Cuttlebug Christmas Card

I love the monochromatic look. I made this by just cutting out little squares of leftover white paper and running them through the cuttlebug with different embossing folders. Then I used my silver cats eye ink to lightly ink over the top of the embossed part. The beads all along the outside I've actually used in wedding cakes and found as I was going through my stash. The blue ribbon was also left over. I've really been trying to just go through my stuff and make do with what I have...since I have too much!!

I also loved this label I found on the internet. I couldn't find it again though when I went lookin for it. I thought it was Paulo's (prob21), so I looked first at his site and couldn't find it. Then I went to craftedge and started sorting through those posts. Again, couldn't find it! If you have any idea where it came from, would you let me know so I can put it in here? It was called label 3, and (obviously) came with label 1 and label 2. Thanks all!!

Retro Phone

This phone cut I got from crafts and love blog. It's so adorable! And if you can't tell, I just recently bought a bag of beads, so I'm kinda going overboard on em! The cut file for this cute retro phone is here.

Oops...belated

This is just a quickie, and so not perfect, little card. I really wanted to use the little dude I got from my blog win (big grin), so I thought I'd make a little guy card. I thought his expression was just perfect for someone who knows he's in trouble. :) Not that I know anything about that!

So the top note die svg is the one that is "featured" today. I love this little shape! You can make all kinds of things with it...boxes, purses, cards, etc. You can get the file here. The scalloped circle is the one I used earlier this week.

Oval card with modern flower

I found this flower cut file quite a long time ago. I got it at a french website...so I basically had no idea what I was looking at until I got to the page. I thought it was a cute little cut. It's called fleur folle. I do know that fleur means flower, but I don't know what folle is.

The little rectangle with knobs was one my BIL made for me last year. I already have it in another post, but here it is again! Thanks Jordy!!!

The oval shapes are just something I quickly put together in scal to cut for a different look. I feel like too often I just do a standard size card so I can put it in an envelope...but this one will fit too!

TFL!!!

A lil somethin different!

I've been noticing lately that I have been collecting and stashing numerous scrap items. This includes everything from paper to ribbon to svg's. I get so busy working on new files that I forget what wonderful ones I have received from other blogs. So, I've decided that this week I'm going to showcase (for want of a better word) some of the files I have gotten and give you the link so you can download too! I'll post a new creation every day this week and hope (!) to include my own on Saturday as usual.

This gorgeous tree came from Brittany's blog. Don't you love it? I absolutely fell in love with it the moment I saw it and decided I needed to create something with it right away! The link is here.

I also got this fabulous border cut (just like Martha's don't you think?) from the craftedge forum. It was made by lindamac (sorry no blog to refer you to). It cut great! The link on craftedge is here.

The last cut I have here is the scalloped circle with dots. I thought it fit in really nicely with this card and now can see that I could, and should, use it for many more! Thanks to Crazy Bird for helping me figure out where I got this file from!!! She was absolutely right! It's the craftedge forum again, but the file was made by Sherry Amour (I always sing the song when I go to her blog!) The svg is here.

Blog Awards!

I feel so lucky! C90 and Prob21 both gave me this blog award, and, as I looked at the blogs they chose, I realized just how much we all frequent the same blogs! So, I may double up on the same people they gave awards to, but thought it'd be ok since you're supposed to put down 15 blogs! Needless to say, both of their blogs would be (are) on my list!

1. Mominct

2. Vintage 87

3. Mel Stampz

4. Free Svg's

5. Malisa in OK

6. Crafty Life

7. Scrappin Margie

8. Rebecca Richards (flowers)

9. Brittany

10. Busy with the Cricky

11. Regina Easter

12. C90

13. Prob21

14. Paper Scissors Inc

15. Frugal Crafter
I feel like such a bum on this one! I got it at least a month or two ago and just plum forgot about it! Getting that last award reminded me of this one. Once again, I feel really lucky to have it! Thanks Margie! You can visit her site here. She does loads of cute scrapbooking layouts. For this one, I'm supposed to pick 5 blogs!

1. Okie Ladybug

2. Kasey's Kreations

3. Bella and Aidee's Mom

4. Teri Beri

5. Capadia

Cut File Freebie - Week #11

Wow that second pic is blur-ry! This is a little cut file I made after seeing this type of box on a few different websites. I thought it was really cute and I wanted to make a fun invitation for a chocolate girls night out I had last week. I cut it at 7.5. It fit a little hershey's bar (you know, the fun size) and an invitation that I curled up and put around the chocolate. I hung it from doorknobs of friends and neighbors.

