You've Got Mail.....

Hello and Happy Tuesday Everyone! I hope you're

all having a wonderful Valentine's Day already!

It's only Tuesday and I feel like the week is flying

by so fast! I'm running a 100 miles an hour right now

cuz I got a lot of things to get done this week! :o)

I know I don't normally post on a Tuesday BUT....

I had to show you guys something I made for my boys

for Valentine's Day! It's a 3D project and I just LOVE

how they turned out! So here ya go! :o)

I made the 3D Mailbox and a 3x3 matching card!

I wanted to make something for my boys and make it not

toooo girly! :o) I think I accomplished that! :o)

I used the CCR Program(Cricut Craft Room) And Downloaded

the 3D Mailboxes from Provo Craft!

3x3 Card - Card stock Stampin' Up

Designer Paper - Pebbles Inc.

Cartridge - Everyday Pop Up (Heart Lock)

Cut @ 2 1/2"

Card stock - Stampin' Up

Designer Paper - Pebbles Inc.

Cartridges - Digital Download 3D Mailboxes From Provo Craft

(Mailbox) Cut @ 6"

Designer's Calendar (Be Mine Heart)

Cut @ 2 3/4"

I used Red Stickles to highlight the "Be Mine"

I used my White Signo Gel Pen just to add

a little extra somethin' somethin' to the hearts....

I didn't want the back to be plain so I added a 3 1/2"

square of Designer Paper to it....

 I filled the inside up with Valentine's Candy so

that the 3x3 card could pop out of the Mailbox..... The box on the

inside really holds up well with the candy inside....

I made 2 of these in about 2 hours... After deciding on the

colors and paper choice.... :o) That's always the hardest part....

They were really easy to put together to my surprise!

 Well That's my Valentine's Project for my Boys!

I hope you all have an AWESOME Valentine's Day!!!!

Theresa

I Love You......

Hello and Happy Monday Everyone! I hope you all

had a wonderful weekend! Mine was busy.... Got some

crazy ideas swirling in my head for my additional craft

room... YES.... I said additional! LOL I have a nice size

room already but I've always wanted to knock down the wall

to make it bigger.... YES.... I have that much stuff! LOL

It's mostly due to my machines.... :O) Any who.... My friends

told me not to take down the wall in case I ever move... It's

another bedroom soooo I decided not to do that cause at the

time I was thinkin' of moving out of state! Then I got the store

and well.... I'm not moving anywhere now! Sooo I started thinking

about tearing down the wall again....  My friends told me not to

do it and their reasons why I shouldn't... Sooo I decided NOT to tear

down the wall (again), which also made my hubby happy! LOL But it's still

additional space for my crafting and I decided to turn it into a classroom/

scrap area for my friends!! I craft alone most of the time except for my

Crop til ya drop all niter that's once a month.... I do have a card

swap group too, which is also once a month... but that's pretty much

it! I like hanging with my friends and I don't think that should

only be once a month! Sooo I thought about having my hubby

make me a big table for us to craft on... I already had him add an 8ft

table that's attached to the wall for my machines... and I have all

my cartridges on a large book shelf in there too.... We already

did the flooring back in August... So that was done...

Soooo... this week we are working on the table! :o)
On with today's Valentine's card!

Another Creation while at work! :o) It's been on and off

busy/slow.... sooo I take the slow moments and create

a design in my Gypsy... I was thinkin' of taking one of my

machines with me to work.... but then that would involve me

taking papers and card stock and inks and well you know the drill!

So here's the specks on this card:

Card stock - Bo Bunny, Stampin' Up

Designer Paper - Pebbles Inc.

Gems, Pink Pen, Ink - Stampin' Up

Stamp - Megan Elizabeth

White Signo Gel Pen

Cartridge - Gypsy Wanderings

(Heart & Scallop Heart) Cut @ 1 1/4"

CTMH Art Philosophy (Banner) Cut @ 2"

Well, that's all I have for today.... Thanks soooo much for stopping

by to say Hi!!! I hope everyone has a

Lovey Dovey Amazing

Valentine's Day Tomorrow!!!!!

