Spice Up Your Cricut!

So Dana got the beautiful Limited Edition Blue Cricut Expression and now I keep looking at mine and thinking how boring it is! lol So in attempt to cut out vinyl for the first time and spice up my boring looking Expression, this is what I came up with!

I cut out the dragon from the Pagoda cartridge, and the flowers from the Storybook cartridge. I think I may take the flowers off and use a word from Pagoda instead.

Copics "Quick Coloring" Video

Check out Jennifer's "quick coloring" for Copics video! The butterflies are fantastic!

More Inspiration

Vanessa of wings of a butterfly has some beautiful cards! Some of my favs are below.

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All of her award-winning stuff is listed here. This is one of my favs:

This was a PTI submission... Gorgeous!
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Pull-out Tags Card

I don't really like this card (sorry!), BUT! I really like the idea of the pull-out tags. Click here to see Crystal's full method.



"Polaroid" Your Photos!

Dawn shares this amazing idea here!

Turn a Wine Bottle into a Vase!

Learn how to turn this:
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Emboss Buttons!

Ever not have the right colored button around? Or ever wanted to match your button EXACTLY with your project? I would never have thought of this but Ms January (Crystal) on Holidays with the Cricut did! Click here to learn how to emboss your buttons!




*front of the embossed button*

*back of the button*

It's a PTI Moment

As all Papertrey Ink fans know, the January release is now up for purchase! I'm still checking out all the cards the design team has made with them... *sigh*

My favs from Becky (who also takes very nice pictures!):


From guest designer, Jessica Witty:

This button one is her fav--mine too!! Jess also had the really neat idea of tossing a bit of baby powder in with her embossing powder while doing a baby card!

My fav from Dawn:

Nichole posted more projects from others on her blog here. My favs include:

A really neat mini-album idea from Melissa:
A stunning card I can't wait to try out from Lisa:
I love every element of Geny's creation!:
I really love how Debbie put the ribbon behind the popped-up image and tied it in with a button!

Red Velvet Trifle

Okay, so this is obviously not about paper-crafting but food is an art-form, too, right? Find the recipe for this fantastic creation here! If the picture's not enough, there's CREAM CHEESE in the ingredients! And low-fat yogurt, as if it makes a difference.