December 16th!

Happy Anniversary to us!

Flowers and card from Hubby!

Outside of card to hubby

Inside of card from TBWITWWU
The Best Wife In The Whole Wide Universe  (lol)

It's Christmas Time!

Hello There!

Do you know what time it is?  It's CHRISTmas time!  This is a time to reflect and give thanks for all that we have and to do good for others!  I hope your holiday season is abundantly filled with all of the love, peace and hope you can stand!

As for me, I was "hoping" to make personalized Christmas cards for everyone, BUT, what do they say about good intentions and poor execution?  Time just got away from me.

I'm stopping by today to share a few of my crafty creations with you.  Please let me know what you think!

Retro Holiday card featuring Tim Holtz products and Stickles

Retro card featuring Tim Holtz Distressing Inks, Lottery Ticket, some ribbon and an Angel stamp

Friday Night Challenge from the SOC board - had to include a Woman, an embellishment and printed paper.  Also had to include the words SOC on it.  SOC are ribbon sliders.

Lately, I've been into retro looking cards - this card has alot of elements and took awhile to make because they were mass produced for a swap on the Cricut board, but overall I'm happy as to how it turned out.  The tree is from Lyrical Letters.

This is a quick and simple tag but I'm happy as to how it came out.  My challenge to myself is to use more printed papers. The tag is cut from Tags Bags Boxes and More.  The Stencil is from a company called The Stencil Collection.  I used their chalks as well.  The gems are something I had on hand to give it a little extra bling!

All About Kids Swap

Recently participated in a Swap over at Split Coast Stampers MB.  This is a 2-page 12x12 layout that is to be a boy (or kid) theme.  It features Cricut cuts from Plantin Schoolbook for the letters, Mickey and Friends for the tree, B is for Boy for the Car and Every Day Paper Dolls for the tree.  I also used chalk on the road and the clouds. 

Birthday Card

I had to challenge myself to use some of my Cricut cuts that I've been holding onto.
This card features a Cricut Cut that says "Birthday Blessings" from the George & Basic Shapes cartridge.
I used Stickles to add the bling factor.  The background is lightly embossed with a CB folder.  I added glittery starts and a party hat to make things festive. 

This really isn't one of my favorite or my best cards.  I think my creative mojo was on low the day I made it.  The picture didn't turn out so well.  I'm hoping Santa brings me a new point & click camera for Chrismas. 

Tag from Scraps of Color - Friday Night Challenge

There is a challenge every Friday over at Scraps of Color.  I really didn't play in this week's challenges, just cheered from the sidelines.  Then, I decided I wanted to play.  The Challenge was to create a tag, use red ribbon, a part of a paper bag, 2 flowers and 2 bling as well as a stamped birthday sentiment.  First of all, I'm really not into stamping and from the stamps I did have, none of them were a birthday stamp.  ::shaking head::: so I improvised, like any good scrapbooker would!  :)  My stamp says "Bee Happy".

October MAW & Queen gifts - Cricut Chatter Group

I am a member of the Cricut Chatter over on Yahoo Groups.  This is a great collection of craft folks that are super nice!  Each month we gift each other with "Make A Wish" items and even pick Queen for a month where everyone sends that Queen a gift.  It's lots of fun. 



The theme of this MAW was Thanks / Fall.  I had great fun in creating different things to send to my swap partners.  This month, I am sending a MAW to someone, a Queen gift and a RAK to a very deserving person.  Pictures of the 3 gifts are below.  I'm not going to identify which gift goes to the Queen, the MAW or the RAK.  They will just have to be surprised once they receive them.



Included in the packages are stamps, brads, stickers, ribbon and Cricut cuts.  I hope they like them!

Halloween Swap - not scary, just fun!

Hello Everyone!
Boy, where does time go?  I didn't tend to neglect my Blog to this extent. lol


I've been busy lately participating in card swaps on the Cricut.com site and individual swaps within the different groups I belong to.


A Cricut.com friend and I did a personal swap and the items I sent her were all Halloween related.  I used the October 31st cartridge and Stretch Your Imagination on the cuts I sent to her.  I don't think I remembered to take pictures of all the cuts from October 31st but the rest are here including a Halloween card and tag I made.  I think they turned out to be super cute!  I hope you like them as well!

Tag Swap

One of my very first swaps on the Cricut MS was the tag swap.  My subject was "baby boy."  I honestly don't remember what I used to create the tags - sorry!

Cards - Card Mania (Card Swap)

Hello, by now, you know I like to participate in swaps.  These are mostly over on the Cricut MB's.  I LOVE to see other people's creations and really get inspired by the work of others.  I think my cards are basic, but classy.  I'd be interested in hearing your feedback on these.

The card swap had different categories which included Thank you, Open Sentiment (see my "Hello" card), New Baby, Birthday, Get Well, and Congratulations.  All of the cards are A2 size.  Say waht?!?!  What is "A2 size"?  lol  That means the card is 5.5 x 4.25 inches.  Simply split a piece of 8.5 x 11.5 inch paper in half and VOILA!  You had the foundation for two cards.

Hello Card -
This was made for the open sentiment portion of the Card Swap.  When I begin making this card, I wanted to challenge myself to use a bold printed paper.  Also, I was thinking of my Mother who very much like butterflies.  The weekend I designed this card, I had just attended a crafting fair with one of my friends who is a fellow scrapbooker and we both purchased the Cuttlebug combo package with the butterfly theme.  I also used Lyrical Letters Cricut cartridge to cut the sentiment and the large white butterfly.

Welcome Baby Cards
These were created using the CuttleBug, and Stretch Your Imagination Cricut Cartridge.  The stroller was pop dotted so it is above the card.  Ribbon was added to the boy card.  These are simple, but I think elegant.

