Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Christmas, Christmas Trees and of course Santa

Merry Christmas to all my blogger friends.  Hope everyone had a family filled day and you recieved what you wanted Santa to bring.

I also hope that all of our southern crafty friends are safe from the tornadoes.

My dbl page LO that I made goes with the Lasting Memeories challenge for this week. Here is the link for the last challenge of the new year. "SANTA CLAUS IS COMING" http://kcclayoutchallenges.blogspot.com  I'm entering this is the challenge.

I used three different carts for this LO. 

A Quilted Christmas -------   Santa
Winter Woodland------------  Sleigh
CAC2-------------------------   Gingerbreadmen Gingerbread House Tree

The picture mats will hold a 4x4 picture.  The pattern paper is from Cloud9 Designs Seasonal  from HL.
The ribbon I had in my stash.The base cardstock is from Recollections Holiday Shimmer Stack.





Thanks for looking.   Have a safe week. 
Vickie

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone.  Hope everyone is getting things done and not stressing too bad.  I got all my Chrismas shopping done but nothing is wrapped.  My youngest daughter and I are going to start wrapping tomorrow afternoon.  Going  grocery shopping in the morning for Christmas eve and Christmas day.  Plus trying to pack for Fla.  My DH and I are leaving at 2:30am on the 27th. 

I made this card that I saw on the back of CardMaker magazine.  The card was made by Latisha Yoast.  Mary  http://cardztv.blogspot.com Had made this card in her 12 Days of Christmas cards.

I used the same recipe that she had used. If you get a chance check out her blog. I love everything that she does.  I really like the way it came out.

The tree is cut from Lryical Letters @ 4"  You can find this on page 67.
Elegant Edges. I'm really glad that I got this cart. Page 38 Shadow feature and the oblong feature.
Textile cuddlebug embossing folder.
Banner was cut from Stand and Salute cart @ 3/4"

Thanks Mary for the video on how you made this and Thanks Latisha for the inspiration.

MERRY CHRISTMAS
HAPPY NEW YEAR

Vickie

Saturday, December 15, 2012

Hi hope everyone had a great week and got most of your shopping done, baking done, and the gifts wrapped.  I for one haven't none any of it yet.  Planning on Christmas shopping this weekend.  Next week will do some baking since we don't have any Doctor appointments except Monday.  
I did get some Christmas cards done and will get them mailed out tomorrow. 

The challenge on the blog site CUT IT UP Is White on White with a touch of color. http://www.cutitupchallenges.blogspot.com  I'm going to enter this card.

My card is an A2 size card.  The window is cut from the Christmas Noel solution card (retired)  The Noel is cut from Theresa Collins December 25 cart. The cardinal is also from this cart.  I used the swiss dots cuddlebug embossing folder.  I also used the MS branch punch.  Thanks for looking and have a great weekend.

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Beginning to look like Christmas

Hope everyone hada great day.  I finally got the tree all decorated.  I got 2 Christmas gifts made and one sent off today. The other one I will mail out tomorrow or Thursday.   Tomorrow I plan on working on my Christmas cards to I can get them all mailed by this weekend.

The challenge over on FCCB http://fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com this week is "Bells are Ringing". You are  to make a project with bells. I made this card with all scraps that I had.  The bells  are from one of the free cuts in the ccr.  I can't rememer  which one tho.   The Happy Holidays if from MS Seasonal cake art cart.  The red lace is from my stash.   The card is a 3.75x 9 card. The pattern paper is from Recollections the Christmas Stack. thanks for taking a look and hope everyone has a good week.


I'm also going to enter this in BBTB2  http://heather-bittenbythebug2.blogspot.com/

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Sleigh Ornament

Good morning bloggers.  Hope everyone is having a good weekend so far.  I've been able to craft and finish up some Christmas presents that I'm making.  This ad mway I can get these shipped tomorrow or Tuesday at the latest.  

Over on the Hiding In My Craft Room http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com    Laurie has different challenges.  This week is Happy Super Scrap Saturday!  You are to use your scraps to make a project.

I have been making these sleigh ornaments that Tanya from http://nonnascraftcorner.blogspot.com  that she had made for her grandsons.  If you get a chance to hop on over there and take a look . I made this ornament from the Teddy Bear Parade cart with all scraps.  I used the Elf cut @ 4.25" and the layers. 

Have a good day!!!

Friday, December 7, 2012

Snowflake

Hi.  Hope everyone had a productive week. I'm still working on my second calender for 2013.  I finally did get to make a christmas card.
I'm entering it in the FCCB challenge for this week. http://fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com  The challenge is "SNOW"
The challenge over on My Craft Spot http://craftspotbykimberly.blogspot.com is Merry Christmas. So I'm going to enter it in this challenge also.
The free cut this week in the ccr is "When its cold outside"  I cut the snowflake at 3 inches. I set it on a rossette from the Rosette and Ribbon Cart. The Merry Christmas is from MS Seasonal Cake art cart.         Here is the snowflake before I made the card.  I used stickle on the snowflake and a gem in the middle.




I embossed the base card with the snowflake embossing folder. I used ribbon from my stash.

Thursday, December 6, 2012

The cheerleader and her Football Player

I  made these for a calender page.  I needed something for September besides the usual Labor day.  2013 Labor day will be Sept 2nd.  In September The kids are back in school and the football games start. So I decided to do Sept and Foot ball.

