A week of cleaning....

As much as I would like to do nothing but craft, I find myself in need of redoing my craft room and reorganizing again. I keep things together, but sometimes when I am working on a lot of projects things get haywire! So when I started organizing, I decided to start purging out stuff I haven't used or not planning on using. Right now I am trying to get ready and put things on ebay. My husband saw what I was doing and has decided that maybe we can clean out some closets too that there has got to be lots of stuff in there! So now what I thought would be a small project might turn into a larger one, but my plans are to make some money and buy more scrap stuff!!!! I better get back to sorting so I can soon get back to crafting!! Hope everyone has a crafty week. Should have some things to be listed on Friday and my ebay name is dianek if you are looking for something. Got some stamps and other craft items, not sure what all I will have by that day!

Blog Candy Winner!

Thank you for joining our blog hop for Exploring Cricut's Christmas In July challenge. I hope you were able to visit everyones blog and see what our fabulous team created. The winner picked by random.org is post# 20 and below the picture is the winner! Thanks so much for leaving the comments and hope you will continue to follow my blog. If you will email me at nana1@maysvilleky.net with your mailing information, I will get your package out to you.

"Craftin Desert Divas said...
Super great idea! I'm a new follower. Hope you will visit my blog." Congrats to our winner at CraftinDesertDivas!!!

Christmas in July

I started this layout a couple days ago, but chores got in the way and it took more time to finish. I used some non traditional colors for this and like how it turned out. I used the cartridges Out of Character which is a Circle Exclusive and Teresa Collins Christmas Ornaments digital. I cut everything at 3 inches. I love all the layers on all the cuts and used cardstock to match the Basic Grey papers I had in my stash. Be sure to enter your "Christmas in July" projects in the Exploring Cricut challenge that ends tonight!

Another Christmas project

I have another project to share with our "Christmas in July" theme. I made a couple of tags using the digital cartridge Holiday Gift Tags. I cut both of them and the layers at 3 inches and stamped with something in my stamp collection. These are super easy and now is the time to get some things made ahead. There are 6 different tags on this digital set. Be sure to enter our challenge over at Exploring Cricut this week too!

Tuesday Daily Project Exploring Cricut

Hope you all have been enjoying our blog hop this week at Exploring Cricut! If you missed it, go to the sidebar on the blog and click where it says new challenge and it will take you to the post. Most of our DT will be giving something away this week too! Now for the Tuesday daily project. I am going along with the theme of Christmas in July and created ornaments using old cds. I always save those that come in the mail or any bad ones to use for craft projects. I am showing pictures of how I did this. I used the cartridges Very Merry Tags, Winter Frolic, Winter Woodland and Paper Doll Dressup for my cuts. Below the pictures are the measurements. Be sure to enter our "Christmas in July" challenge this week.

Just start with some old cds, using you get some in the mail or have some old ones.

I covered mine with scor tape because it holds so well and works great to hold the paper.

Smooth out paper and trim around the edges with scissors or a craft knife.

I just punched a hole with my crop-a-dial.....that is one awesome tool for sure! Now you are ready to decorate however you like! I have added pictures before too. Now for my sizes

Very Merry Tags-shadow snowflake cut at 4.5 inces

Very Merry Tags- top snowflake cut at 4 inches

Winter Frolic-snowman cut at 4 inches

Winter Woodland-Poinsettia cut at 4 inches. I cut 2 of the flower part.

Paper Doll Dress Up-Tree cut at 4.25 inches

I also used scrap papers, jewels, stickles, and liquid pearls

It's a Christmas in July Blog Hop

Welcome to the Christmas in July Blog Hop challenge from Exploring Cricut. If you came here from Georgiana's, your in the right place. By now you have visited a few of the DT's blogs and saw some awesome projects and some great blog candy. This may be the last spot, but I have some goodies too ! My project for this challenge is making a useable Christmas decoration from a couple of thrift store bargains. I bought this cube picture holder for $1.50 and this candle stick for .25. I love it when I find something like this and I knew right away what I was going to make! First, I cleaned them really good and gave them a base coat of white paint and glued the candle stick to the photo cube. I cut my designs from Inspired Heart cartridge and cut my image at 4 inches in black paper. The other 3 sides have cuts too, but I will show the one that is more Christmas. The others can be used at Easter or as a nice decoration. I then cut vellum to fit inside and glued the black image to it. You can put a flameless candle or LED small light inside for the glow. Below are pictures . Be sure to check out my blog candy too! To win, all you have to do is leave me a comment on this post and I will pick a winner via random.org on Saturday when the challenge closes and will announce on Sunday . After you are finished here, be sure to enter the challenge on the Exploring Cricut blog for a chance to win there too! If you somehow missed some of our DT, there is a list at the bottom of this post and you can get to them. Thanks for joining our blog hop.


Thrift store treasures for 1.75! The things you can find to make into new items!

Just in time for all the holiday decorating that will be hitting us in just a few months!!!!!! BLOG CANDY JUST LEAVE A COMMENT, BE A FOLLOWER AND LEAVE YOUR EMAIL HERE FOR A CHANCE TO WIN!


EXPLORING CRICUT DESIGN TEAM MEMBERS

Sharon http://meemeescreations.blogspot.com/

Annette http://mymindsdustbunnies.blogspot.com/

Jessica http://craftinandstampin.blogspot.com/

Emily http://emilyqueenofallthingscrafty.blogspot.com/

Michelle http://mumoftwoblog.blogspot.com/

Lori http://scrappinsaints.blogspot.com/

Kim http://littleredshood.blogspot.com/

Ian http://anewbiecrafter.blogspot.com/

Diana http://craftypeepdb.blogspot.com/

Georgiana http://carsonscricutcreations.blogspot.com/

Diane http://happyscrapperdiane.blogspot.com/



I am also entering this in the following challenges:

Clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.com

Hidinginmycraft.com

Thursday Share!

I have been busy working in my craft room and if you looked inside you would think a tornado hit it!! I have a challenge and daily project coming up the first of the week and wanted to finish up my oldest angel girl Mary-Kate's 2010 album. This is the last layouts I had to do and I put it off because I was not sure what to do. She had a dance recital and they danced to a Hannah Montana song so I thought I would country it a little. They wore flannel shirts and jeans so I made my layout look plaid. Used a little country fonts and it turned out ok. Not real thrilled, but this one was hard. I used the cartridges Hannah Montana , Old West, and County Fair. Below the picture are the cut measurements. My second project is a picture of two of my grandchildren while on vacation at Hilton Head this year. I wanted a new picture for my beachy bathroom so this is what I came up with and used Life's a Beach.
Hannah Montana -title Dance Recital cut at 1.25 inches
title Hannah Montana cut at 2.5 inche
Old West- rope border customized in gypsy at 11 x 11.5 inches
rope letter Kicking it up and country style cut at 1.25 inches
County Fair- boot cut at 3.25 inches
Paper by Hobby Lobby and Michaels cardstock

Life's a Beach-shells cut at 2 inches
sea horse cut at 3.25 inches
geeko cut at 2.5 inches
Paper Close to My Heart Footloose collection
Cardstock Close to My Heart.
Ran through cuttlebug dot folder