Wrap it Up My Craft Spot Challenge #79

Hi all, I can not believe Christmas is less then 2 weeks away. This month seems to be flying by.  I am also anxiously awaiting the birth of my 3rd grandchild due next week. I am trying to finish up all my cards and wrapping this week. I made this gift bag for my nail […]

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Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Snow

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it snow!     Challenge #139 -Snow  Our challenge this week is to provide inspiration for those snowy days ahead.   I decided to use the cricut Winter Frolic cartridge and create a card for the holidays.  I cut my snowman at 3 inches and used a Martha Stewart punch […]

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Dynamic Duos #31 {Light Green and Red} Challenge

For this week’s dynamic duos challenge we were to use certainly celery and real red.  I decided to pull out my Winter Frolic cricut cartridge and create a card for a friend.  She is an animal advocate, so I thought this would be the perfect card for her for the holidays.  I used Authentique paper […]

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Operation Write Home Midweek Throwdown Winter Fun

This week OWH challenged us to make Winter themed cards that are fun for our heroes to send home to their family and friends! I made both of these cards using the Cricut Very Merry Tags cartridge.  I had a lot of fun using this cartridge and plan on making several other cards from the cuts on […]

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Warm Christmas Wishes for Operation Write Home

Hi, It is hard to believe that Thanksgiving is this week. I have been working on Christmas cards. This is one of the cards I included in my Operation Write Home box. The sentiment is a Fiskars stamp. I got the snowman stamp from Michaels. I colored it with Tombow dual brush pens.

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Operation Write Home Sketch Challenge 144

Well we survived Hurricane Sandy. Lost power for a day and some tree damage but we were lucky compared to others. I made two cards for this challenge. One for a female and one for a male. I find male cards hard to design. This sketch was a lot of fun. I plan on using […]

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Operation Write Home Midweek Challenge Celebrate Friendship

Hi, I hope everyone is having a great week. It is hard to believe October is almost over. This week OWH has challenged us to make friendship cards for our troops to send home. I made this card using the Country Life Cricut cartridge. I cut the little pig and hen at 4 inches. I added […]

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OWH Sketch Challenge #143 with Tonic Studios!

Operation Write Home along with Tonic Studios has challenged us to create a card for our Troops using sketch #143. Here’s the sketch… I decided to create a card with a winter theme. I used Close To My Heart Artiste Cricut cartridge for the snowflakes and the coordinating winter stamp for the sentiment.  I used cuddlebug snowflake embossing […]

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Operation Write Home and Doodle Pantry Midweek Throwdown Color Challenge

OWH and Doodle Pantry have decided on a color challenge for this week’s throwdown.  They challenged us to make cards using black & white with a pop of red or green for our heroes to send home to their family and friends! I used paper from Making Memories Wedding pack and a  rose sticker from Recollections.  I […]

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Operation Write Home Blog Hop

I made these cards for Operation Write Home’s blog hop. We were to use a winter theme to make cards that our heroes could use to send home to their love ones.  The first one is made using  Close to My Heart winter sentiment and snowflakes from the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge. I used liquid pearls […]

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