Cricut Mag? or Card Mag? idea.....

Hello and Happy Friday everyone! Did ya hear that? It's FRIDAY!!

Oh yeah! it's a lovely 3 day weekend... Or at least I hope so anyway!

Do ya guys have plans? Me? Naaaa.... Unless crafting is considered

a plan? LOL Yup... that's what I'm gonna try to do ALL weekend long...

Let's just see how much of it I actually get to do... I thought..... If I

skip cleaning the house.... I would have more time... Although I'll

probably still do the laundry cuz no one likes dirty clothes... right?

Hummm... or maybe they can do their own laundry which would

give me even more time to craft!!! Ohhh I'm liking this already! LOL

Ok... I'm just kidding... (maybe a little) But I do plan on crafting this

weekend and I do hope to get a bunch of stuff done... :o)

And I hope all of you get to have a fun & exciting weekend as well!

Here's a card I created from one of the Magazines...

I made this card wayyy back in May! Sooo I can't remember

where I've stolen Cas'd the idea from..... I tried looking for it...

but I have soooo many mags that I just kind of gave up...

Either way... this is the card I made from the card I saw

in the magazine... I was making a bunch of "hello" cards

for my MIL back in May and ran out of ideas... Then I saw

this in one of the mags... and thought... Hey I could make that! LOL

Soooo I did! Don't remember much else.... And you see why I need

a 3 day weekend! LOL Well... that's enough chatting for one day!

Thanks so much for stopping by and saying HI!

I love reading all the comments... you guys are the best!

Have a fun and safe weekend! And I'll see ya sometime

next week! :o) In the mean time have an AWESOME DAY!!!!

Theresa

Aarrrghhh! Colors....

Hello and Happy Wednesday everyone! How's your week going

so far??? I can't believe it's Wednesday already... 2 days left til

the 3 day weekend! YESS!!! Can ya tell I'm excited about it! LOL

I mean I know it's the Last weekend of Summer (not officially of course)...

But it means 3 days off for me! oh Yea! LOL

Any who.... Today is Challenge day over at:

Cricut Cardz Challenge (aka Cardz TV)

The Challenge this time is to create any type of

card you want... BUT use the colors

Red, Yellow, & Blue ONLY!!!

You can use Black & White as Accent Colors...

This one was really hard for me to do! Let's

see what I created for this Challenge! :o)

I really did try to follow the color challenge as best I could...

I created this card for my youngest son Hunter.... He needed

another Birthday card for another friend... So I thought I would

try and do it with this Challenge! :o)

Cartridges: Buccaneer Imagine (Striped Paper)

(Ship) Cut out 2x's @ 3"

Lacy Labels (Shape) Cut @ 3 1/2"

I flood filled the first layer with the Buccaneer Imagine cartridge

then used white card stock behind it... Inked that in red...

Sentiment is Computer Generated and punched out in the white & blue color...

I added 3 blue mini brads & 2 yellow mini brads...

I also added an Action Wobble to make it look like

the ship was setting sail! OK... maybe a stretch... but that

was what I was thinkin'! LOL

Well, that's my card and now it's your turn to play along!

Don't forget to check out what the rest of the Design Team has created...

I look forward to seeing what you come up with! :o)

Thanks for stopping by and have an AWESOME DAY!!!

Theresa

Teddy Parade.....

Hello and Happy Monday Everyone! I hope you all had a Fabulous weekend!

Mine was actually really good! I got some free time to create and I managed

to get 3 cards done! YEAAA for me! LOL  I also had a chance to play around

with some of my new cartridges!!! I'm not as thrilled with the CCR program as

I would like to be! It's still not working right! UGH! PC really needs to get on

the ball with it... If they expect people to use it! :o) I did end up wasting paper

cuz my CCR wouldn't cut anything from my Imagine... I wasn't looking to

color anything just to plain old CUT! But it wouldn't and the new

cartridges are not showing up on my Gypsy... I did all new updates

on all my machines and still couldn't get anything to work together...

I actually HAD to remember how to work the machine the OLD FASHION

WAY!!! You know before Design Studio & Gypsy's & CCR!!!

That was back in the day when we ALL WASTED PAPER!!! LOL

Any who... Here is one of the cards I created this weekend!

So I used my FAVORITE Cartridge "Teddy Bear Parade"

It's just soooo CUTE!!! And I'm a Bear Collector so it

had to be in my collection! Right? LOL

So this is how I created this simple card...

PAY ATTENTION TANYA! LOL

I used "My Digital Studio" by Stampin' Up and

created the design using a template from that program...

