A new card

Two peas in a bucket is having their stamp camp and each week they show a new technique that has to do with stamping!

so far we have done marker technique, stamp resist, faux metal technique!

I want to share my faux metal card today

Maybe for a terrific technique thursday I will show a tutorial on how to create a faux metal card!

here is the card!

My Favorite Things Monday!

Happy monday morning

It is going to be Winter today cold cold cold with a chance of Snow:(

I know some of you like the snow but not me I do not like it at all, let me explain, I live out in the country old country roads and ice do not mix, if I did not have to go anywhere I would love the snow I am sure that some of you feel the same way!

Enough talking here is todays favorite thing...

My Cricut!!! I do not know how I ever managed to scrapbook without it, I use it almost everyday at least once (I am having withdraw as I have it packed up for a crop then I am in the process of moving into my studio and do not have a place to use it yet)
The cricut is AWESOME if you are thinking about getting one but not for sure... Go ahead you will not regret it at least I did not I have had it now for two years and love it the possibilities are endless with the Cricut you can make cards, bags, tags, boxes, paper dolls, scrapbooks, embellishments, monograms, home decor the list can go on and on. Cricut now has two siblings the big sister Cricut Expression and the baby brother the Cricut Create! The expression will cut 12X12 images which is great for scrapbooks and bulletin boards. The Cricut Create is a bit smaller than the original cricut but has some of the newer features like the expression. Cricut also has something called the jukebox this allows you to cut from multiple cartridges at the same time without changing cartridges. I would definitely encourage you to get one any one of them the Expression was on my Christmas list.

Here it is open ready to cut

stay tuned on Friday for the favorite Cartridges!

Happy crafting!

Prima!!!

You just have to love them.... I do! It is a wonderful company the month of October was Breast Cancer Awareness month and Prima got involved. They did a Pinky Swear project where the first 200 people that commented on their blog and promised they would tell 5 friends and family members to get their mammograms and annual checkups! I promised and I did right away e-mailed family members and friends! For my promise they promised to send me goodies, I received the package Thursday and my oh my what a package they gave me two bottles of Espirit flowers pink and yellow and a say it with charms heart charm. I was asked to make a project and post it to their blog. My problem was that it is now November and what do I do everyone else has already received theirs (the late arrival of my prima goodie package was not Prima's fault, it was mine, I had to get the money and the time to get a pre-addressed envelope to Prima all the way in California) I sat in my studio and stared at the flowers all I could think about was the song "Itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini" I tried to make other things related to breast cancer but could not get that song out of my mind so I made a bikini card this could be an encouragement card for weight loss, a happy birthday card, a happy honeymoon card, wedding card, going on a senior trip card, or even an encouragement to someone with termainal illness it is so bright and would bring a smile to anyones face!

My Itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini! How cute!

The inside sentiment!

Look at those flowers and there is my card again!

Close up of the heart charm I still have to come up with a project for this one!

Thanks for looking remember Monday is My favorite things Monday!!!

Happy crafting!!

Favorite Things Friday

Today my favorite thing is...

...My Punches I just love punches and I really can not craft without at least one of them! My new favorite punches are Fiskar punches, the new squeeze punches and the Threading water punch I searched and searched for 6 months to find a threading water boarder punch. I have to tell you that this is my absolute favorite I find myself using it over and over but so much fun!!!The squeeze punches are wonderful because you can see exactly where you are punching they have turned it upside down so you can see the cutting surface COOL!!! This week Michaels had punches on sale but I resisted buying one right now I needed to get paper for Christmas(Yeah right I keep telling myself this) I hope to have a project up tomorrow!!! Prima sent me my package of flowers and heart charm for the Breast Cancer pinky swear project I will make a card and post it so be sure to check back!!!

My three squeeze punches so far my collection is small but give me time:o)

See how they stack up so nicely it makes for easy storage!

here they are showing the cutting surface!This is to show you how it is that you punch something out, see how you can see exactly where you are cutting, I think this is so neat no more guessing where you will be cutting now I know!!!Last but definitely not least the Threading Water Boarder Punch, this is awesome I will have to do a tutorial sometime, the next boarder punch I want to purchase will be the lazy days of summer or leave it to weaver!

Enjoy your weekend and as always Happy Crafting!!!

My Favorite Things Monday

My favorite things Monday

I really wanted to do this just to show my favorite things it can maybe give you gift giving ideas for you or someone special.

Today my favorite thing is....

The Making Memories Desktop Carousel

I have to tell my story about this... I belong to a great online community Two peas in a bucket you should check it out at http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/ anyway after one of the CHA's I can not remember which one. I saw the message board buzzing with MMDC what in the world I finally asked oh it is the Making Memories Desktop Carousel, only the best thing for scrapbookers. I decided to do some research so I went to the making memories website and there it was on the homepage, WONDERFUL I had to have it. I looked all over could not find it. One day I went in Michael's and there they were on the end cap of the aisle and it said makes a wonderful gift. So I asked for it for Christmas my family looked for it but could not find one anywhere. So I ended up with a gift card that will do I said because I will find one. I went to Michaels everyday for the next three to four months holding on to my gift card and hope that I would find it. When one day I went in after long searching and found one lonely one sitting on the shelf I snatched it up real fast looked at the price it was 40% off $29.00 so that made it approx $17.99 then I had a 40% coupon but I could not use it because it was already on sale but the lady said do you have a coupon I said yes I do she said okay I can use it. I gave her the coupon and WOW this makes is approx. $11.00 BOY oh BOY was I on cloud nine!!! I came home and filled it up with all of my most commonly used tools. and better yet I still had money on my card so more shopping for me!!

This is a life saver for any busy scrapbooker, it has many compartments and hold a lot of scrapping stuff and the best part is it is on a lazy susan so you don't have to work hard to get the tool you want:o)

now to some more pictures

Look at the little drawers:o)Ariel View of the MMDC as you can see it is well loved

Card Swap!!!

Oh my I have just finished hosting the 2nd card swap through Fiskateers! This is such a fun swap lot of work but so much fun. I had 15-16 girls on the team this time we each made 10 cards and swapped them! To see all of the talent of everyone is great each and every one of us Fiskateers are very CREATIVE :o) My house well my dinning room table had all kinds of postal material on it for days at the end my mom was glad to see them go, (me too) I have received comments back from the girls that participated and said that yes they got their cards and they liked them YEAH!!! I plan on hosting another card swap at the beginning of next year. Can you believe that it is almost 2009! I can see a lot of neat crafting next year:o)

here is the picture I took right before I went to the Post Office!

Only 14 days until the getaway!!!!

Oh I am so excited my great friend is hosting a 36 hour scrapbook getaway at the brand new hotel in town so I am so excited!!!! I have never been to anything like this... what to bring.... what not to bring.... what to wear.... so many questions I think that I will probably over pack as usual but what if always comes into my mind so I will over pack. My goal is to stay up all night, why you may ask because I have never stayed up all night in my life and I want to get a lot done and don't want to miss a minute of the fun since I have never been to something like this. I have been packing and organizing for weeks and tonight even going through pictures to see which ones I need for my projects. Oh my projects I have 5 Christmas projects to work on and 5 other miscellaneous projects to work on plus I will have my bug so I can always make paper dolls for gifts too!! I will definitely let you all know how it goes it is on November 22 starts early in the morning and goes through Sunday Afternoon. Did I say I am excited?... Oh yeah I did sorry but it is the truth I am EXCITED let you know the details after the retreat!
Happy Crafting