Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all! I hope you are blessed to spend this day with family and/or friends!

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~Hugs, JennRo~

Pink and Green Frosty Card!

Only 3 more days until Christmas!! Is all your shopping done and wrapped? My shopping is done and everything is wrapped! I had a hard time wrapping this year; my hips just didn't like standing in one place. Thankfully my Mom was very helpful and did a lot for me. Thanks Mom!! Well, this is my very first "wobbly" card I've made. I saw a great tutorial on it at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge a week or so ago and thought I'd give it a try. You can see the video here! This week at ABC Christmas Challenge the challenge is "Zero Time" because there is zero time left for Christmas card making and mailing. We could choose any of the previous challenges to do over or do if we didn't have a chance to do them originally. I decided to do F is for Frosty and G is for Glitz for a combined challenge. I made this cute card using some Glitzy paper I had from last Christmas' crafting journeys! All three papers are glittery (see below for better pictures). The Frosty image is called heartline and is from Dustin Pike. I made the image wobble as shown in the video below. So easy and so fun! I added glossy accents to his hat and Stickles just about everywhere! Cotton Candy stickles on the hearts and Frosted Lace stickles on Frosty's body. I used two stamps from Hero Arts; "Make the Season Bright" is on the outside and then "Merry Christmas" is on the inside.

--This project is entered in the following challenges--
ABC Christmas Challenge - Zero (G is for Glitz and F is for Frosty)

Digital Tuesday - Celebrate (the Season)
PaperTake Weekly - Anything Goes

Kaboodle Doodle - Clean & Simple

Pixie Cottage - Celebrate (the Season)

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~Hugs, JennRo~

CANDY ALERT!

Three Trees {paper} Creations has some Christmas Blog Candy for you to win! Check it out!
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Christmas Greeting Card Holder!

This week over at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge, the challenge was to "Deck the Halls"; meaning make something to decorate your "halls" with. I decided to create a Christmas Photo card holder. I always get great photo cards but there isn't a good way to display them so I made a way! I used skewers (at different lengths) and hot glued mini clothespins to the ends. I also hot glued little red bows to the clothespins so they looked finished. I used a tin bucket and tied a red starry ribbon around it, hot gluing it in place. I cut Santa using my cricut and the Doodlecharms cartridge. His white elements were cut from sparkly white cardstock though it doesn't show up in the picture. I love this Santa cut; from what I've seen, I think he's the cutest of all the Santa cuts. I only put a few skewers in my holder but it's very versatile and can be made with more or less.

--This project is entered in the following challenges--
Fantabulous Cricut Challenge - Deck the Halls

ABC Christmas Challenge - Zero (D for Decoration and S is for Santa)

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

PaperPlay - Anything but a Card

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~Hugs, JennRo~

Happy 5th Birthday Card!

The challenge over at Polka Doodles this week is to make something "age related". I made this card for my nephew's 5th birthday. I used the Cricut Alphilicious cartridge and the Design Studio to create the 5 and added a chipboard die cut of Lightning McQueen. I used the Alphalicious cart for "Gear Up" and the Design Studio for the inside writing as well. I faux stitched around the yellow cardstock as well as the "5".

--This project is entered in the following challenges--
Polka Doodles - Age Related

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Totally Gorjuss - For someone special

Lots to Do - Favorite Card of 2010

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~Hugs, JennRo~

Happy 3rd Birthday Card!

I made this cute little Snow White card for a dear friend's daughter on her 3rd birthday. Snow White is a chipboard die cut and I used the George cartridge and the Cricut to cut out the "3", once in shadow and one regular cut. I added some bling, mounted all on red cardstock and rounded the corners for a finished look.

--This project is entered in the following challenges--

Polka Doodles - Age Related

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~Hugs, JennRo~

Snow Friends Box!

I love to make these little boxes from Cricut's Tags, Bags, Boxes and More cartridge. This one is the purse cut and I think it came out just so cute! I cut it at 5.5 inches and used a Dustin Pike image called Snow Friends. I stickled using Frosted Lace, Red and Gold stickles and added the K&Co poinsettas. The tag was cut from the same paper as the image's mat and was cut using the TBBM cartridge at 1.5inches. I added some red ribbon for a "handle", tied on my tag and this project was finished! I love it when it comes together the way you pictured! This little purse/box is ready for a small gift such as earrings or even some candies!

