M. M. DeZigns...

Last week's challenge was to choose three Bs - items, colors, etc. as long as it started with a B - to create a card or a layout. The ladies who participated in the challenge really rocked it! Cassie at Cassie's Crop Corner  created two cards. The first using black, blue, & bling and the second using brown, blue, & buttons. Her cards are beautiful:   Cynta at Living According to the Master's Plan  whipped up this musically inspired card: I chose for my Bs, brown, blue, butterflies, and a bonus of BLING! I pulled out my DCWV Blossoms & Butterflies  stack and found a super cute brown & blue sheet with silver foil detail in the corner. To make this tall card, I cut brown American Crafts cardstock at 8" by 9" and scored it at 4" the long way to form a 4" by 9" card. I cut white Georgia Pacific cardstock at 3.75" by 8.75" to form the mat for my DCWV cardstock (which I cut at 3.5" by 8.5"). I used my Corner ...

This has been a craft filled month! For the third time this month, I am in a blog hop! This time to celebrate BIRTHDAYS! Since, I celebrated my own birthday last weekend, I thought this was a great hop to be a part of... and Angie, a friend from the Cricut Demo Army, is celebrating her 50th birthday, so I had to join in! Happy Birthday Angie! If you are here for Angie's Paper Passion's 50th Birthday Blog Hop and you have just come from visiting Janice at http://www.cricutconfessions.com/ , then you're in the right place! If you've just happened across my blog and would like to play along with our fun hop, you can go to http://angiespaperpassion.blogspot.com/ and start at the beginning. On to my project... For this hop, I created a card. I used my Cricut Expression & my Gypsy along with the Heritage (50th), New Arrival (card base), & Cake Basics (flowers and circle ring) cartridges. I went to my stash and found patterned paper by Mart...

I finished my first of the three planners I plan on doing this week (& the wall hanging for one of my customers). I used all three cartridges (Mothers' Day 2010, Cake Basics, & Home Accents). I think it is really cute & I am trying to figure out who to give/gift it to. I was able to use some of my photo mat stacks, including one I picked up last week at Joann on clearance for $.97!   Did you use these cartridges this week?? If so, post a comment with the link!

I am so excited! So excited, in fact, that I created a project that was not part of my regularly scheduled programming LOL. I ventured to Hobby Lobby with my 40% off coupon in hand hoping to find something worth buying. I was attracted to the stencils, particularly the swirly ones. After my discovery of bling at Joann the other day, I figured I could use the stencils as guidelines for my blinged out dezigns... After 10 minutes of trying to decide, I noticed Grafix Blue Stencil Film & the idea hit me - use my Cricut Expression to make my own bling templates!   Using my Gypsy, I filled the mat with the swirly designs I liked (the ones pictured are from Cake Basics) in various sizes - something not offered on the precut stencils at the store. I did a quick Google search to find the right settings for my Cricut - blade depth at 6, pressure at 5, speed at 3 and multi-cut 2 - and I was ready to cut! They came out beautifully & I just had to try them out. The "Winter Wish...

Today, we remember & celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. So many years later, we see that in some places, his "I Have a Dream" speech has come to fruition, while in others we can see just how far we have to go. My plea with those who read this is to remember not only the man & the movement, but to also remember that this was a man of God, a reverend, whose movement started in the church. My pastor challenged us to keep this in mind & make sure we are sharing with our children that it wasn't just a movement of men, but a move of God that unified people across religious boundaries. I also realized today that I have 72 followers... less than 30 away from 100! I feel a challenge & some blog candy is in order. When I reach 100 followers, I will have a challenge for some SWEET blog candy! I will also need all of your help to get there, so stay tuned for that too! Your hard work may be rewarded :) Lastly, I have to get back on my personal...

A friend asked me to make a couple of cards for her. This one was a birthday card (from a Delta to an AKA - LOL - hence the pink, green, red & white). I used a tip from Capadia Designs in my Design Studio software to get the effect. I like how it came out!

I visited my aunts in Louisiana and forgot to bring pictures of my daughter. Since I am going to be mailing them now, I decided to frame them and send them. But, I couldn't just put them in any old frame, now could I? So I decorated the frame & used it as an opportunity to play with my new bling tool! Yay! I created assorted thank you cards for my co-workers who helped me with training our new volunteers.