Empty picture frames

I got some picture frames Christmas 2008 from Santa. Needless to say I loved the frames but was very hard pressed to find mats and artwork that I liked to go in these. So they have been hanging on the walls of my bathroom for oh....15 months now with nothing in them but the picture that comes with it.








Yes I was teased by my sisters about it and many others. So the other day I realized that with my new and larger Cricut machine that I can cut out mats that are large enough for frames this size!! I have one 11x14 and two 8x10 so I quickly went to work designing these in my software that works with the Cricut (CDS) and voila! Custom mats with a nicer than plain old square inside.

Now...if I can just figure out what goes in there. I'll be working on finishing that this weekend. Promise!

Dining room wall quote

I was thinking today about how hard it is to lift the vinyl off of the mat with the transfer tape. I started wondering...am I doing this the wrong way?? So I went onto You Tube and watched a few videos. Yup, sure enough...I was cutting it too deep and through the paper behind the vinyl which you are not supposed to do. I was also trying to lift the vinyl onto the transfer tape and that was taking a long time but really you are supposed to put it down over it all and then remove the BACK of the vinyl. DUH.

I was so excited that the process was WAY easier than I thought, and I thought I had been pretty 'experienced' in the vinyl already. Ha. Anyways, I jumped up to do this quote in my dining room that I've been thinking of putting there forever. It took me all of 15 minutes. I love it!

Getting ready for my daugther's party

My daughter is having a "Rock Star" themed birthday party. Black and pink are the colors and guitars are all abound! I started working on the decorations. This is the guitars I made with my Cricut (Indie Art) and the banner I made also with that same cart and Storybook for the font.

No time for projects today

I didn't get to many any projects tonight - yuck! Too busy with work and I have an early day tomorrow. Tomorrow night should be better so I hope to have something posted up. I need to plan on making at least 10 peep gardens for some co-workers so I'll post those once I get those done too.

Peeps were planted

This is the peep gardens with the peeps planted. They are so cute. I would probably fill these next time around with Jelly Beans so it's got some weight to it.

Getting ready for Easter

I made these tonight, little baskets with paper grass and I'm going to put peeps on sticks in there so it's like a little peep garden. I'll post the finished garden a bit closer to Easter.

My latest projects

I have not blogged in so long but I decided that with all the work I put into these sites that I should continue sharing my ideas and work. I recently bought the Cricut Expression so I've had fun doing some larger projects! Here are a few of them below.

Invitations for my daughter's birthday party. I had fun with these using both my Cricut and the computer to print out the inside details. Used Wild Card cartridge for this and Indie Art (guitar).

















Haley had to do SWAPS for her Girl Scout camp weekend so we did a miniature girl scout on a mini-page layout. We had fun making these and they turned out pretty cute!

I've been making a few easter things with the new Cricut Easter 2010 Cartridge and this pillow gift box is something for Katie - my friends daughter. I'll put some goodies and a cute tee in it.

I cut vinyl out on my Cricut too, it's super addictive!! You want to vinyl everything. This is my cartridge holder and I labeled it. For any of you wondering what this box is - it's a fishing tackle box container! Only $10 or so called the Plano Flip. Fits those things in perfect.