10:00.000-07:00

Here are a few more samples of decals I have made. Some of these have been layered with different colors of vinyl. I am putting these on my sample board for our Crafts Social on September 10th.

Vinyl Decals

2011-07-03T12:56:00.000-07:00

I am totally loving vinyl right now. I have found this absolutely great Clear Transfer tape, Now I can layer much easier. As you can see or not see, the transfer tape is on it in this picture. I made this decal for a very good friend of mine, for her Jeep. I think she is going to love it. I have made others but haven't taken pictures yet, but I will.
I of course used my Gypsy to design and cut it with my E2. I love my Cricut

I hope everyone has a wonderful and safe 4th of July week-end.

Happy Crafting my friends

Craft Social

2011-06-21T21:15:00.000-07:00

If you live in the Las Vegas Area

Please join us for our Semi Annual Craft Social Event! Make and Takes, Prizes, Shopping with multiple Vendors, Raffles and much more.

Learn new techniques with experienced craft instructors. I will be demonstrating Vinyl cutting on the Cricut Expression, and giving tips on how to use your Gypsy. I will also have 2 Gypsy classes available for enrollment. I can teach you how to use your Gypsy to its fullest potential. You don't want to miss out.

Free Admission and Parking.

Don't miss out, RSVP today at http://www.meetup.com/Kreation-Korner/events

See attached Flier and map to the event.

Visit our blogs for more details.....

Vicky & Annie @ http://kreation-korner.blogspot.com/

Teri @ http://teriathearttohome.blogspot.com/

Erlinda @http://stampinwitheerlinda.blogspot.com/

Cecy @ http://cecygarcia.blogspot.com/

More Cozies on my Etsy

2011-06-21T11:44:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone

I hope you are having a great day so far. I have been learning how to use my photoshop software. Well its coming along sloooowwwwlllyy lol, but I will get it eventually. I managed to edit some pictures of my Cozies for my Etsy shop. I did OK, I guess. It will be work in progress for editing.

I just added 3 more Cozies to my Etsy shop. So far I haven't sold any, but I am hopeful :)

http://www.etsy.com/people/cricutmomof2

Thank you for stopping by.

Happy Crafting.

The Irresistibly Sweet Blog Award

2011-06-20T22:07:00.000-07:00

I received this Irresistibly Sweet Blog Award from two sweet bloggers, Erlinda Ramirez and Crafting with Lu. It's always nice when someone recognizes your work and honors you with an award. Thank you both ladies. http://stampinwitheerlinda.blogspot.com/ http://craftingwithlu.blogspot.com/

Here are the rules for this award:

1. Send a thank you to the person who nominated you and include their link. (see above)

2. Answer 7 random facts about yourself. (see below)

3. Pass the award on to at least 8 other awesome blog buddies. (see below the below)

*****

So, here we go. Here are 7 very random facts about me:

1. I am a very happily married woman to a wonderful and very supportive man for almost 6 years now.

2. I have a 4 year old son and a 3 year old daughter, which both of them are in karate. Anthony is currently a camo belt, and Corrina is a green belt. (Very Proud Momma :))

3. I have a love for quality family time, like camping. Some of the greatest moments for me and my family.

4. I recently went 4 wheeling with some friends, and I loved every minute of it.

5. I love my Provo Craft products. My Expression, Expression 2, Gypsy.

6. I recently have become more passionate about crafting in general.

7. I love my life, even when I have challenges in front of me. It just makes me a better and stronger person.

8. I know only 7, but I have to say that I am very grateful to all my friends in my life, without them I wouldn't be as creative or motivated to create with out them. Thanks guys.

Here's my list of eight bloggers whom I am passing this award to:

Congrats to everyone!!

1. Erlinda @ http://stampinwitheerlinda.blogspot.com/
2. Vicky and Annie @ http://kreation-korner.blogspot.com/
3. Cecy @ http://cecygarcia.blogspot.com/
4.Emily @ http://creativegiftsfromabove.blogspot.com/
5. Penny @ http://stampingpennyinvegas.blogspot.com/
6. Cheryl @ http://nanascreativeplace.blogspot.com/
7.Teri @ http://teriathearttohome.blogspot.com/
8. Lu @ http://craftingwithlu.blogspot.com/

Please stop by and check out these great bloggers. Make sure you leave them some love. Bloggers love comments. If you like what you see, which I'm sure you will, become a follower.

Have a wonderful day

And of course Happy Crafting.

See you soon

Cricut Expression Cozie

2011-06-17T13:56:00.000-07:00

I didn't realize it has been a whole 1/2 month since I have posted on my blog. So sorry for that. I have been busy working on a surprise special project, which is now done. Yay!! I also started to make some really cute Cricut Expression Dust Covers. I have sewn so much lately, that the last few nights I have been dreaming about sewing. Not good, oh well. LOL

The dust cover you see above I made with Tiger print flannel and added a fabric flower, I made with the flower fold die from Stampin Up. I added a button in the middle. I also made the flower into a pin so you can remove it, to wear or to wash your cover. I really like how it looks.

This one is black with white polka dots with a red trim

Black with white polka dots and white trim

This is teal/turquoise with white and black on the fabric with white trim

This is brown with pink polka dots and pink trim

This one is a light paisley print in cream and light green with cream trim

This is a poodle flannel print with pink trim

This is really pretty in person. The fabric is teal/blue,brown and white, with white trim. This fabric has glitter/sparkles

This is pink, brown, and white, with pink trim. this fabric also has glitter/sparkle

I do have other fabrics for these covers, but I need a little sewing break LOL. I will post more, after I get them made. I will be opening an Etsy account soon. It may take me a bit to get all of them loaded.

I will have a link on my blog to my Etsy Store. Thank you for stopping by, and have a great afternoon.

I hope you like them. Please leave me any feedback or comments.

Cards for our Service Men and Women

2011-05-30T19:35:00.000-07:00

Last Friday I was invited by a friend of mine to participate in a great project. She has collected many card fronts from attending card swap events. So she decided to part with them and finish them. We had a great assembly line going. One person would cut the card stock for the base of the card. Another person would score the card stock, another would crease the cards, and so on and so on. Well after about 4 hours we managed to put together 484 cards to donate. They will go to our service men and women who are serving this great and beautiful country of ours. That way they will have cards to send home to their loved ones.

It was a great honor and pleasure for me to participate in this event. I have many family members who have served and who are currently serving our great counrty. It makes my eyes a bit misty, but out of pride for our service men and women. I hope this will become a tradition for years to come.

