Oh.... Christmas Tree.... Oh....

Hello and Happy Thursday Everyone!

I'm soooo glad we are coming to the end

of the week! My Seven year old can't wait

any longer for Halloween! It needs to hurry up!

I told him I would say that... even though I

can't do anything about it! LOL

He's dressing up as Darth Vader...

Even though he has NEVER EVER seen a Star Wars Movie...

?? I was like are you sure and he said YES! It looks cool MOM!

What do you say to something like that? I will tell ya this...

His costume is big enough, that I should get 2 years out of it!

We shall see what happens in a year, but I'm pretty sure if the costume

still fits he WILL Wear it again! :o)

Today I have a simple card....

Nothing super fancy or anything

just simple and easy to put together....

This should help those of you, who like to

make quick and easy Christmas cards! :o)

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This card was made using the Christmas Cards Cartridge...

The MAIN reason I bought this cartridge was for this

Image... WHY??? I don't know... I was just drawn to it! :o)

Sooo as you can tell I just took pieces from the

Cartridge to make my card! I LOVE doing that! :o)

I Cut the Tree & Top Note @ 4 1/2"

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Here is a side view to show that I Popped the Tree up...

Card Stock, Ribbon - Stampin' Up

Designer Paper - Imaginisce

Gem Star - KI Memories

So as you can see this came together pretty quickly....

I used my Design Studio to hide all the features that

I did not want to cut out... :o) It's a perfect card

for Mass Producing when you just need to get your

Christmas Cards made! Well that's it for me this week...

Miislucky should be by tomorrow with something...

If not... well you know I'll be here then! LOL

I want to wish you all a HAPPY and SAFE HALLOWEEN!

For you and your Families!

I'll be back on Monday! November 1st!

With a Thanksgiving Card...

Enjoy the rest of your DAY!

Theresa

Season of Thanks!

Hello and Happy Wednesday everyone!

Today's card is designed just for the

Cricut Cardz Challenge this week!

You are to make a Card for Thanksgiving

using the Card Feature from any Cartridge

you'd like, and using any colors you'd like!

Well it's not my week for the Design team but

I still wanted to play along.... Sooo here is my

card for this weeks Challenge! :o)

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I actually got the card feature off of the

Thanksgiving Cartridge! :o) It shows it as a Place card,

 But I used my Design Studio

and made it the regular A2 Size card!

Then I cut the overlay out as well...

I cut off (1) of the flourishes because I just didn't like it!

The Turkey was cut at 2 1/2" and I cut a second

turkey leg for added pop! :o)

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As you can see... I actually did the inside

of my card too! Shocker!!! I KNOW right! :o)

Just to let you all know.... I like to do the insides of my cards,

but only for family and friends.... If someone wants to purchase

one of my cards I do not do the inside...

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Here is the side view to show the Turkey Leg

Popped up... YUMMY! LOL

Card stock, Designer Paper, Ink, Stamps - Stampin' Up

Leaf Punch - McGill

Well.... That's my card for today!

Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek!

Head on over to http://www.cricutcardzchallenge.blogspot.com/

and play along! :o)

Enjoy the rest of your day!!!!

Theresa

My Very First Easel Card!!!

Hello and Happy Tuesday Everyone!

I'm sooo excited about today's card!

It is the very first time I made an Easel

card and I don't know why I haven't made

one of these babies sooner! It was pretty

simple to make... I just had to figure out

what kind of paper I would like to use...

After that... it pretty much came together!

Well here is my first of many Easel Cards! :o)

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Isn't he the CUTEST Snowman EVER???

Ok.... Well that went a little tooo far! :o)

He is cute but I can't say the cutest! 

Frosty and I are buddies sooo I can't say

one snowman is better than the other.... That's

like playing favorites! Tehehehehehe

Any who....

Card Stock, Stamp, Ink - Stampin' Up

Designer Paper - New 2010 DCWV Christmas Stack (LOVE THEM)

White Glitter Card stock - (Snowman) DCWV

Cartridges - Christmas Cards (Square Green Scallop)

was cut @ 4 1/8"

Snow Friends - (Snowman) Cut @ 3 1/2"

Stickles - Orange, Black

Signo Gel Pen

Decorative Label Punch - (SU)

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Sooo, here is the side view of the card....

