The Lessons We Learn...

Well, somehow...I let my Eclips blade get dull...not sure how that happened! :) LOL 

Actually, I've had my machine for almost a year now...I believe I received it around the first of August last year...and I believe this is the first time I had to buy new blades. My machine came with two blades...and as much as I use my beloved Eclips...that's awesome that all I've used is 2 blades! :) I wasn't too worried about purchasing new blades because I knew my Cricut blades would work in my Eclips...little did I know all my extra Cricut blades were dull as well...now why did I keep those?!?!? I will try not to dwell on that...but learn to keep better stock in my blades...I've been "grounded" for almost a week now...not able to use my machine until I could get more blades shipped to me! Next time I'm at the scrapbook store, I'm going to buy another package...they come in packages of 2...and going forward...next time I open a new package...I'll order a new one...that way I'll never be without again!!! :) We live...we learn! :) Lesson learned! :)

Now...that's my story for the day. I have updated my Paper Crafts Gallery with some new cards...Graduation and an Anniversary one...click here to view them! :)

Have a great night! :)

New Graduation Cards... :)

Please stop by my Paper Gallery (link above) and check out some new graduation cards I've made recently! :) I also have a Father's Day Word Card...I should really put that in the gallery too...woops! :) Here's one of the new cards in the gallery: 

You know I like to tease you! So...go check out the others! :)

Have a great day!!! :)

Mother's Day 2013 Cards! :)

I've been somewhat busy this week making some Mother's Day cards. I also created Anderson's Treasures Facebook Shop...a shop on my business Facebook page. Check it out sometime! :) I'm just getting it started...I do have cards and jewelry sets in there...but hope to have much more in there soon. I have to get back in the swing of this awesome craft game now that I somewhat have my craft room back!!! :)

I posted some new pictures in my Paper Craft Gallery of the Mother's Day cards I've made this week. I also posted the picture of a card I made for my Sister-in-Law.

I'll give you a sneak peak of one of the Mother's Day Cards...but please do go check out the other pictures. 

This is called a "Step Card" so go to the gallery and check out the side view and the surprise in the middle!!! :) I used SVGCuts' "Cards for Mom" kit for this card. I cut the card out with my Sizzix Eclips cutting machine. If you haven't heard of SVGCuts and use .svg files in an electronic die cutting machine...go check them out...they are very reasonably priced, offer a cool free file each week, have amazing files and kits that are just gorgeous, have superb customer service, and very awesome and easy to follow videos! I just can't praise this company and the talented couple that own and operate it enough!!! :)

I'm back!!! :)

Well...it sure has been a while since I updated this blog...and so much has been going on. My booth was pretty successful and a lot of fun...yet I closed it the end of November. The hubby and I decided to go into Foster Care (I was a Foster Mom previously and worked at a Teen Shelter and Children's Home for 5 years...so it is totally where my heart it). We are going through the process of becoming licensed...however at the same time we have been working on a house remodel...which we need to finish before we proceed in the licensing process. So, I put my business and even personal crafting on hold in order to prepare for all of this. We are about at the point where Kyle will have to do what is left in the house (except paint...but I have to wait on him to complete some things before I can do that)...and I was able to get my craft room all organized and together...(still waiting on walls, ceiling, and floor...ha ha...but we are going to finish the rooms for the kiddos first!)...ok...as much as possible and enough to be able to get back to work...so I guess there is no time like the present!!! :) 

I have in the mean time taken some small orders...a couple of business card orders (didn't have to have my craft room for that!) and last week I worked on some samples for wedding invitations. I made this card today...