Thank you all and I hope you had a great Memorial Day today.

The Man of my Dreams

2011-05-29T09:38:00.000-07:00

The man of my dreams. I woke up Saturday morning to find my husband out side with the kids, wearing my 4 year old sons cowboy hat, and playing with my Gypsy. What !!!!! Yes he was. Not only did he figure out, after a long time how to use it. He also decided to actually cut something that he designed.

If you can see, he decided to use some diamond plate vinyl that I have on hand, and make a decal for his truck.

Once he was done, he went outside and started to apply his new decal on the truck.

This is the finished decal, that my wonderful husband did all on his own. He made 2 for each side of the truck. What a man!!!

I thought I would share this great story with you all.

Have a wonderful Sunday and a great Memorial week-end

Happy Crafting

My First Faith Crop

2011-05-17T19:34:00.000-07:00

This last week-end I attended my very first Faith Crop. It was a 2 day crop and all meals were provided as well as drinks and snack for the entire both days. They also had a person doing pedicures and another person giving massages for a very minimal price. I had such a good time, that I can't wait to go the the next one in October.

I worked on a very special project, that I wish I can share with you right now, but you are going to have to wait. I am really sorry, but I promise it will be worth the wait. I am very impressed with myself with the progress that I have made on it. I will take plenty of step by step progress pictures of my project, so you can see how it all got put together.

How ever I did hit a point where I could not continue any further with out a bit of computer work from home. In the mean time, I purchased 4-2 page layout kits from Teri Schoeni from Heart2Home. So I am going to share the kits that I purchased and put together, with you tonight.

This one is a Grandma Gardening layout

This one is a butterfly layout

This one is another butterfly layout

This is a close up of the beautiful flowers that Teri made. I just love them.

I still haven't completed the 4th kits, but I promise you it's just as beautiful as these 3 that I already assembled.

If you like her work check out her website link at the bottom of my blog. Heart2Home

Thank you for stopping by, and Happy Crafting.

See you soon

Follow by email option now on my blog

2011-05-15T19:49:00.000-07:00

I finally figured out how to add a link to follow me by email. Thank you Brandon for your help. I hope you sign up for email updates to my blog.

Have a great day.

See you very soon with a new post

Very Cute Paper Desk

2011-05-11T12:10:00.000-07:00

Yesterday a very good friend of mine stopped by to get her Gypsy Updated. While her Gypsy was doing it's thing, we snuck in some crafting time. She brought her Matchbox, Sizzix SU die. She had seen this cute little desk on a blog somewhere and we tried to make it. It was super easy to make. It looks a lot more complicated. I used ARC Speckle paper and DCWV (dsp) scrap piece of paper for an accent. I also use these really cute pebbles that I purchased at Heart2Home. There is a link at the bottom of my blog if you are interested in getting various colored pebbles. The plug is over LOL.
I had some pictures of my kids that worked perfect to create little mini picture frames for the top of the desk. I need to make an easel back for them to stand up.
Here are 2 that my friend made, 1 is not completely finished but still looks really cute.

She used some of my scrap wood sheet of paper which I also got at ARC. It really looks cool, I think.

Thank you for stopping by and Happy Crafting.

Graduation Cards

2011-05-11T11:43:00.000-07:00

I can't believe the school year is almost over. Now that I am a little older, it seems like time is flying by way too fast. My 2 Little ones will be going to pre-school this fall. Now you know that I will have the water works going. Anyways, My Mother and Mother-in-Law needed some graduations cards. So this is what I came up with. I saw this on Vickey Lopez's blog and I altered it just a bit. You can visit her blog at http://kreation-korner.blogspot.com/ She has some really great work on her blog, stop by and leave her some love.

So I was lucky that 2 cards were going to be the same colors, and the other is for a UNLV graduation.

I did add a little bling just for some extra something something lol. I love bling, can you tell. For the cap on the front of the card I used a 1 3/8, and 1 1/4 SU square punch and put a brad in the smaller square. I also divided them up with some dimensionals so you can see the 2 layers. The Stamp sets I used were SU Word Play, Teeny Tiny Wishes, and Curly Cute. I also used SU Modern Label and Word Window punches. For the inside I used the popular SU Top Note Die, I cut 6 in black card stock and 3 in white card stock. I used a great layering trick I have seem on many blogs. I cut each black top note in half the long way and then another top note the short way. When you put all the layers together it looks like a shadowed top note. I just love this little trick.

I hope the Graduates like my cards, and have a very successful future, Best wishes to you all.

Thank you for stopping by today, and have a great Crafternoon.

Pack Your Bags Layout

2011-05-10T14:08:00.000-07:00

This is a layout that was design by Danita Richardson-Hunt. This is her first Cricut Diva Design that she made. She is still learning the cricut, and is doing a great job. Now the real challenge is to get her to use her Gypsy. LOL

This is my interpretation of her layout, I had no instructions, but I managed to come really close to hers. I did add a sand castle to it, because I can't imagine a beach without one. The Cricut Divas meet monthly at The Crafting Place in Henderson,the address is 3560 E. Russell Rd.

The cartridges used for this layout are Pack Your Bags, and Life's a Beach. I put all of my images on the Gypsy to save time and paper.

I hope you like this layout, Danita did a great job.

I hope you are having a great Crafternoon :)

Card/Calendar Book

2011-05-10T13:49:00.000-07:00

I made some more calendar/card books for my mother to give out for Mother's Day. This is what I did for her. I found this paper at M's and it was marked $.14 clearance. So I picked up the only 4 sheets they had, and headed to the register. I got a great deal, because they rang up for ONLY $.01 clearance. I am still excited about the score, whoooo hooooo!!!!!
Anyways I thought the paper was so pretty I used it to cover the front of my books. I also added the word CARDS from the cartridge Storybook, I layered it to give it a little more dimension. I of course used my trusted Gypsy and My New Expression 2 to cut it with.
I wont bore you with each page but I will include 2 pages , so you can see how it looks inside with a card. The card I made is from the Stand & Salute cartridge.

I am still very new to the Binding craft. So when I used my new Cinch machine I was so excited that I didn't cinch the coils properly so they look a little distorted. Well, there is a cure for that RIBBON. I added ribbon to cover my imperfections. SHHHH don't tell anyone LOL.

