Cricut Expression 2

Oh yes my fingers just had to hit the keys on the computer to order this little girl. She will be joining our little cricut family. Can't wait to get my hands on it to play!
This winter we had to fight the snow to get out to town now it is rain. I can't believe all the roads that are under water and how high the lake is. I am glad we live on the bluffs and guess what more rain and hail tonight. Picture is of the water at Bernice State Park.

Easter treats

I used the bunny from Doodlecharms and Happy Easter from Holiday Cakes and the scallop punch from Stampin Up and of course the treats are from Walmart. They were made on my Imagine machine and using the Gypsy.

April 4, 2011

I am having fun learning how to make stick pins and learning how to crochet little flowers. However the ones you see in the picture were made by my mother who will be 90 years young next month. She is a hoot!

April 1, 2011

Another birthday album
I made this one for one of my daughter-in-laws. Love my new imagine machine. I used the Birthday Bash, Base Camp and of course George to do this album.

Birthday albums-March 30, 2011

Gosh I can't believe that all this time has past since I posted last. We went to Kansas and I got sick so we stayed longer then we came back home and I got busy with card classes and it was time for Spring Break with my children. We had a great time at Branson. I have been busy making birthday albums, card making, and learning how to crochet flowers. Here is a video of an album I made for my grandson. He is the one that got this ball rolling.

Feb. 16, 2011

Here are the cards I made at the last two Stampin-up card club:

Feb. 15, 2011

Challenge from Scrapbook Bug-Pryor, Ok.
The following video is my mini album that I made with paper from Bo Bunny the Gabrielle line. Love the colors and the butterflies. Here is my recipe for the album:
6 white envelopes
butterfly cut from Design a Calendar
Chipboard
Dream word is from Gypsy Wanderings
Tags for pockets is cut from George with a butterfly(design a calendar) welded on it.
Butterfly punch-Martha Stewart
Flowers-Recollection Bontique Fleur
Dragonfly Tattered Angels glimmer mist
Crystal & Gold stickles
1 yard of ribbon
Mats behind butterfies are cut at 4 x 5" and notch with the Stub Crop-a-dile
And of course a little bling!

Feb. 9, 2011

OK Enough with the snow!! Yes we have even more snow but I did manage to make a sign for my blogspot. Now to get brave and do a video. Next on my list of goals for 2011. Here is the new sign:

Feb. 3, 2011

My husband put together three more cubes for me so this is the updated picture of the cubes in my scrapbooking area. Still shoveling to get out of the garage and I heard they are forcasting more snow. Yikes!

Feb. 2, 2011

Oh my gosh there will be no crafting for me today as we are trying to dig out from one of the worst snow storms Oklahoma has seen. I live on Grand Lake in northeastern Ok. and the weight of the snow has driven boat slips to fall in on the boats and jetskis. I would not of believed it if I hadn't  seen it. Thank God we have our play toys in a storage building. My heart goes out to all those owners. We are very lucky not to have been caught out on the road in this horrible storm. Thank goodness for all the warnings so people in rural areas and all over could get ready for a storm of this size.

Jan. 30, 2011

I have been a very busy lady. First I made my layout for the challenge that Creations with Christina is having. The challenge is to make a layout each month. I am doing layouts for 2010 as for this year I am doing Project Life and will post those layouts just as soon as my album arrives, should be here next week--maybe??? Making a long story short I deided to start at the end of the year and go backwards--gives me more time to get those pictures together. I am doing all of my layouts using Allison Davis at Scrapbook Generation layouts--so easy! You can find her at scrapbookgeneration.blogspot.com-love her designs. Here is my first layout for December:

I forgot to mention that I bought this kit at Simply Scrapbook in Claremore, Ok. All I added was a tag for journaling and of course the pictures.

Then Friday I went over to Scrapbook Bug at Pryor, Ok. and made 5 recipe cards. They turned out so cute! I am going to have to break down and buy the Hoot n Holler from Walmart.

Can't wait to try out the new recipes.

Today I once again went to Pryor, Ok. and went to a Stamping Club by Stampin Up-I had a great time making 2 valentine cards and meeting new people. Jamie the demonstrator showed us a really cool technique with tissue paper. I will try to make a video of the technique and if I'm lucky get it posted. Here are the cards.

