[Video] Faux Christmas Toilet Paper TP Mini Album

Good morning and Happy New Year and Belated Merry Christmas!!!

I have been super busy over the past couple months.  The holidays kill me every year.  I first had a battle with my kitty, Bear.  He is only 3 yrs old and we almost lost him to kidney disease.  A week before Christmas, he was in renal failure.  The vet said that there really wasn't anything else that could be done.  But they were wrong.  She didn't consider the power of prayer.  I got on YouTube and Facebook and asked for prayer....  I needed a Christmas miracle.  I got it!!!  With in hours of going from ready to die that Saturday to eating, drinking, using his litter pan, grooming himself.  Now, he is back to normal.  He had lost half of his body weight and he is gaining it back again.  He plays and picks on his sister.  He had made a full recovery.

Now, for my mini album that I made.  This was made for a co-worker.  We had a secret Santa gift exchange at work.

The covers were made from heavy chipboard and I used Kathy Orta's hidden hinge binding system.  Below is a video review of the album.

Christmas Card Created on My Explore Used Print Then Cut

Good morning...

Here is a quick post before I have to head off to work. uggggg  wish I could stay home and play in my craft room.

I cut this card out on my Cricut Explore and I took advantage of the print then cut feature.  I have to admit that I got this idea from a YouTube video I saw and had to make one myself.

I was pretty happy with the way that it turned out.  

I am entering this into the following Challenges:

The 12 Months of Christmas

Close To My Heart White Pines Cardmaking Workshop On The Go

Good morning everyone...   I am here to bring you 3 new videos demostrating how to assemble the Close To My Heart White Pines Cardmaking Workshop On The Go.  The first video is a tad long...  but worth the watch.

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Products Used:

White Pines Cardmaking Workshop On The Go - G1099
http://paperthisandthat.ctmh.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8719

Inks: http://paperthisandthat.ctmh.com/Retail/Products.aspx?CatalogID=49
Black     44751
Cranberry Z2116
Fern      Z2650
Cashmere  Z2175

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Santa Was Good To Me

Good morning everyone.

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas this year and Santa was good to you.  He definitely  was good to me.  I got my new Cricut Explore and in my stocking was the Bluetooth adapter and the scoring stylus.  I got to play with my toy for a little while yesterday morning before going to my parents for dinner.  I made a couple projects just to try out the pen and the scoring stylus.  I made the starting project...  the Thank You card that I think everyone makes when they first set up their machine and I made a gift card holder from one of the Make It Now projects in Design Space.  I have a feeling I am going to be doing a lot of playing this weekend.  Unfortunately, I had to go to work today and can't play until later tonight or tomorrow.

I am so loving this machine.  I thought long an hard about my good ole Expression machine.  I really don't need 2 machines.  I was going to hold on to it as a back up but I decided to sell it.  I am including the the juke box that lets you load 6 cartridges at a time instead of 1 and 14 cartridges. Also, I have the deep housing blade for the Expression which I am including.  The only thing about the cartridges is that they are already linked to my Cricut account.  Did that long before I got my Explore and even before the Explore was even created.  But the carts do work when loaded in the machine to cut.  Just can't link them to another account.  If you are interested, you can email me  mysticjenn@gmail.com.

My Cricut Explorer Still In Shipping Box

Good evening.

I am too excited right now.  My theory was correct.  My DH did order my Cricut Explore from Amazon.  The bad news is that he ordered the normal machine not in any bundles.  When I sent him the link to the starter bundle with the extra tools, he already had the machine on order.  He didn't let on at the time that he had ordered already.  I think I am going to see if Amazon will do something for us though.  The starter bundle was the same price as with out the extra stuff.  If Amazon won't help then I will call Cricut.  I at least want the stylus.  I can work around the deep cut blade at the moment by doing custom settings and doing a multi cut for my chip board. 

The machine was not shipped by Amazon but by Provocraft.  I got home today before my DH and there it was on the porch with Cricut Explorer on the shipping box in big bold letters.  I don't think my husband wanted me to know for sure until Christmas morning that I ordered it for me.  But, I still have to wait until Christmas morning to open it.  I can't wait!!!!

The lighting was not great when I took the pic.  It was really under exposed.  I photoshopped it a little.  But it is fuzzy.

Couple More Christmas Cards For 2014

Good evening.

