Gift Bags made with Cricut Walk in My Garden

My Cricut Class is Wednesday night and I'm so excited!  This is what I've been working on for the first class.  We will be using the inexpensive plain gift bags and enhancing them with the Rose1 from Walk in My Garden.  We will be practicing layering and shadowing - all images are cut at 6".  I also have a tag from Sweet Treats; but I think I will pre-make those.  We run out of time in that class.  There is so much to talk about and do!  Anyway, I'm very excited to meet everyone.  Till Wednesday night...

Some close-ups for you.

Mineral Makeup Giveaway!

I try not to mix my blogs - but I have a really fun give-away right now on The Diva Housewife for Orglamix Mineral Makeup.  Come on over and take a look!  Cindy

I'm baaack!

I've returned from York, England where I've been assisting my parents who were in a serious car accident there.  Thank you for the emails showing your support.  They are both going to be just fine!  I stepped off the plane and about 10 hours later found myself on the first day of a new job.  I've been given the wonderful opportunity to teach a preschool class this year.  I hope to have lots of reasons to get good and Cricutty at school! I've already made cute name-tags with the crayons from My Community.  I'm trying to figure out a way to post without showing the names - privacy issues and all.  In the meantime, I'm gearing up for the Fall Session of my Cricut Class taught through Santa Clarita City Parks and Rec. Department.  We had a lot of fun Summer Session and I'm looking forward to some fun new projects this session as well.  I hope to have actual Cricut Projects to post soon.  Just...trying...to....catch....my...breath!

I won't be available to post or maintain my blog for a while as I will be attending to my father who has been in a serious car accident.  Two things:
1. The Cutest Blog on the Block who has been providing the absolutely adorable background on the blog is withdrawing/changing things.  I'm not able to get onto their website as it appears to be down to try to figure it out.  So....this blog won't be quite so "cute" for a while.  Sorry.  I'll fancy it up when I'm able.
2. I have a feeling I'm going to turn the 20,000 hit mark while I'm gone.  Wow!  Who can imagine I would have had that much amazing support for a blog that is really just for fun for me!  I wanted to do something special when that happened.  Again, it will have to be delayed.
Love to you all!
Cindy

Cricut Border Creative Feature - Treat Bag Topper

In our Cricut Class this week we made treat bags.  

To make the topper for the bag, we embossed a 4 3/4" x 4 3/4" square with the Cuttlebug then folded it in half.  (Please note:  At this size, you will have a little bit of cardstock hanging over the edge of the Cuttlebug bug folder.  It's okay, it's not really noticeable when it's all put together.)  Staple near the bottom edge on each side.  Place an image of some sort over the staples to cover and you have an adorable treat bag!

We used the Border Creative Feature from Straight From the Nest along the bottom edge to cover the staples.  You don't have to use a border - any image will do. If you choose to use a border there are many cartridges that come with either a border or more often, a Border Creative Feature.  Here is a list of those I'm aware of:

Accent Essentials

Animal Kingdom

Cake Basics

Celebrations

Cindy Loo

Doodlecharms

Disney Princesses - Dreams Come True

Disney Princesses - Happily Ever After

Easter 2010

Give a Hoot

Holiday Cakes

Home Decor

Joys of the Season

Lovely Floral

Lyrical Letters

Meow

Mickey and Friends

Mother's Day 2010

October 31st

Paper Doll Dress Up

Paper Pups

Plantin Schoolbook

Potpourri Basket

Sports Mania

Stand and Salute

Storybook

Straight From the Nest

Walk My Garden

Wall Decor

ZooBalloo

So see - lot's of options and for almost every conceivable occasion too.

Hope this helps. And by the way; I'm not a cartridge guru by any means, I just looked it up on my Gypsy! ( ;

PS - forgot to mention a really important part - when cutting your border use "Fit to Length" and dial as wide as your topper measures.  In this case it was 4 3/4".

Sure Cuts A Lot - Deal

Hello friends.  I don't know yet if Sure Cuts a Lot is for me or not.  I've certainly been thinking about it though.  The idea of being able to download just the cuts I want is appealing.  Anyway, I've found a couple of deals. Here is one of note: http://www.PumpkinCartCrafts.com 
You can get the software AND a $100 gift card to SVGCuts.com for $124.95.  That's like getting the software for under $25.  Good deal.  And I do love the cuts found on SVG Cuts.  Take a look for yourself and see what you think.


Also, by posting these links I'm able to enter a contest to win free software - which you can do too.  Go to http://svgcuts.com/blog/2010/07/14/sure-cuts-a-lot-blowout/
for all the info to enter it yourself.  


We'll see...I've got more thinking to do, I'll let you all know if I decide to go this way!

Cupcake Blog

I've posted some new cupcakes on The Diva Cupcake that my daughter made.  No, not Cricut related but lots of fun!

You can check it out on TheDivaCupcake.blogspot.com  Thanks for looking!