Inchies, Twinchies and Trinchies Set!

Here is a new project I just made. It's for a swap and these, they turned out so cute I'm going to have a hard time parting with them! Inchies are a new craze, they are little pieces of art, that fit on a 1 inche square. But this swap went a bit further, and wanted me to make a matching set of a 2 inch as well as a 3 inch square! Here is what I came up with.
I cut them on my cricut, using Zooballoo cricut cartridge, I cut 3 sizes of grass in 2 colors. Then I played with my cricut Hello Kitty and friends, and cut out the suns, and the Hello Kitty's and the flowers, OHH so cute! I shaded some clouds in the sky, with my catseye ink in white:

CD and Cereal Box Book!

What can you do with old CD's and a cereal box??!!! I'm in this swap, and I'm new to altering things, and one of the things to do in this swap is to make something altered. I kept thinking about it and thinking about it until finally, I thought I would make a small book!
Materials:
Cricut Expression
Cereal Box
2 CD's
Bind It All
4 Sheets of 12x12 paper solid color
1 sheet of Print Paper
1 Brad
2 Flowers
Ribbon
Sponge Paintbrush
Stickles glue
Mod Podge
Cricut-"George" Cartridge using Circles
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I measured the CD's so I can cut paper on the Expression at 4 3/4 inches. I cut out all the circles of solid paper. I took apart the cereal box so the box will lay flat on the sticky mat.

I cut out four circles also at 4 3/4 inches on the expression. I had it set at the highest pressure and it cut out perfectly. I didn't need to change to the deep housing blade.

When I cut everything out, that was when I used my Bind it all to cut all the sides of the paper and CD's and cardboard, so when I glue it, it will come together perfectly.
I glued the cardboard on both sides of both CD's using Mod Podge. I glued the ribbon on the CD at that point so I will be able to tie it together to keep the book shut.

This is the print, I used it for the covers outside and inside, on either side of the cereal box.

I glued with Mod Podge the print onto the cardboard. I kept out the cover and embellished the front with flowers and a brad.

Then I binded it together!

Here it is!!! All done! Just put ribbon on the edge! It was great fun to make!

My First Altered Paintcan "Eeyore's Tail"

Here is the front:


Here is the back:


Here is the lid:

Matching Card:


It was a challenge to make as she likes Eeyore, Red and Purple, I found this paper that was red, and had Eeyore blue on it, so I worked with this one! Since she loves Eeyore, I remembered he lost his tail sometimes, so I have tails all around the can for him to find! The back was made with the cricut cart: Mini Monograms, and the Name: Joyce was made with Storybook Font, Eeyore is with Pooh and friends.

My Short-Term Weight Loss Goal!

I did it, I just found out today I have lost 20 pounds! I started on January 13th, and just dieted and exercised every week. I came up with a goal of working on the Wii fit every week at least 6 hours and eating right with my calories. It's paying off! It was slow going for the past month, I don't know why, but finally it paid off! I had a short-term goal, for motivating myself, to get a Cricut Cartridge! I get Wildcard! YAAA! SO I'm going to break open that cartridge tonight! Also, I'm wearing some capri's that I bought but was always too small for me. YAA! Now I need to figure out a new Short-Term loss goal. Another 20!
Thanks for reading :-)

My Daughter is a TEEN today!!

Okay so today is the BIG day! My Daughter Amanda is 13. I can't believe it. She has grown up so much, she is amazing, beautiful and so talented. She has such a heart and passion for the Lord and also to play her guitar. It's been a joy to watch her grow up, and boy did these years go by very fast!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PRINCESS! We love you!

Another Inchie!

Here is my second inchie for a swap! I have 52 to make!
I used:
Grey Textured Bazzil
1 inch square punch
pattern paper
DMC thread in Burgundy
Cross Stitch Needle
Waterfall Stickles
Zig Writer in Black
Cat's Eye Ink in: Azurite and Prussian Blue for the edges and to shade the texture
Glue Zots


Thanks for looking!

My Craft Room!

Finally, I got all my jetmax cubes assembled, and now I can post my craft room! I still need 2 more but there is no hurry. I do all kinds of crafts: tatting, knit, crochet, paint in oils and acrylics, needleworks, jewelry, you name it I probably can make it, mostly everything I do involves paper crafts, especially lately. So here is a peek into my obsession:

My Desk (Above) My dear friend Jeri made me matching covers for both my cricuts! They are awesome! I crocheted the doily on my chair.

My Paper (yes, I love groucho, I have had this puppet since I was 8 years old! I lost his glasses and cigar) My baby Bug's cover was also made by Jeri!

Here are my jetmax cubes, I love them!

My painting area

My Embellishment Center

I love this dresser, it used to be my daughter's when she was a baby. I re-purposed it in my room, she inherited her big sis's furniture!

My Closet Area.

Closet opened, lots of storage for my crafts! My Pazzles, and Jewelry and everything. It's also messy! Don't look! LOL

My Desk area. I found this desk at Joann's a few years ago!
Thank you for looking at my space!