This weeks Cuttlebug blog Inspiration

I work with 8 moms so I decided to make them all a "name magnet" for their lockers for mothers day! They were all excited when I gave them their mothers day gifts. I tied the magnets loosly and some peanut m-n-ms with ribbon... {{who knew peanut m-n-ms are alot of moms favorite}} I thought it turned out to be a cute and inexpensive gift.

Sorry the pictures aren't that great...

I forgot to take some b4 I gave them.

So these are quick shots at work.

Recipe:

Cricut Cartridges:  George (scalloped base), Alphalicious (monogram)

Cuttlebug embossing folders: spots and dots, bloom dots, d'vine swirls, swiss dots, decorative squares #3

Paper: Bazzill canvas/bling/basic

Ink: color box (brown, green, purple)

Prima flowers, offray ribbon, stickles, baby buttons from stash

If you feel like you need to do a challenge this month.... stop on by the Cuttlebug blog and join us! We would love to see some new creations!

Thanx for stopping by to take a looksy... if you feel like leaving some luv... I would enjoy it! Scrap Crazy!

Psst... don't forget to enter to win the "I need more friends" cricut cartridge giveaway!

Bug Off!

Garden season is upon us! My DH has started all the veggies in pots around the house and getting anxious to plant! Yesterday he dug up all the flowers and moved them around. I on the other hand did my project inside! This will be hanging in my flower bed this summer! After about 15 coats of modge podge... and a ton of water proof... outdoor sealant! (you know... the kind you put on your fence or deck) So... I have a ton of pics of this project... Hope you like it!

Full sign

close up left side

close up middle

Close up right side

Close up - Little Garden Girl Gretchen

Close up of dragonfly - glitterfly

I sure hope I can get this little darlin to seal up tight so the rain doesn't ruin it! What do you guys think? Does it need something else?

Recipe:

Cricut Cartridges:

Walk in my garden (butterfly, paper flowers, garden tools, wheelbarrow, snail)

Paper Doll Dress up (Gretchen, grass)

Pooh and Friends (fence)

Camp out (glitterfly)

Alphalicious w/ design studio (bug off!)

Cuttlebug Embossing Folders:

Swiss Dots (flowers)

d'vine swirls (glitterfly)

Spots and Dots (bug off !)

Paper:  My Minds Eye- Tres Jolie (background), Bazzill- glazed- polka dots (dress front), Bazzill- canvas(grass, flowers shadow, fence, all basic colors), Heather Bailey (yellow dress, bug off !), K&Co - dollhouse peach paisley (front flowers)

Stamps:  Peachy Keen (faces), My Sentiments Exactly - Flower Power (sun) (omg! what a perfect stamp... I didn't even know that was the name*giggle*), Studio g- birthdays are (flowers on hat)

Ink: MS (brown), Ink it up (orange-sun), Ink it up (black)

My very first Stickles (glitterfly), googlie eyes, pastel flower brads (I don't remember which brand... but I am sure I got them at CrazyScraps)

Another little tidbit of information.... I have seen a product called "diamond glaze" (which is like a "clear coat" you can make water actually look like glass) floating around blogs... I cannot find it in stores so you have to order it online I guess? Anywayz... while searching for this product I decided to try Clear Gel Tacky Glue by Aleene's to see if I could get the same effects. And... It works... however it does leave tiny bubbles... I am going to try this effect on another project... but this is my first attempt...

I think that wraps it up everyone! Enjoy your week... and Scrap Crazy!

Sabrina

Flower Power Inspiration

This month over at the Cuttlebug Blog the theme is FLOWER POWER! I love this... you can create basically anything with flowers! Here is my project for this week....

I love love love how this turned out! My BFF had her baby on April first... and traditionally you get flowers for the mom... well here are her flowers! Click on pics to see the patterns on the flowers.

Recipe:

I used my Cricut Design Studio to cut all the flowers so I could see how big they were... therefore I really don't know the actual sizes... (sorry) I will guess that the big daisy is 6x6 and sunflower close to that.

