Ho Ho Ho with CANDi

Hi everyone and Happy Thursday!

Today I get to share another project with you that uses that awesome 

CANDi! 

I love this stuff! It is so versatile and light weight!

I simply added some CANDi to the middle of my "O's" to make my 

Ho Ho Ho pop off the card and give it some dimension without it being bulky.

Here is a close up shot of my CANDi:

I love the shimmery polka dots on the CANDi!

I used the green CANDi from the Very Merry Silver Collection:

There are so many great patterns and colors in the CANDi line! 

You should definitely check them out :)

For the UK store, click HERE

You can also find CANDi in the US at various online stores including:

The Scrapbooking Queen Royal Castle Shoppe

Don't forget to check out the Craftwork Cards CANDi USA blog, 

there is daily inspiration for your CANDi needs :)

I hope you have a fabulous crafty day!

Supplies:

Cricut Cartridge: Christmas Cheer (ho ho ho cut out at 2.5")

Card Stock: Real Red (SU!), Cream (Recollections)

Patterned Paper: Festive (Authentique)

Die: Labels Four (Spellbinders)

CANDi: Very Merry Silver & Candi Fix

Misc.: Real Red Marker (SU!), Ribbon (Offray)

Peace Hope and Joy

Happy Wednesday!

This week the Joy's Life Design Team has been showing you projects that use those awesome Joy's Life Stamps as well as a certain technique.

I chose to drag out my sewing machine and sew on my project.

I am not a seamstress by any means, I don't even know why I have a sewing machine lol

But I do love the look machine sewing gives to my paper projects.

As you can tell from the picture, I am not very good at all with sewing straight.

That's ok though! I think it gives my card a little bit more character ;)

For my ornament, I used the Christmas Cheer Cricut Cartridge and cut it out at 2.75"

My patterned paper is from the Sweater Weather Collection from MME.

I am so pleased with how my card turned out, from the sewing to the non traditional Christmas Colors

and of course the sentiment:

I love the font on this sentiment! I think it went perfectly with my card!

You can find this sentiment on the Wintery Puns stamp set by Joy's Life.

You can view all of Joy's Products, HERE

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today and taking a look at my latest creation!

I really appreciate it!

Don't forget to stop by the Joy's Life Design Team blog to see more technique inspiration!

A new project daily!

I hope you have a great crafty day!

*I created this project while on the Joy's Life Design Team*

Supplies:

Cricut Cartridge: Christmas Cheer

Card Stock: White (Georgia Pacific), Midnight Muse & Old Olive (SU!)

Patterned Paper: Sweater Weather (MME)

Stamp: Wintery Puns (Joy's Life)

Ink: Midnight Muse (SU!)

Die: Labels 4 (Spellbinders)

Misc.: Ribbon (Offray), Foam Adhesive, Dazzling Diamonds (SU!), Pearls (Michael's)

Cut It Up #6

Happy Friday!

Today marks the beginning of another great challenge at

Cut It Up!

Did you know that today is National Button Day???

Yep!

So in honor of that Challenge #6 is all about buttons and of course, a die cut.

Challenge #6

Buttons, Buttons Everywhere!

Create a project with at least 2 buttons AND include a die-cut!

I decided to make a Holiday card for my project:

For my die-cut, I used the Christmas Cheer cricut cartridge and cut my holly out at 3".

Instead of using the holly berries from the cut, I replaced them with 3 red buttons. 

I hope you will head over to Cut It Up and join in on the fun!

There is another great prize for this challenge and lots of inspiration from the awesome Design Team.

Challenge runs from Nov. 16, 2012

until 

Nov. 28, 2012 at noon EST

I hope you have a fabulous crafty day!

Supplies:

Cricut Cartridge: Christmas Cheer

Cuttlebug: Swiss Dots Embossing Folder

Card Stock: Old Olive & Pear Pizzazz (SU!), White (Georgia Pacific), Red (Bazzill)

Stamp: Wintery Puns (Joy's Life Stamps)

Ink: Real Red (SU!)

Punch: Scallop Sentiment (Fiskars)

Misc.: Ribbon (Offray), Buttons, White Gel Pen (Marvy)

Tacky Tuesday Challenge #13

For my Trendy Twine Give A Way, click HERE

Happy Tuesday! Today marks the start of a new Tacky Tuesday challenge. The challenge for this month is to use a "snowman" die cut and the word "melt" in your sentiment. Here is what I created for the challenge:



I decided to make my hubby a little Christmas card from me to him. I cut my snowman out of Christmas Cheer at 3". I added a decorative border using my EK success punch. I added a little heart to the snowman. So cute! The sentiment was printed from my computer and just printed onto red card stock.

I hope you will go over to the Tacky Tuesday Facebook Page and join in the challenge with us. You have 2 weeks to submit a project for the challenge. I look forward to seeing what you create!

Have a great crafty day!


