Cricut Tin Swap

For the "especially for you" tin swap over at the cricut board I was partnered with Terri. This is the tin that she created for me and here are all the goodies that were inside!! I love everything!! Thanks so much Terri!!

June Garden Tags

The June theme for the Tag Bags Swap at YPP was Garden Party. I had to make 9 tags for my group and this what I came up with.

YPP May Many Mini Mini's Swap

Here are my pages for the group Many Mini Mini's at yourpaperpantry.ning.com/.

For the May swap we were to create a 4x4 page out of chipboard with a mermaid & friends theme. I had to make 11 pages and I will get a mini mini album in return with 11 different pages from 11 different people. I had a little bit of trouble with this but I ended up really liking the finished page. I can not wait to see the completed binded book!!

The Front:

The Back:

Another new addiction :-)

Just a quick picture of 9 flowers that I made for a flower swap. This was the May swap for the group Tags Bags over at www.yourpaperpantry.ning.com. These flowers were cut out of white cardstock using a few different cartridges on my cricut. I then glimmer misted them and used 2 coats of UTEE (love this stuff!!)

TH ebay auction

So, the other day I was browsing ebay looking for Tim Holtz products when I came across this auction. I bid on it thinking that it would go way too high but was so Pleasantly surprised when I won! How much you ask, I got ALL of this for $20.50 plus $7 shipping!!! I was shocked and so excited! I love a deal!

6 sets of TH stamps!!
Just the scissors retail for over $10

My new Challenge

A few weeks ago I submitted a few of my mini albums for a new design team and guess what...I was one of the ones chosen. I am so excited to be a part of a DT and hope that it helps to keep me crafting! Check out the website and other designers at http://www.cricutminialbums.com/, they are all so talented! Here is my 1st mini album for the DT.

I made this for my cousin Shawna's gorgeous son Gavin that turned 1 this month. She is a Wonderful photographer and I thought this would be a unique way for her to showcase some of her terrific photos. I made each page to correspond with each month of Gavin's first year also incorporating the seasons/holidays.

I utilized many different paper packs for this mini including, KC & Co, DCWV Prints for the Year and DCWV All about boys. I used my cuttlebug to emboss many of the picture mats, using many different folders. I also incorporated many of my favorite interactive pages, using envelopes or mini paper bags. I used my Cricut to make many of the tags and embellishments including the turkey and skeleton. Thanks for looking and feel free to leave a comment!

April & May (NB & 1mo old)June & July (2 & 3 mo)Aug. & Sept. (4 & 5 mo)October (6 mo)Nov & Dec (7 & 8mo)

Jan (9 mo old)

Feb & March (10 & 11mo)

My 1st Mini Album

So...it appears I have found a new passion...Mini Albums!! This is my 1st completed mini and it includes pics of my DD's 4th birthday lunch at a place called Piccadily Parlour. This mini was made out of a precut rectangular chipboard album that I bought at my LSS. I didn't use my cricut much but did use the cuttlebug alot. If you have any questions leave me a comment or email me at stacersrn@yahoo.com and I will get back to you.

Keaton's baby book

This is a mini book that I made for a friend that's having a baby boy in May. I found instructions on the Cricut MB but I am so sorry I can't remember who posted them. I used my cricut to cut out each onesie shaped page. There are 5 double sided pages.

Materials used: Cricut with NA, CK and AA carts;

Cuttlebug; CTMH chocolate distressing ink; and a

few stickers, rub-ons, buttons and ribbons

Bday banner and invites

Here are a few pics of my DD's 4th Birthday. The purses in the previous post were the favors and I added some lotion, smelly pens, candy, wands, necklaces and more! All the girls LOVED them! Thanks for looking and I would love to hear what you think! I also would LOVE more followers!!

My DD's Birthday Banner using the OUAP cart for the font and the tag. Not only does this cart have unbelievably cute princesses but it also has a very sweet font and gorgeous tags perfect for many projects.

The table with all the girly decor :-)
Three of the princesses that were added to invites...

I have two girls so of course I love the OUAP cart!!!
The invite (I forgot to take a pic of all of them together
before I sent them out)
Just had to share this Adorable Ice cream sundae
lazy suzan that I found in TN last summer.

The crown sugar cookies (Unfortunately I

didn't make these) Thanks Lisa!!

Faux Vera Bradley's

These are the purse favors that I made for my DD's 4th bday party next week. As a huge fan of Vera Bradley I was so excited to find out that the only 12x24 paper I could find was this beautiful floral pattern from K & Co. I used TBBM and cut the purse at 10 1/4" on a 12x24 mat. I also used painted chipboard for the initials as well as prima flowers and of course, some bling! I also want to add some Glimmer mist but I didn't have the right color. Let me know what you think. Now to fill them.... :-)

Close up

Prima Giveaway!!

Prima has a BIG secret! Click on the following link for a chance at a Prima giveaway!!
http://prima.typepad.com/prima/

Valentine Treats for Preschool

These are the Valentines that I made for my almost 4 year old to take to preschool for her party. We made 11 of them! Thanks SO much "littlemisscrafter" for the great idea and Wonderful tutorial! You made it so easy. If anyone wants to know how to make this awesome card go to http://www.youtube.com/ and search wilton candy mold card.

These are the cupcakes that I made for my daughter's 3 teachers. They are fuzzy spa socks rolled up to look like frosting. Thanks so much for a great idea Greenbean! And thanks to the person that made the .cut file (i'm sorry I don't remember who it was) Check out the Cricut MB for more info on these wonderful cupcakes. OUAP used for the tag.