"Happy Halloween"

This is a mini album that I created for a silent auction that my sister-in-law is having the beginning of October. The proceeds will go to American Cancer Society. She is having the silent auction at a Highland Games event that my brother-in-law is heading up and competing in called "Throwing for the Cure".






base of mini: paper bags
cardstocks: miscellaneous
patterned papers & clear stickers: Reminisce
glitter glue: Creative Cafe, Studio G
ribbons: Michaels brand, Joann's brand, Sheer Narrows
spider accent: Sakura Stardust pen

I'm going to attempt to create a Fall/Autumn mini album for the silent auction as well. It will all depend on if I have the time to finish it or not. Wish me luck! :)

feminine birthday card

patterned papers: Me & My Big Ideas (dotted) and KI Memories (striped)
sticker: Reminisce
flowers: Prima and Oriental Trading
brad: unknown

vintage mini album

I am sharing some sneak peeks of a vintage mini album I made for Rosie, my partner in the Vintage/Distressed Mini Album Swap on the cricut.com messageboard.

I am waiting for Rosie to receive it before I share the full pictures. I don't want to totally spoil the surprise.

sneak peeks for GIBBS 4

These are a couple of sneak peeks for the GIBBS 4 swap on the Cricut.com messageboard. This round involved decorating a paint can (my first ever) and filling it with at least 2 "made" items and some bought items.



The above sneak peek is of the 2nd "made" item for my partner, Tammy. You can view the 1st "made" item ... just scroll down to the August 2nd post.



The can is very basic. I used K & Company paper and the fiber is from one of the $1 bins at Michaels that I inked up a bit.

anniversary card

This is an anniversary card that I made for my brother-in-law and his wife.

All of the paper and the chipboard embellishment are from Teresa Collins' Crush line. The ribbons are from Offray.



The scalloped piece in the corner is cut from one of the papers. It's great when you can use the papers as an embellishment.



I attached one of the matching chipboard pieces to the scalloped piece and tucked the ribbon underneath.



The sentiment is cut from another piece of paper from the Crush line as well.

birthday card

This is a birthday card I made for my brother-in-law's girlfriend.



I used My Mind's Eye glittered papers. I cut the diamond piece from one of the papers for a little oomph. I tied a piece of Offray ribbon around it before adhering it to the other paper.

sneak peek for GIBBS 4

I made this item for Tammy in the GIBBS 4 paintcan swap on the Cricut messageboard. I can't share the whole project just yet because we haven't traded our paintcans.

Tammy likes Little Yellow Bicycle and I like Little Yellow Bicycle so I knew I would use their paper on one of her projects. I used their Vita Bella line for this project.

more pictures of inlaws gift

Here are some more pictures of the gift for my inlaws.



I used the Gothic Arches border punch by Martha Stewart for the edging and I covered the empty space with a paper strip.



The flowers are from Paper Studio & Heidi Swapp and the ribbons are from many different companies.



All of the embellishments that I used are also part of K & Company's Que Sera Sera line as well. I used stitched pieces, 3D pieces and their die cut cards for this album.

Gift for my inlaws

As promised ...

This is the front of the gift I made for my inlaws for their 50th wedding anniversary.



I used K & Company's Que Sera Sera line for this project. I think this line is gorgeous!



I love this quote and thought it was fitting to start with it.



I made this as a mini book that also acts as a card from all of us.



Behind each person's picture will be what thoughts and such they would like my inlaws to know.

I will post a few more pictures in a couple of days so please make sure you stop back by.

"Not All It's Cracked Up To Be"

This is another project I made for Jessilala for GIBBS on the Cricut MB. The reason I chose this for this project day is because the book wasn't totally finished off. I left the inserts plain for Jessilala to decorate to her taste.

Here is a close up of the front:



The pages are plain old lunch bags. I used Bo-Bunny patterned papers & cut outs, Bazzill cardstock, Prima flowers, Paper Studio brads, a Martha Stewart border punch, a Mocha Mama Powderpuffs chalk pad by Quick Quotes, a Stardust pen and many different ribbons.

"Time Flies By" part 2

July >>> Reminisce patterned papers


August >>> patterned papers from Hobby Lobby (awhile ago) and a Stardust pen



September >>>> Karen Foster Designs patterned papers and a charcoal Cat's Eye chalk pad


October >>> Little Yellow Bicycle patterned papers & fabric sticker and Sakura Glaze pen


November >>> Deja Views patterned papers and a Stardust pen


December >>> DCWV & Paper Studio patterned papers

"Time Flies By"

This is a calendar I made for Jessilala. I bought the blank tent calendar from Hobby Lobby a couple of years ago and finally made myself use it. I even have another one to play with. :D

I'm going to show you January through June in this post and show July to December in another post in a few days.

I used my Cricut and Designer's Calendar cartridge to cut out the months and the days of the week.



January >>> Around the Block patterned papers, Michaels $1 bin bling and a VersaMagic chalk pad (don't remember which color tho)



February >>> KI Memories patterned papers and a charcoal Cat's Eye chalk pad



March >>> Reminisce patterned papers



April >>> We R Memory Keepers patterned papers



May >>> We R Memory Keepers patterned papers, Prima flowers and skittles



June >>> Pink Paislee patterned papers, Michaels $1 bin bling


Remember to come back in a few days to see July through August.
Thanks for looking!

"You're Such a Blockhead Charlie Brown"

This is the project I came up with for the GIBBS Round 3 Swap on the Cricut Messageboard.

I used the same color scheme for my partner, Jessilala, that I used for the boxes.

I did a whitewash on the blocks after I sanded them down.





I used my Cricut and Nursery Rhyme cartridge to cut the letters from plum cardstock. I then coated the blocks with Mod Podge and used glitter glue from Creative Imaginations to outline each side of the blocks.