Upcoming Hops

Happy Tuesday everyone! I hope everyone out there is staying warm, as it is a chilly 37 degrees here! I just wanted to let everyone know of a few projects that I am going to be working on. Hopefully, tonight we get enough snow that I will be snowed in and can craft part of the day tomorrow versus having to drive to work on not so great roads! So, here are two hops that I am involved with this month.

First, (and might I add, my very first hop ever!), this Sunday, March 10th, I am involved in a 100 Cartridge Blog Hop. Hosted by Erica over at My Cricut Craft Room, each blog on this hop will have a project, or multiple projects, that will include 5 Cricut Cartridges. So, if you have cartridges out there that you aren't using, make sure to join us Sunday and see what you can create with them! :)

Second, join me on Saturday, March 23rd when I will be involved in an Easter Blog Hop! Hosted by Vanessa over at Paperkrafts Unlimited Designs, each blog on this hop will have an Easter related project. This is just in time to give you some last minute ideas for projects you can do before Easter the following Sunday!

I hope that you all will come back and join me for my first 2 blog hops. I'm really excited to get to do these projects, and I can't wait to share my creations with you.

 

Dorothy

Nursery

I was able to get in my room today, and I was able to finish the pictures for the nursery. We now have the elephant and frog from my previous post, as well as the turtle, duck, and giraffe shown below. Unfortunately, I still only have the two shadowboxes, so I had to borrow one to be able to take the pictures. I have to visit a few more Target stores to find 3 more. I am so excited to have these pictures to hang on the walls. There is nothing like a little homemade love to pull a room together. :) I hope you all enjoy these as well!

 

Cricut Cartridges: Create-a-Critter, Storybook
Cardstock: Black, Dark Brown, Green, Light Blue, Dark Green, White
Pattern Paper
White 12x12 Shadowbox

Cricut Cartridges: Create-a-Critter, Storybook
Cardstock: Black, Dark Brown, Orange, Yellow, White
Patterned Paper
12x12 White Shadowbox

Cricut Cartridges: Create-a-Critter, Storybook
Cardstock: Black, Dark Brown, Yellow, Light Orange, Orange, White
Patterned Paper
12x12 White Shadowbox

Dorothy

Nesting

Hello again friends! So, I don't know who knows this about me, but I am 28 weeks pregnant as of TODAY. Exciting, I know. lol Let me get it out of the now by saying that no, we do not, and will not, know the sex of the baby until s/he joins us in May. I know, there are some of you out there screaming at your computer because you can't stand the idea of not knowing. Trust me, I was one of you. The only reason I didn't find out was because my darling husband didn't want to know. However, now, I am really excited for that moment when I get to hear my baby cry for the first time and have the doctor announce "Congratulations, you have a baby boy/girl!" I just know that is going to make that moment even more special than it already will be.

 

Ok, now that we have all (hopefully) moved past the issue of not knowing the sex, we can get to the fact that I am officially nesting. I have been spending all of my free time shopping, planning, organizing, creating for the baby. The nursery is going to be neutral. The bedding is called Little Pond. It has ducks, turtles, frogs, giraffes, and elephants in it. It is all light hues of blue, yellow, green, pink, and purple. I decided on Sunday that it was time to create a few projects for the nursery decor. So I made 2 of 5 pictures to hang on the walls. I hope you enjoy these as much as I enjoyed making them!

 



 

 

Cricut Cartridges: Create-A-Critter, Storybook

Pattern Paper

Cardstock: Black, Dark Brown, Dark Purple, Medium Purple, Light Purple, White, Light Blue

White 12x12 Shadowbox

Cricut Cartidges: Create-A-Critter, Storybook
Patterned Paper
Cardstock: Black, Dark Brown, Green, Light Green, Light Pink, White
White 12x12 Shadowbox