Thank you for stopping by today

Happy Crafting

Fancy Note Pads

2011-05-02T18:27:00.000-07:00

Hello there and Happy Monday to you all. Today I was able to meet some friends for some crafting time. I love it, when I can get together with other crafters and share ideas, and just plain have fun crafting. Today's project, is a simple but very cute one to make. You will need to visit a local office supply store, and purchase legal size writing pads. You can have them cute them for you in half for a very small fee. I paid $2.00 for them to cut 12 legal size pads, and this process only takes a few minutes. So each pad once it's cut, will only cost you abut $.53 each. So this will make a very cute and inexpensive gift to make for teachers,co-workers, or any friend. So far I made 3, but I plan on making more when I get a chance. These are the 3 that I made.

I took a piece of heavy card stock and scored it at 2 3/4",7 1/2" and 7 1/2". That's it for the cover, pretty simple huh? Then I took some Red Sticky Tape and adhered the writing pads to the right inside part of the card stock. When you put the paper on the cover , it should open like a book. Like the photo below.

The 2 3/4" side is folded inwards to create a pocket on the left inside part of your cover, like in the picture below.

That's it now, the fun part begins. This is where you embellish it with what ever your little heart desires. I chose 2 different designs. One is more formal with a monogram letter and a beautiful flower. the other 2 are a bit more playful and full of color. This flower was made using Stampin Up's Fun Flowers Die for the big Shot. I embossed it with SU Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder. I added a Pearl in the middle and some stickles along the edge of the flower.

In the picture below: I purchased the felt flowers on a vine several years ago at an Expo. I am finally using it. I did add some colored pebbles, which I had purchased at Heart2Home. They come in 25 different colors. It added a bit of shine and dimension to the flowers. If you like to check these pebbles out. I have put a link to the Heart2Home store at the bottom of my blog. Tell them Lisa sent you.

I hope you like my post today.

Thank you for stopping by and Happy Crafting.

New Arrival at the Monter Household

2011-04-30T13:48:00.000-07:00

My husband and I thought we were done, but He surprised me with a wonderful bundle of JOY. He is such a wonderful Husband, he bought me the Cricut Expression 2 for my Mother's Day present. The Stork (UPS) delivered my package yesterday afternoon, and it's been killing me not to play with it. My 2 young children decided to take a nice nap for me, so I took advantage of the time and decorated my new arrival. I happen to have Cricut Green vinyl on hand :) What do you think?

I did use my Gypsy for the Font cuts, but I cut the heart with the Cricut head from the Exclusive Cricut Decals cartridge. This cart was pre-loaded on the E2, so I was not able to use the Gypsy with that. I am amazed at all the new features the E2 came with. Provo Craft hit the nail on the head, when they designed this one. One feature that I wish it had, is the option to move your image around on the mat like you can with the Gypsy. Maybe that will come at a later update. I will try to cut some more stuff for you tomorrow, from the exclusive cartridges.

Thank you for stopping by and have a great Crafternoon :)

12 hour crop layouts

2011-04-17T15:21:00.000-07:00

Good afternoon and Happy Sunday to you all. Yesterday I attended one of my regular crops at the Crafting Place. They hold 12 hour crops every second Saturday of every month. Well I managed to get some layouts done, but even just as important, I managed to catch up with some crafting buddies.

This first layout I did, is of my children playing in the playground at a local park here in Las Vegas. I had seen a layout very similar to this on the internet, so I decided to case it.

I used my Cricut Expression and my trusted side kick the Gypsy. Love that gadget, never leave home with out it. I actually don't remember what Cartridges I used but, I guess that's OK. My friend Dawn gave me some quilled stickers, which I loved. I put the sunglasses on the sun and the flip flops on the caterpillar. She also gave me her rub-on faces to use. These are just the cutest things ever. I think. My other friend Marion gave me some of her recollection flowers to use. Thank you guys for sharing with me.

This next layout was from a trip to Laughlin that we took. We went to go see the Laughlin Desert Challenge. This was a short week-end, so we took our travel trailer and parked it at the Avi Rv Park.

My husband got to see some trophy truck make some big jumps in the air. He was a happy guy, he just loves these kinds of races.

This next layout, I did of my daughter who at the time was only 11 months old. Her hair was always getting in her face, so I decided to take her in the get her bangs cut. What a difference this made, she no longer looked like cousin It from the Adam's Family. LOL but she was beautiful with or without long bangs. This was a very simple layout, because It was when I first arrived at the crop, so it took me a little while to get my creative juices flowing.

I hope you like my layouts. It felt good to scrapbook again. I kind of strayed away for a little while, but I am back, my lovely scrapbooks. Hope to get another layout done this week, if all goes well.

I hope you all have a wonderful week ahead, and thank you for stopping by.

Happy Crafting

Colored Pebbles

2011-04-15T07:42:00.000-07:00

Hello Everyone again, this is exciting, my Friend Teri from Heart2Home has added this great new product to her online store. They are colored pebbles that can be used for many crafting projects. I absolutely love how she markets these. They are in their own individual clear tubes, so you can easily see the colors. She also sell a great little stand to display them in. This is going to look great on my crafting table. I placed my order, and I can't wait to get them.

Here is a sample of what I did with a clear pebble sample she gave me. But you can use these on anything.

They add great dimension and color.

Please stop by her Webstore and check out all the colors she carries.

If you place an order for these great pebbles, tell her Lisa sent you.

www.heart2home.webstore.com

Thank you for stopping by today

Happy Crafting

Disney/Pixar Mator

2011-04-15T07:27:00.000-07:00

Happy Friday everyone. My 4 year old son just absolutely loves Mator from the movie Cars. Well I have 2 hobbies, 1st papercrafting/scrapbooking/card making and sewing. The sewing is a newer hobby for me. I alternate every month so I can dedicate equal time to both hobbies. Well when it was time for paper crafting, my son gets really excited. He saw me take my Cricut Expression out of my cabinet and put it on my craft table. He ran to my cabinet where I store a few frequently used cartridges and takes out the Cars cartridge. He then goes to my other cabinet and pulls out brown card stock. Hands them both to me and says can you make Mator for me,"here's the cartridge and paper". So I finally said OK. this is what I made him. I did use my trusted Gypsy to lay everything out before cutting. I cut him at 7.85" He did come out big, but perfect for his door. I hope you like it.

I hope you all have a wonderful week-end. I know I will, this is my crafting week-end. So I will craft til my hearts content.
Have a great week-end, and Happy Crafting

Butterfly Punch Pansy Card

2011-04-10T21:22:00.000-07:00

Well today was a good day, got a little craft time in. This is what I made. My friend told me that you can make pansies with a Stampin Up butterfly punch. I was surprised, that you can make a beautiful flower with a butterfly. So of course I Youtubed it, and I found a great tutorial by itsaninkinstampede.wordpress.com

this was a very easy to follow tutorial. The card, I had seen before in the card section of a store, I just changed it a bit.

