Creative Delights by Nicole

Birthday Banner & Cupcake Socks

2012-02-24T16:10:00.004-06:00

This is my second post today! Wow! Here is a banner that I made for my daughter's birthday party. The paper coordinates with the papers used for her invitations. It was hard to hang the banner altogether in the hotel so I had to hang her name separately from "Happy Birthday". I also made cupcake socks for her to give as party favors. When she attends a party, she always comes home with a bag full of candy that we end up throwing away. What 10 year old doesn't love fuzzy socks?? So that's why I decided to make the cupcake socks!

Enjoy
Nicole

Banner - Birthday Bash

Socks - Michaels

Clear bags - Michaels

Paper Studio paper by Hobby Lobby

All About Vinyl

2012-02-24T14:55:00.004-06:00

Happy Friday! I hope everyone is doing well! It's been awhile since I've posted. I needed a mental break! I think one more week will do me some good but I just couldn't help but share these with you! This was a customer request for her daughter and my niece. They are known as the Smurfettes of their dance group.

As most of you know, Google Connect is going away. I've added the Linky tool to my sidebar. Please take a moment to follow me because I would hate to loose touch with each of you! I will follow you as well.

Thanks,
Nicole

Smurfette Image: Mardenz.blogspot.com

All About Vinyl Thursday

2012-02-09T13:56:00.007-06:00

Wow! When was the last time I made an "All About Vinyl" post? I've been busy with orders and planning my daughter's birthday sleepover which is tomorrow. *Say a prayer for me* LOL Below are a few of my favorite items that I've completed in the past couple of weeks.
Enjoy!
Nicole

Spongebob is from http://www.mardenz.blogspot.com/

Tumblers for my niece's cheer team. The viper head is their logo that I traced in MTC.

Minnie Mouse Tumber for my 40 year old friend! Hey, we still love Minnie too!

Order for bridesmaids

Birthday Invitations

2012-02-02T10:16:00.004-06:00

Happy Thursday! I made these invitiations for my daughter's 10th birthday sleepover. It took me awhile to come up with something but I'm pleased at how they turned out. We're not doing a "theme" this year since we'll be at a hotel. I'll just use the colors in the invitation to decorate. Stay tuned! I'll be entering this in the challenge at My Craft Spot - Anything Goes.

Enjoy!
Nicole

All About Vinyl Thursday

2012-01-19T12:14:00.002-06:00

Happy Thursday! A young lady emailed me after she found my blog. She was searching for Mickey Mouse invitations and found the ones that I did for my godson. Well she ordered these for her daughter's 1st birthday party.

Nicole

Pink Damask Birthday Card

2012-01-16T11:14:00.004-06:00

Yep, it's card #2 today!! I'm on a roll! LOL I made this for my BFF's birthday. This is one of my favorite cards to make for my friends.
I'll will be entering this into the Cardz TV challenge which was "The 3 R's" which means to use rhinestones, ribbon, or rick rack or all 3. Hope you enjoy it!

Nicole

A Card Post - YEAH!

2012-01-16T10:03:00.005-06:00

Happy Monday! Don't fall out of your chair... don't hyperventilate! I have a card for you today! This is my son's birthday card. I really enjoyed making it and really miss making cards. I didn't do anything else for his sleepover/party. He DIDN'T want any decorations or favors. In his words "all of that is for girls". LOL! So for once, I wasn't running around at the 11th hour making goodie bags and favors. However, my daughter's birthday is in February and she has a list of things to do! LOL

I wanted to link this to CTO kids challenge but I missed the deadline. I'll be linking it to BBTB2. They have a number challenge this week.
Enjoy!
Nicole

Vinyl Project

2012-01-10T09:18:00.004-06:00

Happy Tuesday! I love the way this tumbler came out. I actually designed the pearls myself so I'm super proud. It's for a sorority (Alpha Kappa Alpha) and their colors are pink and green and pearls are part of their history. I'll be linking this up to the link up party over at PBD!

All About Vinyl Thursday

2012-01-06T09:19:00.005-06:00

Happy Thursday! My BFF started a New Year's Day ladies brunch 10 years ago. For her 10th anniversary, she went really big and had a logo designed. I cut the logo for her and put it on a white square plate. I LOVE how this turned out!!! The bottom is hard to read with my holder.. it says "We laugh, We love, We live". I also made candy dishes for past hostessses.

Hot chocolate clear mugs for my neighbor's kids.

Yep, we're huge Saints fan in this area! I've made about 20 of these in the last 3 weeks!

Enjoy!

Nicole

All About Vinyl Thursday

2011-12-30T00:04:00.006-06:00

Happy Thursday! Better late than never, huh? I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! I sure did which is why I haven't posted much. I've been enjoying spending time with my family. Here are a few orders that I had over the holidays. I hope to start back visiting your blogs soon and leaving comments! I miss you all!
Enjoy!
Nicole

All About Vinyl Thursday

2011-12-15T10:33:00.005-06:00

Happy Thursday! It's all about vinyl Thursday. Here are some recent orders that I completed. I love how the teacher tumbler came out! I hope to paper craft again in 2012! LOL

Nicole

All About Vinyl Thursday

2011-12-08T16:49:00.003-06:00

Happy Thursday! I made the first tumbler for my sister who just became a hair stylist this year. I posted it on FB and immediately got an order from a friend that owns a hair salon. She ordered the tumblers and water bottles for her employees. Hope this inspires you!!

Nicole

All About Vinyl Thursday

2011-12-01T06:00:00.001-06:00

Happy Thursday! Below are a few vinyl projects. The first are the ever popular glitter ornaments. I added glitter to clear ornaments, added names and VOILA... a great class gift! The second is a tumbler for my son's teacher. Her room is decorated in purple, black, lime green, and white. It's hard to tell but her name is in lime green.
Enjoy!
Nicole

Baby Shower Invitation

2011-11-30T13:13:00.004-06:00

Happy Wednesday! Don't go into shock from 2 posts from me this week... and paper crafts at that! LOL This is a sample baby shower invitation for an old aquintance from college. She found me on FB and saw some of the things I've done and wants me to do baby shower invites for her. **that darn stamp moved on me** lol
Enjoy!
Nicole

Girly Elmo Invitations

2011-11-29T11:17:00.004-06:00

Happy Tuesday! I made 20 of these invitations for my friend's daughter who will be turning 2 in a couple of weeks. These are similar to the Elmo invitations that I made for my godson here. But I eliminated some of the layers. We wanted to make Elmo as girly as possible. I hope the lime green does that! What do you think??

I will be linking these up to Wacky Wednesday challenge. The challenge was to create a birthday project.
Enjoy!
Nicole

All About Vinyl Thursday (11-24-11)

2011-11-24T07:00:00.000-06:00

Happy Thanksgiving!! I hope everyone is enjoying turkey day! I'm with my family and loving every minute of it! I miss you guys and I still love reading your comments. Here are a few vinyl items that I've completed over the last few weeks.

