Anna Griffin All About Love Card Kit ~ Set 2 Anniversaries & Engagements

Here is the second set I created from Anna Griffin's All About Love Card Kit.  This set centers around anniversaries and engagements.

Anna Griffin All About Love Card Kit ~ Set 1 For My One & Only

Whew!  I have been busy crafting with Anna's new All About Love Card Kit.  The kit comes with enough material to make 20 cards.  And, I made ALL 20!  I will be sharing them with you over the next few days, so be sure to come back and visit. 

Circle Mania III - Christmas Tags

Here is the third class in the lineup: 

Circle Mania III ~ Retro Mini

Here is a mini I made for my second class at Circle Mania.  I will post pics to the inside next week.

Circle Mania III ~ Shabby Beau Chateau Class

It's that time again...CIRCLE MANIA!  Here is the first class that I will be teaching:

What we will making.

What you will get in your kit.

Anna Griffin Meets SHARK WEEK!

I have been using a lot of my Anna Griffin product lately (she has come out with SO many awesome product with more to come) and decided it would be fun to combine her classic feminine style with an image to celebrate Shark Week. 

The cardstock used is from Anna Griffin's Willow Collection.  I also used her new Washi tape and ribbon to add a bit of interest.  The cuts used are from this week's CCR Freebies: Shark and Cricut Lite cartridge Pirates and Mermaids.  The banner is cut from the CCR Exclusive Banners and the stamp is My Pink Stamper from her Even More Punny-licious set.

The freebies are still available to use.  Pirates and Mermaids has a lot of aquatic cuts to help scrap your summer photos.  Happy crafting!

Anna Griffin Cutting & Embossing Dies II

I have two more cards to share with you using Anna Griffin's new cutting and embossing folders.

I created this card using the Poppy die from the Flowers set.  I also used a card base and bow from the All Occasion card making kit,  cardstock from her Willow collection and her new washi tape in gold.

On this card I used the medallion die from the Flourishes set.  I also used cardstock from her All Occasion card making kit, a silver border from Anna's metallic cardstock set, a ribbon from my AG stash and a Stampin' Up! sentiment stamp.

Anna Griffin Cutting & Embossing Dies

I recently purchased the new Anna Griffin Cuttlebug die sets launched last week on HSN.  The two sets are titled Flourishes and Flowers.  Each set comes with three dies that you can cut and emboss set.  I must say, they are amazing.  Here are a couple of projects I started with, with many more to come.  

Materials include Anna Griffin's All Occasion card making kit, the Anna Griffin Brocade embossing folder, and a die from the new Flowers Cuttlebug die set.

I added some coordinating deep olive cardstock to line the embossed cardstock with and sewed the frame.  I then added the cut end embossed flower piece and finished the card off with some ribbon and a sentiment.

On this card, I used the Anna Griffin Flourish Cuttlebug die set.  I started the card with a Stampin' Up! base in Melon Mambo.  I then added a coordinating layer from Anna Griffin's Carmen collection.  I embossed a third layer from her All Occasion card making kit with her Pirouette folder and then added the new cut and embossed die.

The bunny and ribbon are also from Anna's All Occasion kit.

The dies really are beautiful.  They are currently sold out and won't be available again until November.  However, Anna is releasing a Christmas set in September along with her first Cricut cartridge!!!  Start saving now...I can't wait!

Swim Party 12x12 LO

Tis' the season for swim parties!  Here is a fun layout to compile some favorite summer dipping memories:

Materials Used:

• Imagine The Good Old Days cartridge
• Misc ribbon from my stash
• Snap! life bingo card
• Smash pinwheel
• Gold metal star brad
• White thread

The Good Old Days Imagine cartridge has many fun retro images for every season.  I used the cart for the children and title images and to flood fill the chevron background from the cartridge When I Was a Kid.

My Goodies Arrived!

My goodies arrived from the Chalkboard Fonts Contest that I entered.  YAY!!!

A package of each of the new Cricut mats, the Chalkboard Fonts cartridge, a Cricut vinyl sampler with tons of colors and a vinyl color roll of my choice.

The prize package also came with a $50 Cricut store credit that I purchased these with:

Buy the The First Few Years digital cartridge and get the Fun in the Sun digital cartridge FREE!  I can't believe there was a deal for two carts I don't have! LOL  I love the image of the lady in the inner tube from Fun in the Sun and the layout carts simply ROCK!  This a good deal if you don't mind digital.  I think it will be ending soon, so hurry if you want to buy.

Get all four color assortments of Cricut® Cardstock. The sampler includes one pack each of the Southwest, Candy Shop, Antiquity, and Wildflowers color assortments. Each pack has 24 sheets of 12" x 12" 80 lb. textured Cricut® Cardstock (4 each of 6 colors). Each pack also includes a $5 coupon to use on any purchase over $9.99 in the Cricut® digital image library, for a total of $20 in digital credit.   This is another great deal.  You are basically paying $6.99 for all this cardstock if you will use the digital credit.  Again, I think this deal ends today, so hurry if you want to buy.

So, with my Cricut Circle discount and free shipping, I paid only paid $13.51 AND I will be  getting the $20 in free digital credit to use in the future.  Double YAY!  Don't shy away from the great contests that Cricut has.  You can't win if you don't try and you never know, YOU could be the winner!