Bildmalarna Cafe Mimosa

I couldn't wait to color up my first Bildmalarna. A group of us ladies on the cricut message boards do a magnolia Stamp Buy & Swap and it was suggested to do the same with the Bildmalarna stamps. I couldn't resist.

She's Cafe Mimosa and I made her up for a birthday card for my mother's 70'th birthday. She loves to quilt and sew so I chose some Cosmo Cricket paper with stitching and some lace that she had given me. I think it turned out perfect for her.

 Here's a close up of the image. I aded stickles to her bow and buttons and her whipped topping. The flowers were a gift from one of the ladies that participates in my image swaps. I added stickles to the outer petals for some extra bling.

I hope you enjoy and let me know what you think of my first Bildmalarna.
I've entered this cutie in the Bildmalarna Blog Pink Challenge
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Tina

Cute as a Button

The cricut circle blog is having a challenge called Cute as a Button and as soon as I saw it I knew what I wanted to do. This will be the last page in my sons baby album. I only have two more pages to do and it will be finished!! Yippeeeee!!

The challenge was to use buttons, at least two cricut cuts, and a stamp. I stamped the balloons and then cut them out. I tied embroidery floss around them for the string and a bow finished them off. Cute in the title, the dog in his adorable hat and the pinwheel all came from Create a Critter. The rest of the title is cut from Cursive 101.

I hope you enjoy the layout as much as I do. I think it's too stinkin cute!! LOL
I have several more pages done that I'll be uploading in the next few days.
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Tina

Baby Album Continues

I've finally got going on my son's long overdue baby album again. I swore I would have it done by the end of summer but didn't make it. Then I said by his 20th birthday which was Oct 4. Hump, I'm determined to finish it before the end of the year though! LOL Seriously!!

This is month 6 and his Easter pics. I used some embellishments I had in my stash such as the ribbon title, rub on, and the duck stickers.

This page I used A Child's Year to cut out the toy ball and stars. I inked everything and added some pearl bling for dimension.

Sorry about the photos. I used my daughters camera because I wanted to get them posted. It usually does a fair job but the pictures look a little grainy and miscolored this time.

I hope you enjoy following me on my journey and quest to finish this album. I'd love to hear your comments or even just a note of encouragement to keep going. LOL
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Tina

Wicked Tilda

I made very special cards for my kids birthday cards this year. They have been wanting to see the Broadway Show Wicked and we surprised them with tickets! I couldn't resist using my Tilda's as Glenda and Elphaba.

I used Spellcaster Tilda as Glenda for the front of my card. I colored her with my copics and blinged her up with a glitter pen and rhinestones. The edge was punched with an EK Success border punch that I received from one of my awesome swap friends.

Here's a close up of Miss Glenda the Good Witch.

 On the inside I used Witch Tilda as Elphaba the Wicked Witch of the West. I used a papertrey ink stamp for the sentiment using versamark and then used green embossing powder.  The Wicked was cut with my cricut and Storybook.

And here's a close up of Elphaba. I was a little afraid to try and make her flesh green but I think it turned out fabulous! I hope you enjoy my little spurt of creativity with my Tilda's. My kids were definitely surprised and we're all excited to see the play next month.

I'm entering this in the Just Magnolia challenge which is Anything Goes.
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Tina

French Manor Bonjour Canvas

I'm really enjoying French Manor, the first cricut circle cart that was released. My daughter is redoing her room in a Paris motif so this cart is perfect for the projects we have planned for her room. I thought I'd share an altered canvas we did recently.

We started with a 12x12 prepped canvas and covered it with some scrapbook paper and modge podge. All of the cuts are from the French Manor cart and we blinged it up with pearls, rhinestones and my newest tool the I-Rock.

 And let me tell you it ROCKS!! I love it. The jewels will not budge once they're set. It will set of fabric, paper, etc. I have been told any heat set jewels will work with it but I've only used the I-Rock jewels so far.

Some of the cuts I just wrapped out the canvas for added dimension.

I hope you enjoyed our little project for today and if you did please leave a comment. I'll be posting more pics of my daughters room and things we create soon.
Hugz
Tina

Join me in the Cricut Circle

The circle is opening again for a limited time but by referral only. I would love to have you join us. If you have ever given any thought to joining the Cricut Circle NOW is the time. After September 13th the circle enrollment will be closed again.

I have been so pleased with the Cricut Circle 

I won a Cricut Expression for my church's school. That alone made it worth every penny for me. There are many events planned for members in local areas including swarms, meet and greets, and just plain old fun. Several were fortunate enough to attend CHA and receive various prizes, one being the IMAGINE. There are definitely great perks available!

Check here for more details. The yearly membership is definitely the way to go. For $274.99 you receive all I mentioned above. An exclusive cartridge quarterly. These are full sized cartridges not available anywhere else. The first is French Manor which is awesome. They've give us a sneak peak of an image for the next one but I can't share. You'll have to join to see. A great message board, with fun activities going on all of the time. Including contests and giveaways!  You will receive Cricut Reward points for the membership fee price. You earn double points for all your cricut.com purchases plus you receive 10% off those same purchases. It's a win win.

If you'd like to join remember it's only open until Sept 13th and by referral only. Leave me a note or email me for an invite. I'd love to have you in the circle with me.

4 & 5 Months; Baby Album

I did single layouts for months 4 & 5. I must have been busy chasing him and not enough time to snap photos. LOL  

The 4 and star negative are more chipboard pieces as well as the bracket. I used rubons for the pride & Joy and 5 months.

Cricut cuts from:
Graphically Speaking - rolodex card for journaling.

3 Months; Baby Album

I have used lots of sketches to make this album go together quickly as well. I keep a binder full of sketches to refer to when I need a little inspiration. I sorted all my photos and pick the ones I want to use then look through my sketches then it's just a matter of picking papers. Since I'm using a line from My Minds Eye the work of matching papers is done for me. I just pull out two or three for the layout I'm working on and wam bam it's done! Great way to get caught up quickly.

I used a couple more of the metal charms and ribbon to tie these pages together.

Cricut cuts from:
Plantin Schoolbook - Scalloped Border
Graphically Speaking - Buttons, 3 and circle border

Month 2; Baby Album

This set of pages I had a hard time keeping with my paper theme since it was Baby's 1st Christmas. Everything in me wanted to break away and pull out Christmas papers but I'm glad I didn't. I used another journaling stamp from Michael's $1 spot. The star is the negative chipboard from the star on the first page and the two is a chipboard piece from my stash as well. Everything is else is my cricut. I love my cricut. It has made this album such a cinch to pull together and such fun! I added a lil metal rocking horse charm and some ABC block buttons to the layouts along with more ribbon.

Cricut cuts from:
Pooh Font - Baby's 1st Christmas
Graphically Speaking - notepad journaling and circle behind the two

1 Month; Baby Album Continues

I'm thoroughly enjoying looking through all the old baby photos. I just don't know where the time has gone.

Baby Boy is buttons from Hobby Lobby.

The pearl accents is from Viva Decor Pearl Pen. This is the first time I've used them and I'm really liking this new product. The look just like pearl accents but a lot more economical and they stay put.

Cricut cuts from:
Graphically Speaking - 01, circle border, Shhh, and Notepad