Happy Birthday Ms. Karen!!!!

My girlfriend Karen was a HUGE, Michael Jackson fan. The minute I saw this cutfile, courtesy of Craftin' Curt, I knew what to do. May this Birthday, knock you off your feet!

Time for S-C-H-OO-L!!!

Playing catch up in the land of scrapping. Pics of the small, handsome young man in my life. The Preschool Years.

Picture Frame

Happy Monday Crafters!!!

How many Wooden Frames do you have around the house? Are they collecting dust because they are not exactly what you need? If you could change the color, look, and feel would it be perfect in that space? Well, you can!! Below is a wooden photo frame altered using the following:

1) Wooden Frame from Michaels $1 spot
2) Cuttlebug 'Swirls' folder (yellow background)
3) Stickles
4) Plantin Schoolbook Cartridge (Grass w/flowers)
5) Stand & Salute Cartridge (Clouds)
6) Calligraphy Cartridge(Title)
7) George & Basic Shapes Cartridge (Heart)

Valentine Book w/Music

Sorry for the delay but the snow had my secret element held hostage at the Post Office. Hubby really enjoyed his Valentine book. I was so excited to give it to him. Today, I was able to add Music to the pages. Disclaimer: I'm a little rusty. :-) Check out the video:

On The Wings of Love

I hope Valentines Day with your loved ones was special. Here are two cards I made to celebrate. The first is a challenge issued by Platinum Scraps. The second was created based on the Animal Kingdom Cricut Cartridge.


Paper - CTMH That's Amore Collection
Carts Used - Hannah Montana (Butterfly) and Graphically Speaking (frame)
Text - Curlz MT (MS Word)


This card is the example found in the Animal Kingdom Cartridge Handbook.

Love Is In The Air

The Season of Love is upon us, and if truth be told, it should always be the season of love when you have someone special in your life. Whether it is friends, family, spouse, or any other loved one. My husband always sees me scrapping away for everyone else so this year, I decided it is past time to actually make something for him. So, this book below is his Valentine Gift. If you know him, ssshhhhhh!!! Mums the word because he's not supposed to see it until we go away on our Married Couples Retreat this weekend. Oh, be sure to check back in later on this week because I plan on adding a video of this book with a surprise.













Also, be sure to hop on over to Platinum Scraps to see what creative projects the other designers have done for our Valentine Week Free For All.

Mothers Love

THE SKETCH CHALLENGE...

MY ANSWER...

You know me... I like it plain and simple. This sketch was given by my fellow designer team member, NubianCrafterNC.

Platinum Scraps is a vision of several friends who met on the Cricut Message Board and wanted to venture out into creating, sharing, and showcasing the many talents each of us has. Our goal is to inspire others to fall in love with this wonderful art as much as we have in order to preserve a lasting legacy for generations to come. Visit platinumscraps.blogspot.com to see the wonderful and exciting projects created by my fellow design team members. While you are there, please sign up to follow us. Every Monday, we will post new projects and along the way, there will be blog candy giveways!! Stay tuned.

Here are the items I used for this Layout:

1) 12X12 Teal Paper is Breeze Collection by Paper Bliss. I cut the piece on the left side and used Martha Stewart Drippy Goo Punch

2) Purple paper is VC Serene by Coredinations

3) Yellow Flowers are cut using Accent Essentials

4) Teal and Brown flowers are by Fabric Fancies

5) Title was cut using Storybook

6) White hearts are from Martha Stewart

7) Extras include: Jemstones, Martha Stewart Drippy Goo Punch, and Stickles

Cricut Forever Young Cards

Have you seen the images on this cart? I can see using this cart for years to come. Here are a few cards I made this weekend. Several of my Girlfriends are celebrating their birthdays in the next two months, so I sold myself out to this cartridge. Thanks PC!!!! This may be at the top of he list as my favorite.

Welcome to Cassie's Crop Corner..My 1st Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSVjewVzz2I

Ho, Ho, Ho, Who Wants Snow?????

