Halloween Pumpkin Carving

Hello Followers! Here's a pumpkin that my hubby and I carved last year using the Cricut Pumpkin Carving Seasonal cartridge.

I cut it out onto cardstock.

I then taped it down to the pumpkin and traced it.

Then got my hubby to do the dirty work and carved the pumpkin.

Here it is all lit up!

Not-so-scary Halloween Candy Treat Holders

Hello Trick or Treaters! I'm sharing some adorable not-so-scary candy holders for Halloween!  I pieced together foam to create these witch and frankenstein holders in a set from Michael's. 

Cute, right?! I loved using my AJVD Halloween stamps and dies, they worked so well with my treat holders! Here's my list of products used:

For the witch:

Witchy Poo Stamp set

{die}verse tag

For Frankenstein:

Eye on Halloween stamp set

{die}lightfully charming circle die

Creatology Candy Holders Foam Activity Kit

Memento Ink - Grape Jelly

Divine Twine

Thanks for looking! 

Happy 60th!

Today I'm sharing a card I made for my Mother in Law's 60th Birthday which is coming up in October. Cricut Paper Lace cartridge is my go-to cartridge when I need to create an adult card and I'm stuck for ideas. The lace patterns are absolutely gorgeous!

Inside of the card:

Supplies:
Cricut Paper Lace cartridge
A Jillian Vance Design Over The Hill stamp set  and the {die}namic duo die set

Recollections Gold Shimmer paper

Thanks for looking! If you would like to see more creative inspiration using this stamp set, visit the AJVD Design Team blog by clicking here

It's A Boy!

Today I'm posting a card for my fellow design team member, Jennifer! She's expecting a baby boy, so that means it's baby #2 for A Jillian Vance Design!

Here's the card I created:

Supplies:
A Jillian Vance Design Charming Occasions stamp set
A Jillian Vance Design {die}lightfully charming circle die
Cricut Lite B is for Boy cartridge
Cricut Cuttlebug Embossing Folder
Divine Twine

Sofia's Scrapbook Series: Happy Thanksgiving

Hi Friends! This is Nadia from Nadia's Beautiful Mess. Today I'm sharing a layout I made for thanksgiving. You're probably thinking... "What?! Thanksgiving already?" Canadians have their thanksgiving much earlier than Americans. It's creeping on us in about a month. My hubby and I are anxious to take Sofia to the pumpkin patch for pumpkin and apple picking, hay rides and apple cider...and lots of photo opportunities! For my supply list, please see below. And for more inspiration using this stamp set, please visit the design team blog here.

Supplies:
Cricut Cake Holiday cartridge
Cricut Create A Critter cartridge
Cricut Lite Teddy Bear Parade cartridge
A Jillian Vance Design Charming Holidays stamp set
DCWV Harvest Gathering Paper Stack and Cardstock Matstack
Tsukineko Chalk Ink - Gingerbread
Creatology goggle eyes
Jute Twine
Trendy Twine - Orange Licorice
Stampin Up Ink in Chocolate Chip
Gelly Roll white pen
Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder
Darice Gems
Creatology Buttons

Hope you enjoyed these pages as much as I did making them!

Hey Pumpkin!

I'm here today showcasing the Funny Fall Faces set. This set also contains phrases - I love sets that have both images and sentiments :)

Inside detail:

Supplies:

A Jillian Vance Design Funny Fall Faces stamp set

Cricut Happy Hauntings cartridge (for the numbers)

To check out this stamp set or to see what my fellow team mates have created using this set, please visit the design team blog by clicking here.

Sofia's Scrapbook Series: 1 Month Old

I've created a single page layout to summarize Sofia's first month.  I added a journaling card that I created on the computer, emphasized my title with faux stitching and used my A Jillian Vance Design Foto Frame Die and stamp set to set my pictures and to add some captioning.

