25 Days of Christmas- Day 2

Hello Bloggers, welcome to our 2nd day of 25 Days of Christmas! Today we will be showing you some cute things to make for stocking stuffers. I hope our projects today help you with some ideas!

My project today is a file from the Silhouette store. I did tweak the file a little to use it for my project. The file is a 3d lollipop holder and I added a circle on the bottom to make it a candy cane holder. This is going to be so cute in my daughter's stocking. She loves Rudolph the red nose reindeer so I'm going to tell her this was left for her by him. She will be tickled pink!

Supplies Used:
3D Lollipop Cover
Candy Cane
Recollections textured paper
Red Glitter paper-Hobby Lobby




 Thanks again for joining us today! Now your on to Mandy's Blog  http://scrappykins.blogspot.com/

full line up is below:

Dana- http://Danascraftycorner.blogspot.com/
Mandy- http://scrappykins.blogspot.com/
Sharon- http://simplysweetbysharon.blogspot.com/
Debbie- www.scrapmequickdesigns.com

25 Days of Christmas- Day 1 Christmas Cards

Hello Bloggers and welcome to 25 Days of Christmas. We will be posting for 25 days of Christmas all different ideas from Christmas cards, to gifts for kids, crafts for children to enjoy to even an ugly sweater. Come back each day to see what we do!

Today we are doing Christmas Cards! Now who doesn't need a good idea for Cards? I know I always do. I hope you enjoy today's projects and come back tomorrow for a new project to view.

I love how these cards came out. They are my favorite! I even made matching envelopes to go with them.

Supplies Used:
Recollections Gemstones paper
Hobby Lobby Glitter Paper
Heat and Stick Rhinestones
Stazon Gold Ink
Stampin' Up Special Season Clear Mount Stamp Set
Real Red Classic Ink Pad
Garden Green Classic Ink Pad


You are now on to Kristy's Blog : http://ScraptasticalKreations.blogspot.com






  *** Ladies Hopping with us Today***

Mandy - http://Scrappykins.blogspot.com
Dana - http://Danascraftycorner.blogspot.com/
Kristy - http://ScraptasticalKreations.blogspot.com
 Debbie - www.scrapmequickdesigns.com
Suzelle - www.stylishpartysupplies.blogspot.com 
Marji - http://Fstampaholic.blogspot.com/

Finding my crafty mojo again....

It seems I lost my crafty mojo over the summer but I get in jags like that I'm sure I'm not the only one. Well, it seems I have found it again and I'm happy to post some projects I've done in the last couple months.

Hope you like them too...

Thanks for stopping by...

Happy Father's Day!!

I hope everyone is having a great Father's Day this year! I have been playing around with the idea of making my own t-shirts instead of buying them and I am so glad I did take the plunge. I bought a heat press a week ago and I'm in love. Why didn't I do this a year before! I am going to save so much money on making my own instead of buying them in the store. I just love what I can do with my cameo and vinyl. When I hear the word vinyl, I swear I hear angels sing!

I wanted to share with you my FIRST HTV (Heat Transfer Vinyl) project with you. I made some t-shirts last night for my husband and my dad for Father's Day! My dad loved it. My husband hasn't seen his yet, he's at work so SHHHHHHH.

Well thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful Father's Day everyone!!!

xoxo

Heaven Plaque

Hello Everyone,

I wanted to share a plaque I made for  a special friend who had lost a child. I was very happy she loved the plaque as much as I did. I used Martha Stewart paint, White vinyl from Joann's and the plaque I bought from Michaels. I cut this saying out using my Cameo.  Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Jar Full Of Memories For 2013!!!!

Hello Everyone,

I made this jar to fill with my most fond memories of 2013. On New Years Eve I will take them out and read them and relive the best of 2013. I plan to do this every year.

You can use any mason jar or starbucks frap bottle will do too. Check your local goodwill for jars. The paper I used is Echo Park, the lid is MS glitter, Rhinestones and Tulle are CTMH. The tag is from the Sil Store and the circle was super easy to create in sil studio software. I used Mod Podge to adhere the paper to the glass.  I am so in love with the way my jar came out.

