365 CHALLENGE....XOXO..HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY GIRLFRIEND

Well with the new year upon us, I have decided that when I make a card or an altered project, it is going to be for a purpose...basically no more making stuff just to sit around....so.....most of my stuff will have titles like FOR A FRIEND, FAMILY MEMBER, NEIGHBOR etc..real meaning stuff that I can send to them or hand deliver...I have several cards/projects in my prossession that I created either for a CALL or just because I wanted to do a challenge and they just have no meaning...so they just sit and sit here...gotta send them to some place where they can be used...OKAY ENOUGH OF THAT...here is my first card that will be going to a friend...HEY Valentine's day isn't just for lovers...remember it is all about love and I LOVE ALL OF MY FRIENDS.....(smile)...365 issued the PERFECT challenge for me to use two of the new CUTTING CAFE SETS...one being my favorite called XOXO BACKGROUND printable stamp...love this and the other set called: VALENTINE FAMILY AND FRIENDS...it has some sentiments for those that are not your LOVER.....I used some way fabulous red glitter paper to make my scallops on the card then topped it off with a wide ribbon...make sure you play along over at 365 CARD CHALLENGES...those ladies rock...thanks for visiting me today...HUGS

EBONY'S JOURNAL.............

MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone....goodness, this holiday came and went so fast....WHAT'S NEXT....I had a great Christmas, the kids were super excited about getting a Wii, so surprised...anyHOO, just recently I released a few new sets over at the CUTTING CAFE..one being a set called HEART FLOWERS....it is super cute....it has a cute background stamp of heart flowers....It also features a HUGE flower with other flowers that you can layer....I decided to make my Ebony a journal so that she could write some of her short stories in it...I am so darn proud of her...she recently finished a book that she had been writing for the last 2 years....She finished it on Christmas eve..the front cover of the journal features one of the flowers from the new set...I used the background lines from the CUTTING CAFE and changed them to purple and added the huge flower to each of the corners of the pages as well...
here is just a close up of the card...it features another new cafe set called EVERYDAY GREETINGS SET 1...this is an awesome set....I used the greeting: I'M SO PROUD OF YOU...

FRIENDS FOREVER..CPS.....AND BENS GIFT.....

Hello all....well Benjamin and I finished up his little gift for his teacher today...we made one of the PENCIL BOXES and filled it with Christmas pencils and then we just bought a little Christmas Container filled with cookies...that mind you Benjamin wanted to keep himself .. anyHOO, I printed out one of the gift tags from the CHRISTMAS GIFT TAGS printable set from the Cutting Cafe...out of kraft paper....OF COURSE and had him sign it....Up next is ANOTHER new VALENTINE release from the CUTTING CAFE...this one I absolutely love...it is called VALENTINE BIG STUFF...and I do mean BIG STUFF....the words/sentiments are approx. 5 inches in width....so they will make a big statement on a card and are great for layouts...here is just a quickie I did using the new set plus I used the FRIENDS background set from the CUTTING CAFE.........I am loving how the two colors look when I changed the color of the background stamp to go with the colored peachy paper...this is my take for the new CPS challenge going on right now...those ladies rock...you can view all of the awesome projects here.....thanks for visiting me today...hugs

LOVE BIRDS...............

How about some more Valentine/Love projects...here is my take on the new challenge going on over at the BBTB...The challenge was to use the WINTER WOODLAND cartridge with the branch cut....I am loving all these fun branches on many cricut cartridge....I decided to use two stamps from two different new VALENTINE release sets from the CUTTING CAFE...I used the ITTY BITTY background hearts and the HUGE ALL ABOUT VALENTINE'S DAY set...this set is HUGE I tell ya...Please be sure to check out the other girls take on this challenge...you can view them here.....Also this will be the last challenge for this year over at the bbtb...we our taking a little holiday break until January 3rd.........Look for a HUGE anouncement also regarding the BBTB on the 3rd of January...

HAPPY HOLIDAYS....CARD PATTERNS SKETCH

Here is my take on the awesome new sketch over at CARD PATTERNS....The Cutting Cafe is sponsoring CARD PATTERNS this week so I thought I would play along...those ladies over there rock big time....I decided to use the HAPPY HOLIDAYS background stamp from The Cutting Cafe...I printed it out in dark brown to kind of go with the kraft paper...love that Kraft paper....Then I added some snowflakes from My Minds eye and some yummy ribbon from Martha Stewart....Please do play along if you get a chance.....The winner gets to choose ANY 3 sets from The Cutting Cafe.....I have already released a few new Valentine Sets....Hugs

REINDEER POOP TOPPER...............

