Random Memories Mini Album

For my sister in law to store her random memories and pictures.
Made with DCWV vintage paper stack and a few envelope and tag cuts from Just Because Cricut cartridge.

Instead of posting 10 pictures of each page I decided to make a video walk through:

There is a blizzard outside... So I made a mini album!

There is a blizzard (like a for real blizzard, I'm not hypeing it up) so I bunkered down in my craft room and started creating!   My dad is an avid bicycler so I wanted to make him a mini album where he could write about some of his biking adventures and keep little momentos of his various treks.

I found this Recollections paper about 2 months ago on clearence at Micheals and I knew it would be perfect for it.

Entered in Challenges:

AiFactory Challenge: For the boys

Aly's Sunday Challenge: For the guys

The Crafty Pad: Something for the boys

Tellen's Place: Male Call

Untraditional baby card.

I wanted to make something for my friend who is having a baby, but I didn't want it to just be a card, I wanted to make sure that it was something that could be used and enjoyed for awhile.

Scalloped shapes and the letters were cut from the Once Upon A Child Cartridge, I embossed the small white layer with my Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder.

Entered in: Penny's Paper craft Challenge - Anything goes

Christmas 3D scene!

This was a fun one, and only took about 15 minutes! But it isn't foldable, so it turned out to be less of a pop up card, as originally planned, and more of a 3D pop up scence.

All images were cut from the Christmas Cheer cartridge. The trees in the back were embossed to add texture, the mustache and hat trim were applied with pop dots to give it some demenstion. I used paper tabs behind the Santa's and two of the trees to make them stand out from the trifold. The stars are strung from the ribbon and attached behind the santas with glue dots.

Entered in:

Stampin for the weekend: Christmas Challenge

For funn challenges: Merry Christmas

Papertake weekly: Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge Blog: Anything goes

Fussy and Fancy: Snow

Seasons Tweetings

Just a simple season card with a fun message.

 "Seasons Tweetings"

Bird paper: scrap

Bird cut from Create a Critter

Branch cut from Serenade

Card paper: DCWV Christmas stack

entered in the ABC challenge: K is for Keep it Simple

More paper doll scenes

My niece requested more paper doll background scenes for Christmas. I have been going crazy making these sets for her. I LOVE the paper doll cartridge! She has a full set of paper dolls and also a fairy tale castle scene.
(see link: http://carrieannscreations.blogspot.com/2010/04/paper-doll-extravaganza.html)

I was hit with the Christmas spirit and decided to make a nativity with all the characters as well. I love this one. I think I am going to make one for my daughter as well.

Here is a glance at the back of the trifold scene. I think I might have explained how I make these in the link above.

I think I will do a tutorial sometime about how I assemble these....
:-)

Non-paper project

At times I set down the paper and glue and pick up another material to craft with. I have been wanting to make new stocking to go with my Americana/Primitive decor for quite some time now. I found the time and in a few hours over two days time this is what came out.

Haunted House

 I started with the haunted house from the October 31st cartridge.I added yellow behind the windows to make it look like someone was home. Then accented the doors and roof lines with purple and of course a bit of stickles because sparkles make everything better. :-)

 I was having some much fun I decided my house needed a yard and some spooky trees!

And of course, a haunted house is not complete with out some bats flying out of the top.

I cut off one of the branches and moved it to the front so the tree was a bit more 3D. I do have a raven on the front branch of the tree, but it is hard to see. In hindsight I wish I would have cut it in a dark gray so that it contrasted a bit better.

Entered in:
Bitten by the Bug 2 Haunted House challenge.
Fussy and Fancy Halloween challenge
Polkadoodles Something Spooky challenge

Scrapbook pages

I got a 3 hour block of time to scrapbook today. I was heavenly! I worked on my daughters pages.

This is rather simple. I might add one or two small pictures. The paper and stickers are Heidi Grace.

Same with this one, I just feel that it needs more. I love the concept though. Maybe a journal spot and some stickers will finish it off. Guess I will have to head to the store! (Yippee!)

Still need to add the journaling spot to the bottom corner. But this would have to be one of my favorite pages i've ever made. Heidi Grace paper and bumble bee sticker. Cricut Pooh font cart for both the words and characters. Pooh and Eyore were cut at 2 1/2 inches. So some of the parts were so little that I had to use a tweezers to pick them up and glue them down!

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Turkey Time!

Thanksgiving is drawing near. Thought I would make a few cards up to send to people that I don't see on this holiday.

 Turkey from the Create A Critter cartridge. The paper was left over from last season. (I believe it was DCWV?)

Inside I used a $1 Micheals stamp. (I get in trouble in their $1 bins!) Just simple leaves falling to add to the all theme.

Entered in:
cricut Cardz Challenge-Thanksgiving or Turkey theme
For Fun Challenges-something you have never used (For the first time I used a sponge applicator to ink/distress the sides of the card,and it works really well too!)