I decided to add white card stock so I can

add a little extra note for the holidays...

This is a 4 1/4" Easel Card and I

added some extra Dimension to the boots...

and added a little extra to the Bird as well....

The Designer Paper From DCWV has Glitter in it,

but I don't know if you can tell or not from the photo's....

I LOVE this new Paper From DCWV...

Did I already say that? :o)

 That's it for me today!

Thanks for looking and have an

AWESOME DAY! :o)

Theresa

My First Christmas Card!!!

Hello and Happy Monday Everyone!

I hope you all had a great weekend!

I was actually able to get a couple of

cards done over the weekend! YAHOO!!!

So today I will show you my First

Christmas Card of the Season!!!

I have been itching to do a Christmas

card for weeks and after some careful

planning I finally did it! :o) So here is

the first of many (I hope)! :o)

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Card Stock, Ink - (SU)

Designer Paper - (DCWV) 2010 Christmas Stack

Glitter Card stock - (DCWV) Peace and snow pieces

Cartridge - Christmas Cards Cut@ 5 1/2"

Stickles - Xmas Red, Black

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Here is a side view of the extra layers I added

on to my bird card... I just POPPED up the wing

and the berries.... I LOVE this new

cartridge because I don't have to use the

card feature if I don't want to and I can mix

and match everything! Great CARTRIDGE!!

Well that's it for today... I'll be back tomorrow

with my very First EASEL CARD!!!!

Yes! I Finally made one and now I must

make more!!!!! Enjoy the rest of your day!!!

Theresa

First time using Vinyl.....

Hello and Happy Friday Everyone!

Miislucky told me to post today....

But she should be posting something

for ya tomorrow... she's ssslllooowwwwly

recovering... So you're stuck with me today!

Last nights card swap was fun and I'm so

glad we started it back up! We have 16 ladies

in our swap and I knew a couple of them, but

met some nice new people... And I was RIGHT!!!

NONE of them knew how to make a JOY FOLD CARD!

Well except for my Mom... But that's cuz I already

told her about it a long time ago! tehehehe

They were happy to make it and they all liked my card...

That was nice! Soooo next month we'll be making

Christmas Cards... Can you imagine... I will have 16 different

Christmas Cards and I only had to make 1 of the designs (16x's)...

Now I like that type of swap! :o) Maybe next month

I will post the cards that I got so you all can

see how crafty these ladies are.... I'll let ya know! :o)

Any way.... One of the things I tried to do last weekend

was try and cut vinyl... Key word (TRY) LOL

Soooo, I'm not proud of what I made.... But I made it

and so I'm gonna show it to you.... Please don't laugh...

Well... It's Ok to laugh cuz I know I did! LOL

I used Fake Pumpkins... I got them at Michael's

when I went down to Grand Junction, CO. a month ago...

And my plan was to decorate them with Vinyl...

I purchased some Black Shimmer Vinyl

that I thought would look COOL on the pumpkins...

But come to find out it was harder than I thought...

I actually cut out a Mummy from "Pumpkin Carving"

But I had a heck of a time trying to put it on the pumpkin...

Then I got frustrated and then I said

the heck with this.... LOL

So I used a different Cartridge.... Now, I Can't

remember which one it was ... and just made faces

for my SAD Pumpkins! :o)

 I believe this one is the Frankin' Stein one....

It kind a looks like me when I had trouble putting

on the vinyl! Teheheheheh :o)

Ok..... and this one just didn't really fit

the shape of this particular pumpkin....

Sooo after trying a few things I added a nose... LOL

The nose is from Frankin' Stein....

Any who.... That was another project I tried to complete

last weekend... and I need to work on my VINYL SKILLS!

It was my first try and I promise I will work

on more Vinyl and strive to get better at it! :o)

Soooo glad it's the weekend.... :o) I'll be back

next week to show you some things I've made...

Enjoy the weekend and look for Miislucky's post

tomorrow!  HAVE A GREAT DAY! :o)

Theresa

Card Swap Tonight!

Hello and Happy Thursday Everyone!!!

