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Saturday, October 15, 2011

TRICK OR TREAT


Little Scraps of Heaven is having an October Challenge. Here is the layout I did for it. I could use your votes. Please Go to their fan page at http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.488726831413.289240.62523771413&type=1 


The deadline to submit is today Oct 15th. They will be putting all entries in a album. so check back next week and vote for your favorite entry. Thanks  Cindy

Monday, October 10, 2011

TRICK OR TREAT GIVE ME SOMETHING GOOD TO EAT


PRECIOUS PIECINGS patterns # 146 devil girl, 155 little monsters dracula, and 181 witch picture hanger were use on these layouts. Check out http://www.preciouspiecings.com/ for lots of totally awesome Halloween patterns.   Ebay listing info will be posted soon. Check back  often to see what has been added to the blog.

EBAY LISTING for this item is under cindy.emily      # 260870639386  Thanksfor taking a look.

Friday, October 7, 2011

PUMPKIN PATCH JOURNALING POCKET

Here is a fun journaling pocket for you to write a special hidden message in  .Inside the pocket is one tag. You could very easily add a couple more tags with photos , tickets and special messages to an event like  a haunted hayride or a visit to the Pumpkin Patch or maze craze. I used a pattern from Little Scraps of Heaven called  Pumpkin Patch Fun.

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

PUBLISHED AGAIN YEAH


Four of the six Halloween bags I made for last year were published in Issue 5 of The Bug Magazine. These bags were all made with the Cricut.

BABY'S FIRST HALLOWEEN TREAT BAG

Tricia at Little Scraps of Heaven sent this file to me.what a nice surprize. As Halloween approaches each year I try to make up differant treat bags for my great nieces and nephews. thought this was perfect for the first bag of the season.The pattern is Baby's first Halloween.and can be found at http://www.littlescrapsofheaven.com/ Tricia has really wonderful patterns available.

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

ICECREAM MAN TAG
This tag was designed for the challenge on the Little Scraps of Heaven facebook  page. Listed around the outside of the tag you will find differant flavors of icecream. Did I list your favorite? Icecream man and playground are patterns designed by Little Scraps of Heaven.

Monday, October 3, 2011

Mommy's Little Monster

PIXIES PIECINGS

With Halloween just around the corner.I thought it would be fun to try out one of the patterns that Lisa is offering at her new online store. http://www.pixiespiecings.com/

This  12 x 12 layout worked up quite fast.I use one of the 6 designs from the
Boo Crew pattern by PixiesPiecieings.

.The top photomat is double matted to highlight the best photo you take of your little Trick or Treater..

On the right side of the layout you have mats for three more photos or some journaling,



Girls Night Out

Pixies Piecings does it again. When I saw this Gazebo that Lisa Ralston designed I knew that I had to have the pattern. I can think of so many outside activities  where this piecing would fit perfectly. The pattern also features 4 adorable Pandas.
The Girls Night out two page layout has 5 photo/journaling mats available. How fun this would be with a close up of all the girls on thier fun night out. You could add individual photos on the 3 mats located on the 2nd layout. Journaling about where you  were and what a great time you had could be added to the last box.
For fun I hand tied coordinating buttons adding the to border strips and above the panda sitting in the chair.
All of the above paperpiecings are available at http://www.pixiespiecings.com/ Stop by to check out the other patters Lisa has on her site. Tell her Cindy sent you.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

COMING SOON

Check back often as I will be adding new projects using the Cricut weekly.

I'VE BEEN PUBLISHED

Issue 4 of The bug magazine will be arriving in mailboxes soon. I am so excited . My BBQ tag made it to the cover. The magazine is new and will be a great asset to all us scrapbooking , diecutting  divas .

To check out the site and maybe buy a copy go to http://www.thebugmagazine.com/  Please tell them Cindy in Maine sent you.

Sunday, May 15, 2011

TIME BEGAN IN A GARDEN

One of my favorite places to be is in my Garden. I love the colors,smells, butterflies and bees.One of my a favorite things to do there when I'm not knee deep in dirt is to sit back relax with a good book and watch the birds. Hummingbirds are facinating. This 2 page layout includes 6 of my very own designed butterflies, 2 tags with embossed and chalked hummies, a Hummingbird charm and 3 of the precious piecing hummingbirds from pattern # 224, as well as losts of flowers. I can hardly wait to take photos to finish off the layout.

