Happy Turkey Day Banner

It's Thanksgiving time. It seems like all of the stores have skipped straight to Christmas, but I'm still decorating for Thanksgiving. I used the Cricut Tie the Knot cartridge to cut the flags at 8". The pattern paper is from Pinecone Press. It's double sided Halloween paper.



The 1/2 rosettes are made from strips of paper 2" wide and approximately 9" long. I used Scotch Quick Dry adhesive to glue a strip of cardstock to the ends to hold them open. Then I printed the words "happy" and "day" out from my computer on orange card stock and trimmed them to size. I used Glue Dots to attach the fans to the paper and the back of the words. Then I used some pop-dots (4 layers worth) to attach the words to the flag. I had to use that many to make it even height with the rosettes so that it didn't look lopsided.



This cute little gobbler is from the Cricut Create a Critter. I tied the whole thing together with thin ribbon from Michaels. Soon it will be time to gobble till you wobble! Happy Turkey Day.

Turkey Trot Blog Hop!

• Welcome to our Turkey Trot Blog Hop! If you arrived from Jenny's blog you are in the right place. If not, please start here. 

  With Thanksgiving quickly approaching, we wanted to squeeze in a hop dedicated to those fabulous, and delish, birds and all we all Thankful for!  Today we have a talented group of crafters showcasing their Turkey Day projects! Some might be of Turkeys, some might be of Thanksgiving Day traditions, some may just be about family.  But they all will be fabulous!

  
  

  My project today is a banner made with my Cricut that says Happy Turkey Day.

  
  

  

  
  

  The paper is from Pinecone Press's Halloween Collection, but the colors are great for Thanksgiving too. 

  
  

  
  

  

  
  

  The cute little turkey is from Create a Critter, and the flags are from Tie the Knoot and cut out at 8". 

  
  

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  I printed Happy and Day from my computer and cut them out for the banner. I also added the fan fold half circles to give it some flair. 

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Melissa, from KaDoodle Bug Designs has been kind enough to offer a $15 GC (reg prices, not sale) to www.kadoodlebugdesigns.com.

  
  

                                        

  To qualify, you must leave a comment on ALL blogs in the hop AND vist the KBD fan page and leave a comment saying you are hopping by!You can get to the fan page here: https://www.facebook.com/kadoodlebugdesigns?fref=ts

  
  

  Your next stop is Shawnee.

  
  

  
  

  
  

   Here is the entire line up in case you get lost:

  
  
• Colleen ~  http://www.cbcscrapbooking.blogspot.com
• Jennifer ~ http://wunderscreations.blogspot.com
• Tahi ~ http://tahisscrapcorner.blogspot.com
• Miriam ~ http://miriamscreations.blogspot.com
• CallyAnn-http://callyanncraftycreations.blogspot.com
• Rachelle~http://creationsbyRachelle.blogspot.com
• Jenny~ http://cccjalessi.blogspot.com/
• Amber http://pixiperfectcreations.blogspot.com/
• Shawnee~http://quiverofangels.blogspot.com
• Cely~http://hawaiipaperparty.blogspot.com
• Amanda~http://cricktncrafts.blogspot.com

Halloween Party Decor Blog Hop

Welcome to the Halloween Party Decor Blog Hop! Hopefully you will get some great ideas out of this hop.  If you want to start from the beginning please click here. 

Halloween happens to be one of my favorite holiday's and my hubby sure enjoys all of the scary activities that happen this time of year. But I'm just not good a crafting scary so my project today is a set of banners. I keep seeing cute banners all over the craft world, so I decided to make some myself. 

I cut the banner flags using the Tie the Knot cartridge. Not everything I make with that cart has to be romantic!

The little critters on the flags are from Paper Dolls Dress Up, and the letters are from Doodletype cartridges. 

It is the perfect addition to my office decor for our annual Halloween Bash! 

I think that they were very festive, even though they are not too spooky.  

And I have a prize for you! One lucky hopper will win a stamp set from Inkadinkado! Just follow my blog and leave a comment to enter. 

Your next stop is Shelly. 

