~~..::My Petal Flip Mini Album::..~~

I created what is called a Flip Petal mini album. I got the inspiration from Bona who is livelovescrap on Youtube and she is keeponscrappin here on blogger. She does awesome work. Well she did a mini album using an Accucut die and I fell in love with it. Since I have no Accucut die cutting machine, I decided to re-create it using my Gypsy.

I love having my Gypsy and all of my Cricut machines. Having over 189+ cartridges, I am able to create what I want. I do not want to purchase the Accucut machine, which I had intentions before I sat down and played with my Gypsy to see what I could come up with.

Here are pages 2 and 3:

Here are pages 3 and 4:

I uploaded a Youtube video of the entire album if you are interested:




Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed everything!

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Cricutcircle challenge

OMG!!... what I had to go through to upload this photo.. I'm in Georgia and the storms have just left us a little bit ago and it left my whole town powerless... I'm at McDonalds using Wi-Fi to get my entry in... The things we do for cricut, I tell ya,lol...

Will update this post once I get power again... probably tomorrow since it is almost 10 pm...

~~..::Giveaway on the Circle Blog.. Whoo Hooo... ::..~~

Giveaway on the Cricut Circle Blog.. Last week the design team members shared pictures of their scrapbooking rooms.. This week they want to see where we scrapbook... I chose a photo in front of my "wall" of Cricut cartridges.. I am working on a video of my updated scraping area.. Hopfully that will be soon... I love my Cricut and all 180+ cartridges.. Not exactly sure of how many I have now.. I'm hoping to add more this week since they are on sale at JoAnn's..

Thanks for stopping by and I hope that my follwers hang in there with me.. I know I have been gone for a little while, but I'm trying to get back in the hang of things.. I have been crafting.. just not posting to my blog.. I am going to make a big effort to post more...

Thanks for stopping by... Leave a comment to let me know you were here...

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~~..::My Cricut Circle Calling Cards::..~~

Wow... you guys.. I know it has been a long while since I posted on my blog.. Things just haven't been right.. Thank you to all of my followers that stuck in there and haven't left me... I'm going to do better..

I want to share with you guys my calling cards for the Cricut Circle.. this is my 3rd time swapping them.. I first swapped on the Cricut message board.. then i exchanged a good bit of them at the Dallas Stampede in Texas.. now I'm in another swap on the Cricut message board...

These are my calling cards:

But I have a little bit of a problem.. I'm sure you can tell that some of those cards have different colors, right?.. Well that's because I ran out of some of the cardstock and had to substitute another color that I had in my stash... So I set out to find some card stock at my local JoAnn or Michaels. I figure if I get it locally I could always be able to get some in a pinch if I ever ran out.. Most of the paper I owned was by Stampin' Up! and since I'm not a demonstrator anymore I don't buy a whole bunch any more..

My first stop was Michaels.. I bought some of their Reollections brand cardstock.. Bam!.. I loved the way it cut in the Imagine, as that is where I first started cutting my cards... But went back to Michaels and they do not sell packs of one color.. I thought dang!!.. Now what am I going to do.. If I bought those multi-color packs I'm going to end up with a slew of colors I don't need..

This is what the Recollections paper look like:

I was buying it just for the Olive colored paper...

Off to JoAnn.. thought I would check out their Paper Company paper... OMG!!.. That paper ripped all over the place.. when I pulled it out of the pack I should have known because the paper is so thin..

This is what that paper looks like:

and this is how it ended up after my cricut got a hold of it:

This is how much paper I bought thinking I would be able to use these for my calling cards, but guess it will all go back to JoAnn tomorrow.. receipts ready on top:

I really wish there was a way to try paper out in the cricut before we actually bought it.. It would save so much heartache and time!!..

Thanks for stopping by you guys.. Will post again soon!

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~~..::Mini album and RAK from Chandi::..~~

OMG!!.. I was given a wonderful RAK by an awesome Youtube friend!.. I can't believ she made this for me and that she actually thought about me to make it for me,lol.. I hope that didn't confuse anyone.. I'm just so excited .. and you could tell the excitement in the video.. I refused to redo that part, I was laughing at my ownself.. and I hope you can laugh along with me..

Thank you Chandi.. I loved every part of it.. adn I appreciate you for doing that for me!!

Part 1


Part 2


Thanks for watching and visiting everyone!

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~~..::Cricut Cartridge Collection and Storae::..~~

This is how I store my cricut cartridges..




Thanks for watching!


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~~..::The Gypsy meets the Cricut Imagine::..~~

Here I share my experience of the recent update where we are now able to connect and use the Cricut Gypsy with the Cricut Imagine machine.. Enjoy!




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~~..::Circle Blog Challenge Friday 10/08/210 Entry::..~~

I've entered in the Cricut Circle Blog Challenge Friday 10/08/2010.. this is the first time I've ever entered into a challenge and I hope I come at least close enough to get the Pink Journey cartridge.. There will be 6 winners.. one winner to win the Pink Expression and 5 additional winners to win a Pink Journey cricut cartridge... Whooo Hooo... I would love to be one of those winners!!

Cindy Loo Cartridge (all cuts)
Ranger Cotton Candy Stickles
Prima Say it in Crystals
Martha Stewart butterfly punch
Prima baby roses
Stampin' Up Cardstock (Pretty in Pink)



Here's a video to show you how I created this layout!:



Thanks for looking,

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~~..::2 layouts::..~~

I've committed myself to doing 2 layouts per week.. Here's my latest 2... It's a 2 pager... which I rarely do, but I'm proud that I actually did one..




I hope you enjoy!

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~~..::12x12 Layouts completed::..~~

I am so proud of myself that I am getting some crafting done.. I've been in a little bit of a funk, but I'm slowly coming around... Now I need to keep my blog updated... but for now... Please enjoy this video of a few layouts I've completed...




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www.flowerstoflourishes.com

I found out about this site from another site that I participate at... It's called www.flowerstoflourishes.com .. It offers one item a day at a great price.. The day I visited the site I got 4 Tim Holtz products for $15.99.. That is an awesome deal... Check them out!



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~~..::My Tag for Regina::..~~

I made this tag for Regina.. I should have added it to my blog a long time ago, but I was being lazy..

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~~..::All about me (Arlene)::..~~

Album I made for my swap partner in the Deux Shabby Chic kit club!.. I had a lot of fun making it and I hope that Arlene likes it..

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~~..::Didn't buy a Gypsy?, but you want one?.. ::..~~

Visit this link and sign up to win one!.. I wasn't sure Iwanted the Gypsy, but after watching HSN all day.. I think Iwas kinda persuaded... I won't be able to buy one now due to the move I have coming up, but income tax season is right around the corner!.. LMAO!

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