Baby Girl Planner & Journal with Cricut Imagine Shrinky Dinks Charm

With our Baby Girl on the way, I needed a journal where I could keep track of the baby's firsts, appointments, feeding/sleeping schedule...and lots of other important details, including random thoughts and journaling. The design team over at A Jillian Vance Design is spotlighting the "Totally Titles" stamp set and the challenge was to create an altered notebook. I loved this challenge because this stamp set has over 30 words to mix and match and this was also my first time creating an altered notebook. Be sure to check back soon, I will post a video on my experience using the Cricut Imagine to make Shrinky Dinks Charms.

Supplies:
Notebook
Cricut Imagine Baby Boutique
ATG
Glossy Accents
Chalk Ink
Ribbon
Lace
Pearls
Imaginisce i-Rock
Foam Tape
Shrinky Dinks Bright White Paper
A Jillian Vance Design Totally Titles - on sale this week for $12.00

Thanks for looking and if you dont already, be sure to follow A Jillian Vance Design on Facebook. Only 10 more followers needed until they give away 2 Valentine's Day stamp sets. You can also follow the design team blog by clicking here.

There's SNOW place like home! Card and Gift!

Is everyone staying toasty at home? My sister is on her way to Hawaii for one week since it's so cold here in Canada and when she comes back, I wanted to surprise her with a sweet, warm thought.  I put my Just Snowflakes and Snowflake Sentiment stamp sets to use by making her a welcome home card and a quick "warm up" gift! If you love the stamps that I used, they are currently on sale for $12.00 so be sure to scoop them up before the sale is over! Click here!

I used chalk ink to ink up my Just Snowflake stamps to create a soft, snowy look and to also make my own pattern paper.

For a gift, I made her a hot chocolate package and made this pretty tag to match.

Supplies:

Cricut Kate's ABCs

Chalk Ink

Trendy Twine

Blue Button

Snow Applique Pen

Cone Bags

Stampin Up Grosgrain ribbon in Chocolate Chip

A Jillian Vance Design Just Snowflakes & Snowflakes Sentiments

Hope you all enjoyed this post and remember, gifts aren't just for Christmas time, maybe someone you know would be cheered up in this dreary weather with a simple card and hot cocoa gift :)

Happy Birthday Dad!

Hello to my loyal followers! Today I'm bringing you a manly birthday card made with my dad in mind. I used two cricut machines for this one: Expression and Imagine. 

Supplies:

Cricut Lite Love You A Latte

Cricut Imagine Vintage Papers

Scraps from my stash

A Jillian Vance Design - Celebrate Men stamp set  - I was able to customize the "Happy Birthday" by adding "dad"! This set has many different options to customize the sentiment - I love that option!

Vintage Twine

Brown Button

Gelly Pen for faux stitching

Thanks for looking!

New Stamp Products and Sales

I'd like to share with you all some new stamp products that I am super excited about.

AJVD has come out with Exclusive Custom Dies by Spellbinders, designed by Jillian!  The best part is that  each of Jillian's {die}signs have co-ordinating stamp sets that fit perfectly within the dies. The fonts are gorgeous! To check out this yummy crafty goodness, click here!  Soon you will start to see many of my projects featuring these dies and stamps.
In fact, you may not have known this, but plenty of Jillian's stamp sets co-ordinate with Spellbinders Dies. Click here to view them all.

Also, AJVD has a new feature called "Spotlight". Each week, certain stamp sets that are featured by the designers will be on sale for $12.00!!! I love that price!

To keep up to date on new products, giveaways, sales, etc., follow AJVD on Facebook.

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.