His and Hers

I have recently finished my first paid job. I am so excited! I have done a lot of invitations and cards before for people, but I just created 70 bridal shower invitations for a coworker of my husband.

She is getting married in a few months and is having her bridal shower in June. I used my cricut and created the His and Hers Towels from the Sweethearts cartridge, on page 68. The bride wanted a black and white theme, but loves sunflowers, so I added a touch of yellow to the cards. 

I cut each towel and the layers out at 4". I also used DCWV background paper from.... The card is 6.5" x 5". Not all the background papers were the same, because I couldn't find patterned paper in the amount that I needed, but I think that the different patterns made for a fun change. There were 9 of each pattern, for a total of 70 total cards.

I am going to be selling my invitations and cards on Etsy now, so I hope that you will come by and check out what I am offering. I will also be doing custom orders, just e-mail me with what you want and I will work with you.

Thanks for stopping by and checking my invitations out! Now for some pictures!!

Outside

Inside (Without Private Information)

Other Versions with Different Patterns

Sweet Shop Blog Hop - Day 2

If you missed my post from yesterday with all the Hop Info go HERE...and if you want to start at the beginning of the hop from yesterday go HERE (there are lots of great projects and goodies).

 Welcome to the 2nd day of the Sweet Shop Blog Hop!!

You should have just come from Michelle at Purple Monkey Moments and if so you are in the right place. If you've just happened across my blog and would like to play along with our fun hop, you can go to CookingWithCricut.com and start at the beginning HERE.

So, here is the project that I made for today. I used my YourStory Photo for this project.

The first thing that I did was cut a Cheerios box up into 5 - 5x7 pieces of cardstock using my Fiskars trimmer. It worked much better to cut them then I thought.

The next things that I did was cover each of the 5 pieces with Valentine's paper, front and back.

Next, I cut out a square at 4.25 x 4.25" from the Plantin cartridge and made it into a little pocket that I adhered to each of the pages on the right side. I then cut out tags at 2.78 x 4" for each of the pockets using the Tags, Bags, Boxes, and More cartridge and hole punched them and tied a ribbon on them.

After I had the pockets and tags assembled I cut out a few of the images from the Sweethearts cartridge in black to accent the pages.

On each of the tags I plan on writing a little note to my husband for Valentine's Day (sorry folks, you don't get to see those).

On the left side of the booklet I am planning on putting some pictures of the two of us along with some pictures that my kids have drawn.

The cover I also made using the Sweethearts cartridge (Couple Standing @ 1.87 x 4", the Perfect Pair @ 3 x 3.39"), my NEW i-Rock to add some bling and my cuttlebug and hearts folder.

Hope that you enjoyed my project, now head over to Raven's blog, Love 4 Stamps, and see what she has in store for you! Remember before you go to leave a comment on my blog to win the fabulous prize that I am giving away tomorrow (comment on yesterday's post for an extra chance to win).

Here is the beautiful cutting file that Melin has given to me for a prize:

Here is the Hop lineup:

1. CWC - Melin

2. Abby

3. Anita

4. Becky

5. Cathie

6. Christel

7. Dalis

8. Deb

9. Erika

10. Gaby

11. Jean

12. Jenna

13. Jennifer

14. Jenny

15. Karla

16. Madison

17. Maria Elena

18. Melissa

19. Michelle

20. Nicole

21. Raven

22. Roberta

23. Ronnie

Sweet Shop Blog Hop! with the Cooking with Cricut DT - DAY 1

Welcome to Croppin Momma Designs and the CookingwithCricut.com Sweet Shop Blog Hop! If you’ve never enjoyed a blog hop before, it’s where you ‘hop’ between blogs following a chain of links, with each blog in the chain posting something exciting for the event! There will even be some great blog candy to win along the way! More on that in a moment!

If you've come from visiting Michelle at Purple Monkey Moments, you're in the right place! If you've just happened across my blog and would like to play along with our fun hop, you can go to CookingWithCricut.com and start at the beginning. Go HERE.

