Twilight shoe/photo box swap

Hello, sorry it has been awhile since my last posting. I was busy working on a new swap and this was the first I had ever done and boy did I have fun!
Dalia hosted a Twilight shoe/photo box swap. We had a list of items to make/buy/or alter to put in the box:

1-altered notebook
2-1 yd. ribbon or lace, red, white and black
3- 3 ATC's embellished
4-bling it-red, white and black
5-Altered matchbox with two altered pins, 2 flowers and a chucky dangle charm
6- 3 altered tags embellished
7-2 or more flowers, red, white and black
8-Diamond, such as glitter glue or rhinestones and etc.
9-Altered box filled with goodies
10- 3 each of twinchies and trinches embellished
11-mini mini with quotes or pics
12-surprise day
13- 3 cricut cuts layered and embellished to do with Twilight
14-Twilight goodies
15- anything not twilight related

So here is the pics,

#15 altered photo holder, Tim Holtz Philosophy tags and a mini clipboard

 # 13 Cricut cuts

#12 Surprise day a bracelet

#11 mini mini album

#9 altered box filled with goodies

#7 flowers

# 6 tags

# 8 Diamond 

# 5 altered matchbox

other side of matchbox

Chunky charm, 2 flowers and 2 stick pins

# 3 ATC's

# 2 lace/ribbon

#1 altered notebook-back

back inside

front inside

front

The box I altered-side

front

and top

#4 Bling it

#10 twinchies and trinchies

Hope you like my creations~

Thanks for looking!

Paint can swap

This is what my partner sent me. The one product I loved and use the most is the homemade glimmer mist. I was looking for something with a black hills gold feel to it. Thank you Valbaby!

Paint can swap

I was in a paint can swap awhile back. This is what I sent my partner. She loves pink and zebra print. She loved it. I forgot to take pics, luckily she did.

Her nickname is Valbaby so I thought I would put it on the can~

Sorry I have beeen MIA. I am currently in a Twilight shoebox swap. As soon as I am done I will post pics of what I am sending to my partner Mschewie.

Thanks for looking~

My first Cricut Circle Monthly Challenge

Monthly Challenge!

On the first day of each month we will announce a new Monthly Challenge. The challenges are designed to inspire you to stretch your creative wings. Have fun with it! You will have the entire month to create a project for the challenge. The project must meet the challenge requirements in order for your name to be entered into the prize drawing.

This month the winner will receive this jam-packed IMAGINE CARTRIDGE BUNDLE!

The Imagine Cartridge Bundle includes:

• Better Together
• Best Friends
• Blast Off
• Kate’s Kitchen
• Ancestry
• Mystical Garden
• Snapshot: Everyday

FEBRUARY MONTHLY CHALLENGE: BANNERS!

Banners are everywhere! We love their versatility and the way they can be customized for any occasion. For this challenge, we want you to create a banner with any theme you would like. You may use THIS POST as inspiration, or feel free to create something completely new. Project must be newly created for this challenge.
This challenge is open to Cricut Circle Members only. Your entry must include 3 or more Cricut Cuts and meet the requirements above in order for your name to be entered into a random drawing for the PRIZE. You must submit a project to be entered into the drawing. Submit your entry using the InLinkz tool found at the bottom of this post and include your first and last name in the title. Entries are due by 11:59 pm MST on Sunday, February 27th, 2011. Winner will be announced on March 1st, 2011. Prize will be delivered to winner within 4 to 6 weeks of announcement.
Note: We want to be sure that everyone knows that you DO NOT need to have a blog to participate in the challenges here on the Cricut Circle blog. When the InLinkz tool at the bottom of the Challenge Post asks you for the URL of your blog, you can also type in the URL of a gallery you have uploaded your project to, a direct URL to the image (Photobucket, TinyPic, etc.) or even a message board entry where you have inserted your photo. If you receive an error while submitting your entry, look at the top of the screen and there will be three tabs to choose from. One of them will give you the option to upload your image directly from your computer. We are really enjoying your submissions! Keep them coming!
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This is my first montly challenge. I have been in a lot ot Twilight swaps and love the books and movies, I thought this would be the perfect banner to make.
Recipe for banner:
Black Bazzill cardstock for banner crests cut at 5 inch from Winter Woodland on pg. 37 and inked edges with silver
DCWV Champagne metallic cardstock for font cut at 3 3/4 inch from Winter Woodland and I used from PK Glitz wonder film and red rose glitter to fill in the open spots also
Antique Gold Bazzill cardstock for lions head cut at 1 1/2 inch and wonder film and crystal glitter from PK Glitz to fill in lions head
Ribbon French Block black 5 from walmart and swirl rhinestones from Recollections
DCWV the immortal love embellishments-apple, checkered and silver heart, chess piece, moon and eclipse moon and flower all pop dotted with foam dots
Marah Johnson layered stickers- true love and flourish and rhinestones in red, white and grey
Cullen crest pin
brads are Chatter box easy brad maker used for the E-Edward and B- Bella  printed from computer font is BE SAFE
feather and red ribon from my stash
Hope you like it! and thanks for looking~

Cricut Circle Magazine Challenge Valentine contest

MY SWEET VALENTINE CONTEST!

