Rachel Scraps

A new scraproom

2010-03-27T23:12:00.000-07:00

well, almost new. Actually not even close, its the same room with a new desk! I got my new desk built last Sunday, not the saw horse desk I wanted but it was still hand made and has pink legs!! I finished the week 2 weeks ago with taking my room apart, and a BIG mess in the middle of the room! It took a day to build the desk, and a day of painting. Then it took another day to get everything where I wanted it. I even painted my shelves!! Can you guess the color?? Yep, PINK! Here are some pictures from my room

I also wanted to share with you something my friend Krisitn and I found the other day at michaels. We where in the American Girl section and came across the desk pad. It is really cute! Its 30 sheets and at a really good price, $9.99 we also used a 40% coupon so that made it cheaper!! It is really cute, and will come in handy for me! Just wanted to pass it along to you! I will be getting another for Julia, we are making her a desk this summer before she starts school. There is a picture of it in the slide show of my scrap room pics!

PINK! PINK! Everything will be PINK!!

2010-03-08T08:41:00.000-08:00

Don't you just love the color pink!? Well, you may or may not but I LOVE it!! This weekend, I painted a few things pink, and when I say a few I only mean 2! I painted my display (is that spelled right??) and my large scraper watermelon pink. They are soo pretty! Wanna see them??

Aren't they soo pretty! I am hoping to have a new desk in a few weeks that will be that color, well the base will anyways.

Now, for a few other creations I made this past week. The first is a called a bragging board, not my original idea, I got the idea from another blog knockoff wood. She has the best furniture plans for those who want to build it. That is also where I found the desk I am hoping to have in a few weeks. I started by wanting the cameron desk, but changed my mind and now have decided on the saw horse desk 2 of them! So back to the board, I took a piece of wood, not sure the size and modge poged some cute paper onto it, then modge poged the clothes pins and glued them down to the wood. I was really impressed with how it turned out.

Now my favorite thing I made this weekend! My new sign!! I saw it last week at a scrapbooking store and had to have it!! So I made it! I used a blank metal sign that I bought from hobby lobby at valentines, some paper from micheals, cardstock from american crafts, vinyl and of course modge podge!! That stuff has become my new bff!! OH!! I also used my gypsy!! I am soo happy with the way it turned out. The center of the sign is from accent essentials and the letters are form opposites attract.

Video Coming soon!

2010-03-03T11:50:00.000-08:00

I learned how to do something that will save me tons of money!! Do you want to know what it is?? Well, you will have to wait for my video so I can tell you and show you at the same time!

I will give you a hint: Don't throw away your used glue glider pro cartridges anymore!!

Party time!!!

2010-02-10T20:35:00.001-08:00

Just a few short days ago my baby girl turned 5!! The next day she lost her first tooth!! Such a happy last few days we have had!

Back to scrapbooking! Over the past month I have been busy making stuff for Julia's birthday party! I made just about everything that I could. From the party bags to the banner. I used my gypsy for everything I made. I LOVE my Gypsy, I like the fact that while I can look at what I am going to design before I cut it out. So, here is what I made!

The invitation! I made this using the Cricut Sweet Treats cartridge. This is the cupcake with the heart, I cut the heart off and added a cherry! Then I embossed the bottom using a Quickutz embossing foler and the top using a Cuttlebug folder. The pink embossed glitter is Zing, I love it!! The pink bow is tied around the cupcake using tule. The back of the invite is solid brown with a pink box with all the party info!!

Here are the party bags, also cut from Sweet Treats! I added the scallops around the top. Then added a cupcake and covered the opening with acetate paper. For handles I used pink tule!

This is a tub I got from the dollar spot at target. I added the cupcake to it using pop dots. Such a cute little thing for utensils.

This one, I did today. I had a hard time finding blowers to match the cupcake theme so here is what I did. I bought some on clearance cut a circle from my cricut of course and stamped the cupcake image on the circle. Then glued it down over the original image!!

And now the banner! This I made from celebrations and alpahlicous. And my new favorite thing to use tulle!! Seriously have you used it yet, its so nice! I took a class with a friend of mine at Archivers and they gave us some to tie around a jar we altered ever since then we have both been addicted to the stuff!!

So, that is what I have been doing! Hopefully after this weekend I will get more done!! Scrapping and blogging!

Happy Valentines Day!

Valentines Mailbox

2010-01-07T09:19:00.000-08:00

Just a quick post, to share a cut file and gypsy file! Since I am now the proud owner of a gypsy!!! I made a replica of the Love Struck 3-D mailbox. It came out super cute! Here is the cut file, and this one is the gypsy file. Enjoy!!

Win a Gypsy!

2009-11-21T13:36:00.000-08:00

The new Gypsy Spot is giving away a Gypsy from Custom Crops.com. Visit the Gypsy Spot for more info!

It came!!!

2009-10-23T22:33:00.000-07:00

FINALLY!! After a week of waiting it is here!! Wanna know what it is?? It's a................Jukebox!!! You thought it was a gypsy didn't you! I just tried it out, and just from the 3 test cuts I did, I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!! Why did I wait soo long. So, now I must decide what cartridges I will keep in it! What carts are in your jukebox?

