Swap on Cricut MB

Scrappinmomma and I were partners in a swap. We were to make at least 5 items. Here is what we created for each other. Altered box.

 Another altered box that I filled with some Imagine cutouts

Alterd pink mask. My partner loves pink!

Really cute photo box she made me.

An altered paperbag album. I have wanted to try one of these. She did an amazing job on it.

 A really cool small altered paint can, love the retro look she used. I feel like driving down route 66.

A matching 6x6 album she made for me to put my own spin on route 66!

 Back of altered journal I made for her.

Front of altered journal

Front of paperbag album

 Check out the wire friend she created on the page and the flowers on opposing page!

I had wandered what a Junk Journal was and now I now. She did this with a steampunk feel. She used papers with gears and such on them:)

Inside of one of the pages

Altered journal

I made this altered journal a while back. I had forgotten about it and just happened to find this pic.

I used my Imagine and Lori's Garden for this. The butterfly is from a swap item I had received and the pearls are from ? I will have to look that one up.

TFL~

I got picked for the top 5 on FCCB and the Ooo-la-la award at My Sheri Crafts

My wreath made the DT TOP 5pick on the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog and I received the   OOO-LA-LA award at My Sheri Crafts Blog!! What an honor.

Thanks to all the ladies of all the challenges I entered. I will be back again:)

Featured at FCCB for Scrappin' Saturday by Melissa

Melissa from FCCB hosts Scrappin' Saturday. She has chosen my wreath along with two other ladies projects to be featured today:)  I do not know what to say... I am speechless.

 Thank you Melissa for featuring me on the FCCB!

Go over to Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog and check out all the entries. There is still time to enter. It ends July 8th at midnight. Maybe I will see your project featured on FCCB!

I have been featured on PINK CRICUT!!!

My patriotic wreath has been chosen by Pink Cricut!!!

 I am very proud of my wreath. I hope it represents the love I have for my country and the freedom to live it each day and a THANK YOU to all the veterans past, present and future for believing in our rights to live a life.

So please join Sarah's link up party because....

Sarah wants to see what YOU are UP TO!? It can be paper crafts, sewing, home decor, jewelry–whatever it is– she wants you to share!!       

Wow, does that sound like a Uncle Sam wants you poster:) LOL.

All you have to do is link up your blog post or picture below, and be sure to say you are LINKING UP with us on your blog post- you can also grab our gray and pink linkup button to the right. Be sure to stop by a couple other blogs to say hi and give some bloggy love!

Weekly Challenge #61: Stars & Stripes Challenge!

The Challenge: Create a Cricut project of your choice incorporating at least 3 stars and stripes somewhere on your project.

Rules and Guidelines: Circle Blog Challenges are open to Cricut Circle Members only. Your project must be newly created for this challenge and include atleast 2 Cricut Image Cuts. You must submit a project to be entered into the Challenge Prize Drawing. One entry per person, please.

How to Enter: Submit your entry using the InLinkz tool found at the bottom of this post. Please post your full name along with your entry. Entries are due by 9:00 pm MST on Thursday, July 5th, 2012.

Prize: We will select one winner to receive $25 in credit added to their Cricut.com account. Please allow 4 to 6 weeks for delivery from winner announcement.

Winner: The winners will be selected randomly from qualifying entries using www.random.org and will be announced on the Cricut Circle Blog on Friday, July 6th, 2012.


I made this wreath for this challenge.
My two cricut cuts are the rosettes and the flags w/ banner. My stars are the foam stars and the ribbon is the wreath hanger.

Recipe for wreath:

Cartridges: Ribbons and Rosettes cut at 1"x11" and 2"x11" - Crown and grass

Imagine Cartridges: Enjoy the Seasons-flags/4th of July ribbon

Bucaneer-small blue rosettes

Greeting Cards ISO- large rosettes

flattened bottle caps

red buttons

red and blue foam stars

stars spray

Patriotic ribbon

fireworks/sparklers-pearl and blue grass

hot glue

TFL~

Other challenges this is entered in:

BBTB2- Patriotic challenge

My Sheri CRAFTS -Red, White and Blue challenge

Scrappymoms stamps -Patriotic Pride

Exploring Cricut- Show your Red, White and Blue

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge - Firework, sparkler or other "boom"

Pink Cricut Link Up Party

Cooking with the Cricut- Happy Birthday, USA!

Blog Design Celebration Winners!!!

Since only 7 people posted.....YOU ALL WIN!!!!:)


Thanks for checking out my blog. Please email me your addy's at

donnaschnees2008@embarqmail.com

Blog Design Celebration

I have had a facelift to my blog. I was not satisfied as to how my blog looked. I just did not feel it was me. So for the past several years I have looked at blogs, blog designers and free blog items.

Here is what my blog first looked like.



I like Native American things but this still is not me. So after a long search of blogs, freebies and blog designers, I decided to have my blog desgigned. I looked into several and their pricing. After I figured on the price I was able to spend I then had to decide who would design my blog.

I chose THE CUTEST BLOG ON THE BLOCK. I looked at the blogs they have designed for and liked them. I chose to go with the OHH-LA-LA package. So I filled out the form, uploaded some pics that I wanted to see on my blog and chose a few other things.

After a few days I was contacted by Jenn.

She was the lucky one to design my blog. I am glad she did, she designed the blog to fit me and I LOVE IT. Thank you Jenn and TCBOTB team.

So in celebration of my new blog design, I am giving away 7 Gypsy sleeve starter kits. Yes, I said 7.
All you have to do is leave a comment on my blog and which one you would like to receive and a second choice, and I will have random.org pick the winners.