                                                                                
Another picture of the cards insides:

                                                                     
Have a great week!                                                                                

Jan. 25, 2011

Today I made a cute card for my little grandson, it features My pink stamper stamp Tweetie Hoo Puns and DCWV The Green Stack paper. I used cricut cartridge Simply Charmed and Cricut Imagine Blossom cartridge. I cut my card at 7" by 91/2" and a 4.5 x 6.5 mat from The Green Stack. I cut the tree on pg.56 at 3.5" and filled in the color from the Blossom cartridge. The bird I cut out at 2" on pg. 36 and filled with color from Blossom. I also used the speech bubble on the Imagine machine cut at 2" out of white cardstock and I stamp it with Vintage photo distress ink by Tim Holtz.

Jan. 21, 2011

This week I have been working on reorganizing my craft supplies. I bought six jetmax cubes at Michaels and Hobby Lobby with 50 or 40% coupons, plus pegboards and ribbon holder. I have kept my husband very busy this week putting them together and putting items up on the wall. Now that I have them up I think I need three more-my poor husband said oh no! He should be thankful that we had a big snowstorm and the roads are still not clear or we would be on the road! Here is a picture of how we arranged them:

                    

Jan. 14, 2011

We are heading back to Grand Lake tomorrow and going through Wichita and stopping at my favorite scrapbooking stores. I hope I can purchase some more storage cubes and I am looking for the Tim Holtz tag die and some kind of storage folder for scrap paper. I cleaned up files on my computer and organize files for my pictures this year. I am going to be doing the Project Life for this year and working on a album for 2010 with Christina's challenge.
I also checked back in to Weight Watchers and managed to lose a little weight over the holidays. Any lost is better than gaining in my books. I have been doing really well with exercising this week. The challenge is to keep it up!

Here is the card for the My pink stamper challenge;

I used the 3 Birds on Parade cartridge and cut the little pirate out at 3.5 inches and the Ahoy Matey out at 1.5 inches. I used the colors on my Imagine machine for all but the stripe and base which were from my scrap pile(see I am trying to use them up). The base was cut at 5.5 inches by 8.5 inches and folded. The second layer was cut at 5.25 inches by 4 inches.

Jan. 10, 2011

We made the journey back to SW Kansas before the big winter storm hit. While traveling I hit the YouTube and watched all these ladies make a Michaels haul. Big surprise we were going right through Wichita and a Michael store real easy to get to since we were hauling a van behind the truck. Here is a picture of my haul from Michaels plus a stop-over at Dodge City's Hobby Lobby store. I have decided that all Michaels are not treated equal. I did not have a chance to buy all that wonderful embellisments I saw on the other Michael Haul videos. My husband was ever so thankful. Then after we got home and looked at videos for storage I wished that I had bought several more of the cubes to replace a table I have in my scrapbooking room. Oh well there will always be the trip back. Plus I found another Michael store in Wichita, my poor husband!

Jan. 5, 2011

Yahoo I finished a card today! My inspiration was a video from Creations with Christina. I used the Simply Charmed Cricut cartridge, die-namics die (which I just tried for the first time), ek label punch, Best Friends Imagine cartridge, and distress ink (tea dye). The celebrate stamp was from a collection that I bought at Michaels (I wish these stamps and punches had their names on them another goal for 2011 is to mark everything).
Here are a few pictures of my project: The paper for the project I printed from the Best Friends cartridge on the Imagine machine-love it!

                                                                               
The card measurements are: Card cut from 81/2 by 11 and cut in half. Second layer is 4 by 51/4. Third layer is 33/4 by 5. The top piece I used the die on and cut it at 1 1/2 by 3 3/4. Have fun creating!                                                                       

Jan. 4, 2011

Wow a new year already. My New Year wish to everyone is to have a fantastic 2011. I love the 31 day video challenge that Marion Smith is doing but probably a little challenging for me to attempt right now. I have been playing around with my Imagine machine this week. Printing off 12 x 12 paper from the Best Friends cartridge and playing around with elements on the new Mother's Day Bouquet and one of my favorites Simply Charmed. I am going to try to make a new card each week of Jan. with these two cartridges and post it here.
Oh yes I did make my goals for New Year:
1. Lose 100 pounds at my last check in at Weight Watchers I had lost a little over 80 pounds. Now to get to 100.
2. Exercise 3 x a week with my new hula hoops that I purchased from Amazing Hoops and I love love doing it. Takes me back when I was a little girl.
3. Take time to read more and watch a couple of movies a month or go to the movies-like date nights.
4. Finish mini albums that I have started-that would be 4 at the present.
5. Post to my blog more often.
6. Post a video.
7. Write in my journal.
8. Organize scrapbooking supplies!
9. Take a walk three 3x a week.
10. Have a girl day with my Mom.