My New Blue Cricut Expression!

I just love it. Here is a quick video with a little surprise at the end.

Just leave a comment on this post and you can be a winner!

Winner will be announced on Friday, Nov 13th. Don't forget to leave a way for me to contact you.

I ordered my new E. from Hallmark Scrapbook.com. Jody rocks! There is a link to Hallmark on my sidebar.

Thanks All,

Gypsy Spot Challenge Week 2

Happy Monday,

Today's Gypsy Spot Challenge is to create something welded with 2 different cartridges.

I used my Gypsy to weld together a scallop frame Accent Essentials and a cupcake from the Celebrations cartridge. I used Bazzill Cardstock for the base of the card and My Minds Eye (29th Street Market collection) pattern paper for the frame. I added some Paper Trey Ink satin ribbon on the side of the card and then some twine to the side of the frame. The pink "Sprinkes" are Liquid Pearls (Petal Pink). I also used the opposite side of the pattern paper for the base of the cupcake and some Very Vanilla Stampin' Up! cardstock for the top.

Be sure to stop over at the Gypsy Spot to see more designs by some very talented designers.

Christmas with the Cricut-Gift Item

I know I've said this already, but this week just flew by.

I want to thank Joy, Melanie and Tammy for inviting me to be a part of Christmas with the Cricut. I had a lot a fun and really enjoyed making these Christmas projects and reading all of your comments. Thanks to all of you for stopping by and following along this week. It's been a joy.

I also want to send big hugs, to my sweet dear friend Teri. I've always admired your work and it was an honor to share the same week of CWTC with you. You are a true friend!

Now for today's final project: Today is Crafty Gift day. If you remember back a few days ago when I posted my gift packaging project, well I made this to go inside my package.

My gift item is a glass ornament that I etched with the Armor etching cream. I cut a snowflake on Cricut vinyl from Winter Woodland, and etched my ornament. I then added a little gem to the center to give it a little something extra. I also cut a tag from Storybook and stamped a little holiday sentiment. The ornament fits nicely into my gift box.

For somemore inspiration on gift items head on over to Teri's blog and check out her project for today. And of course you need to go to CWTC to comment and be entered to win one of the many generous giveaways.

Thanks again and I'm so glad you stopped by.

Email Problems

Hi All,

I'm having email issues. I'm not sure what is going on, but I'm only getting a few emails here and there. So if you've tried to email me over the past few days and I have not responded it's only because I'm not getting them:(

Here is my new email creationswithchristina@yahoo.com

Thanks everyone

Christmas with the Cricut-Fancy Card

Well it's Fancy Card Friday over at Christmas with the Cricut.

Today's card features UTEE (Ultra Thick Emobssing Enamel). I'm a little addicted to it. I just love that glass look that is gives.



Here is the info on today's card.
The card measures 3 x6. I wanted to do something a little different since I always make standard size cards. This was a nice change. The bottom pattern paper layer measures 2 3/4 x 5 3/4. The next layer is 2 1/5 x 5 1/2 followed by a smaller layer of pattern paper measuring at 2 1/4 x 5 1/4. I cut my Sleigh from Winter Woodland and then used UTEE to add the nice glass look to the sligh and the holy. I finished off my card with some green satin ribbon from Paper Trey Ink.
Head on over to Teri's blog to check her amazing card. She totally ROCKED this card.

Christmas with the Cricut-Layout

I can't believe it's Thursday already! Wow this week has gone by fast for my guest design spot over at Christmas with the Cricut.

Today we're doing a layout. This is great, I have a head start on my layout for this coming Christmas. OK OK...I must confess, I'm many many many years behind on Christmas layouts.

I'm an 8in x 8in scrapbooker:0) I find myself overwhelmed with 12x12 pages and can never decide what to addd to my pages. So I started scraping 8x8 and found that is really my perfect scrap page size.

Today's project features the Winter Woodland Cricut cartridge. I cut the snowman at 4 in.'s and "Frosty" at 2in.'s. Head on over to Teri's blog to check out her take on today's layout!

Supplies: Winter Woodland Cricut Cartridge, Pattern Paper by Basic Grey (Figgy Pudding); Cardstock: White, Scarlet Jewel, and Ocean Tide by Paper Trey Ink; Ribbon: Ocean Tide by Paper Trey Ink. Fiskars punch.

Thanks for stopping by and check back tomorrow for my fancy card project.

Christmas with the Cricut-Gift Package

Today is Gift Package day for Christmas with the Cricut. I really love this cute box and wanted to show you how I made it, but when I went to Michaels and AcMoore they didn't have anymore paper mache boxes on the shelves:( So I decided to make a video of a smaller version of today's project.

Enjoy!

Supplies: Cricut Cartridges: Winter Woodland and Storybook, pattern paper, poinsettia flower, brad, satin ribbon, and a whole lotta love.

Now head on over to Teri's blog and check out her project for today. Teri is so awesome and talented, we have become such good friends. Thanks T, you are a sweetheart!

Christmas with the Cricut~Home Decor

Today is Home Decor with Christmas with the Cricut.

Like I said yesterday, Christmas is my all time favorite holiday:)

I had so much fun making this advent calendar. I remember as a kid getting so excited about Christmas, and fighting with my brother and sister on who's turn it was to open the little doors on our advent calendar.

Memories.........

There was so much I wanted to show you with this project, that I had to make a video.

Thanks for watching!

Head on over to Teri's blog to see what she's done for home decor. She is amazing!

Supplies: Cricut Cartridge (Winter woodland, Storybook) pattern paper (Paper Loft); chipboard (DCWV); brads, button, and grommets (misc), Top Note Die (SU), Binder Rings (Staples), UTEE, ribbons and thread, Clasp (Tim Holtz), and Cardstock (SU and Bazzill)

CWTC-Simple Card Monday

Happy Monday,

I'm so excited to be a Guest Designer this week for Christmas with the Cricut. When I got the email from Joy, Melanie and Tammy I almost jumped out of my seat.

My favorite holiday is Christmas. I love the whole season! Spending time with the family, decorating shopping, wrapping presents, eating, eating some more, baking cookies, eating the cookies. Did I mention shopping?

We were asked to use two Cricut cartridges for our projects this week. Winter Woodland and Storybook. I love both of these cartridges!

So without further ado.....It's SIMPLE CARD MONDAY

Here is my card....

and of course a video too:

Supplies: Paper Trey Ink Scarlet Jewel and Dark Chocolate cardstock , Basic Grey Pattern Paper (Figgy Pudding), Making Memories Ribbon, and Winter Woodland Cricut Cartridge

And now head on over to my dear friend Teri's blog to see what she has done for Christmas with the Cricut.

Gypsy Spot Challenge

This week kicks off the Gypsy Spot site and I'm so excited to be a designer.

The challenge this week was to create something using Gypsy Wanderings, Gyspy Fonts or both. So I went with Wanderings. I love this cute little butterfly. I used black cardstock for the base of the card and the pattern paper is by Basic Grey (ambrosia). This pattern paper is totally not my norm but I love how it came out. The butterfly was cut at 2 in. and Thanks is cut at 1.25 in. I used the blackout feature on both cuts. The black stitched ribbon is from a Making Memories ribbon set and I pulled out my nestabilities labels (set 3) and ran the black cardstock and pattern paper through my Big Shot.

Hope you enjoy and don't forget to check out the other designers over at the Gypsy Spot.