This week I had 2 challenges that

I combined into one project. Well,

sort of. LOL. Over at Queen of my

Craftroom the DT was challenged

to make a 3D project and the Crazy

About Cricut DT was challenged to

make an Easter treat. So, I decided

to make these cute Strawberries.

I made two types of strawberries.

The ones for the 3D project were

filled with one Hershey kiss. Actually

that is all that will fit. LOL. The other

strawberries I put a sucker inside them.

You can see the sucker stick in the photo

above. The strawberry is a SVG cut that

you can find here:

Download StrawberryBoxPatternwithpicture[1]

I ran the strawberries and tops

trough the cuttlebug with the swiss

dots folder. I then chalked them to

bring out the dots. You need to make

a hole on each of the petals of the

strawberry (you will understand when you

see the pattern) and in the center of the

tops. I then used some fluffy yarn and

ran it through all the holes and the tops.

I needed to add something to keep the

knot from slipping through the top hole

so, I added a green button.

The basket was cut from the 2010

Easter cartridge. I cut it out with the

fit to page button. I thought it looked

to flat so, I used my MS score board

and scored it at every 1/4 inch going

both ways. I then used a light brown

chalk to make the lines pop out.

The brown paper filler is actually

a paper lunch sack that I cut with

my paper cutter. I didn't want to

spend $2.00 on a bag of paper filler

so, I figured why not try to make my

own. And I was very happy with how

wonderful it turned out.

I hope you enjoyed my project and

will come back soon.

Sweet Wishes ~Sharon~

April 9th &10th 2011

My brother and dad were in a Chump Car

race last weekend here in Portland, Or.

If you don't know what a Chump Car is

then let me tell you. A Chump Car can't

cost more than $500 and that is not how

much you paid for it. That is the total cost

of everything in the car. Except for safety

equipment. Well, now to explain why I

started this posting. My brother was trying

to figure out how they were going to put the

numbers on the car so, what would be better

to use than my Cricut!! My brother borrowed

my E and used the 12X24 mat to cut them out

at 23 1/2 inches. He couldn't find any vinyl

that he could get at the last minute. So, he

ended up using contact paper. Which worked

out GREAT and held up through the entire race

(and it even rained one of the race days). Here

are a couple of pictures of the numbers on the

race car.

My dad is in the black race suit and

my brother is in the white race suit.

They finished 9th the fist day and

7th on the second day. (out of 60 cars)

I think they did a great job since this

is a new car and a new team. Their

next race is in July in WA.

Jenny's Big Birthday Bolg-aversary

Welcome to Jenny's Big Birthday Blog-aversary!!

If you are joining me from

http://www.youhadmeatcraft.com/

you are in the right place!

If you just happened across my blog and

would like to play along with our fun hop,

you can go to Crazy About Cricut at

http://crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/

and start at the beginning.

My friend Jenny over at Crazy About Cricut

is celebrating her Birthday Blog-aversary.

Each of us blogger were asked to create

a project using some type of halloween

themed cartridge. Because Halloween is

Jenny's favorite holiday. Be sure to visit each

blog for fun and different ways to use

Halloween theme cartridges but, not

look like Halloween.

My first project was made by starting off

with a $1.00 bucket from Target. And using

the Mini Monsters cartridge. I cut the princess

out at 4 inches and the frog at 1 inch. I ran the

princesses hat and dress through the cuttlebug

using the swiss dots folder. I also used white

iridescent chalk on her outfit. The sunshine is

cut out from the Birthday Bash cartridge and

was cut at 2 1/4 inches. I filled the bucket

with shredded colored tissue paper. Then

added lots of fun girly out side toys and of

course lots of candy.

I love how simple and easy this was to

make. What little girl wouldn't want a

gift like this. (or even a big girl)

I also decided to try out the card feature

on Mini Monsters. The frog was cut out

at 5 inches and was so easy to put together.

I hope you enjoyed my projects.

You next stop is:

http://onescrappinsista.blogspot.com/

If you think you might have missed someone

you can go back to the beggining at

http://crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/

Here is the lineup in case you get lost or

need to stop along the way:

http://crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/

http://www.217Creations.com/

http://www.thescrapbookingqueen.com/

http://cardsbycg.blogspot.com/

www.cricutchick.com

http://www.youhadmeatcraft.com/

http://simplysweetbysharon.blogspot.com/ You are here:

http://onescrappinsista.blogspot.com/ Your next stop:

http://cricutlove1.blogspot.com/

http://www.septemberninth.blogspot.com/

www.gabycreates.com

I hope you all will be back again soon.