With Valentine’s Day just a few days away we are sharing some wonderful ideas and inspiration for your viewing and crafting pleasure! Each Design Team member will be featuring an original project each day (Saturday & Sunday) made especially for this hop. Make sure to check out each DT member's blog and collect the special letter there. There will be prizes along the way at our DT members' blogs, AND there will be some nice PRIZES with a few different ways to win at CookingWithCricut.com!

So without further ado, here is my Valentine Banner...

Here's what you'll need to make it:

Birthday Bash (Banner)

Cindy Loo (Font and Shadow)

Sweethearts (All Black Images)

Plantin Schoolbook or other comparable (Circles and Heart)

(Little Tip: I used the top layer of the "O" from Ciny Loo and "Hide" the "O" part and layered it on top of the Heart and welded them to make the same effect.)

So, onto the prizes!! At each of the stops along the way the DT members will be giving away one of Melin's fabulous cutting files and/or digi stamps. Here is the one that I will be giving away:

Beautiful isn't it!

So, what do you have to do to win this fabulous prize? Just leave a comment under this post with a way to get a hold of you! That's it! I will draw a name on Monday! Remember leave a comment on both days posts for 2 chances to win!

Here is the “secret” letter you need to collect to be eligible for a prize package at CookingWithCricut.com...L

Now it's your turn! Let’s see your sweet Valentine projects. Be sure to include a Cricut or other die cut machine cut on your project and link it up at CookingWithCricut.com. The Design Team will pick their three favorites and one lucky sweetheart will be chosen randomly to win one of the six prize packages being offered in this hop.

Next stop... Raven at Love 4 Stamps. Go see what she has in store for you today.
And don’t forget, when you're done, make sure to head back to CookingWithCricut.com and get entered to win one of SIX prize packages! Here’s how:

1. Link your sweet Valentine project and be one of the top three chosen by our Chefs.
2. Link your project and be the randomly drawn winner.
3. Collect all the letters and unscramble our “secret” phrase correctly and leave it in the special comment section on CookingWithCricut.com.
4. Or just leave a comment at CookingWithCricut.com and let us know how you liked our Sweetshop Blog Hop.

Here is our Hop line-up:

1. CWC-Melin

2. Abby

3. Anita

4. Becky

5. Cathie

6. Christel

7. Dalis

8. Deb

9. Erika

10. Gaby
11. Jean
12. Jenna

13. Jennifer

14. Jenny

15. Karla

16. Madison

17. Maria Elena

18. Melissa

19. Michelle

20. Nicole <---YOU ARE HERE

21. Raven Go HERE Next

22. Roberta

23. Ronnie

Cooking with Cricut DT Project

Good Morning! Hope that everyone's day started out fabulously (is that a word?).

This week for the Cooking with Cricut Design Team our challenge was to make something with hearts or flowers, something for our beloved! Now, strep is going around our house and so is a constant ear infection/cold/just plain crappy feeling, so it has taken all my energy just to roll out of bed and take care of my little ones that probably feel worse than I do. This never ending Winter doesn't help the mood.

Anyway, I wanted to show you that you can whip up a fabulous looking card without spending a million hours on it. This took me prep time of about 15 minutes and then another 15 putting it all together (probably wouldn't have taken as long if I felt better).

Recipe:

Hearts from Sweethearts Cartridge cut at 4.5"

DCWV La Creme Cardstock Stack

Michaels $1 Bin Ribbon

So, I hope that you enjoyed it and I hope that you come on over and join the fun at Cooking with Cricut, even if it's a quick project!

Princess Adorable

Good Morning! Today's challenge for Cooking with Cricut DT was to make a project with at least 3 flowers on it. Always, fun!

I picked out the patterned paper from the DCWV Premium Stack (if you haven't been following my blog for the last week or two, I am in love with this stack). The solid black is Recollections, the sparkly white is also DCWV, and the sparkly red is Bazzill.

The flowers were cute from the Cindy Loo cartridge, at 3.5" and 2.45".

