Valentine's Day Card for My Hubby!

I bought the Sweethearts cartridge lately (when Michael's had their crazy $9.99 cartridge sale I was able to get Joann's to price match AND use my teacher's discount)!  I absolutely loved this little monkey and knew it would be so cute on a card for my hubby for Valentine's Day!  The vine, leaf, and sentiment are also on the Sweethearts cartridge.  I used the Gypsy to resize the leaf to fit in the space on my card.  I haven't decided if I'll stamp a sentiment or write my own.  I'm thinking the inside has to have bananas though!

I used the Love Language Cuttlebug embossing folder/die set.  I love how it looks like Swiss Dots but with hearts!  I ran an ink pad over gently to make the hearts pop.  I also used Stardust Stickles on the heart and Uniball Signo and Sakura Gelly Roll gel pens for detailing.  I decided last minute that I needed to trace over the lines the Cricut cuts - it looked odd to me without it. 

Baby Card

The assistant principal at the school where I teach is expecting a baby boy.  Some of the outfits I got for her have monkeys on them so I really wanted to make a onesie card with a monkey!

I used a cut file using the George cartridge from Jen C - http://jensbrainthings.blogspot.com/
I also used the cute monkey from the New Arrival cartridge and some small buttons.  I used a Uniball Signo white pen for detailing.  I stamped the inside with a Studio G congrats stamp with baby footprints.  I wanted to keep it pretty simple and make it look like an actual onesie.

Birthday Project for My Pink Stamper Challenge

I've been trying all week to find some free time to make a card for Robyn's challenge!  It's been a tough week at work (I'm a teacher) and I've been too tired to do anything.  Today is the first time in a while I've been able to be crafty.

My sister's birthday is in March, so I actually got a head start (I usually wait until the last minute).  

I used the cute cupcake from the Create a Critter cartridge (popped up with foam adhesive), paper from a DCWV baby girl mat stack (the cherries are glittery!), Fiskar's Scallop Sentiments punch, Imaginisce Happy Birthday stamp, and of course STICKLES!! (Icicle to be exact.)  The ribbon was just some in my stash. 

Stylish Blogger Award!

Thanks to Giang at Keen on Scrapbooking and Card-Making for giving me the Stylish Blogger Award!  This is especially nice since I'm so new to this whole blog thing!  I've never posted any projects besides on my Scrapbook.com gallery.

Here's a link to her blog:  http://nnhgiang.blogspot.com/

Here are 8 things about me!

1.  I teach middle school Math and Science!  It's hard to believe I'm in my tenth year of teaching!  I taught for a year in Virginia before moving to Ohio to the Cleveland area.  (My husband's family is from Cleveland.)

2.  I love to read - my favorites are Jane Austen and Jodie Picoult.  I also love movies based on Jane Austen books.  I think Emma may be my favorite!

3.  My hubby and I love to watch movies together!  We also love to travel whenever we can.  Our latest trip was to San Francisco to spend a couple of weeks for Christmas! 

4.  My favorite show is Modern Family!  A close second is The Office, although the previous seasons have been way funnier.

5.  My favorite candy is a Hershey Bar.  And I HAVE to buy Cadbury cream eggs around Easter!

6.  My husband and I were married in Hawaii - on a beach in Honolulu five years ago!  We hope to make it back there some day!

7.  My husband and I met while we were both working at a department store where we both worked while we were in college.

8.  I love to make cards and to scrapbook, although I think I spend more time on messageboards and blogs!


Here are 8 blogs I am awarding the Stylish Blogger Award to:

Shawn at http://www.craftychicsblog.blogspot.com/ (She also does the awesome Cricutsearch.com!)

Jen at http://jensbrainthings.blogspot.com/

Susan at http://spartansusscraper.blogspot.com/

Sarah at http://liveloveandscrap.blogspot.com/

Mari (Momo) at http://madebymomo.blogspot.com/

Joy at http://www.obsessedwithscrapbooking.com/  (Also Everyday Cricut -  www.cricutholiday.com )

Wendy at http://lvscrappin.blogspot.com/

Melanie at http://courtney-lane.blogspot.com/

Liz at Skittles and Scrapbooks is giving away some awesome blog candy, including a Cricut cartridge!  Check it out!

Skittles and Scrapbooks 

Treat Boxes with TBBM Cartridge

http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/holiday-pretzel-treats-685006/ 

Photo from Family Fun website - mine looked very similar!

My version - using thin patterned paper just to test it out. 
Cut at 5.57 inches with my Gypsy - as large as I could cut with my baby bug.

DCWV Christmas Combo Stack - very thick and glittery - worked perfectly with the boxes I made.

I got the Tags, Bags, Boxes and More Cricut cartridge (finally!) when I bought a Gypsy back in October.  I knew I wanted to use it to make treats for the other teachers in my grade.  I found this video on Youtube from PaperRenee that I loved!  The popcorn boxes have a clear window with a stamped sentiment.

I didn't take any pictures before I gave them out for some odd reason!  I do have a sample - made using light weight patterned paper just to see how it would turn out. I used the DCWV Christmas Combo Stack to make the actual popcorn boxes.  I also made these pretzel treats with red and green M&M's to go inside. (The picture itself is from the Family Fun website.  I didn't think to take pictures of the ones I made either!)  They were so easy to make, and very yummy!

Cricut Expression Giveaway

Sweet Magnolia Rose is giving away a Cricut Expression and 3 cartridges!  Click on the link below to go to her blog and to enter the giveaway! 

Sweet Magnolia Rose Blog