Spanish Dancer

This is a good luck card I made for J before a Winter ballet show she did this past weekend. It's good luck to tell ballet dancers "merde" before a performance. The dress is very similar to the one she wore! It was a great show and she loved the card. I used the gypsy to weld the letters together and the Shall We Dance Cricut cart for the dancer. :) Maria

JUGS #60- color challenge
Paper Romance #25- Favorite things- ballet is one of my favorite things to watch!

Grateful

I've been super busy and haven't had as much time to craft as I would like, but I wanted to make this card for a dear friend who has done a lot for me. I thought Thanksgiving was the perfect time to let her know how grateful I am! :) Maria

Fantabulous Cricut #37- Thankful- I used Gypsy wanderings and Stretch Your Imagination

For Fun Challenges- Thanksgiving or Thank you

The Sisterhood of Crafters- Things to be thankful for

Cupcake Inspiration #86

Birthday dragon

I have been sooo super busy that there has been no time for crafting! My son went to a birthday party on Saturday for a friend who is a 13 year old boy and I made this card for him. He liked it and thought it was super cool! I used the Indie Art Cricut cartridge for the dragon which I got recently from the free Gypsy cart download. I also used the Happy Birthday from Gypsy Wanderings. I love Indie Art, there are lots of cool images that I think work great for teen boys. Enjoy! :) Maria

Sisterhood of Crafters- Birthday card

Vampire dress

I know this isn't traditional Halloween but I thought the colors made it look kind of spooky! I watch Buffy a lot and was watching an episode with Drusilla while creating this card. She inspired me, the black flowers seemed very much like something an evil vampire would enjoy.
;) Maria

JUGS #55 color challenge

bosses day

I made this as a blank, anytime card and then my husband asked if I had anything for his boss for bosses day. His boss is a woman and it turns out she like butterflies so I was happy that I had this on hand! She loved it. :) Maria

PPC #34

Cricut Cardz Challenge #46- anything goes I used Once Upon a Princess for the butterfly

Sparkly shoes

I got inspired to do a little crafting tonight. I used the Forever Young cart for the purse and shoes and used stickles and pearls for the bling! Enjoy. :) Maria

OTWC #28

Sisterhood of Crafters- Bling

Spooky tree

I was inspired to make a Halloween card today! It hasn't felt much like fall yet but we're starting to get some cooler weather and today I made an apple pie. I made this fun card using the Doodlecharms and SYI cricut carts as well as a fun border punch, ribbons and stickles. Juliette had the idea to suspend the spider from the tree, I must give her full credit for that one! She also cut the black web. :) Maria

The Shabby Tea Room #30- Vintage Halloween

Paper Romance- Halloween or Fall

Paper Sundaes #39- A change of season

CCCB #25- holiday

fairy

Here is a card I made for Juliette as a congratulatory card for a ballet role she got as a fairy. I stamped the image and used watercolor pencils to color, and then used a heart doily, Martha Stewart border punch, pink flowers and pearls for accents. :) Maria

Flutter By Wednesday Challenge #125

Nutcracker

We got this new stamp and I couldn't wait to try it out! I'm going to be in the Nutcracker so this is extra cool. Hope you like it! :) Juliette

CCCB Holiday



Lollipop Ladies Xmas

blue dress

I haven't been around lately, I've been busy with school and dance but this week I had fall break. I decided to enter some challenges and this one is for Sisterhood of Crafters. I really like the color combination and it's nice to make cards with colors I like. It was a very fun challenge, hope you like it! :) Juliette

Sisterhood of Crafters- Color my world

Relax

Today is my dad's birthday! We are celebrating both his and my mom's special days with homemade dinner tonight! It should be lots of fun. The kids are on fall break so we've had a minute to do some crafting and cooking. My dad likes to go fishing but hardly ever has a chance to. I thought this card would be a nice reminder that he can take some time to relax and enjoy himself, he works so hard! :) maria

OTWC #27

Sisterhood of Crafters- Color my world- dark brown, light blue and ivory

Birthday month!

