Storybook & Graphically Speaking

they are on their way.....I just ordered them from Creative Express. I am so excited. They price matched Michael's sale. I also ordered the 3 different Cuttlebug embossing border sets. They price matched the price at Cutters Creek. I got some great deals today. :-)

The Addicting Bubbles Game On My Blog

So one of my friends tells me today that she is not going to be my friend anymore because I showed her the game on my blog and she can't stop playing. She says my name gets mentioned a lot in her house because her family asks her if she's playing the game on my blog. LOL

I can sympathize because I find it hard to resist as well. I play at least one game a day. I was just at it again tonight and I beat my record. I didn't think it was possible....it wasn't by much but it sure was a great accomplishment. :-)

My final score was....
123,490

Princess Ariel Personalized Birthday Card

This one was easier to do than the bottom Jasmine card. This is for a girl who loves Ariel and her middle name is Arielle. :-)

The font is Cuttlebug's Curl & Swirls alphabet dies (my favorite font). I used the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder to emboss the flower and bra top.

Princess Jasmine Personalized Birthday Card

We have a birthday coming up for a special little girl who adores Jasmine. It took me a while to get this card done and realized again how frustrating the Cricut princess cartridges are to work with. There are so many little pieces that you don't know where they belong or they tear. Thank God for stickles. They come to the rescue all the time. They were my lifesaver with this princess doll. Even though I have my gripes about this cart, it's worth it. Just make sure you have stickles on hand. :-)

The font is Cuttlebug's Curls & Swirls alphabet die. I keep going back to this font - I just love it!!! It's so dainty and pretty.

Another Bella Card

I read where some people used BIC Mark-Its to color in their stamping bella images. Since I have these at home, I decided to give it a try. They color in nicely (they don't leave marks) but I think I prefer the look of Primacolors w/ Gamsol. It was fun to color this in w/ the BIC Mark-its.

Tried Game on Blog (see bottom) Yet Again

I just couldn't say no, you know what I mean? I had to try again. Remember yesterday when I said I had scored high and my screen went black. I thought that was the highest I could possibly get. I was at it again - playing the game. This time I was able to play until I lost. :-) Ready for my final score? I can hardly believe it. I was getting restless and tired at the end....it was a great game. Drum roll please.......

118,090

My First Bind It All Photo Album ~ Easter

This is my very first bind-it-all photo album. I used 1" wires.

The paper is all from DCWV's Spring Stack except the pink strip on the left of the cover (it's Bazzill Bling)

The butterfly is chipboard from DCWV's Blossoms & Butterflies.

"Easter" was cut out with a Cuttlebug alphabet die.

I used Bazzill In-stitchz In the Garden template for the stitching


close up of stitching

more close-ups

and one more...

close up of stitching (Bazzill In-Stitchz template)

I used Martha Stewart's Ribbon Threader Punch & Ribbon from M's.

I found the these thin ribbons to work perfectly with this punch.

close up of ribbon threaded through paper

a cute little dragonfly brad

M Michael's ribbon with a small Prima flower dotted with pink stickles

Ribbon from Michael's. Used Martha Stewart's pop up punch and accented it with a crysal brad

Stamp is from Michael's $1 bin (wood mounted type)

I heat embossed it with Adirondack lettuce embossing powder.

It was my first time using this brand and I love it!

You'll notice that it leaves a nice shiny raised finish whereas the Stampendous brand I've been using leaves a flat dull image (you'll see it used below on the flourishes).

Here I used the Stampendous embossing powder brand. I added stickles (crystal) for a little bit of bling.

The stamp is by Fancy Pants.

This stamp is one of those Studio G clear stamps. I also added stickles (crystal) for some bling.

Isn't this flourish great? It's by Fancy Pants. I can't recall if it's the Fresh MOD or the Pollen Dust set as I have both. I added stickles (crystal) for bling. The flower is a Prima flower with stickles (crysal) and a clear skittle.

Now look at this flourish - aren't they amazing? It's also by Pollen Dust.

Again stickled (crystal) for some bling.

accented this page with tiny buttons as centers of flowers

Ribbon is from Michael's

Bazzill In-Stichz Temlate

Bazzill In-stitchz templates

I used my Fiskars threading water punch as the stem of the flower (cut on bazzill bling paper)

The flower is a Prima flower that came in my grab bag from CafePrima.

In the center are skittles.

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Received My Imaginesce Stamps

My Cricut friend Robyn posted this adorable giraffe card on her blog and I just had to hunt down the stamp she used. Here is it...I received it in the mail yesterday. :-) It's from Imaginesce. I also bought the chickie stamp. Aren't they adorable?

