I love my Cricut machine

Last year and last minute I created quilled snowflake ornaments to sell on etsy and at Creativity (shop where I rent a space) so this year I thought I'd get a head start and I've actually started on snowflakes, or flake - just one so far but it's still a start. I have also decided these lovely snowflakes needed some sort of holder. I didn't want to copy off of others and I wanted to keep it cheap but cute, so after giving it some thought, I looked through my Cricut Tags, Bags, Boxes & More and they had the perfect item - matchbox. So I found some different seasonal papers and have been cutting out and preparing my matchboxes. I don't use my Cricut machine enough but when I do I'm so happy with it.

This is my Let it Snow snowflake shown in it's festive plaid matchbox - I have 3 different styles of snowflakes that are my original designs, I would like to be able to get all 3 done and in my shops for this Christmas, we'll see. Wouldn't they make the perfect gift? Yes they would, so I'm offering a deal - visit my shop on etsy and if you purchase a snowflake mention this blog post in notes to seller and I'll take $2 off the price - that'll make it $10 - awesome deal and who wouldn't love to receive this to hang on their tree or in a window. These take awhile to create so come on and place your order now. This offer expires October 1, 2009.

Happy July 4th!

I've been so busy with custom orders, which I'm not complaining about; but I wasn't able to create anything really in the 4th of July theme - which I wanted to. Instead I'm going to include my newest custom card, Here Comes the Bride......paper cake with quilled roses and flowers and spirals all on a black textured card. I worked on a concept similar to this years ago as a tip-on for a bag that would be sold in Target but it would have cost a fortune to recreate so it never went anywhere. I took that concept and revised it for this card and I'm ever so pleased with the result. If interested in one please feel free to contact me and I'd love to make one for that special day and it can be customized to match the lucky couples color palette.

Enjoy today, be safe and have fun!

Been Two Weeks....

...since my last post, I want to be the type of person who posts every other day but I just can't do it - at least not now, a great goal to aspire to in the future.

In my last post I talked about a couple things I had created at the Scrapbook Day celebration I went to, well....tada, here they are: my very first scrapbook page and a cute paper doll I decorated which happened to win me a $5 gift card to the store.

I'm a Winner

The older I get it seems the more competitive I've become. I love contests! So far this month I'm a winner. I'm a member of the very talented Papertwirlies Team on Etsy and each month we do a contest with a theme, this past month was Easter card; I submitted my bunny card and won - I get to proudly display my tiara and sticker to show that I won. Too cute!

Tonight I went to an 8 hour scrapbook crop at my favorite scrapbook store, Eclectica; and since today was National Scrapbook Day she had lots of contests and it was so much fun. I did my first scrapbook page; I didn't win but my page turned out fabulous. We decorated paperdolls and I won that one. I also won a door prize which must be worth $20, paper, brads, rub ons; all Valentine themed. I'll update with those photo's soon.

So it's been fun these past two days, let's hope it continues. 

What's New?

I've been busy, my daughter ended up having a sinus infection so I wasn't able to get creative for a bit but I've caught up nicely. I signed up to participate in a secret pal gift giving game at the scrapbook store I go to, I finished up that gift for my secret pal, it's a business card holder/notepad holder. She likes greens and blue's so I painted it a subdued sage green, covered the back and sides with a pretty blue and ivory floral paper; then embellished the front with 3 handmade quilled flowers in coordinating colors. I cut 30 pieces of paper to put inside and wrapped a matching paper around them to keep them together; hope she likes it because I was really pleased with the end result. 

I also finished a Mother's Day Sign that my coworker ordered. Painted the oval wood sign on the back and edges in an ivory color, printed the text on the floral paper then cut it to the size of the sign. I then covered the entire thing with Modge Podge; embellished with quilled flowers in crimson, pale pink and rose - I was happy with this too.

What else, oh I know; I figured out how to create treasure boxes entirely out of paper strips. I bought a kit to show me how; only kit I've ever purchased; well it wasn't as hard as I thought. They use up a lot of paper but I'm excited about the one's I did and I've got lots of idea's running through my head for others. So I've got plenty to keep me busy and I'm sure not enough time to get them done. 

Have a fabulous evening!

Flower Pots

Flower pot paper clip holders with wire holder for notes or photos. Too cute aren't they? These are a revised design from my original flower paper clip holders, I made one just experimenting and my coworker ordered 4 of them for Mother's Day gifts - here they are. They'd also make perfect little thank you's for a coworker/assistant or for a Teacher Appreciation gift - the verses on the oval cards are personalized.

HAPPY EASTER!