Twilight ~ New Moon movie Invitation!!

A bunch of my girlfriends and ME are getting together for the New Moon movie. Originally we were going at midnight but I have to work and frankly we are getting to old to be pulling all nighters!! So we are going Saturday and then to this fab Mexican restaurant near me... called La Esperanza They really do have the best guacamole I've ever had!!

Anyways here are the invites:



back ( supposed to be Jacob's scratches)



inside:


Front & back shown together:




apple from Plantin Schoolbox, font is Twilight font ~ google it and you can find it for free. ;)

well...

Sorry I haven't posted anything in a few days. I really like to update everyday!

Here are my excuses:

1. Batteries died in my camera

2. Was sick in bed most of the weekend

3. School starts next Wed and I have a bit of stuff to get done!

Hope you enjoy my reasons for not crafting this weekend!! LOL! I plan on getting some stuff up by Wednesday so the wait won't be too long. :D

Indie Art Pirate thank you

Well, my camera's batteries are DEAD! So until I can go and get a new one.... I thought I would post up some of my older stuff I have saved on my laptop!! LOL!!

Here is a Thank You I made for my kid's Pirate party using Indie Art & the Thanks was from WIMG ~ I think!! LOL!!

Multimedia message

A quick video from my phone not sure how the quality looks because I don't have a video camera! Lol!

Halloween cards

My hubby said ''arn't you going to use your cricut tonight'' ~ so I guess I HAD to!!

So here is my not so quick ~ quick card. Paper is dark purple but doesn't show in my pic... someday I will get a better camera! LOL!! Pumpkin cutout is from Stretch Your Imagination Cart and stamps are studio G.

Teachers Gifts

I found these great little notebooks at Walgreens and decided to make little altered notebooks for the kids' teachers..



used DCWV school stack





(didn't measure... just eyeballed it...)

apple & font cut from Plantin Schoolbox



tag cut on Mickey and Friends, ''to'' cut off of Winter Wonderland



bag cut off of Plantin Schoolbox... 12x12 paper on Fit to Page.



carts used: Mickey and Friends, Winter Wonderland, Plantin Schoolbox

Everyday Paper Dolls Card

I needed a quick card for my little cousin's dedication and I just had gotten this cart so I wanted to play before we went to the party...



I did the face on the flip feature so it would be heading the right way. The teddy bear is from the same cartridge. The text at the bottom was just printed on my computer and added.

Like I said simple... :D

Winter Woodland Scrapbook Page

As I already said in my last post... not my favorite cartridge but since I bought it I plan on incorporating it in my paper crafting so here is a page:



close ups:

Looky what I got for my birthday!!!

My birthday was August 18th and my hubby bought me Paper Doll Dress Up.... which I already had.. LOL! But this week AcMoore had cartridges on sale for $39.99 so we exchanged the other cartridge and I got Everyday Paper Dolls & Winter Wonderland!!!

I am thrilled with the new Paper Doll Cart.... but not so much with Winter Wonderland. I wasn't really thinking... it is winter themed.... I don't really do much with that area.... and the font is mixed in the pages so it is a pain to find letters to spell something out. (Unless you have Cricut Designer STudio software..which will make it a bit easier...)

Blog Candy

I have a few links to sites I frequent almost daily... on my sideboard.

Well Christina over at Creations with Christina has updated her blog and is having blog candy!! Yay!!

Be sure to pop over and check it out! ;)

Disney Incredibles Layout

The only cricut on this cartridge is the ticket. I cut it out and then did the blackout behind. Used Stickers to decorate.



close up:

Disney's Monster Inc layout

I had a lot of fun making this layout! I used cricut cart Mickey Font for the M then added flock to it! ( My first time using flock... I used a glue pad to make it stick... but next time I think I would just use my zig pen) Then cut scraps to make an eye! Love how it turned out!!



The top title was from a sticker set, the sign near the M was cut from a pic I took of the sign at Disney... I love doing that because then you get exactly the right look!

Here is a close up of the M



I love comments!!

2 quick cards

This card was made using cuttlebug's tire treads embossing folder...then inked silver so you can see... and Indie Art for the spider:



^made for my son's birthday... he said something like "Yeah one of Mom's cricut cards"

This one was for my sister-in-law's 20th Birthday! Happy Birthday Lizzy!!



patterned paper from Target's dollar bin, green paper DCWV spring stack. Flower from a pack found on clearance at Walmart... Micheal's ribbon.

