Today I have a card in a box for you. I use a lot of glitter card stock & a few pearls & a bit of bling. Thanks for stopping by.

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Today Janis made a Santa card in a box to share with you. She used many different patterned card stock from Making Memories Fa La La pack. This card can fold flat to put into an envelope. This is a file from svg.com. I used my Cricut Explore machine for these cuts...

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I made this card with A.G. Winter Wonderland. Such a fun card to make. Please leave a comment to tell me what you think. Thanks

I made this card for the My Cricut Craft Room design team. The theme is {Happy}. I thought these mice looked quite happy & the title comes from the song, Because I'm Happy. Inside the card says "Clap along if you know what Happiness is to You".  I used my Cricut Explore to cut the mice from the Disney Happily Ever After cart. & printed the title with the Explore as well.

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This is a lamp I made with my Cricut Explore machine. I bought this file from svgcut.com & I love putting their files together. I have a battery operated tea light in the lamp & it's just adorable.

 Halloween Blog Hop

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Today I made a halloween card to share. I used a couple different cricut cartridges for my images, for the hat I used Best Images of 2010, for the caldron I used Paper Doll Dress Up. Also used a svg file from Miss Kate's Cuttables for the witch's legs & boots. I added orange stickles to her socks & some platinum liquid pearls to the bubbling caldron. The two little ghosts are eyelets that I've had in my stash for a very long time. This is a 5x7" card. I have a few more halloween projects for you to peek at below.

                                

This house was so fun to make! It's an image from Sweet Tooth Boxes Cricut cartridge & I cut it all with my Explore machine. A couple images are from different carts. like the crow up top is from the October 31st cartridge as well as the pumpkins & pumpkin patch sign. 

The top opens up so candy or cupcakes can be added in to the house. This will be filled with goodies come October 31st....

How exciting, I've been asked to be on Erica's Design Team & I am really excited & happy that I'm able to do this. Every so often I will be making something new for Erica's Craft Room & her team. There's a group of wonderful people in this group & am pleased to be a part of it.

Pumpkin & Witch's Hat

This project was so fun. The hat comes off & you can add goodies inside. The file was from svgcut.com & I love their svg files, they cut so nice. This will be cute with a flameless tea light inside. This guy stands over 8" high.

These pic's show how I finished it off, the hat has a couple leafy vines that i added some ink to, with some bling on the eyes. I love this pumpkin with the witch's hat.

I made this box from the Box it Up Cricut cartridge, I decided to add the eyes, to make it look more like a scary face. I love making halloween cards & decor.

This card was made for the mycricutcraftroom.com design team-Theme is Yellow and Orange. I used a chicken coop wire cuttlebug embossing folder,  October 31st cricut cart. and my cricut explore machine to make this card. I appreciate you stopping to take a look.

Fun card to make, & guess I'll have it when Valentines Day comes along. I used some Cherry Ice Stickles on the lips, added a few heart brads & the cardstock is from The Little Miss DCVW stack.

This lantern file is also from svgcuts.com & was a neat one to work on. I love how it looks with a little light inside. I cut some Christmas images from Anna Griffins Winter Wonderland, I also added some red jems to the red berries..I did this project for mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com so if you want to see more projects please check it out.

This is my Christmas themed creation for My Cricut Craft Room- Design Team. I'm having fun creating projects for the Design Team I'm in & we have a lot of talent in our group. I created this project from a svgcuts.com file I purchased. You can see more at mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com

Witch's Hat with Spider

I made this witch's hat from a file I purchased at svgcuts.com. What a fun hat for halloween.













Here it shows the top can be removed. Makes a little candy box.

I was asked to join a Design Team for the Cricut Craft Room Design Team.... How exciting this will be. Stay tuned & you'll see some new projects. The design team link is  http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com 

Please leave a comment when something strikes your fancy. 

Another fun poinsettia Christmas card. Thanks for taking a look.

I love making Christmas cards, one of my favorite things to do with paper crafts.  Again this card was made with my Winter Wonderland cricut cart. from Anna Griffin.

Christmas in July-This was a simple ornament card I made on a whim. I used the Winter Wonderland cart. & my Explore machine to cut the ornamnet. I embossed the leaves with my cuttlebug & swiss dots folder. I used red ripple holographic card stock & gold shimmery card stock. Very simple card to make. Thanks for stopping by.

This is a purse made from cardstock/paper, I cut this from Tags, Bags, Boxes & More Cricut cartridge. This stands roughly 4" tall & is 4" wide at the very bottom.

Rosette Tutorial for Design Space

First I found the rosette I liked on Anna Griffins Summer Soiree cartridge & put it on the canvas in design space. You will need 4 panel for this rosette, so I sized the one panel & duplicated it 3 times.. This one is the Pool rosette. I cut these particular panels at 4.68" wide x 2.10" in height. Make sure you have your score tool inserted in your Explore. :)

The folding is easy, find the score lines & do an accordion fold. Over, under, over, under, once you start folding it goes quick.

This is when I start adding glue. I use Aileen's Turbo Tacky Glue-Works as good as hot glue in my book.

I use little paper clips, but it's not necessary. I use them because I have them. If you want to I am sure clothes pins would work fine. I've made them without clipping them & they stay together fine.

Here are the 4 panels glued together.

Now I lay the 4 panels down & start to form a circle so I can then glue the last two ends together. This is probably the hardest part & it's not really hard at all. :)

Here it is standing on end.All ends glued together. Next I need to lay it flat to adhere a circle or scallop or whatever shape you want for the middle, this gives it some stability to hold the rosette in a circle.

Now this might look goofy, but it's the way I do it. I have to set something with a bit of weight to it to hold this rosette down, otherwise I will never finish & get the middle circle glued on. Don't laugh. I have arthritis in my hands & most all joints so this is what works for me.

The final rosette, I cut the center circle at 1.5"

I cut this one with double sided cardstock so I have two sides to my rosette. I loved doing double sided paper for these. This cardstock is from a DCVW stack. I hope my tutorial was easy to follow. I have to admit it's the first one I've ever done. Please show me what you make....Have fun & I have to warn you, they are addicting.

I made these big flowers with the Cricut Explore, I love making flowers.

This is a flowers wreath I made with my Cricut Explore machine. The flowers are very small, some as small as 1/2". Please leave a message & tell me what you think.

This is another file Narelle shared with me, I love her files. So clean & easy to cut. This one is a tissue box cover for the tall square box of kleenex...All I added was the flower I made a while back. Very fun to play with & add your personal touch to. Please let me know what you think by leaving a comment.

Tri Fold Card, how fun is this? I been making all kinds of fun cards with my Crciut Explore from Provo Craft. Please leave a comment so I know you were here. Thanks.

The card in a box was cut on my Explore die cutting machine. Narelle was kind enough to share her cut file with me & others.
If you go to Narelle's Blog & become a Follower she will share the box file with you if you ask. Here's her link. Enjoy!
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Happy Birthday cake for my daughter. I made home made buttermilk cake with butter cream frosting.