I Found A New Blog Today

The blog is Everyday Me.  Michelle has some beautiful cards on her blog & the most adorable daughter.
What caught my eye was a video.  I was on YouTube & found her Christmas Tree.  She made it with flower punches, but we know that we could use our Cricut to make this.  I just thought it was the cutest tree & wanted to pass on the idea.
Thanks for looking.  Comments & questions always welcomed.
Lori
Proud member of The Lime Light Design Team.  Please click on over to see what we are doing.

A Few More Ornaments

Ok, so here are a few more ornaments. A friend that I had grown up with had seen my Godchild's ornament. He wanted me to make some for his daughter. They give her six new ornaments every year & he wanted me to make four of them for her.

Angel: I made this one using CDS, George & Basic Shapes, and Paper Doll Dress Up. Click HERE for Angel .cut file. When you cut it, you will not use the head on the 2nd body. This angel is very simple, but I really don't design much with CDS. I mostly use it to size things correctly & weld letters to make words, so this was an accomplishment. I think she came out cute. I also used Peachy Keen Face Stamps (Blushing Brides). I also used the Cuttlebug for her dress, wings, & hair.

Gingerbread Man: He came from the Stretch Your Imagination cart. I used Markers to color in the colored parts of the "icing", then I used Liquid Embossing to give it a little dimension.

Christmas Stocking: I can't remember which cart this one came from. I used the MS Branch punch for the branches at the top.

Rocking Horse Wreath: I think this one is my favorite. (I have to check on this one too about the cart.) I appologize - I have been working on so much lately that I don't remember all of supplies used. I used the MS Branch punch to make the wreath. I rubbed a dark green ink pad across the horse & the wreath. I like the way it turned out. It kind of made it look antique-ish.

Thanks for looking. Questions & comments always welcomed.

Lori

A proud member of The Lime Light Design Team. Please click on over to see what we are doing.

Karissa's 1st Christmas Ornament

I can finally post some of the projects I have been working on. I gave this ornament to my brother for my Godchild's 1st Christmas. I wanted them to be able to have it on the tree this year.

Front:

Back:

I made her shower invites & favors using the baby bootie from the New Arrivals cart. So, I thought it would be fitting to use it for her 1st Christmas ornament as well. I heat embosses the word Christmas with Red Tinsle Embossing Powder. I used CDS to make sure that all of the cuts would fit on the ornament form. The form is just a paper mache form that I painted pink. I cannot remember off hand which carts I used for all of the words, I will post back later with the info.

Thanks for looking. Questions & comments always welcomed.

Lori

Proud member of The Lime Light Design Team. Please click on over to see what we are doing.

I'm Here & New Video Links

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. I have been busy making Christmas presents & I can't post them on here just yet. I will be having them posted on the Cricut MB as soon as I get some pics taken. (So those of you that are members will know how to look it up.)
Yesterday Mandy_Ferg posted on the Cricut MB about a great video for heat embossing. Thank you Mandy. I looked it up & it was wonderful. There are so many more video tutorials on there. It is a wonderful site. Please take a look at Scrapbooks Etc.
I also have this new link on the right side bar under "My Favorite Videos". Please visit the rest of them on there too. They are all so informative & just fun to watch.
Thanks for looking. Comments & questions always welcomed.
Lori
Proud member of The Lime Light. Please click on over to see what we are doing.

More Halloween Party Treats

You might have seen the Halloween Treats that I made for my daughter's Halloween Party. If not, click here to see them.
Well one of the room moms called me to ask if I could bring favors for the party. So this is what I made. I adapted this from Dawn's Frankie Card.

I just made flat faces & adhered them to a paper lunch bag & filled with candy. For the hair, instead of cutting out the jagged edge, I used the MS Drippy Goo Punch. I thought that added a little different touch. I used CDS to cut all of the circles & welded the white parts of the eyes together. I cut the circles at: white 1 3/4", green 1 3/4", & black 3/4". I used George & Basic Shapes for the circles & Opposites Attract for the bolts in his neck (T). I used my white Gelly Pen for the accents on the eyes. I inked over the hair & around the face with purple ink & with green ink around the eyelids & noses. I did the mouths & scars freehand. I also mage all of the face look a little different. The stamp is from the dollar bin at Target. Thanks for looking. Comments & questions are always welcomed.

