Happy New Year and We Have A Winner.

Well I told you I would be adding more cut outs during the week. Thank You all for leavings comments this week and always. I love getting them and they do make me feel great so I just wanted to say thank you . I will try and do this more often. It is always fun to win stuff I think.

 So I added a fancy frame of two, a

 wonderful Snoman/Woman and a  Christmas ornament.

 And I just had to throw in these adorable Cats that I cut with a New Circut cartridge called Four legged Friends.

SO The Winner is     drumroll please...Jan Hunnicutt. Congratulations and if you e-mail me at memesackman@yahoo.com with your address I will get these cuties in the mail for you.
Have a wonderful evening and I hope you all come back tomorrow.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year and Happy Friday Freebie to all of you Bugaboo Fans. All of us over at Bugaboo have been chomping at the bit waiting for the New Dottie Images. Jodie keeps teasing us with little bits here and there and now the Day has come. Woo Hoo 30 min to go. So while I wait you should run over to the Challenge Blog and see all the great samples the Design Team has made up for you and then rush to the STORE and grab the Freebie for yourself. Of corse if you are reading this then the images are already up for you. Duh.

I made this card for my daughters Mother In Law Judy. On the inside the sentiment reads AGAIN! It is pretty cute and I know she will like it. Larry and Judy are about the only ones that get their cards every year on time because their Birthdays are in Janurary. My intentions are always so good to start the new year.  I will try to keep it up longer this year.

Speaking of Birthdays don't forget to come by On Janurary 15th to help us celebrate Bugaboos Birthday. 

Have a safe and Happy New Year.

A New Challenge At CHI CHI Memories

It is time for Challenge # 22 over at Chi Chi Memories. Here is the wonderful sketch this week by our wonderfu Natalie. I really hope you can join us this week. Run over to the Challenge Blog for more Details and to see what the Design Team members have to share with you. 

The Challenge runs through Janurary 12th to enter your creation. If you need a Chi Chi Memories Image to use you can find a Freebie in the shop Here.  We are also inviting everyone to join us at Paper Craft Planet. We have a group over there and we have big plans for the New Year.

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Here is the card I made with this weeks Sketch and the December Release for Chi Chi. You can find these HERE.

We are having a Blog Hop on Sat. January 1 to coincide with the New Release so please come and join us.

Have a great day everyone and I hope to see yo back here tomorrow and Saturday.

It is Tuesday New Release Day

Keep this on top! I wanted to say Thank You to everyone that stops by and visits my blog each week and leaves me all those wonderful comments. So for anyone that leaves a comment this week I am going to draw a name on next Friday, New Years Evening and send you this wonderful assortment of Winter embellishments that I have been cutting out with my Cricut and Some SVG Cut files from Lettering Delights. I will be adding more during the week. So check back and see how big the prize gets by next Friday. One comment is all you need though.
                                   
It is new Release tuesday over at  Bugaboo and look at this little cutie. I love doing winter projects just as much as Christmas because I get to use my favorite colors. You should head over to the Bugaboo Challenge Blog and see what all the Designers did to share with you today. So many cute projects.  And then run over to the Store to grab some of these cuties for yourself.

I used papers from DCWV Winter Stack. The sketch I used for this project is from Friday Sketchers. I will be entering this in the challenge for this week. They have great sketches.

    

Have a great day everyone.

New for Monday

Keep this on top! I  wanted to say Thank You to everyone that stops by and visits my blog each week and leaves me all those wonderful comments. So for anyone that leaves a comment this week I am going to draw a name on next Friday, New Years Evening and send you this wonderful assortment of Winter embellishments that I have been cutting out with my Cricut and Some SVG Cut files from Lettering Delights. I will be adding more during the week. So check back and see how big the prize gets by next Friday. One comment is all you need though.

 

I sat down last night and printed some photos from Christmas and then made a layout. Woo Hoo for me. I had been working on these cut outs using Basic Grey papers and SVG Files from Lettering Delights so the layout went together really quickly.