PAPER PAPER PAPER!!

2009-10-20T14:53:00.000-07:00

I, along with just about everybody else I know, have too much of it! Today, I went to Joann's for there 5 for $.95 sale, and bought like 60 sheets. Like I really needed it. I love it though, ever since they started selling the core'dinations by the sheet I stock up every time they have a sale. Lat go round I bought 65 sheets. I also found some cute Christmas paper for cards and Halloween paper. Now, in order to justify my purchase I came home a went threw all my card stock and got rid of all the stuff that has just been sitting there. Hopefully it can find a new home soon!

And now my latest creation. I have been sick lately so haven't got much done but did manage to make my card for the whimsical scraps and bugs design team. It came out cute, the card base itself I made a few months back but never finished it. Well, I pulled it out and finished it!! It came out pretty good, definitely could have done better. This weeks challenge is to make a card or layout using a cupcake!! Love it!!

Halloween

2009-10-11T19:27:00.000-07:00

is almost upon us! I have been more into decorating for Halloween this year more than any other. As part of my design team challenge, I made a layout using purple, orange and black. I also had to include 1 stamped image and 2 stars. I used the sketch from 52 sketches for the layout. I had fun making this especially since I don't have pictures to use. I also made a card using the same requirements. For that I ran my black sheet threw the cuttle bug then inked it with my white ink pad. The mummy stamp I got from Michaels in the dollar stamp section, those are the best ones sometimes!

Ok, Now I am going to go backwards a few weeks! I used my beloved cricut and some magnet material to make a set of magnetic alphabets for our fridge and Julia! She loves them!! I just need to make a few more of each letter.

Busy Creating!

2009-09-30T20:54:00.000-07:00

I have been on a roll this week! I planned and had a surprise b-day party for Antonio even kept it a secret until 15minutes before people started showing up! I made a lovely chandelier, finished my design team layout and made a Halloween center piece!!! I would tell you my scrap room is a wreck but it is not! I have been cleaning as I go, very proud of myself! So quickly before my puter dies I am posting pictures of the things i have made this past week. Except for the Halloween bouquet I accidentally deleted my picture of it and did not get a very good one with my phone! I made the chandelier with ds and home decor. I will post later with more details on how to make if anyone is interested!

Design Team layout:

Chandelier:
Hanging from my ceiling

WIN A GYPSY!!!!

2009-09-24T13:27:00.000-07:00

Enter to win a GYPSY!! You can enter to win a gypsy at Cartridge Helper, they have all the latest info on cricut machines and cartridges! Good Luck!!

Sign

2009-09-19T13:54:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago while looking threw a card sayings book, I came across this saying my house was clean yesterday, sorry you missed it". I thought it was perfect for my house! It always seems like I clean my house then it will stay clean for a few days, then it gets dirty and someone shows up! So, I finally got around to making it today!! I bought the blank sign from Hobby Lobby and the vinyl is Cricut. For the wording I used Lyrical Letters! Now, on to my next sign, its a NO SOLICITING sign!

New cartridges!!!

2009-09-18T07:51:00.000-07:00

Well, as many of you know Cricut cartridges where on sale this week at Michalels! So, I went and got From my Kitchen and Sweethearts! Then decided I was not liking sweethearts too much so went to another M's and swapped it for the other one I really wanted Everyday Paper Dolls! LOVE THAT ONE!

I have to say the From my Kitchen one is cute but it really could have been better! Why is the mixer just a hand mixer, why isn't it a stand mixer or have to option to be a stand mixer??? That is the part that bugs me! Then it just seems like they didn't get too creative with some of the stuff. I don't know!

Then there is the Everyday Paperdolls, like I said above LOVE IT! I think Provo Craft did an excellent job on this paperdolls cart! I like that they didn't fill in spaces with multiple hair styles, shoes, etc.. I think everyone that I have showed it to has liked it! I think my personal favorite on the cartridge is the dog, she kinda looks like our Queenie dog!

WIN A GYPSY!!!!

2009-09-17T14:56:00.000-07:00

Want to win a Gypsy?? Enter online at Cutting Above, the newest scrapbooking blog!!! Also, don't forget to watch the Gypsy debut on HSN September 24th!!

Photoshop

2009-09-14T10:34:00.000-07:00

Well, this past weekend I took some no, alot of time and learned about a few things I have been wanting to learn. It took a few you tube video's, a few adobe video's and LOTS of practice but I got it!!

I learned how to make my signature, make a new header, and made the button you see to the right! The hardest part was figuring out how to save stuff as transparent. So, what do you think about all my cool new stuff??

testing

2009-09-12T13:06:00.000-07:00

out my new signature.

What do you think??

I did it! I did it!!

2009-09-11T22:12:00.000-07:00

Yay for me!! I finally learned how to make a watermark brush for my pictures!! Thanks to this you tube video and another photoshop video!! I am so excited! Now to figure out how to make my signature!