The grass portion, I used a scallop border punch along with a star punch. I just randomly punched just the tip of the star in the center of each scallop. I had seen this technique a while ago. I wish I could remember from who, so I can give proper credit to.

I hope you like this quick card, and try it for your self.

Stampin Up Supply List:

S-A-B So Happy for You Stamp set # 123220

Pretty In Pink C/S # 100459

Perfect Plum C/S # 101889

Certainly Celery C/S # 105125

Whisper White C/S # 100730

Butterfly Punch # 119848

Scallop Border Punch # 119882

Star Punch # 119875

Modern Label Punch # 119849

Paper Piercer # 116631

Snail Adhesive # 104332

Bone Folder # 102300

Basic Black Stampin Marker # 100082

Old Olive Classic Ink pad # 102277

Concord Crush # 119785

Dimensionals # 104430

Gold brad

Stickles

I hope you all have a wonderful week ahead. Talk to you soon.

Happy Crafting :)

If you would like to purchase any of the supplies to make this project, please click on the Stampin Up link on the left side of my blog.

Thank you for stopping by.

My First Tri-Shutter Card Attempt

2011-04-08T13:40:00.000-07:00

Well Hello there again, Happy Friday to everyone. I finally have a home that is sick-free, wooohooo.

I have seen this style of card on many blogs and I just thought it was so beautiful and unique. So I decided to attempt to make it. OMG! The card base is very simple, I will give you the dimensions at the end of this post. My 3 yr.old and 4 yr. old helped me stamp the flower petals, they thought they were the coolest, because they were helping Mom. I did use most supplies from Stampin Up, but there are a couple of things that are not. I as usual, forgot to make a list of supplies, I just got caught in the moment of creating. What do you think? I would love to read your comments.

Card base dimensions 5 1/2 x12" card stock. Score at 2",4",8",and 10"on the 5 1/2" side. Then with your paper trimmer on the long 12" side ,measure 1 1/2" then cut from the 2" score line to the 10" score line, then flip your paper and repeat. Fold it like an accordion style. Then once it's folded take the large center section and fold it the opposite direction. Please see picture below, to see how it folds.

If you have any questions please fell free to contact me.

I hope you have a wonderful week-end and Happy Crafting.

Talk to you soon

Spring is Blossoming

2011-04-05T12:20:00.000-07:00

Stampin' Up has a GREAT special for you this month. Not only do you get a Sneak Peek at a new stamp set and designer paper coming in the NEW Idea Book and Catalog July 1st, this month, you have two ways you can actual get your hands on them TODAY! Check below:

Promotion dates: April 1-30, 2011

Promotion details: Spring is Blossoming with Sneak Peek products from the upcoming 2011-2012 Idea Book & Catalog. You can get these brand-new products in one of two ways:

Spend $20 on any Stampin' Up! products and become eligible to purchase both the Four Frames Set and Paisley Petals Designer Series Paper.

Host a $350 workshop and get the Four Frames Set and Paisley Petals Designer Series Paper for FREE!

Start planning your workshop now so you can get your hands on these exciting, new products starting TODAY April 1st--three months before the debut of the new Idea Book & Catalog!

Four Frames Stamp Set, #123440 (wood) $20.95 or #123442 (clear) $15.95.

Paisley Petals Designer Series Paper, #122367, $9.95

You can place your ONLINE ORDERS HERE - 24/7

http://www.elizabethmonter.stampinup.net/

Heart2Home

2011-04-01T22:30:00.000-07:00

I want to share some great news, A very talented and good friend of mine, has decided to kick her business to the next level. She has opened a great new webstore, to showcase her fantastic skills in Scrapbooking, and creating her very own embellishments, layouts,and kits for sale.
All of her products are exclusive Heart2home designs featuring quality acid free products, to protect your precious memories for generations to come. I really want to wish her much success, and help get her name out. Her name is Teri Schoeni and her website is www.Heart2home.webstore.com there is also a link to her store on the bottom of my blog. You can also check out her blog at http://teriathearttohome.blogspot.com
You should check her store regularly, she is adding more products on a daily basis. Please help support a very talented crafter and a great hearted person.
I wish you lots of luck my friend

The Webstore is a great alternative to other Fee charging online auction site. The webstore is a totally free online auction site.They have hundreds of great retailers, who showcase their goods. Please stop by both www.Heart2home.webstore.com and www.webstore.com

Thank you for taking the time and stopping by.

Have a great evening and Happy Crafting

Pin Wheel Rosette

2011-03-31T10:31:00.000-07:00

Good morning everyone. I hope every one is surviving this allergy season. I am barely surviving it. This morning I was going and visiting some blogs. I stumbled on a project tutorial that I have been wanting to learn how to do for a while now. I know its an easy project, but these are the simplest instructions I have found. So I tried it out and it was so easy. I found this on a new blog that I am following, thanks to Momo. Please check this blog out, she has a lot of great crafts on it. http://jinkyscrafts.blogspot.com/ She has an instruction sheet you can print out, with very easy instructions to follow.

I made this rosette with just some scraps I had laying around. I added a Shrinky Dink flower I made with my friend April. I know Shrinky Dink is old school, but it's still so much fun to play with.
Please stop by and give Jinkyk some love on her blog. She is also on Facebook, so please make sure you like her.

Have a great day, and Happy Crafting.

Versatile Blogger Award!!

2011-03-30T09:13:00.000-07:00

Good Morning all, Today I was awarded the Versatile Blogger Award by Cecy Garcia(http://cecygarcia.blogspot.com/) . Thank you so much Cecy for the recognition, it means a lot to me. This is also my first Blog award, and I am pretty excited. I am so happy for all the new followers I have gotten this week. Thank You,Thank You,Thank You.

Here are the rules for this award:

1- Thank the person who sent it to you!

2- Tell us 7 things about yourself

3- Reward this to 15 bloggers

7 THING ABOUT ME

1. I am a stay at home mom of a 3 year old daughter and a 4 year old son, named Corrina and Anthony

2. I am in total peace and relaxed state when I craft. Especially when I am with friends.

3. I am addicted to buying crafting supplies, especially paper. LOL

4.I am a wife of almost 6 years now, and I am loving every minute of it.