Paper Bag Album for Austin

My oldest son turned 9 today!!! I still remember the night or rather wee morning hours he was born. I will share a bit because I love the memory! He was breach and my hubby and I were sitting in bed talking to my belly. Telling him "turn, turn" LOL! We were rubbing it rather hard then I felt a trickle.... my water had broke. We both thought we had done something but that wasn't true.. but hey we were new at this! I got rushed to the hospital where he was delievered by C-section.

Ok here is his album and instructions:



I glued the flap (from the part that is the bottom of the bag) down,folded in half, then punched holes in bags.



Strings for binding. Tied through holes.

Decorate each page including the front and back covers & add pics:



You can use the side openings to hide additional pics or journaling:

Woody from Toy Story Disney Paper Doll

More from my Disney Album! I did this paper doll to look just like Woody! I love how he came out. I didn't have ''cow print'' paper so I made my own. Took a black calligraphy marker and just roughly made patches on a piece of white paper. Then cut it out on my cricut. I think the effect was perfect!! Al's Toy Barn is actually a picture I cut... I've been doing that lately when I got places... just taking pics of the signs to use as elements on my pages.



Close up:


Cartridges used: Paper Doll Dress Up

Paper Doll Faces!

I saw an awesome video over at Scrappin Cricut's blog on how to make the easiest faces (without one of those face stamps) I think you all might enjoy and I know I will be using her technique on my next doll!!

Scrappin Cricut's faces video

Paper Doll Dress Up Elf ~ Christmas Layout

Here is a layout I worked on the other night. I just love PDDU and find I use it as often as possible. I made the Elf at 5 inches so he would really pop. The word Jolly was a sticker I had from ages ago and the sleigh is from PDDU! (Yes there are tons of other shapes besides just dolls on there!!) I made the packages by using my creative memories square punch then just cut some ribbon in half ran it through the mini X xyron and added it. Enjoy!



close up of sleigh:


I used galaxy markers to color the sleigh and then versamark ink for the middle part and a snow flake stamp. (Gave it a watermark image)



close up of elf:



I used DCWV paper for the glittery green paper ~ love it!! I think it was from their spring glitter stack.

Homemade laundry soap

I tried this in June. I made my own laundry soap based on the recipe in The Duggars Book. I liked enough to have another go at it!! So here are the results:

Here is their website with the recipe

I found I like the clean smell quite a bit! I used to use Tide and it cleans just as well. The only thing you have to get used to is that it doesn't suds up as much.

The initial investment is larger because you need a 5 gallon bucket ($6 at Walmart!) a bar of fels naptha soap (99cents), Arm & hammer Washing soda (around $4) and Borax ($8).... However the Washing soda & borax will make tons of buckets of this stuff!! Probably you would need to buy it once a year!!

There are online sales of these products but after I purchase online I found them in my local grocery store!!! So be sure to look there first!!

Ok for the pics!



What the gel looks like (the rest is in my containers!)


All my filled bottles!





8/13/2011 ~ edited to add: I've been doing this laundry soap for some time now. I still 100% love it. I have a few additional tips though.

1. Save up your old laundry containers so you have a few vessels to put it in.
2. I've heard from some other people if you ask at the bakery (walmart/shoprite) they have large 5 gallon buckets that they throw away. You can try to see if they will hold one for you. That would make your initial investment even better!
3. I've found the ingredients at Perks in Pine Hill, Shoprite and Walmart in Magnolia. (NJ stores) so you don't have to go looking around like it did!

Life's A Beach Disney Layout

The kids love splashing around on a hot day at Epcot! I used Life's a Beach for this layout!




Close up:




lots of glitter and BLING used as well!! There are so many great cuts on this cartridge I just LOVE it!!

JuJuBee's Giveaway!

I don't know about you but I am dying to get my hands on one of the new Everyday Paper Doll cartridges!! Check out JuJu Bee's Website to enter to win a free cart!!

Screen Shots of New Cartridges!

I wanted to share with you all a link to see the new cartridge screenshots!! Everyday Paper dolls is one I am dying for! After seeing this I want the Winter Woodland one as well!!

Check out this website for pictures!

Nemo Layout

These pics are from Epcot! I used Life's a Beach for the shark & turtle. However there are no clown fish on that cart so I made my own paper piecing for that!! I used my kids coloring books to get the look of the actual characters for Nemo and the Sea turtle squirt. LAB for the title too!

Disney layouts!

Working on my disney album from 2005!! LOL!! Here are a few....

Used Disney Mickey & Friends (or font... can't remember) for tv and tv border:

$20 spent at JoAnn's

I have really tried to cut my craft spending down to next to nothing. Owning the cricut really helps with that because I can make most of my own embellishments now with the cuts from there. So no more useless stickers for me!!! :D That said I still need paper!!

Here is what I got on Friday for UNDER $20