DONE!

2009-09-08T21:49:00.000-07:00

I finally finished my design team challenge for Whimsical Bugs. I have been putting it off for days now, because I just did not know what I wanted to do. I finally took the plunge and started working on it about 2 hours ago. I had one card made then saw a card sketch that I printed from Mojo Monday and it was perfect for what I needed to do!!!

The challenge was to find inspiration from this picture:

Well, I had a hard time with that. The only thing that stood out to me was the colors. Once I found the sketch, I knew exactly what I wanted to do. I went thru my scraps, cut them up and stuck them on! Then I cut the needle and thread from the Happily Ever After cartridge. I like the way the card came out cause to me it looks like fabric swatches. OK off to bed!

My take on the challenge:

A little bit of everything....

2009-09-02T22:16:00.000-07:00

that is what I have been working on. Last week with the help of my mom and brother I kicked Julia out of my scrap room, well not really just her stuff. She had a dresser in here that I kept her clothes in and at some point started piling my junk on. I realized one night while laying in bed that if I moved it into her room and some of her toys not being played with out I would have more space. And what do you know I do!! It's like I got a whole new room! After I moved her stuff, I then realized I needed to move my room so I did. I have been happy with it so far, it only took 2 hours to get it the way I want.

As for scrapbooking, I am working on a 8x8 album of Julia's 4th b-day party. I need to finish it before she turns 5!! I'm almost done, just need 1-2 more pages then my title cuts and stuff like that. Its hard to adapt to 8x8 when I am used to 12x12. I made another card, for my cousins b-day coming up. I like the way it turned out, just have to remember to sign it!! The card I made a few weeks ago for my nephew, I forgot to sign and gave it to him blank! lol that's ok he still liked it,.........I hope. Now I have 2 more to make one for Antonio's 30th b-day and one for someone else! I am starting to like this card making thing. I like it even more that I am making the card when I need it to customize it for the person instead of making cards, storing them and pulling one out a few months later. Does that make since?? I have not yet started on my Whimsical Bugs DT challenge for this week. I am so lost on what to do. think, think, think......

I don't have any pictures of my current work, so I leave you with this picture I took last week. I walked by the bathroom and saw this:

Have you ever?

2009-08-26T21:42:00.001-07:00

No, we are not playing a game! Have you ever started creating something that from the very beginning starts out wrong, yet you keep working with it because you can make it work? Well, that is what has happened to me! I started a card last night, and from the very beginning cut it wrong! But thought, no just go with it so that I did. Well, after putting paper on the card, trying to figure out a “theme” I have come to this point:

Yep it is in the TRASH!! Why, you ask? Because I am fed up with trying to make it work! I have decided to trash it and start over! Hopefully the second time around will start out better!

Cards…….

2009-08-19T23:11:00.001-07:00

I have never really considered myself a card maker, but lately I have been making alot of cards. It seems that for every layout I complete I want to make a card. Like now, I am going to finish this post, and start on a card, when I should be going to bed. Oh well! Who needs sleep when you have a four year old to keep you awake! And I am certain that this ice cold glass of dr pepper isn’t going to help me sleep!

I have been working on clearing a few things off my scrap board the past few nights. Last night I made a bday card for a cousin. I used the hello kitty shape cartridge. I had a very hard time accepting how much space there is when layering stuff. I cut my layers out a quarter of an inch bigger. I am sure that is the way it is supposed to be, but I don't like it!

Tonight, I checked off cleaning out my scrap box. Although all I did was organize my scraps. You would never believe how much pink paper I have. Well you would if you knew me! I have enough pink scraps to last the rest of the year. I did good though got all the solids organized and put away. For the patterned paper I just stuck all that inside one section. Figured it was too much,. Ok, well I am going to work on my card now, or maybe just go to bed. Not sure yet! Happy Scrapping!

-Rachel

Still under construction

2009-08-17T18:05:00.001-07:00

I am still trying to get a few things added to my blog. As some of you may or may not have noticed the Cards link at the top does not work. I am still working on that! I am hoping it will work soon!

This past weekend, I got together with my scrap pals and we scraped, talked, laughed, ate pretty much everything we normally do! I had a blast as always!! I was able to work on my design team challenge, this is the second one for this weeks challenge. I made a bday card but sent it out with out taking a picture so I made another card for a special little boy who is growing up too fast! After I finshed it I realized I shouldn’t have inked the edges and should have embossed the orange. Oh well it’s still cute!

Blog Construction

2009-08-10T20:29:00.000-07:00

I am doing a few things to my blog. Please bare with me while I make my edits, hopefully I can get it done tonight!

Recipe holder, Note pad holder

2009-08-01T20:50:00.001-07:00

I don’t know!! I altered this clipboard today for the Whimsical bugs challenge. I made it to match my kitchen, but not sure what I will use it for.

A little more sewing….

2009-07-31T22:17:00.001-07:00

I went into my scrap room about an hour or so ago to work on my Whimsical Bugs challenge and came out with pictures’ of the cover I made for Miss. Cricut instead! It was VERY easy to make, especially since I messed up but my mistake ended up helping me more than hurting me! Now tomorrow I HAVE to work on my challenge!