Here is the entire lineup in case you get lost:

1. Shannon http://shannonleffew.blogspot.com/ 
2.  Amber-http://pixiperfectcreations.blogspot.com/
3. Shelly - http://kccroppers.blogspot.com
4. Miranda - http://www.nanasscrapspot.com/
5. Ashley - http://thebloghopprincess.blogspot.com
6. Robin - http://scrapandchat.blogspot.com/
7. Judy- http://scrappingjudy.blogspot.com
8.  Esther - http://forthejoyofcreating.blogspot.com

Wedding projects with Tie the Knot and Sweethearts

It's that time a gain! Fall weddings. I love the Fall, all the colors change, the air gets crisp, I can pull out all of my coats. Well, not quite yet, but I am anticipating. In the mean time my friends have asked for some wedding related cards with a black and white theme. Time to put the Cricut to work!

This first one is a bridal shower invite using this super fun corset from Tie the Knot

This card has a gate fold so it opens in the middle, and yes I did run lace ribbon up the front because it was requested! I used my Gypsy to add the lace holes to both layers of the corset so that I wouldn't have to do it by hand. It was still a bit tough though. I had to do a few test cuts to make sure that everything lined up correctly. 

Then I made this super simple Wedding card using the Invitation feature on Tie the Knot, and champagne glasses from Sweethearts.

Wish I had more time to create(don't we all), but this is all I've got time for. 

Happy Crafting!

Oh Baby! Bag that is.

I know my blog has been very slow lately, but it's Summer and I'm so busy this time of year. Between work and fun I have no time to blog. (Notice I didn't say no time to craft!) Anyway, I've been crafting some useful stuff lately. We recently had a baby shower in the office for one of our Dad's-To-Be, and we got him this great masculine diaper bag and a bunch of goodies to go in it.

I didn't like any of the gift bags at the store so decided to decorate it with a clear bag and this baby banner. The banner says Baby Robert. I know it's hard to see all of the letters in the picture so here is the close up.

I used the banner flag from Tie the Knot to make this cute banner. I stamped it with the monogram letter stamps from Inkadinkado. Then I tied some ribbons to it and voila! Custom decorated gift.

Happy Crafting!

Happy St Patty's Day!

Okay, St. Patty's Day is a fun holiday, and I have to send something to my friend Patty! She loves this holiday because it's her saint, so I made her this fun card!

The lips are from Tie the Knot, and the clovers are from Paper Dolls Dress up. The Patterned paper is from Recollections, and the ribbons are from Michael's.

100 Cartridge Blog Hop

Welcome to the 100 Cartridge Blog Hop.

 If you are joining me from Dana's Blog  then you are in the right place. If you happened across my blog and would like to play along in our fun hop, you can go to My Cricut Craft Room at http://www.mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com and start at the beginning.There are many talented ladies in today's hop. This is a two day hop so be sure to come back tomorrow to see the second half of the blog line up.  The idea of this blog hop is to show you how to use 100+ cartridges.

My project today is a layout in honor of Valentines day. For this layout I used Gypsy Font, Gypsy Wanderings, Jasmine, Storybook and Tie the Knot.

The large red medallion (or shield or tag, what ever you want to call it) is from Storybook. I used Imagnisce double sided paper, and the background pink paper is the other side of  the paper. 

The black flourishes on the medallion are from Tie the Knot. I really like how they follow the curve of the medallion. 

The word "close" is from Gypsy Font. The heart is from Gypsy Wanderings. But I didn't like how the "to my" looked in Gypsy Font so I switched to Jasmine for that part. The cream colored paper from Chatterbox, and it has a light patter of glitter on it that you can sort of see in the photos. I used a Martha Stewart punch on the edge of the cream paper, and that little strip of cream is actually part of the left over from the punch. The plaid ribbon is from my local craft store.

Your next stop is: Tanya

The entire lineup in case you get lost is:

Http://MyCricutcraftroom.blogspot.com
Heather F http://www.papercrafteranonymous.com/
Tammy S http://thepurplemuse.blogspot.com
Suzy’s Crafts http://suzyscrafts.blogspot.com
Yvette  http://gammascreativecorner.blogspot.com/
Jen Lundy- http://mybusycraftylife.blogspot.com/ 

Karey http://www.creativecraftcorner.com
Jenny R- http://myimagitivity.blogspot.com/.
Erica’s Project---- http://ericasprojects.blogspot.com
Rosa http://kleymanr.blogspot.com
Samantha- http://samanthascricutcreations.blogspot.com/
Enjoli http://mississippihippycrafts.blogspot.com/
Pattie- http://sweetpsscrapbooks.blogspot.com/
Dana- http://danascraftycorner.blogspot.com/ 