Good Evening All,
It's been awhile since I've posted anything. I'm making a promise to myself to do more in 2010. Today, we are snowed in the house. We can't even get off our cul-de-sac. Got a good laugh off of two neighbors who got stuck trying to get out. One literally shoveling a little pathway in the parking lot.

We are enjoying being snowed in. Today, I had a nap for the first time in ages. LOL!!! Anyway, finishing up some cards that my daddy wanted and now I need to do my side of the family. Here they are:

Oh, gotta add some snow.

Shades of Color Fall Scrapbook Retreat

Nothing like a little time away with your girlfriends. Even better, your girlfriends and you have something extra special in common. PICTURES and the love to cherish and preserve them. We set the wheels in motion and checked into Springhill Suites Marriott in Hagerstown, MD. Chante, Shanel and myself are still trying to figure out why we rented a room. We spent a total of 10.5 hrs in that room in 2 days. LOL!!! It was suggested to use sleeping bags in the crop space next year. In the end though, we all had something accomplished. Our star scrapper award goes to newbie semi-scrapper Chante. She completed 2.5 8X8 (I'm giving you 1/2 credit for the middle child) books and managed to get well over 250 pictures into a photo album. Next up is newbie Ronale, who has been bitten by the scrapbug. Check out our newbies below.

This is what happens when you've been up for hours with little sleep. Ribbon starts growing out of your head.

Most of us stayed up well ove 12 hrs both nights. We had a wonderful weekend and I look forward to us doing it again, October 2010.

Cookbook

Ever wondered if you would enjoy the "From My Kitchen" cartridge? I did, but only for a split moment. This is another over due project. A Cookbook for my dear friend Erica. Using this cart was tons of fun. Oh, I just realized that I changed the name from drinks to beverages and that section is out of order. LOL!!!

It's GYPSY Time!!!!!!

Hello Friends, Family, and Fellow Crafters. I have succumbed to the pressure and got myself a Gypsy as an early Christmas present. This is a new level of love. Last night, Lisa & Yanique came over and it was gypsy times gypsy times gypsy. We were all syncing, linking, and redeeming points.

Book of Me

Have you ever thought about what you could leave behind for the generations after you? We all know a picture is worth a thousand words; how much could an entire scrapbook say? For years, I only put effort into preserving those still moments of my children. Now, it is time to add myself to the mix.

A Challenge was issued on the cricut messageboard to do a scrapbook about yourself. I actually started my book two years ago. I just dived right in, bypassing an intro page. This challenge helped me to do just that. Now, when you open my personal album, here is what you'll see.

All About The Cards

This weekend, I snuck in some time to get a few cards done. At the same time, I began wondering if it's possible to focus some part of brain on Christmas Cards. I haven't sent out any in awhile. What I have sent in it's place, were Happy New Years Cards. LOL!! That way, I have until the end of January to get my 50 cards in the mail.

Anyway...

Any one up for some Chocolate Covered Strawberries? This is a Birthday Card for my friend Nicole. She has a Strawberry business on the side, so I thought this would make her smile.

This card was for my Daughter's Classmate/Friend. I put this together 40 minutes before we had to leave for the party. I even let her tell me what words to put inside the card. She loves writing.

This card is for my son's teacher. She has been out on disability (knee surgery) and is expected to be back tomorrow. She loves all animal print and Delta Sigma Theta! I love his teacher.

Word Books Oh My!!!

My new craft adventure is Wordbooks. I used Mickey Font on Corey's book and Street Sign for Cameron. I've added a few pictures that I have of the boys, but left a few spaces, so they could add their own. Because his name is shorter, Corey's book has extra white pages for hime to write on.

My Scraproom in Progress

I cleaned my room up a bit, just so you all could see the floor. LOL!!! While this area is my craft space, it will also double as a guest room. At some point, we'll put a sleep sofa or futon in there. No rush though!!! What's a scraproom without pictures? I need to add pics, have hubby put up my shelf and I think I need one more small table. At some point, this will be complete.