Front and Back:

Sides or where I messed up:

A little sewing….

2009-07-28T20:52:00.001-07:00

Well, I decided to make a cover for my beloved Kitchen Aid mixer! It only took me 2 try's and about 24 hours to complete it. I must say for having no pattern and very little sewing experience I did a good job…at least I think so! I even sewed ribbon on to it as well as the binding. Now, i just realized that my mixer is named Mr. Mixit but has a girlie cover..oh well it’s pretty! I am considering adding a pocket to it. Now, to start on my Cricut mixer and my design team challenge.

Calendar

2009-07-22T19:44:00.001-07:00

Lately I have been reorganizing everything in my house. When I do this I have a habit of throwing things away, moving things from one room to another or just shoving it in the closet. I recently did this with a memo board I bought from hobby lobby on clearance last year. Half was a chalk board and the other was a cork board. I was tired of it hanging there on the wall not being used, so I fixed it into something I knew or thought we would use. I took the middle piece of wood out, and made it one large calendar. I used a dry erase board I bought from hobby lobby, then cut strips of vinyl to section it off. I cut the words from the Don Juan cartridge. So, now hopefully we will use it!

Brothers and Sisters

2009-07-21T08:30:00.000-07:00

A few months ago, my mom and her siblings took a group picture. This is probably the first one they have taken in a few years. So, for my design team challenge I used this picture, with the title brothers & sisters. The challenge was to use the & symbol from any cricut cartridge. Mine came from Alphalicous. I used the color core paper from coredenations (sp?), I ran it thru the cuttlebug using swiss dots then sanded it. It came out soo super cute! I also added a few pieces of bling! I mated the picture on a scallop frame that I made using ds and George. Then I added white to the edges to make it look as I had put sewed (sp?) it, but as with my own sewing it did not come out straight! Hope you enjoy the layout! I will be back later this week with my altered calendar I am currently working on!

Zoo layout

2009-07-06T16:15:00.001-07:00

We went to the zoo a few months ago. Leading up to the day it was nice breezy weather, that day it was COLD! We did have a good time though. In this layout I also used it for the WSB DT challenge I used animal kingdom, zoobaloo, and lyrical. I had fun with this layout because I got to use the different animals. dinner!

The “Dark Side”

2009-06-21T15:43:00.001-07:00

Well, not long after I posted how I was contemplating SCAL I did it! I took the plunge downloaded it and not long after watching a few video’s hooked it up to my beloved Miss Cricut. She cut a few things last night and is still alive!! I think I am going to like the dark side! I like that if I don’t have a particular cut on a cartridge I will be able to find it *hopefully* as a svg file. Now to bring my fellow Cricut users over to this side with me!

The layout I am posting today is from the WSB dt challegne 19! It was a themed challege using the letter S. I waited until a few days ago to get started and finsihed a few minutes ago. I was looking for a bathing suit cut to use not sure why I wanted it on this page but whatever! I did not find one so I made one copying the one from Life’s a Beach. The only problem I had was with the neck peice, so I used the egg from Doodlecharms! And the font, is one that I LOVE but have not used in a while Mickey Mouse font.

If you would like a copy of the ds file for the bathing suit leave me a comment with your email address and I will send it to you!

Have a great week!

*****Rachel*****

Sure Cuts A Lot

2009-06-20T21:05:00.001-07:00

I have spent the majority of my Cricut owning life totally agianst this program. Well tonight I was given the opportunity to have and use it. Thanks Boy Scrap’r! I was and still very unsure if I want to use this program that is until I came across a few You Tube video’s from www.svgcuts.com, and the FREE svg files they offer that I thought about crossing over to the dark side. Do you have SCAL?? Do you like it??

A manly card!

2009-06-08T14:00:00.001-07:00

So, I finished my latest card! It was a WSB design team challenge! I had a good time making this, since I was going out of my element making something that is not girly.