I used the Teddy Bear on Parade cart for the football player and the cheerleader.  I cut around the cutouts to make the pom poms more realistic for the cheerleader.   I had alot of fun making these.

 
 
I have entered this in the New Monthly Challenge over on the Lasting Memories blog http://kcclayoutchallenges.blogspot.com  I have done one complete 2013 calender and this is my 2nd calender for 2013.  I start out simple and my mind thinks of other things to put on each page.  By the time I'm done its taken almost all day to do the LO page.

I really enjoy making the calenders.  The numbers and Days of the week are from the Designer's calender  cart.

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

June Calender page.

I'm still working on my second calander.  I only have about 4 more pages to go. I really enjoyed doing this page.  I used the Teddy Bear Parade cart and the CAC2 cart.  The pattern paper was giving to me from Terri, a fellow scrapper.  Thanks Terri for the paper.  I loved the colors.

The fisherman is from the Teddy Bear Parade cart.  I used one of my scissors to cut the worm.  I used some Baker's Twine for the fishing line.

I used CAC2 for the golfer.  The photo mats are 4x4.  The photos doesn't do the pictures justice.  The numbers and the days of the week and JUNE are from Designer's Calender.
thanks for looking.

Sunday, December 2, 2012

2013 Calender

Here are the last 6 months of my calender.

The backgound paper is From DCWV  The Four Seasons Stack.  The LAZY  DAYS OF SUMMER is from Kate's ABC's.




The back ground paper for this is from  DCWV Autumn Melody.  The font is from Kate's ABC's. The scare crows are from the Simply Charmed cart.  I can't remember what cart i used for the fence behind the scarecrows. Fall saying is from Autumn Melody stack also.  There is a page with different saying on it.  I just cut around it and glued it to the page.  The days of the week are from Designer's Calender cart.



This page was done completely in CCR with the few cut for October.  I loved doing this page.  I posted this one when I did it.  You can go back to the post too see what I used, because I forgot.  LOL  its been done for awhile.


The background paper is from the Autumn Melody paper stack from DCWV  I used this stack alot.  What I didn't finish using I will be using next year for cards and pages.  I love this stack.  DCWV will have a new stack for next year probably.  As you can see my favote stacks and paper is with DCWV  I just love the paper.  The turkey is from the Teddy Bear Parade cart.  the squirrel is from CAC2.   This is also and pretty kewl cart.  If you get a chance try getting this cart.  The November is from DESIGNER's Calender cart.   The Thanksgiving is from MS Seasonal Cake art cart.   There is some great cuts and Words on the cart. 

And the last page of my calender is DEC

The cart I used was Simply Charmed for the presents and Merry Christmas.  I made the tree and star in CCR and sized to fit in the area that I wanted it to go.   The lights on the tree is from CAC.  I used a MS punch Lacy Doily and the I used silver glitter to make it look like garland.  I used Cricut Essentials for the skirt.

That is my 2013 calender for the upcoming year.  I'm doing one more and have to really get to working on it so I can finish and start on my Christmas cards.  If not the cards won't get done.  Have a great week and be safe.








 

Saturday, December 1, 2012

ornaments

I totally scraplifted this idea from Nonna's Craft Corner   http://nonnascraftcorner.blogspot.com  
Tanya had mad these for her grandsons.  I loved the idea so I made my own.

Here are mine.







2013 Calender

Good Morning!!  Hope everyone had a good week.  I have been working on my 2013 calender for a while.  I finished it yesterday.  Now I need to find a box so I can ship it.  Its going to my neice for her Birthday/Christmas present.

I used a lot of carts on this calender.  The days of the week and some of the months were from the DESIGNER'S CALENDER Cart.
I will list the carts for each calender under the picture I hope. 



Winter Wonderland for the mittens.  I used cotton on the bottoms of the mittens to look like fir.  The New Years Day is cut from the Designer's Calender.  I glittered the cut to make it more noticable.
The embellishments on the top were the free cuts from CCR.  Sorry don't  remember from what cart this was.  I don't write things down.  The numbers are also from the Designer's Claender cart.




This is the page for the second calander page that I'm also doing. 


Sweetheart cart.  heart stickers that I had. The hearts are also from this cart.



On this page I used the TEDDY BEAR PARADE cart for the bunny and the leprachan.  Happy Easter is from some pattern paper that I had.  I fussy cut it out.  The pot of gold and the chick is from the Simply charmed cart.
March calender page. March of 2013 Easter is March 31st. I decided to split the page in half for Easter and St. Patrick's Day.

Teddy Bear Parade cart.  I used April Showers Solution cart for the Umbrella and for the month.
May Calender page. Hello Kitty cut from Suzanne (cricutcraftingrammy)  A mother's day stamp that I had.  I used one of my punches that I have for my different colored vellum flowers that I like to make.


EDP cart for the Dad and the grill is from the FROM MY KITCHEN cart.  Dad's Day is from DESIGNER'S CLALENDER cart.

I used the STAND AND SALUTE cart for the Rockets, Fireworks, and the 4th of July. I used CAR DECALS  for the boy w/flag

Hope you enjoyed looking at the first 6 months of my 2013 calender pages.  I will post the next 6 months tomrrow.