This is an A2 sized card with a brown base. I used my Cuttlebug and the "Seeing Spots" embossing folder to emboss the blue mat. I used grosgrain ribbon to go under (and over) the mats. I used Tim Holtz distress ink in Broken China and Brown from the Color Box Paintbox Ink Pad to lightly ink the edges of all the mats and the card base. The stamp is a Lizzie Anne stamp that was stamped using StazOn Jet Black Ink. The buttons were from a pack...pretty sure they're just an off brand blended color pack. The striped pattered paper is Paper Studios, the white is Georgia Pacific plain white cardstock...and the blue cardstock...I'm not really sure...it was in my scraps! ;) I used my ATG Gun to adhere the mats and ribbon and Elmer's Glue Dots to adhere the buttons. The inside has 2 cream colored mats...my customer requested blank inside.

I hope you like this card!!! :)

Now...I guess I better get to work!!! :) 

...and I hope to get better at keeping this blog up to date and going!!! :)

Successful First Month! ;)

I'm happy to announce that this first month for my booth at The Canton Market Place in Vernon, Texas has been a successful one! ;) I'm so thankful to have had and to continue this adventure of creating and selling my handmade items! ;) I've taken some photos of my booth to share with you:

I have also uploaded tons of new designs of cards, bookmarks, magnets, jewelry, and pictures of my newest baby book. Please check out my Paper Craft Gallery (used to be called "Card Gallery") and my Jewelry Gallery links at the top of this page to see those pictures. ;)

Alice In Wonderland Baby Book! ;)

Well, my Cricut Imagine arrived and I am sooooo loving it! ;) I redid the two cuts I showed in the previous post becasue I found a way to make the colors of the characters RGB correct...as Disney made them...also, so if I had two different cuts of the same character...they'd match! ;) I completed the book last Wednesday and am just now getting the pictures posted. I will show the front cover and first page of the book here...and then you will have to go to my Card Gallery Blog (there is a link at the top of this page) to see the rest of it. This way I don't have to double post! ;) Here is the first page:

I left a space to the left of Alice so when the mommy to be decides on a name, we can add it there.

Here is the first page in the book. I thought the White Rabbit with his time piece was the perfect image for the page that gave the date, time, etc. information for the baby! ;)

I make these books from SCRATCH!!! ;) I take chipboard, cover it with paper, add scrapbook paper, bind the book, cut out images with my Cricut Expression or Cricut Imagine, and add other embellishments as  I see fit! I take custom orders so hit me up!!! ;)  As you can see from my blog galleries, I also make jewelry and cards. I <3 what I do!!! ;)

Check out http://andersonscraftytreasurespapergallery.blogspot.com/ to see more pictures of this book soon...I'm still uploading the other pictures...so it may take a little while! ;)

Here is the first Baby Book I've made!!! ;) 

This was a custom order & I think it is super cute!!! ;)

To see the rest of the book (inside pages and back cover), Click Here.

Baby Girl Book!!! ;)

A friend asked me to make a baby book for a friend of hers who is having a baby girl. They are using the colors pink and green. Here is the front cover! ;)

I have both sides of this and the back cover is covered as well. Can't wait to get started on the inside pages!!! ;)

My Smash Book!!! ;)

I used my Bind It All for the first time today to make this "Smash Book"!!! ;)

I made the cover using the cardboard from paper packs. I cut 2 ~ 6X4" pieces, one for the front cover and one for the back cover. The cardstock is from DCWV "The Blossoms & Butterflies Stack" and is also 6X4". The ribbon is Offray 3/8" blue grosgrain ribbon. The butterflies and words were cut out with the Cricut. I used plain white Georgia Pacific Cardstock for the letters and some scrap (not sure what brand) blue textured cardstock for the butterflies. The words were cut out with Plantin Schoolbook Cricut cartridge at 3/4". The butterflies were cut out with Create A Critter Cricut cartridge, the bigger one was cut out at 1" and the two smaller ones were cut out at 3/4". I used Silver Stickles to embellish the butterflies. I used 1/2" O Wire for the binding and of course, as started above, bound the book using the Bind It All...which was so easy and fun. I did adhere my cardstock onto the front and back of both covers with my ATG Gun before I punched the holes and before I bound the book. All the other decorations and embellishing were done after the book was bound.