The princess title is from the New Playtime cartridge at 3.5" (I think). I didn't get a knew expressions from Walmart, but I was lucky enough to win both the Playtime and Cricut Classic Font off Ebay. They were used, so no one was really bidding on them, but they were from a respectable seller and weren't linked to a Gypsy and I won them for $50 for the set!! Anyway, I got them and they were in perfect condition and I love them. 

The tag was cut from the Sweethearts cartridge. I am not sure of the exact measurements, because I had to finagle it so that it would all fit, so it is not exactly how it originally was, it ended up odd measurements. The jewels are from the Joann's $1 Bin (Love this).

Lastly, I just had to show you all this photo. The photo on the layout is my daughter when she was around 9 months and then this is her yesterday. She was so excited that this was a picture of her when she was little that she wanted to take a picture with it. So cute!

Now, if you haven't been there yet hop on over to Cooking with Cricut and take a look at the other Design Team members creations and play along on this challenge with us!



Also, remember that I drew the winner of the My Valentine Blog Hop and you can see if you won HERE! I haven't heard from the winner yet!

Happy {heart} Day!

Before you scroll to see my Valentine Card please go on over to Scrappin Palace. She was suppose to be the last person on the Be My Valentine Blog Hop yesterday, but because of technical difficulties some people did not get to see her BEAUTIFUL banner! So, please stop on over there and give her some love!

This card was made completely from the Sweethearts cartridge. I just got this cart and I am absolutely loving it for Valentines Day. I made this card for my someone special.

Recipe:
Sweethearts Cartridge:
Heart Card Cut at 5.64" (Page 74 - card shift)
Hearts from Card Cut at 5.64" (just Hide the actual card outline along with the bottom 3 hearts)
Plantin Cartridge:
Square from Inside Cut at 4.94"
Rectangle Cut at 4.54"
Happy {heart} Day stamp from $1 bin at Michaels
Bazzill Basics Cardstock

Don't forget if you missed the Valentine's Blog Hop from yesterday you can go HERE. Remember I'm having a giveaway and you have till Thursday night to enter, I will pick a winner Friday morning. I will also have a lot of new stuff this coming week, so come on back and check it out!

Valentines Day Blog Hop!

 Welcome to the Valentine's Day Blog Hop. There are some really talented ladies on this hop!

If you came here from Scraps by Gracie then you are on the right path, if you want to start from the beginning then go to Wamfamily Creations with Kathryn. If you get lost along the way the list on blogs is at the bottom of this post.

Here is the layout that made for the hop, hope you enjoy it. Make sure that you check down below for some Blog Candy.

Recipe:
Sweethearts Cricut Cartridge
Bazzill Cardstock
DCWV Patterned Paper

So, now for the goodies. Here they are:

K & Company Specialty Paper for Valentine's Day (28 Double Sided Sheets)

Package of 4 Martha Stewart Glitter Glues (Valentine's Colors)

Michaels $1 Bin Stamp "I Love You"

All you have to do is leave a comment and become a follower if you aren't already. I will pick a winner the morning of Friday the 14th.

Your next stop is Deb's Electic Thoughts...

Here are the rest of the really talented hop participants!!

1) Wamfamily Creations with Kathryn
2) Crafty Sentiments
3) All Things Crafty
4) Tina Time
5) Paper Crafting Chic
6) Samara Gugler
7) Beyond Scrapin
8) So Many Crafts, So Little Time
9) The Crafty Creations Spot
10) Confessions of a Scrapaholic
11) Cricuting with Lisa
12) Scrapincovers Cricut Crafty Clare 
13) Croppin Momma Designs 
14) Deb's Electic Thoughts 
15) Scrappy Jess 
16) Ink and Paper Creations 
17) Tx Scrapper Mom 
18) Scrappin Nanapuddin 
19) Octoberbeauty Macy Bella Designs 
20) Java Jen Creations 
21) Oni's Wife Crafty Baskets 
22) S crappin' Place