Today I'm really excited... A friend of mine

and I have finally gotten together to start

up a Card Swap! We haven't done one in about

2 yrs... maybe a little longer than that... We've

talked about it a bunch of times and now the day

has finally come! Tonight a 7pm we will have our

first card Swap... Since she and I are hosting

it we will be bringing the first cards for

everyone to make... I found out last night that

there are 14 of us... How great is that! She called

to tell me to make more cards and I laughed and

said I already made 15 cards soooo I'm covered!!!

She couldn't believe that I was sooo prepared...

But if anyone knows me... Well I'm always PREPARED!

I'm a little toooo prepared as some might say

but prepared none the less! :o)

It really doesn't bother me that I'm WAYYY

to organized... I just like it and it works for me! :o)

Anywho... I'm gonna show you the simple

card we will be making tonight....

MOM if you are reading this STOP!!!!

You will need to wait til tonight!!!! OK

THANKS ~ HUGS

Ok... Back to the card... teheheheh

These are ALL the packs that I prepared for tonight's Swap....

Yup... We are doing a Halloween Card! :o)

YUP... It's a JOY FOLD! :o)

I don't think a lot of the ladies in town

have made one of these yet... Sooo

I thought tonight would be there lucky night! LOL

Everything is Stampin' Up

In fact... I used My Digital Studio Software

from SU to make the Background paper

and the Crow and the Happy Halloween w/ Spiders....

It was fairly quick once I decided on what to do...

I just printed it out on White CS and Cut it...

The Stripe Background paper was color printed on

white CS as well.... I didn't have enough Designer paper

to make that many cards soooo I just used what I had on my Software

and printed enough out on 12 x 12 paper... :o)

It works for me! Tehehehehe

Anyway... That's it for me...

I'm hoping Miislucky will be here with something

tomorrow for you.... If not... well

you know I will!!! LOL

Enjoy the rest of your WEEK!!!

Theresa

Cricut Cardz Challenge!

Hello and Happy Wednesday Everyone!

Guess what today is??? It's Time for

Design Team #2 (That's ME) To show you

our Challenge for this week! :o)

Today over at http://www.cricutcardzchallenge.blogspot.com/

We are to make a card for

Breast Cancer Awareness Month!

We can use any cartridge we like and

any color as well.... Since October is

Breast Cancer Awareness month it's

only fitting to make a card for it!

Soooo Here is my card! :o)

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Card Stock, Designer Paper (SU)

 PINK Glitter CS (DCWV)

Bling - I-Rock (Imaginisce)

Punch - Double Scallop (Martha Stewart)

Cartridges - Stand & Salute (Pink Ribbon) Cut @ 3 1/4"

George & Basic Shapes - (Circle) Cut @ 3"

Give a Hoot - (Hope) Cut @ 1 1/4"

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Here is a side view to show the Dimensionals

that I used to POP up the word "HOPE"

and the (RIBBON), This is a 4 3/4" Square Card...

I really like how this turned out and I've never

made this type of card before so it was a

really nice challenge for me to try something

out of my normal comfort zone! So now it

is time for all of you to head on over to 

http://www.cricutcardzchallenge.blogspot.com/ 

and make a Card for

Breast Cancer Awareness Month...

And I will stop by your blogs to say HI!

Have an AWESOME DAY!

Theresa

Sour Cream Containers!!!!

Hello and Happy Tuesday Everyone!

Today I'm gonna show you one of

the things I did this past weekend...

Halloween is coming up and I always

make something for my sons classroom...

Well after much debate I decided to

make Sour Cream Containers! Now,

I have never ever made these before

and I have NOOOOO idea why I

haven't made them sooner! :o)

I went over to Okie's blog:

http://okieladybugsscrapnmore.blogspot.com/search/label/Video%20Tutorial%20-%20Sour%20Cream%20container#axzz12lVIiV4L

And if you click on the link... It should take you

straight to her video on how simple and easy

these are to make.... :o)

Anyway.... here are the ones I made.... :o)

(Click on Photo to Enlarge)

I used 12 x 12 DCWV Halloween paper (Assorted)

and cut them out at 4" x 5 1/4"

You get 6 out of 1 sheet of 12 x 12 paper...

Then used My ATG Gun and put them through

the crimper....

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I used a SU Circle & Scallop Punch....