We want you to create a fun Valentine’s Day Project. It can be anything from classroom treats to a gift for your sprecial someone!

Please use at least four Cricut cuts and include something edible in the design (even if it’s just candy inside). Upload a picture of your project to the blog under the Magazine Challenge Tab. Only one entry per person. Please include your first and last name as the title of your entry. Entry deadline is Friday, February 11th, 2011 at 11:59 pm Mountain time. Just in time to give it away on the 14th!! Winner will receive a Cricut Cake Mini Machine!!  Prize will be shipped within 4 to 6 weeks after the announcement.

Recipe for paint can:
6 inch med. paint can (Joann's)
Alcohol inks-Cranberry and gold
Pink fiber
2 heart buttons
Frame ( will holder a picture 3x5)and bottom border on can from artistic expressions Beauty by Rhonna Farrer
Adhesive ribbon Love from DCWV
Stickles-Fruit punch, Cotton candy, Xmas red on mini hearts of crown  and platinum on star and Love Forever all from Rock Princess cart-crown cut at 3 inches
Flirty and Lace heart doily's from Lovestruck cart cut at 2 inches
Love memory gem title from Top Line Creations
candy from sweethearts-Fire, Ice and Forbidden Fruits from Twilight Saga

Cricut Circle Weekly Challenge # 16: Cute As a Button Sketch Challenge

Babies are definitely “cute as a button” with their sweet little faces and tiny features. In honor of our Baby Theme, this week we challenge you to create a SCRAPBOOK PAGE or CARD using the sketch below. Your project doesn’t need to follow the sketch exactly, but it should be apparent that you used it as inspiration. Feel free to turn it on it’s side or move elements to fit what you are doing. In addition to using the sketch, we also want you to incorporate STAMPING and BUTTONS (of course!).
Project must be newly created for this challenge and must include atleast 2 different cuts from any Cricut cartridge to qualify. This challenge is open to Cricut Circle Members only. Submit your entry using the InLinkz tool found at the bottom of this post. Please post your full name along with your entry. You must submit a project to be entered into the drawing. Entries are due by 11:59 pm MST on Thursday, January 20th, 2011. This week the winner will receive $25 added to their Cricut.com account OR their choice of ONE of the following cartridges: Freshly Picked, Give a Hoot, Rock Princess, or Wrap It Up. Prize will be shipped within 4 to 6 weeks of Winner announcement.

Here is my version of this sketch. Our family has the first new nephew and my parents first grandbaby. Is'nt he precious. I did a variety of items to this page. I did some distressing vintage photo, ribbon from Kaisercraft Grosgrain ,photos in color and black/white, walmart gliiter cardstock, Vellum qoute. The three major elemnts for the challenge are stamping: feet and hands from stampcraft on tags, buttons: one for the I in miracle and a few others here and there from A Rhonda Christmas and two Cricut cuts from any cartridge: Miracle at 2 inches and love at 1 inch  from the Home Decor cart.

TFL~

Cricut Circle Magazine challenge Thrift store find contest~

THRIFT STORE FIND CONTEST!
We are taking the challenge from Lisa’s Design Star Feature for our contest this month!

Find something from the thrift store to repurpose with your imagination and your Cricut Machine. Please use at least four Cricut cuts in your design. Upload before and after shots of your project to the blog under the Magazine Challenge Tab. Only one entry per person. Entry deadline is Friday, January 14th, 2011. Winner will receive a new April Showers cartridge!!  Prize will be shipped within 4 to 6 weeks after the announcement.

I found this at our local thrift store a few months ago and was not sure what to do till now. This is what it looked like before I altered it, I beleive I only paid a few dollars for this, I know it was not much more than 5.

Recipe for this:

White Tulle

4 sheets silver translucent paper form The Paper Company + 1 sheet for alcohol inks to be applied to

alcohol inks: Carmel, Butterscoth and Lettuce

2 heart buttons

Black vinyl 

Cricut cart. Home Accents-words used are Home, Family, Faith and Grow 

2 bunches of flowers from local craft store Darice classical silks brand

Gold Tattered Angels glimmer mist

Tim Holtz distress ink Vintage photo

battery operated frosted white lights

1 small strand of green beads

1 sheet of plexi glass

GBS cart for ovals. 

