Run for the border!! Circle challenge!

Hello! I'm back again with a Cricut Circle blog Challenge submission! I've been working on the Azle Lions Club Angel Tree and am putting together this Christmas album for our "helpers"! We get lots of little Santa helpers! High School kids mostly! But in the day time we get volunteers from our local churches. This page happens to be mostly from church. They come in the afternoons and evenings and we want to show them how much they are appreciated!

Weekly Challenge #45: Run for the Border Challenge!

The Challenge: Borders can be simple & sweet, elegantly detailed, masculine, or playful . . . and they can be that perfect final touch to add to your project. We want you to make a run for the border . . . your Cricut Borders, that is. Create a projects of your choice and include a Cricut Border cut somewhere on your project. Be sure to include atleast 2 Total Cricut Image Cuts on your project.

Rules and Guidelines: Circle Blog Challenges are open to Cricut Circle Members only. Your project must be newly created for this challenge and include atleast 2 Cricut Image Cuts.

The cute little elf is from Jolly Holidays, the border is from Winter Frolic. Santa's Workshop is also from Winter Frolic. I love that cart! Its my favorite Legacy Cart! I can't believe I didn't use something on the new Santa's village! but this winter frolic always comes to mind first!
Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a great week! I've got to get to those advent trees!

Welcome to the Winter/Christmas Themed Blog Hop!!

Welcome to the Winter/Christmas Themed Blog Hop celebrating our favorite time of the year. This Blog Hop is hosted by Paulette, from Around the Bock with Scrapalette. You can start at the beginning of the hop at  http://scrapalette.blogspot.com/.  These ladies are ALL the epitome of inspiration so be sure and don't miss a single stop! Some prizes are available also!

My project for the hop is a Christmas Tree Mini Album! I really had a hard time deciding what kind of project to do and I wanted to do a Winter card and a Christmas project, and then the Cricut Circle posted their challenge and that made up my mind for me! I can post that there and here! One of my favorite projects is a mini album and my favorite subject is Christmas!! If you are a follower you might remember that I made a stocking mini last year at this time! but it was a lot harder because we couldn't use Santa or Christmas!!! Try doing ANYTHING at Christmas without using one of those words! AND I had to design it first!  Cricut didn't have a stocking shape to use for that until AFTER I did that book. Now they have one and would have saved so much time! But it was fun and I learned a lot! This time I used a white mini book from Michaels that I've had since last Christmas!  I did this one in less than 3 days!! (Last years took me close to a week!) I would have never gotten it completed that fast without the new Imagine "Santa's Village". Most of the cuts are from that cart! My favorite tool for this book (besides the Imagine!!) was the Sakura glitter pen! I glittered up Santas beard and the HO HO HO on the front, as well as the little soldier! I used it everywhere I wanted glitter except the buttons on the gingerbread man and Rudolphs nose. That was just Glossy Accents topped with glitter. This book was a lot of fun! 
I did make a charm that has the Santa bust on 1 side and a gingerbread man on the other, using Tim Holtz fragments and Glossy Accents! In the first pic at the top left of the tree you can see the gingerbread man side. On the last pic you can see the Santa side.

Recipe:

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Cricut Imagine

Imagine Snow Angel

Imagine Santa's Village

Winter Frolic

Calligraphy

All Wrapped Up

Sakura Clear Star Pen

AC Patterned Paper

Colorbok White paper

Glossy Accents

And just what you all came here for!! I have some blog candy for you for hopping! I'm giving away a Cricut Gingerbread cartridge! Chosen by Random.org. (The packaging was cut open by my helpful husband but I have not touched it! Rewards are still there too! )You do not have to be a follower but would love to have a new friend/follower! 

For a chance at the blog candy:
 1.)  Please leave a comment as to whether you make your own Christmas cards and if you've started them!! (I hate to say I have not! I had told myself last year I was going to start them early as well as the Advent trees for grandkids! Then instead of 400 angels on our Lions Club Angel Tree this year there are 800+ and they're already pouring in! Need them done first! Gotta get those angels adoped!) 
2.)  Please leave contact info! 

Thanks for hopping by, your next stop is Cindy at  http://www.inlovewithpaper.blogspot.com/ 

This is the list of all of the blogs in case you get lost!

