Santa Bless You Box

Did you know that I have added to my Cricut collection? 

 I am the excited new owner of the Imagine, and I am having so much fun learning a lot of the wonderful things it will do!

  Here is my latest BLESS YOU BOX, featuring Santa from the

Santa's Village Imagine Cartridge.

There is a matching card in the background, as well.

I love that you can size the images to your specifications, carry over images from other cartridges, fill them with colors to match, pick just parts of the layers, and/or cut the project in layers!!
This paper is from a DCWV paper pack from a couple of years ago, but it has been re-issued in a Recollections All Seasons pack at Michael's .... so enjoy!
Now I just add the pictures, and this will be a treasure to enhance my room for years to come!
If you want to make BLESS YOU BOXES for yourself, your family and friends, just click here for the tutorial, and you will be on your way!  There is a class recorded on my UStream Channel, too. 
Super easy!

Don't forget UStream TV on Tuesday evening at 8:00 eastern time!
I have a series of Something Yummy for Your Tummy this week!!
I hope to see you there :)

Happy crafting ~

Be Inspired ~ World Card Making Day!

It's the beginning of World Card Making Week! Well, Saturday, October 2nd is actually World Card Making Day, but who could capture that much fun into just one day??? Imagine... we have a holiday dedicated just to cardmakers, so we can combine all of our creative energies , and get them all humming on the same day! It will be a tangible force field, I'm sure. I plan to be at a crop, surrounded by friends - all wonderfully talented crafters - and I expect it will be like Paradise!

With that being said..... Today at Cuttlebug Challenge, we are offering up a complete buffet of our very favorite kinds of cards, and you are invited to come for heaps of inspiration. Then create a card for someone, and come back to show what you have done! It's that simple!

My card for this week is celebrating Family!

Here you can see, up close, the darling denim stick ons, that Imaginisce has with their Cider Apple Collection for this fall. I got the 8x8 mini stack of co-ordinated papers, and love them! They have rub-ons, rubber stamps, stickers, and all sorts of really cute embellishments that you can build with. So cute! And we all know that every family has a few nuts in it :)

Have a wonderful week, and I'll be back with a couple more posts! I've got several more goodies to share with you !!

Happy crafting ~

Be Inspired #100 Happy Birthday Cuttlebug Challenge!

WoW! Cuttlebug Challenge is two years old this month! There has been a lot of inspiration, creativity, and imagination archived on that website. It is a treasure trove of mojo!!! This week the Design Team is creating Happy Birthday cards with at least TWO LAYERS.

Mine is for a special young man, whose favorite color happens to be orange! The paper at the top is from the Imaginesce B-day Bash collection, and the embossing is with the new Cuttlebug Seeing Spots folder. The images are from Just Rite Stampers.

The inside of the card is accented with pieces cut from the Imaginesce paper. So nice to coordinate the sentiment with the cover!

OK, that's an easy one for you this week! Pop over to Cuttlebug Challenge and see what the other designers have created! Then make your own layered Birthday Card! You could be this week's winner!

Happy crafting ~