Glass Block Night Light (Snowman)

This glass block was made for PJ's Kindergarten teacher for Christmas. I cut again from the Wall Pops purchased at Lowe's. The colors were layered on the snowman. The background on both of these blocks were "muted" with glass etching cream. I will post some other glass etched items within the next couple of days! Using this on the blocks helped me to obscure the lights inside the block. I used white-corded lights but didn't want to see them any more than necessary. This worked well for me. Thanks for looking and leave me a comment if you see something you like!

Glass Block Night Light (Christmas Theme)

Here are some glass blocks that I made at Christmas time. Yeah, I know it's April--what can I say. First off, drilling the glass block is hubby's job, LOL. Me and power tools don't generally get used in the same sentence. The design on the first one is cut with "wall pops" that I purchased (on clearance!) at Lowe's. The two turtle doves was cut from the Cricut Cartridge Joys of the Season. Sorry I don't know what sizes I cut anything. I did use Design Studio so that I could strategically place my vinyl on the mats and cut all at once. I really saves on material. I first cut it in black, then cut the doves in white and the heart in red. "Peace" was also cut from Joys of the Season. This cut for my good friend and neighbor Monique for a part of her gift this year. She loved it-at least I think she did as she asked me to make her one to give as a gift to someone else and another so that she would have a matched set! I hope you like it, enjoy!

Oh, I wanted to mention that I went to Joann's and purchased a "Bowdabra" for the large bows on these glass blocks and I love it! It's so easy to use and makes the most beautiful huge bows. I will never buy a bow again!

Stationary Purse (Small)

I have been hard at work trying to design this little stationary bag. This one will accomodate A2 (4-1/4" x 5-1/2") cards. I have not been able to make the cards that are going into this yet. That will come soon enough. I actually made this as a prototype, but I am happy with the results. There have been many requests for the .cut file for this (Using Cricut Expressions) for which I am honored. This was really my first Design Studio project of any merit (other than welding words and such). If I can figure out how to upload the file here, I will do that.

This was made strictly with George and Basic Shapes cartridge. This cut still requires the Expressions machine, but there was a board member that did some adjusting and made it work on the baby bug! You will need: 4 pieces of heavy, two-sided cardstock for this project, score board such as Scor-Pal, along with adhesive, eyelets & ribbon for the handles (or you can use paper straps, I suppose). There are many ways to embellish this little bag, use your imagination!

As usual I am way behind

I am going to attemp to do some major updating today to my blog. I have been ignoring it mainly because there is so much that I don't know how to do. This is my misson to learn more about the day to day upkeep of maintaining a blog. I have tons of cards and other projects that I have been working on and have not uploaded anything, so today is the day! Enjoy and leave me a comment if you wish. I would love some feedback and if I had even one follower I would be honored.... :)

Cricut Card done with Design Studio!

BEST FRIENDS:

The original design of this greeting card was by a very talented woman on the Cricut messageboard. She has graciously posted all of her .cut files on her blog for all to share. I then cut it with my little bug and then custom designed the envelope with my Top Score Enveloper which also enabled me to line the envelope with a coordinating paper for a more elegant look! If you get a chance, check out her blog here . Drop her a note if you appreciate her designs as much as I do! Thanks Susan!

House Mouse Gamsol Technique

Hello there, I have been making some cards with a new technique called Gamsol Magic Pencil Technique that is basically special Prismacolor Pencils and shading with a product similar to odorless mineral spirits. This is a neat shading that is done with rubber stamps and "stumps" that are used for shading and blending. You can find a tutorial for this really fun technique at the Splitcoaststamper website link here. Here is a sample of a recent project done with this technique. I also used a new embossing folder that I just received called Swiss Dots. This was used in my Cuttlebug. Ribbon and papers are just from my stash! Please pop in often and leave me a comment if you enjoy my work!

I'm back.......still trying to figure this stuff out!

Well, it's been a while since I've stopped by, I hope to be here regularly now. I purchased a laptop with Christmas money and have set up wireless internet in the house (!) and now I can work on this while I multi-task. (Watch TV). I may have to get Katey to help me out once in a while (whenever I try to do something here).

I am going to try to post all of my newest creations, while showing off some of my older ones. I really haven't been doing to much creating in my crap room, er--scrap room, I mean. I have so many scrapbook and card-making supplies and I seem to get creators' block every time I go down there. I think I need a room makeover. (Hint, hint Paul.) I soooo wish I had some walls (i.e. drywall) to hang stuff like shelves, organizing elements. I will just have to work around it for a while.

So, while I have my CRICUT (yipee) and about 16-ish cartridges for it, I really plan to work hard this year to get caught up on my photos/scrapbooking.

Come by often to see what's new, or even old. Please let me know that you've dropped by and I would love to have your comments and/or opinions. I hope that with time, this site will improve!

See y'all!!