5. I love to spend good quality time with my family.

6. I really enjoy camping, in the great outdoors with my family.

7. I take a lot of pictures of my kids. LOL

Ok here is the hard part, to pick 15 blogs to award. This is very hard because I have seen some really great blogs.

http://cecygarcia.blogspot.com/

http://stampinwitheerlinda.blogspot.com/

http://countrycricut.blogspot.com/

http://thefishiesrealm.blogspot.com/

http://lenascreations.blogspot.com/

http://www.mychicnscratch.com/

http://stampinsiblings.blogspot.com/

http://scraptasticgrammy.blogspot.com/

http://craftykitten1.blogspot.com/

http://craftinblind.blogspot.com/

http://ippitysimplicity.blogspot.com/

http://earthyscrap.blogspot.com/

http://rickettscricuts.blogspot.com/

http://teriathearttohome.blogspot.com/

http://kreation-korner.blogspot.com/

If you get a chance to check out these blogs, please leave some love. And if you like what you see, become a follower.

Have a great day, and Thank you again.

Happy Crafting.

New Followers

2011-03-29T11:16:00.000-07:00

Good Morning and Happy Tuesday to you all. I want to thank all my new followers for stopping by and checking out my blog. I have tried to visit all of your blogs when I get a chance and add myself as a follower. If by chance I missed one of you. Please know it was not intentional, Please send me a email at cricutmomof2@gmail.com ,and I will sure make a point to get to your blog and become a follower.

Thank you to Momo, for a great op0pertunity.

Hope you all have a great day, and talk to you soon

Happy Crafting

Cute Easter Treat Bag

2011-03-28T08:17:00.000-07:00

Good morning, and happy Monday to you. I really didn't have much time to make a project this last week. My kids have been battling the stomach flu, and I also caught a cold this week-end. But we are all on our way to recovery :).

I find that I spend a lot of time on YouTube, which is where I found this cute and easy project. The video I found is by Stampwithtami.com. Thank you Tami for your great video.

I forgot to add a little handle to my bags, oops. I will add it later.

I did ink all the pieces with SU Basic Gray Classic ink, using a sponge. To assemble these cute bags, Is very easy, so I won't bore you with directions. I know this is very short, but I am still not feeling well. I hope you all have a wonderful week, and Happy Crafting

Stampin Up Supply List:

Bigshot #113439

TopNote Die #113463

Build A Flower Sizzlit #2 die ,#113446

Fancy Favor Die #115965

Extended Crease Pad#117630

Basic Gray Classic Ink # 109120

Pretty In Pink Classic Ink #111838

1" Circle Punch #119868

3/4" Circle Punch # 119873

1 1/4" Square Punch #119865

Heart to Heart punch # 119881

Pretty in Pink C/S

Whisper White C/S

Pumpkin Pie C/S

Basic Black C/S

Daffodil Delight C/S

Uniball Gel White Pen # 105021

Dimensionals # 104430

Sticky Strip # 104294

Spong

Sale-A-Bration ends this Thursday. Time is running out, to take advantage of this great sale. For every $50.00 you spend you get a selected item for free. How great is that. If you would like to get any of the supplies for this project, just click on the Stampin Up link, on the left side of my blog.
Thank you Again.

Super Cute Petal Cone Die Projects

2011-03-21T14:28:00.000-07:00

OMG! What a cute Easter Carrot treat holder, This was made using the Petal Cone Bigz L Die. I met with my friends for some crafting therapy (LOL). But there are so are different things you can do with this great Die, check out the following pictures:

This bustier is an actual goody bag LOL

Oh, and this is not even touching the surface of what you can do with this awesome Die. I would have made some more projects for you, but I ran out of time. But I just love this Die, Now it has made my wish list, among other things LOL. I would like to let you know, that none of these are my original designs. Some of these I found on Sandy Hancock (My Upline) blog. I did case these from some very crafty ladies.

S-A-B ends March 31st, so please check out my Stampin up website to take advantage of some free stuff. The Petal Cone Die is found in the Occasions Mini Catalog on page 15 #121810 $32.95

Please, I would love to hear you comments, or suggestions.

Talk to you soon, and have a great day

Beautiful Easter cards

2011-03-19T20:39:00.000-07:00

Today I was able to go to my friend Erlinda's house for an Easter Card class. These are the 3 cards we made, I think the are really beautiful. I met some new people and saw some other people I had met before. This was a lot of fun. It didn't take us very long to make these, I think we spent more time talking to each other, and sharing crafting ideas and techniques.

You can check out Erlinda's Blog at
http://stampinwitheerlinda.blogspot.com, she has some great tutorials to share. She also has a list of upcoming classes.

Stampin Up! Supply List

#121809 Framed Tulips (Embossing Folder)

#121905 Easter Blossoms Stamp Set

#113463 Top Note Die

#118138 Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die

#113439 Bigshot

#119856 Scallop Oval Punch

#120907 XL Decorative Label Punch

#104294 Sticky Strip tape

#119247 Basic Pearls

#117286 Read Red Satin ribbon

#121812 Fun Flowers Die

#104430 Dimensionals

#101406 Stazon Jet Black Ink pad

#119277 Elegant Lines (Embossing Folder)

If you need any of the supplies to make you very own beautiful Easter cards, just click on the Stampin Up link to the left side of my blog. You still have time to take advantage of Sale-A Bration. You get a FREE selected stamp set for every $50.00 purchase. S-A-B ends on March 31st.

I'd love to read your comments, and Thanks again for stopping by.

Have a great evening, talk to you soon.

Card/Calendar Book part 2

2011-03-17T13:21:00.000-07:00

Hello there, I hope you are doing well on this Gloomy day. Here is another sample I made this morning. Grandpa came to visit, so while he was playing with the kids, I put this sample together.

This time I thought I would show you how it looks like with a card in the pocket, since the pocket is very hard to see in the pictures. I didn't take a picture of every month, but I think you get the idea.

Supplies I used

SU Pawsitively DSP ( clearance)

SU Certainly Celery 1/2" Grosgrain ribbon (clearance)

SU Pretty in Pink 1/2" Grosgrain ribbon (clearance)

SU trinket box,(discontinued)

Tim Holtz Vintage Photo distress ink (buy4less)

Cinch 1" white wire (Joann's)

Chipboard (craft Store)

Please take advantage of the great deals available during Sale-A-Bration.

With ever $50.00 you spend, you can get a selected item for FREE!!!!! Free stuff, can't beat that.

Clearance items do apply.

To see all clearance items, click on the clearance rack link on the left side of my blog.

Have a wonderful day everyone.

Talk to you soon.

Card/Calendar Book

2011-03-16T19:12:00.000-07:00

This week I met with some friends for some crafting time. This week we decided to learn how to use a Cinch binding machine. We decided to make this very handy card holding calendar book.