Cricut Carts used: Walk in my garden (all flowers), Hello Kitty Font and Alphalicious (its a boy)

Cuttlebug Embossing Folders used: Argyle (lg daisy), Swiss Dots (center sunflower), D'vine Swirl (sm daisy), Spots and Dots (little red flowers), Textile (little yellow flowers)

Paper: basic bazzill card stock: yellow, blue, green, brown, purple: Bazzill Bling: red

Ribbon: Offray: yellow, green, blue....technique.... I wrapped the ribbon around wooden dowls... sprayed them with spray starch... and put them in the oven on 200 degrees for approx. 15 min... Voila! Curly q's... however... they were not "stiff" so I had to use floral wire (spiraled the same as the ribbon) and glue the ribbon on the wire...

I used an old vase I had at home and bought some decorative accents gems to put in the vase. I glued all the flowers and stems to "kabob" sticks I had in the pantry left over from last years bbq season.

Teenage Birthday Card!

My son turned 15 yesterday! WOW! I can't believe its been 15 years already.... So I am sure you know how hard picking out a birthday card for a teenager can be.  They are SO not into cards! But I made this one for my son and he thought it was "awesome mom"!  Yay for me!

front

inside

Cricut Carts: Indie Art (crosses; hardcore; 8ball), Jasmine (skate board- capitol I and; lowercase o), Alphalicious (sk4life)

Used Cricut Design Studio to create the "sk84life" and skate board

Printed paper from computer red cs

Ink: Colorbox (black ; red)

Pen: Gelly Roll (white)

Red buttons from stash

TYFL, Enjoy!

Baby Shower Card

I made this card for my BFF. She is due April 1st... I am so excited for her!

Cricut Carts: Paper Doll Dress Up (rockin horse), Alphalicious (B)

Printed paper from PC Hug Bug, Dark blue cs

Computer generated (is for boy)

Prima flowers (lt and dk brown)

Dk brown & lt blue ribbon from stash

Martha Stewart border punch (bottom edge)

Lt green bling embellies from Doodlebug (center of flowers)

TYFL. Enjoy!

Birthday Gift

Happy Birthday to my good friend Annie! She loves the "country kitchen" idea. I hope she likes it!

(click on image for closer view)

I just love the way these stars turned out! You can't tell from the pics, but they look like wooden stars!

(click on image for closer view)

(close up of cranberrys)

When I started this project I went through all my carts trying to get the best "cranberry" branch. This is the one I thought worked the best. And I finally started using my Cricut Design Studio. This is actually my first project using it. So lets get down to the recipe!

Cricut Cartridges = Home Decor (branches), Doodlecharms (cranberrys), George and Basic Shapes (stars), Hello Kitty font (kelsey), Jasmine(home, story, our), Alphalicious (is, where, begins)

Cricut Design Studio = weld the letters together

Paper = Sassafras lass (background), dk brown(branches), dk maroon(cranberrys), black (letters), golden (stars)

Ink = Ink it up- brown (stars, cranberrys, branches)

White colored pencil (cranberrys)

The board was bought at Lowes and is 5.5 X 24. I cut the background paper slightly bigger than the board.

Well I hope to have inspired. Don't forget to leave some love! Enjoy!

Mans Best Friend

Page 1

Page 2

Okay, so I had 7 days off.... and I planned on scrappin, scrappin, scrappin.... but I tried for days to get some mojo and just couldn't come up with anything.... This 2 page layout took me 3 days.... :(

At least I accomplished SOMETHING..... right?  These pics are of my DH and our doggie Trout sleeping...
Recipe:
Pooh & Friends Cricut Cart = Wooden Picture frame
Mickey & Friends Cricut Cart = Bone, Paws, Fire Hydrant
George Font & Shapes Cricut Cart = Circles
Home Accents Cricut Cart = Butterflies (leaves of pear), Background (star design)
Alphalicious Cricut Cart = Letters (trout)
Paper = Creative Memories (circles), Misc (doggies), Blue cs, Green cs, Yellow cs, Lt Brown cs
Stamps = Studio g (I love dogs, puppy prints), Scrappy Cat (mans best friend-circle)
Ink = Studio g (brown), Ink it up (black)
Pens = Atyou Spica (glitter black)(butterfly body, antenna)
Bling from stash, Zig glue
That about covers it! TYFL, Enjoy!