The Sentiment is also from SU....

Added a brad to keep it in place....

I made a bunch of these and the first

batch I made I used thicker Card stock

and they kept opening sooo

I had to re-do them with thinner paper...

Just an FYI on that! :o)

I filled them all up with YUMMY

M&M's candy.... I'm sure his

class will love that!

Thanks OKIE for the Video... It

was sooooo HELPFUL! :o)

I'll be back tomorrow with

a Card I did for the Cricut Cardz Challenge!

Have a GREAT DAY!!!!

Theresa

Happy Spider.....

Hello and Happy Monday everyone!

I hope you all had a great weekend!

I was able to get some things done...

Sooo that's always a good thing and

I'll post those things this week for ya!

With Halloween just a week & a half

 away I thought I would post another

Halloween card for ya.... :o)

(Click on photo to Enlarge)

Card Stock & Ink (SU)

Designer Paper - Basic Grey

Cartridges - Paper Doll Dress up (Spider)

cut @ 6 1/2" (2x's)

George & Basic Shapes (Circles)

Cut @ 1 3/8, 1 1/2, 1 5/8

using Design Studio

Sentiment - Computer Generated

Peachy Keen Monster Mash Face (1" stamp)

Well that's it for today... I'll be back

tomorrow to show you one of the

things I made over the weekend!

Enjoy the rest of your DAY!!!

Theresa

Batty....

Hello and Happy Friday all!

Yes I'm back and still busy... Geez....

I did get my new window in yesterday!

So YEAAA for me! LOL I can certainly

tell the difference from the old window

and the new one..... This one is wayyy better

than that 60yr. old window! :o) It was

actually warm in my room and boy did

that put a BIG smile on my face! Now hubby

won't hear me complaining about how

COLD it is in there..... :o)

My sister Miislucky is still not feeling well....

So she asked me to post something for today....

She does have something done that she

decorated.... So I told her to just throw the

pictures up and I will post it for her on

Saturday.... So let's hope I get those pictures!

Anyway here is another quickie card...

My head is spinning with ideas but haven't

had time to do them... I'm still pulling for

this weekend and hopefully I can get them

posted by Monday! :o) Anyway on with the card!

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Card Stock - Stampin' Up

Designer Paper - Echo Park

Drippy Goo Punch - Martha Stewart

(Scary) was cut @ 1 1/4"

(Large Bat) is cut @ 1" (2x's)

(Small Bats) were done in my Design Studio

they were cut @ 2.582x.98

I don't remember which cartridge I got

them from... SOOOO SORRY!

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Here is the side view showing

the extra layers popping up...

Well that's it for me today

I hope you all have a GREAT DAY!

Theresa

Haunted House....

Hello and Happy Thursday!

I'm sooo glad the week is winding down...

I've had a very busy week trying to

get things done around here.... Today

My Scrap room window will be getting replaced...

It wasn't on their truck last week when

they put in the others.... :o)

It will be nice not to be FREEZING in

my room! :o) Or at least that's my hope!

Anyway... Here's another semi quick card!

It's also for the Challenge over at BBTB2.... 

You were to make a Haunted house.... :o)

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Card stock, Ink, Punches, Stamp (SU)

Designer Paper - MME

Cartridge - Paper Dolls cut @ 3 7/8"

using my Design Studio

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Here is the side view for ya...

I added Dimensionals to make the

Haunted House POP! I also inked

it in white for a shadowy effect!

Well that's it for me.... I'm hoping

Miislucky is feeling better this week...

She's been ill for a few weeks now...

So hopefully you'll see something

from her this weekend....

Enjoy the rest of your week! :o)

Theresa

Hippo Birthday!

Hello and Happy Wednesday Everyone!

Yesterday was busy and today

it's about the same... Soooo

I have another quick card for ya...

Tomorrow will be just as busy...

So hopefully by Friday it will

SLLLLOOOWWW down for me

to get some more cards made! :o)

Anyway here's my card it's
also for the http://www.cricutcardzchallenge.blogspot.com/
You are to make any card you want!
Those are the BEST kinds of Challenges!

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Card stock, Ink (SU)

Designer Paper - Summer Dream (DCWV)

Cartridge - Create a Critter cut @ 3"

Bling - Kaiser Craft

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Here is a side view, showing the extra

layers that I cut out and popped up.