Theresa

Valentine's Day....

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

the week already! WOWZER! I have a super quick post for today!

I'm in the middle of making Valentine's for my son...

Sooo... here's my card.... :o)

Another Card using my Gypsy while at work! :o)

Card stock - Stampin' Up, Bo Bunny

Designer Paper - Bo Bunny

Ink - Stampin' Up

Stamp - Studio G

Embossing Folder - De'vine Swirls

Cartridges - Martha Stewart Occasions

(Border Hearts) Cut @ 1" ea.

CTMH Art Philosophy

(Label Shape) Cut @ 1 1/4"

Plantin SchoolBook

(Brown Heart) Cut @ 1 1/4"

The Rosette I made myself using my Gypsy and

The Paper Trimmings Cartridge with the Plantin SchoolBook Cartridge!

 I welded together some rectangle shapes from Plantin,

then welded the first shape from the overlay on the Paper trimmings

cartridge.... Once I got them all welded together I cut a trial piece

to see if it had worked and it did! Soooo then I scored it and attached

the brown heart on the front and back side of my rosette.... And BAM

I made myself another rosette! I know I told you that I own the

Ribbons & Rosette cartridge.... but when I cut the first one that I wanted

from that cartridge, it turned out tooo big... soooo I thought I would try making

myself another one as I did with my wedding card! But this time I wanted

to add a scalloped look..... Thus creating my own with my Gypsy and weld

Feature.... If I knew how to download a Gypsy file for ya

I would totally give you guys this file to use if you'd like!

Sooo if someone out there could tell me how to do it

I would gladly post that for you... So you could have a small

rosette for yourself without using the ribbons & rosette cartridge!

Just remember you have to have the Plantin SchoolBook &

Paper Trimmings one in order for this to cut with your Gypsy!

Thanks soooo much for stopping by! I hope you

all have an AWESOME DAY!!!

Theresa

Button Heart......

Hello and Happy Monday Everyone!!! I gotta tell ya some good news!

I did secure the other building for my Store! YEAHHH! I'm so excited!

We went down to Moab on Saturday to check out the thrift store they

have down there.... They actually have 2 locations, 1 for their clothes,

the other for all the other items they sell! Well they are also a much bigger

city than us so I can see why they have 2 different locations for all their stuff!

But I wanted to see the layout of the place and see what they're using to

hold/store the items they get in..... And all I can say is WOW! I got some

great ideas for my store! I mean some things I seen in their store

was exactly what I was thinkin' about, so it made me feel better

knowing they had that same idea... Since it was a "Business Trip"

we went to a nice restaurant and had a "Business Lunch" too! My son

was bored listening to me talk to my Hubby & Mom about changing

some prices and the layout of the new location... I told him he was getting

a nice lunch out of it but once he ate he really didn't care! LOL

It turned out to be a really nice day and I came home and started

shopping online for items to go into my new location... Since I'm

"stuck" where I'm at until June... I thought now would be a good time

to start ordering new clothing racks and shelves and such so when

it's time to move it'll be an easier transition for us! That's my plan

anyway... and since I'm pretty good at planning and organizing I think

things will work out great! I'm gonna start moving in on June 1st while

I'm still at the other location.... that should give me 30 days to get

both places in shape for another "Grand Opening"!

I guess I should talk about my project for today instead of talking

about my crazy business life! LOL Here's my Card! :o)

I created this while at the store... It's been a really slow week!

