elcrafty's thoughts & ponderings

Cricut Creations!!!

2011-09-27T20:58:00.007-04:00

I have been having such fun with the Art Philosophy cartridge from Close to my Heart.
Here are some creations that I either cased from other consultants or looked in the idea book for inspiration!this Santa was cut out using pretty simple shapes and embellished with some of the new Glitz gel in stardust. Isn't he cute!!!

this little bag is a perfect way to give someone special a gift card or some homemade goodies. I used olive, cranberry and colonial white cardstock:

This Santa card was created with the Believe Workshop on the Go. I stamped the santa and then used my blender pen to colour in his suit for a more subtle look. you could also use markers for colouring.

this one was done with the wonderland paper pack:

I also used the new stamp set Remarkable Wreath and some new My Minds Eye Christmas paper to make this card. what I love about the remarkable wreath set is there are so many options to make a different type of card from one wreath!
thanks for looking at my creations. and if you would like a catalogue drop me a line at:
elcrafty@sympatico.ca

CTMH new Idea Book!!!

2011-08-12T12:31:00.003-04:00

hello... it's been awhile since I've been here-sorry. summer gets busy for all of us!

have you seen the new Idea book that is out??? it's got great ideas as always and now we have an exclusive Cricut cartridge! I have the cartridge now I just need to get the machine to borrow from my gf lol!!

here is a picture of some of the cuts it makes, oh and it also co-ordinates with some of that stamp sets!

here is the page CTMH has on the site. it has a listing of shapes on the cartridge:

http://www.closetomyheart.com/en/Ideas_and_Inspiration/Cricut%20Art%20Philosophy%20Collection.aspx

here is the link to the online book:

http://www.closetomyheart.com/products/online_idea_book.aspx

if you would like a your own book to look at please drop me a line elcrafty@sympatico.ca

have a good friday girls :)

Scrap~tures June Kit!!!

2011-06-15T12:50:00.004-04:00

I was asked to showcase the june kit over at Scrap~tures! this is a wonderful card kit full of great items from Prima Marketing Reflections. here is the link to the gallery to check it out!
http:www.scraptures.ca/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=118

I have a challenge for you:
I would like to see you use die cuts in some way on your card. big small doesn't matter just cut some out and have fun.

I created this card with a large su die.
I cut both the cs and the pp together and then cut the pp a bit smaller so the cs would show though.

Please share you creation with us in the scrap~tures forum or gallery!
thanks for stopping by!!

Scrap~tures February Card Kit!!!

2011-02-13T13:15:00.004-05:00

The reveal is up at scrap~tures, be sure to check out what everyone did with the kit.

this months card kit was Basic Grey Marjolaine~
each kit contains:

1 Unity Stamp Co. Forever Friends stamp set
1 12x12 sheet each of Basic Grey Marjolaine Hazelnut, Tuxedo Pie, Espresso Souffle and Fudge Truffle
1 12x12 sheet each of Bazzill Hillary, Blue Jean, Java and Sea Salts
1 pk of BG Marjolaine Pops Layered Stickers
Part pack of BG Marjolaine buttons and ribbon
1 Maya Road Leaf Green ink pad
1 We Are Memory Keepers Heart Attack Distressing Tool

And here is what I did with the kit:

Thanks for stopping by! hope you enjoyed my cards
E

CTMH Spring/Summer Idea Book!!!

2011-02-02T12:23:00.014-05:00

The latest catty is out for CTMH! Here are some of the products available:

Sweetheart

Sophia-love this!!!

Wings

Bliss

Fanfare
Mayberry
LuckyMiracle

If you need a copy please contact me to get your copy! these new papers are beautiful and spring can't be far off!!

Scrap~tures Birthday Celebration!!!!

2011-01-21T08:20:00.002-05:00

Welcome to Scrap~tures Birthday Celebration blog hop!!
Thanks so much for joining us and we hope that you gain lots of inspiration and continue to hop with us!!
Scrap~tures turned one this month so the theme for this hop is BIRTHDAYS!!!!!

