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And Here is the picture

Here is the picture:

Christmas card

This is a Christmas card I made today, I am planning on making more. I used the

Z1686 Cricut® Art Philosophy Collection

for the Joy and for the little squares. I used the Wonderland for the paper and the letters. 

The ribbon is also Close to My Heart. I used glass glitter that I got off of Ebay. Makes it look really sparkly. Really easy card to make.

Cute Joy Banner

Here is a Banner I made at my friend Kelly's She is my upline for Close To My Heart, she didn't design these she got them from her upline. I just wanted to share how cute these are. This was made with all Close To My Heart supplies,  my favorite stuff. You can visit my site Diana  very easy and quick project. 

NOEL Banner

Well a few weeks ago I went over to my friend Mary and we made these cute NOEL banner, she is so creative. I am sharing what we made, not sure what we used though. If you want any of that info just let me know.

Wednesday November 23, 2011

Here is a Thanksgiving card I made, Well I made 2. I was planning on making more but didn't get it down. So Typical of me. I think I will start my Christmas cards this weekend and plan on getting them done before Christmas.

Everything is Close To My Heart except I used Copic marker for the turkey.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

Tuesday November 22, 2011

30 Days of Handmade Gift Giving Blog Hop!

Hi everyone I hope you are enjoying all the great gift ideas, I know I am because this year in our family it will be a handmade gift type of year. 
Of course there are also great handmade gifts to give to family, friends, coworkers, friends from church, teachers, babysitters, so many wonderful gifts to give that always makes someone smile. 

If you are from Playing with Paper, then you are in the right spot. If you just started you can go to the beginning at The Scrapoholic. There are so many awesome ideas, plus her blog is pretty cool, well all the blogs are pretty cool.

Well my gift is fairly simply, I love Hot Chocolate and love to give some away as gifts. So I made a cute label to put on a Christmas mug to give as a gift to someone, not telling who, could be someone who is going to read this blog so I cant tell. 

I used my Cricut to cut the label, I used the exclusive Close To My Heart Cricut® Art Philosophy cartridge, 

You can use any thing you want to create the label or just use a card, which ever works best for you. All the papers and stamps came from the Wonderland kit.

WORKSHOPS ON THE GO™ WONDERLAND KIT

I popped dot the mug. added a little bling.

 

I added the hot chocolate in a little bag, tied it with waxy flax, from CTMH, added some Cinnamon, because I love the smell of Cinnamon.   I also added a ribbon to the handle. The Mug probably from the dollar store or Walmart. 

 Thanks for looking, I hope everyone is enjoying the gift giving blog hop. Be sure to check back tomorrow to see Day 23. If you would like to leave a comment I would love it.

New CTMH Card Sonoma

Well it has been a long time since I have posted, but I am starting again. I was just busy moving, Now I am unpacking and can't find anything..

Well I have made this card from a sketch that was on my friend Jann's blog  I thought it was different. Well the first challenge for me was to find everything I needed.I didn't find everything but I found enough stuff. This is from the Sonoma Collection from Close To My Heart.You can find the supplies here on my site. Diana's CTMH

Ok here is the card:

Now the details: Everything is from the Sonoma collection, except the little clip at the bottom that I used to hold the card while I photographed it and the green ribbon is from some stash I found around the house. I used the Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge from Close To My Heart, I love that Cartridge, Well I hope you like my card.

CH #17 3 BIRDS ON A PARADE

Well this weeks challenge was:


For this week's challenge we are asking you to use the 3 BIRDS ON A PARADE cartridge and the cut choice this week is Disguise Bird Page 36 .

I don't have this cartridge so I used Straight From the Nest.

The bird and the banner are from Straight From the Nest.

The papers are scraps in my collection.

The stamp is Pink By Design.

The ink and the twine are from CTMH

Blog Award

Well this is my first Blog Award, 

Thanks Sandra from 365 Days of Cricut.

This made my day.

There are some rules for this award:

Here are the rules for this award:

1. Thank the person who sent it to you
2. Tell 7 things about yourself
3. Send this to 15 bloggers

 

 

7 things about me:

 

1. I have four sons and been married for 19 years.

2. I love shopping, especially scrapbook shopping.

3. Love the beach!!!

4. Love to go on vacation with my family.

5. I have 5 cats and one d0g.

6. I like to go out to eat, I don't like to cook.

7. I love collecting things.

It will take me a few days to send to 15 bloggers, but they will be coming.

