Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Simply Charmed


I had to break in my newest cartridge and the next holiday seems to be Valentine's Day although it seems rather wrong to be making Valentine's while the Christmas tree is still up!
Patterned paper is a little 8.5x8.5 pad from K and Company called Sleepy Tree Seasonal paper pad and is perfect w/ this cartridge as the artwork is splattered with lil smiling faces!
I also used lacy labels to make the scalloped square mat and Martha Stewart lacy edge punch.

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Imagine a shirt!


I used my Cricut Imagine to jazz up this long sleeved pink tee shirt.
The image is printed and cut with My Cricut Imagine from the Lori's Garden Cartridge. It is done on an iron on transfer sheet intended for printing from the computer. My husband picked them up for me @ Wally World and are made by Hirschberg Schultz & Co.
I would recommend slowwing the cut speed down on the Imagine as mine didn't cut quite completely on medium.But it was easy enought to snip the few uncut bits with a small pair of scissors.
I added rhinestone embellishments- initially using my i-rock which I ultimately just threw away (my second one!) and got a Tulip heat setter instead which worked a million times better!

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Holiday Gift Box


I made this box using a chip board ProvoCraft box(not sure if they make them anymore?), Basic Grey papers, and Cricut Winter Woodland-I cut snowflakes #1 and 4 and layered them on top and then blinged them up a bit.
I finished the edges of the box with Adirondak paint daubers and sponged gold Kaiser Craft paint around the side.

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

2 more holiday cards




I confess to having hoards of Basic Grey papers and the Christmas patterns are no exception being snapped up a year later at discounted price when the new holiday patterns come out- these are Figgy Pudding and Wassail.
I used the Cricut Christmas cards seasonal cart for the cuts -except for the Santa is actually one of the gnomes off of Freshly Picked.
CuttleBug folders used liberally as well.

Monday, December 13, 2010

Cups of Cheer



I made these w/ the Cricut Winter Frolic cartridge. They are going to hold Starbucks gift cards.
PP- MME, DCWV

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Ta da-1st card of Christmas


I had so much fun making these. I used a Cuttlebug folder for the embossed background,Cricut Imagine More for the element with the sheet music, Cricut Winter Woodland for the pointsettia, stamped the pointsettia with SU!Fine Flourish, Martha Stewart punches- snow flakes and branches.

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Some ATC Schtuff


Yikes- I have not done an ATC in prolly over a year.
One of my old school chums that I found again on Face Book is also a stamper so what better motivation to make one again.
I got this Tim Holtz stamp @ Crop Girls in Peoria ,AZ last month. I heat embossed it w/ Ultra Fine black EP. I really like how my sky turned out- it is just Color Box Petal Point pigment inks rubbed over the image direct to paper and then blended with a tissue rubbed over the top. I dabbed some gold acrylic paint around the edges and added an ancient Making Memoreis foreign coin brad.