If you just happened by this blog and didn't realize a blog hop was taking
place, please go back to Scrap~tures and start the Hop. You won't
want to miss all the inspiration from our team....... or the chance to win a prize :-)

I recently made this cake for a birthday celebration and it was easy and wonderful!

No fail Orange Cake
1 whole seedless orange including the peel, make sure you wash the orange well.
¾ cup melted butter or margarine
¾ cup milk
1 egg
In blender, chop the orange, add milk, butter and egg and blend well. In large bowl mix the following ingredients:
2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
½ cup currants (frozen blueberries or cranberries are good)
1 Tbsp. baking powder
1 tsp. soda
Add orange mixture to dry ingredients. Blend just enough to mix everything together and put in a buttered and floured Bundt pan or 9 x 9” pan. (I like the Bundt).
Bake at 350°F for 35 to 45 mins. until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Glaze:
½ tsp. orange rind
1 Tbsp. orange juice
2/3 cup icing sugar
(enough to make runny)
Mix together and pour over cake. You can use the blender since it's already out~

This blog hop will run from today, January 21st – January 23. We will be
drawing for winner February 1st, along with all the other draws.

Follow along in our blog hop! Your next stop is Denise

thanks for stopping by and happy hoping!!

Happy New Year!

2011-01-02T10:17:00.001-05:00

wow it's been too long since I posted here, sorry everyone~

just wanted to let you all know that Scrap~tures is having a jam packed January!
check it out here: www.scraptures.ca
January 2011 is a special month here at Scrap~tures – we’re one year old! Thanks to your support and participation we’ve had a great first year and want to show our gratitude by celebrating all month long with games, prizes, a blog hop, AVATAR challenges and lots of inspiration and fun!!

We have been working hard behind the scenes to provide inspirational challenges, based on “traditional” anniversary gift lists, that will run all month long. For every challenge that you complete (and post in the particular challenge thread AND note in your “birthday book” (master challenge list thread) you can count a candle! Yes, that’s right, for every challenge you complete, you can take the little candle blinkie to put in your siggie line! How fun (and cute) is that? (and that's the answer to "why all the candles?"

AND!! if that isn’t enough, we’re going to have an ANNIVERSARY CROP the weekend of January 21, 22 and 23 so mark your calendars and invite your friends! The crop challenges will start with an early bird challenge (you’ll love it, I guarantee it ;-) ) on Friday at noon and go all weekend long.

The crop will give you many opportunities to gather more candles for your birthday book. Not to worry though, at the end of the month, we’ll give you some time to “catch your breath” and catch up with more candles if you want!!

Why all the candles??? Because, February 1, we will announce our Anniversary Prize Winners! Yes plural!! There will be a grand prize and two runner-up prizes. Denise will be announcing how you can be eligible for the prizes so stay tuned and in the meantime, collect those candles!

Come to the party and be ready to meet some “old” friends of ours who are celebrating with us this month and some of you will be surprised I'm sure by "who" you see....

Questions? Fire away or get out your adhesive and be ready to play the winter blahs away!! Let’s get going! Your first inspirational challenge is already posted in the team member forum! Go for it and let’s see what you’ve got.

Your first January AVATAR challenge is to change up from Christmas to fireworks and other celebratory images! Let's see you get your PARTY ON!! :-)

NOTE: We realize that we’ve used the words ANNIVERSARY and BIRTHDAY inter-changeably in this letter, but just know that whatever you call it, it’s all going to be FUN!

Creative Scrapper's Giveaway~

2010-10-18T08:54:00.007-04:00

this week Scrap~tures is the sponsor on Creative Scrappers! if you have arrived from there, welcome! be sure to play along this week for a great prize!

I created a card using sketch #69.

and this is what I did with it:

I couldn't quite get the round the corner punch to work to my advantage so I only used part of the swirl :)
thanks for stopping by!

