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

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