personalized tote bag

I'm  really bummed that my camera is still lost because I wanted to do my first tutorial on this cute tote bag. I'm assuming I accidentally packed it thinking I wouldn't need it and hopefully will find it after we move.

I'm happy I decided to make these because it forced me to figure out how to use my Cricut Design Studio. I bought it months ago and was so confused that I haven't touched it since. I also wanted a gypsy but because DS seemed so complicated I didn't want to waste more money on a product I wouldn't use. Does anyone know if the gypsy is more user friendly? I love the fact that you don't have to switch out cartridges when using it. I still need to play around with DS some more (or find a tutorial) today I just used it to see how big I should cut my letters.

The tote bag I used is 13.5 inches long and I cut my letters using Plantin school books size 2.5. This was my first time using a black tote bag and I later found out it will make the fabric that I use darker after it is ironed on. Oh well I still think it turned out cute.

I'm entering the challenge at cooking with cricut because I thought a tote bag would make a great stocking stuffer! This week’s challenge was all about Stockings and Stuffers. Anything with a stocking or anything that you can put in a stocking.
products used: Cricut, Design Studio, heat n bond, Plantin school books.

Catch the bug challenge

I'm entering this card in the walking in a winter wonderland challenge at catch the bug blog  The challenge this week is to make a winter wonderland card with lots of glitter and sparkle. The stamp I used is from bugaboo stamps it was their freebie last week! They have the cutest stamps and a new freebie every Friday!

Cricut Cardz Challenge #55

The challenge this week is to make a Christmas card with a banner using any cartridge or colors. You can enter at Cricut Cardz Challenge  the deadline is tuesday January 4 at midnight.

Over the summer I started making a lot of bows and made myself a template. I'm excited that I finally got to use my template for tiny bows.

Supplies used: cricut, christmas cheer, storybook, diy bow template

ProMarker giveaway!

Letraset is having a Promarker giveaway!

For your chance to win a huge prize of 10 assorted ProMarker 5 sets (pictured above) all you have to do is follow these 2 simple rules.

1. Share a Link to their Blog http://www.letrasetuk.blogspot.com/

 and their New Website http://www.letraset.com/ , and briefly explain the competiton on your own Blog, Facebook or Twitter.

2. Leave a comment telling them where you shared the link.

 I haven't tried these yet but have seen many bloggers post projects using them. I  found an art store near me that sells them so I should be getting some soon. And hopefully I can win some also :)

snowflake tag

Here is a simple tag I made for a gift for my niece. Her birthday is coming up so I'm not sure if I will use it in her Christmas or birthday gift. I'm entering it in the challenge at my pink stamper the challenge is to use two shades of pink two shades of blue and black.

Supplies used: cricut, storybook, sweethearts, accent essentials, texture boutique, stickles

More gift tags

I made these gift tags for Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge 42: Emboss It.  The challenge is to create a card or layout using an embossing technique.  

Stamps

My next goal is to start stamping. Up until now the only kind of stamping I would do was for heat embossing. I would love to learn how to make some of the adorable stamped cards that I have seen in challenges but I've always been too intimidated to try. There is just so much that I don't know about it and I'm not sure where to start.I know I need to get some markers to use after I stamp my image, does anyone know what the best markers for that are? Any advice would be great. Some of the stamps that I have been admiring are at peachy keen ( faces), my favorite things stamps, and my pink stamper.I haven't purchased any yet because I wanted to practice a little and make sure it was something that I could do. Last night I found an awesome blog http://freedigitalstamps.blogspot.com/ with links to some really cute FREE digital stamps. The plan for tomorrow is to buy some markers and practice on my new free stamps :)