--This project is entered in the following challenges--
Polka Doodles - Something to hold a Gift

Stamp Something - Digi

Totally Gorjuss - Snow

Just Cute Bears - Anything but a Card

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~Hugs, JennRo~

HO,HO,HO Gift Card Holder!

Good evening everyone! I hope all is well in your little part of the world. Here in Northern CT, USA the weather has turned to snow from the drizzle rain that stuck around all day yesterday and today. This week's challenge over at Polka Doodles is to make something that can hold a gift. My first project is a gift card holder. I've seen so many people make them out of toilet paper rolls and wanted to try my hand at that! I cheated though, because I used the end of a wrapping paper roll! I wrapped it with one of my favorite papers and zig zag stitched around three sides leaving an opening along one short side. I cut a tag using my Tags, Bags, Boxes and More cricut cartridge at 4inches out of coordinating paper and tied gold ribbon on the end. A few stickles here and there and this project was done! It amazed me how easy it was to do!

--This project is entered in the following challenges--
Polka Doodles - Something to hold a Gift

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~Hugs, JennRo~

Penguin Tag!

I created this cute little penguin tag for a winter birthday I have coming up. I used my Cricut and the Tags, Bags, Boxes cartridge for the tag; and the Create A Critter cartridge for the penguin. Isn't he just so cute??!!

--This project is entered in the following challenges--
Just Cute Bears and Friends - Anything but a Card

Kaboodle Doodles - Tag You're It!

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Baby, It's Cold Outside Card!

This week's challenge over at Dustin Pike's Doodle Dragon Studios was to create something using a recipe: A DDS image, embossing, metal and bling. I love this cute little snowman holding the birdhouse image and after coloring him in with pencils, I backed him with red/white snowflake paper. I decided to use the blue cardstock to offset the red. I stitched zigzag around the edges, not so straight, but there nonetheless! I stickled around the snowman with Frosted Lace stickles and added some red bling to the white circle. I embossed white cardstock with the Sizzix Texture Boutique and the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder to make it look like falling snow. I added some metal snowflake brads and blue ribbon.

--This project is entered in the following challenges--
Doodle Dragon Studios - Recipe Challenge

Digital Tuesday Challenge - Baby, It's Cold Outside w/ digi

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~Hugs, JennRo~

JOY Gift Tags!

Here is another set of gift tags. I used the same green tone on tone paper and zigzag stitched around the edge. The stocking is from the Doodlecharms cart while the Joy sentiment is from the Create A Critter cart. I used Diamond Dust stickles on the snowflake in the middle of "Joy", Green stickles on the 'J' and 'Y' and gold stickles on the stocking card. I added some cute K&Co poinsettas to the "Joy" card.

--This project is entered in the following challenges--
Cricut Cardz Challenge - 3x3inch Gift Cards/Tags

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Santa and Rudolph Gift Tags!

Here is another set of 3inch by 3inch Gift Tags I made using the Cricut and the Doodlecharm cartridge (Santa) and the Create A Critter cartridge (Rudolph). Both Santa and Rudolph were cut at 2 inches. I zigzag stitched around the edges of the plaid tone on tone green paper and then cut the images. I added a few drops of Gold Stickles to each card to finish them off.

--This project is entered in the following challenges--
Cricut Cardz Challenge - 3x3inch Gift Cards/Tags

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~Hugs, JennRo~

Snowmen Gift Tag Set!

Greetings all! I've been working on Christmas cards and tags lately. This week, over at the Cricut Cardz Challenge, the challenge was to create a set (2 or more) of 3inch by 3 inch gift tags or cards. Each card must have some sort of Cricut cut on them. Here is my first set. This snowman cut from the Doodlecharms cartridge is one of my favorites from this cart! I chose this great red snowflake paper and stitched around the edges. I used gold ribbon and stickled around the snowmen with Diamond Dust. I used pop dots to pop my snowmen up off the tags. Assembled and done!

--This project is entered in the following challenges--
Cricut Cardz Challenge - 3x3inch Gift Cards/Tags

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~Hugs, JennRo~