Even More Cards

A few more cards to share with you! Silver one is a DCWV card with a Christmas Cheer ornament cut. The branch is made with the Martha Stewart branch punch. The triangle trees were my attempt to scraplift one I saw on the cricut mb, but mine does not look near as sute as the one I saw. The soft coloured snow flake card has snowflake charms attached to the front with brads. The Noel one is a DCWV card with a Christmas Cheer tree cut with some bling!

More Cards

Few more of the cards I have been working on! The gingerbread men were made using a Sizzix die I purchased at a garage sale. I added some bling with a glitter writer and some stickles. The background is DCWV. Christmas Blessing is a Stampin' up stamp that I embossed in silver. Again the background is DCWV. Happy Holidays is a plastic embellishment I purchased last year. I made the tree using silver sticker sheets and the martha stewart branch punch. Added some stickles for the star and the trunk. The card is a DCWV.

Christmas Cards

Well I have started on my Christmas cards - will post over the next few days! I have used DCWV cards for the base. Some of the cards are pretty simple, but all were fun to make. The Christmas trees are little die cuts that came with the bling on them. The snowmen are part of hte card. The snowflakes are from SYI, backed with metalic and a little stickles and the snow at the bottom is a snowflake glitter glue from my stash.
The holly is from Christmas Cheer, with some stickles and skittles. The stamp is a clear Studio G.

CanSkate

Jesse is taking skating lessons. His little helper today was great. She rarely held his hand and he did all the moves on his own - touching the ice, marching and even jumping! It was great to see him with a smile on his face! Last year there were often tears!

Advanced Yellow

Will Tested for his advanced yellow belt at karate today! I was very impressed at how much he has improved! This photo was taken during the testing. Now at class he sports a yellow and black belt!

Santa Pants and Instructions

This was a fun project! Someone on the Cricut message board posted a cute little treat box. I decided I needed to try and make one! I only made one, but plan on making more! These are so simple, you start with a 6 x 6 piece of red cardstock.

Step 1: Score 6 x 6 piece of cardstock at 2" and 4".
Step 2: Rotate carstock 90 degrees and repeat step 1. You now have 9 sections on the square.
Step 3: Cut along the score lines from the bottom of the square to the first cross score line. You will have 2 cuts to make.
Step 4: Rotate cardstock 180 degrees so the cut side is now at the top. Repeat step 3.
Step 5: Bend the sides up and the two ends in on each side. the end pieces on one side and the end pieces from the other side overlap and should be glued together. I use my ATG gun, but you can use any stong adhesive.
Step 6: Bend up your top and bottom piece and glue to the side end pieces. You now have a cute little open top box.
Step 7: Cut 2 pieces of black cardstock 1/2" x 8 1/2". This will be for the straps.
Step 8: Glue both black pieces to the inside front of the box, on on each side of the front of the box at the bottom. Bend the cardstock over, crossing at the back and glue to the back of the box all the way to the bottom.
Step 9: Cut 8 1/2" of white trim, I found mine at the dollar store in the sewing/notions section. I used wet glue to glue the trim on, wrapping around the back, with a little extra glue where the ends overlapped.
Step 10: Cut a piece of black cardstock 1/2" x 9".
Step 11: Cut a 1" square for buckle - I used glitter sticker sheets from SandyLion. Make small slits on each side to weave black through.
Step 12: Weave black cardstock through buckle, and wrap and secure with adhesive around white trim.
Step 13: Add a couple of little candies to the box, and voila a sweet little treat!

Glass Ornaments

After Christmas last year, I picked up a package of square clear Christmas ornaments. I wasn't sure what I was going to do with them, but liked the shape so picked them up. My friend Carol made some cute round ornaments recently and I decided to make my square ones look similar. The inside is filled with rolled pieces of Christmas paper. On the front I have added a Christmas rub-on. A little shear ribbon to the top and voila they were complete!

York Peppermint Patties!