Be sure to check out the WSB blog to see the newest design team members!

~~~Rachel

Testing

2009-05-23T23:41:00.001-07:00

So, my brother told me about this windows live writer program, that he downloaded for me tonight. What it is, is a program that links to your blog and you can upload your post from there. I am going to give it a try and see how I like it. I’m thinking I will like it, since I can just open this up, type and upload! As for the picture its just a random one I took of Julia last weekend, and wanted to upload to test out the program.

Layout

2009-05-22T12:32:00.000-07:00

Here is a layout I did for the last Whimsical Bugs challenge. The paper I used is from a Close to my Heart paper pack. THe wording, and cuts are from lyrical letters, and the scallops are from accent essentials. I liked this challenge, it gave me a chance to use pictures that I normally would not use on a layout. But since it was about WHy I scrap, I found it fit to use pictures of our everyday lives. Have you used the new Lyrical Letters cricut cartridge?? I LOVE it! It is my new go to cartridge!

So, Why do you Scrap??

Cards

2009-05-22T12:12:00.000-07:00

I would love to say that I have been so so busy scrapping away that I have had not had the time to blog, but the truth is......I have been clipping and printing coupons! Strange huh, well it has been saving me of money! I have been working on a few layouts, and tearing apart a few layouts that I was not happy with. Late last night, I made 3 card with 1 8x8 , and 1 8.5x11 sheets of paper. I made 2 of them for my dd's MDO teachers, the other I made just because I was on a roll! I also worked on my Whimsical Bugs Challenge for this week, for that I made a birthday card for my mom. I liked the colors we had to use Brown, Red, Yellow, Tuquorise, and White.
So, thats all for now. Hopefully I can try and blog more often. Have a great Memorial weekend!

OMG! It's May!!

2009-05-01T14:50:00.000-07:00

Wow! I can't belive it's May already, where did the days go??

30!

2009-04-30T13:46:00.000-07:00

Well, I now have 30 Cricut cartridges!!! Yesterday, I got the Potpourri Basket cartridge!! I was soo exicted when I saw it! How did I get it you ask, well I will tell you! Antonio (boyfriend, husband guy) had a coworker who ordered the Expressions from the infomercial for his family. Well they never used it so he sold it and gave me the cartridge!! I was soo excited to get it!

Now, off to make Julia and myself matching approns.......wish me luck!

P.S. Julie, if you are reading this HELP ME!!

LOOK WHAT I GOT TODAY!!

2009-04-27T16:12:00.000-07:00

I open the door today to check the mail, and sitting there is a package with another one rubberbanded to it. I know one is my Sesame Street Font, but what is the other? Well, I open it up first and sitting inside the envelope is the Cricut Sampler cartridge!! Along with the cartridge is a letter from Provo saying they put a indefinete hold on the Cricut Demo team. I was soo excited to get this cartridge, I have wanted it forever!! So, know that makes 29!! Hmm should I go for an even 30?? If you wanna see a few pics we took, you can head over to Boy Scrap'r and see them there!

I am also posting a picture of some of the things I got from CKC this past weekend. The pic only shows day 1, I did not get a pic from day 2. Off to finish dinner! Have a great night, we planned on eating outside tonight but its raining! You know now that I think about it, it has rained every night since we got out new patio furniture.

CKC Houston!!

2009-04-26T12:58:00.000-07:00

Well, I made it thru CKC without spending every dime I have!! Mostly because I worked the Piggy Tales booth, so I made back what I spent plus some! This was the first year I have been to CKC, and had such a great time! I got to meet up with friends, and also meet lots of wonderful new people. In addition to buying some wonderful scrap items at a wonderful price! I also helped out at the Piggy Tales booth and Jennifer was awesome! I helped her with the make and takes and just about everything else!

So, what did I buy? Well what didn't I buy! I bought, stickles (like I needed more), glue glider pro refills, tombo refills, felt from Queen and Co, Bling bling, brads from eyelet outlet, 12x12 mats, ohh a HUGE fiskars cutting mat for $8 (this thing is HUGE dont know the size off hand and I am sitting outside) and of course Piggy Tales stuff! Oh, and 2 new scrapbok shirts one says and this is may fav; Work is for People who don't Scrapbook, and the other says; It's all fun and games until someone gets there eyelets punched out!.

I also got to see Cricut Dan in action! Learned a few things from him too! Well thats all for now I will post more later! Have a wonderful day!!

Strawberries

2009-04-21T19:01:00.000-07:00

Thanks to my good "Scrapbook Friend" Kristin, who called me up yesterday to tell me how I had to go and get the Hello Kitty Greeting cartridge! Why, because of the strawberry! Anyone who know's me, know's my daughter LOVES strawberries! The funny thing is when I went over to Michael's on Sunday to pick up the Lyrical Letters cartridge (which is awesome by the way) I picked up HK Greeting, and the strawberry caught my eye but I was good and put it back! Until the the phone rang, and I took my happy little self back to m's to buy my new Hello Kitty Greetings. Now I have 28 and can say at this time there is not a single cartridge on my "need" list!

Any how, today I decided to play with DS and HKG! What fun I had!! I made a strawberry mesh page! It came out soo cute, and only took me half a day and 3 test cuts to get it just right! If you would like the cut file, leave a comment with your email address and I will send it to you ASAP. It does need to be cut on a 12x12 mat. Also, with a thick piece of cardstock, pressure max, speed max and blade 6. Trust me makes it alot easier when trying to get all the little pieces out!!

