Happy Cricut Monday!

Here is my latest Cricut creation. I haven't shared a Cricut creation in a while and thought I would showcase a simple, quick, yet totally cute card. If you are in a crunch, find a mild pattern for a back drop. Cut a simple sentiment is a bold color. Done! It is as easy as that. You can add a touch of embellishment, too, if you wish. I added a small jewel on the dot of the i.

Credits: Paper - My Minds Eye, Die Cut - Congratulations from the "New Arrival" cartridge, Jewel - dollar store

My First Vinyl Cut

I saw something similar in some pictures that I was looking at for ideas. They put something like this on their wall and lifted the idea - more or less. I used some random fonts and cut it with SCAL using my Cricut. This was my first vinyl cut with my Cricut. It was AWESOME! I will be doing more. It went on easy-peasy. I have some suggestions to you, though. You will need some sort of transfer medium. I used delicate surface masking tape for this one. I like cutting all the way through the vinyl. Then, I arrange it onto the masking tape. I pull off the vinyl backing and put it on the wall, masking tape and all. Then gently pull the masking tape off of the vinyl letters and it is in place. I put this one in the play room. My son is posing by it climbing on top of the slide.

Edit: I have no idea why this photo is so blurry. I took a quick closeup for you.

Laundry Room

We moved into our house about 3 years ago. I have been moving at a snails pace getting it decorated, painted, etc. I have always wanted to do "something" with the Laundry Room. I love having a dedicated space - as opposed to our walk through laundry room at our old house. So, I made this to spruce up the walls. I haven't painted or anything else, but this helps a little.

I used a frame that I had at the old house and haven't been able to repurpose here. I used digital papers as the mat - I printed them and then used them. The letters are also digital papers that I printed and then cut with my cricut - I used a font on my computer with SCAL. I added a few embellishments to the letters and then adhered them to the page. I drew some clothes in a graphics program and filled them with digital papers as well. I printed them on card stock and then hand cut them. I attached them to the ribbon with staples. Many people say I should have used tiny clothes pins, but I didn't want them to fall off. I also thought the clothes pins would clutter it up so to speak.



Credits: Papers - Laura Burger (Boone Hall), Clothes - drawn by me, Ribbon - from stock, Flowers - from a Scrapbook kit purchased at Sam's Club

Zoo Page Border

I did another swap. It was a zoo themed swap, and I had page borders. This was a very good swap as all the items I received were excellent. I was extremely impressed with everything. I don't really know why I keep participating in swaps. I don't paper scrapbook anymore. It is just so much fun coming up with something that I hope will bless all the participants. This border was such a fun project. It came together so easy from beginning to end.

I had a vision for this almost immediately. This was one of those projects that came out very close to conceptalization.

Credits: Paper - Bazzill Cardstock, Animal Die Cuts - Cuttlebug, Tree Die Cut - Cricut from the Paper Dolls Cart, At the Zoo Letters - Cricut from the Doodletype Font, I chalked the animals, hand tore the ground, and hand cut the grass.

Thanks for Looking!!

Fun with my Cuttlebug

I don't post much about my Cuttlebug because of my complete facination with the cricut. But, I still love and use it regularly as well. I mostly use the embossing folders, but on this card I used one of the dies. I highly recommend this as a companion to your electronic cutter. I don't have a huge selection of die cuts and wouldn't use it for alphabets (the cricut is so much easier). But for embossing and quick one cuts, it does the job well.


Credits: Paper - Bazzil, Ribbon - Wal-Mart, Embossing - Cuttlebug, Die Cut - Cuttlebug Zoo Animals set

Fun Card for a Friend

I want to share with you a really fun card that I made. I thought this could work for so many things: birthday, thank you, thinking of you, etc. I love this sassy lady and plan to use her again. I cut it from my cricut and it cuts with a prego belly. I altered it a bit so it could be used for more occasions.

Credits: Paper - Paper Studio and Bazzil, Die Cut - Cricut from the "New Arrival" cart

Happy Birthday!!! In honor of my son's birthday, I would like to share one of my fav new cards.

Credits: Paper - Flower Print by My Minds Eye and Lepord Pring by Paper Studio , Ribbon - RABOM, Stamp - Clearly Words Worth, Flower - Wal-Mart

Have a Great Day

Today's share is such a lively piece. I really loved this paper from Fancy Pants. Enjoy!



Contents: Paper - Fancy Pants; ribbon - HL; stamps - Clearly Wordsworth and Michael's

Here Comes Another One Just Like the Other One

I really loved how the colors popped on this one.  It is another birthday card similar to yesterday's share.



I think I will skip posting the others in this same design family.  Look forward to some of my all time favorite cards that I have made coming up soon.

Out of My Creative Box

I totally love leopard print, and I even love cards made with it. I haven't to date really done many cards with Leopard or animal prints at all. So, I broke out my fresh sheets of paper and went to cutting and creating. I was very pleased at how this "Thinking of You Today" card turned out.



Contents: Paper - HL; Stamp - SillyLeAnn Designs; ribbon - Rabom; button - My Minds Eye

Thanks for looking!

Happy Birthday

August was a month full of birthday's and surprises for everyone. And September was no different. I was up to my eye balls in birthdays. Oh, and October doesn't bring any relief. We will have celebrated 10 birthdays just in my immediate family only (also including my DH's family). So, I have a TON of birthday cards to share. :) Fun for you . . . okay and honestly totally fun for me. I throughly enjoy giving gifts. I joke that if I were a millionaire, I would start spending my money and what I could do for others. It is the best feeling to give someone a gift. I am back to making cards and getting ready for the Christmas holidays. I will be getting my Christmas card samples complete by mid-October. Yeah!