This is the template that I save as a JPEG file... Then

I opened my Silhouette Cameo Program and exported it

into my library.... I then printed this out and had my Silhouette

cut all the pieces.... I didn't like the Paper orange zig zag so I

decided to just use some zig zag ribbon I had on hand instead....

I inked all the pieces then set them aside as I went to open

my CCR program.... I used the CCR program to figure out

the right size to make my bear... Which was at 2 1/2"...

This is where I couldn't cut out the pieces of my bear so I had to

use several pieces of colored paper to cut this little lady out...

After that was all done... I felt the need to ink and add wiggle

eyes to my bear! Then decided it needed some ACTION!!!

 So of course I added an ACTION WOBBLE to it!

This card really didn't take that long at all to make...

Other than cutting out the bear.... Had my CCR worked...

All the colored pieces were all spread out on my mat

ready to go & this would have been a 10 min. card using

3 different programs together... :o)

Well I hope you liked & understood my explanation on

how I created this card.... :o) After looking at it, I thought

Hummmm.... I should have used the Turkey costume...

Which I may do now that I thought about it! LOL

Thanks for taking the time to stop by! I hope

you all have an AWESOME DAY!!!

Theresa

Kate's Kitchen Birthday!

Hello and Happy Wednesday Everyone! I hope your week

is turning out pretty good! Mine is busy as usual! Let's hope

I'm not as worn out as last week! Keeping my fingers crossed!

My youngest son Hunter... ask me to make him a Birthday

card for one of his little friends at school... He found out that

his friend likes dogs... Sooo I came up with this card....

I created this on Sunday night...cuz he needed it by Monday!

So I tried to use my CCR program only to find it half working!!

UGH!!! OK PC what did ya do with my CCR Program???

Any who... I pretty much had to "Wing It" for the sizes....

CS, Ink - Stampin' Up

Stamp - My Pink Stamper

Cartridges - Kate's Kitchen Imagine Cartridge (first time

I've ever used it & I've had it a really long time) :o)

(Chef) cut @ 3 3/4" I cut off the chef's hat & Spoon

to place the (Party Hat) Doodlecharms Cut @ 1 1/2"

And the (Plate & Cake) Cut @ 2"

Of course I popped up the Hat, Dog, Cake, & Chef for

added dimension.... and the "Green Shape" was from the

Imagine images pre-programed on the machine.... I just flood filled

it with the designer paper from Kate's Kitchen....

My son really liked it and thought his friend would

like it cuz the cake had a smile on it's face! LOL

I'm sorry about the photo quality though.... I made it

late Sunday night and you know there isn't any good

sunlight at 9:30pm! :o) Thanks so much for

stopping by to say "HI".... Have an

AWESOME WEDNESDAY!!!!

Theresa

What'z Up Doc????

Hello and Happy Monday Everyone! How was your weekend????

Mine was just ok... I was having a rough week and by Friday

I was really exhausted and in a little bit of pain.... I tried not to

do to much Friday night and when I woke up on Saturday....

I was light headed & dizzy..... That was not what I had in mind

for my Saturday! I was just feeling waaayyy off all day Saturday

so I didn't do much of anything.... Then Sunday came and I

was feeling a lot better (not perfect) but better.... So I went

SHOPPING!!! Guess what I picked up??? Did you know

they have 5 new Lite Cartridges out??? Did Ya???

Well... My Walmart happen to have them all in stock so

I picked up my 3 Favorite ones!!!! :o)

 Trick or Treat

 Dino Play

My NEW Favorite Called: Teddy Bear Parade

 

Here's my 1st Christmas card of the year! :o)

CS, Ink, Designer Paper, Gems - Stampin' Up

All the cuts - Silhouette Cameo

 

 I printed Bug's 2x's then let the Cameo cut him out...

All the rest was just cut out with the Cameo using a

Card template that I got for .99.... What a deal! :o)

Now I just have a BILLION more Christmas Cards

to go! YEAH! LOL Thanks so much for stopping

by to say Hi! Have an AWESOME MONDAY!!!

Theresa

Moo-Chas Gracias!!!!

Hello and Happy Wednesday everyone!!! How's your week so far?

Wow... I just realized my kids go back to school Tomorrow!

I tell ya the Summer FLEW BYE!!! Or at least for me it

seemed to... I know one of my kids is not happy with

going back to school... He would prefer to spend more time

playing video games! Of course I told him, he could play

after school as long as he gets all his work done first....

I don't think he likes that idea! LOL

Any who....

Today is Challenge day over at Cricut Cardz (aka Cardz TV)

You are to make a card with a "CUTE CRITTER"!

Now I know anyone can make a cute card with a

critter on it! So this is going to be a fun & easy challenge

for everyone!!!! Here's what I created.....