On my last trip south of the border, I picked up a couple of bags of York Peppermint Patties. Wanted to dress them up a little bit. I do not know who to give credit to this idea, but I believe it is someone over on the Cricut message board. These were simple and fast. I have placed a tag on the front with a Christmas Tree and the one on the back says Christmas Cheer. The tags were made using Stampin' Up scallop punch and Creative Memories circle punch. The stamps are Studio G clear stamps. I used Versa Gold brilliance Ink to give them a little bling. Two packages made 36! Will be something small the kids can give to people around the holidays!

Hidden Tic Tacs

Another project from the retreat! Someone on the Cricut message board post cute little books that hid a package of tic tacs! I thought that was a great idea. Well this is my take on them! I created little open top boxes using DCWV Christmas glitter stack pack paper. I then used my cropodile to punch holes near the top for ribbon. The wreath on the front is cut using my Cricut (well actually Carol's since she brought hers to the retreat and I brought my cuttlebug) and the Christmas Cheer cartridge. I then added a little bling to the wreath with stickles. Golden Rod on the bow and Xmas Red for hte berries. Pull on the ribbon and up comes a package of Tic Tacs!

Cocoa for Christmas

The first project I worked on at the retreat was pocket sleeves for 36 packages of gourmet hot chocolate! This was fun, and they are not all the same! I used my cuttlebug on all, and ink on some. I used the Stampin' Up scallop punch and Creative Memories circle punch to create the little tags. The stamps on the tag and along the bottom are Studio G clear stamps. Used my Stampin' Up slit punch at the top of the sleeve and then my cropodile to make the little holes for the ribbon. The ribbon is just various ribbons I had in my stash! The papers are from value packs at Michael's! The thickness of hte cardstock is perfect for the cuttlebug and folding.

Oakwood Retreat

Carol and I took off on Friday for a weekend of scrapping. We stayed at a resort near Grand Bend. Boy did we get a lot accomplished this weekend. I did zero layouts, but finished off a lot of projects.

Last spring I was involved in a card face swap. I had a bag with over 100 card faces sitting in my scrap area - well I am pleased to say, they are all cards now! It is wonderful having a stash handy!

The picture may not look like 100 cards, but trust me there are over 100 in that pile! Being a part of the Cricut Card Fairy Army, it is great having so many to choose from that I can get one in the mail on the same day a mission is received. For those of you unfamiliar with the Army, it is a group of people who have come together on the Cricut Message Board. Anyone can request that a card or cards be mailed to someone for whatever the occaission! I have just recently become a member but have sent a few get wells cards, hi cards, and sympathy cards. I know how great it makes me feel to receive a card in the mail so I am happy to put a smile on someone elses face!

By the way, I will post pictures of my projects over the next couple of days! So be sure to check back!

Santa Cards for Kids

A friend over on the cricut message board, Brenda, started a great movement! She encouraged people to sign up to make cards to be sent to kids "from Santa". She also encouraged members to sign up their kids to receive cards "from Santa". I jumped on board, signing up my two boys and also my 2 nieces and nephew. I also signed up to make 5 sets of 2 cards to be sent to other children! The only requirement was that the big guy appear somewhere on the cards!

An Angel from my Angel

I participated in a Christmas Ornament Swap on the cricut message board. Unfortunately the ornament sent to me never arrived! :( Well a wonderful angel, Julie, stepped in and mailed me a beautiful golden angel! But that is not all, she also sent an ornament she made herself using her cricut, Christmas Cheer cartridge and vinyl! Both ornaments are fabulous and I cannot wait to hang them on my tree!

***SNOW***

This morning we woke to find snow, snow and more snow! There is about 2 1/2 feet on the back deck! We cleared the drive and headed to hockey. Though some started melting, this is what it still looked like this afternoon!

My Treaters!

The boys had a fabulous time Trick or Treating! Will was a Dragon and Jesse a dog. They were joined by some friends! All had fun and gained too much candy! Daddy carved the pumpkins - the one on the ground with black eyes and a red tongue designed by Jesse, the one on the green table with black mustache and goatee designed by Will and the final one designed by daddy!