A couple more owls ...

Good Morning!  It's almost the weekend! Can you tell that I'm happy?! We've got a busy one planed with lots of time with friends and family, so why not share a page I just made for some pictures of my neice AJ that I've FINALLY sent to be printed!

I used the Cricut Lite Hoot 'n' Holler Cartridge again ... Super Cute! Over the summer I took some great pictures of her in my parents hot tub making silly faces ... Here's one of them!

So I thought the saying "You're a hoot!" would be perfect for her silly little self!

I few metallic rhinestone like accents give the frames for the pictures a little something extra!

And of course, the owls!

I hope you like my newest page, as I'm REALLY trying to get back in my crafting groove!

Happy Crafting!

~Meg

A Trip to the Beach

Hey Everyone! With the temperatures around here lately you'd never know it's almost October! It's only a matter of time before all the leaves begin to change, so let's take one last trip to the beach!

A friend of mine who doesn't scrap book and always gives the look at different events (which means can you scrap book this for me!) went to the beach with her son over the summer and here's a page I made to go into the book I've started for her!

The "Sand" paper was from a DCWV Photo stack from forever ago! The boarder punch was an EK Success find at Michael's that I picked up and scanned for "ha ha's" that ended up being on clearance for 3.99! BONUS!

Finally the waves were made on my Gypsy from the Life's a Beach cartridge and then filled with a pattern from one of my Imagine cartridges and printed out in 2 different sizes, then layered with thin pop dots to give it some dimension.

I'm really excited about how this page came out ... I like the fact that it's simple, just enough to be fun but not take away from the pictures!

Hope you enjoyed!

Happy Crafting!

~Meg

You're a hoot!

Wow! 2 posts in 1 day! I think I may finally be back ... although I'd better not hold my breath!

Here is a card made from the Hoot 'n' Holler Cricut Lite Cartridge that I got not too long ago!

I LOVE owls! Ok, let me re-phrase that, I'm not obsessed with them by any means, but I think they make cute cards! As you can see I took out the Cuttlebug and ran the brown background through the basic dots folder.

The sentiment is from My Pink Stamper and is super cute!

I also went crazy with pop dots because I thought that it would look better if the card had a little dimension ... usually a card like this will still mail with normal postage because the dots will squish down when put through the sorter ... but now that I've said this, I'm sure I've jinxed myself!

So there you have it, super fast and lots of fun!

I hope you all get a chance to do something that you haven't had much time for today whatever that may be!

Happy Crafting!

~Meg



Technical Help!

Ok, I need some technical help!

Although I haven't been blogging, I have been following all the fabulous ladies and gents that I always have ... but I'm having a problem!

Whenever I go to post a comment it says that I don't have access to do so and then lists my e-mail in ( ).   It tells me to sign out and sign back in, so I do and still no luck!

Any ideas??!!

~Meg

Happy Sunday, and a couple new cartridges!

I hope everyone is enjoying a relaxing Sunday, I know I am!  Today is the first day in I don't know how long that I've actually been able to craft up in my room and now I'm even getting some blogging in!

Here are 2 cartridges that my friend Sue-Ann scooped up at Walmart over the summer for $20 each

I was obviously very excited about my Cricut Rewards ... although I don't know why because I still have never actually "bought" anything with them!

I love that the Lite Cartridges come with this card that shows the different layers that you need to cut in a quicker, less messy way than the regular books do! I can't wait to work on a project using these!

So with that said, make sure that you're checking out your local Walmarts, because they're always randomly putting cartridges on clearance! And another tip ... take the cartridge to the scanner because sometimes they're marked down more then the price tag says!

Hope everyone has a fabulous Sunday!

Happy Crafting!

~Meg

A different kind of crafting!

Hey everyone!

I hope you've enjoyed your weekend, and if you're also located in Massachusetts, I hope you got some fabulous tax-free deals ... I know we sure did! Here is a little bit of what we ended up with!

We're re-modeling our bathroom in November ... and yes we're doing it ourselves ... my husband is crafty 6 ways from Sunday and we knew that if we took time off from work and did the project ourselves, we could do some splurging!

Here's the tub ...

It's a fabulous Jacuzzi tub with a 19 inch soak!!!!! Can you tell I'm excited?! Jon and I have been together for just shy of 7 years and since we've been together we've never lived in a place with a nice bathroom ... so you can imagine that after 7 years of not being able to take a bath at home ... I'm ready!

Next is the vanity ...

We chose a darker color because the tub and the toilet are going to be white ... and we went with one that is 48 inches long ... did I mention how excited I am?!

We decided to go with this granite beige vanity top ...

