Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2012 - November

Hi everyone!  This weekend I finally got to do a little creating in my craft room! I worked on some of the past tags from Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of 2012, as well as the new November tag.. You can see what he created this month by clicking HERE.  This is what I came up with for November:

I don't own the stamps that Tim used for his tag, so I had to improvise a bit.  It was a lot of fun to make and I encourage you to try some of his tags out as well!

#171 Princess Party - Birthday Girl Card

Hi everyone!  I have completed another challenge for the Cricut Circle Canadian online swarm from the Cricut Circle messageboards.  This challenge had a theme of "Something Old, Something New".  We were asked to create a project featuring this.  Here is what I came up with:

For my "something old" I chose to use the Rock Princess cartridge and my "something new" was the Art Glitter glass glitter and pink Candi embellishments that just arrived in the mail the other day from my most recent order from Blitsy.com.

The cartridges / cuts I used are:
Rock Princess - Bear and Bones cut at  3.5".
Princess Party - "Birthday Girl" cut at 1.75".
Lacy Labels - fancy square cut at 4" and 4.25"

Hope you like it!

Treat Bag Swap!

Hi everyone!  On the Canadian section of the Cricut Circle Messageboard, we conducted a Halloween treat bag swap, where whoever wanted to take part was put on a list and we had to send a box / bag of goodies to the person under us on the list.  I sent a package to MissMel9 and received one from Hrvatica. I got my goodies from my swap person last week but sadly, I had to wait until everyone on the list got theirs :-(  Well today was the day!  Here is what I received in my amazing package from Hrvatica.

LUCKY ME!!!! THANKS HRVATICA!

#170 This and That - Little Reader Layout

Hi everyone!  I am still working on some of the challenges we have going on on the Canadian side of the Cricut Circle Messageboard for the Canadian online swarm.
Challenge #4 was to create a layout of an "everyday moment" and use a new-to-you technique.  Here is what I came up with:

The cartridges / cuts I used are:
Disney Classics - Jiminy Cricket cut at 4", Pinocchio cut at 3"
This & That (Creative Memories) - "Little Reader" letters cut at 1.25", tag cut at 2".

For my new technique, I chose to use the Sew Easy stitching tool and created a border under the photos with two different colours of floss.

Hope you like it!

A Gathering with Cricut Circle Friends

Hi everyone!  Just wanted to share with you some photos From Friday evening, when I got together with some Cricut Circle friends for scrapbooking fun!  Well, not much progress made on my end, but it was a blast!  It was Sherri's birthday so that made it even more special!  Melanie's brithday was a few weeks ago, so we were celebrating her day too.

Sherri (SherriHend), Me (JenniferHawkins2), Melanie (MissMel9)

No birthday is complete without cake!  I made this for Sherri and Mel with what else?  My Cricut Cake machine!

Alice (Dugspookie) and Teresa (LadybugT)

Can't wait for the next one!

Apple Harvest Mixed Media Canvas

Hi everyone!  Yesterday I was busy creating this canvas for a challenge at Chic Scrapbook Designs by Limor Webber.  For the September monthly challenge, she asked us to create a project for someone who would appreciate the gesture and deserves something nice for themselves.  My neighbor genreously donated a box of apples to me this fall that made incredible apple crisp and pies, so I wanted to make something for her in return and decided on a canvas with an apple theme.  She is also the neighborhood Avon lady and is always walking along visiting with people and she always gives me a little "extra something" in my orders.

This is what the challenge entailed:

THEME: "GIVING BACK"

Challenge Guidelines:

1. Create a project of your choice -Canvas, Art Journal, Tag, Card, Altered item etc.
2. Project must include at least 1 Recyled household item ( Example: Toilet paper roll, soda can, bottle cap, cereal box etc)
3. Include at least 1 stamp in your project ( Of course we would love to see you use Unity Stamps but not required)
4. Theme: this project must be for someone in your life that could use their spirits lifted or someone you just knew this would make a difference with if they received somthing from you.  It could also be someone you know that has been active in your community and making a difference, you decide.
5. Have a blast!!!!!

For my recycled item, I used clear packaging and cut apples with my Cricut, then added alcohol ink and a stamp with staz-on ink.
I used some Christy Tomlinson background stamps by Unity as well as a Basic Grey sun stamp for the apples.
Products used:
8X10 canvas - Dollarama
Orange tissue paper
Golden Soft Gel (Matte)
Christy Tomlinson backgound stamps (Unity)
Archival Ink - Ranger, Colorbox
Patterned Paper - Bo Bunny (Apple Cider)
Stencils - Dylusions
Course Pumice Gel
Acrylic Paints -
        Golden - Hansa Yellow Medium, Interference Gold
        Americana -Raw Umber
        Folk Art - Sap Green (mixed this with previous color)
Big Brush Markers by Faber Castell
Copper Stickles
Just Because Cards Cricut cartridge for apples (cut at 1.25")
Clear packaging
Staz-On Ink - Jet Black
Alcohol Ink - Terra Cotta, Cranberry, Sunshine Yellow, Copper
Glossy Accents

Hope you like it!  And I REALLY hope C likes it!

Canadian Circle Swarm Challenge #2

Hi everyone! The second challenge for our Canadian Cricut Circle swarm was to create a card using a black cat, two Cricut cuts, the colours purple, black and white, and use stitching.
Here is what I came up with:

For my card I used the Chic & Scary Cricut cartridge.  The cat was cut at 2.5" and the frame/hat combination was cut at 4"
Products used:
Cardstock - Reflections, Bazzill
Patterned Paper - Doodlebug
Stamp (bats) - Inkadinkadoo
Ink - CTMH
Glitter - Martha Stewart Crafts (Black Licorice), Art Institute (Grape)
Corner Punch - We R Memory Keepers
Xyron
Foam Squares
Adhesive Pearls
Sewing Machine

Hope you like it!