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Sour Cream Container Halloween Treats

I made these sour cream containers for my son to give to the bus stop kids & his bus driver. They are all between 12 & 14 years old & will probably think I have lost my mind. But, I'm sure they will still like the candy inside. He will give them out on Halloween morning.
I used misc. orange cardstock 5 1/2" x 6". I stamped them with halloween stamps that I found in the dollar bin at Target. I punched a hole in some extra scraps of the orange cardstock & attached with a ribbon before sealing up the top end. I used my crimper on the ends & I used the Terrificly Tacky Tape (Red Sticky Strip) to seal them. I stamped "From:" with a Stampin' Up Stamp on the tag & my son will write is name.
For instructions on making them go to: Splitcoast Stampers
Thanks for looking. Comments & questions are always welcomed.
Lori
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Jason is 6 Years Old!!!!

This card was made for my nephew, Jason. He just turned 6 & was so excited about it.

I used a sketch from Card Maker's Sketch Book for this card. It was so much fun to make & really quick. I cut 2 tags freehand. added 2 star eyelets using my Crop-A-Dile, & misc. ribbon. I used the MS Drippy Goo punch for the layered base for his intitial. Sentiments stamps set is from Stampendous, on the bottom (it isn't showing too well) says, "to wish you a" & on the inside it says "happy birthday". I can't remember the stamp set for the "J". I used heat embossing on the initial.

Thanks for looking. Questions & comments are always welcomed.

Lori

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The Lime Light - 1st Task Cards for Marines

Well this is my contribution to our first task. We each made between 5-10 sets of cards and bookmarks. I made 7 sets of cards & 7 bookmarks. One card is going to the Marine (with a note of gratitude from me), one card is for the Marine to send home, and the bookmark is for the Marine to use or pass along. It had been mentioned that the troops are always looking to things to use as ornaments during the holidays. So, I kept that in mind when making the tags on the packages. I really hope they enjoy it all. Please visit our site, The Lime Light to check out everyone's work. You can also see the cards unbundled & more details on the site. Please stop often to see what we are up to.
Thanks for looking. Questions & comments are always welcomed.
Lori
A Proud member of The Lime Light Design Team.

Lunch Bag "LSU Birthday Card"

This is the first luch bag card that I made. I got the idea from thriftygranny on the Cricut Message Board. Click here for her blog. She gives instructions here too (post #20).

This card was for a very good friend of ours. He is a very big LSU fan, so I knew this would be perfect. Happy Birthday Sean!!!!

This is the front of the card. I used OA for the letters & LITW punch.This is the front & pull-out . I used george to cut circles, then cut them in half for the border of the pull-out. I can't remember the name of this stamp set.
This is the back of the crad. I used the LITW punch & George with CDS to make the football. I also embossed the football with the CB using the Swiss Dots folder. I used a brown marker to color the dots.

Thanks for looking. Questions & comments are always welcomed.

Lori

A proud member of The Lime Light Design Team

Kids' Birthday Cards

I made this card for my niece's 7th Birthday. I made a flat card & put her birthday message on the back. I made it into a doorhanger & hung it on the handle of her gift bag. She absolutely loved it & so did the rest of the girls at the party.

Details:

The name & frame were cut out as one piece. Then I cut the name in purple & layered it.

Cricut Design Studio to size & weld the name & the frame

Tear Drop for the name

Stetch Your Imagination for the frame - blue flowers were cut from the corners of the frame

George & Basic Shapes for the purple flowers

Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel with a heat gun was used on the flowers then layered

Crop-A-Dile for setting the Making Memories Eyelets

Misc. Ribbon was used for the hanger

This card was made for the son of some very good friend's. It was for his 5th birthday.

Details:

The name & frame again was ust all in one piece. Then I cut the name in red & layered it.

Cricut Design Studio to size & weld the name & frame

Opposites Attract for the name

Stretch Your Imagination for the frame

Misc. Ribbon

Thanks for looking. Comments & questions always welcomed.

Lori

Proud member of The Lime Light design team.

