New Cricut Cartridges Coming Soon

Hi everyone I am so excited about the new Cricut Cartridges that are coming out next month. I for one will be trying to get my husband to get them for me as a early Christmas gift. (wink wink ).

Fall N Luv tag mini ( Challenge for dt members at Cricut Album Minis)

Hello again blogger friends. I am so excited about being a new DT member over at Cricut Mini Albums (http://cricutminialbums.blogspot.com/). Alot is going on this month for our challenge theme we had to do a mini based on the Fall season. So for mine it was inspired by the popular tags mini technique which were cut with George Basic Shapes at 5 1/2 inches and altered with Design Studio. As for the leaves they were cut from Childs 1st Year at 2 1/2 inches and the hearts from George Basic Shapes at 2 - 2 1/2 inches. I embossed each mat with Sizzix Fashion Boutique and notice the tags also behind every other one . The book was bound with small notebook rings and garnished with assorted ribbon. The paper I used was the Fall Stack from DCWV.
Sooooo in honor of this being my 1st book with Cricut Album Mini's I have decided to do a Blog give away were you can win this mini book. I have never done this before but willing to give it a try. So here are the rules
1. Be a follower on my blog or facebook, or twitter which ever one you have. The more you have it increases your chance to win. Because for each you get in the raffle. So If you have all three of the about you could have three chances to win.
2. Post my button on your page ( which you can find on the right colum), For twitter post my blog addy in your status http://kaliscrappin.blogspot.com  and for face book the same , post on your status.
3. And lastly leave a comment in this post .
Contest Runs from today 10/18/10-10/31/10 winner will be announced on Nov 1. So make sure you check back to see if you have won. Good Luck everyone. Oh also Cricut mini albums is also hosting a Blog Candy Contest so make sure you check is out at http://cricutminialbums.blogspot.com for another chance to win.

Cricut Mini Swap (mini for Faye Rains)

This is a mini I did for a Cricut swap. It was my 1st time doing one of these swaps and boy did I enjoy it. We had to incorporate leaves and cricut die cuts in each. My partner was Faye Rains. Very nice lady (Hello again Faye)smile. We had to commitcate with each other to find out what colors or theme we wanted and must I say she was not picky at all. So I got to pretty much do anything I wanted. (smile) As you look at all the pics I took of it , I added lots of tags and used the Forever Young cartridge. The roses on the front I were handmade by me and added stickles and embosing to them.The paper stach used was from Prima. For the embellies I  used whatever was in my stash. I did my best to kinda go with a vintage look with the inked edges. I really hope she likes it. Mine should be coming soon from her and I will share that book as well. Until next time everyone.... 

And now here is the mini that she did for me. I totally luv it and she also included some fun treats with it too. Thanks again Faye.

Baby Monkey Shower (paperbag mini book)

Here is my newest paper bag mini book.It was done for a co-worker at my job baby shower. She is having a little baby boy in December. Her theme is monkeys. I think the book came out so cute once I finished. When I gave it to her she was sooo surprised and loved it. The cartridges I used was New Arrival and Storybook. The paper used was from my paper stash and from DCWV Summer Dream. Thanks for looking.

                          Here are the tags that go in the inside slots for tons of pictures and journaling.

Cricut Mini Album Design Team ( I've been selected whooo hoooo)

CONGRATULATIONS! Welcome to the Cricut Mini Albums Design Team! Sara and I and the rest of our team are excited to have you all join us. The project that you submitted was amazing and after going thru each of your blogs and seeing the different styles that you all have. You are all going to be a wonderful asset to our team.

This is the info I recieved in my cricut.com inbox yesterday Oct 8th. I am so honored and excited, I am not a DT member of two Design Groups. I cant wait to get started with everything. Our first project is due Oct 17 so I really need to get on the move. Stay tuned for more info to come.

Pumpkin and Pears Envelope Mini Album For Mini Book Anonymous

Hey everyone and Happy October. Here is my latest mini that I created for my DT MBA. The theme was pumpkins and pears. In the beginning I had a really hard time creating a mini with this theme, but thanks to my fellow DT members I was able to come up with something simple and cute that I was happy with.  I created it from the famous envelope technique that I found on YouTube. I used alot of pumpkin and pear vintage photos on the tags. I also used my cricut to create some of the die cuts. The paper used was the Breathe Collection paper stack from Prima. The rose on the front I made and enhanced with ice stickles. In total used about 7 envelopes and embellies from everything in my stash. Also lots of ribbon and fibers for the binding and tags.Hope you all like it. Thanks again for looking.