Supplies:
Cricut: Christmas Cheer
Card Stock: Black & Kraft (Recollections), Real Red & Pumpkin Pie (SU!), White (Georgia Pacific), Brown (DCWV)
Punch: EK Success
Misc.: Offray Ribbon, Christmas Red Stickles, White Signo Gel Pen

Holiday Cards Blog Hop

Hi Everyone! Welcome to the Holiday Cards Blog Hop! I'm sure you are going to find tons of inspiration for those Holiday cards that you need to do and if you have already done them, maybe an idea or two to tuck away for next year ;)

You should have arrived here from the talented Melisa. If you just happened to stumble across the hop today on my blog and would like to start at the beginning, just hop on over and see Joy at Joy's Life.

For my project, I knew I wanted to use the Happy Holly Days stamp from Joy's Wintery Puns stamp set as soon as I saw it. I pretty much based my card around that stamp.



I decided to make an center step card for my project today. I cut my holly out of the Christmas Cheer cricut cart at 3.5". I popped it up on some foam adhesive to give it more dimension. I added some glitter and bling to make it sparkle and shine.

Here is a look at the inside of the card:



The Merry Christmas stamp also came from the Wintery Puns stamp set. Cute huh? I love the Wintery Puns set! It is absolutely adorable!

What's a blog hop without a little candy? I'm going to give one lucky person the following pack of stickles:



All you have to do to be eligible for my prize is to post a comment on this post.

You don't have to be a follower, but if you are, leave a second comment to give yourself a second chance at winning.

I will pick the winner Tuesday morning, 12-6-11 by using Random.org. Just make sure you leave a way for me to contact you.

Thanks for joining us in the Holiday Cards Blog Hop! Your next stop is the talented Susie.

Here is a list of the hop order in case you get lost along the way:

Joy
Amanda
Anne
Annette
Christine
Jennie
Maria
Martha
Melisa
Stacey<---You Are Here
Susie<---Your Next Stop
Tracy

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you have a great crafty day!


Supplies:
Cricut: Christmas Cheer
Card Stock: Real Red (SU!), White (Georgia Pacific), Green (Recollections)
Patterned Paper: DCWV
Stamp: Wintery Puns (Joy's Life)
Ink: Real Red (SU!)
Cuttlebug: Polka Dots
Punches: Xtra Large Photo Corners (SU!), Scallop Sentiment (Fiskars)
Misc.: Offray Ribbon, Bling (Me & My Big Ideas), Labels Four (Spellbinders), Foam Adhesive, Studio G Glitter

Peace, Hope, Joy

Happy Thursday! Today I wanted to share with you a card that I made to play along with the challenge over at Papertake Weekly. This week they are having a sketch challenge and as soon as I saw the sketch, I knew it would be great for a little Christmas card. Here is what I created for the challenge:



I cut my little stocking out of my cricut at 2.5" using my Christmas Cheer cartridge. For my little tab, I stamped my sentiment and then used my Labels 4 spellbinders and only cut out a small portion so that I could make the little tab. Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today and taking a look at my latest creation! I really do appreciate it! Don't forget to stop by tomorrow for the Holiday Cards Blog Hop hosted by Joy at Joy's Life. :) Hope you will hop with us.

I hope you have a great crafty day!


Supplies:
Cricut: Chirstmas Cheer
Card Stock: Green & Red (Recollections), White (Georgia Pacific)
Patterned Paper: Countdown To Christmas (My Mind's Eye)
Stamp: Winter Puns (Joy's Life)
Ink: Real Red (SU!)
Misc.: Real Red Marker (SU!), White Signo Gel Pen, Star Dust Stickles

Throwback Thursday Challenge

Happy Saturday! I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend so far. :) I was able to get a card done for Emma's Throwback Thursday challenge. Yay! The rules for the challenge are to use a Retired Cartridge of your choice and make a project with it. I love this challenge! I have so many retired cartridges that I never seem to use anymore so this was the perfect opportunity to dust them off and play. :)

I decided to get a jump on my Christmas cards for this year and when I noticed that Christmas Cheer was on the list of retired carts, it worked out perfectly! Here is my card:



It normally takes me a few times designing my Christmas cards before I find one that I like enough to send out to family and friends but I really like how this one turned out, so this may be the one! For my card, I used Christmas Cheer and cut out the Santa suit at 2.5" You can't see it very well in the picture but, there is white flocking on all the white pieces of his suit. I used a stamp from My Creative Time's Inspiring Words (Accents) set. They go perfectly together don't you think?

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and taking a look at my latest creation! I really appreciate it. I hope you have a great crafty day!


Supplies:
Cricut---Christmas Cheer
Cuttlebug---Swiss Dots
Card Stock---Real Red & Old Olive (SU!), White (Georgia Pacific), Black (Recollections)
Stamp---Inspiring Words Accents (My Creative Time)
Ink---Real Red (SU!), StazOn (Black)
Misc.---Apron Lace Border Punch (Fiskars), Ribbon (Pure Color Essentials), SU Dimensionals, Flocking Powder (Recollections), White Signo Gel Pen