Here is the back of the front cover (above). The cardstock is from the same DCWV pack as the front of the cover...and the front of the back cover (below) is the same paper...so that way it will coordinate. ;) For the inside paper I used plain Georgia Pacific White Cardstock cut down to 5 3/4 X 3 3/4"...so that it would be just a tad smaller than the covers.

Here is the back of the book (below). This is scrap (not sure what brand...from Hobby Lobby...so probably Paper Studio) piece of brown textured cardstock. I tried to put my stamp on it, but it didn't turn out to well. I didn't stamp it until the book was already put together, so I'm not sure if that was because when I turned the book over to stamp it, if it wasn't level, or because the textured cardstock didn't take the ink very well. Anyway, I'm sure I'll end up redoing that part of the book! ;) 

Invitations! ;)

Just finished making 4 dozen invitations for my Church's Lady's Winter Social and Cookie Swap! ;)

Here is the front of the card:

Here is the inside:

The back...with my stamp:

I made the envelopes as well:

Matching set!!! ;)

These invitations measure 4X4. I made the envelopes because I couldn't find the right size. Luckily we are handing these out at Church instead of mailing them! I found out after I had the card bases and everything else already cut for this size, that you can not mail a 4X4 envelope through the USPS! Ugh! ;) The paper is from Paper Studio, and I used my "Joys of the Season" Cricut Cartridge to cut out the snowflake with my Cricut Expression. I stamped "You're Invited" in Blazing Red StazOn Ink, Azure Blue StazOn Ink for the snowflake on the envelope, and used Stickles on the middle of the snowflakes to add a little extra bling! ;) There is a green brad in the center of the white snowflake. These invitations were so fun to make!!! ;) Two new tools I used and decided I could no longer live without...the Crop-A-Dile Big Bite (used to make the holes in the snowflakes), and the We Are Memory Keeper's Brad Tool (to help open the brads without killing your fingers)! These two new tools made this project so much easier!!! ;)

Snowman Pedestal Christmas Card Set

I tried another new style of card folding tonight! This style is called a "Pedestal Card". I made another snowman set out of these cards! I just LOVE Snowmen!!! ;)

Here is the front view when folded in it's pedestal form:

Here is the side view when folded in it's pedestal form:

I made this set with 2 different snowmen! Here is the second one! ;)

I think they are both adorable! ;) I used my Cricut Expression and my Gypsy to cut out the two different snowmen. I used the Jolly Holidays Cricut Cartridge.

This set is for sell in my Etsy Store. Please visit my Etsy store for more information. There is a link to my store just under my logo towards the top of this page. 

Snowman Sidestep Card!!! ;)

This is my first try at a sidestep card and I think it is soooooo adorable!! ;) 

Here is the front view...

...and the side view...

Now I'm going to see how many cards I can make with the paper I have to see how many I can make for a set to sell in my Etsy store, Anderson's Treasures!!! ;) 

Off to crafting I go!!! ;)

K...I'm back and editing!!! ;) I was able to squeeze out 4 more of these cards to make a set of 5!!! ;)
This set is for sell in my Etsy Store. Please visit my Etsy store for more information. There is a link to my store just under my logo towards the top of this page.

I'm Re-opening My Etsy Store!!! ;)

Well, it's time! I am currently adding new handmade card sets to my Etsy Store, Anderson's Treasure!!! ;) I am also re-listing some of my jewelry sets! ;) More items to come soon!!! ;) Click on the link above this post or click here www.AndersonsTreasures.etsy.com to go to my on-line store!!! ;) I've also added a link up top for my card gallery, which will allow you to view all of my cards I've made in the past. A jewelry gallery is soon to follow! Please remember that the designs of my cards and jewelry are copyrighted (there may be an exception of a couple that I will have notated as such)!!! ;)