Stay tuned for the upcoming project I'm working on next. 

Vinyl, Vinyl, Vinyl!!!!

I am in love with Vinyl and my Cameo!!!! I have had these plain canisters in my Kitchen since my hubby and I got married. I finally decided to decorate them yesterday. They came out so cute and only took a few minutes to make! The font I used is called Twilight.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you like them!

Valentine Plate

Hello, I forgot to post this as well. I bought this heart shaped plate yesterday at Walmart for .97 cents. The first thing I said when I saw this was "I could decorate this with vinyl and put it out in the kitchen". Took about 30 mins from start to finish to make. Thanks for stopping by!

Valentine's Canvas

Hello Everyone! I just wanted to share a canvas project I created using my Cameo! This is a file I bought in the Sil Store. I just LOVE it. I used 3 different colors and some paint to create this. Hope you like it as much as I do!!!!

Target Mailboxes

A few days ago I made some really cut mailboxes for my daughters teachers. Sorry I'm just now getting around to posting. I found these mailboxes in the 1.00 section at Target and saw a really cute idea posted online for using them. I bought some vinyl and files off the Sil Store and just started playing around. Inside the mailboxes will be hersey kisses and a little valentine card I print and cut using my Cameo. Hope you like them as much as we do.

Cameo Print and Cut!

I am in love with my Silhoutte Print and Cut feature! I found a really cute file on the Sil Store and thought it would be perfect for my daughter's class. She is in pre-school. Also, what a way to save some money instead of buying them at the store. all I needed was some white cardstock and ink in my printer. Here is a peek at what I made. Next on the list is to make her teachers a gift. Thanks for looking!

My Daughter's Party Favors For V-Day

Well today I had a lot of time to sit down and start making 15 favors for my daughter's class.  They will be given on Valentines Day to her classmates. We both loved how they turned out and she even stamped some before she ran off to play. She is only 4 1/2 so you can't blame her short attention span. What I used to make these was the Whooo's Your Valentine Kit by CTMH. This kit is available for ONLY 10.00 with a 35.00 purchase! This kit retails for 40.00! What a deal you are getting!!!!!!!! You can order directly through me at www.danatarchala.ctmh.com . This kit is ONLY available until January 31st! Order yours before they are SOLD OUT!

SUPPLIES USED:

Whooo's Your Valentine Kit
Cricut Artiste Collection (Z1790)
Slate Ink Pad (Z2173)
Cranberry Ink Pad  (Z2116)
Black Ink Pad (Z2105)
Cotton Candy Ink Pad  (Z2193)
Bonding Memories Glue Pen (Z553)
Adhesive  (1514)
Silver Shimmer Trim (Z1799)

CTMH Whooo's Your Valentine?

I am a Close To My Heart Consultant and I want to show you this awesome Whooo's your Valentine Kit. Its only 10.00 when you place a qualifying order of 35.00 or more with me. This is a super cute kit if your have children, grandchildren, if your a teacher or teachers assistant. You can even make these for your neice and nephews and they'd love this! You can decorate it in some many ways!!! This kit is only available until January 31st so hurry up and order yours today!!!!!!!

MY CTMH HOME PAGE

Christmas Card Swap Blog Hop

The best way to brighten a person's day is to send them a card and the holidays give everyone the perfect excuse to do that. When you add talent to the mix, you have the perfect hand made holiday card to brighten any day.

That is what this hop is about. We have gathered some of the most talented card makers around to bring holiday joy to each other while showing off their talents. Some of the crafter's know each other while others have met for this first time in the Christmas Card Swap group.

Today some of the these wonderful ladies will showing the cards they made. We hope you will join us to see how talented these crafter's are and to get inspiration and ideas for your own holiday cards.

Please begin your hop with LorbysWorld

Now on to the cards and Holiday Cheer!

I did get card idea off pinterest. I just love love pinterest! To make this card I used the gingerbread SU stamp and die set. rhinestones. some pretty DCWV paper and Recollections Gemstone paper. My gingerbread look sparkly because of the paper which I love. I used a CTMH stamp for the greeting. 

