Christmas Party Invitation

I was very happy with the way these turned out! Even better since I had a helper with texturizing all the pieces in the Cuttlebug! Thanks Madeline!

Supplies Used:
Jolly Holiday Cricut Lite Cartridge
Cuttlebug Folders - swiss dot, snowflakes and swirls
Martha Stewart White Flocking on hat
Doodlebug Fine Orange Glitter

Kimm and Rochelle - your invites are in the mail! :)

Simple Notebook for Teacher

I will be substitute teaching for 7th grade science tomorrow, and thought it would be nice to leave a small gift for the teacher. I made this simple notebook using scraps from the scrap bin, chipboard, ribbon and the Cinch. I get to do an experiment and hopefully wear goggles!! lol

New Carts for the Collection

I took time over the weekend to open all the carts that I have accumulated over the past few months and it was so exciting! Create-a-Critter is such a fun cart and believe it or not, Summer in Paris has an incredible 3-D Eifel Tower....and....YES....I did make one and it is sitting on my desk in the office. My sister brought some of her newest cartridges over for me to look at, and Give a Hoot is now on my wish list, although Paisley has moved lower on the list now that I looked through the actual book. She also has the In My Kitchen cart, and although it is a very specialized cart, I can see the appeal of it. I still will be spending some time exploring the carts and will share my thoughts and photos of my projects over the next few days.

Cricut Cartridges, Books and Overlays Organized!

As promised, here is my new organization for my cricut cartridges, boxes and overlays! They are divided into two IKEA boxes - A-L and M-Z. The boxes were too deep for the folders, so I bought 1" foam at Joann's, and cut a piece to fit the bottom of the box. It raised the bottom just enough so they files are not lost in the box. I like to keep my cartridges separate from the books and overlays, and I keep them in the plastic boxes I bought in the craft section at Walmart. Since I use Cricut Design Studio quite a bit, I usually don't need the book and over lay. The original Cricut boxes looked nice all lined up on my shelf, but for some reason they visually bothered me. Maybe it was because whenever anyone saw them lined up on the shelf, they usually commented on how many cartridges I own. Now that being said, I am grateful for all my cartridges, but it was usually just an awkward moment! I laugh because considering some of the people on the Cricut Message Board have WAY many more carts then I do, I find it funny!

I made a folder for each cartridge using a .cut file from Cindy McVey on her blog: http://crazy4crafting.blogspot.com/. I think this file was originally created to use in the Snapware method of storing carts. I'm not crazy about the clear boxes and couldn't stand the colors of the lids of the ones I did find in the store, so I didn't want to use Snapware. I will say, make sure if you are going to cut the files to use to store the books and overlays, you make SURE they fit in your box. This IKEA box is the only one that I could find that was wide enough, and since Cindy's file is so great, I didn't want to mess with it! Anyways, it took me quite awhile to cut and assemble files for all the books and overlays. I used double sided tape, white cardstock, and then being a little obsessive, I had to make labels for each. I decided to cut all the files, left and right only, and I figure when I add cartridges, I will make folders with the tab in the center. I cut all the files left and just flipped them over as I was assembling them to make them on the right. I am just so happy this project is done.

In case anyone is wondering, I am packing the original boxes away along with the original packing from the Cuttlebug folders. I know some people get rid of them, but since I have a box and the place in the closet, I may as well hang onto them!

Last but not least, I made a paperclip for my calendar today! Not a huge project, but it made me happy!

New Mailbox and Paper Clip

Made another mailbox and a cute paperclip to match! Used Martha Stewart heart punch, cuttlebug stamp folder and die, spellbinders small scalloped square, Martha Stewart heart lace border punch, sparkle heart brad from Target, pink mailbox from Target ribbon from Michaels and K and Co Lovely paper. The giant paperclip is from Staples, made with same paper and ribbons. Scallop circles are cut with spellbinders. This one is for my mom and dad!

Cricut Cart Boxes are Done!

Okay, it took forever, but they are done! Will post photos in the next few days. I can't wait for this project to be over......

Cuttlebug Folders are Organized!

I did it! I used a file created by Okie on the Cricut message board to organize all my Cuttlebug folders! Each folder has a file with the image embossed on the front of it - I also embossed another piece of paper to include in my binder. I did edit Okie's cut file to accomodate the smaller and border folders. It isn't the best cut file, but it worked for what I needed.

Tonight I am going to assemble all the folders for the Cricut overlays and books while I watch PROJECT RUNWAY!