Here's how I made it:

Card stock - Stampin' Up, Bo Bunny, Georgia Pacific

Designer Paper - Pebbles Inc. (Loverly)

Ink - Stampin' Up

Sentiment - Word Program

Twine - My Craft Spot

Assorted Buttons - My Thrift Store :o)

Cartridge - Doodlecharms (Scallop Heart/Heart)

Cut @ 1.43 & 1.45 using my Gypsy

I putting this into the Challenges over at:
My Craft Spot - Valentine's
Fantabulous Cricut - Include a Heart on your project
Paper Playtime - Heart or Love Theme
My Sheri Crafts - At Least 2 Hearts on your project
Whimsical-Designs - Use something "OLD" on your project
(I used the Pebbles Inc. Designer Paper) I've had it for 3 yrs. and
never even thought about using it.... And the Cricut Doodlecharms
Cartridge... hardly ever take that out and use it either....

Well that's my sweet card for today! I'll be back

on Wednesday with another Valentine card!

I hope you all have an AWESOME DAY!!!

Theresa

Be mine Cardz Challenge....

Hello and Happy Wednesday everyone! I do hope you're

having a great week so far.... mine has been steady at work

and yes I'm still creating with my gypsy when I get some free time....

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

The Theme is "Be My Valentine" You are to create a card

for Valentine's Day using any cartridges or colors you'd like!

How super easy is that? It's a great fun challenge that

everyone can play along with! Here's the card that I created!

Can you tell the pattern I did this week with square boxes?

I don't know what I was thinkin' but it's kind of what I was

making with a couple of my cards, along with the banner...

I just LOVE the banner cut..... LOL

Any who.... here's the info on this card.....

Card stock, Button - Stampin' Up

Designer Paper - Bo Bunny (smitten)

Twine - Chocolate (My craft Spot)

Cartridges - George & Basic Shapes (Squares)

Cut @ 1.33 each

Love Struck 2010 (Heart) Cut @ 3 1/4"

Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake Art (Be Mine)

Cut @ 1 3/4"

The paper is really pretty shimmer paper and I had to

take lots of photo's to get the right shot without

the shiny glow.... :o) Anyway.... I hope you like my card

and join in the fun over at Cricut Cardz (aka Cardz TV)

I look forward to seeing what everyone has created....

Don't forget to stop by the Design Teams blogs to see

the wonderful creations they made!

I'm also going to put this card in a couple of Challenges!
My Creative Time - Throwback Thursday - Valentine's Card
My Craft Spot - Anything Goes
More Than Favors - Love Theme
Paper Playtime - Anything Goes
My Sheri Crafts - New things
(My New Thing is the twine & Button) I just got them 3 days ago!

Thanks soooo much

for stopping by... Have an AWESOME DAY!!!!

Theresa

Sweet Valentine.....

Hello and Happy Monday Everyone! I hope you all

had a fabulous weekend! I sure did! I had a blast at my

crop til ya drop! In fact... I finally "Dropped" at 4am

Saturday morning! Then I went home only to have my

second wind kick in and stayed up til after 6am before finally

going to bed.... Then when I finally woke up on Saturday I

pretty much spent that day doing nothing! Talk about a

great weekend! How often does that happen? You know....

Doing nothing? LOL I managed to get 16 sets of cards completed

and now I'll get to show you some of those! Some you already

seen.... but I have yet to show you my Valentine's cards!

So this week will kick off my Valentine's cards!!! I know my

sister doesn't care for them or for any of the holidays really....

But I enjoy making them and I'm happy to share my cards

with all of you! Sooo..... let's get on with today's card!

Let me start by saying it's great to be the "BOSS"! WHY?

Because I can bring my Gypsy to work and create when

it's a slow day! And nobody can tell me ANYTHING!

Gotta LOVE that! LOL And that's basically how I created

ALL my Valentine's cards.... I have NOOOO Internet at work

so I can't check out blogs and stuff while I'm there... But having

my gypsy lets me design things and save them so when I do get home

and have a chance to create something I already have a design laid

out and I just gotta pick the papers/colors.... Which as I said before

seem to be the hardest part anyway! LOL soooo.... this card was created

while I was at work and when I got home I decided on some pretty

Valentines paper and BAM I made a card! How great is that?

