Love Bug

Morning everyone! I made this super cute LOVE Bug card and I am IN LOVE with it. It came out super cute I think...hopefully you will think so too.

 I used Stretch your Imagination for the grasshopper and Simply Sweet for the "love" sentiment. This card was my first joy fold card and I really like them.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Claudia & Company: Challenge #73- Unique Fold

Cricut Cardz Challenge: Challenge #60-Valentine's for a Man

Creative Cutter- Love Bugs                                                          
 Always Crafting- Whimsical Wednesday Challenge--Heart/Flower/1 cricut cut

The Black Currant Stack- Cindy Loo Cartridge

Good afternoon everyone...Hope you are keeping warm, I know it is COLD here and with the threat of the BIG storm on it's way I did my shopping so I wont have to go out for anything for days. The kids came home and said "the teacher's said there is a 95% chance of no school tomorrow" Yippee...can hang out in pj's all day and veg. The weather is already saying schools are closed...it hasn't even started snowing yet. Oh well..
My card post today is a "thinking of you" card for a friend who is feeling below average..hope this makes her feel better. I used the Cindy Loo cart and The Black Currant Stack. I LOVE the way this card came out. Simple! Let me know what you think :)

Spongebob Valentine's---Cricut Cardz Challenge #59

I actually have an early post today... Here is my entry into  Cricut Cardz Challenge #59- Child's Valentine's.
I love spongebob and so do my boys so when I was looking through the booklet this cut won my heart. Perfect for telling the boys I love them :)!
Spongebob was cut at 5" and the sentiment is actually from Simply Sweet..the "you" is the bottom half of the thank you, also cut at 5"





Giveaway Monday over at Tatertots and Jello-50$ to Wacky Kracker--a personalized stationary site. They have the cutest stuff. Go check them out...you have until February 7th.

Shrinky Dinks

I bought a package of Shrinky Dinks today at Michael's and they are so easy to work with. I wanted to try and make charms for my son's Valentines's treats. They worked and the boys had so much fun watching them bake.
So I cut a heart out at 3" from Plantin Schoolbook and my son wrote everyone's name on them. I then put the decorated touch around the outside. In the oven at 325 for 1-3 minutes (ours took 3) and this is how they turn out! I can't wait to try something else.
I used my gypsy and had to cut the plastic out 2 times but the hole was already there because I used the charm cut.

I have already made the sour cream containers, filled them with candy hearts and now to attach the charm to the container. That is where I am now. So the completed project will be posted tomorrow.

Chipboard Memory Book



front cover


 So a very good friend of mine's birthday is today...Happy Birthday Chris!! And for her birthday I wanted to make something nice that she would be able to use. I tried my hand at a Chipboard Memory Book and I think it actually came out really nice for being my first time.
I gave her the book today and I'm hoping she is going to fill it with pictures of her family!


 So on to a different note...I took on a VERY big project yesterday, to make 90 post it note holders for our school's Staff Appreciation Luncheon on February 9th. I wrote in my earlier post how easy they are to do....right...well I started thinking I need all the time I possibly can to get them done. And you know what???
I already have 24 95% done. I am making them very simple with a base color, pattern top layer, a thank you sentiment and maybe a bling but that is all. I will post pictures when they are all done.



back cover



 

So this is a quick post for today..I added to the Mickey birthday card and gift bag. My son's friend who is having a party tonight is going to Disney for the 1st time in March. Since he just celebrated his birthday right before Christmas he had already gotten everything! What do you get for an 8 year old?....Got it Disney dollars so he can buy what he wants in the parks and trading pins because anyone who has every been to Disney knows how much fun trading pins can be! If you havent traded pins at Disney let me know and I will fill you in :)
With that said I made a smaller gift bag for the pins and a money holder for the dollars....Hope he likes it!

Post-it Note Holder's

I know I posted already today but here is the project for the day. I have been watching many you-tube videos for ideas and tips and I LOVE this project. It is so super easy...I had a blast making them and I want to make more...and more...and more. I'm not sure I know that many people that need post-it notes :)
Anyways I was at Target and in their $1.00 bin is a 6pk of gel markers. The post it notes I got were a 4 pack of purple,green,pink and blue. All the colors of the gel pens. The pack also came with a gold and yellow that my boys have snatched.
So guess what..I am going back to Target tomorrow to stock up on these pens and make more.
These are actually going to the boys school for teacher gifts...Appreciation for all they do on a daily basis. I know they will LOVE them.

cardstock dimensions--7 3/8 x 3 1/4 then score at 3 1/8, 3 1/2 and 3 7/8

This is the youtube video I got the measurements for the post-it note holder from.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbro7UCpKos Check it out