We started with some bare chipboard and covered it, I covered this one with diamond plate vinyl,which I got off of Ebay. I needed this to be masculine for my Father. For the inside I used Textured card stock that I got from The Crafting Place (there is a link to her store at the bottom of my blog Buy4less). I also used Tim Hotlz Gear Die for the Bigshot/Bigkick, which I also purchased at buy4less. I put those on the cover to break up the chrome look a bit.

I matted the calendar with red card stock to break up the gray and black a bit. I also matted the months with black and gray but in opposite of the page. I did use Stampin Up Ticket corner punch (#119867)to add a little something to the mat.
I also cut the months with Cricut Designer Calendar Cartridge along with my handy Gypsy. I used white card stock for that.

To do the binding we used a Cinch machine, and 1" wire in silver, that I got from Joann's.

It's kind of hard to see but each page is a pocket to hold cards. I am making these in different paper combinations. I am hoping to sell some to support my crafting hobby. If you are interested, please contact me at cricutmomof2@gmail.com

I will be posting other samples later this week. I hope you like my post today. Please leave your comments, I love to hear what you have to say.
Have a great evening and talk to you soon.

Beautiful Flowers

2011-03-01T07:54:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I met with my friends Emily and Erlinda, to learn a new Bigshot project. This was what we learned how to do. How to make fabric flowers. This doesn't require a lot of fabric or time. A simple fat quarter can make about 3 flowers, depending on the size you make.

This one was made by Erlinda at my 1st workshop.

This was made by Erlinda for Corrina, she put it on a head band. How adorable.

Supplies needed

Bigshot #113439

Extended Cutting Plates #113478

Flower Folds Die #115970

Hot glue gun

Clips,pins, or headband depending on how it's going to be used.

And Simple embellishment for the center.

If you would like to learn how to make this please contact me at cricutmomof2@gmail.com

If you would like to purchase the supplies needed, please click on the Stampin' Up! link on the left side of my blog.

Thank you for stopping by, and have a great day.

Pinwheel card

2011-02-25T08:09:00.000-08:00

I just love Youtube. I found this card and had to see how hard it would be to make. I actually found it pretty easy. It's called Faux Pinwheel card. I didn't add to much to the card, I wanted to focus on the pinwheel.

Supply list:

Basic Black #121045

Whisper White #100730

Riding Hood Red #11348

Snail Adhesive #104332

Clearance Star Brads #112572

I hope you all have a great Friday. Talk to you soon.

10 mos. layout

2011-02-25T07:53:00.000-08:00

I attended and all day crop at the Crafting Place last Saturday the 19th. This is one of the layouts I did. I just got my clearance Stamping Up DSP called Sending Love #117153, so I used it on this layout of my baby girl. Its double sided so all I did is cut 4 strips of the same paper and flipped it, very cute paper. I also cut the 10 mos. from Hello Kitty font Cricut cartridge and inked the edges. My friend Dawn also gave me these cute Prima flowers and brads to add a little softness to the page.

My daughters favorite color is PINK, and my son's favorite color is BROWN. so lately I have been using this color combination a lot.

If you are interested in getting this clearance paper from SU, please click on the Clearance link on the left side of my blog.

Kid's request of the day

2011-02-23T14:57:00.000-08:00

Well This is today's request from my kids. My son is so in love with the Pixar Cars characters. I made him Guido holding tires. I used Stampin' Ups Embossing folder called Square Lattice #119976 to give it a more real tire look. I think it worked perfect. My daughter requested a Sally, so I made her one too. But for some reason Blogger is not allowing me to upload that photo. But she came out really cute. I put blue Stickles on her eyes, and yellow Stickles for her lights.

OK so I just tried again and it worked. Her she is. Can you see the sparkle in her eyes? LOL too cute. Corrina is still asleep, but when she wakes, she will be surprised. I used my MOST favorite Cricut crafting tool. my Gypsy. I love this thing, for anyone out there who owns a Cricut, should own a Gypsy. Love it.

I hope you have a wonderful day.

Scallop Rag Tote

2011-02-22T21:21:00.000-08:00

This is the very first tote I have ever made. I had my first workshop earlier this month and saw a sample of it, and had to try to make it myself. I used Stampin Up's Big Shot and Bigz Scallop Die. I was amazed at the simplicity of this. I am not a very experienced sewer, so I had a few simple issues to deal with, but once I got my rhythm, it came together very fast and easy. I would like to hold a workshop, and show how to make this great and simple tote. Please Email me if you are interested, and if I get enough people I can schedule a workshop. This would be a fun, afternoon project.

Big Shot and Scallop Die

Side view

                   Stack of scallop squares that are ready to assemble
                                          You can contact me at
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I hope you like my tote. Remember Stampin' Ups Sale-A-Bration is still going on. For every $50.00 you spend, you can select a free selected item. (The clearance rack also qualifies for the S-A-B)


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                                        I hope you have a great evening.

A card for a Soldier over seas

2011-02-18T19:13:00.000-08:00

I found a card on Splitcoaststampers.com today, and I immediately thought of my cousin who is currently stationed in Afghanistan. Although I don't talk to him much, he is always in my thoughts and prayers. I am so proud of what he is doing for us Americans and for his own young family. Javi I miss you and pray for you every night. Love you Cuz, and take care.

I know it's been a while since I have posted something on my blog, but the last 2 weeks have been crazy for me, personally. I hope things start to go smoother from now on. I will try to post something every week if I am able to.

ave a great evening, and I hope you like my card.

Buzz Lightyear

2011-02-09T07:42:00.000-08:00

My kids have been asking me to make them a Buzz Lightyear for a few days now, so yesterday I decided to go ahead and make them. They are easy to make but time consuming. So I started around 1pm and worked on them until I got hit with a really bad headache. So I did have to stop, which upset the kids a little bit. But they are to young to understand what was happening to me. I did manage to have all the layers cut at 9.4". I find it easier to do characters at a larger size, because of the small details like the eyes. To make them small makes it very challenging to assemble. I used my Gypsy to lay all the cuts out. I did use the Layers feature on the Gypsy, which makes it so much easier to design your project at once.

I did manage to finish putting it all together this morning for the kids, and they were really excited to get them on their doors.

I teach Gypsy 101 and Gypsy Advance classes at the Crafting place. If you are interested in taking my class please call 702-845-2536 for information.