This totally puts a smile on my face when I look at it!

Chocolate Chip CS, Ink, Oval & Scallop Punch - Stampin' Up

All the cuts - Double Dot Bo Bunny

Designer Paper - Echo Park (Life is Good)

Wiggle Eyes - Tree House Studio

Happy Lashes Face Stamp - Peachy Keen

Even More Punny-licous Stamp - My Pink Stamper

White Signo Gel Pen

Distress Stripes Embossing Folder - Provo Craft

 

Cartridges: Birthday Bash (Cow) Cut @ 3 1/2"

Paper Doll Dress Up (Fence) Cut @ 2 1/2"

Everyday Paper Dolls (Grass) Cut @ 1"

Sesame Street Friends (Sun) Cut @ 1 3/4"

Oh Yeah.... It has an ACTION WOBBLE too! :o)

See... That was FUN & EASY to make! Now it's your

turn to create something with a critter on it & I'll try

and stop by to say HI!!! Don't forget to check out what

the rest of the design team has created... you won't be

disappointed! :o) Thanks so much for stopping by

Have an AWESOME DAY!!!!

Theresa

Mr & Mrs.....

Hello & Happy Monday Everyone! How was your weekend?

Mine was really enjoyable! I went to lunch

at Red Lobster with my family.... We all got some

shopping done... and then the loong drive back home....

We got home around 1am Sunday morning....

We were all exhausted & couldn't wait to go to bed!

I got almost everything that was on my list and a few

things that weren't on the list! LOL Isn't that usually

how it goes? All in All it was a great Saturday! :o)

Of course Sunday was Clean the house & do laundry

day, so we won't talk about that! tehehehe

This was created using "My Digital Studio" by Stampin' Up

and my Silhouette Cameo!!!

I designed it first in My digital Studio, then I saved the file

as a jpeg... using the highest pixels..... Then I opened my

Cameo program up and plopped it in there! I used the

registration marks and printed the design pieces out

on my printer.... then I put it through my silhouette

to cut each piece out... SIMPLE!!!!

 

Here's a close up showing you the different cuts using my Cameo....
The green butterfly has a wider border around it...
The grey butterfly has a smaller border around it....
The flower & Scallop circle are the "outline" cuts.... which
cuts your design the closest to the image....
As you can tell the flower was cut out 2x's
so were the butterflies..... I added the gems in the corner
and on the banner....
I'm lovin' using my digital studio with my cameo....
they really work hand in hand together... As I'm sure
any digital program will do the same! :o)

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Have an AWESOME MONDAY!!!

Theresa

Wedding Card #3....

Hello and Happy Friday Everyone! Are You excited?????!!

It's finally the end of the week! YEA!!! Can you tell I'm

excited about it! It really was a busy week for me....

I'll be heading out of town for the day tomorrow....

It will be a looong day since we don't live close to

ANYTHING!!! But that's ok... I'll be glad to get out of town

even if it's for 1 day only! :o) Any who.... It's the

end of my wedding series... I know there should

be more than 3 cards, but I didn't want to overwhelm

ya with wedding cards... I do have another one that

I'll post on Monday.... but that's about it for them...

Here's my card.... :o)

I used my Cricut Imagine & my Cameo for this card...

I used Silver Brushed Card stock from Stampin' Up

and put it through my Imagine Machine using the

Teresa Collins "Black & White" Pattern Paper....

Which turned my Silver paper into that GORGEOUS paper

you see!!! I then pulled out some of my (Hoarded Ribbon)

Pretty Ribbon and attached it to the card.... Pulled out

my Fused Pearls again using the Glossy Accents to

attach it together..... Trimmed about an inch off the

front of the card to show through to the inside where

I added a red border.... So then I went to my Silhouette

machine and found the "Always & Forever" die I purchased

and cut it out... there are 3 layers to it and 2 of the layers cut like

a dream... but the top layer which is the thinnest layer.... was REALLY

REALLY hard to cut! I tried 2 attempts when the (Light bulb)

idea came to me to use VINYL!!! HELLO!!! :o)

So I pulled out my Silver Vinyl and BAM!! That cut like BUTTER!!!

And I attached it to the other 2 layers to create this really

pretty card... Or at least I think it's pretty.... :o)

Thanks sooo much for stopping by... I hope all

of you have an AWESOME WEEKEND!!!!

Theresa

Wedding card #2....

Hello and Happy Wednesday Everyone! It's the middle of the

week... So I hope you're having a great week so far.... Mine

is pretty busy at the store... But I keep thinkin' bout' the weekend...

