Paris "Thank You" Card Bundle...In Process

I was lucky enough to spend two weeks in Paris recently at the Paris Air Show for my job helping 6 small companies from the State of Ohio! What a great experience!

I worked with so many incredible people on this trip; however one of the greatest ladies is Amanda Wright Lane who is the great grand niece of Orville and Wilbur Wright! She is a generous, smart, incredible woman - such an incredibly creative person and passionate about the aerospace industry and its importance to our state economy.

Anyway, she gave me so many gifts and so much time and passion for our state booth...I just had to make her something! Pictured here are some blank cards I am making for her using my Cricut Circle Exclusive cartridge French Manor. I never in a million years thought I would get to use this cartridge - I reallly, really like it! I am going to incorporate some of the pictures I took into some the cards I work on tonight, pictured are cards just using images and tags from this cartridge! Thanks for looking!

Good Things to Come

I have been so horrible about not posting on my blog - some life experiences have gotten in the way! My husband has had a total of nine surgeries in the last two years removing tumors from both ears and his brain. His health continues to deteriorate in other ways that are way too personal to share at this time; however God is good and we, along with my wonderful son Zach, cherish every day we're given!

I promise that I will be posting more and sharing more projects because my husband and son both want to see me "back in action" creating with my paper, Cricut, Cuttlebug, and all my wonderful toys!

Here's a quick pic of my son who is mine and my husband's anchor and inspiration - enjoy!

3Birds on Parade will be on sale at HSN July 19th - Cannot Wait!

Well, we finally know when the cartridge will be available! Just found out at the "Straight from the Nest" blogspot that the highly anticipated (by me at least) new Cricut cartridge 3Birds on Parade will be on sale July 19th!

See the post below for the amazing images from this cartridge - I can't wait to make some awesome card sets with this cartridge!! 3Birds products are just awesome - check out their blog at http://3birdsdesign.blogspot.com/!

3 Birds on Parade Cricut Cartridge - Flying In Soon!

I am so excited about the new Cricut cartridge that will be available through HSN! It's so new, I don't even know when it will be available. Here is a picture of the images - photo by Provocraft. It not only has these awesome shapes; but it also has coordinating phrases and a font!!

I absolutely love birds! They are so beautiful and smart and fun. My husband, son, and I have several bird feeders near our back deck. We watch them for hours - each one has a personality of its own. Can't wait to use this cart to make some fun cards and gifts!

Crop A Doodle Do - A Scrapbooking B&B

I was just thinking about an awesome scrapbooking trip 3 of my great friends and I took about a year and a half ago to Crop A Doodle Do in Arcadia, Indiana. You can find more information at: http://www.cropadoodledo.com/. We had an incredible time at this scrapbooking bed & breakfast retreat. If you really want to feel like a queen and have carefree days of crafting, being served awesome food, relaxing, and meeting new friends - this is the place to go! Here are some pics of this incredible get-away!

Infrequency of Posts - The Buck Stops Here!

It has been a rough six months - my husband had more tumors removed from his ear and brain and I have struggled with lots of hours at work and trying to balance my life. However, in order to balance my life, I have to make time for me and making awesome Cricut projects, scrapbooking pages, and cards.

I have made myself a promise that I will post a project at least once a week for the remainder of the year - I deserve that!! I hope you'll enjoy the great projects I've been working on - thanks for being my blog friends!

100 New Cricut Cartridges/5 New Machines in 2010

The Craft & Hobby Association semi-annual event just took place last week! I can't wait to be able to buy all the beautiful retro paper, new Tim Holtz products, and awesome bling and accessories I've seen from different people's pictures from CHA.

However, I'm really blown away by the news I just read - ProvoCraft will be releasing at least 100 new Cricut Cartridges just this year!! Additionally, they will release 5 new Cricut cutting systems. The latest is the Cricut Cake that is the size of the Cricut Expression that cuts gum paste and frosting sheets using any Cricut cartridge already out there in addition to a selection of cartridges geared toward cake decorating.

Let the enabling begin!