I got them off ebay.

Game on the bottom of my blog

Have you tried playing the game on the bottom of my blog?? If you haven't, you should give it a try. It's lot's of fun. This morning I scored 49730 and I thought I would never beat that score. Well just a few minutes ago I was at....get this....80,000 and still going strong. All of a sudden in the middle of an AWESOME, INTENSE, SWEATY, FUN game....my screen goes BLACK. AHHHHH!!!!!

Want to take a wild guess at what happened? My daughter accidentally pressed the off button on the computer. Brilliant, huh?

P.S. I do have more projects I need to post but I just didn't get around to taking photos yet. Hopefully soon as there is one more bind it all project that I would like to share.

December Delights Layout

This was the first time I used Embossing Puffs. So much fun!

It gives a raised velvety feel. I used it on the word "Jingle Jingle Jingle."

I received the paper as a RAK (Random Act of Kindness). Isn't it pretty?

Materials Used:

Cricut's Opposite Attract Cartridge (font)

Bazzill In-Stitch Template (stitching)

Colorbox Chalk Ink - Chestnut Roan

Stickles - Lime Green

Ranger Embossing Puffs - Brown

"Jingle Jingle Jingle" stamp from Michael's $1 bin

I forgot which carts I used for the arrow and tree

No matter how much I tried to rotate this picture, which it is on my photo loading site, it kept appearing here like this. Anyway, I just wanted to show the stickles close up. It's one of my favorite stickle colors.

inked the tree

The Bazzill In-stitchz stitching (the stuff that I love).

Close up of the Ranger Embossing Puffs (brown)

I Used to be Little but now I'm Going to School Layout

Materials Used:

Paper from DCWV's Grade School Stack

Dyed Skittles (bronze) w/ Pearl Ex & Tim Holtz's Mixatives (Pearl)

October Stamp - Studio G

Ribbon - Target's $1 bin

Hand Doodling - Marvy Uchida Brown Pen

Stickles - Copper & Lime Green

Summer Reading School Project

Do your kids have summer reading to complete?

One of DD's books was Junie B. Jones is (almost) a Flower Girl.

One of the projects is to make a movie poster for one of the books she reads.

So here it is, her poster.

We used Cricut's Paper Dolls cartridge to do all the dolls.

Bind it All Book ~ Easter Egg Coloring

This is the first bind it all (photo) album I created.

The wires turned out to be a wee bit small. I used the 1/2".

I now got some 3/4" which would have worked out better. I think the 3/4" is probably the most versatile.

It's better to have extra room than it be tight and the pages can't turn freely.

Do you know what's under the paper?? Cereal boxes! They make great chipboard.

I used DCWV's Spring Stack paper for all the pages.

On the cover I use ribbons from Target's $1 spot (aren't they great?)

All the white rub-ons are from DCWV's Spring Stack.

The stitching is Bazzill In-stitchz templates.

I used Cuttlebug alphabet dies for the font. The word "Coloring" was cut out on Bazzill Bling paper.

The star, hearts, and bunny are rub-ons from DCWV's Spring stack

The "happy day" stamp is from Studio G. I heat embossed it using Adirondack's embossing powder in lettuce. I was use to using the Stampendous embossing powder and I was super impressed with the Adirondack one I used on this page.

It gave it a nice shinny raised finish.

The butterfly is a Martha Stewart punch.

Did you ever punch the wrong side of your paper? I sure did.

So I had to come up with a way to fix it. I used the threading water punch (the famous punch known to have been quite extinct - I only waited two months for this punch....only, huh?) and then applied some butterflies I punched out with a Martha Stewarts punch. I added stickles on the pink butterflies for some bling.

The bunny, star, and the word "bunny" are from DCWV's Spring Stack.

The word "Fun" and the egg are from DCWV's spring stack.

The eggs are DCWV's Spring Stack rub-ons

The arrow is Bazzill In-Stitchz. The star and eggs are DCWV's Spring Stack rub-ons.

The small stars are rub-ons and the larger ones are Bazzill In-stitchz.

On this page I used rub-ons from DCWV's Spring Stack (the flowers, the word Princess, and the heart on the picture).

I used my Bazzill In-stitchz "In the Garden" template for the flower.

I removed the flash to try and get the best close up pictures and some images came out a bit blurry but nonetheless you can see the detail. On this page I used rub-ons from DCWV's Spring Stack and the Bazzill In-stitchz templates.

I used my new Bazzill In-stitchz templates. I just love these. I really enjoy doing the stitching.

"Eggs" is a rub on from DCWV's Spring Stack

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