Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Some Tools I use:

Cutting Mat:
*Magnetic Mat (We R Memory Keepers)
* Crative Memoies Mat - for traveling

Corner Rounder Punch: Creative Memories & EK Succes

Scissors:
* 2 Cutter Bee (EK Succes) - an extra on for if a friend comes over
* Honey Bee (EK Succes) - for cutting things with adhesive, like double sided tape
* And my Pink Color Bee (EK Succes) - because they are "Pink"
* Green scissors from the Cricut tool kit (Provo Craft)  for ribbon
    -  they stay super sharp because I ONLY use them for cutting ribbon

Adhesives:
* 2 Pink ATG gun - one for Scrpbooking (Acid Free Tape),
the other for CardMaking/Crafting (General Purpuse Tape)
*Scott Double Sided Tape (3M)
*Tack-It Over & Over (Aleen's) - great for making your own glue dots and mates

Circle Cutter: Simple Circle Cutter (Martha Stewart Crafts)

Paper Cutter:
* CutterPede Paper Trimmer -12" (EK Succes)
* CutterPede Paper Trimmer- 6"   (EK Succes)

Electric Die-Cutting Machines:
* Cricut Expression (ProvoCraft)
* Cricut V1 the "Baby Bug" (ProvoCraft) - great for traveling
* Cricut Cake (ProvoCraft)

Manual Diecut Machine:
* BigKck (Sizzix)
* Cuttlebug (ProvoCraft)

Monday, January 24, 2011

In seach of 2,400 Photo Organizer Box

I am in search of a company that sells the kind of Photo Organizer Box like the Creative Memories "Power Sort System" - The Large Box


Saturday, January 22, 2011

Monarch Butterfly

I have alway loved Monarch Butterflies and the story of "The Butterfly's Beauty is the Result of Struggle," so I decided to make a card with a Monarch Butterfly on it and The Butterfly's Beauty is the Result of Struggle in the card.
 





The Butterfly's Beauty is the Result of Struggle


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One day, as a young woman sat in her garden, she noticed a cocoon hanging from a nearby branch.
Before long, a small opening appeared in the cocoon. The woman watched for several hours as the butterfly within struggled to free itself from the envelope in which it had recently been transformed.

Then, it seemed to stop making any progress.It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could not go any further.
So the woman decided to help the butterfly: she took a pair of scissors and cut open the cocoon, from which the butterfly then emerged easily.
But, to the woman's surprise, the butterfly didn't fly away. Instead it crawled out onto the branch and sat there. As the woman looked more closely, she noticed the butterfly's body was withered, its wings were tiny and shriveled.
The woman continued to watch because she expected that, at any moment, the wings would open, enlarge and expand sufficiently to support the butterfly’s body.
Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a withered body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly...
What the woman, in her kindness and her goodwill did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening, were God’s way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings, so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.

Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life.
If God allowed us to go through our life without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be as strong as we could be. Never been able to fly.

I asked for Strength ……. And God gave me difficulties to make me strong.
I asked for Wisdom…….. And God gave me problems to solve.
I asked for Prosperity…… And God gave me a brain and brawn to work.
I asked for Courage…….. And God gave me obstacles to overcome.
I asked for Love ……….. And God gave me troubled people to help.
I asked for Favors…….. And God gave me opportunities.

“I received nothing that I wanted….. But everything that I needed.”

Live life without fear, confront all obstacles and know you can overcome them.








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Friday, January 21, 2011

THe Cross

This is a project that I did for my grandmother.

It was pretty easy. I cut the cross and shadow from Indie  Art at 7"
I glued to pieces of ribbon on both sides of pattern paper, then draped it over the cross. After draping the ribbon and pattern paper, I glue the cross to its shadow.

I typed the word on card stock and spaced them enough so that the cross could be placed in the middle.
My grandmother is going to frame and place on a wall at church.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Card for MLKjr Day

This is the design of the card that we are going to make for the troop at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service on Monday January 17, 2011.

Monday, January 3, 2011

I was awarded for the Stylish Blogger Award

Carrie from Crafty Carrie sent a award for being a stylish blogger.


There are 4 duties to perform to accept the award:

1. Thank and link back to the person who awarded you this award:

2. Share 7 things about yourself

3. Award 15 recently discovered great bloggers

4. Contact these bloggers and tell them about the award

I'm so excited to award the following bloggers this fun and fabulous award. I want you all to know that your blogs are awesome. Keep up the great work!!

Just click on the names and it will take you to their blogs


Lanancy Workshop

Cara's Scrap 'N Stamp Art

A Creative Space All My Own

Snug as a Bug Designs

The Wonderful Insanity Called Life 

MOE Creations

One Smart Bug

Matrica Designs

My Heart's Content

A Place to Share My Stuff 

Made by MoMo

The Card Castle

The ScrapinDiva

Unique Monique


These are some of the blog that I read regularly I hope you will visit them and for gosh sake leave a comment if you like what they have to say.


Here are 7 random things about myself.

1) I have a wonderful husband who I have been maried to for 7 year on Valentine's Day and who does not mind the I have a crafting table in out living room.
2) I have two Bombay Mixed cats named Nubian Prince and Princess Sheba.
3) I do Liturgical Dance and Sign Laungage to music at my church.
4) I love to Scrapbook because it allows me to express myself and my love for photography.
5) I started making card because is a quick and nice way to express yourself to others.
6) I have alway liked doing crafts and being crafty even of it is not paper crafting.
7) The one Reality Show that I like to watch is Dancing with the Stars.
Click on the water to feed the fish.