Good evening everyone...just popping in to share a quick little REINDEER POOP TOPPER that I just finished...I filled this large stampin up baggie with 4 medium size brownies...You can find the topper over at The Cutting Cafe....click here to view the set....also I have already started adding a few new Valentine sets to the site...be sure to check them out...you can see all of them at this link....

have a great weekend....hugs

MORE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS

CLICK ON THE PICTURES TO SEE A BIGGER VIEW

Hello everyone, just posting a few more decorations....

I moved this tree that I made into our family room..this was that one that I made all of the ornaments on...

Just a little santa boot tree on the coffee table in the family room...there is a funny story why this isn't decorated...I told my little Ben to decorate the tree with the little ornaments and later I went into the family room and he had put the ornaments just on the edges..he is so silly, but I left it that way...kind of cute...

close up of the small tree by the fireplace in the family room.

a little further view of the tree.

another view...will share more later...thanks for visiting me...hugs

VALENTINE.....LOVE AND MORE STUFF.....

I know I didn't dare make a VALENTINE project when we haven't even made it to Christmas or the NEW YEAR....what's up with me..(smile)...I just couldn't resist myself in making a card with one of the new HEARTS BACKGROUND stamps from THE CUTTING CAFE..I used some fun MY MINDS EYE paper, fun brown Doodlebug glitter paper and some blue bling paper..you can find one of the new background sets here.
Next up is my take on the new challenge over at the BBTB...Enfys was our host this week...that girl is good I tell ya.....She challenged us to use the RIBBON FRAME from the Joys of the Season cartridge...I will admit, I didn't know what to do with this cut...I must say that I like what I came up with, BUT wished I would have put my daughter in the frame instead of my son...it kind of looks like a GIRLIE frame to me...oh well up on my tree it goes..

I leave ya with a few more pictures of my decorations....

not many decorations on the dining room table...

picture of my china cabinet in the dining room...just some snowman and garlands on the edges of the cabinet

isn't this awesome, it is a HUGE pine cone...I have one one each side of the entrance of the dining room...I love these things...

here's the tree in the living room....not a close-up though....there are a total of 4 trees in the house..2 big and 2 small....I'll share more later..
thanks for visiting me today..

QUICK.....CALENDAR NOTE PAD...

My daughter needed a little calendar with a note pad in it, but she didn't want anything to GIRLIE GIRLIE .....she is in this faze of not wanting things to GIRLIE but loves bright colors....teenagers I tell ya...anyways...I made this cute little calendar note pad for her using the new 2010 CALENDAR SET along with some lined sheets for her to jot down notes...the lined sheets were made using the LINE BACKGROUND set over at the CUTTING CAFE...this little book is perfect for her backpack...I did laminate the colorful front and back to protect it in her backpack...I had to add at least one little GIRLIE thing on it...couldn't resist to put at least a lime ribbon....she was OKAY with that...Thanks for visiting me today...hugs

BLOG HOP WINNER CINDY RESENDEZ....

CONGRATULATIONS CINDY...YOU ARE MY BBTB BLOG HOP WINNER...

Cindy Resendez said...

What a great idea! Such cute ideas. Your blog has been such an inspiration. Thanks Regina!

November 30, 2009 4:06 PM

CINDY PLEASE CONTACT ME AT: fabriccutups@prodigy.net to claim your prize by this Sunday the 6th...I will use random org. to pick a new person if I don't here from you by then....

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR ALL OF YOUR WONDERFUL COMMENTS....HUGS

A FEW CHRISTMAS PROJECTS....

IF YA LOOKING FOR THE BBTB BLOG HOP CLICK HERE

Okay I am getting really excited to start on some of my holiday gift wrapping....I am trying to stay with the theme of GOLD, KRAFT, RED, WHITE on my packages under the tree...yes you read that right KRAFT...I have went KRAFT crazy....Over at the CUTTING CAFE two great files have just been released: 2010 CALENDAR SET....(look for a project to come soon)
GIFT AND MONEY CARD HOLDERS...this set has loads of sentiments as well...
So in keeping with the kraft theme, I decided to make 4 gift card holders for my children using kraft paper....I have these hanging from the tree...poor little Ben came home today and saw some additional presents under the tree but didn't see the ones on the tree....SNEAKY ME....I got that Christmas daily thing going on...so it will be fun to journal about him not even noticing the gift cards hanging from the tree....Next is a money holder...I am planning on giving this to my Hubbys parents...I did this in blue...her Christmas tree is blue...so I am thinking I will wrap their present in Kraft paper and attach this on there somewhere....FINALLY is a picture of my stairs...I still need to put the pine cones on the dips....I would love to see you alls Christmas decorations...leave me a comment with a link if ya have yours up yet....I will share more pictures as the days go on....