My Pink Stamper's National Scrapbook Day Challenge # 10

Challenge # 10 was to make a project using a pet. So, this bird is not an actual pet of mine, but he could be considered a pet. With several Birthdays coming up this month at work, I thought I would make another birthday card. I love the background paper...so pretty! ;) This A2 sized Card was made using my Cricut Expression and my Gypsy! ;)

Recipe:

I used my Bloom cartridge to cut these images out at 3.5". The card base was made using plain card stock from Georgia Pacific. The background paper is from the Pastel Garden paper pack from Colorbok. The other card stock that was used were all in my scrap pile. I used Diamond Stickles to add a little something to the center of the flowers on the background paper. I also used a little round bling, I believe from Walmart, for the eye of the bird. The stamp is from the "Greetings Clear Stamps" from TPC Studios. I used Timber Brown StazOn Ink.

My Pink Stamper's National Scrapbook Day Challenge # 9

Challenge # 9 was to use Glitz, Glam, and Glitter in the project.

I needed a Thank You card for our Dining Services Coordinator for cooking our Theme Dinner at work last week. She made us delicious fajitas and enchiladas from scratch for Cinco de Mayo! ;) I made this A2 sized card with my Cricut Expression and my Gypsy.

Recipe: 

I used 3 Birds on Parade for my cut outs which were cut at 3.5". My card base is plain card stock from Georgia Pacific. My background card stock is from Tiffany's pack of We R Memory Keepers. The light blue of the bird, and white of the hat is textured paper from ColorBok. The black of the grill and shadow of the bird are from the Non Textured Neutral Pack of ColorBok. The red, dark blue, and yellow were in my scrap pile. The ribbon is from Martha Stewart. I used green Adhesive Faux Pearls from Recollections to add a little something to the ribbon and a faux round bling for the bird's eye...I believe that was from Walmart. I used Crystal Stickles for the glare on the grill.

For the inside of the card, I cut out the phrase "You're Tweet" from 3 Birds on Parade at 2.75". 

My Pink Stamper's National Scrapbook Day Challenge # 6

Challenge # 6 was to make a project and incorporate a tag on it.

I made this Birthday Card shaped like a present using my Cricut Expression and my Gypsy. I'm sure I will use this Birthday card for someone at work! ;) This was a fun and easy card to make! ;)

Recipe:

The card measures 5.30" high and 4.11" wide. It fits into an A2 sized envelope. I used Sweet Treats to cut out my shaped card, as well as my layers. These cuts were cut out at 5.30". I used Tags, Bags, Boxes, and More to cut out the tag at 2". My card base in plain white card stock from Georgia Pacific. I used pink and blue textured card stock from the dark pastel textured card stock pack from Colorbok. I used yellow card stock from my scrap pile for the knot and glare on the ribbon. I used beige card stock from the Non Textured Neutral pack from Colorbok for the tag. I used a purple brad to connect the tag to the knot in the bow. The "Happy Birthday" stamp is from the "Greetings Clear Stamps" from TPC Studio. I used Azure colored ink from StazOn.

My Pink Stamper's National Scrapbook Day Challenge # 1

I am so glad that Robyn gave us until tonight to finish and submit our N.S.D. Challenges! I've had a busy weekend and just had time today to start and complete the projects! I really wanted to participate, as this is my first challenge...so I am very excited! ;)There were 12 challenges in all, but I only had time to do 4 of them.

Challenge # 1 was to make anything with cupcakes. I made a Birthday card! ;) I made this A2 sized card with my Cricut Expression and my Gypsy.

