Its Not Easy Being Green.....

Howdy Friends!!  Happy Monday to ya!  Well, we all seem to be thinking GREEN with St. Patty's Day next week and I've joined in the challenge at Emma's Throwback Thursday challenge!  Make a project with St. Patrick's Day theme using an OLDER cartridge.  My go to cart this week is Designer's Calendar.  I originally got this thinking I'd be going back into teaching soon, but that is not the case right now, so I had to find another use for it - and boy is this cart FULL of F-U-N!!

Layout for taking a picture of the kids wearing GREEN next week!

Here are some close ups of a couple of enhanced embellies:

I cut out a shamrock from Designer's Calendar, then used Tim Holtz Distress Ink to color my embossing folder, embossed the shammy, then inked edges and blinged it a bit with GREEN Stickles!  Added a twine bow for some P-O-W!!

The word GREEN is flocked.  I used Diamond Glaze then poured flocking that I found at Michaels for $1.00.  Cheap way to try out a new fun product!  I added bling to the 'e' in wear and in the by coloring a clear gem with a GREEN marker.

So, hope you like the layout!  Its been a while for me to have done a layout, I've been too busy with cards and other projects!

TTFN - Jennifer

Happy New Year and A Snowy Challenge!

Howdy friends and Happy 2011!  Can you believe it? 2011!!  I am ready to get back to 'normal' and into the usual routine - so how about starting off your 2011 with a challenge from Fantabulous Cricut!!!  Yea - we are back with lots of fun!

The challenge this week is titled Snowy Delights.  Please create a project that incorporates snow or snowflakes - and as always, you need a Cricut cut somewhere on your project!

 Its been rather warm here so I don't have a lot of inspiration for snow - but a girl can wish, huh?  So, I used a stamp phrase "Let It Snow" - maybe someday soon it will!  Here is my project this week:

Don'tcha just love blue and purple for winter?  I cut the large snowflake in purple paper using Designer's Calendar, then heat embossed Distress Powders in Milled Lavendar for texture.  I cut out a jar with a Paper Trey Ink die, then stamped snowflakes hanging inside the jar, adhered rhinestones and stickles.  Stamp sentiment, tie bow, send to a friend!

TIP:  Using clear rhinestones, you can color them with markers to match your projects!  Let it dry and then use.  No more buying every single color - only to run out of what you need!!  I used Copic Markers with this project, but I've used other markers too - use what you have!

Supplies:
Die Cut - Designer's Calendar, Provo Craft
Cardstock - DCWV, Bazzill, The Paper Studio
Marker - Copic Sketch BG13
Gemstones - The Paper Studio
Die Cut - PaperTrey Ink - Friendship Jar
Stamp - PaperTrey Ink - Frienship Jar Holiday Fillers
Lavender Ink - Stampabilities
Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Ink - Ranger
Tim Holtz Distress Powder Milled Lavender - Ranger
Purple Ribbon - Hobby Lobby
Stickles - Dusty Concord, Ranger