Hybrid Scrapbooking...and Heritage Makers!!!!!

I've found a new crafting love...hybrid scrapbooking! It takes the best of digital...and combines it with the best of traditional...to create a hybrid! It's genius!!!! (Can you hear the Hallelujah chorus?!!!)

Here's a digital page I made (using the Studio from Heritage Makers):

And then...here's my finished hybrid page! I used my cricut to create the elements...using the following cartridges: Summer in Paris, French Manor and Gypsy Font.


Here's a closer look at some of the details:


Thanks for looking!

Weekly Challenge...Entry

Here's a birthday card I made that I've entered into this week's weekly challenge on the Cricut Circle Blog. For the contest, you needed to use a shape 3 times along with using some spray ink. For the shape, I used sheep from the Paper Dolls Dress Up cartridge...flipping one of the sheep on my gypsy before cutting it. For the spray ink, I used a q-tip dipped in some pink spray ink for their cheeks!



Thanks for looking at my latest creation!

Redneck Car Decal Family!

My sister wanted some car decals for her husband's old pickup truck...so, here's what I came up with...Redneck Car Peeps! Aren't they funny?!

I used the Car Decals cartridge for the people and then used the guns from either Old West or Stand and Salute. I used my gypsy to weld them together and to remove some of the smaller cuts in the guns that were too hard to cut, at this small size (using hide contour). For the little boy, I used the boy holding a yo-yo, and then placed a small square over the string on it so that the cricut would cut the square, cutting off the yo-yo.

Here they are in vinyl...



and below are some of my test cuts, using cardstock...

Cricut/Anna Griffin Contest Entry...

Well...it's a new year...so I thought I'd get back into entering the Cricut contests! They keep me challenged and motivated to try new things.

Jinger Adams, with Provo Craft (Cricut) has a new contest out as part of a new product launch for HSN. For this contest, you needed to make a card using a cricut cut from either Wall Decor, Don Juan or...I don't remember the last one...(because I didn't have it!). And, you had to incorporate an item from the designer Anna Griffin. The winner of this contest will get 2 new products from the launch that day...Provo Crafts new product (which we now know is a mini Yudu machine) and the new product that Anna Griffin is launching.

Here's my card...I've used the monogram font from Wall Decor (and the tag from Gypsy Wanderings) as my cricut cuts and then I used the patterned damask paper and scallop border paper from Anna Griffin. I found the green flowers on clearance in the bridal section of Michaels. I also used ivory and brown ribbons to trim it.

Thanks for looking at my latest creation!

Our Christmas Tree...

After the trip to the Caribbean...it was time to frantically get ready for Christmas!

I love sitting by the decorated tree, with it's twinkling lights, on the night before Christmas. It's the quiet before the chaos!

I've been goofing off!

Yep...I haven't been crafting...I've been goofing off! In the Caribbean!!!!!

I got to take my son on an incredible vacation with 11 other family members and friends! It was such a fun trip! I can't wait to start working on those page layouts!!

Here's some photos...

Fort San Cristobal, Old San Juan

Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands

St. Thomas

Day 2 of the Thanksgiving Blog Hop!

This post has been removed because my project is going to be published in the Nov. issue of Cricut Magazine!!!!