Supplies:
Cricut CTMH Artiste cartridge
DCWV Baby Girl Nursery Stack
Martha Stewart Loop Punch
A Jillian Vance Design {die}velop Foto Frames and {die}alogue Bubbles die set
A Jillian Vance Design {die}velop Everyday Fotos stamp set
Font used for Journaling: CAC Pinafore

If you would like to see more creations using AJVD products, click here.

Elmo Wishing You...

A Very Merry Christmas...in the cutest way possible! Look at this darling card I created with this zipper die! I love this die so much, it makes my card interactive!

Supplies:
Cricut Elmo & Friends Holiday cartridge (Elmo22 cut @ 41/2, pg. 56)
A Jillian Vance Design The Zipper {die}vice die 
A Jillian Vance Design The Holiday Zipper stamp set
Memento Ink - Tuxedo Black

Go visit the A Jillian Vance Design - Design Team blog for more ideas using this die!

Sofia's Baptism ~ Invitations, Banner, Menu card, Programs and Favours

At the end of July, we celebrated our daughter's Baptism. It was a very special day for us. Here's a lengthy post that contains some of the sweet little details...

Her precious little raw silk dress:

Custom vintage headpiece for the reception:

The Invitation:
(Personal Information has been blurred out)

Invitation Supplies: 
Cricut New Testament cartridge (cross feature on pg. 51 cut @ 5')
Stampin Up! cardstock in Pink Pirouette
Stampin Up! Grosgrain Ribbon in Pink Pirouette
Recollections Pearl Embellishments
Fonts used: Calibri and LainieDaySH

*Useful Tip* For the ribbon effect on the invitation, I did not run the ribbon behind the layered cardstock. I trimmed it using my Imaginisce Imagicut ribbon tool. Invest in it - it's worth it. I wasn't too good at using the lighter to seal my ribbon.

The Banner:

To make the areas where I hung the banner look neat and clean, I created two giant flowers, they were so beautiful!

Banner Supplies:
Cricut Pretty Pennants cartridge
Cricut New Testament cartridge
Cricut Storybook cartridge
Cricut Giant Flowers cartridge
Stampin Up! cardstock in Pink Pirouette
Recollections Shimmer cardstock

The Menu:

Menu Card Supplies:
Stampin Up! cardstock in Pink Pirouette

Recollections Shimmer cardstock

Fonts used: Calibri and LainieDaySH

The Program (A Mini Keepsake Book):
I really wanted to create a special keepsake program of Sofia's special day. Inside I put approximately 15 photos of her professional newborn shots and in between the pictures I placed quotes about children from the bible and some prayers.

Program Supplies:

Cricut Imagine Baby Boutique cartridge (printed the patterned paper on Recollections shimmer cardstock)

Stampin Up! cardstock in Pink Pirouette

Your Story 4x6 White Linen Texture Album Covers

Fonts used: Calibri and LainieDaySH

Favour's - Handmade Rosaries:
In addition to the framed photos that we provided each guest, I handmade rosaries (I used to make these during recess at school when I was a little girl - it was very sentimental for me) and placed them with a prayer card.  I used a prayer that my husband and I say with Sofia each night before she goes to sleep.  I placed these in a clear pillow box for a nice clean look and kept the fonts consistent as well as the cardstock.

Favour Supplies:

Clear Pillow Boxes

Stampin Up! cardstock in Pink Pirouette

Fonts used: Calibri and LainieDaySH

Bling Pacifier:
Sofia had to have a princess pacifier on her special day! I took a pacifier and blinged it to the nines with Swarovski Crystals using my Imaginisce I-Rock. I then attached it with white satin ribbon and adhered it with a pearl rhinestone embellishment using a hot glue gun.

Here's a shot of the framed professional photos of Sofia that we handed out to each guest:

The tag that was attached to the photos. I love this poem!

A simple flower arrangement I made and spruced up by adding ribbon and a rhinestone embellishment.

For the dessert table, I made chocolate covered strawberries.

My sister and I made Hello Kitty Cake Pops :)

Old fashioned Italian cake. Not the prettiest, but I can guarantee you - it was the tastiest!

Hope you enjoyed this post! Thanks for looking - I hope that it provided you with some inspiration!