The file is here:

Candy Wrapper Box - .svg

More Halloween Signs

Ok, just one more. I had this vinyl cut out for forever and was just waiting for my dh to cut me some more of his scrap wood. I love this skull! I got it from scrapnfonts.com...again. It's in a doodlebat font called DB Fright Night that usually costs $3...BUT they're having a huge doodlebat sale right now! Oh man do I love those!! So, right now it's only $1! (And, no, they are not paying me to advertise!) The scroll also came from that doodlebat set and the font is called Fiddums Family (free on the net). I haven't decided if I want to put all three of the Halloween signs I made on a single post one on top of the other, or if I want to put each one on a different stake and stagger them along our walkway. Hmmmmm.

Cut File Freebie - #11 + My Win!

Hooray! I still can't believe I won this! I got it from the BBTB blog hop, specifically Susan's blog! Thanks Susan!!! And check out the card...hello, gorgeous!!! Are those nestabilities for the birds, does anyone know? I'm in love with this card...I might frame it!

OK, now that I've had my fun, it's time to get down to business. I've always wanted to make a sucker bouquet! I've seen them on the Cricut MB and thought it would be a fun gift for the old timers I know. Well, we finally got invited to a birthday for a good age. :) So here it is!

I thought about using a canister like everyone else does, but I wanted some fun patterns on it and the letters look kind of weird if you do them in the crazy patterned paper. So, after a little searching on the internet, I ran across a picture of a cool flower bouquet in a little box. I liked it so much that I decided to make my own box for the bouquet. It was very easy! This is an .scut file, so it's not resizable, but it should fit anywhere between 30 - 40 lollipops. I had to stuff in the lollipops into two rows on top of each other in the middle to get 40 to fit...but fit they did!

Some have had trouble with the squares not being welded. Here is a picture of what it should look like. Hope this helps!

And here is the file

Sucker Bouquet Box - .scut

Cut File Freebie - Week #10

My hubby and I celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary last Tuesday. It's gone so fast! I decided this year I would try to add a little spice (literally...cuz what marriage doesn't need a little of that once in a while?) since he likes cinnamon candies. I needed a new box cut (of course) to put it in and ended up making a playing card box. I had the idea to make a card that looked like the 8 of hearts, but then just didn't have the time. So I used a card I made about two years ago right after I got my SYI cart. Very simple, but it did the trick!

I sized the svg for the playing card box at 7" wide. I believe this will hold regular size cards. I didn't try it yet, but that size should work. I'm sure there's loads of other things you could use it on too! The fonts I used on this project were 2 peas audition (hot), 2 peas beach balls (4), and 2 peas airplane (u).

Playing Card Box - svg

DB Geo Deco Solid...For Free!!!

Well, you know how on some of my cut files I use this dingbat font? Guess who has it for free? Yup, scrapnfont.com is hosting a layout contest using this font, so they are giving it away right now!! Isn't that awesome? Now you can use this on my cookie tower, antique car card, etc. I'm sure I've done more with it, but I forget specifically which projects. Head on over and get it free while it's there!!!

http://www.scrapnfonts.com/searchdetail.php?psku=11869

Car/Truck Vinyl

My husband had previously bought some vinyl lettering for his work truck a number of years ago (before we had the cricut). Unfortunately, our truck was the recipient of some vandalism about two years ago and he had to get the truck repainted...there went the vinyl. It cost him like $50 to get it on the two sides of the truck.

Well, we decided it was time to put the lettering back on. So, we headed over to Roberts with our 50% off coupons and got the color vinyl we needed. So we spent $5 on vinyl and only used just over half of it for the lettering on two sides and the back...more than he got last time for $50. Then he decided he wanted to display ads with discounts occasionally on the truck too, so he went to a sign store and bought a large sheet of magnet, which was (I thought) a little too expensive. He got 2 ft by 1 ft for $20. So we made two magnets to go on his truck too. We both like how it turned out and saved quite a bit by doing it ourselves! Hooray!!!

Cut File Freebie - Week #9

Well, I know I'm late, again. But seeing as how yesterday was the fourth of July, I'm gonna give myself a break (like anybody else was actually looking yesterday anyway!).

I made this specifically for giving away a candy bar. I made it in svg form though, just in case there's something else I (or anybody else) could use it for. I sized it at 6.5 for length once I imported into SCAL. Then, of course, once I had them cut and terrifically tacky taped together, I made the simplest cards imaginable to go with them to give to the women I visit monthly. Good luck making your own! Hope you enjoy!!!

Candy Bar Box - .svg

Making It New

Remember this? Well, maybe you don't. But you've probably seen one just like it in somebody else's home. I helped two of my SIL's make some FHE boards and loved the font that Jill chose. I loved it so much, that I decided my old FHE board needed an update!

Here's the new version...I got inspired to use these colors by my friend's blog (Rebecca at Artistic Blooms - link on right). She posted a pic of a beautiful wreath in green and brown that I fell in love with. I still need to paint my wall a light tan color. I'm very happy with the redo! And now I don't feel like I've got the same thing in my home as all of my friends!!