This is a photo of my granddaughters, Claudette and KayLynn, with my dog Pearl. You can barely see the dog because Kaylynn is lying on her. The red flourish at the top is done with Stickles.

Here is a close-up of the cut outs. I love doing these things. These files can be purchased seperately or as a bundle. There is one for the Santas 10 in all the trees again 10 and the snowflakes 10 also. I have gotten pretty good at breaking these apart and organizing the pieces on the cutting mat and then placing the different papers I want in those areas so I only have to make 1 cut.

The next project that I wanted to share today is an Organizer/calendar that I made. Each month will have a new file folder and then each year you just have to update the calendar. This is made from 2 file folders for the base. I then picked pattern paper that goes together and covered the parts of the folders that will show. Added a pocket and a calender, some ribbon and snowflakes and a cute little bird. I punched and reinforced two holes at the top so you can hang this by key ring loops on cup hooks. Are I clever or what?

I think you can see the three pockets better in this photo.

And here is a close up of the lower half.

Have a great day everyone

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Merry Christmas One and All! And of course Happy New Year! This card was sort of a hard one for me because I wanted it to have a clean elegant look and you know how carried away I get with layers of paper and embellishments. But I'm very pleased with the way it turned out. One can never go wrong with a Bugaboo Image and Scarlette is the ultimate party girl. 

It is Saturday and a Challenge Day over at the Bugaboo Challenge Blog so if you all got some nifty new supplies for Christmas put them to work and make a New Year Celebration Card and play with us this week. 

There is also a great sale going on in the Store right now through December 28th.  30% off your entire order at checkout. use the Coupon code 7534540V.

I also wanted to say Thank You to everyone that stops by and visits my blog each week and leaves me all those wonderful comments. So for anyone that leaves a comment this week I am going to draw a name on next Friday, New Years Evening and send you this wonderful assortment of Winter embellishments that I have been cutting out with my Cricut and Some SVG Cut files from Lettering Delights. I will be adding more during the week. So check back and see how big the prize gets by next Friday. One comment is all you need though.  

Have a Great Day and a Fantastic New Year!

Christmas Eve Greetings

I just want to wish everyone a Happy Christmas Eve and remind you the it is Friday Freebie over at Bugaboo!  Everyone is busy, busy, busy this time of year but never too busy for a Freebie. So head on over to the Bugaboo Challenge Blog and check out all the great cards that the Design team has for you and then run over to the store to grab your Freebie.

 Don't forget to come by tomorrow for a special Christmas Treat.

Have a great day everyone!

New Release Tuesday

If you haven't had the pleasure of meeting Jodies Bobbleheads before, this is a great opportunity to do so. Bugaboo has Halloween, Christmas, Thanksgiving,  and now these. Run over to the Challenge Blog and see what the Designers have to share with you today and then run on over to the Bugaboo Shop and pick up some for yourselves.

I used Basic Grey Oliver paper collection to make this card  and the sentiment and banana is from a clear stamp from the Dollar Bin somewhere. Cute Hu? It felt strange making a card that was not Christmas themed. Since there are only 4 days left until Christmas,  I guess that will be true until next fall. oh well maybe Christmas in July. I will have some great layout pages to share though. 

 

I wanted to share with you what I did Friday evening. I have been buying SVG files from various companys since I got my Cricut months ago. But I don't always remember what I have so I'm trying to figure out a system that will let me see what I have. These files are from Lettering Delights and they are called Alpine Snowflakes. I am so pleased to have found this site and I hope you will check them out. They have Clip Art  files, Fonts, Alaphabets, Graphics, All sorts of goodies and they are very simple to use.     

   Okay, so I opened each file, sized the snowflake to 2"high and then broke it apart and layed it out in a 3"X6" space and then cut it from 4 different types of paper. I did that with all 10 of them and then I used one of the outlines as a stencil and did this using my Distress Inks. The upside to all of that work is .....