Friday, May 13, 2011

MS LISA'S PRECIOUS PIECINGS REACHES 800 PLUS PATTERNS

Here's a 5 *****Congratulations to Ms Lisa. As of this weeks listings she as designed and listed 800 plus patterns( all of which are awesome.) What an amazing accomplishment. Thank you for sharing your talent with all of us .I look forward to your next 200 designs. Keep them coming. :) DT Cindy Here's     5 More*****  for a 10 star lady Check out all the patterns at http://preciouspiecings.com/   Tell Ms Lisa  that DT Cindy sent you. :) Piece on

Sunday, May 8, 2011

MOTHERS DAY CARD

 
This is my Mum's real card.I used  pattern # 662 Busy Bee flying Pattern.It as 5 bees on it.The bees are 1 inch long. I reversed them so they appeared to be going in differant directions. It was alot of fun to make. Photos will be added to the front mats and inside as well.  Happy Mum's Day.


Sunday, May 1, 2011

Info I wanted to share with you about this bookmark and all of the Precious piecing patterns . !st off they are all awesome. But most of you know that already.

They are the extreamly easy to piece together. The finished piece looks like it took you forever to make. Its our secret how quickly they work up.

 Next you can make them any size you want them to be. What this means to you is that when you buy a pattern  one size doesn't always fit all. Here, you are getting a terrific deal.Because one pattern can be sized to fit the project you have in mind  from really really tiny to really really large.

This bookmark is a good example of downsizing a pattern. The liitle brother is actually 1 1/4 inches small and the sheepdog is 1  5/8 inches small. Even small they pieced together quickly and kept thier detail.

I am posting 2 more photos for you to check out. Apoligies for the blurry one but I wanted you to see it up close FyI  the close up shows the boy and dog much larger than the actual pieces.  That's my pay it forward tip for the day. PIECE ON   DT Cindy

WELCOME SPRINGTIME BOOKMARK


Spring's a great time to get some reading in on those liquid sunshiny days. I figured it would be nice to have a new bookmark to brighten the moment.I used 3 patterns they are 690 tree, 741 Pedigree Sheepdog, and 761 Kids little brother.

PUDDLE JUMPING


What would Spring be without some good old fashioned Puddle Jumping. Puddle jumpig certainly makes it more fun. For this tag I used Pattern #371 Just Ducky.

SWING INTO SPRING WEEKEND CHALLENGE PROJECT


Swing into Spring started out as a small tag and just kept growing. I used this weeks new pattern # 796 Real Swinger and #690 tree.  I justt love the way it turned out. The little girl  looks like she is having so much fun.

Saturday, April 30, 2011

MY LITTLE LADYBUG 2 PAGE LAYOUT


I thought  it would be fun to make the previous ladybug photo mat to the next level by making it into a two page layout. Here's what  I came up wit. What do you think?  I again used pattern # 30. Right now you can buy this pattern at the paper piecing store for 50 cents.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

IT'S A POOL PARTY

Tonight I was thinking about summer and came up with this fun pool party invatation.  I used 5 Precious Piecing patterns,  They are  435 Summer Girl,  447 Beach Flamingo,   467 Pool and Life Saver, 690 Full Tree, and 796   Hill Billie Teen . Here's wishing all your pool parties be this much fun.

Saturday, April 23, 2011

MY LITTLE LADYBUG

My Little Ladybug is for the weekend Challenge at Preciouspiecings.com.

 As the snow fell outside my window this morning a Lucky Ladybug landed on the flower I have near my computer. It was a sign to remind me that Spring is on its way.

 I made up some flowers and pieced together the little lady bug which is pattern # 030.

  The lettering came from a couple of Cricut cartridges.

 If you love ladybugs Lisa at Precious Piecings has  at least 5 ladybug  like patterns.They are numbered  030,364,343,630,and 693.

 Oh remember to enter the weekend Challenge, as a lucky fan will be drawn randomly for a free pattern. Good luck everyone.

WE ARE FAMILY

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For this fun card I use 2 of Ms Lisa's Precious Piecing Patterns. They are #034 mice pic 2( this pattern as 3 differant mice in it,Bonus yeah) and the 2nd pattern is # 310 Jungle Babies Elephant.

