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

Cowgirl

We survived the first week of school! It was so nice to sleep in today and then to craft with Juliette this morning. We had a great time playing with the Cricut. I used the Once Upon A Princess cart and a variety of papers and ribbon. I think this will make a cute birthday card for a young girl. :) Maria

Challenges:

OTWC #20

JUGS and the Wild Wild West

Merci

Wow, I made 3 cards today! They were so much fun. I know I won't have time again til Saturday so it was nice to have a chance to craft today. I should be working on a guy birthday card for my husband's co-worker, but I love to make the girlie cards and so I did! I will put together a simple card for him next. Juliette has so much homework this week, hopefully she will have some time for crafting this weekend. I miss my stamping buddy! :) Maria

The Shabby Tea Room week #22 Reflections

Le Chic

I started work today on a Xmas gift for my grandmother; a set of cards that she can send to family for special occasions. She's great about mailing a card for every birthday and anniversary. She loves high heeled shoes and I hope she enjoys these. I love to look at them but never could wear heels this high! :) Maria

Cupcake Inspirations #71
Curtain Call #42

Party Dress

With school back in session I have to drive a ton and it's been tough for me to find a moment to sit down and create anything. I've been thinking about this dress for a few days and finally decided that today I'm going to craft first, the dishes will have to wait! I love the feminine look of all the cuts on the Forever Young cart. Too bad yellow isn't my color, otherwise I would love to have this dress! :) Maria

PPC #25

Smile!

I couldn't wait to make a card with this fun rainbow cut and I thought this would be perfect for a young niece who has a birthday in August. It reminds me of Rainbow Brite! I used the Once Upon a Princess cart for the image and the smile.

Challenges

FCCB Challenge Me Monday- Smile

OTWC #19

Bravo!

Today my son started HS and Juliette started 6th grade! I am sad, the house is quiet, but at the same time the solitude is kind of nice too! I started out today thinking I was going to make an anniversary card and then got a call from my BF who had some amazing news. She writes fiction/romance and one of her books was picked up by a publisher. Woo hoo! I'm so proud of her and really honored that she let me read her early drafts. Needless to say, this card turned into a BRAVO for my BF which I will try and get it sent out tomorrow, after the glue on the flower dries! Now I'm off to pick up kids from school. :) Maria

Challenge- The Shabby Tea Room #22 Reflections

Mini Album

It's Sunday and a day that I usually take off from crafting. This morning I woke up with a sore throat and an achy body, not good! My DH is taking the kids to church and I am home and decided I might as well be productive if I'm just going to be sitting around. This is the first mini album I've tried. I think this is another project that would be great for a party craft. It was pretty easy. I used the Hello Kitty Greetings cart and a variety of card stock, papers and ribbon. The pic below is a sample of the pages inside the mini album. :) Maria

contest- Scrappin' Saturday Mini Album Challenge at Fantabulous Cricut.

Tea Party

Still crafting away a Saturday afternoon! We got 1/2 way through HP 4 and I had to make a quick trip to the library. I picked up a few seasons of Jeeves and Wooster and since I got home we've been laughing at the antics of Bertie and his friends. I wish I had my own Jeeves! Anyway, watching British movies and tv shows makes me think of tea which was the inspiration for this card. I used the Once Upon a Princess cart and paper, ribbon and flowers from my stash. :) Maria

Flourishes Kids Play Challenge- I loved playing "tea" as a young girl. Still love it!
JUGS Sketch

Busy Saturday

This is our last free Saturday before school starts and we are getting lots done. We spent the morning cleaning house and when that was done, we sat down and turned on the Cricut. The kids and I are watching all the Harry Potter movies and I just made some chocolate/peanut butter chip cookies. This is my first 3-D project! This purse is from the Forever Young cartridge. I think this would be a fun craft to do for Juliette's next birthday party or sometime when she has a friend over. Back to the Prisoner of Azkaban! :) Maria

Sisterhood of Crafters Red, Orange and Green Challenge

Chic hat

This card is from the other cool cart that my awesome Aunt Mary sent today, Forever Young. I love all the beautiful images that come with this cart! The Ooh La La stamp is from Stampin' Up, the rest of the images are from Forever Young. :) Maria

PPC #24
Flourishes- Bring Back Beautiful

Birthday Girl

This card was so much fun to put together. Our awesome Aunt Mary sent Juliette and me a couple of fun new cartridges that we couldn't wait to try out. For this card I used Once Upon a Princess for all of the images and the Birthday Girl message on the inside. Love, love, love this cart! :) Maria

CCCB Yum

Cupcake Inspirations #70

Happy Birthday

This is another card for the Shabby Tea Room's House and Home Contest. I used Doodlecharms for the House and the poodle stamp was from Stampin' Up. The embellishments were from Michael's and I wrote Happy Birthday. I hope you like this card! :) Juliette

Cupcake Fairy

Here's a card for a contest at Cupcake Inspirations. I used a fairy and butterfly stamp that were from the $1 bin at Michael's and the cupcake is from Doodlecharms. The contest was to use pink, green and fairies. Hope you like it! :) Juliette

Mermaid girl

Well, today I broke my rule about cleaning before crafting. I felt inspired and couldn't stop! I made this card for 3 challenges and I'm going to send it to someone special too. :) I used Life's a Beach for the mermaid and shells, and Stretch Your Imagination for the other shells.

Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger: She Sells Sea Shells

OTWC Challenge #18, blue, yellow and white

PKS Challenge 34- Sketch

I won my first Blog Challenge!!!!!

Hey Everybody, remember a few posts back when I posted this card for Fantabulous Cricut? Well I Won!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so excited! This contest was alot of fun and I'm so glad I did it. :) Juliette

The Shabby Tea Room 'House and Home'

This is my card for the Shabby Tea Room's week #21 challenge, 'House and Home'. I used Stretch Your Imagination for the bird houses and the bird. I used the bird from the water bucket and cut the bird off the top. The stamp is from Susan Branch Girlfriends. I also used vellum and other embellishments. I hope you enjoy this card! :) Juliette

Winter House

Here's a card I made for a challenge over at the Shabby Tea Room. The contest is called House and Home and the rules were to create a card or project using soft blues, creams, whites and browns and a house image. I used the Stretch Your Imagination cart for the gingerbread house, tree and snowflakes. The stamp was from Susan Branch Celebrations.