April NSSS Package

I just received this awesome NSSS package from Chantal (aka Ryansmom on the Cricut mb)!  Chantal even sent a birthday present for my dd, Paige who just turned 3.  Paige loves anything princess-related so she was so thrilled with the special birthday package!  

Chantal is a very talented scrapbooker and card maker.  I always enjoy receiving her card creations each month.  Thanks for everything Chantal!

Carrot Easter Goodie Boxes

I made these 'carrots' for my parents for Easter and stuffed them with some jelly beans and cream eggs.  I got the idea from someone who had posted a similar project on the Cricut mb.  Mine aren't as fancy, but I think they still look like carrots!  I used the Cricut cartridge 'Tags, Bags & More" to create these carrots.   They were cut with the cake box with a window design.  I wasn't sure what size to cut them at so I ended up using the 'fit to page' feature which turned out to be a great size for these treat boxes.  They were a little a tricky to put together at first, but this was the first time I had used this cartridge, so I think that's part of the reason why it took me a while to figure out how to fold them together!  Anyway, my parents seemed to like them!

Little Mermaid Centerpiece

I made this centerpiece for my dd's 3rd birthday.  This is the largest centerpiece I've ever made... I cut Ariel at size 10 and both Sebastian and Flounder at size 8.  All cuts were from the Dreams Come True Cricut cartridge.  It was a lot of fun to make and my dd loved it!

Auction Items

I have been busy the last couple of days making some items for our church's annual talent auction.  I made this Easter altered paint can and stuffed it with all sorts of kid's Easter goodies and I also made some greeting cards.  Some of the dolls from paper doll swaps I was in came in handy for some quick cards (the superhero characters and the clown are from doll swaps).  

Baby Shower Centerpiece

Here's a baby shower centerpiece I made.  The expectant couple are big football fans and they are having a girl, so I thought the pink footballs would be appropriate!  I used the New Arrival Cricut cartridge for 'It's a Girl' and Sports Mania for the footballs and football helmets.  It's not quite done.  I think the pieces need to be arranged a bit better and it needs some pink shredded paper in the pot to hide the oasis.

March NSSS package from Chantal

I just received this great package in the mail today from my NSSS Chantal (aka Ryansmom on the Cricut mb)!  Chantal made this beautiful card and the crockpot recipe layout for beef stew that sounds so good (and easy to make which is important to me as I'm not the world's best cook)!  The package was also full of goodies including Martha Stewart glitters, which I have been wanting to try for a long time, cute boy-themed ribbons, fancy brads, eyelets and buttons.  Thank you so much Chantal!

Cupcake Card

Here's a card I made for my NSSS, Chantal.  I was trying out my new CTMH cupcake stamp set!  You can't really tell from the photo, but the cupcake is attached with pop-dots to give the card a bit of dimension.  I also used the Fiskars threading water punch for this card.