Happy Thanksgiving!

I just wanted to take this opportunity to wish you and

your families a Happy Thanksgiving!! I am Thankful

for all my family and friends like you. I hope you

all had a great fun filled Thanksgiving!! Now I am

off to bed so I can go shopping bright and early

with my wonderful husband.

I love you honey!!

Halloween Explosion Box

I always wanted to try out an Explosion Box so, I figured

why not a Halloween one. I made this one for Emily's

teacher because she appreciates all my craftiness.

Best Buy Demo table

I was hired to give demos at Best Buy. This was the job

of a life time. Only to last a very short 4 weeks. I am

still holding out hope that Provo Craft will hire us again.

Emily's cupcakes

Emily wanted to learn how to decorate cupcakes.

I filled a decorating bag with frosting and showed

her how to frost one. She was off and running with

the decorating after that. Don't these just look Yummy!!

The challenge for this card was to use

arrows. I used Alphalicious for the font

and Accent Essentials for the arrows.

I thought it needed some extra depth. So, I added the

star buttons to the star cuts and then pot dotted them.

Emily's swim party

I made this paper doll card for Emily's 10th birthday.

She had a swim party and I thought that this paper doll

with her swimsuit and accessories were perfect.

These are the treat bags all the children took home.

I like to go a little over board. I figure my girls are

not going to be little for very much longer.

Here is the invitations I made for her party. She wanted

a flip flop. I didn't have a cartridge that had a flip flop on

it so, I just traced one of hers. All the party information

was printed on the computer and added to the other side.

I think they turned out great and she loved them. Of

course we had to have blue ones for boys and pink

ones for the girls.

Dear all my wonderful friends,

I'm back!! Where have I been?? Well, here and there is all I can say. I don't know where my imagination went. I have been just not motivated to get anything done for a while now. But, I promise I am back now!! Thank you for all your wonderful comments. Now on with what I have done in the last few months.

Sweet Wishes ~Sharon~

My family was so busy the week of Teacher Appreciation

that I decided to make them cookies this week. I think

I will send a little something every week as a surprise.

I just bought my first set of Nestabilities. So, of

course I had to try them out. I cut the toppers

for the cookie bags with the largest die, folded it

in half, chalked it with white, found a stamp

I thought would go with it (also found out I need

more stamps with words) and then added a flower

that Emily cut out for me with her Cuttlebug. She

thought that it looked to plain so we added the button.

The girls said the teachers loved them!

This weeks challenge over at Frosted Designs

The challenge this week over at Frosted Designs was

to use the colors of the rainbow. I choose to use

the rainbow cut from Hello Kitty. I cut the

rainbow at fit to page and added some colored

skittle drops. The clouds were then covered

with stickles to make them sparkle.

Have you ever seen those 1 800 flower commercials??

You know, the one with the little while fluffy

characters called the Warm Fuzzy Feelings.

Well, my daughter Emily thought that our

whole family need some Warm Fuzzy Feelings.

So, she made her own and gave them to everyone

this last weekend. I am so proud of her imagination.

I told her I would post her project on my blog.

I know she would love some happy thoughts about

her Warm Fuzzy Feelings.

This weeks Challenge over at Frosted Designs

Our challenge this week was to use the colors Aqua,

Lime Green & Brown. I was in the mood for a

Popsicle and we didn't have any left. So, I decided

to make my own. I used the Cricut cart Doodlecharms

and cut the Popsicle at 6 inches. The Embossing was

done with the Cuttlebug. The folders I choose to

use were dots and wood grain. I love how the wood

grain embossing makes the Popsicle sticks look real.

I chalked the dots with white to make them pop and

added Aqua stickles. The tag was cut from Tags, Bags,

Boxes & More at 2 inches.

Thank you for looking!! Now I challenge you to go make

your own Popsicle and post it to your blog. Anyone up for

the challenge??

The Yummy stamp is a dollar Studio G stamp from

this summers collection. I thought the flower gave

the Popsicle a grown up summer feeling.

Here is my Big 10 year old!! She was so

happy to get her dream book.

This weeks Challenge over at Frosted Designs

Our Challenge this week was to use the word DREAM.

I decided to make Emily a Dream book for her 10th birthday.

She has the best dreams and they always amaze me.

I used a compation notebook for this project. The

words were cut out using the Hello Kitty cart. Clouds

and shooting stars were cut from Everyday Paper Dolls.

And I found the moon on the New Arrival cart.

The clouds were ran through the cuttlebug

using the swirl folder, inked and then painted

with clear stickles glitter. I sanded the edges

to soften them up. I thought the ribbon added

a girly feeling along with the extra bling. I hope

she loves it. Because I know I enjoyed making it!

This weeks Challenge over at Frosted Designs

Our challenge this week was to use the colors Hot pink,

Lime Green & Black. I used Mini Monograms for the

scalloped square and circle. The Strawberry is cut from

the Indie Art Cart. I added bling to bring out the seed

spots. The lime green was embossed with the cuttlebug

using the circle folder.

This weeks Challenge over at Frosted Designs

I know I am a week late posting my project.

But, once again life just took over and time flew

by way to fast. So, here it is. I hope you like it.

Our challenge this week was to use something

clear on our project.

I made the pins with the post you use to make

jewelry. I put a drop of super glue on each

end so they wouldn't slide off. I attached them

so they could be removed and used on another

project if the receiver chooses to do so.

This weeks Challenge over at Frosted Designs

Our challenge this week was to think spring. We were to

include flowers in our project. I decided to enter

two projects this week. The first one is a gift card

holder made with TP rolls. All the cuts for this

project were from Walk in My Garden.

