Melt Down Page

Hello everyone,

I would love to share my latest page with you. I have not been doing any pages for awhile and I have 100 pictures printed on my desk to crop. I also wanted to participate in the challenge at Celebrate the Occasion so I combined the two. Their theme is Any Occasion must use polkadots.

The pictures are of my daughter, I was just trying to get a cute picture of her with her cute clips but I guess I took a few too many pictures, she got totally fed up with me. I also followed a sketch from my Page Maps 2 book.

I am also trying to do more journalling in my own handwriting on my pages. I really prefer printing my journalling blocks because I think it looks so much neater.

What was used:
Basic Grey Olivia Paper
Basic Grey Basic White Paper
Basic Grey Urban Couture Letter Stickers
EK Success Fastenator
Ribbon from my stash
Page Maps 2

Happy Scrapping!
Judy

My New Machine

Hello Again,

I wanted to share my latest Cricut buy with you all. I wondered into Michael's on Black Friday to find three E2 Anniversary Edition. I didn't even think they were available anymore. Well I bought one and gave it a nice home.

  Notice: my Gypsy is matching the Anniversary Edition

Unfortunately, I have to send it back because its not working properly. It has been cutting my intricate pieces and not working like my other Cricut machines work and not speaking nicely to my Gypsy too!

Cut with                               Cut with E2 

                                         Original Expression    

Cut with                                    Cut with E2 

                                     Original Expression      

I do have to say that I LOVE LOVE the gals who work for the Cricut Service department! The Cricut customer service is really wonderful and helpful!

So I have to send my green Anniversary edition back, but I the get the regular grey E2 back. Of course there is the problem of access to my extra two carts that the Anniversary Edition comes with that I won't have access to on the new machine. I was assured that there will be an update to Craftroom so that I will be able to access them, but I would really like to  access all four carts on my Gypsy because I do all my designing on it and not sure how much I will like using Craftroom. The Gypsy is just so much more portable that a laptop and I do use multiple carts on a lot of my projects and would love to incorporate them too.

I will keep you updated and share pictures of my new E2 when it arrives. I wish I didn't have to deal with this problem, but at least I know the Cricut customer service is really helpful.


The carts used for the cuts above are:
Nursery Rhymes, MS Elegant Cakes Art, Calligraphy Collection,

Happy Scrapping
Judy

Truck and iPhone Birthday Card

Hello everyone,

Happy New Year! I have neglected my blog for a few weeks but now I am back with a new project. I must say I miss my DT positions as it meant that I would always have a project up on my blog. I am gonna try to load a project or two every week.

This week I am taking part in Celebrate the Occasion's weekly challenge. Their theme is Child's Birthday and I came up with a cute card for a boy. I bought the Boys Will Be Boys cart and I really wanted to use a cut from it. After assembling the card I noticed I missed inking my blue strip of paper, maybe on the next on I will remember.

I am entering it into these challenges:

Celebrate the Occasion Challenge 45: Child's Birthday

Made Especially For You: Machine Embossing

What was used:

Cricut Boys Will Be Boys 

Cuttlebug Polka Dots Embossing Folder

The Paper Company Transportation Stamp Set

Michael's $1 bin stamp set

Cardstocks: Recollections and We R Memory Keepers

Me & My Big Ideas Baby Boy paper stack

Uni-ball Signo white pen

American Craft Stamp Marker black

inks

The second card I want to share with you,  is one I did for my husband's birthday. Today is his birthday and I made this super simple card for him. He loves his iPhone! Isn't that sentiment just perfect for an iPhone lover! Here is the link for the card I made him last year: CLICK HERE.

What was used:

Martha Stewart Circle Cutter

Pictures downloaded from the web

Recollections Cardstock

Patterned paper was free with one of my Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you will keep on coming back. I will have some wonderful news to share with you soon.

All the best for this coming year!