I first applied the vintage photo ink to the window frame here and there to give a distressed look and then sprayed glimmer mist on it. Not sure if you can tell in photo, that it has some glimmer and looks aged.

Here is pic of it with lights on.

I cut the words Home and Family at 1 inch, Faith and Grow at 1 1/2 inch so it would look proportioned. When they were all cut a 1 inch the words Faith and Grow looked smaller so I adjsuted them.I applied them to the front of the plexi glass.

I then took one sheet of translucent paper and applied carmel all over it then took the butterscotch and lettuce here and there. I then cut out 4 ovals from the sheet with GBS cart. at 5 inches wide and 2 3/4 inches long in CDS. I applied them to the back of the plexi glass. Then I took the other 4 sheets of silver paper and put them over the glass.

       I then wrapped the beads around the tulle pulled the tulle through the button holes on the back and glued to each corner. Then I arranged the flowers and lights. I even glimmer misted the flowers with gold so they to would have a bit of shimmer.

TFL

12 day Christmas gifts # 11 and 12

Here is day 11's gift. This has some really cool pages and vintage look. 

And today on day 12 Christmas Day, my SS elf got me the Trim the Tree cartridge. I will definatly being checking this out. Thank you SS elf!

Mother scrapbook pages

I made these pages for my mother for christmas. The words MOTHER are from the Cricut cartridge Mother's Day cut at 3 inches.

The doily2 is cut at 5 inches with a translucent vellum behind it with a couple of pearl brads and Ranger stickles-diamond and  waterfall used. The glitter lace paisley is We R memory keepers and is self adhesive. The rosette I made myself and added a button from A Rhonna Christmas collection and Pink Bazzill cardstock. Mother paper is from Karen Foster. Thanks for looking~

12 day Christmas gifts # 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10

Day 6 I got 12x12 cutting mats for my cricut (sorry no pic) Day 7 3 bottles of stickles

Day 8 birthstone brads

Day 9 Jolee's silver & gold stars with I rock pearl glams

Day 10 red & green stars with alcohol ink pads, I can really use them! I go though them alot.~

Christmas card holder

I deceided to make a Christmas card holder and this is what I came up with. I have also entered this in My Sheri CRAFTS challenge #36 Christmas.

Recipe for Christmas card holder:

Chipboard 4x16 or any size you want

K&Company Gold glittered Twinkle type letters and flourish

red and green ribbon

BIA and 1/2 inch o wires

Crop a dile and eyelets 3/16

Cricut cartridge Christmas cards at 3 inch

Folk art paint-metallic Christmas green, metallic silver sterling and metallic bright red

badge clips 10-20

Tim Holtz Distress ink Vintage photo

Embellishemts of your choice

I painted each one in the three colors. Then I swiped the distressing ink along the edges.  I then took my BIA and punched holes to hold the owires.On one board I put Merry then on another the flourish in the middle then Christmas on the last. I chose three cards off of the christmas card cart to add to them along with some other embellishments. I then punched holes with the crop a dile and added the eyelets and then srtung it up. The badge holders can be moved anywhere on the wires to hold the cards of any size and shape. Thanks for looking~ 

12 day Christmas gifts # 3,4 & 5

On day 3 I got alcohol inks in Red pepper and Pesto.

Day 4 3 packs of ribbon in Forest, Natural and Lovely.

and day 5 is a bottle of Gold Glimmer Mist. Thanks to my Secret elf on the Cricut MB. We are all having fun seeing what we are getting~

12 day Christmas gifts #1, 2 and Christmas card

The first gift my Secret elf gave me is a Cricut dust cover. It is gorgoues.

The 2nd day is a bag of buttons, I love the colors.

This is the card my Secret elf made for me. Can hardly wait for the next day and the days to follow to open each gift. Keep checking back to see what surprise I get next!

12 Day Christmas Elf swap on Cricut MB

I am in a swap where we exchanged gifts for Christmas. Luvskrapin hosted this and she partned each person with someone but you were not to tell who you got. It was to be a surprise:)
 You sent 12 items and marked one gift for Christmas day to be opened. The other 11 are opened one per day up to Christmas. This was a fun swap. Here is my gifts from my Elf. Sorry I did not think to take a pic of the gifts I sent to my SS. I hope she likes everything I sent to her:)
So far so good I have kept the temptation back, but it is now going to be hard since soon I will be able to open one. Not sure which, I may have my husband pick for me. I will post each day what I got as I open each one. Hope you will join me~