Vintage Charm Swap

Wow, it's been a couple of weeks since I posted!  Yikes!  I guess the wedding and then watching my grand kids kept me tied up!  Well, what an awesome way to be tied up!

These charms are for a swap on the Cricut RAK & Swap message board.  I have two partners, both wanted a vintage theme.  I made an "Oops" in that I didn't realize one wanted a vintage/sewing theme and the other a vintage/wings theme.  Since I didn't notice it until after I started, I combined the two themes and came up with these.  I think they look great and I hope my partners are okay with the amalgamation.

I have not joined a lot of swaps yet due to working so much, but these charm swaps have "charmed" me!  lol!  I love them.  I haven't the foggiest what I will do with the ones I get back, but I love seeing what each lady comes up with. 

I made the tag and all of its pieces with my Cricut.  The tag is from A Child's Year.  The dress form was made from French Manor.  The silhouette is from Heritage and the oval behind it is from George.  The spool is from Happily Ever After.  It was so much fun using my Cricut again!  The poor thing has been sadly neglected! 

These things could be made with Sizzix or another cutter if you don't have a Cricut. 

I used Tim Holtz Vintage Photo around the edges of everything and his tiny attacher to secure the ribbon.  I also used his paper tape to add a bit of dimension.   I layered the silhouette picture and then took glossy accents to secure the acetate on.  I realized you can't add too much on these because they will be covered by the charms and the charms could wreck them!

Of course I still have not mastered the camera.  One day! 

Thanks for stopping by!  Have an awesome day!

Love is in the Air Valentine's Blog Hop

WARNING:  IF YOU ARE ONE OF MY VALENTINE'S SWAP PARTNERS YOU MAY NOT WANT TO VIEW THE FOLLOWING AS THEY ARE FOR YOU!!!

I couldn't figure out how to get that pretty picture on my blog that everyone else has, sorry!

There, now with that formality done, let's get started.  I hope you are having fun along the way of the Valentine's Blog hop!  Here are the cards that I made.

I used Elegant Edges for the mat and the inside border.  The hearts were old vellum/metal tags that I altered with sharpies, rub-ons papers - and used George to cut, glitter and bling.  The little girl is from The Greeting Farm and colored with Copics.  The flowers are Prima and Petaloo.  The little star was cut from George.  The stickers were in my stash that I altered/layered.

This second card I just absolutely love!  It's for my second partner in the Valentine's Swap: Crazy Cricut Lady and she likes fairies also.  Fairies are fantasy and fantasy is escapism.  I love to escape the troubles of this world!  And don't we all wish we had cleaning fairies???!!!

This fairy is from Kraftin Kimmie stamps and is colored with Copics.  She is matted on an Elegant Edges mat.  (Isn't that the best cart for mats/layers!!!)  I used my Imagine to create the paper that the mat was made from.  Oh, dear!  I can't remember which one right now!  There are a lot of flowers on here from Prima and flowers that I bought and tore apart.  It's fun to create your own flowers with pieces from different flowers!  There is skeleton leaves and another beautiful leaf that I took off of a beautiful flower arrangement I had bought.  The banner is a stamp from Stampology and a Valentine rub-on added to the center.  I added charms, bling, brads and sequins to give it a more magical feel.  I envisioned a fairy in a flower gardens and so that is what I designed.  The inside of the card is a Tim Holtz stamp  (She likes TH too!!!)  Great partner!  The border is from Paper Trimmings. 

How about some goodies to fill up your basket???  Here is my blog candy:

It is an Anna Griffin set of stamps.  Her stamps are very elegant.  Note:  the box top is wonky.  It came that way when I ordered it.  Some brads, clips and an elegant batch of ribbon, perfect for Valentine's Day from Making Memories.  Leave a comment so I will add your name to the bucket for a chance to win!  If you become a follower, say so in your comment and I will put your name in twice!

Now you need to continue on your way!   Enjoy your hopping!

Here is the blog list:

Paulette from http://scrapalette.blogspot.com/ - host Dana from http://danascraftycorner.blogspot.com/ Beth from http://thunderbirdlindybydesign.blogspot.com/ Sis from http://papercraftscissors.wordpress.com/ Doreen from http://polkadotpaperprincess.blogspot.com/ - you are here! Cindy from http://www.inlovewithpaper.blogspot.com - next stop/ Deb from http://www.queenmommy.com/ Michele from http://www.michelegreen.com/ Carolyn from http://cccscraproom.blogspot.com/ Colleen from http://scrappycol.blogspot.com/ Elizabeth from http://www.217creations.com/ Sukie from http://www.scrappindhilly.blogspot.com/ Sharon from http://designsbysharon.blogspot.com/ Renee from http://icameisawicreated.blogspot.com/ Tammy from http://www.scrapcavecreations.com/ Brenda from http://happyscrapper64.blogspot.com/ Amy from http://scrap-pix.blogspot.com/ Jami from http://thepaperfarm.blogspot.com/ Terri from http://scrappinwiththebug.blogspot.com/ Meg from http://peacockpaperie.blogspot.com/ Those who put a comment in the prior post will also be entered as this did not go up until 0845.

Valentine Hearts!

Oh my goodness!  I had colored this cute little girl and then thought I would "whip up" a card so I went to My Cut Search to see what heart to use.  They have 399 heart themed things posted!  Yikes!  I was so lost in decision making that I froze!  Yep, sat there in front of the computer like a zombie!  In the end, I just went with a simple heart from George and the border from Cake Basics.   The "Be My Valentine" is from Wild Card (and it was not posted in MyCutSearch - go figure!)

The girl is from The Greeting Farm, colored with copics and put on pop dots.  (She is so sweet!) I added a flower button where the button on her hair is and colored it with a copic marker.  Love those markers!!!

I love the blue/pink paper, but I have no idea what company it came from!  There's no name on it!  It is what I based the whole card on and I can't even give them credit!  The large heart is Anna Griffin paper.   I added glitter to the words.  It is not visible here, but it changed it from "okay" to really nice!

I am on a budget, so I am trying to use what I have, as often and as much as possible on each project.  It gives them a kick and will eventually allow me some space to be able to buy new goodies!

More carts used in my quest! 

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Matching Game

I recently had my grand kids over.  My daughter and grand daughter were playing a game together.  The little guy got frustrated as he wanted to play too.  My husband started to play a game with him, but he wanted to play a game with me.  So, I quickly zipped this game off for him.  It needed to be something simple as he is only 3 years old.  It only took 10- 15 minutes to make.   I love how easy it is to come up with something with the Cricut!

I picked out the images.  I used the Cricut markers to draw everything first.  I then went back and cut out the cards.  Using the Gypsy I had one page with the cards and images and the second only with the cards.  I didn't want the cards to be dimensional as they were to be his own special cards!

I then colored them very simply with Copic Markers.  Any markers or crayons would work.

I then cut out the card backs out of design paper.  He's not old enough to remember which designs go with which picture!  If you make them for older children, this is a thing to remember.  You would also want more cards than I made.

His big sister thought it looked like fun and quit playing the other game to come and play.  Then my daughter wanted to play, but it was too simple.  So, I took the cards and hid them all over the room.  They had to look at a card, leave it where it was and then go and find its match.  Only then could they have the pair.  They really enjoyed that!

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