Fall Mini Album

I have been SUPER busy lately... Babysitting my granddaughter, taking my girls to dance, high school football games for my son, started and finished a manicuring program and passed the State Board (YAAYYY!!), and of course, crafting!

I went to a scrapbook retreat in Murrieta called Scrap Diva Retreats that was just AMAZING!!! Not only did we scrap from the wee hours of the morning until way past sundown, but we also got some fun shopping in, too! You can join their Meet Up HERE and experience it for yourself!!

Scrapbook Corner opened just for us and gave us some REALLY good deals! Besides buying a Cricut Expression from none other than Cricut Dan, I also bought the new Mini Books cartridge to go with it!!

Here is my 1st project from the cart. It measures 8"x5"... Hang on, this is a long one!!

 

 As you can see, these next pages are layered in different sizes so I'm showing each turned page....

 

 

... and finally....

... with a tag inside....

Most of my book is pretty self-explanatory. I used my Cricut for some of the diecuts, the Autumn Melody Matstack from DCWV along with some various scraps of other DPs, solids, ribbon, stamps, ink and embellishments from my never-ending stash! I didn't have any journaling paper so I used index cards, inked them with a sponge dauber and traced the lines with a SU orange marker!

My goal is to use this for pictures from our Thanksgiving dinner at my mom's house... We'll see how far I get!!

Zebra-striped Dresses

I'm trying (unsuccessfully!) to post more often than once a month, but it's not working out that way! I'm doing LOTS of crafting, just haven't taken the time to post. Hope I still have some viewers out there!!!

I made these dresses for a baby shower and LOVE how they came out!

I cut them with Baby Steps Cricut Cart at 4" and the box is 1 1/2" x 1 1/2"... perfect for a little bunch of candy wrapped in tulle!

Here's a pic of the table they were set on at the shower...

Hope you all are enjoying your summer and getting lots of crafts done!

More Monkey Business

Just a quick post today... I'm making some more baby shower goodies for another friend.

These ones are 11 1/2" monkeys. They are for table centerpieces and are on a dowel about 19" long. Oh, and each monkey is double sided!

Hope you all had a fun and safe week! Thanks for stopping by!

Just Monkey-ing Around!

A quick post to share the baby shower favors I'm making for a shower my sister is throwing...

I used SU and SEI Dill Blossom papers, Cricut's Create A Critter, and SU cellophane bags. I filled the bags with Skittles for the sample but I think I'll go to a candy shop and get those cute little banana-shaped hard candies for the shower!

Tomorrow is the last day of school for my kids (YAAAYYY!!) so I'm hoping to get more time to post.... Thanks for hanging in there with me!

Missing My Blog!!!

I am SOOO sorry I have been neglecting my Blog! But a HUGE Thank You to those of you that are still hangin' around!!

I've been making cards here and there, but mostly sitting around playing with my new beautiful Granddaughter! Who'd-a-thot it would be so much fun!!

Anyway, back to crafts.... I found these really cool wooden boxes at Michael's in the $1 bin and couldn't resist buying a couple to decorate!

I used the CTMH Sophia paper and rub-ons, and found a couple other embellies to decorate it!

I am also STILL working on a box of cards to send to OWH and made some Thinking of You's to throw in the box!!

Unfortunately I have no idea where I got these beautiful DP's from... Sorry!!

Again, Thank You to those of you that are still visiting during your Blog hopping!!