Sugary Sweet & The Color Is Pink...

I was checking in and reading the new posts over at the Cricut messageboards. I came across the new blog Cheryll (Memory Keeper) put together to host her new design team. It's called Sugar Sweet Paper Treats and it's off to a wonderful start with a great blog layout. I am excited to see the new inspirations they come up with. The first challenge is from Jason (the only guy on the team) and the requirements are a sweet treat, the word sweet and lots of pink. What scrapper couldn't resist that combination, it lends itself to getting those creative juices flowing (not to mention mouth watering) right off the bat. I recently picked up the Studio G, dollars cupcake stamps from Michael's. They immediately came to mind with this challenge. My granddaughter has a birthday coming up in a couple weeks so I thought I would give this challenge a try at my scrap table as well. This is the sweet pink treat I came up with. Thanks Jason for the motivation to help me get my birthday card finished.

Important people in our lives...

Did you ever know someone who was such a nice person it always left you a little in awe? My co-worker and friend is going on sick leave for the next two weeks. She is one of the most awesome people I know. Always so kind and generous with her time and efforts, she just brightens your day to be around her. I wanted to do a little something to let her know her presence will indeed be missed. It's always nice when people remind you that you matter in their day to day lives. Who have you reminded anyone lately? I know I don't do it near enough and I am truly going to make a effort to remind a least one person daily I am glad they touch my life.

Silhouettes done with SCAL...

This week I have been playing with my SCAL program again. These are a couple of silhouettes I found among the down loaded fonts on my computer. Butterflies and fairies have always been a favorite of mine. The cuts turned out so well I didn't want to waste them so I made cards. Both cards are cut 5 1/2 x 7 1/2.

Punch a paper garden...

It's hard sometimes to remember even making die cuts without my Cricut. All the paper shaper scissors and small simple punches sat on my shelf gathering dust. When the Design Studio software came out for Cricut it opened a whole new world of die cuts. With a little imagination and a lot of patience it was amazing what could be made. Then I found a wonderful program called Sure Cuts A lot (SCAL) that turned fonts and dingbats into die cuts. But then as so often it happens, what was old becomes new again. Fiskars, Marvy, EK Sucess and Martha Stewart have put out some amazing punches. Martha Stewart's holiday punches seem to be a favorite and become scarce shortly after release. I love her flower and leaf punches and the embossed button punch is one of my favorites. I hope she decides to put out an embossed flower punch that mimics the Prima type flowers in the future. The EK Success corner punches are another punch I often use. Punches take so little paper that all those pieces I have saved from my Cricut cuts are an endless supply for my punches. My grandmother used to say waste not want not and I'm a firm believer in trash (scraps) to treasures. So as I watched a PBS Jane Austen movie I made flower treasures. They turned out to be just what I needed for the dozen note cards I had to make.