Tink-You

This was a card I made to send to all of my daughters birthday goers for attending and the wonderful gifts. The overall theme of the gifts were Tinkerbell so I though I "Tink" them for everything.

I used my Tinkerbell cartridge with my Cricut first and the rest of the design just evolve from there. The paper is actually some i got from Office Max on clearance so I'm not sure of the brand. The ribbon is from Michaels their brand I used my Nestabilities to cut the oval and the scalloped oval. I inked them to match the paper and ribbon and printed the sentiment on my computer. I hope everyone enjoys.

P.S. when i first started I tried to organize my craft room and discarded some of the brand names for my products so if I do not mention it I apologize but I am trying to document it better :)

Liz

My Pink Stamper Designer Challenge

Robyn over at my pink stamper http://www.mypinkstamper.com/ is having a challenge to become a My Pink Designer!! I know my blog has not been that active but I am definitely getting better and dedication time just to my blog. I have learned that I am happier when I take time to do things for me too! So I am throwing my hat or shall I say card into the challenge with all hopes of being the bestest designer I can be! So here it is.



The pattern paper is from colorbok and the solids are recollections from Michaels.
The pig n friends are from the "Country Life Cartridge".
They are cut with my Gypsy at 1.83'
The stamp I bought at a garage sale so i do not know the company.
The small square with the friendship quote is from the colorbok pad as well.
My house is being tented so as soon as I can get back in i will get the measurements. I thought I had it all together. lol..
Oh Yeah! as you can see my added color is Pink! I was hoping the white didn't count because well its not REALLY a color.
Well good luck to all with the challenge!

**UPDATE**
I finally got let back into my house .. no fun :(
Ok measurements are as follows.
The large brown rectangle that is the base is 10"x6" and folded at  3".
The inserts are 2 3/4" x 5 3/4" for the small with the stars and the larger insert is 5 3/4" x 6 3/4".

The top rectangle is 8 1/4" x 4 " folded at  3 1/4"
The inserts are small orange at 3 3/4 x 3 and the larger stars is at 4 3/4 x 4 1/4.
P.S. When using patterned paper take the extra time when u are able and line up the patters if they stack trust me it makes a difference :)
Liz



It's Shaping Up To Be A Good Christmas!

I have been thinking of making this card since I got my Gypsy in November of last year. I just didn't quite have all of the details worked out. Then I was visiting the blog www.celebratetheoccasion.blogspot.com and said I have the perfect idea for their Christmas Shape card challenge. It has taken me a while to do it but I think it turned out awesome.

Now I was going to add stickles to the windows to look like snow but I didn't want to over do it. You could hang stockings with your family names or the sentiment. I was also thinking of getting a metal sign that said "Oh the weather outside is frightful" and hang it on the window handles to keep it closed. I definitely have though of a number of ways to alter this. I do however believe for my first of this type of card simple is better. I hope everyone enjoys. Happy July!!

Trying to master shapes!!

     These are a few cards I made recently, I love shape cards and have been trying to challenge myself to make them more. I have done the owl before as you will see in my last post. but I am trying to think outside the plain paper box and explore pattern paper more. I have to say i love the owl with the yellow eyes, just gotta find them in glow in the dark! I have the images of the front of the card and the inside part with the sentiment, I just print those from my computer. I used my Gypsy to weld the shapes and have found the + button to make the images on seperate sheets for some cuts, LOVE THAT!! I still have some tweekign to do on my printer allignment but otherwise I like them so far. I hope you enjoy. These are being submitted to the wonderful blog http://www.cookingwithcricut.blogspot.com/ for their anything goes challenge.

The Quotes.

Owl- Can I get a Hoot Hoot and Hope your birthday is a Hoot!

Fish- Fishy Kisses

Frog- Sorry I frog-got and If you kiss me ill be your prince

I hope everyone enjoys these as much as I have.!!

LIZ



SUNNY challenges

I was speaking to some family up north a few weeks ago before this heat wave hit and they said the were jealous of out sunny days. So I told them I'd send some sunshine. This cars is perfect for these sunny challenge. Please check these blogs out they are some of my favorites!

http://www.fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com/

http://www.celebratetheoccasion.blogspot.com/



WOW! How Time Flies!

When people tell you that time flies so fast when you have children you never truly understand until you are there. I feel like my daughter was just born yesterday and she turned three just last month! On that note, I am trying to get back to many of the things I love and though I have made a few cards I have not posted enough.

I was reading www.mypinkstamper.com as I often do, she posted a beautiful birthday card for a challenge she was involved in and opened up her blog to anyone who would like to post a birthday card, well i'm game. No time like the present to get back in the saddle. This is a shape card I made using the "Paisley" cartridge.

Well I hope everyone enjoys this card it was a "hoot" to make! I hope everyone has a wonderful day!
LIZ



Orginazation at its best!

Finally! Well I don't think you ever truly have your craft room fully organized but this is where mine is at now and I love it. Well I took my time and advantage of the Michaels and JoAnn fabrics discounts, coupons and sales and "It's Alive"! Without further delay....drum roll please.. my pictures...

This is my Cricut station. I have a chair on either side of the table to work on my projects.

Above that is my stamp station. I am going to be moving them all into CD cases soon so they fit a

a little better. Also, I'll be getting a label maker soon and can mark what season or celebration

each area holds.

This is a close up of the stamp station. P.S. Thanks dad for giving this to me. It was his mail station.

This is my catch all station. On the very top are some canvas baskets for miscellaneous stuff.

The top shelf are for displaying some of my favorite cards.

The next shelf uses stackable bins for all kinds little things.

and the bottom is my ribbon spool holder. I am going to be getting rid of the spools and putting the

ribbon on clips (I'll show u) to make it easier to access.

See the binder clips on the end I am changing over to those so I don't have to unload the entire spool 

each time I need to use some ribbon. I hate cutting a piece bigger than I need just because I don't

want to take the whole spool off. Also, this prevents unraveling, of which my cats will not be happy with. 

This is the best part, These are some book shelves my uncle made. I love them because they are really heavy duty and can take a lot of weight, unlike a lot of that particle board stuff you get now. There are boxes for each type/color paper. The pink one hold all my Cuttlebug dies and embossing folders. The top hold my 12x24 paper, markers, some baskets and my Cuttlebug. The top shelves have all of my Cricut cartridges, my Gypsy, the Gypsy accessories and lots of embellishments. I picked up some little drawers at Target, those hold all of my adhesives, pop dots, small paper packs, rulers and envelopes.

The rest is a little bit of this and a little bit of that.

OH YEAH! My Stickles are held on this one with Velcro. I got that tip on You Tube, though I do not remember her name I am sorry.

Under the ribbon storage is some cubbies but they are a bit in disarray and that is where I keep my paper cutters, Like I said always a work in progress! I hope everyone enjoys!