Moving . . . UGH!

Last Tuesday we found out we were moving and the kicker is we have to be out of our current rental by midnight on Halloween!  How does one move a household of three in 12 days?  Not easily, especially since we've been here five years and it seems that everything has multiplied since we moved in - even though two grown children have flown the coop and taken their stuff with them.  This will be my last post for a little while as I am packing up the craft room (sob!) and my office (double sob!). 

When I come back I'll have a couple of things to share with you -- two adorable Halloween costumes I made and my niece's 3rd birthday invitation.  I've got things for three baby showers to create as well as things for my niece's birthday, cards for six birthdays in November and December . . . oh, yeah . . .  AND Christmas.  (I think the craft room may very well get put back together before the kitchen!)

Melin has graciously allowed me to be in absentia at Cooking with Cricut, but I'll be back for the mid-November challenges.  Go check out her blog -- my fellow Design Team members are among some of the most creative and talented people I've ever had the privilege to craft with!!!

See you soon!

CWC Design Team Challenge: Sweetest Day

Our first Design Team challenge over at Cooking with Cricut (CWC) was to create something for "Sweetest Day."  Now, I've heard of Sweetest Day before, but I wasn't really sure what it was all about.  So, after a little research, here is what I discovered:

According to Wikipedia, Sweetest Day is an observance celebrated primarily in the Great Lakes region, and parts of the Northeast United States on the third Saturday in October.  Once known as a day to spread love and cheer to the unfortunate, this popular holiday in the northern U.S. is now known as a day to show affection to the loved ones in your life. It is described by Retail Confectioners International as an "occasion which offers all of us an opportunity to remember not only the sick, aged and orphaned, but also friends, relatives and associates whose helpfulness and kindness we have enjoyed." Sweetest Day has also been referred to as a "concocted promotion" created by the candy industry solely to increase sales of candy.

I decided to make a card for my sweetie.  One of my favorite quotes is one attributed to A. A. Milne's beloved Winnie the Pooh.  And, since Pooh is my favorite . . .  a card was born!

Cricut Cartridge:  Pooh & Friends

Paper:  Bazzill Basics Wild Pansy (card); Colorbok, Tracy Porter, Make & Create, Floral Tapestry (background mat); Bazzill Basics Lavender Twilight (center mat); Recollections & Bazzill Basics scraps (Pooh, Piglet, and the daisy frame).

Other:  Clear rhinestone "bling"; rub on butterflies; yellow stickles (flower centers).

Pooh is 5" tall, Piglet is 3 3/4" tall and the daisy frame is 6 1/4" tall.  The quote "If you live to be a hundred . . . I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you" was computer generated.

As always, click on the picture for a better look.  Now, scoot on over to Cooking with Cricut and check out what my fellow designers created!

I Was Chosen!

I recently applied to be a member of the very first Design Team on the Cooking with Cricut (CWC) blog.  This gal creates some AMAZING things (so please go check out her blog -- you'll love it)!  I've been following Melin's blog for a number of months now and have been blown away by the beautiful things she creates.  So when she announced she was starting her first Design Team, I thought I'd give it a try.  I really didn't think she'd pick me, simply because there are so many talented folks out there doing the kinds of things I'm doing.  But she did, Melin picked ME to be a part of her 18-member team!!  I am so excited and honored to be a part of this awesome group of women!

Our first challenge will be uploaded tomorrow.  So please come back and check it out -- either here at my blog, which will link to Cooking with Cricut (that way you can check out the beautiful stuff my fellow designers have created) or go straight to the CWC blog using the link above.