Embossing with Xyron...who knew?

I had cut an acron from Mickey and Friends. I was going to use it on a lay out but changed my mind. I didn't want ot waste it so I decided to go ahead and assemble it to use later. I keep a small accordion folder for this. I ran the top part through the Xyron but realized after that I had put itin upside-down. UGH!!! I have seen some beautiful things that some ladies on the Cricut MB have made by running their project through the Xyron on both sides and then sprinkling glitter on the front. I didn't have any glitter though (it's going on my list). I have some gold embossing powder and thought "what the heck I'll give it a try". I ran it through the Xyron again and put the acorn together the right way. Then I sprinkled the embossing powder on the top sticky part and used my heat gun. I was shocked when it worked! It even made a neat texture in the powder.

Not bad for a goof, right?

Card Candy for Halloween and Christmas

I made these card candies for a swap I am in on the Cricut MB. I had to make 10 of each set. I love doing this because I get to see what other creations others come up with and I get to make things I normally wouldn't think of.
The spider is made with Doodle charms and I used some bling for the eyes. The background is spiderwebs stamped on purple paper (Studio G stamp) and heat-embossed in silver. It was a bit of a mess but it was fun!



The Christmas lighbulbs are from Christmas Cheer. I cut them out of DCWV glitter paper. I think this was the easiest card candy I have made so far. I had to replace the blade on my Cricut after cutting all these bulbs. :)

My puppy

This is my Bear. He is over 100 pounds and thinks he is a lap dog! He is such a sweetie though. Who could resist that face?

Trace Adkins

Last night Jim and I went to the Trace Adkins/Alan Jackson Concert. We had incredible seats. We were about 4 rows from the stage. It was perfect.

James Otto opened. He sang a few of his songs, including Just Got Started Loving you, which I love.

Then Trace adkins came out. Whew!! He sang several of his songs, including Muddy Water from his new album coming out. It was so great. I can't wait to get the album. And of course he sang 2 of my favorites: Hot Mama and Honky Tonk Badonkadonk. Jim even said it was a great concert and he is not a big Country Music fan. That may change now...a little.

This concert was the kick off of Alan Jackson's Good Time tour. He sang so many of his hits. I cried at Remember when and Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning). I have always been very moved by these songs and seeing them performed live really hit me even more. We really had such a good time at this concert. Jim gave me the tickets for my birthday/our anniversary. He is such a good hubby!

Challenge!

I have just joined a personal challenge thread on the Cricut MB. I am hoping this will help me to stay on track. I have so many projects I want to do, I just do not know where to begin. I signed on for 3 things:
1. Complete our Disney album from our trip this past January.
2. Christmas cards done (I need about 50).
3. Halloween cards done

I have a lot of work ahead of me!!

Meet Scrapper

This is Scrapper. I got him from Build-A Bear while we were on vacation. He is my new scrappy companion and sits on my desk. He is just so cute!!

Card Candy

I made these cards with elements from a Card Candy swap I am in on the Cricut Message Board. I apologize but I did not write down the names of the wonderful creators of these elements. I will make an effort to do that in the future since I want to give credit where due.

Monkey card!!!

I just love this Changeitto stamp! I got the image from a stamped image swap and think it is so stinkin' cute! It was so fast and easy to color with the MCPT (Magic Colored Pencil Technique). The background paper is from a DCWV matstack. I like this stamp because it is universal. It could be for birthday, anniversary, thank you, just because, any number of occasions. And, of course, the simplicity of it is perfect for me and my scrapping and card making.

An award!

I won a blog award from MissouriScrapper! I am so excited! Thanks Missouriscrapper!

For those who I have given this award to, here are the rules:

1. Post the logo on your blog.

2. Add a link to the person who gave you tha award.

3. Nominate 7 other bloggers who you think deserve it.

4. Add links to their blogs on yours.

5. Leave a message on your nominees blogs.

I have awarded this to:

A.Go's Craftomonium

Scrappindad's Scribbles

Capadia Designs

LiveLaughScrap

The Barefoot Scrapper

Scrappin Cricut

Dsney Dreamer Designs

All of these blogs can be found in my blog list to the left.

Thanks for looking!

Card candy

I made this for a card candy swap I am in on the Cricut MB. The stamp is Happy Hoppers. I colored it with Prismacolor pencils and blended with OMS. I just love this technique! I cut the scallops with Accent Essentials. The dots around the scallops are Stickles - Black Diamond. No project is complete without some bling, right?