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)

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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

Bitten By the Bug 2 Wheelbarrow Challenge/I'm a Winner!

So my husband made a craft room for me in our unfinished basement. You can check it out here.  There was a lot of left over scrap wood.  My husband was getting ready to throw it all away until I stopped him and said "You can't throw away all that wood, think about all the decorations I could make with this wood!" ha!  He gave into my idea, and so I was able to keep the scrap wood, save the environment, and make this cool sign:

I will be entering this sign into a challenge at Bitten By the Bug 2.  

The challenge was to use a wheelbarrow in your project. Check it out here.

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