Winter Themed Birthday Card

Here's a winter themed card I made for a skating lover! I used Action Wobbles to make my skater look like she was really skating along the ice and I also used my go-to stamp set, Celebrate Men by A Jillian Vance Design. I love embossing my sentiments!

Supplies:
Cricut Winter Frolic cartridge (Skater cut at 3.5)
Versamark Watermark ink in Frost
Martha Stewart Embossing Powder in Dove
A Jillian Vance Design Stamps - Celebrate Men
Ranger Stickles - Silver
Action Wobble
Elmers Pom-Poms
Imaginisce Jewels (for the buttons)
Card Base - Recollections
Peachy Keen Stamps - Princess Faces
Cardstock and background paper - scraps from my stash!

Was Santa Good To You? Special News and My Crafty Christmas Stocking Stuffers...

Hi Everyone!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! Although there wasn't much snow on the ground, it was still a perfect holiday!  I'm enjoying close to 2 weeks off work. During this time, I plan on catching up on my to-do list, which is growing longer and longer by the day!

I'm really excited about some of the crafty stocking stuffers I received from my hubby: Cricut Ribbons & Rosettes, Snow Day and Victorian Romance.

He also gave me a Martha Stewart book I have been eyeing: Martha's Entertaining - A Year of Celebrations.  It is a beautiful book with loads of gorgeous pictures, recipes and inspiration for all seasons.

But the best gift of all that I received is the little baby girl that is growing in my tummy!  I am almost 6 months pregnant with my first baby and hubby and I are ecstatic!  This is also the reason why I have been much quieter on my blog. I haven't had much time to craft since the fatigue and morning sickness took over.  But my second trimester has been much better and slowly I have been getting back into crafting. We've also had to turn my craft room into a nursery and now my craft room is in the office, which will take some getting used to. My supplies aren't quite organized and I'm not yet comfortable in that space. But you can expect lots of crafting coming soon:  I will be creating invites, banners, and all sorts of fun stuff for my baby shower :)

Did you receive anything for Christmas that was on your crafty list?

Cricut Circle Blog Christmas Card

Last year on the Cricut Circle Blog, Jana Eubank posted three super-cute Christmas cards as well as printable PDF instructions and downloadable gypsy files. I couldn't resist. I just had to make one of these cards. I didn't have all the materials that she used, but I was still able to pull it off with my stash at home and this card turned out just darling!

Supplies:
Cricut Christmas Cards cartridge
Kraft, Aqua, Brown and White cardstock
Martha Stewart Holidays Woodland Paper Stack
Martha Stewart Tinsel Glitter
Prima Calypso Flowers
Aqua Ribbon
Aqua Button
Ranger Stickles - X-mas Red
ATD - Christmas Party Chipboard Stickers Collection
Xyron
Adhesive
Gypsy file from the Cricut Circle Blog

- For the snowflake hills, my 2.5 Xyron came in handy. In fact any time I glitter, it's the easiest and fastest thing ever if I use my Xyron. I <3 my Xyrons :)  I always use Martha Stewart glitter. Her glitter is simply the best there is on the market.  For this card, I used her Tinsel glitter from the Holidays collection.

- For the poinsettia, I used the Prima Calypso collection.  To me, there wasn't enough glitter on this flower so I used Ranger's stickles in Christmas Red, dabbed some on the flower and spread it with my finger. It dries in a couple of hours.

- For the stitching, I brought the card over to my mom's to stitch for me. As you can see, we both need some serious help with stitching. But the point is that she tried really hard.