October is a month of birthdays for my family! Today is my mom's birthday, tomorrow is my dad and my SIL, my cousins hubby is in a few weeks and mine falls in there too! I made this card for my mom. I love the cake from Once Upon a Princess. It's so pretty and feminine! :) Maria

Fantabulous Cricut #30- Bake and decorate

Birthday Squirrel

This is a birthday card for my SIL who loves squirrels. I wanted to do something a little different and chic so I added the hat to the squirrel image! I thought the colors worked out great for the many fall themed contests going on right now. :) Maria

4 Crafty Chicks #4- Fall

PPC #32

Crafty Creations #86- falling leaves

CYDA #4

Ole!

Wow, what a week! I've been sick since last Sat. night the 11th and have not felt up to crafting at all! I'm actually still not 100% and have made a dr. appointment tomorrow to see if I have a sinus infection. :( Not fun, but I am at least up and out of bed and doing a little crafting again. I made this book mark as a gift for my daughter, Juliette, who does ballet. Her ballet school does a Nutcracker performance and this year J and a few of her friends were chosen to do the Spanish Dance. This image from Forever Young reminded me of a Flamenco dancer so I thought it would be perfect. :) Maria

Contests:

JUGS #51-green, red and black

4 Crafty Chicks #3- embossing. I embossed the BRAVO on the back of the bookmark.

Sweet Baby Boy

I have had more crafting time this week than I anticipated because Juliette has been home sick. :( So, it's been a week of crafting, Arrested Development, Buffy, chicken soup and echinacea tea. I used the gypsy for this project, I'm starting to get the hang of it! :) Maria

Challenges-
OTWC #24
CCCB #21

Inspired

This is a card I made for my brother who is a teacher. I think he is a great teacher and know he inspires many of his students. He teaches for a university and I think teachers at all levels should get an apple once in a while! I thought this would be a nice way for him to start the new semester. My husband liked that I made a masculine looking card for once! :) Maria

Challenges:

Crazy for Challenges C4C53- Book

The Pink Elephant #83- Back to School

Quinceanera

My husband's cousin is celebrating her 15th birthday this weekend with a quinceanera. We were invited but the party is out of the state and we are unable to attend. He asked if I could make a card to send her and of course I was happy to oblige! I used the Forever Young cart to create the girl and the flowers and Once Upon a Princess for the 15. I hope she likes it! :) Maria

Contests:
Sisterhood of Crafters- 1 ribbon, 2 papers, 3 flowers
CDYA #3-Girly and glittery
For Fun Challenges-Black and white + 1

Christmas tags

Every holiday season I make hot fudge sauce to give as gifts to special people, and I thought it would be fun to create some gift tags to go along with the jars. The tags that say happy holidays will go on presents and I left some blank space so I have room to write names. I used the Cricut to cut the tag shapes and used the Stretch Your Imagination cart. The paper is a Bazzill assortment and I used stamps for both sentiments. I embossed the happy holidays and used stickles to jazz up the oven mitt. :) Maria

Challenge
The Shabby Tea Room #26- Tag You're It

30 and fabulous!

My cousin just turned 30 and I wanted to send her a special card to mark the occasion. She is a pilot in the US Air Force so I thought this HK pilot image would be perfect! This card was one of my first attempts at using the Gypsy. It took me over an hour of trial and error and 3 You Tube tutorials to figure out how to weld the letters a n d together to make and! It was worth it though and now I'm somewhat confident that I can do it again! I used Gypsy font for the and, Forever Young for the fabulous, Once Upon a Princess for the 30, and Hello Kitty Greetings for the pilot and plane. :) Maria





contest:


Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Me Monday #26- Labor Day

Little black dress

I haven't had as much time as I would like to craft this week and I'm happy to have a long weekend! I created this card for a friend who has a birthday in a few weeks. She is very chic and stylish and I thought this card would be perfect for her. Maria