Scrap~tures October Reveal~

2010-10-13T09:26:00.005-04:00

Hi everyone, sorry for the long pause in blogging...

I can't believe we are in October already! Time is passing me by.

We had a wonderful kit to work with for October!
We are now featuring Unity Stamps.

this month the kit included:
Unity Stamp Fall Splendor, you really get lots of stamps in this set, very versatile.
1 sheet of Little Yellow Bicycle Autumn Bliss Blue Sky & Leaves
1 sheet of LYB Autumn Bliss Bronze Leaves
1 sheet of LYB Autumn Bliss Brown Leaves
1 sheet of LYB Autumn Bliss Multi Plaid
1 12x12 sheet of Bazzill Barclay
1 12x12 sheet of Bazzill Pinecone
1 12x12 sheet of Bazzill Buttercup
1 12x12 sheet of Bazzill Hillary
1 Prima Brown Sweet Taffy flowers
½ pk. LYB Autumn Bliss brads
1 Maya Road ink
1 Ranger Copper Perfect Pearls
5 Bazzill A-2 French Vanilla Envelopes
2 yds. Prima Lace

and here is what I did with it:

I also made this cute little card box, make sure you stop by scrap~tures to see the instructions!

thanks for stopping by!!

Wow it's August already!

2010-08-09T19:29:00.003-04:00

Hi everyone!
sorry I've been MIA lately but we have been away on vacation and there has been lots going on. Seems like the summer is going quickly.

Just wanted you to know that Scrap~tures is having a Summer Scrumptious Scrappy Give Away!!!

you don't want to miss this!!

Look at this prize pack....

Denise from Scrap~tures has put together and absolutely yummy package for the prize for this contest. All you have to do is head on over to the Scrap~tures Blog http://scrapturesblog.blogspot.com to find out how you can enter to win all these amazing scrap goodies~~~Don't delay...the deadline to enter the contest is August 31st~~

Scrap~tures July Card Reveal!!!

2010-07-14T21:07:00.006-04:00

Sorry about the delay in getting this posted, we had such a busy weekend I'm only recovering now :)

This months kit was SEI Claire. It was so much fun to create with.
Here is what came in the kit:

and this is what I did with it:

if you would like to get a kit subcription head on over to www. scraptures.ca and see what other kits are available. please feel free to join us in the forums as we are a friendly bunch!

Scrap~tures HOT Summer Kit Incentive Program!!!

2010-07-09T12:19:00.001-04:00

another post for today, I forgot to tell you all what is happening in July at Scrap~tues!

With the summer heat we are offering a hot hot deal with the Scrap~tures Kit Club Incentive Program. For the month of July we have a great incentive to sign up your friends for the awesome scrapbook and card kits.

If you already subscribe but get a friend to sign on for a year, you and your friend will get your first/next kit for FREE, if your friend signs on for 6 months, you and your friend will get your next/first kit for half price!

If you have not already signed up and want to, you will get your first kit for FREE for a 12 month subscription, and half price for a 6 month subscription.If you are planning to take advantage of this great deal, just head on over to the scraptures store to sign up!! www.scraptures.ca

Don't miss out on this hot hot summer deal!!

It's been awhile...

2010-07-09T10:04:00.002-04:00

since I've posted on here, sorry. there has been lots going on.

At scrap~tures we are getting ready for the July reveal, that will happen on the 10th of the month, so be sure to check out the card and scrpabooking kits for this month:
http://www.scraptures.ca

Convention is going on for Close to my Heart in DC for the last few days! stay tuned for some exciting news from them~
I can give you a hint about the news, we have some new colours!!! can't wait to show you all~

Enjoy your weekend all and thanks for checking in!!!

Blog Hop Winners!!!

2010-06-15T20:57:00.001-04:00

have you checked out who one the prizes for the blog hop?
if not head on over to Scrap~tures blog to find out!
Scraptures Blog

congrats ladies!!!

Scrap~tures June Card Kit Reveal

2010-06-13T09:24:00.013-04:00

I've been meaning to post the reveal for my cards all week, and just now have time!