TIP FOR THE DAY:   Group together several differant pattern designs to create a fun look on your projects.

Sunday, April 17, 2011

WE ARE FAMILY



I heard that song not sure of the title but is goes along something like this We are family, Brothers and Sisters , ya that's all I can remember. Anyway the tune is stuck in my head which is good because it inspired me to make this fun quick Family tag. I love how Lisa's  Precious Piecings patterns piece together so easily.This card used 2 patterns they were # 789 Jac and 790 Ed. The bling Family border is from Michaels dollar bin. The whole tag took maybe 20 minutes to make. Fun and easy who could ask for anything more.

GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN


Thought it would be fun to make a card for the Weekend Challenge.*using buttons*  As I pawed thru my button stash I found these purple and green one. I love these colors. when I saw the pink ribbon button I knew it would be a perfect match for The card.  I used the new Precious Piecings patterns # 788 Bell.

EGG HUNT


What is Spring without an Easter Egg Hunt? This 12 x 12 layout features 5 of  the Precfious Piecings Patterns .  they are 063 Easter Peekers There are 3 peekers on the pattern.I used only 2.  then I used 382 hiding Eggs, 690 Full Tree and 405 Easter Basket. I can hardly waith to add this years photos.

Friday, April 15, 2011

FIREMEN LIKE IT HOT

This was a fun layout to make. It features 4 of the Precious Piecings Patterns .  They are 785 Fireman,786 Fire truck, 751 Dog and 690 tree. The hot dogs were hand cut and the  grill came from  the Cricut cartridge From the kitchen.
This would be a fun page to add photos of the annual Firemans BBQ or Fire Safety week Photos.

Monday, April 11, 2011

Design Team Challenge

GIRLY GIRL SECRETS

Mirror mirror on the wall who's got secrets? I now them all. This fun little notebook would be a perfect place for a little girl to  journal here inner mosts thoughts and secrets. What a fun place to write about who you are. For this mini book I used pattern number 455 mirror mirror girl.

BIG BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLY ALBUM

I used pattern # 643 Monarch butterfly was used to make this 9 1/2 9/34 inch photo album.I cut the base from thin chipboard using my Cricut and the blue houseing and blade.The album is 24 pages and I made an accordian strip inside to attatch the pages to. For a big impact make your patterns large . Have fun. DT Cindy

Sunday, April 3, 2011

YOU'RE DINORIFIC

                               WEEKEND GREEN CHALLENGE                                             

                                                                                      

Dinorific That's right. I bet you all know a terrific Kid that would love to recieve a special card made just for them. This was super easy. I made the Dinosaur really big and the card went together in about half an hour start to finish. I used pattern   #016 Dino

SPRING IS BLOOMING EVERYWHERE

Our April Fools Day Snow storm left 6 inches of cold wet slush. I had a real Spring hankering going on. I love the spring like colors of this paper. Pattern #032 Butterfly  was the perfect design to make me feel that Spring was in the air and soon we would see things Blooming all around us.  Yes Spring is here.

RUNNING ON HORSE POWER

                               

Here is another 2 page layout that will be for Matt's trucking album. It would work well for photos of you and your new, horse, horse riding pictures, car ,truck boat, tractor, lawnmower,big rig or anything with an engine. I used two patterns for this layout.
They were #061 Barnyard Peekers(this has 2 other characters on the pattern, a cow and a pig) and I used # 673 Cowboys Horse.

Saturday, April 2, 2011

IT'S RAINING MEN DESIGN TEAM CHALLENGE

Matt was telling me a trucking story or two and inspiration hit me. Roadside Grill is the result. I used several patterns to make these pages come to life. They are #674 Camping Cowboy, #162 Campfire,#379 Stumpy I actually cut stumpy off his log and use just the log, and 062 the Chicken.

Monday, March 21, 2011

DESIGN TEAM CHALLENGE SPRING HAS SPRUNG

           
APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS  

I love this time of year. April showers, rainbows, newborn animals, flowers start sprouting in the gardens. It's .all good. For this April shower tag I used 2 of the Precious Piecing pattens. They are # 120 Clouds and 459 Rainy Day Kids. doesn't this make you want to jump in a puddle and look for a rainbow.





