YIN YANG SYMBOL

It is cut in two pieces. You can either cut two of the "shape" or cut a circle and one shape. I used GBS & HA.

MOD CHRISTMAS TREE FARM

One of the comments from my Christmas Tree Farm file asked if I could do a "mod" version with triangles. I did it immediately and tried to contact the person "Shelia" on her blog but got no response. I now can not access her blog, so I'll just post here for everyone to enjoy.

CHRISTMAS TREE FARM

This reminds me of going each year and hunting for the perfect tree. Some of us liked the big fat ones and some liked the skinny ones. Personally, I went for the "full, round" ones. They were always a challenge in the house though. They do take up more room. I used Christmas Noel, JOTS and GBS on this one.

CHRISTMAS LIGHTS TWO STYLES

I just had to do some Christmas lights for borders. The bad thing is...I don't have the cartridge to cut these. I used CC(I don't have),GBS and OA for the knotted strand of lights. I used JOT & CC for the more formal swag strand. I sure wish I had that Christmas Cheer cartridge. I think these are so cute. They are on seperate pages.

BALL FRINGE

Here's a border made with GBS. I'm going to add some different designs to this one, so you may want to wait before downloading, or come back & check for updated file.

MY ANGEL BABY

This is for my son. I have no photos of him. I wrote the poem that is featured on right page. There is also a letter that I wrote to my son hidden on the left page under the poem. The embossed vellum on the left page is the etching from his gravestone. I shed a lot of tears working on this one but, it is the lo that I am most proud of to this date.

I'VE HIT 5000 POSTS!!!

AND THE WINNER IS VANESSA (CAPRIL) her #4225 is only 30 from my
# 4195. Way to go, Vanessa!
Thanks to everyone who played.


I've had the counter up less than 2 months and I've already hit 5ooo posts. You know what that means???? Yep....BLOG CANDY. I've been anxiously awaiting the big 5000 and it's finally here. Anyone interest??? All you have to do is guess a number between 3000 and 5000 and post your guess in this posting's comments. I picked a random # earlier. The person who gets closest to that # will win.....DRUM ROLL.....Cuttlebug Combo Dies-Butterflies!! Only one entry per person. If more than one person are closest, I will put all those names in a hat and draw one. Good Luck, everyone. I'll announce the winner Saturday the 8th in th AM.

CHAINS & BORDERS

I've created some chains & borders that can be used with scrapbook pages or cards. The circle ones use GBS & or Pooh Font and the diamonds use GBS. These are all on one file, but seperate pages.

CHECKER BOARD

Here's my newest edge design. It's made with GBS.

TBBM BOXES

I have some boxes that members have been requesting on Cricut MB. There are three of them and they will have to downloaded seperately. For information on the fold lines you will have to check the TBBM handbook or CDS cartridge page. The first is the cake "slice" box and it is made with GBS only. Second one is a tree box made with GBS only. Last, but not least is the crayon box made with GBS & HA

BIRDCAGE

Here is a birdcage that was requested on the Cricut MB. Capncricut wanted to cut birdcages from vinyl for walls. I love old victorian birdcages, so I went with that style. It's made with GBS,HA,IA & AE. I added a bird from 50 states cartridge just for viewing. Hope you enjoy it.

"DOE" EYES, NOSE & MOUTH

IF YOU HAVE ALREADY DOWNLOADED THIS FILE, PLEASE BE SURE TO MOVE THE IRIS FROM THE EYE BEFORE CUTTING. I LEFT IT THERE TO SHOW HOW IT SHOULD LOOK AND FORGOT TO MOVE IT FOR CUTTING. 3:42 pm 10-13-08 Here is the face for PDDU figure. It has the look of Precious Moment figures. I used HA, Geo. Here's a close up of the face.

PINEAPPLE BORDER

I have a friend who is working on a Hawaii book, so I made a border for her pineapple plantation page. This one is 8", but the file includes a 12" as well. It was made on DS with PDDU and I colored it with pencils.

ARCHED BORDERS

I HAD A COMMENT THAT ONE OF THE ARCHES WAS NOT COMPLETE. I HAVE REINSTALLED THE DOWNLOAD. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF EVERYTHING COMES OUT RIGHT. 10-12-08 I HAVE ALSO HAD COMMENTS THAT THE DOWNLOAD GIVES AN "UNHANDLED EXCEPTION" MESSAGE. I WENT IN AND SHORTENED THE BORDER, AS THAT IS THE ONLY THING THAT I CAN THINK OF THAT MIGHT CAUSE THAT MESSAGE. ANY HELP ON WHY, WOULD BE APPRECIATED. I WAS ABLE TO DOWNLOAD IT WITH NO PROBLEM, SO IF THIS DOESN'T WORK FOR YOU I DON'T KNOW WHY.10-18-08 I've created two more borders. Both are arched, but with a different look. Great for 12" page or cut them for cards or mats. I extended past the page size so the arch would be as complete as possible and then it can be trimmed. Arch 1 is Geo and arch 2 is HA & Geo. I tried to show what I mean about trimming in this second shot. My editing skills on this are just so so. Hopefully it's good enough to get my point across

