Changing Blog Themes

I love to change the background of my blog to match the seasons and the holidays.  I would love to take credit for this gorgeous background but it would be a lie to do this.  This beauty came from http://plumroselane-bckgrnds.blogspot.com/2011/09/making-magick-blog-theme.html, complete with headers and tags ( I haven't figured out the tags yet lol).  If your in the mood to switch your background, jump over to her site and take a look at her beautiful creations.

Baby Shower Invitations

My niece is having a baby ( a girl!) and I offered to make the baby shower invitations.  I scoured the internet looking at different invitations for inspiration and came across the cutest Onesie Invite, so I went with that theme.  I'm trying to do better in giving credit to the people and products that I use in my projects as they definitely deserve the credit.  I did not write down all the info for these, so as I remember it.....
The onesie shape was cut from the Cricut using the Cricut Craftroom basic shapes. I used the Craftroom software to "design" it but putting up 2 images, then rotating one of the images and lining it up at the bottom (where the legs would go) and welding it together.  I used the Martha Stewart Score Board to score the area and make folding the card easier.

I made the paper lace around the arms and legs using the same cricut cartridge by cutting a scalloped oval frame and running them through the cuttlebug to emboss (I no longer have the packing for the emboss folders so I have no idea what the name of the folder is) tiny roses those areas.  The printed paper I used is from two of my favorite paper stacks by DCW - Lace and Linen and the Rustic Stack. I used Studio G ink pad to distress everything, there isn't a name on the container but it's a soft pink.  The pocket that holds the information cards was made out of single sheets of pink patterned paper, cut with the Fiskars paper trimmer and edged with a pair of design scissors.  The tiny hand-prints and footprints and other stamped images were from cling stamps that I bought from JoAnn's ( my stamps are no longer in the original package so again, I have no idea of the name).  I embossed the flaps of the envelopes and attached a little pink paper duck which I also cut from the cricut and tied the whole shebang up with a pink ribbon.

Fall Leaves with the Cricut

I'm finally getting around to putting up some photos of my recent project.  I cut this leaf using my cricut (I honestly cannot remember which cartridge), then I used the cuttlebug to emboss it and  rubbed Tim Holtz Distress ink and lightly went over the raised areas of the leaf.  I just love the look of it.