holly Christmas card

I love holly and always make at least one Christmas card design that has a holly leaf on it.  So here is this year's holly, from the CM Cheerful Seasons cartridge.  The background paper is from Simple Stories (isn't is so awesome?) and the holly paper is from the Theresa Collins Christmas Cottage collection, using all the layers and shadow.  I added some twine from my stash and the inside sentiment is from SU.

Cricut:
CM Cheerful Seasons-holly
Paper-Simple Stories, Theresa Collins, and CTMH solid cardstock
twine, brown chalk ink
stamp-SU

I'm going to link this to the Fantabulous Cricut Holiday cards challenge.

"The Stockings were hung for You" layout

I am SO excited about this layout!!!!  I love how it turned out-I was going for a kind of vintage feel and I LOVE the woodgrain photo mats.   This Echo Park Christmas paper is the bomb!  The titles and cute little gift borders are from Winter Frolic, popped up with pop dots.  I used lots of brown chalk ink for the edges of everything.  My goal is to do more with the  borders and tags on this cartridge this year-they are really cute and I've kind of overlooked them.   I've got some great pictures of my kids getting into their stockings in their PJs on Christmas morning last year ready for this layout.

Cricut:
Winter Frolic-titles cut at 2 1/2 in., gift borders at 1 3/4 in.
Paper/Stickers-Echo Park This & That Christmas collection
brown chalk ink

I'm going to link this to the Pause Dream Enjoy challenge anything goes-it's open til Thursday, so put in your project!

Party Time layout

It's a birthday layout, using only solid card stock.    I used the CM This and That cartridge for this one, except for the title, which I think is from the new CAC2 cart.  The rest of the font is one of the fonts on the CM cartridge.   I used scraps for all the cuts, which made me feel very thrifty!

Cricut:
CM This and That-all cuts except:
CAC2-title
Paper-CM and CTMH cardstock
I'm going to link this to the Paper Playtime "Anything Goes" challenge.

Fa la la Christmas card

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  We are celebrating today, as I had to work at the hospital yesterday.  The turkey is in the smoker now and my pies are baking!!!!

This gorgeous music paper was part of the Theresa Collins christmas paper that I got, which inspired my card.  I made it at our Christmas card making party.  The fa la las just started running through my head and wouldn't leave.  The hilarious part is that then a phrase from another Christmas carol also got stuck in my head, and none of us could remember which carol it was from until my friend arrived and looked it up on google!  I was SO relieved because otherwise it would have come to me in the middle of the night and woken me up.  My goofy brain is annoying like that!  On to the cricut info:  the fa la la and flakes are all from one cut on the  CM Tis the Season cartridge.  I'm going to link this to the CardzTV challenge "Speaking of Christmas".

Cricut:
CM Tis the Season-fa la la and snowflakes
Paper-Theresa Collins Christmas Cottage print
Stamps-Stampin Up
brown chalk ink

Owl christmas cheer card

The little owl from Create A Critter 2 is the star of the Christmas card!  The Christmas ornament is also from CAC2.  Echo Park has a great collection called This & That Christmas and the plaid paper is from that line (I LOVE it!!!).  I always like to finish off the inside of a card as well as the outside, so there is a double mat with red and cream and a scrap of the plaid paper.  I also inked the edges of all the photo mats and the card edges with brown chalk ink because it really adds that little extra something.  The inside sentiment stamp is an older one from SU and the outside sentiment is from an Ali Edwards set.

Cricut:
CAC2-all cuts
Paper-Echo Park This and That Christmas plaid
solid paper-CM and CTMH
Stamp-SU for inside sentiment, Ali Edwards set Jingle All the Way for "christmas cheer"
brown chalk ink-Versamark jumbo java for the edges
sentiments stamped in SU Early Espresso and Close to Cocoa ink
button and twine from the stash

I'm going to link this to the fun SOUS challenge to use an owl on a project.  They have some great owl projects to look at!

Be Merry layout

Such fun my little critters from CAC2 are having as they decorate for Christmas!  A stack of penguins are getting the star and ornaments on the tree (do penguins come in flocks??  gaggles? no wait, that's geese) and my friendly mouse and cat are hanging the stockings on the fireplace.  Imagine the carols playing in the background.  And of course my sweet little pup is putting a bone under the tree.  All being properly supervised by the senior penguin of course, to make sure no one decides to get into the presents!

Cricut:
CAC2-all cuts except candle, fireplace pieced by hand
JOTS-candle on fireplace
Paper-CM and CTMH solids, Echo Park print from This & That Christmas collection
brown chalk ink

This layout is for the Cardz TV "scene challenge" and I had so much fun making it with CAC2 (except for the candle, which is from Joys of the Season).  I've got lots of Christmas pictures from last year to scrap, so some are going on this layout ASAP!

Giving Thanks layout (with CAC2)

I made one more layout for some thanksgiving pictures of the kids, with Create A Critter 2.  I am in love with this cartridge!  The beautiful pumpkin is part of the Bo Bunny paper, from the Apple Cider collection.  The adorable little Indian bear and Pilgrim squirrel are from CAC2, and turned out just too cute!  The title is also from CAC2 (it has lots of great titles).

Cricut:
Create A Critter 2-all cuts
Paper-Bo Bunny Apple Cider prints

I'm going to link this to the Fantabulous Cricut challenge this week to use a pilgrim/Indian or something from the first Thanksgiving.