Enjoy!
Nicole

Feather Boa Glitter Ornament

Door prizes for a church function - glitter ornaments, candle holders with candle, and tumblers.

Future AKA Tumbler

Breast Cancer Survivor Gift

2011-11-22T10:22:00.004-06:00

Happy Tuesday! It's been awhile since I've posted. No apologies... I've simply been enjoying life and taking time out for things and people that matter the most. Not like you guys don't matter (digging a hole here)!! LOL I made this card set and glass for my BFF of 20 years! She will be 40 on Black Friday (lol). I met Angie during my freshman year of college and we've been the best of friends since. Angie is a breast cancer survivor. She's an advocate for breast cancer and actually she is the poster child for breast cancer awareness. She has been on buses in the Chicago area and her picture was on billboards last year for a large breast cancer convention. After working with the American Cancer Society, she just started a new job as a missions coordinator with the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Angie can always be found speaking with cancer patients and sharing her testimony from media interviews to hospital beds. I thought she could use these note cards to send personal notes. I'm so proud of her and her accomplishments. She is an amazing friend and such an inspiration to women all over this country! Happy Birthday Friend! I love you!

Nicole

JAM'S Spotlight

2011-11-10T08:47:00.004-06:00

It's been awhile since I showcased one of my children's projects. This is my 4th grade daughter's reading fair project. She told me what she wanted and I did the cutting for her. She glued everything and even hung the banner. Yes, that is a WORKING "ON AIR" sign.. LOL! Her dad made that and the desk for her. The character loves offices and office supplies (she can have my JOB..LOL) hence the briefcases, file folders, binder clips, and scissors.
Have a good day!
Nicole

All About Vinyl Thursday- 11/10/11

2011-11-08T14:57:00.003-06:00

Happy Thursday! I made these water bottles for my cousins. Their names are on the back. I wanted them simple...most guys don't like a lot of extras anyway! LOL... The purple looks more lilac but it really is a nice deep purple.
Enjoy!
Nicole

All About Vinyl Thursday

2011-11-03T14:09:00.002-05:00

Happy Thursday! Nothing is safe around me and vinyl! I dolled up a plain acrylic cutting board! Maybe this will inspire me to cook more...I doubt it, but here's hoping! LOL

Nicole

All About Vinyl Friday

2011-10-28T10:24:00.006-05:00

Vinyl Time! I made this for a customer. She wanted her daughter's name along with her 3 nephews.
Enjoy!
Nicole

Birthday Thank You Cards

2011-10-28T10:14:00.004-05:00

Happy Friday! I made these thank you cards last night. I need about 10 more but 2 is a good start. LOL I made them all from scraps! Leftover purple paper, extra zebra print napkin rings and the scalloped circle from the napkin rings. Gotta Love it! My stamp isn't as clear as I would like it...my ink is too juicy for whatever reason.
Enjoy!
Nicole

Storage Building Transformation

2011-10-26T10:02:00.019-05:00

I thought I would share how we (my husband) got to this finished product. We had the storage building custom built because of the strict covenants in our subdivision. It was used for just that.. storage and junk. My husband decided to transform it into an office for our home based business and also somewhere for he and his friends to hang out. Then we decided to have my party and thought this would be perfect for the food and it was! BTW, my hubby also built the bar.

Building was left unfinished for 4 years. Studs only and JUNK! You can even see a kitchen sink in this picture! LOL!!! We were both in real estate. My husband did a lot of rehabs so he collected a lot of stuff.

Sheetrock was hung and taped. Window sill was built.

Paint job complete.. adding molding around the bottom. Outlets, ceiling fan, indoor and outdoor lighting was completed.

Front of building.. don't you just love my weathered sun. LOL

Steps and patio pavers are added ( I missed adding the flooring picture)

My husband made screen panels for the front doors so the doors can remain open but no bugs allowed! I love how it turned out!

Party Decor

2011-10-26T09:48:00.005-05:00

Happy Wednesday! I went with purple and green for my party colors. I used a little bit of zebra here and there. Here are a few decorations that I wanted to share. I made the banner from the Birthday Bash Cartridge. I just love that cartridge. I also made napking rins. I was going to make cupcake toppers but I ran out of time which is the story of my life! LOL I also added my initial and "40" the bags on the tables. The bags had battery operated tealights in them. I didn't get a good picture of them. We decorated the backyard with lanterns, lights, and firepits! It turned out very very nice! We got a lot of compliments and we also had a great time dancing and enjoying everyone!
Enjoy!
Nicole

All About Vinyl Thursday

2011-10-20T06:00:00.000-05:00

Ha! Two posts in one week! I may even have more to share this week. I made this tumbler for my son's class. The kids were asked to bring anything related to cats to put in a basket that will be auctioned off at their festival next week. I'm in love with this Prissy Cat!!
Enjoy!
Nicole

It's Been Awhile

2011-10-18T15:08:00.008-05:00

Hello Bloggers! It's been awhile since I've posted. My vinyl business has taken off like crazy so it's getting harder and harder to do paper crafts. Plus my big 40th birthday party is this weekend so any extra time that I do have is spent on that! I have a few projects to share with you today. My husband converted our storage building into a room. I thought he was making me a craft room like Ivette!! LOL but he had other plans. It's his "man cave" but he even admits that it will probably become cricut central! I'll have to share pictures of the transformation soon. Anyhoo, I made a sign for his "room". He's going to add a display shelf which will hold the Saints glass and other sports items. The other items are recent orders that I've completed.
Enjoy until next time!
Nicole

All About Vinyl Thursday

2011-09-29T14:22:00.003-05:00

Happy Thursday! I've been busy, busy, busy! Birthday planning, design team project, tumbler orders, kids soccer, and the list goes on and on. I made this tumbler for a customer. Her 9 year old daughter plays basketball. The last one was an AKA (sorority colors are pink and green) request for a JSU tailgater tumbler.
Enjoy!
Nicole

CTO Challenge #32

2011-09-27T11:09:00.003-05:00

Happy Tuesday! It's time for another challenge over at Celebrate the Occasion. Our challenge was to make a project for any occasion and include a ribbon. I've made a card similar to this before and loved how it turned out so I decided to make another one. Love the different mix of colors instead of the typical baby colors.

Hop on over to CTO and play along with us. You'll find some great inspiration. You will also have the opportunity to win our monthly prize.

Nicole

40th Birthday Party Request #1

2011-09-21T14:21:00.002-05:00

Why can I come up with all kinds of fabulous ideas for everyone else but NOTHING, NOTTA for myself???? So I decided to to let you, my wonderful followers, help me plan my 40th birthday bash!! The party will be under a white party tent in our backyard. It will be late October in MS so it's not extremely cool but definitely nice fall weather. My husband has converted our storage building into a room complete with molding, tv, etc. The food will be in there. He has also built a bar for drinks. We'll have a DJ. Everything except prepping the food will be outside. We plan to use a lot of string lights, paper lanterns,e tc. So first things first!!! Help me pick colors!!