I will be honest. I really don't know where most of the stuff on this card came from. :) I know the yellow paper was from Hobby Lobby and the flower is prima.

I made a couple of birthday cards just like this one that I will share off and on. I hope your fall is starting off GREAT!

Girl Leopard Print

I have been so in love with animal print lately.  This is actually a card a did a while back, but really wanted to share.  Enjoy!



Credits:  Paper and ribbon - Hobby Lobby; stamp - cannot remember (I'll try to find out and report back)

Rattle, Rattle . . . Here come the Cards

Long time, no post.  Did you think I stopped blogging?  Well, life sometimes gets a bit crazy.  But, I am hopefully back to blogging again for a while.  I have so many cards and projects to share.  I wish I had endless time to take pictures and share.  I have my little girls birthday party to blog about . . . cards and more cards . . . scrapbook pages . . . so much creativity, so little time.



Credits:  Blue Background Paper - Hobby Lobby; Rattle cut and Paper - designed by Memory Crown and cut with SCAL; Flower Punch - EK Sucess; It's a boy! stamp - SillyLeAnn Designs

Thanks for looking.

Pet Page

I participated in a Pet Page challenge and thought I would share.




Contents: Paper - My Minds Eye; Title - Cut with my Cricut using the font Girls are Weird; Doodled with acrylic paint and white gel ink pen; strips - Treading Water Border Punch from Fiskars; flowers - punched with EK Success Punches; buttons - My Minds Eye; ribbon - party supply

Thanks for looking!

Time for Fall

Already???!!!??? Okay, maybe just for me. :) I was making some fun "nature" cards and I had to do a fall card. Fall is my 2nd favorite time of the year and my favorite to decorate for. Enjoy todays card.




Contents: Sky paper - Cosmo Cricket; Green Texture Paper - Hobby Lobby; Orange and Brown - computer printed; Stamp - SillyLeAnn Designs; Paper Patterns - Memory Crown Cutters Forum

Thanks for looking! See you soon!!

Long Time Coming

This post has been a long time coming, and I know it! Wow, has time really flown by or what! I have been so busy doing all sorts of stuff both family and "business" related. I have finally opened up my "Memory Crown" store. You can find so many of my creative goodies there. The address is http://www.memorycrown.com.


Stop by and do some shopping. I do not have all available products added to the store at the moment. I will be working to add those ASAP. The funny thing is that about 98% of our cards sell within a day or two of making them. So, it will be hard to keep a fresh supply, but keep checking back.

I have also been working on some Cricut projects as well that I will hopefully be sharing over the next few weeks. I have been looking into getting a new program that will allow me to design my own art and let the cricut cut it out for me. I love making new designs. So, I have decided to open a forum to discuss scrapbooking, card making, etc. It also includes a member only area to share our cut files.

Check out the Memory Crown's Cutter Forum Here

Yes, I am the only member. :) Hey, you have to start somewhere, right? My hope is that it will grow into a great community where we can get together to share files that we have created to use on cards or in our scrapbooks. So far, I have 5 files available in svg format. I have about another 5 to get tested and uploaded. In order to cut fonts from your computer or the art I have designed, you will need a program called Sure Cuts ALot. If you want more info on what I am talking about you can visit the Craft Edge homepage. I don't currently own the program but hope to purchase it soon.



I made this card from one of the fall trees that is available at the forum in the members area. Instead of cutting out the leaves and flowers with the file, I used only the tree and added prima flowers. The paper is from Cosmo Cricket and the scripture stamp is from PaperTreyInk.

Thanks for looking and clicking! Hopefully, I'll blog soon! :)

Good Luck . . . and One of my Favs

My husband is taking his mock oral boards today. I am wishing him luck even though it is not the real thing. He has been up for 24 hours and needs to be fully alert. (he is REALLY cranky and a bit elusive when he hasn't had much sleep).

My share today is a darling baby girl card. This is one of my favorite cards that I have made in a while. I'm not sure exactly what I love about it. I think it is the sweetness in it.



Contents: Paper - Basic Grey; Flower - Portfolia; Jewel - dollar store; Giraffe - Jollee's; Stamp - SillyLeAnn Designs

Getting Noticed by Web Searches

This is a different type of post for me. I am in the middle of building a new website. (insert roars of cheers and excitement, LOL!) I have had many people ask how they can get better rankings with major search engines. I set out to answer that question in a paragraph email and realized quickly that I could write an entire book on the subject. Actually, many have been written on this exact topic. Most of the people I rub virtual elbows with are like me: stay at home mom's, extremely small outsource designers, etc. So, I wrote an article geared toward the small operation that will most likely doing all the work themselves. I tried to be general and not assume that you have a degree in web development (is there such a degree?). I hope that you will find this article useful and easy to follow.

Click Here to download the PDF article

Thanks for your support. Your comments are always appreciated. :)

Happy Birthday Share

I am popping in real quick to keep up my good blogging record. :)




Contents: Paper - Daisy D; Ribbon - Lollipop Ribbon; Button - My Mind's Eye; Stamp - SillyLeAnn Designs (again - my stamp!)

Happy Anniversary to Me!

Well, yesterday was my 8th wedding anniversary! I am so blessed to be married to such a wonderful man. We have not been able to celebrate. He has a ridiculous work schedule at the moment, but we will do something this weekend (Sound of Music Ballet and Dinner). So, to honor such a special occasion to me. I am sharing a wedding card I recently made.




Contents: Paper - My Mind's Eye; Ribbon - Lollipop Ribbon; Scallop - Marvy Uchida; Stamp - SillyLeAnn Designs (that's me!)