We used the beautiful Basic Grey Kioshi line this month. In the kit there is 4 sheets of 12 x 12 patterned paper and 5 sheets of 8 1/2 x 11 matching bazill cardstock. you also get the Kioshi Tweet stamp set, 1/2 a package of Bloomers flowers, 2 spools of Ribbon Doillies, buttons and brads and a gold paint dauber!! there is so much in the kit!!
head on over to scrap~tures to see what everyone has done with the kit www.scraptures.ca

Here is what I did with it:

Cards that I have done...

2010-06-08T10:37:00.007-04:00

Hi everyone!

I thought I should start posting some of my creations on my blog. some of these cards were created for the Awesome Crop we had at scraptures this weekend. there was tons of inspiration there. check it out if you like http://www.scraptures.ca/

This card I made for dh for his birthday with the miracle kit from CTHM:

this one was for a challenge to use 3 shades of pink:

to make the flower you need to cut 9 1 1/4" circles and fold the sides of 8 of them and then attach them t the last circle. I find it easy to put some kind of adhesive on the circle so I can move them around easily.

The challenge for this card was to make your own embellishment.

I cut out with my flower punch a few pieces of cb, it was thin so I glued about four of them together and then inked them with Tim Holtz distress ink and put the top one one after I had stamped with a saying. I love the look of script on a flower but didn't have a script stamp so I made due with what I had.

thanks for stopping by and happy stamping!!!

Scrap~tures Breast Crop Ever!!!

2010-06-03T15:42:00.004-04:00

I hope you will join us this friday night at

7 pm as we kick off the Scrap~tures Breast Crop Ever!!

This online crop will be full of 'pink' challenges and loads of fun in support of breast cancer~~~

The team has been working hard to bring you some great inspiration beginning this Friday June 4 and continuing until Sunday June 6th.

Cancer affects everyone. I bet you 'd be hard pressed to find someone that has never been touched by this awful disease. Lets crop and have some fun in honour of all those affected by cancer, especially breast cancer~~~

If you would like to help support the fight against breast cancer ,
please go here Scrap~tures store You will be able to donate $2.00 to the Canadian Breast Cancer Society

This can be added to your shopping cart...easy peasy~ and can be added more then once if you would like to donate more~
For anyone who donates, please feel free to add the blinkie to your signature line in the forums.
Denise will also donate 10% of the sales from the store during the crop , beginning Friday June 4th, 2010 and ending Sunday June 6th, 2010 so look around...and shop for an excellent cause~

NOTE--> You do not have to participate in our crop to donate, just pop on by the store and give a little to help a lot~
Everyone here at Scrap~tures thanks all of your for your support to help find a cure ~~

Scrap~tures Inspirational Blog Hop!

2010-05-31T19:57:00.008-04:00

Welcome to Scrap~tures first ever Inspirational blog hop!!
Thanks so much for joining us! We are very excited to join the world of blog hopping and hope that you gain lots of inspiration and continue to hop with us!!

If you just happened by this blog and didn't realize a blog hop was taking place, please go back to Scrap~tures http://scrapturesblog.blogspot.com/ and start the Hop. You won't want to miss all the inspiration from our team....... or the chance to win a Rak

Here is my project based on the sketch:
This blog hop will run from today, June 1st – June 3. We will be
drawing for winner on June 15th.

Follow along in our blog hop! Your next stop is Laurie http://mycreativenonsenseandotherscrap.blogspot.com/

Have Fun!! can't wait to see what you did!

Welcome!

2010-05-21T19:58:00.002-04:00

well I finally caved and created a blog. I hope to post things that are happening with CTMH and at Scraptures. I am on the design team with scraptures. If you are not familiar with them check them out:
www.scraptures.ca
we have a monthly card kit where we focus on a specific technique.

The Summer catty is out for CTMH as well. If you would like one just let me know and I can send you out one.

I look forward to posting my creations from CTMH and Scraptures!

Ellen