Today is My Birthday!!!

Oh, yeah! My day will definately turn into a week since we are going to celebrate together next Sunday at Seven Feathers Casino Resort with brunch. We will also do a little Ka-Ching too.

It was a wonderful birthday with brunch at a friend's house - totally spur of the moment and just wonderful food and company.

Tomorrow, since we are so full from brunch - I will have a birthday dinner of my choice - PIZZA! Nummmm.

My sister called and we talked for about a half hour and that was special too. So, Happy Birthday to me!

Technically my birthday is all of 6 minutes since I was born at 11:54 pm, that's why I stretch it into a week. LOL

Lime Light Design Team

The Lime Light Design Team is looking for a few talented and dedicated new members.

"We are a design team with a unique purpose. We use our crafting skills to help and bring light to others. We have done much for many these past two years including making cards and bookmarks for our men and women in uniform, making journals for families whose children are in the Ronald McDonald house, making cards for baskets that help raise money for playground equipment, making butterflies for the Houston Holocaust Museum children's exhibit....and that's just the beginning. We continually seek ways to bring light to those in need."...Gracie P.

Go on over to our website and find out more and how to apply.

limelightscrappers.blogspot.com

Snowman Treat Card

This has to be one of my all time favorite cards.

Cartridges: Doodlecharms (snowman, carrot nose, arms & shadow snowman), Paper Doll Dress-Up (hat), Joys of the Season (holly)

You can either use the Center Point feature or a 1 3/4" circle punch to cut the hole out for the Stampin' Up Treat Cup.

Punch the gold vellum (Paper Accents) oval with the Stampin' Up scallop oval punch.

Draw in the eyes, mouth and chalk the cheeks.

Fill with white jelly bellys (cupcake flavor) or tiny marshmallows. They sell little bags of these marshmellows at Oriental Trading. Great for Hot Chocolate.

"Frosty Kisses"

Here is my new improved "Frosty Kisses" Hot Chocolate card.

I used Joys of the Season cartridge for the card. The "Frosty Kisses" is from Winter Woodland cartridge.

"...need a cup of Hot Chocolate" i printed on the computer and used the Stampin' Up oval scalloped punch. The border punch is from Martha Stewart's line.

Actually, originally I didn't have a border on it, but I smeared the ink on a couple of snowflakes so I had to do something. I rather like the border.

The small snowflake stamps came from a set and the snowflake in the middle of the cup was a Martha Stewart punch/stamp set I bought last year on sale.

The ribbon I bought on sale at Ben Franklin a long time ago. Add a few Stickles (silver) and you have a card with a gift.

The saying I printed for the back I found in a book of quotes by DCWV I bought years ago. "Quote Reference Book 1 and Book 2".

Creativity

These are the two cards everyone will be making in my Alcohol Ink class next Wednesday at Roseburg Book and Stationery.

The "Merry Christmas" card uses metal tape found in any home improvement store. The "Poinsettia" card has been embellished with embossed transparency, alcohol inks and the Alcohol Ink pen, which by the way is my new favorite tool.

Everything old can be new again!

OK, I admit it. I love to read other people's blogs especially when they share wonderful ideas. Lately, all my favorite Cricut Blogs are nothing but filled with fun-filled ideas using the New Cricut Imagine and/or all the new Cricut cartridges.

Now here is the rub. I don't know about you all, but I can't afford the Cricut Imagine (though I secretly lust for it all the time) and with all the new cartridges coming out constantly I really can't afford but a few cartridges a year.

I am sure there are a lot of peeps out there with the same conundrum as me. I wish my blog was so popular I received cartridges and machines for free, maybe someday I will find more time to become popular, but I want to see more done with oldie moldie cartridges which I think are pretty cool.

So you are probably asking, "What are you going to do about it?" Well I am teaching more classes and I pledge - Yes, a pledge to America - I will use all my 34 old and semi-new cartridges to move the creativity of the USA Cricuteers...and you all outside this little world of mine.

Let the creating begin!

Happy World Cardmaking Day

Here is my latest favorite card. I used the Versamark transfer technique with Alcohol Inks.

• Alcohol Inks - Black, Sunset Orange, Lemonade
• Stamp - Pumpkins (Unknown), Trick or Treat - Stampin' Up
• Cardstock - Black - Paper Accents
• Vellum - Orange - Paper Accents
• Inks - Versamark, Black Staz On
• Clear Embossing Powder
• Punch - Scallop Oval - Stampin' Up