Contests:

JUGS #49- Sketch

Crafty Creations #83- white +1

Stampin Royalty #35- rhinestones and pearls

The Pink Elephant #82- mostly white

The Shabby Tea Room- old meets new- old stamp, new paper

Holiday shopping

I think this may be the first stamp I ever bought! I love this chic shopper. I have used her image in my Xmas cards before and think she makes a great holiday card. I love the color combo over at PPC again this week. Always such pretty colors and combinations I wouldn't think to put together on my own! :) Maria

Challenges-

PPC #28

The Shabby Tea Room #25- Old Meets New- I used my oldest stamp and all of the paper is new, purchased yesterday, except for the black
Paper Sundaes #33- Christmas in August

Paper Romance #13- Sketch

A little bit of metal

Here's a card I made for the Shabby Tea Room contest #24. Hope you like it! :) Juliette

Hello Halloween

I love all the possibilities that come with the Hello Kitty cart. I haven't used this cut before and decided to use the card option. It was fairly simple and fun, I cut everything out at size 5 which makes it easier for the tiny pieces. I used plain colored card stock and paper and then stickles for the cape and whiskers. Enjoy! :) Maria

Challenges

CCCB- I see stars

Erin Lee Creative- Halloween

Fun flamingo

This is a fun card that I gave to my Dad on Father's Day. All of the cuts are from Life's A Beach. I had a lot of fun making mking this card and I hope you like it. I also used pineapple paper for the pineapple but the pineapple drink was from Life's a beach and the legs of the flamingo are supposed to be the "A" in Dad. I really hope you like it!!!! :) Juliette


Challenges:
Fantabulous Cricut-Challenge Me Monday #24

Bitten By the Bug 2- Flamingo

Chic Christmas

I worked on this project all week, mostly while sitting in the ballet school lobby waiting for J. That's the great thing about cross stitch, you can take it with you and work on it while chatting with friends. I put the rest of the card together at home last night and this morning. I picked up this adorable Martha Stewart scroll lace punch at Michael's yesterday and thought it added just the right accompaniment to the card. Last year I made some cross stitch ornaments to give as Xmas gifts and I thought I would do it again. I love receiving homemade gifts and love to give them as well. I used a Susan Branch stamp for the sentiment and cut the card using the Forever Young cart and tracing an old cross stitch ornament card. The heart brad is from Michael's and the cross stitch pattern is from a Leisure Arts leaflet called Love One Another. :) Maria

Contests:

The Shabby Tea Room week #24- A Little Bit of Metal

FTTC81- lace

For Fun Challenges-ribbon or lace

Bonjour

I loved the color combo over at PPC this week. This is another card that will go into my Grandma's Xmas gift pack. She mentioned a pair of blue, high heeled shoes she has and these heels made me think of her. I used the Forever Young cartridge for all the cuts. I also used pearls, ribbon and stickles to embellish. PPC is also looking for guest designers. Click here if you would like to play along. :) Maria

Contest:

PPC #27

Hello birthday

I haven't made any Hello Kitty cards for a few weeks and started to miss her so I had to get my favorite cartridge out again. I love the balloon image but wasn't thrilled with the original cut because it blocked the sentiment. I cut the balloons and used embroidery floss as the balloon strings instead. I used a Susan Branch stamp for the Happy Birthday and cake and the paper and ribbon were from my stash. :) Maria

Challenges:

Cupcake Inspirations #73

Paper Sundaes #32

Fancy Flamingos

I worked on this card for most of the day yesterday. It was fun but I wish I was a little faster! Also, my Cricut is tempermental and doesn't like all cardstock equally. The flowers and leaves took the most time because the paper would rip. Oh well, it's still fun to create!!! I used the Life's a Beach cart for the flamingos and a few of the flowers and leaves. I used Forever Young for the remaining flowers and Once Upon a Princess for the Girlfriends sentiment. :) Maria


