Provo Craft & Cricut released a new machine

www.cuttlebugchallenge.blogspot.com is having a GREAT GREAT GREAT giveaway.....there is nothing better that a tall glass of milk and a....... Cricut Cake ;0).

That machine is amazing, the intricate cuts and designs that come on the special Cake cartridges are just beautiful. The best part is that your Cricut expressions and create cartridges are compatible with the Cake. My daughter and son's birthdays are not going to be the same ever again. Invites, place cards, thank you cards and NOW THE CAKE all can coordinate. I am hoping and praying that I can win this awesome machine. I have 2 big parties to plan. My daughter is turning 5 feb 22 and my son will be 1 on feb 20 of next year, what a party thats going to be. WooooHoooo!!!!!!

Stop by the blog and check some of the cool things on there.

Snowed In and to tired to Craft....

I should have taken advantage of this day and locked myself in my crafting corner and made some cards and scrap booking pages, but I have been blessed with another baby. I am currently 36 weeks along and I find myself exhausted all the time. I hope that all you other crafters that were stuck at home took advantage and crafted to your heart's desire.

~Be Creative

Here are some pictures of our Winter Wonderland....The snow has been coming down since 5pm Tuesday night.....we are expecting totals of 18(+) inches.

More Custom Work

Valentine's Day Card I made for DH using my cuttlebug and the lyrics to my favorite song.


A baby shower candle Centerpiece: themed Strawberry ShortCake


Our very Simple 2009 Christmas card


11X14 Frame customize to fit 8x10 Wedding photo with name and date included.

Paper Cake: Dora the Explorer

Baby Shower Invites

Yankees Themed

Blue & Brown baby

Blue & Brown Criss Cross Invite

Valentine's Day Mailboxes

Simple Baby Shower Invite

I tried to put together a quick baby shower invitation on short notice. We did not want to stick with the traditional light blue and new pairing color-brown. We chose to go with the favorite color of the daddy to be, which happens to be silver, white, black and red.

First I cut red card stock at 4x9 1/2

Then I measured 1 1/4 from the top and scored it

Here's a picture of the invite scored and folded down

Next I took 2 of my Fiskars punches and punched a decorative border on the flap, then glued the actual invite with the information with my ATG gun. White card stock measures 4x8

I always like to add a little flare to everything, so with a Studio G 1.00 stamp set a bought at JoAnn's I stamped this cute little guy on the corner of all the envelopes that were being mailed.....but something was missing

The haappy couple are expecting a boy so I colored his little diaper blue and added some glitter to the rattle.

I really liked how these invites came out, I only worked on them for a maximum of 3 days.

Thanks for Looking and as always remember

~Be Creative

Trying my luck for a free Cricut cartridge.

Provo Craft has finally reach their 100th cartridge, Winter Woodland. Now the company want to give away 100 cartridges over the next 5 weeks. In order to enter the raffle for a free cartridge, a link to the cricut product page has to be posted on my blog.

So here is the link to the Provo Craft product page, click on the link and check out all the wonderful cartridges Provo Craft and Cricut have to offer, plus the other many wonderful items.
http://www.cricut.com/shopping/ProductDetails.aspx?id=361&s=1&sc=2

Wish me luck.....I hope I win a free cartridge.

Be Creative

OMG 1000.00 from Custom Craft.....Crossing my fingers.

I have just discovered that The Cuttlebug Spot is having a contest - "The Journey to 1,000"! They are trying to reach 1,000 followers by the end of July and need your help. To enter all you have to do is go to their site, sign up as follower and complete a few easy steps and you could win a $1,000 gift certificate to Custom Crops (www.CustomCrops.com)! GO NOW and check it out at www.TheCuttlebugSpot.com

Thanks to Mary G. for the inspiration

Must be something about those name frames

I am so grateful for those people who entrust me to make then a creative masterpiece. Here is my latest name frame. I like to keep my creations very clean and simple. I like each piece to show a little something about the recipient.

Here are the ingredients I used to make the name frame:
Pink card Stock
Grey Card Stock
MM Cricut cartridge for the font
Indie Art Cricut cartridge for the lips
Paisley cuttlebug folder
Black frame from Michael's


I had to go out and purchase a sheet of 18X24 sized paper because a regular 12X12 would have left me with a crease showing. I wanted a smooth clean background. I cut the letters @ 2 1/4 and the shadow @ 2 1/2. I dont remember what size the lips are cut but there were too cute.

The finish product:


The recipient of the frame loved it. When the customer is happy I'm happy. =0)