Here's how I made it;

Card stock - Stampin' Up, Bo Bunny Double Dot

Designer Paper - Bo Bunny (Crazy Love)

Heart Border Punch - Stampin' Up

Embossing Folder - Provo Craft (De vine Swirls)

Stamp & Ink - Stampin' Up

Cartridges - George & Basic Shapes (Squares)

Cut @ 1" each

(Heart) Cut @ 1 1/2"

CTMH Art Philosophy (Banner)

Cut @ 3" x 1/2"

Well, that's all I have for you today! I hope you come back

on Wednesday to see my Cricut Cardz Challenge Card!

Can't wait to see you guys then! In the mean time....

Have an AWESOME DAY!!!

Theresa

Wedding Card Swap.....

Hello and Happy Wednesday everyone! It's the middle of the week

already? WOW! Looking forward to Friday! It really can't come soon

enough! LOL I hope you're all having a great week so far... Mine is semi

busy as I try to work at the store and prepare for Friday night.... I'm also

in talks with moving my store! I know... Already? WHAT? It's not like

I'm getting rich or anything... but I want to move to a better location and

a better building... The place I'm at now is where the previous owner was

and at the time it was best to stay were I was... But after spending a couple

of months there during the winter.... I'm thinking it's NOT the best place to be!

The owner of the building doesn't take care of it and it really is falling

apart.... IT gets SUPER COLD in the winter and there is a

SKUNK problem that I would have to deal with come Spring......

 I'm stuck here until June because of my lease...

but there is another building on Main street which would bring in

3x's as many people and the owners take care of the building....

Sooo I'm looking at that option... the rent is

$100 cheaper than what I'm paying and I really, really like the layout of

the place.... Hubby & I already looked at it once, so now I'm gonna

take my mom to see what she thinks... If I say YES! I will

have to sign an agreement with that owner so they don't rent it out....

They said they would hold it for me if I really wanted it.... I explained about

me being "stuck" in the place I'm in until June and they were very

understanding about it.... I'm actually very excited to move over there even

though it's still several months away.... I've got ideas swirling around in

my big ole' head! And the fact that it will be wayyy better for my business

is an added bonus! :o) Any who.. I guess I should talk about my project for today...

I told ya about my monthly card swap and I had this months cards

ready to go early! The theme was Wedding this month and I hadn't

showed you the card yet cause some of my Card swap friends read

my blog and I don't like them to see my cards ahead of time... So

now that we had the swap I'll share my card with all of you! :o)

The sketch is from Mojo Monday #222! I really liked the

sketch that they had and instantly came up with an idea!

I used my IMAGINE & the CCR Program to create my card...

I really like using the FREE Cricut Craft Room for designing

anything with my Imagine... It really helps with the sizing!

Here's the Speck's on my card:

Card stock, Ink - Stampin' Up

Stamp - My Creative Time (Many Greetings)

Cartridges - Vintage Papers & Heirloom as the Designer Paper

George & Basic Shapes for the Music Paper rectangle (3 3/4 x 1 1/2)

and Blue Background (4 x 5 1/4)

CTMH Art Philosophy - Scallop Shape #31 on the Overlay (2 1/2)

Circle #1 on the Overlay (2.194)

Banner (3 3/4)

Sentiment Shape #16 on the Overlay (1 1/2)

I used the "Hide Contour" Feature for the Layer of the Sentiment shape

Now the Rosette I actually created myself! I have the Ribbons & Rosettes

cartridge and I have Tim Holtz Rosette dies but I didn't use any of those

because I was looking for something a little smaller... THUS..... Making

my own Rosettes! I did use the Tim Holtz Die for the small scallop

circle to hold the rosette together! But the rosette itself was created by me

and I can't remember the size I made it... SORRY about that! I

did use my Martha Stewart Score Board to score the lines to make it...

And I believe that's all I have for today! I hope you like my wedding card...

I think it looks kind of antique... maybe that's just me? LOL

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you all have an

AWESOME DAY!!!

Theresa