Gift Box with SCAL

This box was cut using my cricut.  You could use any box from the Tags, Bags, Boxes, and More to make a similar box or package.

I punched a hole on two of the flaps to thread the ribbon through and then tied a bow. Looks fabulous!
The tag and the Ho Ho Ho was made using the Very Merry Tags cart that was one of the limited editions. It has some fabulous cuts on it.

I hope you enjoy this project even though it's past Christmas. It would work fabulously for a birthday gift or any theme that you wanted though so I decided to share it.

Have a blessed day

Tina

County Fair Layout

I am working through some old photos trying to get some albums done. My son started college and I'm not even close to having an album done for my kids. That means for a while that's what I'll be posting. I'm using my cricut a lot but I'm trying to also use up a lot of my older stash to make room for the new.

This layout is my kids with all their ribbons they won from the County Fair. I used the Mickey Font for the title and Locker Talk for the ribbon. I made the title in Design Studio so I could weld the letters together.

The red ric rac is from my stash as well as the blue plaid paper. I thought it was a perfect look for a fair layout.

I'm going to journal around the layout on the white paper. The bad thing about waiting so long to scrap photos is you don't remember a lot of the little details you would if it had happened more recently.

I used a sketch for this layout. One of the Disney groups I belong to is doing a 52 week sketch challenge this year and I'm hoping to complete it. I love to work with sketches because it keeps me out of the ruts I get myself into. There are some great sketches on the web if you do a search for them.

Have a blessed day

Tina

Blizzard Fun

Well it seems it's been one thing and then another to keep me away from my blog. I had surgery and couldn't go upstairs to my studio for several weeks and then my husband had surgery, then when it seemed all was quiet on the home front the heat quit working upstairs. It took several weeks to get it fixed and going. Thankfully it's warm and toasty now because we just got hit with our first blizzard! LOL We are buried in snow and the temperatures are not going anywhere. It's pretty for a short time but I am ready for it all to go away. My husband is in construction so it's really not great on business.

My daughter and hubby did have some fun in all of it and I'd thought I'd share some pics. We don't have any hills close to our house but lots of wide open fields and one fun dip in the road. Who needs hills when you've got a daddy with a 4wheeler. They had a blast, for a while anyways until it was too cold to stay out any longer.

P.S. This note has been ready to post since Christmas. My bad. I've needed to upload photos and just now got around to it. I promise I am getting back into my groove and will start regularly posting again.

Thanks for all your support

Tina

Frosty Kisses Treat Bags

My daughter and I put together some really quick and simple treat bags for her friends. The topper was a cut from Gypsy Wanderings that we folded over for our base. The Frosty Kisses title is from the Winter Woodland Cart and the penguin is from Joys of the Season. Instead of cutting the facial features out I drew the eyes, beak, and feet on and chalked the cheeks. I think they turned out adorable doing them this way. We added some snow glitter around his feet to give it that bling.

These turned out adorable and everyone loved them. They were super quick to put together! I hope you like them and leave me a comment to let me know what you think.

Happy Holidays

Tina

Best Wishes

Here's another simple card using the same ornament cut from JOTS. I used a clear embossing powder on this one and it caused it to darken for a nice effect. I stamped the sentiment and used the same clear embossing powder. I really like the raised shiny look that it gives this card.

Have a blessed day

Tina

Ornament Card

I have another simple Christmas card to share with you today.

The ornament was cut from the Joys of the Season cart. I then added some silver embossing powder to the snowflake in the center and the top. It really made it pop. The ribbon is sparkly and adds an elegant touch to this card. The photo really doesn't show how great this card looks.

Hope you enjoy and are coming along with your Christmas cards as well.

Tina

Let It Snow Card

I had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends and hope you all did too. I'm finally getting around better so I'm going to work on my Christmas cards. I'll be sure and post them for all of you doing the same.

This card was a lot of fun to make. I'm still exploring the Winter Woodland cart. There is so much on this cart! This is Snowflake cut2 on page 33. I inked the edges, added some stickles for bling, and used my white pen to add dots around the scalloped square. I used the Let it Snow stamp for the sentiment and then a snowflake stamp and versamark for some more bling. I embossed with some silver embossing powder.

Hope you enjoy and as always I love to hear your comments.

A Dream is a Wish.....

I finally finished my quote for the  wall with all my photos on it. I've had it cut out for ever but since it's my staircase wall I needed hubby to set up the scaffolding for me to reach it. 

I ended up cutting butterflies from the Hannah Montana cart to balance it out. This cart has a lot of great cuts on it. I absolutely love this wall in my room! I think it turned out fabulous.

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Let It Snow Card

I made this adorable card for the blog hop challenge at Peachykeenstamps.

The snowman is a stamp I had. I used red flocking for his hat and applied glitter to his body then added stickles for his buttons and nose. 

The background is the Cuttlebug snowflake embossing template. I rubbed blue ink onto it and then ran through the cuttlebug. I just love this effect!

I pop dotted him up to add dimension. The circle and scalloped circle were cut using Winter Woodland and my cricut.

The Let it snow is a $1 stamp from Michaels and the mittens are some buttons I cut the shank off of and glued on. I think they're the perfect touch.

I hope you enjoy and as always I love to hear your comments.

Have a blessed day

Tina