Cricut Cartridge Review Series #3 Sesame Street and Friends

2 quick cards

Here are two cards that I made using my A Child's Year and Design Studio. Both cards, together, took about 1/2 hour to make, start to finish. I used the rectangle from George and Basic Shapes to create a connecting piece between the two welded shapes. I did this for both cards, as you can see below.

Cricut Cartridge Review Series #2 New Arrival

Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge #22

It's Leprechaun time!! Cricut's Paper Doll Dress Up has the cutest leprechaun with a shamrock cut! I had to use it for this card for the Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge #22. I found this little scrap of leprechaun pp by Provo Craft. I've had it for years and it sparked my interest to make this card. Then I knew the little "winking" face from PK Everyday Face Stamps would be perfect!!

Cricut Cartridge Review Series #1 A Child's Year

I'm really excited today because here is my first video for my Cricut Cartridge Review Series. My plan is to review all of my Cricut cartridges and any new ones I may get along the way. The twist is that my reviews will cover all the the function buttons on each cartridge. I love watching cartridge review videos but I have yet to see one that actually shows you cuts of each function button. So, I thought that would make a great series!!
Hope you like the video and if you have any questions, comments or requests leave me a message or send me an email!!

thanks so much,

Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge #21

I loved this challenge!! Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge #21 was to create a project in any format! So, I choose a scrapbook page...of course. My vintage item was the photo of my mom, a torn page from an old book that I bought at a book barn and some old buttons I found in a bag of buttons at an old estate sale. My stamped item are the stamped snowflakes that I also glittered with stickles. They are Peachy Keen Large Snowflakes and faces. I love these stamps they are super versatile and Ive used them in so many different ways!! This time I stamped the bottom layer in pink and purple and the top layer in silver. Oh also, the corrugated piece of cardboard to the right of my photo is the inside of a light bulb container. I almost threw it away then I thought, oh, this would look cool with stickles on it for a page...
Hope you like!!

A few layouts from the past month

Card Patterns Sketch #47

I book marked this cool card challenge blog last month. I thought I'd give their latest challenge a go. So here it is Card Patterns Sketch #47.
The pp's are Sassafrass Lass. I cut the tree with my cricut using zooballoo four times and layered it to give some dimension. The owls are from the coordinating set from Sassafrass.

Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge #20

Here is the first Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge of 2010. WoW, I can't believe I'm typing 2010!!
Ok, on to challenge #20.
The challenge was to create a purse or bag. I found the pattern for mine at Mel Stampz. She has a ton of awesome patterns!
I adhered my patterned paper to a piece of white cardstock. Then I cut the pattern out. This piece of patterned paper "Let it Snow" made by Over the Moon Press (E. K. Success) and has a title border running across the bottom. This border made a wonderful handle for my purse.
I stamped a border of snowflakes using Peachy Keen Large Snowflakes and Snow faces. Then I cut the border out with my craft knife, glittered it and adhered it to the front and sides of my purse. Next I stitched all around the edges of the purse with my Sulky Blendable thread!! I used straight stitch and zig zag. Next, I put my purse together using adhesives and attached the handle with adhesives and brads.
I cut the snowman from my Cricut Doodlecharms cartridge using my Design Studio to leave the face blank so I could stamp it. I stamped the face with the snowman from my Peachy Keen Stamps Christmas Character Face Assortment. I stamped the skarf for my snowman using Peachy Keen Stamps Snowman Doll Set and colored it in with my brand new Dove Blender Pen. I've never used one before but I've been wanting to try. I have to say, I love the blender pen! So easy to use!
I attached the little snowman and another snowflake that I stamped and cut out to the front of the purse and added lots of glitter!!
Hope you like it!!

Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge #19

Time for my favorite blog challenge!! The last Peachy Keen challenge of 2009.

My parents wedding anniversary was Saturday. They are coming for New Years tomorrow, I wanted to make them a special card. I love the sketch for challenge 19 and this was the idea I came up with.

I cut the snowflakes on my cricut in black out. They are from Joys of the Season. I stamped the snowflakes using Peachy Keen Large Snowflakes and Snow Faces (PK-232) on the blue bottom layer of the back snowflakes. Then on the white top layer I stamped the sweet penguins from Peachy Keen Penguin Doll Set (PK-318).

Assembling a Disney Character

Disney Album

Here is a slide show of the pages of the Disney Albums that I made for my nephew and niece. This is my nephew's album.