CELEBRATE WITH FLOURISH: Happy New Year's Tree

HAPPY NEW YEAR Everyone!!!!

I am back from a much needed holiday break!  I hope everyone's Christmas was as wonderful as mine was!  We have a house full of family here and I'm loving every minute!  Ten adults, two children, five dogs and a cat all stuffed into one 5 bedroom house makes for much chaos... but we have all had such a great time and no one has killed anyone yet!  LOL!  It has made for some very funny and interesting moments over the last two weeks... did you know that when you cook 5lbs of bacon all at once, it causes enough smoke that your smoke detectors all freak out every 20 minutes for a couple of hours!  LOL!  Oh, and the five dogs in the house don't like if very much!  But, we have had some great games and fun excursions together and yes... I have taken tons of pictures!

Now, I want to share a project that was made by one of my family members, Sandra...

She came up with the idea to make a New Year's Eve Tree and I love it!  Using CELEBRATE WITH FLOURISH Cricut Lite cartridge:





Isn't this the cutest idea ever?!  She used a smal tree on a table and decorated with ribbon and horn blowers.




A New Year's Eve hat is the topper for her tree.



She cut only the base layer of the images so that her New Year's Eve guests can all write their new year's resolutions on them.



Isn't that a great idea?!



I just love Sandra's New Year's Eve Tree idea and thought you would too! 

Let's start the new year out with a giveaway!  I've got a ROCK PRINCESS cartridge to give away!  All you have to do is leave a comment and I will draw a winner on Monday!

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!!  Stay safe and enjoy yourself tonight!  The Skinners will be having family game night with lots of munchies! 

Creatively yours,

Tammy

LIFE'S A PARTY Cricut Cartridge - Octogonal Gift Box

Hello Everyone!

I hope everyone is enjoying this holiday season!  I know I am!  I just spent the past 5 days in El Paso with my daughter and her husband helping them househunt!  We had so much fun and it was really really special to me to be able to help them pick out their new home!  Now to catch up with all the new cartridges that were just released!  I do believe that the new LIFE'S A PARTY cartridge is going to be my favorite this month! 



I showed you a layout done with the buzzard, but there are 10 little favor boxes on this cartridge too. 



These boxes are different than most that are on other cartridges.  I really liked this octogonal box... comes as one piece with the lid attached.



Here it is opened...



So many things I can think of to do with this one!

I'll be back with more tomorrow!

Creatively yours,

Tammy

WINNERS!

Winner of the CREATE A CRITTER Cricut Cartridge:

Scrapper28 said...
Hey Tammy, both cartridges are awesome - Create a Critter is actually going to be my next purchase with my Christmas vouchers! Would you consider mailing to Australia? Thank you for offering such awesome giveaways - Merry Christmas!!
Deb.
December 16, 2010 3:02 PM

Yes Deb!  I will be happy to mail this cartridge to Australia!  I am always happy to include my international readers in all my giveaways!  I joke around with my family all the time about how I've 'gone international'.. LOL!  Please email me your address to cc.ladybug@yahoo.com so I can get it in the mail!

Winner of the ROCK PRINCESS Cricut Cartridge:

IMAPHI said...
I love both of these carts and they are on my Christmas list although I'm pretty sure no one in my family knows how to buy Cricut stuff. :-(
December 17, 2010 8:52 AM

What!?  Your family doesn't know how to buy Cricut stuff!!  The horror!  Well, IMAPHI... just send me their email addys and I'll send them a tutorial!  LOL!  In the meantime, please email your address to cc.ladybug@yahoo.com so I can send you the Rock Princess cartridge!!  Merry Christmas!

LIFE'S A PARTY Cricut Cartridge: Over The Hill Scrapbook Layout

Hello!

This cartridge is really FUN!  There are several party themes that include party decoration, invitations, hats & glasses, cards and favor boxes.  My sister, Tracy and I were cracking up over this ole' buzzard, so we just had to make a scrapbook page with it!  Tracy cut the images out for me and I designed the page... it was alot of fun!

A close up show the title "Over The Hill" is welded to the background

The candles are actually cut out and the base image shows through.

The flames are above the candles.

The buzzard is FIT TO PAGE at 10"

Isn't he CUTE!!

The R.I.P. is intended to be an invitation, but I'm using it as a journal box on my layout.

Stay tuned for MORE!!

Creatively yours,

Tammy

December HELLO THURSDAY Giveaways!

How about some GIVEAWAYS!?

Who wants a CREATE A CRITTER Cartridge?

Who wants a ROCK PRINCESS Cartridge?



Leave a comment here.... I will announce the winners on Monday!

Winner of the Jewelry Kit!

Hello Everyone!

My daughter and her husband just flew in from Alaska this past weekend and we have all just been having so much fun! So much... that I forgot to post the winner of the Jewelry Kit! Here she is:

WINNER OF CLUSTER NECKLACE JEWELRY KIT

Stephanie said...
I love your idea for the charm necklace. Personalized jewelry is always special. I have 2 sister's with grandchildren and they would love something like this. Of course me too and my DIL would go nuts for it. (and her mom, too) Wow, would I love to win this kit! Thanks for the chance.
stuff@gt.rr.com
December 10, 2010 8:44 AM


Congratulations Stephanie!!  Please send me your address to cc.ladybug@yahoo.com and I will send your kit to you. 

