Scrapbooking Grandma Crafts

I am making a list of my craft goals for 2012. I hope this keeps me on track of what I hope to accomplish this coming year. Do you make crafting goals for yourself each year? 

Craft Goals For 2012


1. Keeping my blogs up. (I did good on this goal for 2011. Between both blogs I have 200+ blog postings)
2. Use what I have. I am going to design my projects with the supplies I already own.
3. Organize My Craft area. My main focus is organizing my cartridges again.
I downloaded the pdf handbooks from cricut.com to store on my computer. I am going to move the books into strorage. This will free up a good amount of space.
4. Catch up on my Granddaughter's Scrapbooks.
5. Spend more time Crafting.
6. Clean my scrap room in between projects. (This is a real challenge for me)
7. Self Imposed spending ban except for adhesive and paper as needed.
8. Update my Craft Inventory sheets.

I hope everyone has a blessed New Year! Happy New Year!

If you want to craft along with me when I'm doing my  projects using alterations dies. I made up these  charts with alternative cuts. They are images from the cartridge images that can be substituted for the  alterations dies by Sizzix.
Here's the charts I made up.


Happy Hauntings - Spider
Black Letter Font - Boo - I welded the webs to the Boo
October 31 - Webs
Black Letter Font - 31
Mother's Day Bouquet - Leaf
Art Philosphy - Acron
Pumpkin Carvings - Pumpkins
Chic & Scary - Cat
Home Décor - Branch
October 31 - Crow
October 31 - Candle
Black Letter Font - Noel - I welded Noel onto a scroll I found on home decor cartridge
Home Décor - 2 scrolls flipped and welded together
Speaking of Winter - Snowflakes
Tis The Season - Ornaments
George & Basic Shapes - Ovals welded on Ornament
Christmas (Christmas Noel) - Lamp Post
Disney Classics - Tree - set of 3 - I hid the other 2 trees
Cindy Loo - 25
Tis The Season - Doe
Home Décor - 3 Branches
Winter Woodland - Holly
Art Philosophy - Flower For the Pinecone

Today I made a card for HOPE. I have much hope that things will get better. I hope everyone has a wonderful day. I hope that my work is inspiring to you. Hope means to me it is the anticipation of something good to come and to believe it will.

If your familiar with Tim Holtz. He has a 12 tags of Christmas special on his blog every year. He encourges everyone to try to make them too. So, I decided instead of a tag I would make a card. This is what I came up with for a card using his 1st tag of Christmas as a guide.

I want to wish all of my viewers, followers of my blogs, YouTube channel and Friends and Family a very Merry Christmas!!

I enjoy each and everyone of you and your interest in my craft projects, videos and tutorials.

I love presenting to you my ideas and projects and sharing what I know with all of you.

I  appreciate your kind comments and friendships I have made through blogging and Cricut Community.

I am truely blessed to have all of you in my life. I hope your holidays are safe, warm and filled with love and peace.

Merry Christmas!!!

This project was made by me and my 3 yr. old granddaughter.
This is my granddaughter's gift for her mother.
My granddaughter glued the decorative paper onto the spools.
She then glued the spools together with glossy accents.
The decorations on the tree are mini pom poms
I did the cutting of paper and hot glueing the ribbon, holly,felt skirt and presents under the tree.
I like it so much I think I'm going to make some for myself.

When There Gone There Gone!

I was talking with some friends that were not aware which cartridges were retiring. We also talked about the Limited Edition Seasonal Cartridges being limited in quatities. So I wanted to share with everyone the list of cartridges that are retiring or limited in quantites.


Below is a list of Cricut Cartridges that are retiring.

I am also including a list of Limited Edition Seasonal cartridges.  These are available in limited quantities. So you might want to pick them up before they sell out. These won't be restocked.