Mr Mixit and Miss Cricut

2009-04-20T12:03:00.000-07:00

So, I got a Kitchen Aid mixer last week and LOVE IT! I had been posting about it on my scrapbook group, and they had been making fun of me! Saying how I was probably decorating it with my cricut and vinyl. They all know me so well. They also named them Miss Cricut and Mr Mixit!
My layout I did this week for Whimsical Bugs dt was to use a favorite lyric or saying. I used Mr Mixit and Miss Cricut, along with the lyric "You can't always get what you want but if you try sometimes you get what you need"

A layout

2009-04-11T20:20:00.000-07:00

I have FINALLY completed my layout of me for the whimsical scraps dt challenge! I did put it off a week, but only cause I knew I would have such a hard time with it! It took me all week to figure out what to do. I just finished it about 5 mins ago, and still am not happy with it! This challenge was VERY hard for me. So, here is the end result!

Oh, and on a plus note I got 2 new cartridges today!! I got wild card, not sure if I am keeping it or not. And finally won Sesame Street font on ebay for $20!!! Yay me!!

Bunny treat bags

2009-04-07T19:14:00.000-07:00

I made these bags, for my daughters MDO class. I used doodlecharms for the bunnies, I added a purple bow for the girls, and left the boys with out a bow! For tha back, I cut another bunny in blackout and trimmed the ears off, then added a cotton ball for the tail. I filled them with 2 mini plastic eggs each.

What did I do?????????

2009-04-01T20:27:00.000-07:00

I finally have found my external hard drive that I store my pictures on!! Well, earlier I started moving the pictures over that I did not have on my external. I backed them up on DVD's too!! So, I go and delete them from my puter. I open up Picasa try to export some pics for a project I am working on and can not export them! I keep getting a message about read only files! So, I reodo my picasa only to loose stuff, then i uninstall redownload and well I have no clue where that file just went! SO now I am REDOWNLOADING it agian!! What did I do??????????

Collage Layouts

2009-03-31T21:04:00.000-07:00

Have you ever made a collage with your layout?? Now that I think of it, I have done one before *duh it's in my header*. Well, I have been trying very hard to get caught up on my pictures I haven't done Christmas yet, then I have Julia's bday party still need to order those prints. Lots to do!! Anyways, I started tonight with Christmas and thought since there are soo many pictures of our princess opening presents on Christmas morning I would trim them down and make a collage layout. OH was it hard!

I started with the idea of using a 8.5x8.5 page, then realized I needed more space so I used a 10x8.5 piece of paper. I arranged them all and put them down using repositionable adhesive, once I had them just right, well not really still have to trim one or two. I used my Glue Glider Pro to glue them! I realy like the way this looks, seems like a much nicer way to use mulitple pictures than having all those pictures on the page with different mats and stuff like that. Now all I need to do is pick some paper, cut some stuff from my Cricut, add a title then, well you get the hint basically just finish the page! Ok, off to bed back to MDO tomorrow need to get up EARLY!

New Scrap Blog

2009-03-31T08:48:00.000-07:00

Boy Scrap'r Go and check it out!!

I LOVE my Cricut!

2009-03-23T20:35:00.000-07:00

Well I have been creating for days now and I must say I love, love, love my Cricut! Don't think that I haven't always loved it, I just seem to love it more today than when I first got my baby bug. Why, you ask well because I have been working on my whimsical bugs dt challenge and it has made me look at all my cartridge's and say "Wow!!" I have used a variety of cartridges for this creation, maybe 5 so far. I am loving it!!

I also started working on my b-day cards for the swap. I am happy with the first set I made not sure what I am doing for the second. For my cards, I used the new EK punch not sure of the name but its the one that looks the paper was torn out of a notebook. I have had this punch since the beginning of the month and barely used it last night!

B-day cards.....

Whimsical Bugs Challenge so far............

A cut file

2009-03-19T13:11:00.000-07:00

I made this a while back and got around to testing the cut and it is works! Here is the file I made, its a file folder. Enjoy! Leave a comment if you decided to download it!!! BTW, It's made with George and Basic Shapes and needs a 12x24 mat.

Do you ever

2009-03-18T16:41:00.000-07:00

loose something that is right in front of you?? I swear the past few days I have been loosing everything! Each time I switch from my deep cut housing to the regular housing I loose the regular one. Then today, I went to clean a stamp I used and poof it was gone I did find it somehow it ended up on the floor. I went looking for my new pink bone folder and can't find that either! I think I either dropped it in my brother's car or left it at Kristin's. I hope I find it SOON I really liked that one, and not only cause it was pink but because it was sturdier than others. So I ask does that ever happen to you???

Goal update

2009-03-18T11:13:00.000-07:00