Here are the choices:
Lime green, black, purple (kind of goes with the season but want to use it more elegantly than Halloween : )
Turquoise and black
lime green and black
Other suggestions

Please, please comment with your choices so I can move on to the invitations! If you have links, pictures, or suggestions of color choices, please feel free to let me know.

Nicole

All About Vinyl Thursday

2011-09-15T03:00:00.000-05:00

Happy Thursday. I made the first tumbler and water bottle for my niece's cheer team. Names are on the back. They play to order 30+. Somebody help me! LOL Also made a water bottle to go with breast cancer awareness tumbler that I made a few weeks ago.
Enjoy!
Nicole

CTO Challenge #30 - Tall Card with Present

2011-09-13T03:00:00.000-05:00

Happy Tuesday! Our challenge at Celebrate The Occasion this week was to create a tall birthday card and include a present. I just love how this card turned out. I used Rock Princess for the dancing girl. I also used glossy accents on the bracelets and shoes. This card can also be used for more than just a birthday card. Hop on over to CTO and play along with us this week! Design Team #2 has some awesome creations to inspire you! You'll also have an opportunity to win our monthly prize if you play along!! So what are you waiting on??? : )

Nicole

All About Vinyl Part II

2011-09-08T10:00:00.000-05:00

I just realized that I didn't post last week! I've been just that busy!! Blame it on turning 40 in about 6 weeks! YIKES!! I made these water bottles for a 30 year class reunion. The name of the school is Callaway so this was the logo that the class came up with.

Nicole

All About Vinyl Thursday

2011-09-08T03:31:00.000-05:00

Wow! I can't believe it's been so long since I've posted. I have quite a few paper crafts coming up soon so I can get back to what I love. Vinyl projects just help pay for the things I love : )
I made the banner and vase for an appreciation dinner for my mother-in-law. She was sooo surprised. The vase was used for monetary donations during the dinner. But I'm sure when I visit my MIL's house again, it will have a candle, marbles, or something in it. The glass mug was a gift for a friend who will be inducted into USM's Sports Hall of Fame.

Until next time,
Nicole

CTO Challenge #28 - Birthday Sketch

2011-08-30T03:00:00.000-05:00

Happy Tuesday! It's time for another Celebrate the Occasion Challenge. Design Team #2 had to create a birthday project following a sketch this time around. This is my take on it. I've been all about clean and simple lately. Please come over to CTO and check out the other design team submissions for this week! You won't be disappointed. Play along with us and you'll have the opportunity to win a monthly prize!

Enjoy!

Nicole

All About Vinyl Thursday - Breast Cancer Tumbler

2011-08-25T03:00:00.000-05:00

Happy Thursday! A friend requested this about 3 months ago. I'm just taking the time to do it for her. She lost her mom to breast cancer some years ago. I love how this turned out!! I think I'll be making me one in memory of my grandmother. My friend's name is Angel... how fitting for this tumbler!

Enjoy!
Nicole

All About Vinyl Thursday - Wreaths

2011-08-18T10:49:00.003-05:00

Happy Thursday! I made these wooden wreaths (well hubby cut, sanded and painted them) for my front doors. I DID add the vinyl! LOL I love how they turned out. I thought about adding a bow but wanted them to be more "sporty" looking. Thanks for looking!

Nicole

Back To School

2011-08-17T13:28:00.006-05:00

There are a few back to school challenges going on so I thought I would enter them. These are the small hand sanitizers.... perfect for backpacks. I made them for my daughter's friends for Back to School "happies". Her friends loved them! What 9-10 year old girl doesn't like her inital and polka dots?? LOL I'm entering Whimsical Wednesday, Show and Tell

Nicole

CTO Challenge #26 - Easel Birthday Project

2011-08-16T02:00:00.002-05:00

Happy Tuesday! It's Tuesday and that means it's time for another Celebrate the Occasion Challenge. Design Team #2 was challenged to create a birthday project using an easel card. I love easel cards but this one gave me a few fits. LOL! But in the end, I won! I think this is my favorite color combo at the moment. I will be making a few more of these as I have quite a few friends turning 40 over the next couple of months!

**please ignore my stamping** after 4 tries and going on midnight, I gave up! : )

Hop on over to CTO and show us your easel birthday cards! You will be entered into a drawing for the monthly prize!
Nicole
I will also be entering this in the Paper Cutz Challenge! The challenge is to use red, turquoise, black, and white.

All About Vinyl Thursday

2011-08-10T16:14:00.004-05:00

Happy Thursday! Do you see what has kept me from blog hopping this past week?? Gee Wiz!! I don't want to see another glass! LOL

Enjoy!
Nicole

All About Vinyl Thursday

2011-08-04T06:00:00.000-05:00

Happy Thursday! This was a customer request for a birthday gift. They are 4x4 tiles made into coasters. I love how they turned out. It was a bit of a challenge to weed the design with it being this small but I would NOT be defeated! LOL
Enjoy and thanks for looking!
Nicole

CTO Challenge #24

2011-08-02T03:00:00.001-05:00

Welcome to another fun challenge at Celebrate the Occasion! This week Design Team #2 was challenged to make a kid's birthday project. I made a card and a pillow box. This was my first time making a pillow box and I think I'm hooked! It's perfect for girl's jewlery or even a gift card.

Slide on over to CTO to check out the other fabulous projects by our design team. Play along for a chance to win a prize at the end of the month!

Nicole

Materials:

Birthday Bash

Wedding Solutions

HL Ribbon from Stash

Stickles

My Mind's Eye paper

All About Vinyl Thursday (on Monday)

2011-08-01T13:54:00.009-05:00

Happy Monday! I just realized that I forgot my vinyl post this past Thursday! LOL.. I guess LIFE got in the way. I've been so busy with tumblers that I forgot about these tshirts. I made these for my niece and son. My daughter's tshirt is next on my list! Maybe I'll get to it this week.
I'm linking this to Made it Myself MOndays..
Enjoy!
Nicole

All About Vinyl Thursday

2011-07-21T11:23:00.011-05:00

Happy Thursay! I missed the vinyl post last week. Orders have slowed down but I still have a few here and there to keep me busy.

Friend LOVES leopard print!

My friend owns a daycare and that's the name of it.

This last tumbler went with a CTO challenge card... see link here! The tumbler and card were given to my daughter's friend.

Enjoy!