Recipe:

I used Gypsy wanderings for both the cupcake and the phrase. Both cuts were cut out at 2.5". I used Diamond Stickles to highlight the icing on the cupcake, and Gold Stickles to highlight the phrase "Happy Birthday". I used Crystal Stickles on some of the green dots, Thistle Stickles on some of the pink dots, and Waterfall Stickles on some of the blue dots on the background paper, just to glam it up a little. My polka dotted background paper is from the Pastel Gardens pack of the Colorbok brand. The  pink card stock for the cupcake is from the Dark Pastels Textured pack of the Colorbok brand. The shadow of the cupcake is a brown card stock from the Non Textured Neutrals pack of the Colorbok brand. The Green card stock was something I had in my scrap pile, so I'm not really sure what brand it is. The blue grosgrain ribbon is the Offray brand. I used lavender Adhesive Faux Pearls from Recollections to accentuate the "H" in "Happy" and the "Y" in Birthday. My card base is plain white card stock from Georgia Pacific.

Two For One Project! ;)

After about 2 weeks of not making anything with my Cricut at home (unbelievable I know!) I had the itch to make something! I finally had time for a project on Wednesday night and I needed to make a card for my mom, so that is what I sat down to do. My mom has been injured and needs some cheering up, so I wanted to make her a bright cheery card. I found this flower and leaf on my Accents Essentials Cricut Cartridge, and set out to find a patterned paper with her favorite color...yellow. I found something in my stash and found an awesome coordinating orange, and then a great background paper! I cut the flower out at 4 inches, and the leaf, I believe at 2 inches. I had to make the flower twice, since I wanted to use two colors, and I also cut out 2 leaves because I didn't really know how many leaves I wanted to use. I outlined every other flower pedal and the leaf with Diamond Stickles, and added a button to the center of the flower. I stamped a sentiment on the inside that says "When I count my blessing, I count you twice", and stamped the word "Hi" on the outside of the card. My mom fell on the ice back when we had the ice storms last month. She has a knot on her abdomen the doctors have been trying to figure out what it is and how to treat it, she has some other pains, can't get around very well at all, and she has been pretty depressed due to all of this. I'm sending her this card too cheer her up a little. We would appreciate prayers going out on her behalf for comfort and healing, as well as for the doctors to have insight on what is going on with her and the wisdom to know how to help her start feeling better soon. Here is the card I made for my mom:

 It turned out that I had an extra leaf, and the alternating flower pedals I didn't used to make another card! We have a new resident where I work and needed to make her a welcome card. I intended to use my work Cricut to make it, but since I had these spare parts...I thought it would be perfect to make it for her! ;) On the inside of this card, I'd typed and cut out the sentiment "Welcome to Wynwood, Your new home, and to our family!". Here is the picture of her card:

Thank you for allowing me to share this project with you! Please "Like" this post (if you like it), feel free to comment, and become a "follower" of my new Blog...the more the merrier! ;) 

I hope everyone has a blessed weekend! ;)

My First Blog! ;)

Well, I believe there is a first for everything...and this is my first Blog! ;) I hope to share my jewelry, cards, and hopefully other crafts in the future. I started Anderson's Treasures, an online retail business, back in August of last year, and haven't really tried to do much with it yet. I sold one item online and probably a dozen or so items locally. I just haven't had the energy...lol! ;) So...I started this blog and created a "local business" profile on Facebook for my business, to try to get more motivation. ;) I am still working out kinks in these two sites...they are very new...I still need to add pictures to my galleries, and I don't currently have anything listed in my Etsy Store either...but I'm hoping to soon...so please bear with me! ;) 

I started my business just selling handmade jewelry, with the hopes of slowly incorporating other crafts. My husband bought me a Cricut Expression for Christmas last year, and I have been hooked on making cards! There is so much more you can do with this awesome machine from Provo Craft, but I'm sorta stuck on this one! ;) I have been following some other crafter's blogs and think it is very awesome that they share their projects, likes, tips, and life with everyone, and well...I wanna jump on that bandwagon too! I hope to provide inspiration, and share what I love with others! ;) 

Please feel free to "Like" me and "Follow" me on this blog...I plan on having lots of fun here...and I would love to have you (yes YOU) along with me! ;)