My Dear kind & wonderful Friend

2011-02-06T17:20:00.000-08:00

Well this is 1 of my Make & Takes for my workshop. I used Stampin' Up's Chocolate Chip card stock and ink,Pretty in Pink card stock and ribbon,and Whisper white card stock. I also used Uni-Ball Signo Gel pen in white, scallop trim border punch. I hope you like it, I think it's really cute. I am getting really excited for my workshop. Hope to see you there. Have a great day.

Stampin Up workshop treat

2011-02-06T17:02:00.000-08:00

Today I decided to case a really cute treat purse from Erlinda. These are purses that hold a Hershey's Nugget. I have made some to put on the table of my first Stampin' Up workshop,that I am having on Feb. 13th at 3pm. If you would like to attend, please email me at cricutmomof2@gmail.com for information.

Corrina's Birthday Invites

2011-02-06T16:58:00.000-08:00

My daughter just loves Cinderella, so this year her birthday party theme will be Cinderella of course. My poor baby really doesn't have her first birthday until February 29th, 2012. So we have made an exception, to still have an annual party for her even though she is a Leap Year baby. I used the Cricut Happily Ever After cartridge. I cut Cinderella at 5", she fits perfect in an A2 envelope. I can't wait to order her cake, Andy makes fantastic cakes for my family.
I hope everyone is having a wonderful week-end. And for those of you watching the game, have a cold one for me.

Valentine's Goodie box

2011-02-03T18:51:00.000-08:00

I was trying to create something cute for Valentines day, I used some left over Top Note Die cuts I had made. I added some punched out hearts to the bottom, using Stampin Up's little heart punch. I also cut the doves from Cricuts Sweethearts cartridge. I added a bit of Stickles to the heart. As you can tell That I love to use Stickles on my projects. I get my supply of Stickles from one of my favorite online stores,
http://www.webstore.com/13394,user_id,shop, you can find some great deals here for crafting supplies.

Wall Sign

2011-02-03T18:44:00.000-08:00

This was this weeks craft project, that we started on Monday. I have been really busy and I finally got a chance to add the finishing pearls on it. I used Once Upon a Princess Cricut cartridge to cut out the foundation out of chipboard,which I purchased from ARC Paper. The Cardstock is from DCWV paper stack called Sweet. The letters I cut from Hello Kitty Cricut Font cartridge. The butterflies are from Martha Stewart punch. I punched 2 to make a fluttering butterfly. I added Stickles to the flowers along the bottom border and the the wings of the butterflies. I also added a Spring mix of Flower Soft for the body of the butterfly. The pearls are from good old Wally World (Wal-Mart). I am going to place this above the window, in front of my craft table.

The original one that I cut was to small, so I made one for my daughter to hang in her room. I hate to be wasteful, so this is what I came up with for her.

Corrina's favorite color is PINK. LOL

Canvas Layout

2011-01-25T21:20:00.000-08:00

I have been meeting with some other ladies weekly to do some creative projects at Erlinda's house. This week Erlinda found a Canvas work of art that she liked so much, that she shared the pictures with me. So we both decided to see if we can copy it with our own flare added to them. The canvas is approximately 11x14. I added a base card stock to hide the canvas. I also used the beautiful black designer paper that I got out of Erlinda's paper stack. We did cut the letters with the Storybook Cricut Cartridge. I printed on the computer the verse on the bottom left, onto vellum. I added 1/2" solid black ribbon across the whole canvas and added some trinkets to it. I did add some red Stickles the the center of the circles on the black card stock. It gives it a subtle look of color to the paper. I cut the tags from Tags Bags Boxes and More cartridge. I think I cut them at 5" tall. They have to be big enough to hold a wallet size picture. I also inked all of the light card stock with Tim Holtz distressing ink. The pictures on the left side had a very white background, so I used the same distressing ink and inked the background so it wouldn't stand out so much. I added black with white polka dot ribbon on the tag. I also added photo corners with Stampin Up's Photo corner punch, it softened the look of the picture a bit. The picture tags are actually sitting in a pocket, which is really cool. You can add more pictures as you collect them. I think this was a great project to do. I started this Yesterday and finished it this evening. I think it took me a total of 5 hours to complete.
I hope you all have a great Tuesday evening. Please leave your comment, I would love to hear what you think.

Valentine's Creations

2011-01-25T20:59:00.000-08:00

I attended a Valentine Workshop at my friend Erlinda's house, earlier this month. I had a great time learning new tricks that I can use on my own crafts. This Valentine Bag/Purse was a door prize that I won. It was filled with Chocolate nuggets. Love this prize.

This is the beautiful card box that was made by Erlinda for all the women who attended her workshop. Just love it.

It's the perfect size to hold the cards that we made that evening.

We made 4 cards and a nugget holder. They are so cute and very impressive. I would give a list of supplies we used but honestly I don't remember them all. I hope you enjoy the pictures.

Cupcake Birthday cards

2011-01-25T20:48:00.000-08:00

I made this cute cupcake card for a couple of my friends who had birthdays this month. I used the Sweettreats cartridge to cut the cupcake. I used a little bit of Stickles to add some sparkle to the wrapper. I also used white puffy glitter paint for the white dot on the cherry. I also matted the cupcake with a piece of white cardstock, that I embossed with Devine Swirls embossing folder by Cuttlebug.

Scallop Circle Flower

2011-01-21T09:43:00.000-08:00

Hello there everyone, I hope you are all having a wonderful Friday. I am sure looking forward to this week-end. I plan on getting some crafting done. Today's project was inspired by a good friend Erlinda. She put a post up on her blog, on how to make your own beautiful flowers. If you have time, check out her work and send her some love. http://stampinwitheerlinda.blogspot.com/

To start, get some scrap paper that you would like to use. Now you can either use a scallop punch from Stampin Up or you can cut the scallop circles using your Cricut Expression. Either way it will have the same results. I used both for my flowers. You will need 3 scallop circles for 1 flower.

I tried the pattern paper scrap, just to see how the flower will come out. Then you will need to run them thru a paper crimper, about 12+ times, to loosen the fibers enough to pull the layers apart.

Once you have the 3 circles crimped and pulled apart, you will need to crumple them some more. I just rolled them up in a ball.

Once you have rolled them, you will need to open them up and stack them together inside side up. I alternated with the soft side and the patterned side, just to see what it would look like.

Now, with a paper piercer you will need to pierce a hole in the middle of your stack.

Don't remove the piercer until you have a brad ready to put in its place. Any brad will do, you will barely see the brad when the flower is complete.

From this point you will need to start bunching up the layers individually.