Of course it's 49 inches long but the Home Depot site just shows this size!

We also scooped up our new toilet and and in-line hot water heater which aren't as fun to look at so I'll skip that one!

The final purchase was new fencing sections to replace the fence we have that goes up the left side of our driveway ... which at this point in time I also can't locate on the Home Depot site ... it's on order and we'll be picking it up in 2 to 3 weeks, so I'll show you then!

I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend and enjoyed a little of my crafting in a different sense! Can't wait to see the finished project!

Stay tuned tomorrow as I show a project from my new Hoot and Holler Cricut Lite Cartridge that Sue-Ann scooped up for me this weekend!

Happy Crafting!

~Meg



I really am back!

Ok! No joke this time! I'm finally back!

I apologize for the lack of creativity from me, but it's been a crazy month and a half! I got ANOTHER virus on my computer and with my brother-in-laws recent passing and work being CRAZY for a lack of a better way to put it we just kept putting it off to bring the tower to the repair shop, BUT my husband noticed that, that meant that I wasn't blogging and he thought that was a big deal! So as sweet as he is, he took it in on Wednesday night and they had it ready for us yesterday!

I have tons of stuff to share with you all, as I have been crafting, just not blogging! I was in a horrible craft fair =( which I'm not taking to heart, as I truely believe it was bad advertising and bad weather so I'm not going to let that stop me!

I've done a couple projects with my new Imagine, but the death in the family has really tied things up this past month, but I'd like to think we're back on track!

Today my hunnie and I are stipping our front porch so that we can paint it and make it look fresh and new ... I'll be excited because I may have missed having my red, white and blue bunting up for Memorial and the 4th, but it WILL BE UP for Labor Day! =)

I've also started WW again as I realized that my eating habits just were not the best lately! I'm psyched that I hit my 5% weight loss goal (which is loosing 5% of the weight you were when you started) today and I'm very excited to keep that going!

After we finish up outside today I'll head up to the craft room and take pictures of some of the projects that I've been working on so that I can share them with you over the next couple weeks, as well as some new ones that I've had stewing in my head!

I hope all of you are having a wonderful summer and I can't wait to catch up on all of your blogs too!

Happy Crafting!

~Meg

I'm back! .... I think?!

Sorry for the lack of posting these past few weeks!

We had our BBQ for the Troops last weekend and my time has been pretty consumed between that and things at work being CRAZY! But I think with this 3 day weekend coming up I'm back under control!

My Imagine came in the mail on Tuesday and I had a few minutes to update it and print/cut a couple images out that I was playing around with, so hopefully I'll have a project with those first cuts for you this weekend!

I still need to update my Gypsy to my Imagine and then upload the cartridges to it as well ... That should be intersting! Does anyone have any advice or tips on how to do this painlessly? The gypsy can be a little fickle I've noticed!

So, I look forward to getting back into my BLOG GROOVE this weekend! Although I've not been able to craft, I have had a little time to keep up with the blogs I follow and have seen some amazing projects! Can't wait to create myself!

Happy Crafting!

~Meg

I FINALLY Caved!

Hey Everyone! Happy Weekend!

I really need to get my blogging in check as I posed 8 projects on Sunday and nothing since then! I'm happy to say I have a little crafting time today so we'll see if I can get some things done!

But let's get to the real business!

I CAVED!!

I FINALLY ordered my Cricut Imagine!!

I'm SO Excited for it to come! My husband really is the best as he told me that if I didn't order it now he'd order it at the highest price he could find it ha ha so I finally did it!

I snagged mine up at CricutMachine.com and got it on sale for the 299.95 special, plus no shipping! So now those cartridges I've been buying on Ebay for the machine I didn't have will now have a friend! WooHoo!

I hope everyone has a fabulous day, and hopefully I'll get some projects up today!

Happy Crafting!

~Meg

NSD - Challenge #12 from My Pink Stamper

LAST ONE!

So I wish I had time to complete all of the challenges, but I'm happy with what I got to accomplish ... Here is my entry for Challenge #12 which was something with a kid theme!

How cute are these dinosaurs!

I thought that this would be a great idea to have on hand to send to my little cousins! I used the Create a Critter Cartridge for the dinosaur and planned out the cuts on my Gypsy!

Again I used the My Pink Stamper Fabulous Phrases set for the sentiment, as well as some faux stitching around the top of the card.

I then used pop dots to make the dinosaur POP off the page! The patterened paper is from a DCWV boys stack although the name escapes me at the moment!

I hope you like!

That's it for my entires in the National Scrapbook Day challenges! I hope this week goes by quick because I'm already ready for the weekend!

Happy Crafting!

~Meg