 Thank you for hoping with me today and now your on to see Sharon

1. Jearise ~ http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com
2. Melissa Pinter ~ http://pinkpolkadotscrapping.blogspot.com
3. Shelly Lynn ~  http://kccroppers.blogspot.com
4. Sandra Merritt ~ http://merritt-vergaray-connection.blogspot.com/ 
5. Dena Jones ~ http://missdjones.blogspot.com/
6. Shawnee ~ http://quiverofangels.blogspot.com
7. Beth~ motherandaughterdesigns.blogspot.com
8. Tonya ~ http://www.creativeaddictiontopaper.blogspot.com/
9. Ashley W ~ http://marinewifesscrappinlife.blogspot.com
10. Dana T ~ http://danascraftycorner.blogspot.com
11. Sharon ~ http://simplysweetbysharon.blogspot.com/

Heather Lynn's Blog Giveaway!

CHECK OUT HEATHER LYNN'S BLOG FOR AN AWESOME GIVEAWAY!
HERE IS WHAT SHE IS GIVING AWAY:
Basically Bare mini album
Tim Holtz stamp set
CTMH stamp set~new this month
Bag of buttons
Misc ribbons
Off White twine
Smash Journaling pad
K&Co Mat stack
Purple letter stickers
Horoscope sign stickers

CLICK HERE TO GO TO HEATHERS BLOG

Close To My Heart- While Supplies Lasts!!!!

Don't wait! Hurry up and go see what is still available! 2.00 12x12 Albums! (Retails for 9.95), Inks, Stickers, Ribbons, Paper, Buttons and so much more!!! Check it out while you can this is a great sale! If you any questions please feel free to Email me at Dtarchala@gmail.com. WHILE SUPPLIES LASTS

May: My Cricut Craftroom's 100 Cart Blog Hop

Welcome to My Cricut Craft Room's

100 Cricut Cartridge Blog Hop

You should have started at http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/ if not please start at the beginning

Be sure to visit Erica's Blog http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com tomorrow for over 50 NEW projects that you did not see today....

And don't forget My Cricut Craft Room is giving away The NEW.....  Wild Card 2 cartridge.  
How can you win?  By commenting on every blog in this hop  

AND DID YOU KNOW.....  IT'S CONTEST TIME:

                 This month Erica is doing 31 days of $31 giveaways

So here are the rules for the .....

Each day make ONE comment with your name, facebook name and blog address....

Add the blinkie below to your blog.  Erica will pick a name from the comments, then go and look at your blog, if you were picked for that day and have the blinkie YOU WIN! 

** Don't have a blog.... that's ok you can comment with your facebook..... Don't have facebook???? Just comment and say you do not have facebook or a blog. You can still win if you do not have facebook or a blog.  It is picked at random so if someone is picked more than once, they will get more than one grab bag. 

The winner will pay the $3.25 shipping.

Also make sure to follow Erica's blog so you will know when she has contests, prizes, challenges, swaps & special online coupons.

Currently she is running a Scrapbook & Card challenge over on her challenge blog and you can win a gift certificate to her webstore! http://ericascraftroomchallenges.blogspot.com

Don't forget to comment along the way on all of the blogs today and tomorrow to be entered to win the Cricut cartridge that Erica is giving away today. Winners will be announced on her blog on Tuesday!
  

For my project I did  a wedding layout. I am currently working on (slowly) my wedding scrapbook album. The cartridges I used today were Cricut Wedding Solutions, Divine Wedding, and Tie The Knot. These are my favorite go to wedding cartridges, the images are so elegant I love the way this layout turned out. 

I cut the doves from the cartridge Wedding, The Car, the Black mat and the phrase are from Divine Wedding. Just Married is from Tie the Knot. The white photo mat is from George and Basic Shapes. I'm not sure what the sizes are because I didn't save this project. I know shame on me!! I hope you liked my layout today.