Gypsy sleeve starter kits to choose from:
Gold/Black
Red Owls
Black and white Damask
Green and blue Damask
Black owls
Gypsy Green
Gypsy Black

Each kit has the sleeve,styles, lanyard, and screen protector.
This will end 6-17 at midnight.

Craft-e-Corner is giving away $50 mystery box of craft goodies. Go to their site and follow the directions and you to can have a chance to win!

Come and check out Michele Kovacks blog she is having an awesome blog candy giveaway! Tell her I sent you:) Click on her badge above.

View of Niagra Falls from the Canada side

Before we headed for home from Alliston, Ontario. We stopped and spent the night at Niagra Falls. This was really beautiful. I did not know that Niagra was actually two falls, The American and The Horseshoe. At night the falls are lit up and are just as beautiful. TFL and THANK YOU CANADIANS! For a wonderful time in your country:)

This weekend is National Scrapbooking Day!

Happy National Scrapbooking Day!

May 5, 2012 | Author cricutblog

You didn’t think we’d let a scrapper’s holiday pass us by without having a GIVEAWAY did you?! Let’s give away a Cricut Expression Electronic Cutting Machine! Woot! Woot!

As papercrafters we LOVE our craft spaces! It’s a place we go to experiment, create, ponder, relax, putter, and more! Not only do we love our own “happy spots,” but we love seeing where others create.
And now we want to see where YOU create! And we want to see YOU in it! Take a quick snapshot of youurself crafting in your scrap space . . . it doesn’t matter if you scrapbook on the floor, at the dining room table, or in a scrapbook room . . . we want to see! Upload your picture along with your FULL NAME using the InLinkz Tool at the bottom of this post. You will have all next week to upload your picture. The GIVEAWAY will close at Midnight on Friday, May 11th, 2012. We will announce the randomly selected winner here on the Cricut Blog the following week.

Happy National Scrapbooking Day from your Friends at Cricut!

 

This is a picture of me in my scraproom. I took it my self. You can see I have been busy this past week. I needed this picture for the contest. Wish me luck and good luck to the other ladies. Sorry for the mess LOL:)

 

Comments

I now have the comment section working. I made a few changes and did a test comment.

YEA!!!!! it worked.

So please.... leave me a comment:)

Dress Form Mannequin pin cushion

I saw this on DIY-DISH and just fell in love with it. I plan on making some more for family and friends that sew this year as Christmas gifts. This was the first one I made. I used some paisly fabric, green crossgrain ribbon, added a black pearl in the center, some green beads for a neclace and a flower. As soon as I find candlestick holders I will be adding them. Click on the DIY-DISH above and check out these two twin sisters video.

After I made this one I thought of Sarah Hamer aka Pink Cricut. I beleive she would love to have one for her craft room:) See the pink purse ( not the best pic), I transformed in into this pin cushion. I bought 4 of them at target for $1.00. It took three to make it. I tore them apart for this and used one of the handles for the belt, then added some bling and feathers, now to find the perfect candlestick for this and all will be complete.

Do you like how the dress forms GLIMMER. I found out my Nikon D60 has a filter feature. I chose the cross function and this is what it does. It makes your pics POP!

TFL~

Challenges and link up partys I am entering in:

Pink Cricut
My Craft Spot: challenge #54 Mothers Day
RRR #47 Mothers Day/ Feminine plus Ribbon Challenge

Steampunk flower centerpiece- my first try at it

Monthly Challenge!

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.

APRIL MONTHLY CHALLENGE: Center of Attention Challenge!

Every good tablescape, whether it’s on a dining table, coffee table, side table, desk or elsewhere, can benefit from a beautiful centerpiece. Have you tried creating one with your Cricut machines? For the April Monthly Challenge that is exactly what we would like you to try! Create any type of centerpiece using your Cricut machines. We can’t wait to see what you make!
The WINNER of this challenge will receive a $150 Credit to Cricut.com!

The Challenge: Create a centerpiece using your Cricut machines.
Rules and Guidelines: Circle Blog Challenges are open to Cricut Circle Members only. Your project must be newly created for this challenge and include atleast 2 Cricut Image Cuts. You must submit a project to be entered into the Challenge Prize Drawing.
How to Enter: Submit your entry using the InLinkz tool found at the bottom of this post. Please post your full name along with your entry. Entries are due by 9:00 pm MST on Monday, April 30th, 2012.
Prize: This month the winner will receive $150.00 in credit to Cricut.com.
Winner: The winner will be selected randomly from qualifying entries using www.random.org and will be announced on the Cricut Circle Blog on Tuesday, May 1st, 2012.
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!


My centerpiece is a steampunk theme.  Hope you like it. The flowers I made are Kusudama. My cricut cuts are from the Indie cart. I used the gear and the barb wire. I cut them out using my Imagine and the Industrial glow cart for them and the flowers. I hope you like them. Can you see the clcks and the gears in the second picture. Sorry I forgot to put my white backdrop up for this.

            Recipe:
container wraped in aluminum foil
moss and styrofoam block
Kusudama flowers
2 cricut cuts- Indie art barb wire and gear
Tim Holtz clockspieces and sprocket gears
Tim Holtz alcohol inks for stainig foil
wire to attach barb wire
stickers for center of gears-Jolee'sAll That Bling studs with pearls
Cricut Imagine machine
Cricut Imagine cart Industrial Glow

Other challenges and link up partys:


Pink Cricut
My Sheri Crafts-challenge #84-april showers bring may flowers to mom

Easter/Spring SS Swap

 My SS Craftyoldbat made these items for me.  Are they just adorable! I love the wreath and the altered book. The box is springy!!

Thanks for my basket of goodies. The chocolate that came with basket did not last long LOL!