Well, it's now the 18th of March and I don't think I have met even half of my goals! I have only made 1 card, well 2 but 1 is not finished yet. I have done maybe 3 layouts if that I think that includes what I did in Galveston. And as for my room, well its staying semi clean. I will say the jetmax cubes really help me keep it clean, especailly now that I have 4! Then there is the RAK, hmm not sure what to do for that...WAIT I got it!! I would tell you but if the person I am going to give this to reads my blog (and she better!) it will ruin the surpirse. I will post a picture on Sunday, cause i'm gonna give it to her on Saturday!! Hey, did you notice the counter?? I have had over 500 visits!! That is sooo cool, I was so excited I went shopping! Have you seen the new studio G cupcake stamps over at Michael's?, they are so cute I almost bought them all! But luckily I stopped myself. Well off to the dollar store, then to pick up Julia. Have a scrappy day!

A challenge

2009-03-17T08:40:00.001-07:00

So, this morning I logged on to the Whimsical bugs blog, to get the newest challenge and boy did Ii find one! We have to alter flash cards with an Easter theme!! I have no clue where to start, or what to do. I am thinking maybe a mini album or some tags, I just don't know! But I do know I need to get some zip dry (think that's the name) and flash cards. Well, at least now I won't have to wonder about what I will be taking to this weeks crop night!

This past Saturday I completed a challenge from a group member, it was a layout I believe from 52 Sketches. I had fun with this one, for 1 I got to use pictures I have been trying to scrap for a while and another I used my beloved cricut (well really it was Kristin's since I was at her house).

Isn't it March??

2009-03-13T11:31:00.000-07:00

I thought we are supposed to have nice weather in March?? Instead its cold and rainy, so I spent my morning making this................................So, what do you think?? Isn't it C U T E! I can't wait to wear it!!!

I Won!!

2009-03-11T18:22:00.000-07:00

I entered a blog candy give away a while back, and today got an email saying I won!!! What did I win you ask, well I won the Spellbinders Butterfly Reflections Dies!! Thanks to Candice at Designs by Candice for my new toys!!!

Spring is coming!

2009-03-10T23:05:00.000-07:00

I have spent the past 2 days, getting everything cleaned and ready for spring!! I have also started pulling out all the Easter decorations, and making a few also! Thought I would post them before I head to bed! I made a few Easter decorations for the flower boquet I made in February. I also made another wall hanging, just need to finish it. Today, I also did my WHimsical bugs challenge! The challenge was to make a St Patricks day card, I've never made a card for this holiday so it was a challenge. I am happy with the end result! Ok, now to bed! Oh, and I am also adding a bday card I made for my dd's bday party.

Altered sign

2009-03-09T19:59:00.000-07:00

I never know how to start a new subject! I always start then delete, the restart then delete again! Anyways, this is a sign I made over the weekend! I bought the sign from hobby lobby and used my cricut and wall pops to decorate it!! The font is zooballo, and the bunny is from doodlecharms. I also outlined it with stickles.

2009-03-08T17:03:00.000-07:00

Let me first start with saying, I did not get my room cleaned! Instead after I dropped Julia off at MDO, I went to Hobby Lobby. I walked around there for an hour or so, and found some really cute stuff! Then I came home and cleaned the rest of the house. So its still a wreck!

Saturday, I had some girls come over and we scraped! We had lots and lots of fun as always! We even went on an adventure to rescue Kristin! I got 1 card done, made a sign, and finished a layout I started in Galveston. Today, well with the time change I did NOTHING! It feels really good to do nothing sometimes! I did manage to get out and go to the new Target thats about 10 mins from me, they have a huge line of Pink EK Success scrap stuff! From punches, to cutting tools! I also found the pink bone folder I have been wanting (since I saw Krisitn's), and I also found a rotary cutter. Have you seen the glitter paper they carry now??? Its soo pretty! My brother bought me a pack the other day, it has pink, red, and purple its a very thin paper not like mist glitter paper and the glitter does not come off either! I used some last night and it cuts very very good with the cricut. I will definetly buying more of it! Ok, off to do something, not sure what though!

A few things......

2009-03-05T20:17:00.000-08:00

Well, I made it home from our fun weekend in Galveston!! I had tons of fun, and got well got some stuff done! I think I completed 5 layouts, my whimsical bugs challenge, and thats it! When I got home I figured since most of my stuff was packed I would put my jet max cubes together. I had 3 and bought 1 on the way home! I got down to the last one and it was missing a piece, so I took it back to michael's but the 2 I went to are out!! Now I have 2 rain-checks sitting in my purse, and 3 of the new EK Success slim line punches sitting in my room! Guess a girl can't have it all! So now, I must devote my self to cleaning my room tomorrow. I did manage to start putting stuff away in the cubes that are already put together. My poor room looks like a tornado went thru it, it's soo messy I can't even think about scrapping. I think I am going to start making monthly goals for my self! So here they are:

5 Cards, other than challenges or swaps.
10 layouts, other than challenges or swaps.
1 RAK
Keep Scraproom semi clean! (Nearly impossiblt but a girl can dream!)

Wish me luck!! Also, keep checking back to learn about the RAK!!

The time has come,

2009-02-25T08:08:00.001-08:00

and I must face my fears, go into my scrap room and PACK! I am hoping that I can get it all packed into 2 bags. Wish me luck!

***ETA, For anyone wondering NO I did not get my stuff packed into 2 bags, I think it was like 4!!**

A card, a cake and monograms

2009-02-22T16:19:00.000-08:00