Congratulations Card -
Paper from a paper stack colletion, circle cut with George & Basic Shapes Cricut cartridge and inked, sentiment cut with CuttleBug folder

Birthday card -
Happy Birthday Stencil from CuttleBug, Circles cut with George Cricut cartridge and inked, Jolee's sticker, ribbon from my stash

Thanks card -
Another simply elegant card.  Created using George & Basic shapes for the red oval and I believe for the studded oval.  Thanks was embossed using the Sizzix embossing folder.  There is an embossed sentiment inside the card as well.  Ribbon was from my stash.



Thinking of You Cards
Paper from DCWV's Luxury Stack, brown ribbon and Cricut Cut.  I used this card for a sympathy swap but it really could be used for any occasion when reaching out to a friend!



Card - Music Notes

This card was inspired by a combination of wanting to create something "musical" and using my supplies on hand as well as scraplifting. I hope you like!

I used the Allegro CuttleBug Folder, Core'dinations paper from their Vintage Collection, the squares were cut from the George & Basic shapes Cricut cartridge (you can't go wrong with George!), the edges of the squares were ink for a bit of dimension, the heart and music note were both cut from the Designer's Calendar cartidge, and the ribbon plus the brad were in my stash of things.

For the current card swap, we are to make 5 of each card.  I'm note sure whether or not I'll enter this one into the card swap.

Card Swap - Hello Cards (Revised)

After toying around with these cards, I thought they did need a little something extra.  But what?  Hmmmm...
Then on my craft table I came across these butterflies from K&Company that I had used on the "Thanks" tags.  The butterflies added just the right bit of pizzazz to the card to dress it up some more.  These combined with the Prima flowers makes me one happy scrapper!  :-)

TFL,

Ms. Scrappy

Card Swap - Hello Cards

In my mind's eye, these cards were to be "Thank you" cards but I found I didn't have what I wanted to pull it off so the cards transformed into "Hello" cards.  I used my Cuttlebug, Cricut and Prima Flowers with jeweled brads for the center.  The paper is from My Mind's Eye.  It is not showing up that well on the photos but the card is embossed with the Cuttlebug "You" folder.

The cards are still a work in progress.  As of last night, I wasn't sure if I was too keen on them, but this morning, I do like them!  lol  I'm trying to decide if I should embellish the front more and whether or not to leave the inside blank.  What do you think?

TFL,

Ms. Scrappy To You!

Happy Birthday Box! Altered Priority Mail Box

A very good friend recently celebrated her 50th birthday!  This was a huge milestone in so many ways.  My friend is very crafty and just recently got into scrapbooking.  I couldn't have been more excited!  I wanted to do something "over-the-top" that was scrapbooking related.


I decorated a Priority Mail Box from the U.S. Postal Service by covering it with flowers cut by my Expression.  I put Modge Podge all over the flower layers to create a glimmery effect.


I filled the box with an assortment of scrapbooking items including 3 Cricut cartridges.  My friend was so excited to see the box and was making over the decorations.  She cried as she poured through all of its contents.


I like providing nice surprises to people!


Thanks for looking!
Ms. Scrappy To You!

Altered Priority Mail Box
Cricut cuts:  Mostly Accent Essentials Flowers

Tag Swap

I just recently started to participate in swaps over on the Cricut boards. They are lots of fun. The challenge for me is to try new ideas I've learned along the way. This if the first ever Tag Swap that I completed where the tag was purchased and I had to decorate it.

I used the medium white tags by Paper Reflections. We were required to decorate just one side according to a theme. The themes I partcipated in were "Thank you", "Autumn Blessings", "Christmas" and "Birthday".

I inked all of my cards using a variety of basic ink products. I also began playing with Alcohol Inks by Ranger and their Perfect Pearls to create my own Glimmer Mist. (A lesson I learned on You Tube.)
All of my cuts were done on my Cricut Expression, which was a gift from my Hubby a few years ago. (He's the best!)

I'm new to the blogging space but have checked out many other people's wonderful blogs. In my blog, I will attempt to list all of the products I used in my Crafty Creations. This is definitely a work in process!

Thanks so much for stopping by to check out my new blog space! Stay tuned. . more to come!

Peace and Blessings,
Ms. Scrappy To You!

Tag Swap - Happy Birthday
Party Hats:  Jolee's (I believe)
Chalk colors on candles:  The Stencil Company
Highlight on flames:  Glazed Dimensions by The Stencil Company
"Happy Birthday" - Create a Critter cartridge outlined with Cricut marker
Tag: Paper Reflections (medium)
Ink:  variety of ink utilized, including distressing ink by Tim Holtz

Tag Swap - Christmas
Holiday Stickers:  Jolee's
Ink: Tim Holtz distress ink
Tree:  Cricut Cut
Glitter on Tree:  Stickles
Noel:  Pearl Lustre embossing powder

Tag Swap - Thank you
Small Flowers:  Flora Doodles
Large Flowers:  K & Company
Butterfly:  K & Company
"Thanks" - Mini Monograms cartridge
Tag:  Paper Reflections (medium)
(Technically, these aren't a part of the current tag swap)

Tag Swap - Autumn Blessings
"Thanks" - George and Basic Shapes Cartridge
Frame:  Stretch Your Imagination
Inks:  4 different inks used including TIm Holtz' distressing ink
Glitter on frame:  Stickles
Glitter of Leaves:  Glitter glue
Glimmer mist used on tag:  Homemade combination of Alcohol Inks and Perfect Pearls
Fabric Leave:  maker unknown