Dorothy

Valentine's Part 2

Ok friends, I know Valentine's is over. However, things have been CRAZY in my house! First, my whole family ended up with the flu. That meant a week of each of us having a high fever, stomach issues, vomiting, coughs, and nasal issues. It was terrible, and I wouldn't wish it on ANYONE. I'm so thankful that we are all back to be healthy. So, although Valentine's Day has now came and went, I still wanted to show all of you the last of my son's cards. We used Art Philosophy and Create-A-Critter cartridges for them. I hope you like them. He loved them, and was so excited to hand them out (even if it was a few days late). :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dorothy

Pastel Valentine

Last night I decided to take on a new kind of challenge. I looked at 4 different blog challenges, and I decided that I would really challenge myself by doing all 4 on one project. What was I thinking? At Die Cuttin Divas, the challenge was a sketch for a card. Ok, next is a theme. Scrappy Moms Stamps challenge was to create a Valentine's Themed project. Great! That covers the theme, plus over at Fantabulous Friday the challenge was to make a project including a heart. Valentine's Day and hearts? Perfect! So, I sat down and stared at all of my paper (if I haven't mentioned before, I am a paper hoarder). I took a look at my challenges again, and found the perfect one. Over at Craft Your Passion Challenges, their challenge this week was pastels! Ok, so a pastel, Valentine's Day card with a heart. I can do this. I hope. Enjoy!

Cricut Cartridges - Art Philosphy
Cardstock - Pale Yellow, Baby Pink, Lilac
Patterned Paper - Pink/White polka dot, White/Yellow/Pink/Purple stripes
Baby Pink Ribbon
Pearl Heart Buckle
CTMH Whoo's Your Valentine Stamp Set Sentiment
CTMH Tulip ink
Pink Stickles

A Very Special Card

I came home, and I was able to spend some time in my room. Unfortunately, it was paying bills. :( Who enjoys that? However, thanks to my amazing husband, who made dinner, I was able to spend some enjoyable time in there as well. My son and I made a very special Valentine's Day card for one of my son's favorite people. He loves Batman, so it seemed only appropriate that we made him a Batman card! I hope you all enjoy!

Cricut Cartridge - Batman: The Brave and The Bold
Cardstock - Black, Yellow, Burnt Orange, Orange, Blue, Tan

I cut envelope1 and card1 at 4.25 inches. It was a fairly easy card to cut, but I wish it would have been cut larger! Unfortunately, I cut it as large as the envelope would go.

Dorothy

Valentine's #1

For the past few days my son and I have been working on his Valentine's. He made a list of 35 people he wants to give Valentine's to. I hope we can make it through all 35 by next week! lol So far we have 8 finished. I have really enjoyed being able to share something I love, something that I enjoy so much, with my son. I hope that you enjoy them as much as we have, and there will be more to come!



 

All of the cards are made with the Cricut CTMH Art Philosophy cartridge. I cut oval5 at 4 inches on a dark pink cardstock. I then layered oval5 cut at 3.75 inches in a tan cardstock.

Cricut Create-A-Critter frog cut at 2.75 inches. My Pink Stamper sentiment from Punnylicious stamped with CTMH Olive ink.

Cricut Create-A-Critter Poodle cut at 2.75 inches. My Pink Stamper sentiment from More Punnylicious stamped with CTMH Tulip ink.

Cricut Create-A-Critter Turtle cut at 1.75 inches. My Pink Stamper sentiment from Even More Punnylicious stamped with CTMH Moonstruck ink.

Cricut Create-A-Critter Bear cut at 2.75 inches. My Pink Stamper sentiment from More Punnylicious stamped with CTMH Cocoa ink.

Cricut Create-A-Critter Owl cut at 2.75 inches. My Pink Stamper sentiment from Even More Punnylicious stamp with CTMH Dutch Blue ink.

Cricut Create-A-Critter Deer cut at  3 inches. My Pink Stamper sentiment from More Punnylicious stamped with CTMH Cocoa ink.

Cricut Create-A-Critter Cat cut at 2.75 inches. My Pink Stamper sentiment from More Punnylicious stamped with CTMH Tulip ink.

The back of all cards have the following:

Studio G "Happy Valentine's Day" sentiment
CTMH "To" and "From" from the Celebration stamp set
K&Company "Handmade with Love" sentiment
CTMH Vineyard Berry ink

Dorothy