Halloween Treats

I made these treats for my daughter's Halloween party at school. Each child (11) will get a spider pencil, a boo/ghost bookmark, & a pumpkin/ghost cakebox necklace filled with a halloween marshmallow (pre-wrapped) candy. Each cakebox was sponged with a cottonball & black Staz On ink. They all have a ghost on one side & a pumkin on the other. On the bookmarks, I used the Cuttlebug with the Spots & Dots folder. I wanted to do that on just the base, but I forgot to. I did one after the entire thing was made & my DD loved it, so I did them all.

I have to look up all of the details & will post later.

Thanks for looking. All comments & questions welcomed.

Lori

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Making Your Own Patterned Cardstock

I forgot how I came across this blog, but it is wonderful. Please check out http://michellesrubberroom.blogspot.com/.
The project that caught my eye was her Paper Napkin Transfer tutorial. I thought this was just amazing. Just think of all the patterned cardstock that we can make now & it even has a textured feel to it. I loaded up with all kinds of printed napkins on clearance at Target. I tried it last night. I had a few issues, but it worked out in the end.
Here is the card that I made & the napkin that I used:

Here is a closer up pic of the card.

This will be one of the cards going to the marines as part of the 1st task of The Lime Light Design Team.

Thanks for looking. Comments & questions are always welcomed.

Lori

The Lime Light - We Are Up And Running

Click Icon To Check It Out

I have posted before about this new & exciting design team. We are a charitable design team that is made up of 11 paper crafters. We have just started our first task of making cards for our men & women fighting in Iraq. Although we are taking is a step further. We are sending cards for them to know that they are appreciated, but we are also sending them bookmarks & cards to send to those that they appreciate also.

We will have a new task every month. Please check out The Lime Light often to see what we are doing. There may be times that you will be able to help us out too. There is also a link for you to donate, if you can. This will help us greatly to alleviate some of our costs.

We have bios of all of our design team members along with our blog addresses. Please check us out & visit our individual blogs. I also have them listed on my sidebar to the left. Many of us are doing some wonderful things in addition to The Lime Light.

We also ask that you post a link to The Lime Light on your blog to help spread the word of what we are doing.

Thanks for looking. Comments & questions always welcomed.

Lori

Birthday Card - Collin

This card is for the son of some very good friends.  Happy Birthday Collin.

Card Details:

Misc. Cardstock from my stash

Misc. Colored Paper Scraps from dollar bin at Target

Cuttlebug Folders:  Happy Birthday & Traffic Jam

Birthday Hat: Doodlecharms

C:  Opposites Attract

Thanks for looking.  Comments & questions always welcomed.

Lori

My 1st Waterfall Card

Let me first say that I got inspiration from so many wonderful waterfall cards that I have seen. I ended up using the directions from Dawn. You can click her name to get to her video instructions on how to make this card. Sorry the pics aren't the best.

Not only is this my first waterfall card, it is actually the first card that I have made without someone specific in mind. So, I'm not sure yet who will receive it, but I hope they like it none the less. I thought it would make a great Happy Fall or Happy Thanksgiving Card.

Details:

Misc. cardstock from my stash

Printed Paper Scraps from the dollar bin at Target

Ribbon from the dollar bin at Target

Making Memories snaps

Crop-A-Dile to punch holes & set the snaps

Thanks for looking. Comments & questions always welcome.

Lori

Heart To Heart Blog Candy

This challenge is on My Blog By Cammie, the post is at Heart To Heart Blog Candy.

This challange was brought to my attention by a fellow Lime Light Design Team Member, Angelique.

Card Details:

Misc. Cardstock & Printed Paper.

Fiskars 3 Design Corner Punch on yellow cardstock.

Heidi Swapp Stamp

Skittles

Liquid Embossing over the stamp

This card is very simple, but I really wanted to get it done. It is for such a great cause - to let others know that they are appreciated. Alzheimer's Caregivers, I'm sure don't always feel that they are. I have not been touched by this disease in anyway. Cammie's story just touched me. And the fact that so many have donated so much for Cammie's cause, that the least I could do was make a card to brighten someone's day.