I have been getting ready for my upcoming retreat that I am going on with my scrap group! Last night, we had a crop at my house and I made a cake for the retreat! Don't worry I'm not serving old cake, its made of paper and my cricut! I have been wanting to make one for some time I just never had the patience to sit down and figure it out. The flower on top was made from the sunflower on Stretch Your Imagination, did I ever mention that is why I had to have that cart! I had alot of fun making and decorating it. I am going to put chocolate in them and give them to all the girls and boy this weekend!

The card I made Friday night, because I was bored! Its cute, but not one of my favorite. The monograms, are going on the goody bags, arent they cute!

A love card

2009-02-18T13:07:00.000-08:00

I devoted myself today to making my card for the Whimsical Bugs challenge, and it only took about an hour! I am really happy with the way it came out, now just to find someone to give it to! To make the card I used the flower from Storybook and the word love from Opposites Attract. I must say cutting that word was HARD!! I had to cut it at least 10 times before I got one that was not torn. I made the scallops with Accent Essentials.

New Storage!!

2009-02-17T13:37:00.000-08:00

Well, I went over to Michael's today! I got the new Plano storage case, its soo pretty, for my eyelets, brads, loose bling and stuff like that! I fianlly talked myself into buying the jet max cubes! I started with 2 but hopefully will have tons more ASAP. So let me tell you about my new storage!

Full view of conatiner! Isn't it PRETTY!!

The inside of the cases

When you unlock the front it opens up to all the containers

The lid unlocks to hold stuff too! I put all my new ribbon that Ihaven't added to my bag!

Well, thats my new storage container! I have 2 empty cases so that means I need to buy MORE STUFF!!!

My 1st Blog Award!!

2009-02-10T17:37:00.000-08:00

I was soo excited today when I got online to check my favorite blogs, I have been given the Kreativ Blogger Award! Thanks so much to Cindy, at All Things Crafty for the award! I think I am supposed to pass this along to others, but I'm just not sure,I also don't know who to pass it to. SO, I am just going to share it will all of my blog readers!! Thanks agian Cindy!

Valentine Card

2009-02-03T21:27:00.000-08:00

Well, I finished my card for the Whimsical Scraps blog. I used accent essentials for the hear and mini monograms for the letters. I also embossed the heart with swiss dots from cuttlebug. Oh, and for the card, I made the scallops with a corner rounder. It was easy for the most part the hardedst part was figuring out how to do the edges. Off to bed, I have a busy day tomorrow.

Michael's Coupon

2009-02-03T21:25:00.000-08:00

Here's another coupon!

Busy!

2009-02-02T15:09:00.000-08:00

I have been busy all weekend long! I will continue to be busy until the end of the week! Why? Well we are having a princess party for our princess who turns 4 this Sunday! SO I have been getting everything ready! I have made wands, and party bags! Today we took her pictures they came out soo cute! I will upload them on my personal blog later! I am attaching pictures of the wands I made minus the ribbon, and Valentines I made for her class. I cut out the heart from Wild Card, and put a glue dot on the back then stuck it to a lollipop! Now they are not as creative as another Mom I know, who embroidered hers but they are cute!
Hopefully this week I will be able to work on my challenge for Whimsical Scraps, maybe Ill work on that tonight!

Castle

2009-01-27T17:13:00.000-08:00

This is the castle I made using ds and george to make Julia's birthday invites.

Centerpiece

2009-01-27T11:53:00.000-08:00

Did I spell that right??

I made this center piece with flowers from different cartridges. I added some hearts to it for Valentines. I made the flowers about 3 weeks ago, just did not get around to putting it together until last night! I covered the flower pot with pink paper, then stamped it. Nothing fancy, especially since it was 2am when I decided to decorate it!

Rachel

Michael's Coupons!

2009-01-26T19:21:00.000-08:00

Enjoy!!

~Rachel

Cut file Upload testing

2009-01-26T18:22:00.000-08:00

Lets see if this works! I am trying to figure out how to upload a cricut design studio cut file. Here is one of a 5x7 scallop frame I made with George.

**Hopefully this works!**

**UPDATE! So, I have tested the link and had it tested by another and it works! Yay!! Now I can upload ds cut files to share!!

Rachel

Addiction or Habit

2009-01-26T16:09:00.001-08:00

So, I went to the store today to pick up a few things I forgot at the grocery store. As always I walked down the craft isle, and found something I did not need! But bought it anyways since I needed something for Joan. Well I get the other stuff I need and come home. I get all the way home and Julia says "Mommie can we make my chicken nuggets" it was then that I realized I forgot the chicken nuggets, why because I was soo excited that I found stamps for $2.00! Everytime I go into a store I head straight for the scrapbook section never fails! The sad part is half the time I don't even buy anything I look and it ends up being he same stuff that was there the last time! So I ask is scrapbook shopping an addiction or habit??

Rachel

I Made It!

2009-01-24T22:21:00.000-08:00

Well, I just sent my first layout for the whimsical Scraps & Bugs challenge in! It was so hard FOR SOME REASON. Oh, did I mention I am on the design team there!! this is the first time i have done anything like this I am so excited; hopefully this will help me explore new things with my cricut and scrapbooking. I will attach a copy of my layout I did, its also 1 page for the page kit I am doing with my scrapbooking group, now just to get the other page done!

Rachel

AGIAN!

2009-01-22T11:11:00.000-08:00

Well, I have decided to start a scrapbooking blog AGIAN! Hopefully this time I will do better at keeping up with it!