Haven't had much time for blogging or creating.  Christmas cards and a few flannel PJs are all I have managed to create this year for the season!  I will attempt to post one of the cards I made this year.  it was inspired by a card I saw last year on Papertrey Ink.

 I made this gingerbread card for a challenge over on the Action Wobbles blog.  It is made with cricut cartridges Create a Critter 2 and Elegant Edges.  Inside sentiment is from CardzTV stamp set: Joy and patterened paper is from My mind's Eye.  The challenge was to be something involving food with an Action Wobble and after all, gingerbread men are made to be eaten!

He is so cute when he wobbles!

I used Cricut cartridge Create a Critter 2 for this challenge. Stamps were from CardzTV (Ticket Talk) , Lawn Fawn, and StampinUp!. Patterned paper from PaperLoft (Huckleberry Pond Collection). Acorn cut at 7". Embossing folders used were from StampinUp! and Cuttlebug.

Thanksgiving card for challenge at CardzTV blog.

Inside of card

For my preschoolers this Halloween, I made each of them a little treat bag with the poem "5 Little Pumpkins", used my cricut to cut out a fence and pumpkins to make it interactive and inserted 5 candy pumpkins.

Here are cards made with fabric from my favorite scrapbooking store
Farmhouse Memories in lancaster, PA

Thanksgiving card made with stamps from Lawn Fawn.

Thanksgiving card made with fabric and stamps.

Vintage Wedding Card

Here is a vintage wedding card I made for a friend's wedding.

Life has been sooo busy this summer.  I finally have some time to post some pictures of some of my creations for a recent baby shower.

Some of you asked me to share the template for the flip flop card.  It is called "winging it".
I'd share my template with you all except my blogging skills are rather lacking so i am not sure how to do it.  You can do this, though, trace a child,s flip flop and draw another one slightly smaller.  I just kept drawing the top piece til I was satisfied of what it looked like and added the ribbon wrapped around the top piece.  Hope that helps.

Card for June 2012 bog hop for Papertrey Ink

I decided to "shop my stash" to make this card for Papertrey's blog hop on Monday.  I used paper and ribbon scraps, random flowers and as I was rummaging around in my card patterns, I found the flipflop template and modified it to make a card.  The 2 foot shapes are embossed with my Cuttlebug and the ribbon was ruffled with Scoretape.  The sentiments used are from the new set, "Flipping Out" from PTI.  Yellow Tart is the paper used as well as flowers and brads I had on hand.  The inside of the card says: "Have a flippin' great birthday."

Once again, I am a confused blogger.  I thought that I was creating another site which would be a way to be more visible to the public so I created another account, preknana, but I really have no time to manage another blog so stick with this one!  If anyone can shed light on this, please let me know!

Challenge card for Papertrey Ink

For this card, I punched out a mask with a scallop circle punch, sponged and stamped around the mask.  
Cardstock is from Papertrey Ink and StampinUp!.  Stamp set is Papertrey's set, Flip Out.  I used flower stickers for embellishments, popped up flipflop with mounting tape.  Lacey border punch is Martha Stewart.

Here is an invitation I made for my daughter-in-law's baby shower

Stamps and die set: Papertrey Ink, stamp ink, cardstock: - StampinUp!,

Just made some delicious baked kale chips with parmesan cheese

Baby gift bag and tag designed with Cricut cartridges

Been so busy with preschool year ending activities that I haven't had time to do much crafting.  Here is an idea I created for little literacy stations in my classroom.  Inexpensively purchased clear pencil cases, bound by a ring binder, contain various math games inside each pocket.

Butterflies !!!

This is another card inspired from Paper Crafts Magazine.
It is cut in one piece out of double sided paper.  I used a pattern which I made up from the picture in the magazine.  The sentiments are from Papertrey Ink.  Antennae are made from buttonhole thread and attached with a glue dot with a hole punched out and placed over it.

My granddaughter's Easter card

The idea for this card came from Paper Crafts magazine.  The ears fold down to allow putting in envelope.

Thank you cards

Created for a quilter from fun papers at Paper Studio

Papertrey March 2012 bloghop challenge

The challenge was to use the inspiration photo and the colors aqua and yellow.

Birthday card using Spellbinder's die

Zipper Card

This is a card using one of Papertrey Ink's new interactive dies. When pulled , the perforated place at the bottom reveals the sentiment "Happy Birthday". The quilt design uses fabric.

Card made with Papertrey Ink interactive slider die

  I made these cards with fabric from my favorite scrappbooking store in Lancaster - Farmhouse Memories.  For the first one, I cut out the fabric after running a piece through my Xyron.  The train slides back and forth.  Fun!

The second one is glued to a background paper from  I think Basic Grey paper pack.

Challenge card for Papertrey Ink

Here is a card made for a challenge on Papertrey Ink's blog.  It was making a large frame out of smaller frame.

Baby book- inspired by Monique Griffith

Cards and Projects I so far in 2012

These were this year's thank you cards for Christmas gifts.

Trees made with 5 circles and folded - very easy project!

 card for my niece and new baby 

oops! This was supposed to read You are Beary Special

Gift bag done with Cricut cart. Baby Steps.