To make the TP roll gift card holder you flatten out 2 TP

rolls. I found out the easiest way to do this is to get

them slightly wet. Then place a phone book on top of

them for a couple days until they are dry. After they are

dried measure the length and width of the TP roll and

add 3/4 inches. This will be the over lap for the back

and the paper that you tuck inside the roll.

Take the paper with glue on it and wrap the TP roll

around it. Then tuck the sides in.

To make the holes on the side I used my crop a dile. And

binder rings to bring it all together. I had to add lots of

ribbon to make it feel like spring.

For the cards inside the tubes measure the width and

length and make slightly smaller so they don't fall out easily.

I then added lots of spring cuts from WIMG.

These are the perfect size for any gift card. I added

a Starbucks gift card to the last page.

For my second project I used the flower pots made with

more flower cuts from WIMG. I cut out 3 different flowers

in 3 different sizes and 6 different colors.

After I stacked and glued the flowers I crimped, curled

and folded the flowers to give them more depth and texture.

Once again I used my Crop a dile to make the holes in the

center of the flowers for the suckers to go through them.

The butterfly was cut out once and then again with the

flip button on. They are stacked together with a jumbo

paper clip in the middle. They can now be used as a book

mark. The name tags were also made with WIMG.

To put it all together I added styrofoam to the inside of

the clay pot. To hide the styrofoam I shredded green tissue

paper and then just added the flowers until they looked full.

I made 80 of these for my daughter's class.

They both said they were a big hit.

I used Designer's Calendar for the shamrock

and pixi sticks for the stem. Of course what

child doesn't love pixi sticks.

Last Friday Emily's school had BINGO night. Each

classroom was asked to make a BINGO basket to

be raffled off at the end of the night. Her class choose

to make a baby basket. I sent in lots of baby items but,

decided to add my own little crafty touch to these baby

wash cloths. I folded them in fours and then rolled them

up to look like roses. I added a dowel for the stem and

wrapped them in tissue paper. The bouquet turned out to

be the perfect addition to their basket.

This weeks challenge over at Frosted Designs

Our challenge this week was to use a stamped image

in the background of our project. I decided to make

a card for St. Patrick's Day. I used a St Patrick's Day

stamp from the Studio G line and randomly stamped

the background of the shamrock. After I stamped it

I used the Cuttlebug swirl folder to emboss the

background. The background shape is made from

the Accent Essentials Cricut cart.

The shamrock is made up of 4 hearts cut out from George

and Basic Shaped Cricut cart. I them ran them threw the

Cuttlebug with the dots folder and a floral folder. The

stem is cut from the Accent Acentals Cricut cart. To tie

it all together I added a sheer cream bow.

This weeks Challenge over at Frosted Designs

Our challenge this week was to incorporate our

own handwriting in a project. I choose to make

the cake box from Tags, Bags, Boxes & More.

And add a simple post it note pad to match.

The cake box was cut at 9". The flowers were cut

using Accent Essentials. At 3 different sizes,

inked and then ran through the Cuttlebug

using the dots folder. Yes, there is Bling in the

center of the flowers. The lace on the sides

is the Martha Stewart lace punch. It too was

ran through the cuttlebug and then inked. The

dripping frosting is another Martha Stewart

punch called drippy goo.

The paper for the post it note pad is from

the DCWV Sweet Stack. I thought it was

a perfect match with it being chocolate

brown and having the lace on the side.

I made this sign for my Grandpa's Birthday Party.

I used the Hello Kitty font for the words and

Celebrations for the balloons and party hats.

The sign was 82 x 22.

In the middle of the two stars they have

peppermint patty. The star is cut

from Doodlecharms and then embossed

it with the swirl folder.

This weeks Challenge over at Frosted Designs

Our challenge this week was to use both polka dots and plaids.

This was a very unusual challenge for me. Because I never

thought those two prints could go together. But, as you

can tell I got them to work out great!!

Once again I used one of my favorite carts

Doodlecharms for the cupcake. And the dots folder

for the cuttlebug. I used my Martha Stewart score board

to make the lines on the cupcake for the wrapper. And

then ink calked it with white to make it stand out better.

I made 10 of these little boxes for my

daughters teachers and staff at school.

This little box holds 3 Ghirardelli chocolate squares.

These are so easy to make! You can get the directions here:

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/ghirardellibox/

These are the Valentines my 9 year old helped me

make to give out to all of her friends. We made

40 of them. 34 of them were for just her class.

This weeks Challenge over at Frosted Designs

Our challenge this week was to use a star.

I decided to use this challenge to make my

Grandpa his 85th Birthday card.

I used a paper pack from Autumn Leaves by

Rhonna Farrer. I received this paper as a gift from

a friend on the Cricut Message board. So, I am not

sure where she got it from. The letters and stars were

cut out from the Cricut cart Doodletype. The stars and

background were embossed using the cuttlebug folders.

This weeks Challenge over at Frosted Designs

The challenge was to make a valentine

without using pink or red. So, I decided

why not purple and brown? Purple is one

of my very favorite colors.

This was the first time I used my sewing

machine on a card and I really like how

it turned out. And of course I had to

use some Bling.

My sister has a friend who bought a Cricut for Christmas.

So, for her birthday present I will be teaching

her and a few of her closest friends how to

make the following projects.

The first project is the Cake Box from

Tags Bags Boxes & More.

I used the flower cut from Accent Essentials.

The border was made with the Martha Stewart

Lace punch and embossed with the

Dots Cuttlebug folder.

The second project is a simple Post-It note pad.