Nicole

A Sweet Birthday Card

2011-07-20T11:52:00.008-05:00

Hello! Believe it or not, I have a card for you today! I know... SHOCKER!! LOL I made this card for two challenges. I used the Birthday Bash cart which is my fav at the moment! Let me know what you think! The camera really doesn't do this card justice. The background paper is very glittery and the "cherries" are glittery.
Birthday Sundaes - Anything goes

Fantabulous Cricut - make a project with a cool treat

Enjoy!
Nicole

New CTO Term

2011-07-19T14:06:00.004-05:00

Happy Tuesday! I will be returning to the Celebrate The Occasion family for another term! I'm so excited and ready to get started with our challenges. Please go visit the CTO blog and take a peek at our new awesome designers. They are all GREAT!! Follow along with us each Tuesday for a new challenge!

I've received several blog awards! I'm soooo grateful for each and every one of them. I'm will take the time this week to post them on my blog and accept them correctly. I just wanted you to know that I did receive your comments and I'm so thankful!

Thanks for all your warm thoughts on the passing of my neighbor!

School will be starting in 2 1/2 weeks and it's odd to say this but I think our family routine will return to normalcy at that time. Right now, we're just flying by the seats of our pants.. LOL! It's fun not to have an agenda but I can't seem to get anything done. My children know the school routine so things will start to settle down a bit!
I miss you guys but I'm just enjoying time with my family, organizing for the upcoming school year, planning my birthday party, my mom's 60th birthday party and everything else in between!
Love you guys!
Nicole

CTO Challenge

2011-07-12T12:43:00.005-05:00

I'm sooooo sorry for posting so late today! It's been a whirlwind week/weekend for me. I'm on day #4 of a tooth infection. My family went out of town this weekend. Upon leaving, someone walks over from our neighbor's house and tells us that the owner died a few hours ago! SHOCKER!!! This was my husband's "yard buddy". My DH had just spoken to him Friday evening and our neighbor was telling him all about his plans since he had recently retired. He bought a boat, just put in a swimming pool, told his wife she could retire in December, etc. Sooo full of life! He just gave my son a scooter on the 4th of July. Life is golden people!! We must live each day like it's our last. We don't know the day or hour when it's our turn. This really stunned my husband and I and put a lot of things in perspective.

Onto the CTO challenge... my card probably reflects how I was feeling! LOL It's didn't turn out like I had hoped but he's still a cute snowman. Our challenge was to make a shaped Christmas card. This is one area that I haven't quite mastered yet.

Check out the Design Team at CTO! I'm sure you will find some inspiration for Christmas cards!

Nicole

All About Vinyl Thursday

2011-07-07T00:01:00.001-05:00

Happy Thursday! Just wanted to share a couple of tumblers that I've done recently. I think this is the first week in a LONG time that I don't have any vinyl orders. Hopefully, I can get some paper crafting done!
Enjoy!
Nicole

All About Vinyl Thursday

2011-06-30T00:01:00.001-05:00

Happy Thursday! My co-worker's dad gave her a real cowbell years ago. She recently found it and repainted it. Her daughters graduated from Mississippi State. MSU is notorious for ringing cowbells during their football games. Pam wanted the MSU logo added to her cowbell. Was I supposed to say no?? LOL.. I was happy to do it!

M.A.G. Challenge

2011-06-28T08:44:00.008-05:00

Hello Again! This is my second post today. If you're looking for the CTO challenge, click here. I made this card for the M.A.G. Challenge. We had to use the Paisley cartridge and only cuts from page 39. I wanted to use the mushroom but the word "gossip" kept calling me! LOL. This card is sooo not true... so don't know what I'll be doing with it. LOL But I'm glad I challenged myself! The heart is also from page 39! Woo Woo! Double Whammy!It's a 4x9 card.

Enjoy!

Nicole

CTO Challenge #20

2011-06-27T23:01:00.001-05:00

Happy Tuesday! Once again, it's time for the weekly Celebrate the Occasion challenge! Our challenge this week was to create a July 4th project. We also had to use red, white, and blue. I made a card for the challenge. I've always wanted to use one of the July 4th images on A Child's Year. So this was my chance! Remember to check out the CTO challenge. It's a great way to build up your card stash for various occasions. You will also have the chance to win the monthly prize! Come and play along with us this week!

Enjoy!
Nicole

All About Vinyl Thursday

2011-06-23T10:30:00.005-05:00

Happy Thursday! Wow, I can't believe it's been over a week since I've posted. My family took a much needed vacation! I took a break from crafting as well. I feel refreshed and renewed! Here are a few vinyl projects that I've done since I've been back. The first picture is the view that we woke up to every morning... it's not JAMAICA but it was almost as perfect (well maybe not but you catch my drift - LOL)!
Enjoy!
Nicole

16 year old Birthday Party

CTO Challenge #18

2011-06-14T00:01:00.001-05:00

Happy Tuesday! Today is Design Team #2 day over at CTO. Our challenge today was to create a birthday project that included a birthday hat. My card is for my daughter's friend. What 9 year old doesn't like hot pink and zebra stripes?? The hat is cut from Birthday Bash. Join us over at CTO for this weeks challenge! You'll have a chance to win this month's prize!

Nicole

All About Vinyl Thursday

2011-06-09T13:08:00.002-05:00

Happy Thursday! Are you ready for a vinyl project? I made these bags for my daughter and niece. Well, I bought the bags from Justice. The monkey was already on them. I added the names and the dots. Jada's picture was taken with my cell phone so it's not the best quality.

Enjoy!
Nicole

Blog Candy Winner

2011-06-07T08:40:00.002-05:00

I used random.org for the blog candy drawing. The winner is

#20
Kimberly said...
Your banner is so cute!! I love the font and that cute mermaid!! Great color choices too! I'm a new follower!
June 4, 2011 12:20 PM

Kimberly, please send me an email with your address and I'll get your new set of Scrappy Mom's stamps in the mail! Thanks for becoming a new follower!

Nicole

Quick Birthday Gift

2011-06-06T10:19:00.003-05:00

Happy Monday! Welcome to all of my new followers!! I'm soooo glad to have you join me on my crafty journey! My daughter was headed to a birthday party on Saturday. I whipped this gift up in about 20 minutes. My husband joked that I'm the only person he knows that just goes upstairs and comes back down with a personalized gift including a gift bag. LOL!

I will be posting this on the Made it Myself Mondays.

Enjoy!
Nicole

Materials:
Water Bottle and Gift bag - Dollar Tree
Paper - Recollections
Vinyl - craftvinyl.com and H&H

CTO Pool Party Blog Hop

2011-06-04T02:00:00.000-05:00

Welcome to the Celebrate the Occasion Pool Party Blog Hop! We hope to inspire you today with projects you can use for your upcoming summer parties! Please hop along with us. You will not be disappointed. There is awesome blog candy at each stop along the way. I decided to make a banner for my kid's annual pool/waterslide party. I used Birthday Bash for the banner. I love the colors!

If you arrived from the talented Katie, you are headed in the right direction. If you're lost, start at the beginning of the hop which is the CTO blog. There is an awesome giveaway there!

Here is a list of the blog hop participants.