Once they are all bunched up, just lightly fan them out, This will be a matter of preference. If you want a tight flower don't fan it out to much, but if you like it loose, then fan it out more. Play with it until you find the way you like your flower to look like.

I did take it one step further and added a little touch of Stickles on the edges randomly.

Here are a few more sample flowers I made.

On the black flower, I did use some glimmer mist, just to see how it would look like.

It gives it a little shimmer finish.
Check out Erlinda's blog, she did a beautiful layout using the flowers she made. This is a great way to use up any scraps that you may have accumulated. I know I have tons of scraps. Another great idea is to make 2 of the same flower and get a craft stick and sandwich them together to make a carnation. This would be a great gift for Mothers Day, Flowers made with love. I just thought of that, as I was typing.
Enjoy your week-end. Please let me know what you think.

2 Page Layout Valley of Fire

2011-01-17T16:09:00.000-08:00

My family loves to spend as much time as we can camping. This is from one of our trips to the Valley of Fire 2008. I am a little behind, but I am trying to keep my New Years Resolution, of doing a scrapbook page a week. Well this is week 3's layout. The tarantulas that you see on the left side of the layout were out on an afternoon stroll. We were walking with them, and I decided to take a picture of them. I had to get really close and that was very creepy for me. One of the spiders stood up on its hind legs as I was done taking pictures. That freaked me out a little bit, OK A LOT. lol The picture on the top left was one of my favorites other than the ones of my children. It looks so much like a dog, do you see it? I didn't do to much Cricut cutting, I did use the Gypsy font and cut out "hiking the valley" at 1 1/2". I am hoping that this year we will be able to go camping more. I miss being in nature and having quality time with my family.

Car Vinyl Decal

2011-01-16T15:30:00.000-08:00

Well hello everyone. I hope you all had a great week-end. I sure did, I spent time with my husband and kids, I also got to get some mommy craft time on Friday. It's all good here. I wanted to do a layout but the time just flew on by way too fast. But I did manage to cut out a vinyl decal for our car. I had designed this a few months ago, but I finally cut it today. This was originally going to be a design for a t-shirt, to show our support for our 2 kids karate lessons. I still might make the shirts anyways. But that will be at a later time.

I used the Sports Mania Cricut Cartridge, Expression, and My lovely Gypsy. Simply white outdoor vinyl that I purchased off of Marilyn on an auction site. Tell me what you think. I hope you like it. I hope everyone has a great week.

Spring/Easter Swap

2011-01-11T14:00:00.000-08:00

This is my first swap that I am participating in. The theme is Spring/Easter. You have to make 15 of the same cut, but it must be cut with a Cricut. this is what I decided to do for my swap. I cut the work Spring out the Easter 2010 seasonal cartridge and added a shadow. Then I used the opaque Uniden pen to add a little touch to it. Then I also added the soring time mix of Flower Soft to the flower.

I hope the people in the swap like it. I can't wait to get the other creative cuts from the other participants.

Cricut Divas January Layout

2011-01-11T13:54:00.000-08:00

Every month the Cricut Diva's meet, and this month our Host was Jennifer Pereda. She is the owner of the Crafting Place. She designed this wonderful layout. She holds monthly classes there, for more info call 702-845-2536. This is my version of her design. The difference is very subtle, but it has my little twist on it. I added bling on the swirls and around the scalloped circle frame. I also used glitter paper for my snow flakes and for the Winter part of the title. Here are some other variations of her layout.

This one was done by Vickie Lavelle

This one was done by Dawn Gary.

I would have more examples for you , but I had to leave early. Thanks Jennifer for another great meeting, looking forward to next months meeting.

Sewing Wall Hanging

2011-01-09T16:02:00.000-08:00

Well I think this might be my last wall hanging I will make for a while. I made this for my mother, for her sewing room. She likes purple so I used purple for the primary color. I cut the chipboard and all the other items on it with my Cricut Expression. I used Country Life cartridge for the sewing machine and the quilt block. I used Storybook for the foundation. I like the way it came out. I used some left over chains from Michaels. I hope you like it. Please leave your comments, I would like to hear what you got to say. Have a great Afternoon.

You Rock Wall Hanging

2011-01-02T16:34:00.000-08:00

Well I am certainly impressed, that I was able to complete a project 2 days in row. My Aunt Lorraine in
El Paso,TX really liked the wall hanging I made for Corrina. She also told me she would like to have 1 for my Cousin Victoria, so I got to thinking about how I can make one for her. This is what I came up with. Vicki I hope you like it. It's going in the mail tomorrow , so keep an eye out for it.

I used 2 top note chip boards and covered it with a purple print card stock with Zig 2 way glue. I used the Rock Princess Cricut Cartridge for all the die cutting . I added some bling to the letters because I think all girls like a little bling here and there. I did ink the edges for a little distressed look with Tim Holtz distressing ink. I also added a little bit of Stickles here and there.

Wall Hanging

2011-01-01T15:25:00.000-08:00

Well this is my very first Chipboard project. I bought a Chipboard book at Michael's for a whole whopping .50 cents. I covered it with a Princess paper pack. Anyways I also used the Zig 2way clue to adhere the card stock to the chipboard. I trimmed it with my craft knife and filed the edges to make it smooth. I also punched extra hole so I can add the links to hold it together. The chain, I purchased at Michael's on clearance for $2.00. I also used some flowers with glitter on them. I got those at a scrapbook Expo last year. I finally got to use them. LOL. Then I cut Always Kiss Me Good Night on Shimmer paper from ARC. I used 4 different cartridges to cut the phrases out with my expression, but right now I just can't remember which cartridges I used. Sorry guys.

Please leave me you comments, I would love to hear what you think. Just be Nice, because this is my first Chipboard project.

Happy New year everyone

Smiley Card Book

2010-12-30T13:18:00.000-08:00

Well Provo Craft finally came out with a booklet for the Smiley Cards Digital Cartridge for the Gypsy.

So I printed the book and man there were a lot of pages, even though I condensed it. Now I have 28 sheets of paper, wasn't quite sure what to do with them. So I pulled out my Your Story. I got a Black cover and inserted all of my sheets and bound it with the Your Story. Only took a few minutes.

After the book was bound, I got some leftover designer paper and started to decorate it. I took a 12x12 sheet and cut it to 11" and scored it in the middle. I should have taken pictures, but I didn't sorry. then I took a coordinated cherry die cut sheet and placed it on top. Added googlie eyes and with a Sharpe drew on a mouth and eye lashes. I also added 2 embellishments from the same set of paper. And TaDa here is the finish Smiley Card Book. What do you think?