Cartridge Showcase

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I did a cartridge showcase over at Cooking with Cricut. Just in case you missed it...Here it is:

Hi everyone!  My name is Jill and I'm from Jaihart just lovely designs. Today, I'm going to try to do my favorite cartridge justice and showcase it! Straight from the Nest is a cartridge I own because Christina from Creations with Christina had a giveaway and I won!  This cartridge is my favorite because of the versatility of it.  There are sayings, corners, images, borders, and layers!  What a great cartridge!

Here are the projects I came up with:

This is a birthday card I made for my friend.
The chickens are the border option on straight from the nest.
You can check it out on my blog here.

Here is a topiary I made using the little flowers from Straight from the nest.

This is a card I made for my husband, but the cool thing about this card is that instead
of using paper as my card base, I used a transparency!  The shape behind the eyeball is
from Straight from the Nest.

The "Fall" is a corner feature in this cartridge but I blew it up and used it in this sign I made for my home.
You can check it out on my blog here.

Here is a Christmas Card book I made.  The green border is from Straight from the Nest.
You can check it out on my blog here.

This is a gift I made for my friend.
The owl is actually a corner option, but I cut off the sides so the owl would fit.
You can check it out at my blog here.


Thanks so much for checking out my showcase! Like I said...this cartridge is amazing!


Smiles,


Jill

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Today I'm showcasing my favorite cartridge!
I would just love it if you would go check it out at Cooking with Cricut
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Onto a new card I wanted to share with you...this card was so fun to make! It was the first card I've ever made using a transparency sheet!  I just went to Office Depot's customer service. I bought a transparency sheet for 50 cents.  I came home and cut it and scored it to the size I wanted. I enjoy this card because of it's "transparent" look.  The inside of the card shows through the front! Does that make sense? So the brown cardstock is actually on the inside of the card but you can see it through the front! So fun! I love it! This is another card I'm going to give to my husband. His birthday and Valentine's day are so close together I'm having a hard time choosing which card to give on which day.

So I have this card

and then  remember this one. What do you think...which card for which holiday....?

Hope you are having a great day!

Happy Crafting,

Jill

I used "straight from the nest" for the image behind the eye (1.5)

Plaintin school for the heart (2.0) and life is a beach for the "u" (1.5)

Linked up to
Pink Cricut

O-"Fish"-AL Valentines

This week at Cooking with Cricut the Challenge is tough! I guess that is why they call it a challenge! I struggled with this one at first. I know you will do a great job with the challenge though! You must have yellow, polkadots, and anything but a card for your project! Then Link your project back to cooking with cricut. So this is what I came up with....


Anyone else loving Pinterest? I absolutely do! I must admit that it took me like 3 months to decide whether or not to start following it.  I was a little intimidated I must say.  But after I figured it out.  I LOVE it! While searching on Pinterest, like I do, for ever, I found this idea to use goldfish crackers using the word "O-Fish-ally". I knew I had to use it because my son loves goldfish crackers.  So, I created some Valentines for my son to give to his preschool class.

Want to make some?

Our son the Snowman

I wanted to share a crafty gift my son gave us for Christmas...I know a little late, but it's still winter so you have some time to still make it if you want!  He made it at preschool!  We are so proud of him!  He even wrapped it himself!  Now you may look at this and think "Oh it's just a paper snowman with glitter on it"....which is what it looks like, but the teachers did a great job and placed a clothespin with a magnet on the back!  Now we can hang up his artwork he brings home on the fridge!  My husband and I love this little magnet clip! Great idea!

I hope you're having a great day!

Happy Crafting!

Smiles, 

Jill

Linking up to

Sundays are Lovely #4

          

My Blog Candy Winner is MICHELLE! CONGRATS MICHELLE! You are the new owner of  the Wild Card Cartridge! Yay!
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Hi everyone! I hope you had a super awesome week and weekend!  I'm so happy to say that we now have Thumbnails/pictures again for Sundays are Lovely at Jaihart!  I like being able to look at your pretty projects better than just a link!

This weeks feature is

Heather

Congrats Heather! I love the little brads in the upper lefthand corner! Heather creates some amazing layouts! You should go check out her blog!
Heather, grab a feature button!