Today is HELLO THURSDAY!!  Woot woot!  You are gonna love the cartridges being released this month.  I will start a "PARADE OF CARTRIDGES" later this evening and will showcase each cartridge one at a time.  Oh... and yes... there will be GIVEAWAYS!  Can't have a Hello Thursday without giveaways!  Stay tuned to find out what!

Creatively yours,

Tammy

Passionately Artistic Blog

Hello Everyone!

I am just tickled to be the featured designer today over at PASSIONATELY ARTISTIC!  But, let me warn you before you hop over to see what I made... I did not use my cricut on this project!  Yikes!  That was HARD for me... seriously!  I will give you a hint as to what it is:

It does involve photos and could

be classified as a mini 'mobile' scrapbook...

but it is not a mini album!

Come back and leave a comment here and I will one of these 'kits' away on Monday!

Advent Tree made with Sour Cream Containers

Shhhh.... my sister and I are busy busy making goodies for our gable boxes!  She's doing the cooking and I'm doing the packaging!  I'll share more with you later this week!

In the meatime, check out another favorite project of mine... I love making the 'sour cream containers'! They are so easy!



Merry Christmas ya'll!

Tammy

EVERYDAY PAPER DOLLS: Magnet Paper Dolls with FABRIC clothes

Hello Everyone!

I was talking to a good friend last night who was wanting to cut fabric with her cricut without using a fusible backing and I told her that she could use Plaid's Stiffy Fabric Stiffener instead!  She wants to make fabric flowers and the stiffener stuff would be perfect for that.  It also made me realize that if some of my closest friends did not see the Magnet Paper Dolls that I made last year, then maybe alot of my readers haven't either.  This project was not even on my blog (yikes!) and it is a favorite of mine!  So... here it is:

Here they are on my refrigerator...

SUPPLIES:

Cricut Machine (any size) or Imagine Machine

Deep Cut Blade

Magnet material (3 dolls per 12x12 sheet of magnet)

Cricut vinyl (Latte color)

Fabric scraps

Stiffy Fabric Stiffener by PLAID

Black marker or stamp for faces

RECIPE:

Cut Paper Dolls at 7" using blackout creative feature

Cut clothes at 7" using the tabbed creative feature  

Paint fabric with stiffener, let dry for 24hrs

*TIP* layer latte vinyl onto magnet material BEFORE cutting

Give it a try!  It's really not hard at all and makes a GREAT gift for a little girl!  There is plenty of time to still make this project too!

Merry Christmas ya'll!

Tammy

JOLLY HOLIDAYS: Yummy Gingerbread Cards!

Wow... I just can't believe how fast Christmas is approaching!  Yikes!  I haven't mailed my Christmas cards yet!  My goal is to get them into the mail by next Monday... yep... 75 for family & friends and another 25 for business colleagues!  I made 25 of these cute little Yummy Gingerbread cards... only 75 more cards to go!  Yikes!

The gingerbread man is from the new JOLLY HOLIDAYS CRICUT LITE cartridge from Walmart.  Yes... this cartridge was on my shopping list on Black Friday and I 'scored' 4 of them to give as gifts for some of my cricut-crafty family members.  What!?  You're not surprised that my family is as cricut crazy as I am... are you?!  LOL!  You know how it is... I'm addicted and I just had to bring my family into my addiction too!  Heck, even my scrubby had his eye on the black expression for quite awhile!  LOL!

The frame that I used is actually from PLAYTIME CRICUT LITE cartridge.

It's the first image on the bottom row...  I just didn't use the word "Cute" on top.

The frame itself is just CUTE!  I love how it is lopsided.  I added dimension to it with a white signo pen.

Next... the gingerbread man!  Cut at 3.5" I was able to cut 9 of them on one 12x12 piece of cardstock.  Here are several all stacked together.

When I looked at this cute gingerbread man... it just screamed "Yummy!" at me... so I went searching for a 'Yummy' stamp in my vast stamp collection.  I should have known that I would find one in my collection of MY PINK STAMPER stamp sets!  One of her earliest sets, 'Simply Sweet Occasions' had just what I was looking for and it was the perfect size for this thought bubble punch that I had.  Don't ya love it when a plan comes together!?

I also made some extra gingerbread men (and women) to decorate some gable boxes too!  My sister and I are planning on baking lots of goodies to fill up some gable boxes for some of the people on our Christmas list.  I'll be sure to take some photos of them full!

Hope you are having a great holiday so far!  I'll be back tomorrow with more Christmas projects!

Cricutingly yours,

Tammy



This will make you smile....

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Wasn't that the cutest!? 

Tammy

PROVOCRAFT'S Cricut Cruise!!!

Hello Everybody!!!

Wow!  It's been a busy week around my studio!  I'm neck deep into crafty christmas presents that I will be sharing with you alll next week!  It took my family and I two days to put all of our Christmas decorations up, but it's definitely looking a bit like Christmas around the Skinner house! 

So many exciting things are going on... one of which is the announcement of Provocraft's Cricut Cruise!  I'm going to be teaching on it and am sooooo excited! 

All the Hello Thursday Girls (Robyn, Melanie, Joy and I) are teaching on the cruise!  Want more details?  Would you like to go with us!?!?!  Click on ROBYN'S CRUISE POST to get all the awesome details!

Cricutingly yours!

Tammy