Creative Charms Kits of the Month - November

Hope everyone had a great Halloween - we sure did. Hard to believe it is already November! Check out these Creative Charms Kits - perfect for your Fall & Winter Projects:

Kit of the Month – Fabulous Fall – 150 Pieces - $14.99 (Regular $19.42)

· Thanksgiving Chipboard Stickers – 6 Pieces

· Fall Seasonal Sparkles – 21 Pieces

· Light Green Vintage Jewels – 9 Pieces

· Sage Green Vintage Brads – 9 Pieces

· Fall Medley – 17 Pieces

· 18” Brown Velvet Ric Rac

· Brown Vintage Poppies – 8 Pieces

· Amber Gem Stickers – 76 Pieces

Kit of the Month – Winter Wishes – 145 Pieces - $14.99 (Regular $20.42)

· Winter Chipboard Stickers – 6 Pieces

· Winter Seasonal Sparkles – 25 Pieces

· Red and Green Vintage Jewels – 12 Pieces

· Christmas Vintage Metal Frames – 6 Pieces

· Christmas Twinkle Stickers – 10 Pieces

· 18” Red Fancy Polka Dot Ribbon

· 18” Green Fancy Polka Dot Ribbon

· Red Vintage Poppies – 8 Pieces

· Red and Green Gem Stickers – 76 Pieces

Maxton - Another Jungle Theme

It seems the Jungle Theme is the “In” Theme for Nurseries. Here is one I did for a baby boy named Maxton. (Click on it for a closer look)

Here is a closeup of the monkey - I got him awhile back from Dustin Pike. He has done a few SVGs and creates the most awesome digital & regular stamps. I have quite a collection of his digital stamps - someday when I get the hang of making cards I might dive into those.

I created the little oval shapes in Illustrator using a paint brush tool and it worked perfect for these. Check out the bedding below.


The jungle leaves & frame at the right for Maxton’s photo are from SVG Cuts & the embellishments are from Creative Charms. Font is Bernhard Bold Condensed.

Have a great Weekend and a Happy Halloween!

Last Chance...

...for the Creative Charms Kit of the Month and the Deal of the Month.































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It's a Jungle Charlotte Collage

Here is a baby name collage I created for my coworker. Her first grand daughter made her debut in September. I knew the room had a jungle theme but did not know the name or if I should work in blue or pink. Here is where I start -by getting a photo of the bedding.


I do a rough layout in Adobe Illustrator. I like being able to move things around on the computer. Plus I can see how big to make my elements & type. I then save out the elements as SVGs and import into Sure Cuts Alot (SCAL) & cut on my Cricut.



From there I build the collage. Here are few closeups of the SVG Cuts elements - these are from the Cuddly Animals Collections - absolutely perfect for this jungle theme.


I then add in the Creative Charms. I used the new Vintage Jewels. The tear drop shapes were perfect for the elephant and the flowers are a nice to touch to make the collage more appropriate for a girl.

Here is the final collage...



Thanks for stopping by!

Trick or Treat Crackers

I saw these great crackers on the SVG Cuts Site created by Thienly and decided to make them for my sons’ classmates for Halloween.



They were super fun to make! & EASY!

They are called Crackers and the SVG for the Cracker is actually a freebie from 12/9/10 on the SVG Cuts Website. Click Here for the link. Here are Step by Step Directions.

Step 1 - Cut the Cracker SVG Base
Step 2 - Ink the edges / trim edges with wavy scissors

Step 3 - Add a strip of paper - this one was run thru the Cuttlebug/Torn/Inked

Step 4 - Add another strip if you like - this one was a Cuttlebug Halloween FolderStep 5 - Tie off the one side & Insert Candy

Step 6 - Add a tag and tie off the other side



I also created this fun bingo card for my son’s Kindergarten Class. It has SVG images from SVG Cuts and their sight words. Fun & Educational! Add some candy corn as markers and yummy too.

Happy Halloween!

I won!

A Gyspie from Jana Eubank’s blog
wow my lucky day!
Check out Jana’s Blog here.

Thanks to Jana,
Circut Circle & ProvoCraft.

Tria Collage

I tried something different for my latest baby name collage. I used a 12x12 instead of the horizontal shadowbox. Seemed to work better with a short name. The three squares are placeholders for photos.


Here are a few closeups of the Creative Charms embellishments:


Background cuts are from SVG Cuts & font for Tria is called Lo-type Medium Condensed.

Have a great day! Amy