Lots to tell ya!!!

Hello and Happy Sunday Everyone! I'm so sorry that I've been gone awhile....
I've been sooo busy lately
 that I just haven't had time to visit blogs or craft! 
I showed you one of the reasons last week with

the crate I made for a friend of mine.... 
Then I had 3 friends with

birthdays, so I HAD to create something for them...

I've also been learning how to make bread!
I know some of you would say....
Geez Theresa.... It's EASY! Go to the store....
Buy a loaf.... And BAM you've got bread! LOL
But I thought I would try the old fashion way.....
By making it from scratch! I've made several loaves
already, but they really haven't come out the way that I want...
So I'm gonna keep practicing until
I get it just right! Then... maybe I'll post that for ya!

I've been working a lot because my moms on vacation....  
I'm training a couple of friends of mine to help take care 
of my store.... WHY? Well.... My husband & I  are 
getting ready to celebrate our 20th Wedding Anniversary!  We're going on a trip!

We've been planning this for awhile now and it's 
about to happen any day now, so I've just been
 really busy trying to get as much done before we leave.....

I'm soooo super excited and can't wait to go....

And thought I should share my happy news with you.... 
as to why I've been gone so long.... :o) I won't be back until

mid October..... Soooo... I thought I would post something

for you today.... :o)

These are little bags I made for

2 of my friends who had a birthday!

1 is filled with scrapping supplies while the

other is filled with cards! I also baked a cake

for another friend of mine..... Busy, busy, busy!

I used Tags, Bags, Boxes & more for them....

I also used Tim Holtz Rosette Dies.....

  I made this using My Digital Studio &
My Silhouette! 
I designed it first in MDS then I transferred
the files over to the Silhouette and it
printed then cut out the pieces for me!
I thought it turned out to be a great
masculine card! :o)

Well.... that's all I have for today!! I've been thinking
about all my blogging friends lately & how much I miss going to your blogs to see your wonderful creations.... :o)
Once I get back... I'll be able to do that again!
Enjoy the rest of your Afternoon and I'll see
ya in a couple of weeks!
HAVE AN AWESOME DAY!!!!

Theresa

Baby Dino Gift set.....

WARNING: LOTS OF PHOTOS!!!!

Hello and Happy Monday Everyone! Sorry I've been

MIA lately... I've been so busy with work & Life! 

I was working on some projects to... 

and there just weren't enough 

hours in the day did get stuff done! :o) 

So I had to let somethings suffer... 

I thought I would post something today to show

you what I've been working on... One of my

really sweet, good friends was pregnant....

Baby #8 for her! All I can say is WOW to that! :o)

Any who.... She said it was her last baby and knew

it was a baby girl... That's when I stepped in with

an idea.... A couple of weeks ago I got 3 brand

new lite cartridges.... that I showed you.... Well

one of those cartridges was my inspiration 

for what I'm about to show you!

This is the card I created for her!

As soon as I saw the (DINO PLAY) Cartridge

and looked at this image.... I knew what I

wanted to do! I know a Dino for a girl???

Hey.... Why not? Right? :o)

The design from my card was inspired by

my wonderful blogging friend AMY!

She sent me a fabulous "Thank You"

card awhile back and I LOVED IT!!!

I had to add an action wobble, just to 

make it more fun! I used my Imagine to

flood fill the rosette and parts of

the baby dino....

Since this ended up being a heavy card...

I add support by put CS on both

sides on the inside.....

Then I had another idea!! I found this really

nice wood crate out in my storage unit...

and though... hummmm.... I could

totally decorate this and put her gifts inside....

Sooo.... I took some time painting it.... Trying

to make it match the paper I was gonna use....

Forgot that I bought this 12 x 24 paper pad by

K & Co. a looong time ago.... So glad I

still had it... :o) I used Scotch Quick Dry

Adhesive to attach the paper to the wood...

Then I thought it could use a little sanding

so it would blend together better....

Now comes the part where I added all

kinds of CUTE Baby Dino's and

Rosettes.... Used different baby

stamp sentiments as well.....

This is side 1....

On both ends I wanted some type

of scenery to group it all together...

So I designed this while at work one day....

Good thing the "Boss" didn't see me.... LOL

(Both ends are exactly the same)

This is the other side of the box...

with more CUTE Baby Dino's and

rosettes..... I added bows and wiggly

eyes to all the dino's.....

Here is the final product!!! I went a little

"BABY" crazy... so not everything fit in

the box.... So of course I made some

more Dino's.... this time in bigger sizes....

On these,  I added gems, just to

fancy them up a little bit more....

Here' s a close up of the other package....