CTO-http://celebratetheoccasion.blogspot.com/

Ivette-http://allaboutmeandmyscrapbook.blogspot.com/

Girlia-http://girliascards.blogspot.com/

Adrian-http://byadrian4u.blogspot.com/

Amy-http://lovetocrop.blogspot.com

Nicole-http://nadialax13.blogspot.com/

Amber-http://my3escrapbooking.blogspot.com/

Rayna-http://purplepeepstechniques.blogspot.com/

Lisa-http://prettypaperprettyribbons.blogspot.com/

Melissa-http://melissa-moecreations.blogspot.com/

Diana-http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/

Kristen-http://fantabulouslypink.blogspot.com/

Katie-http://kwilliamskreations.blogspot.com/

Nicole-http://creativedelightsbynicole.blogspot.com/ ** You are Here**

Linda-http://www.fancyframework.com/ **Your next stop**

Maquel-http://papermaineiac.blogspot.com/

Mary-http://marebearscraps.blogspot.com/

Judy Ann-http://craftyjar.blogspot.com/

Lucianna-http://dilsaverdesigns.blogspot.com/

Laverne-http://www.acraftershaven.blogspot.com/

I have blog candy to give away!! I'm giving away a Scrappy Mom's stamp set. This set is called "Sun-Kissed" and is perfect for your summer projects. All you have to do is leave a comment and you must be a follower! You will have until Monday, June 6th to leave a comment. I will announce the winner on Tuesday, June 7th. Good Luck!

Now head over to the ever so talented Linda and check out her FABULOUS project!

Enjoy!

Nicole

All About Vinyl Thursday (on Friday)

2011-06-03T09:57:00.005-05:00

Happy Friday! It's been a hectic week! Graduations, baptisms, summer camp, etc. I got a few new vinyl projects done though. I hope these inspire you to try your own vinyl projects!
Enjoy!
Nicole

CTO Challenge #16 - School's Out

2011-05-31T08:20:00.003-05:00

Happy Tuesday! It's my design team day over at Celebrate the Occasion! Our challenge this week was to create a "School's Out" project but it had to include an apple! So I made a thank you card for my son's teacher!

Be sure to join us at CTO for fun weekly challenges! We would love for you to celebrate the occasion with us and have a chance to win the monthly prize! Also, join us for our Pool Party Blog hop on Saturday, June 4th!

Enjoy!

Nicole

Birthday Bash Card #2

2011-05-28T06:00:00.000-05:00

Happy Saturday! Here is my second card in my own little Birthday Bash series. LOL! I simply adore this little birdie!

Enjoy!
Nicole

Wow! A Card! Birthday Bash Card #1

2011-05-27T14:43:00.002-05:00

Happy Friday! I finally found a few minutes to do a card. I'm going to do a short series of cards and projects using the Birthday Bash cartridge. I'm sooo into "Clean and Simple" right now! I love the Kraft cards so I thought I would do very simple images without many layers. These make great little cards to go along with gifts!

Enjoy!
Nicole

CTO Challenge #15 - Retirement

2011-05-24T13:50:00.004-05:00

Happy Tuesday! I had to make this for a retirement gift so I thought I would play along with Celebrate The Occasion this week. This week the challenge is to create a retirement project. This is my mom's work staff and the plate is for her director's (Martha Jo) retirement in June. I went back and "dotted" my "i" in Economic and I added a white layer to the 2. I just didn't get a new picture.

Take a peek at what the CTO design team #1 has come up with this week! You may even want to play along for a chance to win the monthly prize!

Enjoy!
Nicole

Materials:

White Platter - Walmart

Vinyl - craftvinyl.com

All About Vinyl Thursday Post #2

2011-05-19T09:22:00.012-05:00

I made these tumblers late last night. I was glad to be working on something new. I'm sooooo over the Dancing Dolls! LOL

Enjoy!
Nicole

All About Vinyl Thursday

2011-05-19T00:01:00.000-05:00

Happy Thursday! Well now the Dancing Dolls want water bottles for their summer camp in June. LOL

Enjoy,

Nicole

All About Vinyl Thursday - Mickey Mouse Favors

2011-05-17T11:52:00.001-05:00

Nicole

CTO Challenge #14 - Anniversary

2011-05-16T23:01:00.002-05:00

Happy Tuesday! It's Design Team #2 day over at Celebrate the Occasion! This week we were challenged to make an anniversary project. I choose to make a card for my hubby. We will be celebrating our 13th anniversary on June 13th! If you remember me talking about my husband, he's not a "card" man.. LOL! So I went with a minimal design. I realized I don't have a Happy Anniversary stamp but I figured this sentiment would work as well! My husband is my best friend and he adores me! I'm soooo grateful to share my life with him!

Come play along with us at CTO! You will be entered into the weekly drawing for a chance to win the grand monthly prize! You can't beat that!!

We have a CTO Pool Party BLOG HOP coming up on June 4th.. stay tuned!
Nicole

Mickey Mouse Bags

2011-05-16T16:09:00.008-05:00

These were the favor bags for my godson's Mickey Mouse party. I also VERY QUICKLY made a tshirt for him. I was on the phone with his mom and she had another shirt ready for him. She opened my package to fix the bags and found the MM tshirt. He was having a fit to put it on. LOL Here are links to the invites and the favors for the party.

Mickey Mouse Invites

Mickey Mouse Favors
Enjoy!

Nicole

All About Vinyl Thursday - Mickey Mouse Favors

2011-05-15T23:05:00.001-05:00

Remember the Mickey Mouse invitations? Well here are the favors that I did for my godson's 3rd birthday party. I had to do 30 of each. I meant to tie red ribbon around the sanitizers but was in a rush to get them in the mail. These were super easy and fun to do. I hope they enjoy them! **I had this scheduled to post yesterday! I wasn't online yesterday but seems like blogger had problems so maybe that's why it didn't post**

Nicole

All About Vinyl Thursday on Friday

2011-05-06T13:50:00.008-05:00

TGIF!! I'm late posting my vinyl project for the week. Yesterday was just hectic from beginning to end. I have a couple of tumblers and a sanitzer to share with you today. The first tumbler is for someone on my niece's dance team. They saw her tumbler and I've been getting orders for them ever since. The others are teacher appreciation gifts for my kid's teachers.

I hope all you mothers have a wonderful Mother's Day!!!

Nicole

150 Follower Giveaway Winner!

2011-05-03T10:33:00.005-05:00

I'm sorry for the delay in announing the winner of the 150 follower giveaway! The winner is

#8 - Craft Creations by Netta

Congratulations Netta! Send me your address and I will have craftvinyl.com ship your package out. You have 3 days to contact me.

Thanks,
Nicole

CTO Challenge #12 - Graduation

2011-05-02T23:01:00.001-05:00

This week at Celebrate the Occasion, the design team was challenged to make a graduation project. This is one of the reasons I love CTO! I get to make cards/projects that I will actually use one day. My little cousin is graduating from high school this month so this challenge was perfect! This is for a male so didn't want the card too feminine. His school colors are green and yellow so the water bottle will be PERFECTO!