1. Paulette at  http://scrapalette.blogspot.com/

2. Debbie at  http://bugginattheseams.blogspot.com/

3. Carolyn at  http://cccscraproom.blogspot.com/

4. Brenda at  http://happyscrapper64.blogspot.com/

5. Maria at http://stampcutcreate.blogspot.com/

6. Chris at http://scrappin-nanapuddin.blogspot.com/

7. Cindy at  http://www.inlovewithpaper.blogspot.com/ 

8. Michele at  http://www.michelegreen.com/ 

9. Lisa at  http://addictedtothecricut.blogspot.com

10. Dana at http://papermemories4u.blogspot.com/

11. Nancy at  http://lanancyworkshop.blogspot.com/

12. Madylyn at   http://inspiredbycolor.blogspot.com/

13. Wini at  http://www.looneybugdesigns.com/

14. Renee at    http://icameisawicreated.blogspot.com/

15. Tammy at http://www.scrapcavecreations.com/

16. Debbie at  http://debbieduddles.blogspot.com/

17. Kim at  http://blingdazzler.com/

18. Brandi at http://scubascrapperbrandi.blogspot.com/

19. Sharon at  http://designsbysharon.blogspot.com/

20. Liz at  http://liz-lavendarandroses.blogspot.com/

Cricut Circle MB Christmas In July Swarm!

A couple of ladies on the Cricut Circle Message Board are hosting on online swarm in conjunction with the CHA show last Saturday. Except ours is all weekend. And its a good thing they give us until Wednesday to post! I've got bronchitis and trying to finish up the Outgoing Pres' scrapbook! So I tried to incorporate the swarm into the book! I was successful so far on one challenge!
This is challenge no. 1

This is my submission

The card base snowflake silver paper is from My Minds Eye Christmas stack, the Snowmen are from Snow Angel and the background tree printed on the blue paper background is a scene from the Enjoy the Seasons cart. I used Snow-Tex from HL for the snow and covered that as well as the whole card in Sparkle Glaze. I didn't like the effect on the snow, not enough glitter for me! so I added Ultra fine Crystal snow in white from Stampendous! The whole card is really glittery snowy looking in person! I couldn't capture the glittery look on camera.

I'm not sure which challenge # to enter this into! Challenge #2 says "card, LO, 3d element that is Christmas or Winter theme". Not sure if that card and LO should have a 3d effect or it can just be a LO Christmas related? But challenge #4 says use Ribbon, fiber or twine. I used gold fiber for the string on the ornaments!

This is the one inspired by the MB! We head up the Angel Tree for Azle kids. We ensure about 500 kids in Azle get a Christmas! Its really very rewarding and its so great to see the smiles on the kids faces when they pick up the bags and/or bicycles. This page is actually the high school and church volunteers that come in and help us wrap! Yes, each gift is individually wrapped! We really need help! Its an 18 hour a day job for about 3 weeks! But worth every minute when we're finished.
The paper is from DCWV Ultimate Christmas stack. Santa's Workshop title is from Winter Frolic. The little elves are from Jolly Holidays. The ornaments are from Christmas. The bike is from Boys will be Boys. The cute little hats border I created on my Gypsy and they are from Winter Frolic.

Thanks for looking and maybe I'll see you on the circle MB!

Cricut Circle Weekly Challenge #21: Animal Magnetism submission!

Hello my friends! I have so wanted to scrapbook this page for a long time. Jana did a layout on the circle blog that inspired me to do this page and be able to use it as a submission at the same time!!

This week we have been paying tribute to the critters in our lives and now we want you to do the same!  For this challenge your project must include something  related to an animal. You can create your project for or about an animal, include an animal cut, use animal print, etc. Project must also contain atleast 2 Cricut images to qualify.

Faith loves Angel, my Schnauzer, to death. And she was so cute in these pics and they make a perfect scrapbook page! I love these colors also! And the title from Winter Frolic just speaks volumes on this page!

Recipe:
Imagine: Colors of dog and "gather here" is from Audrey and green circle behind "angels" is from Nursery Tails 
Paper: Big Lots Baby Boy Bundle
Collar: Paper Pups and black vinyl from Sign Warehouse and Frosted Lace Stickles, that hasn't dried yet!
Angel: SVG and Holographic Embossing powder on Post-It paper
"Angels Gather Here" - Winter Frolic
Dog cut and circle tag at top for journaling: Paper Pups

Thanks for stopping by! The weekend is coming!! Have a great one! I'm cropping with a friend all day Saturday while my husband is at a swap meet! Woohoo! hope you have something fun planned!