1. A Garden Of Words - Retiring 2011
2. An Ocean Of Words -Retiring 2011
3. All Mixed Up - Retiring 2010
4. Animal Kingdom - Retiring 2011
5. Baseball - Retiring 2010
6. Base Camp Retiring 2010
7. Basketball - Retiring 2010
8. Batman The Brave And The Bold - Retiring 2011
9. Beyond Birthdays - Retiring 2010
10. Black Letter - Retiring 2010
11. Camp Out - Retiring 2011
12. Celebrations - Retiring 2011
13. Christmas Cheer - Retiring 2010
14. Christmas/Noel - Retiring 2010
15. Cricut Lite - B is for Boy - Retiring 2011
16. Cricut Lite - Billionaire - Retiring 2011
17. Cricut Lite - Block Pary - Retiring 2011
18. Cricut Lite - Bloom - Bloom - Retiring 2011
19. Cricut Lite - Botanicals - Retiring 2011
20. Cricut Lite - Carousel - Retiring 2011
21. Cricut Lite - Celebrate With Flourish - Retiring 2011
22. Cricut Lite - Cherry Limeade - Retiring 2011
23. Cricut Lite - Chore Chart - Retiring 2011
24. Cricut Lite - Cupcake Wrappers - Retiring 2011
25. Cricut Lite - Dude - Retiring 2011
26. Cricut Lite - Feeling Groovy - Retiring 2011
27. Cricut Lite - Four Legged Friends - Retiring 2011
28. Cricut Lite - Handy Man - Retiring 2011
29. Cricut Lite - Hoot N Holler - Retiring 2011
30. Cricut Lite - Inspired Hearts - Retiring 2011
31. Cricut Lite - Jolly Holidays - Retiring 2011
32. Cricut Lite - Lacy Labels - Retiring 2011
33. Cricut Lite - Live Simply - Retiring 2011
34. Cricut Lite - Lovely Floral - Retiring 2011
35. Cricut Lite - Meow - Retiring 2011
36. Cricut Lite - PlayTime - Retiring 2011
37. Cricut Lite - Savory - Retiring 2011
38. Cricut Lite - Slumber Party - Retiring 2011
39. Cricut Lite - Splish Splash - Retiring 2011
40. Cricut Lite - Sugar and Spice - Retiring 2011
41. Cricut Lite - Twinkle Toes - Retiring 2011
42. Cricut Lite - Varsity Letter - Retiring 2011
43. Cricut Lite - Wildlife - Retiring 2011
44. Cricut Lite - Zoo Day - Retiring 2011
45. Disney Dreams Come True - Retiring 2011
46. Disney Cars - Retiring 2011
47. Disney Happily Ever After - Retiring 2011
48. Disney Hannah Montana - Retiring 2011
49. Disney Mickey And Friends - Retiring 2011
50. Disney Mickey Font - Retiring 2011
51. Disney Pooh And Friends - Retiring 2011
52. Disney Pooh Font Set - Retiring 2011
53. Disney Spongebob Square Pants - Retiring 2011
54. Disney Tinker Bell And Friends - Retiring 2011
55. Elmo's Party Cartridge - Retiring 2011
56. Fabulous Finds - Retiring 2010
57. Forever Young - Retiring 2011
58. Hello Kitty Greetings - Retiring 2011
59. Hello Kitty Font - Retiring 2011
60. Home Accents - Retiring 2011
61. Home Decor - Retiring 2011
62. Indie Art - Retiring 2010
63. Locker Talk - Retiring 2010
64. Martha Stewart All Occasions - Retiring 2011
65. Martha Stewart Birthday Cake Aer - Retiring 2011
66. Martha Stewart Elegant Cakes - Retiring 2011
67. Martha Stewart Seasonal Cakes - Retiring 2011
68. Making The Grade - Retiring 2010
69. Mini Monograms - Retiring 2010
70. New Arrival - Retiring 2010
71. Pagoda - Retiring 2011
72. Paisley - Retirng 2011
73. Paper Pups - Retiring 2010
74. Pink Journey - Retiring 2011
75. Pooh And Friends - Retiring 2011
76. Pooh Font Set - Retiring 2011
77. Printing Press - Retiring 2010
78. Sans Serif - Retiring 2010
79. Sesame Street And Friends - Retiring 2011
80. Sesame Street Font Cartridge - Retiring 2011
81. Sentimentals - Retiring 2011
82. Serenade-Retiring 2011
83. Speaking Of School-Retiring 2011
84. Speaking Of Winter-Retiring 2011
85. Stamping - Retiring 2010
86. Street Sign - Retiring 2010
87. Stone Script - Retiring 2010
88. Soccer - Retiring 2010
89. Superman - Retiring 2011
90. Tags, Bags, Boxes and More - Retiring 2010
91. Tear Drop - Retiring 2010
92. Wedding - Retiring 2011
93. Walk In My Garden - Retiring 2011
94. Zooballo - Retiring 2010

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Check out Mary's Crafting Spot to see how to make these sleigh treat holders.

I am just loving my Cricut Mini and playing with Cricut Craftroom. Here are the hat gift cards I was working on  in the video I just did on cutting felt. These are both made out of felt and glued onto cardstock card.
I stitched it with twine to accent the hats. I am making more and I am really enjoying this.
The hat is from the Creative Memories Cheerful Seasons cartridge.
The hat is sized in CCR Width - 3.514  Height 5.167 I welded the 2 hats together to form the card.
Then cut the layers in felt.

Hi Everyone

I got a cricut mini. I wanted it for cutting felt. This is how I prepared and cut regular craft felt to cut using my Cricut mini. Different felts require different preparations. These instructions are for Craft Felts (high-quality polyester fiber) I found this felt at Wal-Mart.
Cut Settings I used
Speed - 2
Multi-Cut 4
Pressure - High

*Note to myself: I am going to try multi-cutting 2 times. Then not removed my mat. Clean off the blade. Then do another multi-cut 2 times to see if it cuts cleaner.





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My son's birthday is this month and I made this card for him.




Card Size - 5-1/2x8-1/2
I used the camping out cartridge for the pine trees and deer.
I used vintage papers Imagine cartridge for the worded background paper.
I used Stampin up paper for the border around the card.

Well the Holiday Season offically has started and I have some projects for you. They are mainly Imagine projects and will be featured on my other blog Mary's Crafting Spot.

I will be having a snowflake of the day posted at Mary's Crafting Spot . So don't forget to check out my other blog. I made a lot of projects this month and hope to get them all up on my blogs.

Happy Holidays Everyone!

I've been busy and I am finally able to get some postings up today. I made 6 Pinecone topiary's for Christmas. I gave 2 of them to my daughter and I am keeping 4 for my decorations. Here's My table setting using them as the centerpiece. I loved mixing traditional Christmas Colors with the non-traditonal colors and I think it makes a beautiful centerpiece. The ornament candles I had gotton years ago and decided to pull them out this Christmas and add to the table centerpiece. Thanks For Looking.

I will have a tutorial on Mary's Crafting Spot how I painted and decoupaged the pots.