Your now on your way to Doris http://mybugandmecreate.blogspot.com/

Line up
Saturday
Host- http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/
Liz - http://tryin2craft.blogspot.com/
Jenny R - http://myimagitivity.blogspot.com/
Kathy- http://3spoileddogs.blogspot.com/
Dana- http://danascraftycorner.blogspot.com/
Doris - http://mybugandmecreate.blogspot.com/
Janet - http://janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com/
Patti- http://sweetpsscrapbooks.blogspot.com/
Erica- http://ericasprojects.blogspot.com/
Miranda - http://www.nanasscrapspot.com/
Tonya - http://ittybittyladybugs.blogspot.com/ -
Sarah W. - http://www.craftingwithsarah.blogspot.com/
Mary - http://mary-fortheloveofart.blogspot.com/
Heather E. - http://pinkpunkcosmo.blogspot.com/
Tracy - http://scrappininthewoods.blogspot.com/
Marji - http://fstampaholic.blogspot.com/
Blog Candy http://ericasblogcandy.blogspot.com/

April: My Cricut Craft Room's 100 Cricut Cartridge Blog Hop

Welcome to My Cricut Craft Room's

100 Cricut Cartridge Blog Hop

     You should have started at http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/ if not please start at the beginning



Be sure to visit Erica's Blog http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com tomorrow for over 50 NEW projects that you did not see today....
Also make sure to follow Erica's blog so you will know when she has contests, prizes, challenges, swaps & special online coupons.

Currently she is running a Scrapbook & Card challenge over on her challenge blog and you can win a gift certificate to her webstore! http://ericascraftroomchallenges.blogspot.com/

Don't forget to comment along the way on all of the blogs today and tomorrow to be entered to win the Cricut cartridge that Erica is giving away today. Winners will be announced on her blog on Tuesday!


For my project today I made a small Easter basket for my daughter's basket using Cricut Craft Room Teresa Collins Exclusive Bunnies & Chicks and Easter Basket. You can buy these from www.Cricut.com and you get some cute images for 9.99. I really like how this came out and the paper was so cute. I will give you a hint, I did use BLING and Glitter paper! Those of you who follow me and know how I design it wouldn't be me if there wasn't bling or glitter involved.

The basket is cut at 11x9, the Bow on the sides of the basket is cut at 2" and the bunny is at 2.25. I used white glitter paper to cut my bunny out and then I took chalk and colored the nose a light pink. I plan on putting some plastic eggs in this little basket which some money in it for her bank.

I hope you enjoyed today's project. Your now on to see Tonya http://ittybittyladybugs.blogspot.com

My Cricut Craft Room Theme: Easter Eggs & Grass

Welcome to my Theme Day Thursday! For today's theme we are to use Easter Eggs and Grass in our project. For my project I created a Layout using a Easter Bunny picture from when my Daughter was 1. It was her first official picture with the Easter Bunny! I hope you all enjoy today's project!

The cute little sayings around the layout I bought from Archivers I don't know what paper line it was but it was in the Easter Section. The bunny is from Easter 2010 along with the Grass. I welded the grass together in CCR. The Bunny is about 4.50 the eggs are from a CCR exclusive called Easter Basket I cut the eggs out at 1.30. The mat behind my photo is from a rectangle on Art Philosophy cut at 7.61x5.36. As you can see I love glitter and the background paper had glitter as well as mat so I kept that going throughout my layout. I hope you enjoyed today's project.

Please stop by http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/ to see more of the design team members projects!

Also, check out Erica's store she has a lot of goodies on sale this week!!!! http://www.shop.ericascraftroom.com/


Thanks for stopping by until next time, have a great day!

My Cricut Craft Room March 27th Card Challenge

Hello Everyone and welcome to My Cricut Craft Room's Card Challenge. For today's challenge we were given a sketch and colors to follow. Erica at My Cricut Craft Room has a card challenge every Tuesday and also a Scrapbook Challenge every other week.

Everyone who is interested in a Card or Scrapbook challenge please stop by Erica's Challenge blog! You can also see more challenge entries as well! http://ericascraftroomchallenges.blogspot.com/

For today's challenge I used Cricut Easter 2010 and Teresa Collins Easter Basket to make this card. My daughter who is 4 helped me make this card. I let her pick out what she wanted. She is giving this card to the Easter bunny she says. All the paper I used today were from the DCWV Shimmer Stack.