Thanks for visiting me today...HUGS

CALL ME CALL ME...ANYTIME...BBTB IS HOPPING

Hello everyone...get your hopping shoes on, it is time for the monthly BBTB blog bug hop and boy oh boy do we have a fun challenge cut for you this week...This week I asked the girls to use the PHONE from the FROM MY KITCHEN cartridge...can I say this is another of my favorites....GOSH those girls are good...as you all probably know by now, I can't get enough of that KRAFT paper....I use that stuff it seems on everything now....well for my project this time around I used some of the jellybean paper...love it.....added a few hero's arts rhinestones and some yummy pink glitter doodlebug paper.....turned mine into a shape phone and the rest is history...(smile)...Okay so as I mentioned it is our monthly BBTB BUG BLOG HOP and by the way, it is also our last hop of the year...so...........leave me a comment here on this post and I will draw one name for these goodies here: lets see there is some cuttlebug dies and 3 packs of Christmas clear stickers....fun stuff....Now I am going to send ya to the oh so FABULOUS DeeDee Campbell....this girl will knock your socks off with all her amazing projects...also don't forget to check out Hallmark Scrapbooks ladybug blog today...she has a project over there to...I haven't seen it yet, but I am sure it is amazing...will check it out though, once she gets it posted....

Also if you get stuck in the hop, here is the list of the participants... have fun

REGINA

DEEDEE

JENNIFER

PENNY

ENFYS

KRISTA

SHARON

DONNA

MICHELE K

CAROLE

I AM TOTALLY EXCITED....CHRISTMAS DAILY.....

Okay I am totally excited that I was able to complete one of these AMAZING CHRISTMAS DAILY journaling books....WOW WOW WOW ....I did it in a day in a half....along with cooking, cleaning, being a taxi and more.... Last week I had released a huge set called CHRISTMAS DAILY...the idea for me to design this awesome set came from Carol Sheetz.......What an awesome idea she had...She also referred me to the one that Ali Edwards did this year and the rest was HISTORY....I decided to use the same concept as Ali.....basically her concept was not worry about decorating the book with a bunch of bells and whistles ....(embellishments...smile)....but more focusing on truly living each day from Dec. 1-25 and jotting things along the way....so that is what I did...I just put very little on each page and plan to sit the book in the kitchen along with a pen and a camera....each day any of the 6 of us in the house can jot down their thoughts, take a photo and decorate the page....I AM TOTALLY JUICED about this book....I used all kinds of scraps that I had left over from cards, stickers and more....One awesome thing that I just designed over at the Cutting Cafe that really came in handy with this book is a new LINE SET OF BACKGROUNDS STAMPS...this set was perfect for the book...as you will see in all of the pages there is some type of journaling tag/card for whoever does a page to write on....these were all made using this new set....you can view the set here....
Okay here are a few pages from my CHRISTMAS DAILY BOOK....
here is the cover...I took two pieces of chipboard and covered the fronts and backs of them.

view of all of the pages inside
that number 1 is from the CHRISTMAS DAILY SET
that red circle was made using the LINES BACKGROUND SET
another tag I made using the LINES SET...this page is also in half.
hopefully on this page, I won't be the one journaling...my handwriting is HORRIBLE. this journaling sheet was also made using the NEW LINES BACKGROUND STAMP.
another half page, you can see page 10 behind it.
this is just a bulb in a page protector all by itself...just cut the page protector in half and stapled the sides...see I told ya really quick...BUT OH SO FUN...journaling will just go on the top of the bulb....that other journaling tag behind it goes with page 12.
so do any of you LOVE KRAFT paper as much as me....LOVE THIS STUFF
hopefully I will be putting a HUGE picture of my little one...wanting to open up a present 2 DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS...
This particular page, I didn't glue anything down besides the number 25 and the tree under it...just dropped the black photo corners and tag inside....NOT SURE WHAT WILL BE GOING ON THIS DAY.....so that's all folks...BASIC AS CAN BE...JUST THE WAY I LIKE IT....


Okay as some of you may know, I had originally offered this set for free as a way of thanking my awesome customers over at the CUTTING CAFE......there were over a thousand people that downloaded the file...TOTALLY AWESOME....well just in case a few of you didn't get a chance to download the file, I am going to put the download back up through midnight of Thanksgiving..............

THIS OFFER IS OVER.....