Dale's Birthday at the Topeka Zoo

April 27, 2008 Jill and I took Dale to Topeka's Gage Park. At the park we strolled through the Topeka Zoological Park, rode the Gage Park "mini" train, enjoyed a ride on the restored antique American made Carousel in the Park and stopped to smell the flowers in Doran Rock Garden. We even posed in the Wizard of OZ cut-outs. We all had such a fun day. These are some of the layouts that I have finished of our trip. I will be adding more as I complete them.


Gage Park's Carousel in the Park

Aquarium in Topeka Zoological Park

Wizard of OZ

Doran Rock Garden, Gage Park

RIBBON HOLDER CARD

I saw this idea on one of the Cricut forums and decided it would be easy to make with DS. I made 2 different sizes. (2" & 3") There is a website that shows how to store ribbon on these cards with a book ring. This is how it was done on http://www.shop.ribbonring.com/main.sc

Autumn Morning

I took this on 9/5/08 at 6:30 AM. It was taken just north of Carbondale, KS. It is just one of those brief moments that you never get back. Now I have it forever! The sunrise was so colorful and the fog just made the photo something special.

I've been a busy girl these last couple of days

I have gotten into a designing frenzy. I'm not sure where it comes from or where it goes when it leaves, but it's sure nice when it's here. Now if only I could get into a house cleaning frenzy!!

HAHAHA!!! Not a chance that's going to happen. I may get a bit done tomorrow. There's always tomorrow.

Check out my great clearance find from WM. It fits my bug perfectly. It even has an outside pocket for whatever I want to put there. And yes, it's a pet carrier. Seems appropriate for my "pet" bug.

BUTTERFLY LACE

ChrisVicente posted a wonderful site on the Cricut MB. This card was inspired by something I saw on that site.

DESIGN STUDIO STICK GIRL

I have 2 version of the stick girl. This one is all Geo. This one is Geo and HA. This file has been edited to add the boy to another page. They show on the same page for the preview, but are on seperate pages. Also have the all Geo version boy on a third page of this file. No screen shot of that one.

SOME DESIGN STUDIO BORDER FILES

I got some designing done yesterday and here are the results. The first is my version of a popular border punch and the second is my attempt at a realistic looking icicle border. Download the files if you wish, but please post photos of your projects on the Cricut MB or just send me a photo so I can see what you do with the file. I really love to see what other do with my designs. I have two versions of the "drippy" file. One is shorter than the other. Version 1 Version 2 Here's the "icicle" file. I'll be back later to add a "stick" girl and boy.

Our 1st Community Crop

I've been wanting to get some of the local ladies together to scrapbook. We have a wonderful community center and the rent is reasonable. So for a small fee we can all get together and scrapbook for a few hours. We are going to make this a monthly event. Our first one was last night and we had 9 ladies and one young girl. Not bad for the first one, I think. We all live in small rural communities and had ladies from 4 different towns. I hope this continues to grow with lots more ladies in attendance. Now I think we need to come up with a name for our group.

The ICEMAN Cometh

This is Pat & Kat building a snowman together last winter, 2008. We were snowed in and they got bored. Kat really wanted to play in the snow, but it took some convincing to get Pat to play with her. The snowman lasted for about two weeks. I took progressive shots of his "aging" process. Don't tell anyone, but I think Pat enjoyed building the snowman! I love the title and the subtitle is...and the sun taketh.

Grand Tetons and Yellowstone July 2008

Morning at the Tetons

Our trip to Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons was spectacular. We spent four glorious days traveling through both parks. We had never been before and this was so incredible. From the geysers, oh what a fun story we have about that, to mud volcanoes, rock formations, mountain meadows covered in flowers, mountains, lakes, waterfalls, Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, bison, bears, elk, and all the other critters. But not the elusive moose, no we did not see him.




Old Faithful


Lower Falls

Grizzly

Willow Flats

Tower Fall

Mountain Meadow

More to come later.

PATRIOTIC MESH

DINO MESH

Lotus Blossom

This is one of my favorite photos this year.

Braving a New Frontier!!!

Okay, I finally jumped on the band wagon and created my own blog page. Please be kind. It may be a slow process, but at least I'm getting started. I know I will be tweaking it on a regular basis. I just want a place to be able to share my scrapbook and card making projects with others. I also want to be able to share events and photos with family and friends.