Head on over to CTO and see what our wonderful design team has to inspire you this week! Remember, you'll be entered in the weekly drawing for a chance to win the monthly prize!

Enjoy!

Nicole - CTO Design Team #2

Mother's Day Card

2011-05-01T23:25:00.012-05:00

I finally got a card done for a couple of challenges. I really like how it turned out. A Child's Year is one of my favorite cartridges.

Enjoy!

Nicole

Cricut Cartridge Chaos Challenge - use a Child's Year, Die Cuttin' Divas - Mother's Day, Sisterhood of Crafters - Mother's Day, Paper Cutz Challenge - Anything goes

All About Vinyl Thursday and Giveaway!

2011-04-28T00:01:00.005-05:00

Happy Thursday!

I'll be combining a couple of projects in this post. Remember the soccer water bottles I did for my kids a couple of weeks ago? Well, I got orders from 2 soccer teams for some. This was my first time using silver glitter vinyl. I thought it would be too much but it actually turned out pretty cute (once it's cut). The Sparkles can't be the "Sparkles" without sparkly glitter! The names are on the other side of the water bottles.

I made a tumbler for my co-worker's birthday who is a huge Saints fan. But I didn't want the design to be too sporty. She liked it! The cheerleader tumbler is for my niece. She just made her first cheer team! Yeah Kayla! I'm loving this "coca cola" font!

The next tumbler was a customer request for a new nurse. I added red and white polka dots shortly after I took the picture... was lazy and didn't feel like taking a new picture.
The last one is for my sister who just became a hair stylist! The head cut didn't start out for a tumbler (which is why it's so big) but things happen.... LOL! I'm just glad I got a chance to use it and it wasn't a total waste. This was an inside joke about her mannequin that she had to practice with. LOL Note the glittery polka dots... I think I'm in love with the glitter vinyl!

Enjoy!

Nicole

*********************150 Follower Giveaway****************************

I've been so bad about giveaways! I try to remember and then the days turn into weeks into months, etc! So I'll be doing a few giveaways over the next couple of weeks! Stay tuned!

Drum Rollllllll... the winner of this giveaway will receive a 10 sheet variety pack of outdoor gloss vinyl sponsored by Nick at craftvinyl.com! In the variety pack, there will be 10 different colors of 12x12 vinyl! This will be perfect for a beginner or novice user! You will have until Saturday to leave a comment. I will choose the winner via random.org on Sunday, May 1st!

To qualify for this giveaway, you must leave a comment on this post telling me what you would create with the vinyl! You don't have to be a follower but I would appreciate it if you were!! : ) Next giveaway will be for 200 followers and you just may help me get there!

Mickey Mouse Birthday Invitations

2011-04-27T10:14:00.022-05:00

Happy Hump Day!

I've been MIA! I've been reading here and there but really just enjoying time with my family and creating a few things when I get a chance. I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter celebrating the resurrection of Jesus! We had a glorious day.

These Mickey Mouse invitations are for my godson who will be 3 on May 9th. He LOVES Mickey Mouse (well at least this year). Remember last year he LOVED Elmo (see post here). Of course I can't take full credit for this design. I found them out in blog land last year but can't remember whose blog : (

I love how they turned out. I hope his mommy likes them.

Stay tuned for the party favors!

Nicole

WHAT IS UP WITH ALL THE SPACE ON MY POSTS????? IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THIS WHEN I PREVIEW IT???

*****Awesome Giveaway tomorrow for ALL ABOUT VINYL THURSDAY************

Blog Awards

2011-04-19T14:30:00.013-05:00

Happy Tuesday! It's been awhile since I've posted. I've been busy with my kid's soccer games, end of the school year projects, church ministries, kids, kids (did I mention the kids?) and the list goes on and on. Plus, somewhere along the way, I've lost my mojo... hoping it reappears soon!

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I've gotten a few blog awards over the past month. Thank you so much to everyone that has given me a Blog Award! I'm sooo appreciative and glad that you thought enough of me (and my blog) to pass this award onto me!

First of all - thank you to Gloria at Girlia's Cards and Deborah at Lovemypaper for the BFB Blogger Award. Please check out their blogs!

The stipulations for this award are:
1) Thank the person and post it on your blog and link it back to the person that gave it to you.
2) Award to people who stop by your blog and leave comments often.

I am awarding this award to the following people in no particular order.
Jovan of Cards by Jovan
Audrey at Cute and Some
Gigi at The Cricut Bug
Melissa at Moe's Creations
Adrian at By Adrian For You
Rae at Wahoo Crafts
Kelly B. - can't seem to find a blog for her. She always leaves the sweetest comments. SAY HI KELLY B. and give me your blog address if you have one.
There are soooo many more that stop by and leave awesome comments! Thanks to each and every one of you!

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The Versatile Blogger Award - thanks to Gloria at Girlia's Cards and Rae at Wahoo Crafts for this awesome award!

The criteria for this award is to
1) Thank the person that gave it to you and link back to their blog.
2) Share 7 things about yourself
3) Share this award with 15 people

Seven things about myself:
1. I love Jesus!
2. I have a younger sister and brother and they are twins.
3. I love paper!!
4. My children make my day!!
5. I love to entertain.
6. I love parties and anything dealing with parties!
7. I wish I could craft for a living.... it's ok for a girl to dream, right?

I share this award with all of my followers! Pick it up (if you so desire) and post it to your blog!

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Thanks to Gloria at Girlia's Cards for this award! If you haven't visited Gloria's blog, you don't know what you've been missing! She is the master of different card folds! Love her work.

The criteria for this award are as follows:
1) Thank the person that gave it to you and link back to their blog.
2) Inform the recipients about the award.
3) Share 3 things about yourself (see above)
4) Award to 3-5 individuals

This award goes to:
Judy at Crafty Jar
Cricutjunkie at Cricutjunkie
Jazmin at Jazzy's Cards
Happy Crafting!
Nicole

All About Vinyl Thursday

2011-04-14T12:09:00.003-05:00

Happy Thursday!

I did these water bottles for my kids and my daughter's BFF. They took them along to their games this weekend. I ended up getting orders from 2 soccer teams for them! Don't you just love the "Coco Cola" font on the green bottles??!!

I apologize for not sharing many cards lately. I've had big vinyl orders to fulfill which doesn't leave much time for "card creativeness". I promise to sneak in a card in the next few days.

Enjoy!

Nicole

All About Vinyl Thursday - Part 2

2011-04-07T05:00:00.002-05:00

I have another vinyl project for you today! This is why I haven't had time to enter many card challenges lately.

I had a request for 13 water bottles for a youth mime/praise team. The team's name is BEATIFIED. They are awesome! Anyway, the silver bottles are for the girls and the blue belongs to the boys. The team name is on one side of the bottle and their names are on the other side. I was told that the kids absolutely LOVED them.