It is late and I am going to have to get my little butt to bed ( actually not so little) here soon.  But, I just wanted to share a couple cards that I had made. The red based card I did tonight.  I bit the bullet  and subscribed to the Cricut Craftroom monthly subscription.  It is saving me some time right now not having to create svg files from the cart images.  I say it is worth it consider the over 25,000 images and fonts I have access to now.  The licensed carts are not available for subscriptions.  Those I will still have to create my own svg files from them.  But I don't use those very often.

Anyhow, the first card that I am showing you I made over a week ago.  I saw on Pinterest pins that used dryer sheets.  I decided to try it and here is how it turned out.  It is hard to see the glitter on camera, but I tried to display it the best that I could.

The next card I made in CCR since I subscribed.  It was a project file that I downloaded that featured the Quilted Christmas cartridge.  I added some white flat back pearls and a gem on the packages.  I used my Martha Stewart Pine Branch punch and added a few of those and I have these pearl pens.  I used my red one to create faux flat back pearls as berries.

That is it for tonight.  I have to get some sleep.  I was hoping to get another one done, but I ran out of time.  I have a busy weekend.  I have to show a house tomorrow and do some office time in the afternoon and on Sunday I am sitting an open house on a pretty new listing.

Later all and good night.

Free SVG - Snowy House Scene

Good morning.

I saw this cute card online and created an svg in order to re-create it.  I am sharing my svg with you today.

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The card I saw has this and then some smoke coming out of the chimney and at the end of the smoke trail it spelled out Merry Christmas.

Free Deer SVG

I just thought I would post an SVG file that I created.  It was pretty simple.  It is a silhouette of a deer.

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Christmas Card #4

Good morning.

I am on a roll now.  I made another Christmas Card.  This was a very quick and easy one.  It has 3 layers.  The top layer I used an embossing folder.. (sorry, can't remember the name) and stamped and heat embossed the "Be Jolly" sentiment.  I hand cut 2 trees from my stash of Christmas designer card stock paper.

Third Christmas Card for 2014

Good morning bloggers.  I just finished my 3rd card for the season.  I have fallen behind...  shame on me.  I was hoping to have most of them done by now.  I guess I have to step up my game now.

It is your typical A2 size card.  I used a red base and ran it through my cuddle bug with the brick folder from Tim Holtz.  Then I did a green layer with another folder.  Can't remember the name.  It is just a patterned one.  They are hard to see because the layers cover up a lot.  Just a goof on my part.  The next layer is plain white.  I added a Christmas ribbon at the bottom and the poinsettia frame was cut on my Cricut.  It was an svg file that I created.  I used a yellowish colored Liquid Pearls to create the centers of the flowers.  At the end, I spritzed it with a gold glimmer mist.

Second Christmas Card and Free SVG

I was playing round with MTC and created this card.  This is the second card for 2014.  There is a die that I wanted to recreate in MTC.  It is the tattered lace deer snow globe die.  I took a card and cut a hole in the front and backed it with dark blue.  I cut the deer snow globe on my cricut.  I am still using a slightly older version of MTC only so that I can continue to use it with my Cricut Expression.

I have always shied away from cutting very detailed cuts because every time I tried, my paper always ripped.  I think I finally got it figured out.  I set my pressure on medium and cut slow and I also did a multi cut of 2x. It worked like a charm.

You can download the svg here.
Below are pictures of my card I made with the cut and the actual die cut itself.

Free SVG - Craft Dies by Sue Wilson - Festive Collection - Holly Sprays CED3013

I was playing around this morning with MTC and made this SVG file.  It is very close to the actual die.  I don't make SVG files out of every die but sometimes I need various sizes and you can not resize dies.

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First Christmas Card for 2014

Hello everyone.  I know I have been MIA.  I have too many irons in the fire.  I keep saying that I am going to get better at posting.  Really I am, or that is my intent.

I took a trip to Michaels over the weekend and stocked up on some supplies, including some new stamps (hadn't bought any in a couple years), card stock, ATG tape and a few other things.  I got started on my Christmas cards tonight.  I only got one made because I had to do some organizing first.  The hardest part about making cards is deciding on what I actually want to do.  I look at so many cards online for inspiration and don't know where to begin.

I am making several this year.  I only send out about 20 each year but my other half likes to give out cards to his co-workers.  I am usually burned out and he buys some cheap cards.  I think this year I am going to make a few simple ones for that purpose.  I am getting a head start after all.  I found myself the past couple years not starting my cards until after Thanksgiving and then I am rushed.  If I am not rushed, perhaps I won't burn out so easy.