Challenges:
BBB2 Life's a Beach Flamingo
Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Me Monday #24 Hot-Tropical
JUGS #47 Color Challenge- Lime, hot pink and teal

Elegant dress

I used a stamp for the dress and cut vellum to cover it. The model is from the Forever Young cartridge. I also used Susan Branch paper and vellum, solid pink and silver cardstock, pearls, a flower and cut out a doily for the background. Hope you like it! :) Juliette





Challenge- The Shabby Tea Room #23 The Delicate Cottage Rose

Girly fun

I had way too much fun with this challenge at the Shabby Tea Room. My husband noted that all of my cards lately are very girly and asked if I will make guy cards any time soon? Maybe for my next project! :) Maria

The Shabby Tea Room #23 The Delicate Cottage Rose

Time for Tea

It's been a super busy week and I haven't had as much time to craft as I would like. Yesterday was the first chance I had to sit and both J and I made a couple of fun cards. This is a card I made for a few challenges. I used the Once Upon a Princess cart for the tea cup and butterfly. Some of the papers and the sentiment are Susan Branch and some are random from my stash. :) Maria

The Shabby Tea Room #23- The Delicate Cottage Rose

c4c51- Sketch

Cricut Cardz Challenge #38 Anything Goes

Crafty Creations #81- Butterflies

Flutter by Wednesday #118

Ballet bookmark

With school back in full swing I thought Juliette could use a bookmark for the books she reads in literature class. With the start of the academic school year also brings the start of the ballet school year so I thought this would be a fun combination of the two. I used the Once Upon a Princess cart, pink and yellow cardstock, Susan Branch paper and pink ribbon for the border. I'm going to surprise her with this after school today, hope she likes it! :) Maria

Challenges:

CCCB #18 Isn't She Lovely?

Stampin Royalty #33 School Days

TSG 68- Bookmarks

FTTC 80 Color challenge

All dressed up

I LOVE the inspiration photo for the challenge in the Shabby Tea Room this week. I wish this was my room! My husband probably wouldn't go for it though. :) I am having so much fun creating with this theme in mind. I'm working through a couple more ideas but here's the first. I love this dress image. I used a cut from Once Upon a Princess and Susan Branch paper.

:) Maria

contest- The Shabby Tea Room #23 The Delicate Cottage Rose

Baby boy

Here's a card I made for a contest over at Picture Perfect Creations. The challenge was to use the colors red, white and blue. I immediately thought 4th of July or USA but wanted to try something different. These colors also seemed like boy colors which reminded me of this romper template from PSX designs. I will use this as a welcome baby or as a baby's first birthday card. Enjoy! :) Maria

Contest- PPC #26

Mommy to be

I found the cutest clear stamps in the $1 bin at Michael's a few weeks ago and I've been anxious to try them out. They worked wonderfully! This card was so much fun to put together, we watched Romy and Michele's High School Reunion while crafting yesterday. Enjoy! :) Maria

Challenges:
CCCB #17
Wee Memories #18
Fussy & Fancy Friday Challenge #17

Pretty Purse

This is a purse I made last night. The challenge was to get inspiration from a photo at the Shabby Tea Room. I used the Forever Young cartridge and some doilies and embellies from Michael's. I had a lot of fun making this purse and I hope you enjoy it!! :) Juliette

Here are the contests I entered this purse in:

The Shabby Tea Room #22 Reflections

Wee Memories #18 buttons, brads or bling

You Rock!

I'm very glad that in the midst of all the business from school I got to craft this weekend. I used the Once Upon a Princess cartridge for this card. The heart metal brad and the gem embellishments are from Michael's and I also used some Stickles. I hope to get one more project done and now I'm watching gymnastics! Hope you like it! :) Juliette


Challenges:
Crazy for Challenges C4C50
Paper Sundaes #30 Metal
PRC 11 Pink and Bling