Altered Box

My Creative Time's Throwback Thursday Challenge this week is to use an older Cricut cartridge and alter an item with your ciruct cuts.  Alter an item? Sounds fun to me! I went strolling through my kid's piles of ignored items littering the playroom.  I found this wooden box was was looking a little un-loved.  I took the heart off and stained the wood with tea dye distress ink.  My car cut is from Billionaire. The sentiment is from My Creative Time's Cherish This Moment stamp set... perfect for my "fancy" car.

The before- Poor lonely box!

Snappin' Good Time

This weeks Cricut Circle Challenge: Using a bouquet of birthday balloons as your inspiration, create a project of your choice using string in a creative way on your project. 

Here is my entry- I cut this cute alligator with my Imagine and layered the image.  His balloon is from Birthday Bash and I flood filled the balloon with a patten along with the cream polka dot for the background paper.  His teeth are perfect for holding on to balloon string...

Image and Papers- Imagine More Cards, Coredinations
Balloon- Birthday Bash
Twine- Martha Stewart Crafts
"Enjoy"- Stamp from Peachy Keen Stamps, PK-115 Let's Ketchup

Peachy Keen Sale!

I did not want you to miss out on any stamps that might be on your wish list. Here is the link for retiring stamps.  PLUS the most of the store is on sale and free stamp with purchase! Got to love that!

Here is a sample of one of my favorites stamp sets that will be retiring, PK-242 Train Set. The Mickey Mouse engineer is a sticker that I cut to fit in the window. 

Happy Shopping and have a great weekend!

Peachy Keen Challenge # 19

THE CHALLENGE
Create a project using the photo as inspiration. Interpret the photo ANY way you'd like, just be sure to let us in on your creative process when you link to the challenge blog.
Peachy Keen will be awarding "TOP PEACH" to the player who uses their Peachy Keen Stamps this week and our two runner ups will receive a spiffy badge to display on their blog!
Guidelines:
- Design must be new
- Link up by 5/30 - 11:59 pm EST

Here is the Photo Inspiration:

Here is my take on the challenge.  I used the suggested colors and even cut a peacock feather for my cupcake's hat.  The cut is from the Cricut cartridge French Manor.  The cupcake, hat, and face is from Peachy Keen Stamp of the Month April 2012.  I used the PK-106 With a Cherry on Top for the frosting edge on the cupcake, the sweetest little nose,  and the sentiment.

I can't wait to see what you create for this challenge-

It is Peachy Time!

It REALLY is Peachy Time!  Even since I had my hot little hands on the Peachy Keen April Stamp of the month set, I have wanted to make a "real working clock".  I found this simple clock... at the dollar store.  The colors were picked to go with my daughter's room, aka "The Purple Palace".  I think is is so cute! I am running back to the store to get another clock to make one for my scrap space.  I made it just in time, pun intended, to link at the Peachy Keen "anything goes" challenge.

BBQ Memory Frame

I have been in a "frame mood lately".  Every year my cousin will host a get together with our family.  I thought it would be fun to capture a couple of pictures from last years BBQ for my a gift for my cousin.  They have a tropical landscape so I went with that theme to decorate the frame. 

I used my Cricut Life is a Beach cartridge for the pineapple drink, leaves, and the tiki totems.  The flowers were from my stash and are from Jolee's and Marth Stewart Crafts. The torches, eyes on the totems, lanterns, center flower are from the Peachy Keen May Stamp of the month.

These guys reminde me of the Enchanted Tiki Room at Disneyland.



Tag on the drink was stamped
with PK-105 Happy Hour
The sweet face on the lime is
from PK-112 Cherub Faces







My Family's Mustang

Our family has fond memories with our Mustang.  It was purchased by my Dad for my Mom as she wanted a new car to go with her new baby (me,lol).  My brother wanted the Mustang Fastback but Mom had her eyes set on the the Mustang Coupe.  My brother and I both drove this car when we were in high school and I drove this car until I was able to purchase a new car after graduating college. (The Mustang was tired at this point and I honestly thought the car was going to kill me because the engine was so powerful but the breaks... that was another story. ) My brother restored the car and now shows it! His daughter has her eye on this car now.  Here is my scrapbook page to enter in a Challenge at Cricut Circle that requests us to document a family memento with a scrapbook page. 

Cricut Cartridges & Paper Used:
Font- Baby Steps
"original" phrase- Graphically Speaking
traffic light- Going Places
Route 66 sign- Nifty Fifties
Papers- Echo Park Happy Days
DCWV- The Great Vacation Stack