I will be sending my card to the Altman House. I'm sure they will appreciate everything that Cammie has done to bring this attention to the ones that are sometimes not so appreciated.

Thanks for looking & please visit both, Cammie & Angelique's blogs.

Comments & questions always welcomed.

Lori

PTW Mellow Yellow! / Children In Need Challenge

This is my entry for this weeks PTW's Mellow Yellow - Children In Need Challenge.
Click the link to see the details & how you can help in this cause.
Card Details:
Cuttlebug - Swiss Dots
Ribbon - BasicGrey (Oh Baby!)
Stamp - Target (Acrylic Brights Stamp Set - Dollar Bin)
Misc. Cardstock.
Printed Paper - Misc. Scraps from Target Dollar Bin
I stamped the flowers twice just offsetting them a bit. Then I colored them in with yellow LePlume II Double Ended markers.
Thanks for looking. Questions & comments always welcomed.

Paying It Forward (4)

I have added a "Paying It Forward" list to my sidebar to highlight those that use their crafts to make a difference in the lives of others.
Papertake Weekly is doing a charity challenge this week. The challenge is to make any type of card, but it has to be ALL YELLOW. It is a benefit to help children. Please click the "Mellow Yellow" link under "Paying It Forward" on my sidebar for the information. PTW will donate money for every person that sends a card or cards. The cards must to be received by 10/6/08.
Please visit & try to participate in these "Paying It Forward" events.
Thanks,
Lori

Paying It Forward (3)

I have started a "Paying It Forward" list on my sidebar to highlight those that are using their crafts to make a difference in the lives of others. The Lime Light is the brainchild of Gracie. It is still in the beginning stages, but in short it is a charitable design team that will be sending cards & crafts for charitable causes or in some cases just to make others feel appreciated & that they are thought about & not forgotten. I am very honored to have been chosen as a member of this design team. Please check out the link to see all of the wonderful members & their blog sites. Please check back often to see what we have been doing. Thanks for looking. Lori

Paying It Forward (2)

I have started a "Paying It Forward" list on my sidebar to highlight those that are using their crafts to make a difference in the lives of others.
I was also touched by Donna (Ruby Stamper) from http://rubystamper.blogspot.com/. She wants to send craft supplies to hurricane victims. You can see why by visiting her blog or click "Giving Craft Supplies" on my sidebar under "Paying It Forward", once you get to her site scroll down to Sept 18 "Giving Craft Supplies".
Thanks for looking. Fell free to link to this post or her original post.
Lori

Paying It Forward (1)

I have started a "Paying It Forward" list on my sidebar to highlight those that are using their crafts to make a difference in the lives of others.

I was so inspired by Angelique's (Sparkofwhimsy) from http://whimsicalinterludes.blogspot.com/ post about "A Spark of Hope" that I wanted to pass on the message.

All you have to do to help in her endevor is to nominate someone that makes a difference in the lives of others. She is starting this as of October 1, 2008. Just remember that each event will close on the 7th & 22nd of each month, so get your nominations in by then.
You can visit her blog or go directly to her post about it by clicking on "Spark of Hope" on my sidebar under "Paying It Forward".

Thanks for looking & please visit Angelique's blog. Please feel free to link to this post or her original post.

Lori

Happy Birthday Mom

Well, I have not been around for a while. We had Gustave & Ike to worry about. I'm still not totally back to my cardmaking & blogging, but I'm working on it.

I did get my mom's b-day card done & given to her on time & before we had to evacuate. But I am just getting to post it.

Before Katrina my mom had a beautiful butterfly garden. So I knew she would love this card.
Details:
Ladybugs - Doodlecharms, Butterfly Border - Walk In My Garden, Liquid Embossing on the ladybug wings & dots & body of the butterflys, Stamp is from Heidi Swap.
Thanks for looking. Comments & questions always welcomed.
Lori

Designing In The Lime Light

First off, I want to thank Gracie from http://everythingcricut.blogspot.com/ for offering up this opportunity. Her blog is one of my favorites, she showcases so much wonderful work. She came up with the idea for a charitable design team & I'm sure had plenty of applications. I am so honored to be a part of this team and I am in wonderful company with all of the other talented Lime Light Designers. Congratulations to all!