Cuttlebug Quilling set

Last weekend my friend Jann and I went to the Rubber Stamp and Scrapbooking Expo, had a lot of fun. worn out from walking to much. Probably just way out of shape, I need to walk more so I am ready for the CK Convention, which is much bigger. 

Well I had fun and I bought a few things, I bought this Cuttlebug Quilling set. I only made one flower so far, Took me a little to figure it out, but I think it looks right. I guess I need to make a few more. I hope to get the other flower as well.

New card I made

I made this card for a challenge but didn't get time to upload it to the site. So I decided to still post my card. 

I used Mothers Day Bouquet and Storybook  Cricut Cartridges. I also used the Cuttlebug and the stamp and papers are CTMH.

CH#16 & BLOG HOP! BIRTHDAY BASH

Well when I first saw that the challenge was for Birthday Bash I thought Yeah!! But then I didn't really like this one of the bunny, but after looking at it and deciding what to use I came up with this and thought yes I like this one and I think this will make a great Birthday card, and possible cute for an Easter Layout.

What I used:

Papers, ink, bling and ribbon is all from Close to My Heart.

The Stamp is from Pink By Design.

The Challenge is from Flaunt It Fridays.

Cricut Cartridges used: Birthday Bash, Paperdolls Every day, Create a Critter.

CH# 14 - TWINKLE TOES-Flaunt It Fridays

Well this weeks challenge for Flaunt It Fridays was using the cartridge Twinkle Toes, one that I do not have, surprised  but I don't have all the cartridges. LOL I decided to use the Paper dolls for Every Day.

I used Close To My Heart paper, Stardust Glitz, my Gypsy, which I also used the weld the letters in Dance, which I used the Ashyn's Alphabet. Irock and Stickles.

Cub Scouts

Here are two Cub Scouts I made for our Blue & Gold. I made them really simple because I made about 20 of them. 

I used the Every day Paper dolls.

My Favorite Thing

Well the other night at church, they had asked each of us our favorite thing or things, well I have plenty of course, I have my family and friends and all my animals. I have my Cricut, my scrapbooking supplies, my camera, my computer and all my papercraft friends. But as I was thinking I also remembered that every day I use this step stool for my feet under my work desk. This was made  by my son Justin who passed away in September 2005. He made is in high school wood working class. I remember he didn't really like the teacher in this class, but I was so happy when he made this. I have this everyday to remind me that he is still here with me and I will see him again. I really miss my son Justin and really wish he didn't have to leave us at such a young age. RIP my Son Justin I love you so much.

Cricut Cardz Challenge #64

I decided to try the Cricut Cardz Challenge #64    
This week it is for a bookMark for Dr Seuss's Birthday. I used the April Showers Cartridge. and for the letterings I used Lyrical Letters. I used the Gypsy to weld the letters together. The card stock is Bazzill Basic and the paper is from my stash.

FIF #13 - TAGS, BAGS, BOXES & MORE

This is my Flaunt it Friday challenge. This one was hard because I haven't used the Tags,Bags, boxes & More cartridge before. I wasn't really even sure how to find it on my Gypsy. So I found a video on YouTube, gotta love Youtube and found how to make it. I made the size to fit a gift card in it. Will make a great gift box for someone. Haven't decided yet who to give it. The flower is also from the same cart. The paper is CTMH.

Flaunt It Fridays Challenge.

This is the first time I have ever entered a blog challenge. I decided to do one with Flaunt it Fridays. It is from the Forever Young Cartridge.

Model 1, Emblem (Silhouette feature) on Page 24. I really liked the challenge so I gave it a shot, I also used the Holiday Cakes for the circle border. The Stamp is Stampin up. the Pearls are CTMH. The paper is 

Core dination.

singed flower

The pink flower is a singed flower made from fabric. I also have this board in my office, I like to put things on it that I like. I love Heavenly Father and also love all things Paris, and of course flower and anything else that can be vintage and put on it.

New Valentine's card I made tonight

Here is a card I made tonight, I am going to give to my husband for valentine's day.

New cards I made tonight.

These are two cards I made using the Create a Critter Cartridge. The hearts were made from the Sweetheart cart, paper from Bazzill Basics, stamp and Glitz Glitter glue from CTMH. Oh and I used the I-rock for the pigs eyes and yellow bling on the giraffe.