Sweet Wishes, Sharon

Thankful Thursdays DT April 7th

This weeks challenge for the Thankful

Thursday's DT was to make something

Birthday related to help celebrate

Jenny's Birthday!

Happy Birthday Jenny!! I hope you

have a great Birthday month.

I decided to use the Simply Sweet cricut

cartridge. I made a Gift bag, Cupcake box

and a Birthday card.

The Gift Box was cut with the fit

to page button on and ended up

being 5 3/4 inches tall. All of these

projects were made mostly with the

Post-it paper.

The cupcake box was also cut with

the fit to page button on. It ended

up being 3 1/2 inches tall and 4 1/2

inches wide. I wanted to make this

part of the present so, I took a pair

of fluffy socks and rolled them up to

look like a cupcake. I then used Mini

Monograms cartridge and cut out a

2 1/2 inch scalloped circle to stamp

the Happy Birthday saying.

I really love this Ice Cream cone. (if you

can't tell from my last post) I love that

this cartridge has a card button. They

make it so easy for you to have a really

cute card in no time. I cut it out at 5 3/4

inches. I ran the top two layers through

the cuttlebug and then chalked them

to give them the extra depth. I then cut

out an extra Ice Cream cone with the

blackout button and glued it inside so it

was a different color then the brown.

Thanks for stopping by today!

And have a Wonderful Day!

Sweet Wishes, Sharon

Winner!!

I bet you thought I had forgot about my

giveaway. No, I would never forget about

my wonderful blogging friends. I have had

a serious migraine headache this weekend.

I hate when I get them this bad. Oh, enough

about my problems. LOL. Before I announce

the lucky winner I would like to thank everyone

for their wonderful comments and words of

encouragement. I really appreciate all the blog

love you have all given me.

I had Emily choose a number between 1 and 64

and she choose # 32. Which apparently is her

favorite number. So, Now to announce

the lucky girl who won.

Laura (tweetyb)

Laura I will email you for your address soon.

I hope you all will be back again soon.

Sweet Wishes, Sharon

Post-It Blog Hop

Welcome to Crazy About Cricut and

the Post-It Blog Hop! If you are joining

me from Kassidy's Blog at

http://www.inkingitupcrazy.blogspot.com/

you are in the right place!

If you just happened across my blog and

would like to play along with our fun hop,

you can go to Crazy About Cricut at

http://crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/

and start at the beginning.

The theme for this blog hop is Post-It

Craft Paper. Each blogger has created

a project with this awesome paper. Be sure

to visit each blog for fun ways to use this

paper and some fun BLOG CANDY!

I have made 3 project to show you the

versatility of this wonderful paper. The

other day (while it was pouring outside)

my daughter Emily & I were wishing for

SUN and SUMMER. When we though how

perfect would it be to show you how

to make some cool treats.

Our first project was made using the

Sweet Treats Cartridge. We cut the

ice cream cone out at 5 1/2 inches.

It looked to flat and plain so, we ran

the layers through the cuttlebug to

give it some depth. I love how well

this paper takes chalking or inking.

It does not rub off or smear.

The next project we did was the popsicle

from the Doodlecharms cartridge. Once

again we cut this out at 5 1/2 inches. We

did run the layers through the cuttlebug

but, this time we tried to sand or scuff the

embossed paper. I can tell you that with

this paper having a white core we loved how

well this effect works.

Emily thought our last project should

show how well this paper works with

LOTS of layering. This kitty was cut using

one of Emily's favorite cartridges. Create a

Critter. We cut the kitty out at 5 inches.

All 4 layers went on so easy. I think one

of the best things about this paper is how

easy you can peel it off and stick it back

down again with out damaging the paper

underneath.

With this being my first Blog Hop I

though I would celebrate with some

Blog Candy for you. If you would love

some Blog Candy please leave me

some Blog Love below.

~I am giving away a sample of all 24

colors of the Post-It Paper, 2 really

cute studio G stamps, a white chalk pad,

a white gel pen and some BLING~

I hope you enjoyed our projects. If you

think you might have missed someone

you can go back to the beggining at

http://crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/

Here is the lineup in case you get lost or

need to stop along the way:

Jenny http://crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/

Cheryl http://cardsbycg.blogspot.com/

Christel http://onescrappinsista.blogspot.com/

Erika http://cricutlove1.blogspot.com/

Kassidy http://www.inkingitupcrazy.blogspot.com/

Sharon http://simplysweetbysharon.blogspot.com/