Amber - http://pixiperfectcreations.blogspot.com
Tonya http://ittybittyladybugs.blogspot.com/
 Blog Candy http://ericasblogcandy.blogspot.com

Guest Designer for Canadian Nickel Scrap'n

Hi! My name is Amber and my blog is Pixichick Papercrafts. Who am I? I'm a crazy crafter who has taken over an entire room in my house with crafting! At least my hubby doesn't mind because he knows were to find me. I love to make cards, decorations, and scrapbook pages for myself and all of my friends. Besides crafting I am a do-it-yourself home improvement nut. I'm currently working on re-texturing all of the ceilings in my house.

What am I up to? Well, I'm the design team coordinator for Sweet Stamping Treats, and I'm on the design team for Inspired Stamps, but stamping isn't even my real passion. I love my Cricut! Thanks to tons of sales and thrifty shopping I've accumulated over 60 cartridges. The hard part is staying within my budget.

What's new and exciting with me? Well, Sweet Stamping Treats will have a new design team starting in October, and I'm in a ton of blog hops coming up, including a back to school blog hop on the 23rd, and a Great Pumpkin Blog hop on October 31.

But for my project today I decided to go back to basics. I love making simple, versatile cards that can be used for any occasion. This is my fashonista card:

This card is perfect to give to any fashioista friend for a birthday, thank you, congratulations, or even a bridal shower.

I used paper from Chatter Box's Artsy.licious line because it has all kinds of sparkle from glitter to foil. The dress is from the Tie the Knot cartridge, and it's actually one of the accessory cuts for this dress, not the main image. The white base is a stamp image from the Base Camp cartridge, and the dress images are cut out inside of it. Then I mounted the different colors of paper to the back of the stamp so that these are showing through, not glued on top.


I hope you like my project, and Happy Crafting!

Surprise Party Layout

I finally got around to scrapping some of the million pictures I have stored in a box. These are from my hubby's 30th birthday (I will be nice and not say how long ago that was). We had been dating a little over a year and I decided to throw him a surprise party on his actual birthday. He worked that day and I picked him up from work and suggested that we head to Dave and Busters for dinner. The look on his face when he walked in and saw all of his family and friends sitting there was priceless! I only wish one of them had taken a picture of that.

I cut the banner flags from Tie the Knot, and the letters from Plantin Schoolbook. I used patterned paper from Pine Cone Press and solid colored Bazzill Cardstock.

It's hard to see in this picture ( I need more practice at taking pictures, or maybe a professional studio) but there is a yellow ribbon that I glued the banner flags to.

I added these balloons because my friend Shannon bought all the balloons you see in the pictures (way more than I expected, but she did a good job). She made the mistake of tying them to the chairs and every time someone moved a chair the balloons would get sucked up into the ceiling fan. It was so funny, and she kept yelling at people for doing it.

 

I added a few more ribbons to accent the photos. That giant cake in the lower left photo was a custom made Snickers cake because my husband used to eat a Snickers almost every day. We have since stopped that practices as both of our metabolisms have slowed down with age. In the picture above that one, Jimmy's friend is giving him a fully punched rental card for Spanky's, an "adult" video store. He was embarrassed because he parents were at the table. 

I know this would look so much better if I had better light! The colors are really great on this paper though and I love the way it turned out.

I also put this in the You Had Me at Craft link up party,



And the Craft Junkie Too link up party. Join the fun.



Happy Crafting.

An almost Valentines Card (but not quite)

Getting to into the mood for Valentines Day, although I missed the mark! Most of the people I showed this to though it was a bridal shower card. I was experimenting with colors and I think black and red would have been a better fit. Anyway, the bustier is from the Cricut Tie the Knot cart, and I just had to use it. It's very va-va-voom! Of course the flower I made myself (see my tutorial two posts ago) The edges of the card are chalked with Colorbox chestnut roan, and the lace is a Martha Stewart punch. I love Martha Stewart punches because they are just so easy to use.

More Valentines to come, and maybe something special in my future. (I might just be a professional crafter! he-he)

Anyway, I though I would include something old. This is a project I did a while back, and I stuck it in a frame and never put a picture to it. (I haven't been to the snow in years, although I say I am gonna go every season!) Nothin' fancy, but I though it was cute at the time.