Tuesday night Crafts with Meredith!

What a wonderful first demonstration from Meredith!  Like I said, she is now a demonstrator for StampinUp!  She was fantastic and so were her craft ideas.  She even served a fab chocolate cake.  I predict that she is going to be very successful at her new job. 

Lyssa

A couple of big things happening!

That is right, a couple of big things are happening for me when it comes to crafting.  My darling friend, Meredith has become a StampinUp! demonstrator!  I am very excited for her.  She is planning some great get togethers and card/project classes.  I can not wait to see what she comes up with.  Also, I have 2 new Cricut carts......."Preserves" and "Just Because Cards".  I also have ordered "Give a Hoot"  I have already created a couple of cards with the Preserves that I will be sharing soon.  This is all very exciting.  Stay tuned for more updates!

Lyssa

Flute

My DD plays the flute in her band.  This layout includes our families good friends and her band director. 

I used:
stickers
Flute die cut
Cricuts "Accent Essentials"

OUCH!

My DD had a major bicycle accident.  We were camping and she had to be rushed to the nearest Children's Trauma Center, which was 50+ minutes away.  Thank goodness everything turned out fine. 
On this layout I used:

Cricuts "George and Basic Shapes"
Cricuts "Going Places"
Cuttlebugs "Swiss Dots"
Cuttlebugs "Hounds tooth"

Dark Angel

Halloween! 2008

My daughter with my mother.  My mom dressed up this year to hand out candy.  I couldn't resist getting a picture of them together.

I used:

Cricuts "Wild Card"

Cricuts Design Studio

and glitter glue

Graduation Card

Graduation time.  At our house we are busy getting ready for our oldest child to graduate from High School.  It is a busy time for us.  I stopped long enough to get this card together.  My son's school colors are orange and black because they are "Tigers"

I used:

Cricut's "Wild Card"

Cuttlebug's "Congrats" embossing folder

gold small brads

Father's Day Card

Now that Mother's day is over it is time to start focussing on male cards for the Dads in our lives.  I always struggle with male cards.  I have 3 brothers, a dad, husband, son and nephews that I try to remember on their special days.  I think that one of the dads in my life will like this card.

I used:

StampinUp! "Totally Tools" and "Power Up"

silver screw heads

"Prince Henry" Scrapbook page

Last year in the 5th grade, my daughter had to do a presentation on Prince Henry the Navigator.  We borrowed a pirate's coat and hat (made by my darling friend, Meredith) and added some embellishments.  My daughter transformed into Prince Henry.  I love that the teacher did this.  What a great way for the students to learn!
I used:

• Cricut's "Going Places"
• Cricut's "Doodletype"

Graduation Card Box

My son will be graduating from High School in June.  Traditionally in our family we have a party and have a card box.  The box is for guest to put their cards in so that we do not misplace them during the party. I started creating a box on my own but then I was at the "Dollar Tree" and I found this box for $1.00.  I brought it home and made the sign and TA DA......a card box.  Believe me, this box is much better than what I was creating.

I used:

• Cricut "Accent Essentials"
• Cricut "Plantin SchoolBook"
• Cricut "Wild Card"
• gold glitter glue