Now onto the party! FYI...this is a week long party...it just starts on Sunday!
Remember the only rule is that you must link your project back here!
You can grab a button or just use a link!

Smiles,

Fabulous Feature at Getting Cricky with K. Andrew

FYI...I'm having a link party!  Check it out!

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Just in case you didn't get a chance to view my feature as a guest designer here it is...................



Hello Getting Cricky with K Andrew fans!  My name is Jill and I'm from J♥ just lovely designs
What an honor to be a guest designer today! K. Andrew stamps are wonderful!  I have the "Amazing You" collection and I use it ALL TIME for the inside of my cards!

Today I'm going to share a birthday card I made for my friend who lives in Spain!  I wanted the card to be whimsical and cheery because that is what I think of when I think of her!

Look at the little chicks, they are so funny!

I just love them!

Like I said I love using the "Amazing You" collection for the inside and here it is!

Thank you so much for taking a peek at my birthday card design!  I hope you will stop by and visit me sometime at J♥ Just lovely designs!

Smiles,

Guest designer

Have you entered my link party, Sundays are Lovely? You can link up ANY project during the week.  The link party closes on Saturday and starts up again on Sunday.  I will feature one project! Good luck:)!

Also, if you have a Challenge Blog, make sure to add your link to my tab!
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Yay! I'm a guest designer over at Getting Cricky with K. Andrew today! Come over and visit me! If you do....  make sure to come back and comment on my blog!  I will enter you into my BLOG CANDY I'm giving away!


Hope you're having a super fun day!

Smiles,

linked up to
Thirty Handmade days

"Snow" Body Else like YOU!

If you haven't linked up to my link party, you can do that here. You can link up any project you have been working on! The only rule is that you must link your project back to my link party by either grabbing a button or making a link. I will be featuring one project this Sunday! Good luck!
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This week at Cooking with Cricut the challenge is a winter warmth theme.
My Nana turned 80 yesterday! Whoo Hoo! So, of course I had to make her a birthday card!

Here it is:

On the inside it says "Snow" Body else like YOU!

I used Celebrations Cartridge for the balloon cut at 1.2


Hope you are able to stay warm!
Thanks for stopping by!

Smiles,

Linking this up with
Getting Cricky
Birthday Sundaes
The Cuttlebug Spot
Little Scrap Pieces
Blue Cricket  -link party
Lil Luna-link party
Thematic Thursday
Fantabulous Cricut
My Craft Spot

Sundays are Lovely #3

I hope that everyone had a wonderful week!  We sure did!  My husband and I got new computer desks! yay! I  l.O.V.E. them!  Also, it's been super snowy here! My son's preschool was cancelled due to so much snow! Crazy!  What is it like where you live? Sunny, warm, and delightful?!

Well, onto the party...

My Pink Stamper January Blog Hop Challenge

Love MY PINK STAMPER, Robyn!  What a fun gal!  She's so crafty and such a great teacher!  It's so fun to learn from her!  Anyways, I made a project for the Blog Hop.



Theme for Project: A fresh clean start! Make something for yourself or that you would give someone to welcome the fresh clean start of a New Year! It can be a card, scrapbook page, gift or home decor item. Pretty much anything goes!

Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue

Welcome to Day One of PaperCraftingWorld.com and CookingWithCricut.com’s first Blog Hop of 2012!  Our theme is:  “Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue!” 

If you have arrived here from Linda’s blog Linda's Creativity you’re in the right place!  If you’re joining us mid-hop, head on over to see Melin at CookingWithCricut.com and start at the beginning so you don’t miss any of the wonderful projects the Designers have created!

Our Designers had to use something old from their craft stash, something new (a recent purchase or new technique), something borrowed (an element from a Cricut cut or from a PaperCraftingWorld.com cutting file or digi stamp) and of course, something blue.

I L.O.V.E. Christmas Cards! I rush out to the mailbox to see what cards have arrived during the month of December.  

When the Christmas season is over I get so sad to take the Christmas cards down. I normally take them down and file them in a box.   NOT THIS YEAR!  Jamielyn from I heart naptime came up with an idea to put the cards onto an 8 1/2 X 11 piece of paper and then put them in a binder using protective sheets....just what I needed, quick simple, and DONE!  