Anyway have an AWESOME DAY!

Theresa

Crabby Birthday!

Hello and Happy Tuesday Everyone!

This is going to be a quick and simple

post today! I've got lots to do around

here and A HUGE list to start

checking things off ! :o)

I made this for the

My Pink Stamper Challenge...

So here's my card! :o)

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Card stock, Ink, Stamp (SU)

Designer Paper - A walk in the park (Echo Park)

Cartridge - Create a Critter cut @ 2 3/4"

(Click on Photo to Enlarge)

Here is the side view.... Showing the

added layers to Mr. Crab! :o)

Everything came together really

quick and easy.... I love the bright colors

of the Echo Park Line! :o)

I'll be back tomorrow with another card!

Have an AWESOME Day! :o)

Theresa

Tweet Tweet LOVE!!!

Hello and Happy Monday Everyone!

I hope your week is off to a great start!

Saturday my Hubby and I celebrated

our 18th Wedding Anniversary.... I sooo

wanted to go to The PC Circle Swarm

they were having here in Utah 

but knew it was not the right time

for me to attend... Sooo

We went out of town for the day and

had a wonderful dinner and went shopping

together.... I know some of you may relate

to an outing like that... :o) It was what we

like to do and enjoyed it.... Now let's hope the next

18yrs. will be just as good as the last 18!

Sooo Of course you all know I made him

an Anniversary card.... and since he has

seen it now I will post it for all of you

to see! I hope you like it! :o)

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Card stock, Ink, Stamp, Ribbon, Punch (SU)

Designer Paper - Addison (K&Co)

Cartridges - Wedding (Stamp Scallop Border)

Cut @ 3" Shadow & Reg. Feature

Sweethearts - (Birds) Cut @ 3 1/2" using

all the features....

Bling - (Eyes) Kaiser Craft

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Here is a side view to show

the added dimensions on a couple

of the items... (Leaves, Wings, Nest, Hat, Heart)

This card is a 4 3/4" Square card...

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The Heart on the inside was cut @ 2"

using Designer's Calender... I used

the Shadow Feature and 2 hearts...

The word LOVE is a Rub On...

The inside saying is from my Hallmark

Program and the Blue Heart

is Clip Art I added to it...

Well that's my Anniversary card.... :o)

Thanks for letting me share it!

Have a great day and I'll be back

tomorrow with somethin'!

Theresa

Windows and a Poodle...

Hello and Happy Thursday everyone!

I had such a busy day yesterday...

I had to run some errands and I had brand

new Windows installed in my house!

That's my favorite part! :o) The house I live in

was built in 1950 and when I came here to

Utah and saw this house it was Summer and

soooo pretty outside that I never thought

twice about looking at the windows.... Well

we moved into this house on Dec. 1st 2005...

Which was a very cold day and I hadn't noticed

much because I was moving in... then we had snow...

and then it got colder and colder over the past 5 yrs. of living

here that.... FINALLY I noticed the TERRIBLE windows

we had! Sooo we finally had them replace yesterday and

they are BEAUTIFUL and they should help to keep

my house warm this winter! It only took me 5 yrs. to

do this! But it's certainly going to be worth it this yr.

And the best part is that I can actually OPEN the windows

without my hands getting chopped off due to the

windows not being able to stay open on their own! LOL

I'm soooo happy it's done!

Enough about my Windows, here is today's card! :o)

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Card Stock, Ink, Stamp, Ribbon (SU)

Designer Paper - DCWV Spring Stack (Last years)

Apron Lace Border Punch - Fiskar

Stickles - Fruit Punch

Cartridge - Create a Critter (Poodle) Cut @3 1/4"

Lacy Labels (Scallop Oval) I used DS - Size is 2 1/4" x 1 1/2"

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The Sentiment is from the "Well Scripted" SU Stamp set

(Click on Photo to Enlarge)

Here you can see the added layers and

some of the inking... The Poodle is

just too cute! I hope you all like it!

Thanks for taking a peek,

let me know what ya think!

Miislucky should be feeling better

tomorrow so you should see something from her!

Enjoy the rest of your week! :o)

Theresa