Lori

How To Make Your Own Envelopes

I am posting a link to the Score-Pal website here & on the side of my blog under Websites. It has plenty of tutorials for many different types of projects. http://www.scor-pal.com/

I am posting the link here for envelopes, because some of you on the Cricut MB has been asking. I've found this very helpful. http://www.scor-pal.com/basics/index_files/Page358.htm

I hope you find this helpful.
Comments & questions are always welcomed.

Popcorn Box

I made this popcorn box for my nephew's birthday present. I gave him a gift certificate for the movie & it looked like a bucket of popcorn & was scratch & sniff. It smelled just like buttered popcorn. So I thought this would be perfect. I got the idea to use the ice cream cut from DC from Kim S. (2bzboyz) on the Cricut MB. She made a LO with popcorn on it.

Details:

CDS, TBBM - popcorn box, DC - (popcorn) ice cream

Cut the Popcorn box @ 5 1/2"

Cut the big pieces of popcorn @ 2 1/2" blackout yellow & regular white.

Cut the smaller pieces of popcorn @ 1 1/2" blackout yellow & regular white.

Layered the popcorn pieces. Edged around the pieces w/ yellow LePlume II markers. Colored in the popcorn w/ 2 shades of yellow chalk.

Thanks for looking. Comments & questions welcomed.

6 Year Old B-Day Card

This is the card that I made for my mom to give to my nephew.
Details:
CDS - I welded all the words together in one box & sized it to fit on the card. I cut it out of white cardstock. I made different pages for each word & made sure that it fit on the entire base (keeping the preview on page). The I cut each word out of different colored cardstock & layered it on the base.
OA for all of the font.
See-D's stamps for the confetti.
Thanks for looking. Comments & questions welcomed.

A Stitch In Time...

I made these little trains for Ms. Carolyn, "My Snowball Lady". I had made her a train card for her 1st grandchild & she loved it. Her 2nd grandchild (also a boy) is due in October. They are going with a train theme for her shower. So I made these trains for her to put on some glass jars with flowers in them as center pieces on the tables.
They also fit into the challenge this week on Papertake Weekly http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/ so I am entering it in that too.
Details:
I used CDS to cut only the train engine & to make sure the M's fit on the train right.
NA for the train & MM for the M
I used my Cutter Bee Piercing Bug (single) to mark the holes for the stitching.
White Gelly Roll pen for the stitching
LePlume II markers for inking & hole marks in the stitching
Brads for the center of the wheels.
Thanks for looking. Comments & questions welcomed.

Videos by Dawn5377

This link of Youtube videos was brought to my attention on the Cricut MB. Thank you KimF. for posting this on the MB. Kim also credited AmyBird of http://birdscrap.blogspot.com/ for bringing it to her attention.

Dawn has a lot of very informative tutorials here. We can all learn so much from her. I wanted to give these videos another outlet. So here is the link:
http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=dawn5377

I also posted the link on the side under Favorite Videos.

I hope you all enjoy it.
Lori

Birthday Card

This is the card that I made for my mom to give. It is for my cousin's 40th Birthday. I wanted to do something a little more sophisticated for this one. I hope I accomplished that. I used SYI for everything on this & welded them all together in DS. Then I cut the bows & layered them on the presents. I also cut an extra (center) flourish & layered that too. I used glitter glue on the bows & Liquid Embossing on the small flourishes.

Thanks for looking. Comments & questions welcomed.

GOING BUGGY (Blog Candy)

Hop on over to Enfys blog. Her blog is great. It is so informative & her cards are awesome.
She is giving away a wonderful selection of goodies so go look & see. Offer Ends Tuesday August 26, 2008. Here is the link to her blog. http://going-buggy.blogspot.com/

Juliet's Paper Palace

Her blog is wonderful & she is giving away some great BLOG CANDY this week. Offer Ends Saturday August 23, 2008. Please stop by to check it out. The link for the BLOG CANDY is: http://julietspaperpalace.blogspot.com/2008/08/blog-candy-alert.html

Thank You Card

I made this card for the couple that is charge of the Alter Servers of our Church. They deal with so much and have grown our Alter Server Community so much since they have taken it over.