I'll be heading out of town on Saturday... So I just keeping thinking

about that, to get me through the next few days... :o) I decided to

make this next card a "Non Traditional" type of Wedding Card...

In the sense of Colors anyway..... I decided to use my Silhouette Cameo

again.... I downloaded this card design by Samantha Walker.... and I guess

they are suppose to be mini cards??? But I of course was not gonna let

that stop me from making an A2 size card (4 1/4 x 5 1/2)....

I guess you could use this card for just about anything....

But my mind was set on a Wedding Card.... :o)

So I printed out the pretty paper using my Printer....

And the Sentiment & Butterflies.... Then put

it into my Silhouette Cameo Machine to cut out....

I didn't like the way the paper was set up when it

printed out so I cut it up to suit my needs and

used my border punch on the end.... Inked around the edges

of the card and butterflies and popped up the sentiment....

I did not pop up the butterflies.... they are actually flat!

All I did there was add adhesive to the center of the

butterflies, so the wings could pop up... I did the same thing with

the second layer of butterflies too... I just wanted them to have

a little bit of dimension..... :o)

I'll be back with another Wedding Card... In the

mean time have an AWESOME DAY!!!!

P.S. I wanted to wish my sister Mi-Mi a

very HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! LOVE Ya SIS!!! :o)

Theresa

Wedding Week.......

Hello & Happy Monday Everyone! How was your weekend?

Mine was pretty good... I got to spend some time crafting again!

In fact I was messing with the Brand New MDS 2 that Stampin' Up

came out with! It is wayyyyy cool! So I was playing with that and my

Silhouette Cameo.... I was trying to learn how to create something in MDS 2

& cut it on my Cameo.... I spent a lot of hours trying to teach myself

how to do this... I did manage to cut stuff out between both programs....

I'm still learning the ins & outs of both.... But I can see them

working together to help make my creations! :o)

So I decided to make this week..... "WEDDING WEEK"

Here on my blog... WHY? You ask... Well I'll  tell ya... :o)

I don't know ANYONE who has gotten married in JUNE!

I know tons of people who've gotten married in

September & October (me included)

So I was working on some wedding cards....

My friend who owns the local Scrapbook Store's

Daughter is getting married in September and I thought

I would make her a card and prepare for the

"Wedding Season"! LOL

So here's one of the cards that I created! :o)

I used my Silhouette to create this card... I GOOGLED

"Wedding Silhouette" and found this clip art image.....

Can't remember from where (SORRY)....

So first thing I did was size everything  

Then I printed out the image through

my Cameo program... after that I let the machine cut

the shapes out....

Then I went to MDS (My Digital Studio) from Stampin' Up

And printed out some pretty paper that I liked and cut it

 along with using a border punch....

I used the Devine' Swirls Embossing Folder from Provo Craft

and as I started to put my card together I thought to myself...

Self.... You have pearls.... (DUH) USE THEM!!! LOL

So I pulled out a roll of "Fused Pearls" I got from

Wally World a long while ago and attached the pearls

with Glossy Accents.... Then I went back to my trusty

Computers and typed out "Congratulations" in my word program...

Then punched it out 2x's... once with the sentiment the other

in the yellow... thought it needed a little something more and

added 2 gems..... And Wallah.... a Wedding Card...

Thanks so much for stopping by.... I'll

be back with another wedding card for this weeks

series "Wedding"... In the mean time have an

AWESOME DAY!!!!

Theresa

School is Cool!!!

Hello and Happy Wednesday Everyone! Wow, it's the middle

of the week already... And it's AUGUST!!! OMGOSH.... School

starts in like 2 weeks!!! UGH!!! The kids are not gonna like going

back already! Me? Well, I don't mind having the boys home.... So

it really doesn't bother me either way.... The only thing different is

that we go back to a schedule.... which I LOVE!! :o)

Today over at Cardz TV (aka Cricut Cardz Challenge)

You are to make a card for

BACK TO SCHOOL

That should be pretty easy for everyone to do!

Here's what I created....

I decided to create a Shape card using the

Hello Kitty Greetings Cartridge....

Card is Cut @ 6"

The Orange & Black sentiment represents

our school colors... Cut @ 1"

I cut all the pieces out 2x's and popped & inked

them all up.... I wrote out Math, Spelling, English

I'm gonna give this to my son's teacher with

a small basket of crayons, pencils, Kleenex, soap....

You know the stuff Teachers ALWAYS need! :o)

Well now that you've seen what I created, go check out

what all the other DT members did and then make

a "Back to School" card so I can try and stop by

and see what you've made! :o)

As always... Thanks for stopping by, &

Have an AWESOME DAY!!

Theresa