Happy 2011 !

 

Here was this year's tree.  DH and I went about 10 minutes outside the city and found this little beauty.  I made paper decorations (stars, peace, noel, joy) with my Cricut, cut my bows from burlap and put on a few silver bulbs here and there.  Very simple.  We liked it - a lot.  Not sure about our teenage sons though  :-)     The quilt in the background is a beautiful quilt Mom did for me some years ago.  It has everyone's name on it...on a stocking.  I was very fortunate to get yet another quilt this year!! 

 Here's a masculine birthday card I did this evening - I used a "wood-type" embossing folder and rope to keep with the sea/ship theme.

These are some 3x3 cards - I made the envelopes to go with them - great for gift giving (with some homemade blueberry muffins, jam, pie or loaf!).  Yum - blueberries - abundant here in Newfoundland & Labrador.  The Brigus Blueberry Festival is held every year in August.  It's about a 50 minute drive from the city and is the place to go for the best blueberry crumble and ice cream!!  To die for  :-). 

I made this sympathy card this past weekend - my mother-in-law's brother passed away - he was 85.  I stamped the background with a fern stamp.  I used it again in the birthday cards below.

And that's it folks.  The blue/brown dotted cards are my attempt at another masculine card again.  Until next time!  - Cheers, Jackie

Christmas Wreath

I dusted off and fluffed up an old wreath I found underneath our basement stairs.   I finished it today and this is what it looks like. Bought some ribbon at the local Home Hardware store, glued some extra pine cones that I picked up on one of my walks and added some Cricut-cut snowflakes.  I didn't want to add too much to it - and am pleased with the finished product!  Also made some soft banana cookies this morning - yummy.

Cheers!   -  Jackie

Skating

Here's a winter skates card.  Great for a friend who's a figure skater preparing for a competition or for someone who just enjoys a quick flick around the pond.  For whatever reason this would be a great card to give.

I got to looking around the web again today and came upon Everyday Cricut an excellent site for ideas if you own a Cricut machine.  I've had my Cricut Expression for months and haven't really used it a whole lot ~~ yet!  I only have two cartridges but this site has given me lots of inspiration - I've subscribed so I can have their great ideas sent to my inbox!! 

Inspiration for my card came from the skate theme paper.  My sister knows where this came from ~ in 2007 she gave me a bunch of sheets from her calendar pad to use for scrap-booking.  Card stock is from my stash (black, white and red).  I used a silver star Gelly Roll pen to highlight the laces in the cricut skate, snowflakes and skate blades - picture does not do justice to the card, it's really pretty.

Later!  Jackie