This project took me some time to

do... but was sooo worth it!

I LOVE how everything turned out and

so did my girlfriend!!!! Which made me 

thrilled to no end! I'm also happy to report that

Saturday night, she gave birth to a GORGEOUS

7lb. Baby girl... I live down the street from our

hospital and she gave me a call, so I went to go

meet my newest little friend! She's sooooo

stinkin' CUTE!!!! :o)

Anyway... thanks so much for stopping by!

Have an AWESOME DAY!!!

Theresa

Cricut Cardz Challenge #115!!!

Hello and Happy Wednesday Everyone! Half way through the week

already! YEA!!!! Can you believe it, it's Challenge #115 Already! Wow...

Time flies when you're having fun! :o) So let's talk about this Challenge...

"CREATURE FEATURE"

Mary over at Cricut Cardz (aka Cardz TV) is

Challenging everyone to make a card for Halloween

using the "CARD FEATURE" from any cartridge!!!!

Just make sure you use a cricut cut!!! :o)

Here's the card that I created for this Challenge!

Spoooooky!! Right? LOL

The Card Feature I used is from the Art Philosophy Cartridge

The card is cut @ 5 1/2"

The Shape Layer is Cut @ 5"

I used Bo Bunny Double Dot for all the cuts.....

Stampin' Up Ink Pads

Orange & Black Twine....

The Witch Legs are from the Wrap It Up Cartridge

Cut @ 6 1/2" (one was flipped)

The Pumpkin is from the Autumn Celebration Cartridge

Cut @ 3 1/4"

(Hat) Cut @ 2"

(Monsters Hands) Cut @ 5"

The word "BOO" is from the Martha Stewart Cake Cartridge

And you know I just had to add an ACTION WOBBLE to it!

I didn't want it to be toooo scary! LOL

Now that you've seen what I created... It's your turn!

Go make a Spooky Halloween Card using the

"CARD FEATURE" from any cartridge and I'll

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

what the rest of the Design Team has created! Your

simply gonna LOVE what they made! :o)

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you all

have an AWESOME DAY!!!

Theresa

My Mind's Eye & Cameo.....

Hello and Happy Monday everyone! I hope you all had

a fabulous weekend! I almost didn't post today! I have several

projects going on at the same time and didn't think I would have

time to post something.... Of course I made some time..... But that

just set me back a little on another project I'm working on! LOL

After Friday I should be able to reveal what I was working on....

In the mean time here's a quick card I made on my Cameo...

Card stock, Brad - Stampin' Up

Designer Paper - My Mind's Eye

All the cuts - Silhouette Cameo

Here's a close up of the flower.... I folded them

inward to make the flower pop a little....

Well, that's it for today.... I gotta get back to work!

Have an AWESOME DAY!!!

Theresa

Perfect Love.....

Hello and Happy Friday everyone! For a short week I'm soooo

tired and thankful it's the weekend! I've been trying for the past 2

weeks to get the Fall/Holiday stuff out..... We stopped taking

donations during that time to try and do the switch over.... Of course

there is still a little more yet to do but I think I got most of it done...

Then we've been trying to move our storage units around... I was trying to

go down to 2 units.... but I don't think it's possible at this time... In fact

after being out there last night... it looks like one of the units will have

only Christmas stuff in it! OMGOSH!! We have a ton of Christmas stuff

to sell! I don't even know where I would fit it all at the store! LOL

I guess a little at a time... :o)

I hope the video I made helps those of you who use

MDS or MDS 2 and have a cutting machine.... It really is a lot of fun to use

both programs together... Today I have another MDS Card for ya....

It's the other one from the video.... I thought I would just post

the finshed product.... Here ya go....

I popped up 2 of the circles and added some pearls to it....

Very quick and simple... Which I LOVE!!! :O)

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hopefully I'll

get to hit up some of my favorite blogs this weekend!

In the mean time have an AWESOME DAY!!!

Theresa

Using MDS 2 w/ the Silhouette Cameo...

Hello and Happy Wednesday Everyone! I hope you all had a

wonderful weekend! Mine was really nice and I look forward

to sharing what I created with all of you! I did manage

to squeeze in a video.... I know some MDS users out there that

also own a Cameo but don't know how to use the 2 together....

And I'm noooo expert or anything but thought I would

share what I know so far with using both programs.....

Here's the video I created... Sorry about the quality but I've

only made 2 other videos and I'm not that good at

making them yet! :o)

Click HERE if the video doesn't load for you.....

Here is the final product of the card I created using

MDS 2 and my Cameo...

Thanks for watching and I really hope it helps

someone out... Have an AWESOME DAY!!!

Theresa