It is also my entry for the weekly challenge for Papertake Weekly http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/

Details:

CDS, MM, OA, Threading Waters Punch

Thanks for looking. Questions & comments welcomed.

40th Birthday Cards

Well, I found out this week that we will have two 40th Surprise Birthday parties to attend. Neither of them know about my blog yer, so this won't blow it - LOL.

I also sent this in for Daily Scrapper's http://abusyplace.blogspot.com/ weekend challenge #3

This first one is for my cousin:

Details:

CDS, Ribbon from M's, frame is from SYI, 40 is from G & BS, & white mini brads

This one is for my sister in law:

Details:

CDS, Scallop circles 5" & 4 1/2" (placed inside the 5' to make a frame) from MM, 40 from G & BS (placed inside 4" circle)

Happy & Birthday from OA each word cut at 4 1/2" wide x 1" height.

Liquid Embossing inside the 40.

Thanks for looking. Questions & comments welcomed.

Dinosaur Birthday Card

I made this card for my nephew's 6th birthday. He has always loved dinosaurs.

I also entered this into Daily Scrapper's http://abusyplace.blogspot.com/ weekend challenge.

Details:

I used CDS only to make sure all items were sized right & to make sure they all fit on the card.

Sun was cut from DC. All other pieces were cut from PDDU.

I colored all pieces with LePlumeII Double Ended markers.

The inside is stamped (All Night Media) with Ballons & "It's Your 6th Birthday!".

I hand wrote the sentiment of: We hope it is Dino-mite!

Thanks for looking. Questions & comments welcomed.

Thank You (Shoe)

I made this card for a very good friend. She gave my daughter a gift certificate to get some school shoes. I entered this card in a challenge on DailyScrapper's blog http://abusyplace.blogspot.com/. The challange was to use any Cricut cut, colors were to be black & white, & you had to use ribbon in some way. you might want to check it out. She has 2 more challenges this weekend.

Details:

I used CDS, PDDU, OA, & SYI. In CDS, I skooched one shoe off of the mat so that it would only cut one. The ribbon is from Michael's. I used a white Gelly Roll pen for the scored marks on the shoe. I also used the CAD to punch the holes to lace the ribbon. I also used Liquid Embossing on the "Thank You", it just doesn't show well in the pic.

Thanks for looking. Questions & comments are welcomed.

Bookmark Swap

First off let me thank MarciaBorer from the Cricut MB for sponsoring this Swap.

This is the first swap that I ever joined. I had so much fun making these. Some of them are fairly simple, but I tried to make them all a little different. Just like making cards, I like them all to have their own personality. I hope that everyone that gets one enjoys them.
Thanks for looking. Questions & comments welcomed.

Thanks Okieladybug!

I received my Cricut Head Decals yesterday.  As soon as I got them open, I put them on the van.  I think the kids were just as excited as I was to get them.  Thanks Okie for doing this for everyone.

You can order them from Okie.  The information is on her blog: http://okieladybugsscrapnmore.blogspot.com/2008/07/cricut-car-decal.html

On my van:  I got the one with the black shadow, but it's hard to see on the tinted windows.

Closeup on the van:

Thanks for looking.  Questions & comments are welcomed.

Welcome Back to School

I have been trying to get this finished for my daughter's first day of school. I made it, just barely! She is starting a new school this year, so I wanted to makes some welcome treats for her classmates. There are only 9 children in her class including her, so I thought, "Piece of Cake, I can knock that out in no time." Well, when I started to make them, it was harder to decide what I wanted to do than it was to actually make them. But, I can't ever seem to get a project "finished". I am one that, when I think it is done, I find more that I want to add. I need to learn, when enough is enough.

Details: CDS, TBBM, DC, OA, MM, Studio G Stamp, See-D's Stamps, MCPT, Glitter Glue, Pop Dots

All 9 Bags:

Close up of apple: MCPT & Studio G Clear Stamp (Sept. Set)

This is what each child received: Decorated Lunchbag from TBBM, Decorated Bookmark Tag from TBBM, Notepad, & 4 Markers

Thanks for looking. Questions & comments are welcomed.