Happy Scrappin'

Judy

Celebrate the Occasion # 44: Christmas Shape Card

Hello everyone,

I would first like to wish everyone Happy Holidays and a prosperous New Year. This past year has been very good for my crafting. I served on a few DTs and shared a lot with you all. Thanks to all my followers new and old. Thanks for all the wonderful comments that you leave for me they are always inspiring. The last couple of months have been quite hectic for my and my family but I am slowly getting back into the swing of things so I promise to share more with you soon.

Let get onto this weeks Challenge from Celebrate the Occasion. We are still in a Christmas mood and we would love to see some cute Shape Cards. I thought I would made a snowman shaped card for the Challenge. I found two cute little guys and I couldn't decide between them. They are both cute, let me know what you think.

 

Side by side for comparison

What was used:
Cricut Hello Kitty Greetings
Cricut Winter Frolic
Cricut Gypsy
Heidi Grace Designs HG EG Jolly Cardstock
Cardstock: Recollections, We R Memory Keepers, DCWV Glitter, American Crafts Foil
Inks and Bling from stash
Background paper from DCWV The Homemade Christmas Stack

This project is also my last post as part of the DT for Celebrate the Occasion. I have served with them for a whole year and had a blast! We had a DT call which closes today so I hope you got your entries in. The new DT will be revealed on December 27. Good luck to everyone who submitted.

Happy Holidays and Happy Scrapping!
Judy

Celebrate the Occasion # 42: Christmas and DT Call

Hello everyone,

Its another week of Challenges at CTO and we a Christmas Challenge for you. Make any project with a Christmas theme but NO GREEN allowed!

Before I go into the challenge I must let you know that time is almost up for the old design team and we are looking for new gals and lads to join the new team starting on January 3rd, 2012. We would love for you to submit your projects so please visit Celebrate the Occasion and find out all the details on how to become a DT member.

For my project this week I made a hot chocolate holder and card set. This is a perfect little gift for the holidays for your kids classmates or a small token for your office buddies.

 

 

 

I am also entering my project into these other Challenges:
My Sheri Crafts Challenge: Decorate for Christmas
Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #89: Present Time

What was used:
Cricut Winter Frolic
Sizzix Dots Embossing Folder in my Cuttlebug
My Pink Stamper Winter Punnies Stamp Set
The Paper Company Studio Christmas Phrases
DCWV The Winter Wonder Stack
DCWV Cardstock
Chalk Inks
Stickles

Land O Lakes Cocoa Classics (my favorite!)

Please stop by at CTO this week see the other projects the DT have made and show us what you have created with our Challenge.

Happy Scrapping!
Judy

Celebrate The Occasion #40: Thanksgiving

Hello Everyone,

There is a new challenge over at Celebrate the Occasion. This week our Challenge is to make something for Thanksgiving, but you must use buttons. My family and I are not big turkey lovers so I usually make a chicken for our Thanksgiving dinner so I thought I would 'make' a turkey for this card so at least there will be one turkey done in my house this year.

What was used:
Cricut Create A Critter
DCWV The Ultimate Stack
Cardstock: DCWV and  Recollection
Buttons from my stash
Ribbon from my stash
Stickles
Chalk Ink

I hope you will stop by to see what the DT have created to inspire you and be sure to link up your projects so we can see your creations too.

Happy Scrapping!
Judy

Celebrate The Occasion Challenge #38: Veteran's Day

Hello everyone,

Its time for another challenge over at Celebrate the Occasion. Our theme this week is Veteran's Day.

I have often shared that I have three sisters who are serving in the British Army and have had their share of serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. They were the inspiration for this card which I have made to celebrate all the women serving in the armies around the world.

This does not mean I do not salute all the men, brothers, husbands, fathers serving in the military, because I also have a brother in the military too.

I love the words on this stamp I think it was so appropriate for this card.

What was used:
Cricut Stand and Salute
The Paper Company Studio 'You Go Girl' Stamp Set
Cardstock: Recollections & Bazzil
Recollections Pink Camo (Green Camo in the background)
Ink

Help us show support to the vets. To all vets and families of vets THANKS for your service.

Happy Scrapping!
Judy