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Hi Crafters! Happy Super Bowl Sunday to you all! I am not a football fan, but my husband is...so I play along!

I decided this month to play along in the Cricut Circle Blog challenge....the challenge is to create a banner using 3 cuts from the Cricut! How easy is that! I love banners and needed one for Valentine's Day...so I jumped right in!

I had a lot of fun with this one! For the tag base, I am using a tag from the Sweethearts cartridge. I welded a corner flourish from the Sweetheart cartridge on to the tag base, and then cut the actual corner flourish from a lighter pink cardstock to layer ontop of the welded piece on the tag. I hope that makes sense, I guess you wouldn't have to do that step, but wanted to try it and it worked!

The scallop heart and the lighter pink heart layers, and the cupid were also cut using the Sweethearts cartridge. The letters were cut from Storybook cartridge. I added glitter to the letters and the heart and arrow on the cupid. The lock and key were also cut from the Sweethearts cartridge.And for my FAVORITE part of the banner! This beautiful paper rose! I made this rose using a flower cut from the Walk in My Garden cartridge and used the Tim Holtz grunge flower technique.

I cut the flower pieces out of parchment cardstock and then ink the edges with 3 different colors of ink.

These are very easy to make, and the whole time I was making them, I was singing the song from Marie Osmond "Paper Roses"!

Thanks for stopping by today, and I hope your team wins!!!!

Hugs,

CindyB

Quick Valentine's Day card

Hi Crafters! sorry, I don't have a video today..I have been out of town all week so I didn't have any time to put something together. But I do have a quick and simple Valentine's Day card!

This card was made using my gypsy and the Smiley Cards cartridge that you can receive FREE when you purchase a Gypsy! I haven't had a chance to play with this cartridge yet, but I did a little experimenting last night and came up with this simple, but cute card!

I did weld the heart onto the card base to create the card. I will upload the gypsy file a little later today, so those of you that would like to make this card will find it a lot easier to do.

Well, I'm off to creating today! I missed my craftroom this week, and I purchased a new toy from HSN last week. The Teresa Collins stampmaker...so I am going to play with it today. I will post the stamps I make...if they turn out!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,

CindyB

Episode 23 - Birthday Bash Birthday Banner

Hi Crafters! Oh, today I have a really fun project to share! This is a birthday banner I made using the Birthday Bash cartridge! This has really turned out to be such a fun cartridge!

For this banner, I am using a technique I discovered while watching Kathy over at Paper Phenomenon. She does some really great work! Hope you enjoy the video!





A few pictures of the finished project.

If you would like the gypsy file you can find it Here

Hope you enjoy!
Hugs,
CindyB

Card using the Imagine

Hi crafters, I wanted to share a card I just made....I have been watching HSN today and saw the Todays Value is the Anna Griffin card making kit. I really like the 3-d embellishments, but didn't see any reason to purchase them when I can make them with my Imagine!

Here is a quick card I made using the Lori's Garden cartridge. I cut the image and all the pieces then layered them. I like the way it looks, I am going to play around with this idea....I also printed the cardstock papers and cut to make a 5x7 card using the Lori's Garden cartridge.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

CindyB

Birthday Bash birthday layout

Hi Crafters! Today I have a page layout using the Birthday Bash cartridge. I have really enjoyed using this cartridge the past few weeks! It really does have a lot of cute images.

So, of course, after the party I will have to scrap the photos.....so I thought I would get a head start on it and created this 2 page layout.

All the little critters were cut at 3 inches. I didn't use my gypsy for this project, I just cut directly using the cartridge with the Cricut. I was even able to use the Birthday Bash cartridge to cut the large scallop in the center of the 2 page layout! I just did a "fit to page" on the scallop image on 43 under the Card/Tag feature.

Next week will finish up the month featuring Birthday Bash cartridge. I will announce the February cartridge next week.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Hugs,

CindyB

Episode 22 - Birthday Bash Bag Topper

Hi Crafters! Episode 22 in the Birthday Bash cartridge exploration for Janaury we are making a goodie bag topper for our birthday party! I love the fun images on this cartridge...it is so fun for a childs party!

I will be making around 22 of these little darlings for my grandson's party, so I better get busy!

Hope you enjoy the videos!







Here is the finished bag topper....




Thanks for stopping by today and I'll see you next week!
Hugs,
CindyB

Happy New Year! Episode 21 Birthday Bash Card

Hi Crafters! Happy New Year! I hope your 2011 is a great one!

For the month of January, I will be featuring the cartridge "Birthday Bash".

Today I am making a birthday card for my grandson, Coy, who will be turning 8 in February.

Each Saturday in January, I will feature a project or card from the "Birthday Bash" cartridge.

If you have a request for a particular cartridge to be featured for a month, please let me know and I will do my best to use it if I have the cartridge.

Hope you enjoy the video!



Here is the final card!




If you would like the gypsy file you can find it Here


Hope you enjoyed the video! See you all next week!
Hugs,
CindyB

Happy New Year! 2011 Video Series Announcement

Happy New Year my crafting friends! I have been thinking about what my video series should be for 2011. What I have decided is to feature one cartridge a month. I know many of you have many cartridges just like me and they never get used!

So, for this new year, I am going to pull out some of my older cartridges and some of the newer ones that I haven't used yet and create my projects from those.

For January I will be using "Birthday Bash". I have 2 grandsons with birthdays in February and I would like to get their cards and birthday layouts ready to go in advance...if you can image that! So I won't be so rushed when their actual birthday arrives....as you can see, one of my new years resolutions is to be PREPARED this year for any special event! We will see how it goes!

If any of you have any special requests for a cartridge, and I have it, I would be happy to feature it during a month. Please leave me a note and I will do my best to feature it for you. Also, if you have a special type of card or project you need help with, let me know and I will try to feature something during the month for you.

I want this blog to be a help to you creating your special gifts and cards for your loved ones...so lets work together and have a BLAST this year!

See you on January 1st with a card using Birthday Bash. By the way, the picture is of me and my Christmas present from my husband! Isn't she cute! Her name is Sugar.

I hope you and your loved ones have a safe and Happy New Year!
Hugs,
CindyB

Merry Christmas!

I hope you and your family enjoy this holiday!

Hugs,
CindyB

My Annual Christmas Cookie Exchange Party

Hi Crafters! Last night, I hosted my annual Christmas Cookie Exchange party! We had a super time! Everyone brought an appetizers and we all exchanged cookies! Here are a few pictures from the event...

This is our group picture, I am on the far left.

This is a picture of the table with all the cookies! Wow! They look yummy!

Here is the Italian Cream Cake I made for dessert!
Each year I make something for everyone to take home, this year I made 2 items. This is a cupcake baked in a mason jar, topped with chocolate filling and white icing. I decorated the jars using PTI stamps and cut the scallop and circle using my Cricut.



The 2nd gift I made is a set of gift tags in a small gift box. The tags were cut with my Cricut and decorated with PTI stamps. The gift box was also cut with the Cricut and decorated with PTI stamps.

I hope you enjoyed a few of my photos from a really fun event!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!
CindyB