A whole bunch of Snowflakes just ready to go on a page.  These still need centers , like rhinestones or buttons or stickles. How fun is this. Maybe I should do a little Blog Candy. Come back Christmas Day and I'll see what kind of treat I can share with you.

Have a great day everyone.

Saturday Challenge day at Bugaboo.

So the challenge this week at Bugaboo is Christmas Cookies, Candys or treats. Make a recipe card 6X6 of your favorite and decorate it up really cool and share it with us. The usual prizes apply, just head on over to the Challenge Blog for all the details. Also head over there to check to see what all the Design Team Members have to share with you.

I made one of these wonderful Cheesecakes for my party on Tuesday Evening and it was a huge success and it really was not hard to make.

This is what was left after Wednesday and my Mom and Husband had their piece. We all loved it.

Have a great weekend everyone. If you want the recipe let me know.

New Challenge At CHI CHI Memories

There is a new challenge over at Chi Chi Memories this week and I hope you all come on over and play along.  I used the new Winter Release set that you can find Here along with all kinds of other great Images.

 Can you believe it will be a New Year in just 2 weeks?

Here is the sketch for the next two weeks.

And this is the card that I made to share with you today. I just love those trees and the house and the snowman.  The frames are SVG files from Lettering Delights. How fun are these?

There is a Design Team call going on over at Chi Chi Memories and we would love to have you all apply.

Have a good day.

Friday Freebie

Scarlette is on a shopping spree. That's what I wish I were doing today but I think I will stay in because of this stupid cold. At least I have some great images from Bugaboo to play with. I'm not too sick to color. And you can have this little beauty too if you run over to the Bugaboo Store. Don't forget to check out all the other Scarlettes that Jodie has done for this week. Also stop by the Challenge Blog and see what all the Design Team has to share with you. Woo Hoo. 

I found these papers in my stash and I just love them. they are by Daisy Bucket. The present is Bo Bunny.

The sketch I used is from this weeks Sweet Sketch Wednesday. I will be entering this in that Challenge.
I hope you all have a great day everyone.

A Christmas Mini Album

On Tuesday evenings every other wee I teach a Techniques class at my house and every year we have a Christmas Party and bring a gift to share. $10. limit and wrap it up pretty. Well at the last minute I decided to make a Mini Album to give. That was Sunday after I got home from shopping. I am quite pleased with what I turned out.

     I used different chipboard pieces from various mini albums I have collected from dollar bins here and there and this giant acrylic Snowflake for the cover and then I cut a couple of acrylic pieces for the inside. I used mostly papers from Bo Bunny and tags and overlay pieces from K & Co.

So this is what the book looks like all together.

I took a few baubles and beads and ribbons to dress up the ring that holds it all together.

Here is a view of the cover. I used Alcohol Inks to color outer edges of the snowflake and a beautiful overlay for the Title.

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Inside front cover

Page One. These Papers are Beautiful. the frame is cut with a Cuttlebug Folder.

I used my new Tim Holtz Alterations Die for the Slide Strip and put a plain white paper behind so you can put little photos in there.

How fun is this shape? I love ornaments.

Another piece of Acrylic that I cut and then used Alcohol inks around the edges. I left openings in all the frames that I used so that whoever got this could put photos in.

the row of houses across the bottom is cut with another new Tim Holtz die.

A very big tag.

And some vintage postcard papers and frames.

A Christmas Tree to decorate.

And the backside as well.

I really like this page and.....

The Back Cover.

This is the Box that I put the gift in, All decorated with various pieces from my stash and a cardinal cut from a gift bag from the Dollar Store.

I even put a Key hole on the front flap.

Inside the box were a bunch of little goodies so that the recipient could add to the decorations on the pages.

Now I really have to make myself one of these. I hope this inspires You to do the same.

Have A Great Day Everyone!