 


Saturday, March 19, 2011

WEEKEND CHALLENGE USING METAL EMBELLISHMENTS
The title of this 2 page  8x8 layout is YOU ROCK This layout would be used for a concert you attended, your favorite singer or a group of friends trying their hand at Kerioke. I used metal photo corners on the photo mat. A great find of beaded ribbon was used to make a stage for the groupie to walk on. Pattern # 670 Garage Band Groupie was perfect for this set of pages.

MARCH WINDS BLOW

                                                                 
                                                               
(Pattern # 565)  Old Man Winter is almost behind us and the feel of Spring is in the air. As March winds blow we embrase the opportunity for some good old fun .Out come the kites and the fly high competitions begin.This would be fun on layout showing yours skills as a Kite Flying Connisiour.The adorable litle girl is one part of pattern # 452 girl with wagon. A Martha Stewart kite finishes off the tag quite nicely.

Monday, March 14, 2011

SWEET GIRLY GIRLS

I wanted to make a fun, bright cheary layout a real Girly set of pages. It features 3 of the Precious Piecings  patterns . They are 457 Party Dress Girl ,474 Mermaid Peeker, and 475 Little Mermaid. Paper lace, felt sparkled words , dimensional flowers and bling dots make this work.  Lift the mermaid peeker at the top and you will find a place for hidden journaling. Four photo makt and a journaling box complete the layouts.
CATCHING 20 ZZZZ'S

How often would a little nap in the middle of the day feel awesome. My son is a long haul truck driver . For his birthday I decided to make an mini album for him with the stories he has shared from his on the road experiences.. I used pattern # 675 Camp Chair Cowboy. I bet you have pictures of family and friends catching 20 ZZZZZZZs Why not make them a special card using this little cowboy.I'm sure they would get a kick out of it. This pattern and so many more can be found by clicking on the link to the right.

DESIGN TEAM CHALLENGE  BLING
                                         CHASE YOUR DREAMS

Let a little bling  welcome your Spring. Isn't she just to adorable. Metalic glitter Butterflies flutter amongst the Soft pink and purple Bling flowers on a vine of pink ribbon.Beary chic is from Pattern 387. Bling up your projects, you can use glittler, stickles, ribblons. brads, confetti, anything shiny or glitsy, just make it fun. to see more bling ideas check out The precious piecings Challenge link at    http://preciouspiecingschallenges.blogspot.com/     New postings every Monday. We would love to have you make a bling project and post it to our fan page Click on the    facebook link to the right

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Prettty Little Scottish Girl

WEEKEND BLING CHALLENGE
                                          LITTLE SCOTTISH GIRL  

This little Scotch Girl is from Precious piecings pattern # 594.

Check out the store for several other paper pieced girls from  around the world. .

 You can reach the strore by clicking on the link to the right. 

A Martha Stewart  punch for the paper lace was used at he bottom of the card .A shiny metalic border strip from EK sucsess was used as a side border.Stickles on the paper lace border and the chipboard flower add Bling to the card.   

   We would love to have youjoin in on our weekend challenge. It is a great place to be inspired and to inspire others.

ARE WE THERE YET?

 THE  NEXT TRUCK STOP.

I made these two   8x8 pages for my sons album. By changing the wording they could be for a camping or travel  book. Every time I look at this set of  pages I laugh. . Pattern # 676 Cowboys go any where they want. In the store you can find this pattern under the theme Redneck.  The link to the right will take you there. .I'd love to see what you come up with. Feel free to share on the fan page.

Sunday, March 6, 2011

RED HOT CHALLENGE

It's a  RED HOT CHALLENGE.

Check the facebook page for full details. Entries are due March 13th at 9:00  p.m. .

 Won't you join us by making a project and post it on the challenge link on the right of this page.We would love to see what you come up with.

For additional inspiration click on the Challenge link to see the  Design Team members inspirational projects.

You could win a large paper piecing kit of your choice. I just love the Black Bear and the Perfectly Pandas.  .

Here is my challenge entry for this week. I thought it would be fun to have a hidden journaling box so I hid a double sided tag in a pocket on the precious embellishment. this could be used on a layout or on a card. Precious Piecings pattern #049 Skunk Laying. I also use a scalloped lace border punch and added bling just for fun.TGhe skunk is pop dotted for dimension.