Enjoy!

Nicole

All About Vinyl Thursday

2011-04-07T00:01:00.005-05:00

Happy Thursday!

I had a request for a 12x12 monogrammed ceramic tile and 2 wine glasses for a wedding gift in May. The wedding colors are various bright colors which is what the groom's mother requested for the glasses. The tile was a booger!! But I got it to work and LOVE the end result!

Enjoy!

Nicole

CTO Challenge #8

2011-04-04T16:50:00.004-05:00

Our challenge this week was to make a birthday project and include a flower. I love how this card turned out! I love the pop of color from the pink square and the flower! I can't wait to give this to someone. Head over to CTO to check our our design team. Feel free to play along with us this week. You'll have the opportunity to win our monthly prize! Enjoy! Nicole

All About Vinyl Thursday

2011-03-31T13:55:00.006-05:00

Happy Thursday!

Welcome to all of my new followers! I'm so delighted that you decided to follow me! I really appreciate it.

I'm late posting today! Better late than never. I made these tshirts for my godsons. The youngest is 2 weeks old and BJ will be 3 in May. I'm really happy that I didn't pass out while making these. I was born a Redskin fan and you know Indians hate the Cowboys. But my BFF's husband is a true blue cowboy fan. So we've vowed to "get along" for the kids sake! LOL

I also finally made a tumbler for myself!

Enjoy!

Nicole

All About Vinyl Thursday - Part 2

2011-03-24T16:12:00.003-05:00

I made this a couple of weeks ago. It was my first try at vinyling a 12x12 tile. It gave me a few fits.. LOL! Luckily, it's for me so the minor imperfections add character (that's my story and I'm sticking to it). I even got a few orders from it!

Nicole

All About Vinyl Thursday

2011-03-24T00:01:00.003-05:00

Happy Thursday!
I've been working on quite a few glasses lately so I thought I would share them today. The first set of glasses and mugs are for an anniversary party. The bride ordered these for her wedding party of 6 girls and 6 guys. I just love that font! The others are various birthday gifts.

Enjoy!
Nicole

Materials:

MTC Software

Acrylic Tumblers - Silkletter

Wine glasses - Dollar Tree

Vinyl - craftvinyl.com

Blog Hop Winner

2011-03-22T08:53:00.002-05:00

Happy Tuesday! I had almost forgotten about my giveaway! The winner of the I-Rock tool is

34
Esther said...
Beautiful card, I love he color combination!

Esther - Congrats! You have 3 days to claim your prize. Thanks to everyone for playing along.

Nicole

**stay tuned for a big 150 follower giveaway!

CTO Challenge #6

2011-03-21T23:01:00.002-05:00

Happy Tuesday!

It's Design Team #2 week over at Celebrate the Occasion! This week's challenge is to make a thank you project and it must include a tag. I made a card with a thank you tag. I just love this paper pack that I found at Ross!

Show us your thank you projects! Link them up at CTO and the weekly winner gets a chance at being selected for the monthly prize....which for March is the ROCK PRINCESS cartridge!! You have until Sunday, March 27th to link your project.

TFL,

Nicole

M.A.G. Spring Bling Blog Hop

2011-03-18T23:01:00.005-05:00

Welcome to the M.A.G. Spring Bling Blog Hop!

I was thrilled when the M.A.G. girls asked me to be a part of their Spring Bling Blog Hop! I made a cute, springy easel card for this challenge. This was my first time making an easel card and I'm hooked! I just love spring colors and green, pink, and yellow are becoming one of my favorite color combos! Of course, there had to be a little bling!

Remember, there is a giveaway on the M.A.G. blog. You simply have to be a follower and leave a comment for a chance to win some awesome blog candy!

Here is the blog line-up in case you get lost!

MAG Blog

Melissa

Nicole ******** You are Here*********

I'm also giving away blog candy for this awesome blog hop! Simply leave a comment on this post. You don't have to be a follower but it would be appreciated! You have until Monday to leave a comment. The drawing will be on Tuesday. You will have the opportunity to win an I-Rock! What better way to add bling to your projects! Hop on over to the 'oh-soooo' talented Gloria to see what she has created for you!

Thanks for hopping along with us!

Nicole

Materials Used:

Paper - My Mind's Eye - All Hearts Come Home

Bling- Michael's

White Gelly Roll Pen

Ribbon - Michael's

Sentiment - Michael's Dollar Bin

Baby Card

2011-03-18T01:46:00.007-05:00

Happy Friday!

My BFF just had her second child on March 13th. This card will be perfect! I also made it for two challenges.

Celebrate the Occasion - it's my design team's off week but i always love to participate with Team #1. Head on over to the CTO blog and enter your new baby or new pet card. You'll have a chance to be entered into the monthly drawin.

Card Creations and More by C. - trifold or z fold card

Enjoy!

Nicole

Materials Used:

Paper Studio paper

New Arrival Cartridge

Scrappy Mom's Sentiment

All About Viny Friday???

2011-03-11T16:18:00.008-06:00

Ha! I have an extra vinyl project to post. I'm starting to really get into making the tumblers. I've done a few with just initials but now I'm starting to customize a bit more. They are so fun to do! These are for my niece, son, and daughter.

Have a good, crafty weekend!

Nicole

Pluff Mudd Studio Winner

2011-03-11T14:38:00.002-06:00

The winner of the Pluff Mudd Studio giveaway is JOVAN! The winner was determined by random.org.

Jovan - send me your email address and I'll be sure that Christina gets it so you can receive your free printables.

Thanks to all for playing along!

Nicole

All About Vinyl Thursday

2011-03-10T11:28:00.005-06:00

Happy Thursday!
I have two projects for you today. I added vinyl to a water bottle for a quick and fun birthday gift for my daughter's friend. They both love soccer!

The other project is a name that will go on the wall. It was a special request. Hopefully, they will send me a picture once it's on the wall.

Enjoy!
Nicole

Materials:

Outdoor/Indoor Vinyl - craftvinyl.com

Water bottle - TJ Max

Pluff Mudd Studio Printables Giveaway!

2011-03-08T09:09:00.004-06:00

Happy Tuesday!

Remember the cute, cute tags I used on the sanitizer bottles for Valentine's Day? Here's the post! Well Pluff Mudd Studio is at it again with the cutest St. Patrick's Day printables. I cut one out and used it on this card! Love them!! You can use the printables for almost anything... cupcake toppers, tags, cards, etc. I found Pluff Mudd Studio through the awesome, talented - Val at Crafty Go Lucky.

Anyhoo, the sweet owner of Pluff Mudd Studio, Christina, has offered to sponsor a giveway. YEAH!! Don't we all just love giveaways?! You can win a set of these St. Patrick's Day DIY printables by leaving a comment on this post by Thursday, March 10th. You don't have to be a follower but I will surely appreciate it if you did. You can also check out Christina's Etsy Store and consider visiting her blog and becoming a follower. You will not be disappointed!

