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