Enough rambling.  Here is what I did tonight.

The top one is the outside and the bottom is the sentiment from one of my new stamp sets I got this weekend.  The trees on the front are also a new wood mounted stamp I just got as well.

The ribbon is who knows how old but from my stash.  The card stock used was actually scraps from my stash.  I want to use scraps when I can to use them up.  I hate to waste.  The embossing is from a new embossing folder that I just got today.  The "Tis The Season" on the front is also from my new stamp sets.  The snow was done with a marker.  I did some inking of some edges. And that folks is it.

Another Free SVG - Holly Sprig

Good evening!!

Guess what!!!  I have another file for you tonight.   WOW..  2 in one day.  This doesn't happen very often.  I just have a slow day today.

This is just a sprig of holly.

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Happy New Year and Video

Happy New Year Everyone!!!!!!!    2012 was a really rough year for our family, we suffered so much loss..  but the end of the year had a gain...   a daughter-n-law.

 I also decided to start the year off with a video of a swap I participated in on minialbumscraps.ning.com ... It was a TP Mini Swap.  We were to make a fall, Thanksgiving, or Christmas themed mini for our partner.  My partner was Rebecca and I made her a Christmas themed mini.

Thanks for watching!!!!

Santa Secret Swap From YPP

Hello everyone...   I didn't go into the real estate office for my floor time today..  double wami I guess you can say...  First, roads are not very good right now.  We got a nasty ice and snow storm early this morning.  There is probably 2 or 3 inches of ice under an inch of snow.  So, I stayed inside today, not that anyone would want to go see houses in this weather anyway.

The second thing is that I have a touch of something.  I started with a horrible cough on Thursday that continued into yesterday.  Thru the day I started feeling worse and worse.  I ran a fever all night.  The fever seem to have broken but I am sluggish.  I did still manage to clean up the house and getting some laundry done.  I want to do some crafting but just don't have the energy.

Anyhow....  while sitting here, wrapped up in my afghan my grandmother made me years ago,  I remembered about another orphan video that I shot last month and never got a round to uploading it...  I uploaded it today.
Hope you like it...  it is not the best...  still trying to master the taping thing.

Ice Skates SVG File

Good morning.  As promised, I am posting my ice skates svg file that I created for my card in the post from yesterday.

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Christmas Goodies From Mom

Good Morning Fellow Bloggers!  Are you ready for the new year?  I am getting there.  What are your New Years Resolutions?  I have a couple..  give myself at least 15 minutes of crafting each morning before going to work..  plus the traditional loose weight thing.  I am also committing to using my treadmill at least 3 times a week starting out at 20 minutes work outs.

I have not done a video in a long time.  Here is one I did this morning.  It features all the goodies my parents got me for Christmas.....  my mother knows me too well....

Free Christmas Card SVG File

Good evening...  hope you all are enjoying your weekend..  Don't know about you but I am attempting NOT to make my Christmas cards at the last minute this year.  Every year I say the same thing but end up making my cards all in a two day span and try to mail them before Christmas Eve.  But I did start tonight on some cards.  Brian's (my boyfriend) oldest son Trevor  (age 11) helped make some cards.  I am going to let him give them to his Aunt and Uncle and his Grandparents..  He learned how to use the Cuttlebug.  He uses it all by himself.  Not only that, he learned how to use clear stamps and stamp his sentiments.  Next I will teach him to heat emboss.  He had a blast.  The first three pictures below is of Trevor's cards..  then comes mine... the one on the Right in the last picture is what I cut from the free svg file at the bottom of this post.

 The above 3 are Trevor's Creations.  Not too bad for a 11 year old and his first time making Christmas cards.  Below is my cards and then my free svg file.

Trevor helped with the one on the left.  The one on the right is the one made from my svg file below.  The idea for this card and file came from the Christmas Cards Cricut Cartridge that I recreated into an svg file.

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Hope you enjoy this file.  Until next time.....

Simple Christmas Gift Tags - Free MTC Project File

Good morning.  I created the gift tags below last night.  All I did was cut the tags, layered the cut out tag on top of a blank tag.  Then I took the tree that was cut out and layered it on top of extra blank tags that I cut out.  These are cute yet very easy to make.

I have included my cut file for you to download.  It is not an svg but a Make-The-Cut project file.

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Don't forget my give away.  Click the bug face at the top of my blog