Here is the cover I designed:

So I went back and  started with 2006.  I have all the cards in the book and I divide the years with a printable I got from eighteen 25's blog . The printable on the cover is the same as the year dividers.

I just have to share a picture of my son in my parents' Christmas card this year.  I think he looks like a child from the show Little Rascals or a Norman Rockwell child.  I can't decide...he cracks me up!

I used:

Something old-Christmas Cards

Something new- laminator

Something borrowed-idea from Jamilyn at I heart naptime and printable from eighteen 25's blog

Something Blue- blue color on printable

The cricut cartridge I used was Straight from the Nest (the green border and the corner shape)

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One special person will be getting the cartridge Wild Card.

All you have to do is leave a comment below! 

Now head on over to Larelyn’s blog, Handmade From My Heart and see what she’s created! 

Make sure you check in tomorrow at CookingWithCricut.com and see what the Day Two Designers have cooked up!  Thanks for stopping by and hopping with us!

Also, check out CWC shop called Papercrafting World. They have cutting files and digital files! There are some very cute designs.

Smiles,

In case you get lost here's the list:

Melin – http://www.cookingwithcricut.com

Heather – http://www.heather-p.blogspot.com

Yolie – http://www.justyolie.com

Celeste – http://www.touchedbyabutterfly.com

Debbie – http://www.workinscrappinmomof4.blogspot.com

Charlotte – http://www.alittlebitofdetail.blogspot.com

Linda – http://www.lindascreativity.blogspot.com

 Jill -- http://www.jaihartjustlovelydesigns.blogspot.com  YOU'RE HERE!

Larelyn – http://www.handmadefromtheheart-designsbylarelyn.blogspot.com

Jen – http://www.gator-4-life.blogspot.com

Photo Inspiration CWC Challenge

Photo credits

This week's challenge at Cooking with Cricut is to create a project using this photo as your inspiration.  Here's my project:

I used a glass because the water was so smooth it looks like "glass" and the etched letter looks like snow.

 I created the 6 glasses for my brother for his birthday.....shhh.....don't tell! 

 I used the Cricut Cartridge Storybook to create the "stencil" to etch the glass. The letter is cut at 3".

Smiles,

Linking up to
Pumpkin Spice- Your style

Doily Handbag

Here's a gift that I made for Christmas for my cousins and Nana.  My Nana gave me some doilies that she had from her mother!  I know, Wow! So they were from the 1930's!  She can't believe it herself that she had them that long! Thanks, Nana...I know you're reading this!

After I got all done making them and gave them away...I thought....I should have put an initial in the middle!  So, this is what it would look like if there was a letter:

Cute, right?...Nana, you can give me your bag back and I'll add the letter "N" for you!

Here are the bags I made for my cousins:

Want to make one?

Sundays are Lovely at Jaihart

I have changed the name from "Sit back, Relax and Look at all the Loveliness" to "Sundays are Lovely" It's just shorter and sweeter!  Anyways, it's been really fun viewing everyone's projects!  Thank you so much for linking up!  It makes my day when I see a new submission has been added!

Just a reminder the posts last for 6 days...Sundays through Saturday.  Sundays, I will be featuring someone!

Did you see my new buttons?  I made them:)  If you would have asked me if I could make a blog button...9 months ago, I wouldn't have known what one was first of all and second of all I would have no clue where to begin!  So I'm very proud of myself!  Just a little bit about my buttons real quick....I took the sunflower photo myself.  I was driving one day and saw this beautiful field...the farmer said I could take a picture so I did!  Many of them actually.  I've always wanted to do something special with the photo, and now I have:)

So onto the party!

If you would grab my lovely new button and put it on your post I would be more than thrilled!

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Last weeks most viewed projects are:

Michelle

                                   

Holly

Suzy

Great job ladies! Grab a feature button!

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Featuring My Son and Bro in Law Friday

My brother in law is so amazing with children!  He's always so kind to play with his nieces and nephews.  Here he is playing the piano for my son, which he didn't realize was going to turn into a duet. Check it out....

Smiles,