Don't forget to leave your comment for a chance to win!

Nicole

CTO Challenge #4

2011-03-07T23:01:00.005-06:00

It's Design Team #2 week over at Celebrate the Occasion! Head over there to see what our AWESOME Design Team has created to inspire you this week. Remember if you play along, your name will be entered into the weekly drawing for a chance to win the monthly prize.

The challenge this week was to create a St. Patrick's Day themed card/project. I decided to use vinyl for this project. I used a subway art file from the Make the Cut gallery. I applied it to a 6x6 white tile and TADA - instant home decor!!! You could also adhere a ribbon to the back of the tile and hang it. *Note* I need to pick up a smaller display stand. **

Let us see your St. Patty's Day creations at CTO!

Enjoy!

Nicole

Materials:

Outdoor Vinyl - craftvinyl.com

6x6 Tile - Lowes

All About Vinyl Thursday

2011-03-03T09:52:00.005-06:00

Happy Thursday!

I added HTV to this t-shirt for my 9 year old daughter. I thought this would be my last t-shirt for awhile but I have about 3 more to make.. LOL! I used Make the Cut to cut the font.

Enjoy!

Nicole

Poodle Card

2011-03-02T23:57:00.003-06:00

It's me again! I made this card initially for the Scrappy Mom's challenge last week which was to use the Create a Critter Cartridge. Well, I was late for the challenge but I thought I would post the card anyway.

Enjoy!

Nicole

Materials:

A2 Recollections Card

Pink Lemonade paper stack

Create a Critter Cartridge

Storybook Cartridge

Scrappy Mom's Simple Sentiments Stamp set

CTO Challenge #3

2011-03-02T22:46:00.004-06:00

Hello!

Wow, I can't believe I haven't posted in a week. I hope everyone has had a wonderful crafty week! Hello to my new followers! I'm so delighted and glad to have you join me!

I made this card for a friend's 40th birthday in a couple of weeks. I'll be making a lot of 40th birthday cards this year! My friend LOVES zebra! OMGosh.. it's her fav so I thought this would be perfect.

I made this for the CTO challenge; even though it isn't my design team's week. I still wanted to participate. The challenge was to use green, white, and one optional color.

Enjoy!

Nicole

Materials:

Storybook Cartridge

Paper Studio Paper (all scratch paper)

Cuttlebug Swiss dots folder

White Gelly Roll pen

All About Vinyl Thursday

2011-02-24T08:54:00.007-06:00

Happy Thursday!

Are you tired of these yet? LOL.. I keep getting orders for them so I keep making them! My hair sylist ordered these for two of her clients.

TFL,

Nicole

Materials:

MTC

SVG cutting file

Vinyl - craftvinyl.com

Lime Green, Black and White

2011-02-20T19:38:00.008-06:00

Happy Sunday!

I made this quick and cute little card for a couple of challenges. I love black and white with almost any color but especially lime green (at the moment) : ) I didn't add a sentiment yet because there are so many occasions this card can be used for.

Card Creations & More by C - use black and white and one other color

Cooking With Cricut - emboss it

Enjoy!

Nicole

Materials:

4x6 card base

Forever Young cartridge

Storybook Cartridge

Challenge Card

2011-02-19T20:14:00.005-06:00

I made this card for a couple of challenges. It's for my cousin's 40th birthday next week. We don't think we're any older than 25, hence the motorcycle! LOL.. however, our bodies tell us different! LOL

More Than Favors - Rock Princess Cartridge

Paper Playtime - use animal print

Enjoy,

Nicole

All About Vinyl Thursday

2011-02-17T13:15:00.005-06:00

Happy Thursday!

It's time for another vinyl project. My cousin found something similar to this at a store and said "Nicole can make that for me". LOL! so I did! She loved it. I think I will add the "Established date" on the next one.

I made the 2nd one for my mom during the Christmas holidays. Sorry for the poor picture quality. It's a very pretty bronzy (yes, i made that word up) color. We got the plates from Party City.

Enjoy!
Nicole

Materials:

Outdoor Vinyl -craftvinyl.com

Plates - Party City

My Vinyl Designer

KK Monogram Font

MTC

CTO Blog Hop Winner!

2011-02-15T16:12:00.003-06:00

Thanks for all of the wonderful comments on my blog hop submission! I enjoyed reading every one of them. Welcome to all of my new followers! 100 follower giveaway is coming soon!

The CTO blog hop winner is #55!

Scrappin' Sista said...
This is a great idea! I love your decorations. TFS and the chance to win.

Please send me your mailing address by February 18th to claim your blog candy! Thanks to everyone for playing along!

Nicole

CTO Challenge #2

2011-02-14T23:01:00.003-06:00

Happy CTO Day!

It's time for another Celebrate the Occasion challenge. This week, the challenge is to make a masculine birthday card. I made this card for my husband's big 40th birthday coming up in May. I tried to make it as masculine as possible. I think it's simple but nice enough that he will like it.

Please play along with us this week! Let's see your masculine birthday card or project. Remember at CTO, it's simply about celebrating the occasion any way you choose!

Enjoy!
Nicole

Materials:
Cricut Cartridge - Plantain Schoolbook
Partytime Paper Stack

CTO Be Mine Blog Hop

2011-02-11T23:01:00.008-06:00

Welcome to the Be Mine Blog Hop sponsored by Celebrate the Occasion! This is our very first blog hop and I'm so excited!! The Design Team will be showcasing various Valentine's Day cards and ideas! Be sure to start at the beginning of the blog hop - CTO - for a chance to win some awesome blog candy! You simply have to be a follower and leave a comment for a chance to win.

There is also a Design Team Call for Celebrate the Occasion. You can find additional information on the CTO blog.

If you hopped here from Lucianna, then you're in the right spot! If you're a little lost, you'll find the lineup of our awesome design team below. Be sure to go back to the beginning so you don't miss anything.

CTO

Melissa
Nicole
Gloria
Ivette
GiGi
Adrian
Lucianna
Nicole (You are here!)

On to my project! I decided to personalize hand sanitizers for Valentine's Day favors. These can be given to co-workers, kids, teachers, etc. The list is endless! I used outdoor vinyl to personalize and decorate the sanitizers. I then put the sanitizers in clear bags and topped them off with a cute tag from the Pluff Mudd etsy store. I printed the tag and added To: and From: on the back. Super adorable, easy, and helps fight germs! : )

I'm offering blog candy to celebrate our first blog hop! Just leave a comment by Monday, February 14th. The winner will be chosen by random.org and announced on Tuesday, February 15th. The blog candy consists of a DCWV Sweet Stack matstack and 2 sets of cute Spare Parts brads.

Have fun hopping!!

Nicole

Materials:

Sanitizers - Dollar Tree

Vinyl - Nick @ craftvinyl.com

Printable Valentine Circles - Pluff Mudd