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!

Monkey Card! Just Because

Ok I finally got my entire craft room all organized and it is fabulous! So I thought I'd make a card. This is using the create a critter cartridge. I put the monkey on a wobbler and attached the vine to him so when he is "hangin out" he is really swingin'. This is majority DCWV and Bazzil cardtock. Blank inside white card. This card turned out really really cute!! I hope everyone enjoys!!



Cricut Giveaway!

Ok if anyone who may find my blog or for my fabulous followers, Robyn at my pink stamper is giving away a brand spankin new Cricut! Click on her blinkie on the sidebar and enter to win there are multiple ways to enter!! WOOOO HOOOOOOO Go Robyn, Go Robyn!! OH OH OH  annnnd GO Povo Craft Go Provo Craft!
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Fantabulous Spring!

I have to say there are a few blogs that I check all the time because well I just love em'. http://www.fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com/ is one of them. This challenge/crawl is a great one for this time of year! Spring! I just love it, it represents new life and new beginings. There are a few colors that scream spring. This challenge/crawl required three of them green, pink and yellow! MMMMMM YELLOW PEEPS!! OK I was getting all excited for my PEEP filled Easter Basket. This card does open however I have concidered just making this a single piece card, perfect for sliding in and Easter Basket for that special someone, I am in negotions with the Easter Bunny for a bulk purchase deal!! :) I used some scraps for this whole project. I am going to try to be a little more dilligent with keeping notes on products I use. I did stickle the PEEPS cuz we all know they have some fantabulous sugary sprinklies on them, and again I will say MMMMMMM PEEPS!! I did use the herringbone Cuttlebug Folder on the base of the basket, however I used a rolling pin to texture it instead of the Cuttlebug to make it more subtle (a friend of mine told me about that.) I did not want the standard solid colored eggs so I went for my most Easteriffic prints to make my eggs. The stamp says "some bunny loves you". Happy Spring to everyone I hope it is just as sweet for you as it will be for me!