Hello there Blog land!

HI just looked and it's been way too long since I posted.  I am going to try and do better this year and post at least once a week.
Jumping right in,

Monster Jam was last month and I made a new autograph album for my Boo. Can I say I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, my Cameo! I altered this pattern to look more like Grave Digger Boo's favorite truck.  His chassis is green with a black purple and green truck hence the colors. The background paper is DCWV from the rock star stack. the skull and crossbones on the side are for looping the elastic closure around. 

PSL just started over at Club Scrap and I am on both card and a scrapbook teams.  I had a slow start and 

these are my cards for the week;

This card was inspired by a card I found on Pinterest from here. I don't have a brayer or position it so I had to wing it and the card didn't quite come out how I planned but I still think its nice. All paper, ink, and stamps on all cards from Club Scrap.

This card I colored the stamp with pencils and, used paper as a ribbon.

I was only able to squeak out one layout this week once again Club Scrap papers;

Love my Cameo I used it to cut out the title. 

That's all for now
Toodles
Crickitt

Merry Christmas!

Hello blog land, Crazy month!  As we wind down to the new year things start getting crazy again, Valentines day is just around the corner and I have a multitude of ideas for treat containers for Boo's classmates.  First have a gander at my projects for the month...
I decided to make tags for all our gifts rather than use store bought here are a few of my favorites:

The first has sheet music printed on silver paper with a clip art pic of Frosty, the second has the sheet music for Jingle bells printed on it with  Rudolf from Elizabeth O. Dulemba hand colored with pencils and stickles.

I made mini milk carton carriers for some of the neighbors that are always so sweet to Boo, as well as a hot cocoa kit for his coach at school.

Rather than making standard snowflakes this year I made Carolina Snowflakes.  I found the pattern on the  Extreme Cards website. Here is how I used them the windows;

I also hung varying sizes and patterns on the chandeliers with crystal icicles dangling underneath;

I also made CD case pencil cubes for  Boo's piano teacher;

And his Kindergarten teacher;

The papers are scraps from various Club Scrap kits.  The apple is a Club Scrap stencil colored with watercolor pencils, and the squirrel is from Elizabeth O. Dulemba colored with pencils.

That's all I had time to take pics of but there is more to come in the new year as my wonderful Hubby got me a Silhouette Cameo for Christmas!  Cant wait to play with it!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Tootles
Crickitt

Advent Calendars

Hello Blog-Land!
I spent quite a few years while growing up in Europe and one of my favorite traditions that my family adopted were advent calendars.  This year I decided to make one for my Boo rather than buying one.  I started with an Internet search thinking of making one of these when I stumbled upon this.  This was my kind of idea, it only required things I already had!  So I have spent the last week making boxes...lot's and lot's of boxes.  72 matchboxes to be exact. Traced, cut out and put together by hand... Yes I know it would have been easier to buy matches but then what do you with the 1200 + matches? I don't have a gas stove, fireplace or heater, and the grill has an auto starter.  So rather than buy them I made them using this template. 72... yup  I enlarged the pattern slightly when I printed it out then traced onto card stock.  I was able to get 4 box bases from 1 standard 8.5 x 11.  So this is what I made with those 72 match boxes;

The paper is DCWV and white card stock stamped with snowflakes then sprayed with Glimmer mists.  I used chip board Thickers to embellish

The tops and bottoms are made from cereal box sides.  These two are for Boo's best friend and her sister. As they are not allowed lots of candy, I plan to fill them with bead jewelry and taking an idea I saw floating about on the 'Net I will be putting scraps of paper with activities for each day on them.  (Their mom approved the list.) Things like singing carols, making cookies, reading Christmas stories fun stuff like that.
Now for my Boo I chose paper from Club Scrap I have been saving this paper for just the right project as it is just lovely.

The paper is from the Gratitude kit with gold card stock for the drawers.  The Santa images are from Elizabeth O. Dulemba and the trees are stickers I bought at a stamping show embellished with rhinestones. After seeing how the other 2 looked Boo asked if his could be different so I tried several configurations before we settled upon this one.

I am so happy with how these turned out! Now all I have to do is hit the dollar store from tiny gifts for the drawers.
Tootles
Crickitt