Thinking of You - Live Simply

Thinking of You Card

Made with Live Simply Circut Lite Cartridge cut at 3 1/2"

Thinking of You - 2000 Stampin' Up

Sanded & Inked with Chestnut Roan Color Box Chalk Cats Eye

Not sure what size the scallop circle is because it was a scrap I had.

My Daughter's Card - Jolly Holidays

 This is a card my 3yr old daughter made & I wanted to share it with you. It was cut from Jolly Holidays Cricut Lite Cartridge at 4". The pink background was embossed with a Sizzix folder. Then, stamped with a stamp I got from Hobby Lobby. She asked to make a card for a friend. So she picked out what she wanted to cut. Cut it on my Cricut and glued everything. She also embossed and stamped. My daughter is passionate about what I do and with mommy's supervision she also creates great cards.

Ornament Box - FCCB Challenge #38

 Ornament Box

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog (FCCB)

#38 Ribbon Challenge- to create something with ribbon. Join us over at FCCB for this week's challenge & to see all the other design teams great ribbon projects.

I created this box for a 2 5/8" ornament that I made. It fits very snug in this box cut from Tags, Bags, Boxes & More Cricut Cartridge. It was cut at 8 3/4" which is "fit to page" on a 12x12 page.

The box is button #38 using the window function key.

The ribbon is Paper Trey Ink - 

Dark Chocolate 5/8"

It looked beautiful on this box. It holds it shape well & stayed in place.

The paper is Core'dinations, which is my new favorite paper.

I used a piece of  acetate that came with some clear stamps, to cover the window. But transparency works fine, also. I like to use what I have. I used tacky tape to adhere it & for a strong hold.

I added white paper crinkle for extra padding & decoration in the box.

Stylish Blogger Award

I would like to thank two wonderful ladies for choosing my Simple Creations to receive the Stylish Blog Award.

First, is Norma at http://pinkblingcrafter.blogspot.com
and second is Paula at http://raspberryandlimedesigns.blogspot.com

To accept this award, I must do the following:

1. Thank and link back to the person who awarded me this award
2. Share 8 things about yourself
3. Pay it forward to 8 bloggers that you have recently discovered
4. Contact those bloggers and tell them about their awards

Get to know me better:

1. I have been married for 6 years

2. I have 2 little princess'

3. I am having gypsy withdrawals and don't know how to create without it. (It glitched & I am waiting for the replacement)

4. I love creating cards & scrapbooks with my gypsy & cricut.

5. I am on the design team for Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog

6. I am a Pastors Wife

7. My dream is to someday own my own scrapbooking store & cafe

8. I lead a scrapbooking group that meets once a month

I'm passing this award to these stylish blogs that I have recently discovered:

Raechel's Cards
Cooking With Cricut
Stamp With Mercedes
Cards by Jovan
Karen's Crafty Creations
A Path of Paper
Lauren's Creative
Whipper Berry

Cricut Lite Tip

 

Black Friday Purchase

I went to Walmart at midnight to get these great Cricut Lite Cartridges for only $20 each. I love Jolly Holidays. It is the perfect cartridge to make quick, cute Holiday cards. Live Simply is such a cute Cartridge with alot of great cuts. Insipired Heart I really wasn't sure if I wanted to buy. I don't really like the images & won't use very many of them, but.....it has phrases on it that I will use. However, I couldn't see those until I bought it. So I am happy with my great deals. I have already made alot of cute cards with these cartridges.

I like the layout of the booklet however 2 of them were out of paper so I laminated them & loved the result. I normally number my booklets and wasn't sure how to do it for these cartridges. So here is what I came up with. I used a BIC Mark-it pen, which is great for using on glossy paper, to number the images.

These are what some of the phrases look like on the Inspired Heart Cartridge.

Thankful For...FCCB Challenge #37

 

Thankful For.....

FCCB Challenge #37

This weeks Fantabulous Cricut Challenge was to create something that we are thankful for.

I am SO Thankful for the Family God has blessed me with. My Family is Forever!

I have a hard working & loving husband. He always provides for us & is so talented in all he does.

We have 2 beautiful princess' that are 3 1/2 & almost 2 yrs old. They keep me busy but it is a joy to see them passionate about crafting. My oldest knows how to use my Cricut, paper cutter, and adhesive. So she helps me with alot of projects. So when I sit down and think of the top 3 things I am thankful for my answer would be:

1. God

2. Family

3. Church Family

If you haven't already thought about it this season...what are you thankful for? I love comments. Feel free to share your answers with me.

Then join us over at the FCCB for this weeks challenge. Create something that you are thankful for.

Now for the instructions for my very simple card. I cut everything out with 

"Just Because" Cards Cricut Cartridge pg 57 button #34

Word cut at 5"

Tree with layers cut at 7"

This was such a quick and simple card but I love how it turned out. I didn't even have to put a mat paper behind the words. That is because I was using great paper from Core'dinations. I love how well Core'dination cardstock cuts on the Cricut. It doesn't get all fuzzy & snag when it cuts. So I rarely have to re-cut something. I also love the colors in this paper pack. I got it from Hobby Lobby. The original price was $29.99 but I had a 40% off coupon which made it a great buy. I hope you enjoyed my project today. Remember to take a moment & think about what/who you are most thankful for, and let them know.

Gypsy Withdrawls

I have been so busy working on alot of projects to sell at our Holiday Market last weekend. Unfortunately I didn't sell as much as I was hoping but got alot of orders. So God has defiantly been blessing my Simple Creations.

However, in the mean time my Gypsy was glitching and getting error messages. I trouble shot with the Cricut Message board and had to finally call Provo Craft. They had me do a Data Recovery & that froze, so then I tried to Reformat & that froze. So now they are waiting for Product Development to tell me what to do with it. So now I am having Gypsy withdrawals. I have so many projects to work on and I don't know how to create without my Gypsy. It just made my life much easier. So I am hoping that can get restored soon.

FCCB Challenge #36 - Achoo!

FCCB Challenge #36 - Achoo!

Get Better

This weeks Fantabulous Cricut Challenge was to Create a project

having something to do with being sick (i.e. get well card, band-aid, "flu-bug", etc.)

Join us this week and create something for this challenge that could cheer up someone who is feeling sick.

Instructions:

Wild Card Cartridge pg 65 button 34

Bandaid card blackout - 5.75"

Top of bandaid - Liner -5.75"

Inside of card- bandaid card blackout - cut in half - 5.25"

Envelope - 5.75"

Envelope liner - 5.75"

Since I used pattern paper for the liner I cut another piece of brown to cover the holes on the envelope flap. Dr. Bag - Frame - 5.71"

I drew Rx on it because my husband thought it looked like a purse instead of a Dr. Bag.

 

                                 Inside of card & envelope.

Detail on Card.   

                                                                 Detail on the Envelope.

                                   

I hope you enjoyed my card & head on over to the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog.

Create a card for this challenge and post it at FCCB.