Wedding invitations complete! and practice glass etching

I used Sophisticated for the design. This was a small empty wine bottle.

All done! Now on to the decorations!

A new gift for my Sister-in-Law

I have added photos of the product I used beside the Cricut. The tree is from Heritage and the fonts are Sophisticated and Plantin Schoolbook.

The mist was used on the canvas first then the vinyl for the tree was used as a mask before using the Mica Gloss as the background color.

I used the Stiffen Quik as a sealant. It was the only thing I had on hand. Worked like a charm!

What I did today

I am filling my display wall with framed photos. Instead of just throwing them in a plain frame I am adding some decoration.

The first is my son. I used Jasmine for the font. The second is my son and nephew. The shape is from Going Places and the font is Ashlyn's Alphabet.

This one is my son when he was 2. Both the shape and font is Plantin Schoolbook.

This one is my favorite. No Cricut on this one. Just some Die Cuts I had stored away.

This one has a total of 6 pictures, 4 of a trip to Missouri to visit my sister and her kids and 2 of my chihuahuas.

The dogs are from Animal Kingdom.

This is also Ashlyn's Alphabet.

Another font from Plantin Schoolbook.

Trial invitation for bachelorette party

This is my trial version. The lacing needs to be a different color, spaced farther apart, and thinner ribbon. I like the color scheme but I think I will try a 'softer' pattern. I used a purple glaze and I like the effect. I did go a little over board with the glitter!



These cuts are from Tie the Knot.

my mushroom cards

I really liked gnomes and mushrooms today! On the first card the gnome is from Freshly Picked and the mushroom is from Create A Critter. The other mushroom is from the Tinkerbell cartridge. Both have the font from Billionaire cartridge. That font welds perfectly on Design Studio.

How we worked on wedding invitation design....

My newest sister-in-law, Natalie, brought her friends and family over to my house to work on her wedding invitation design. I had a ball! We all used the same basic elements and came up with wildly different designs. Now poor Natalie has to pick and choose which parts she likes so we can come up with the final design.

Miss Natalie hard at 'work' munching and sucking down champagne!

Today's crafting with no Cricut.

Trying to find some creativity without using the Cricut has been more difficult than I thought! I played with my stamps, rub ons, and store bought embellishments and came up with these 3 cards.

These first 2 are okay. A little bland but useable.

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This third one is nowhere near my favorite. It is boring and not even stickles could save it!

Then I went on to bookmarks. These are not the regular stuff it in the book style bookmarks. These are pocket style so they won't fall out of the book while still saving the page and not damaging the book.

This one is made from a photo my niece, Raven took. I can't help but brag on how great of a photographer she is! Add some stickles and make it into a pocket. Done.



When Mama and I went to the Cricut Dallas Stampede I collected bunches of calling cards. Once I took down the information I put the cards aside. I didn't want to just toss all that hard work. So now I have used 3 of them for bookmarks.

The 2 pockets and the monkey came from the calling cards. I would have hated to loose all that creativity.