My Cricut craft Room 25 Days of Christmas -- Theme: Animals

Welcome to Erica's Craft Room

25 Days of Christmas,

with 25 Cricut projects a day.

Don't forget to stop by Erica's blog to see 24 more projects today....

and every day in December.

http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com

Here is my project....

This little penguin was cut from the Create-a-Critter cartridge at 4"
the Merry Christmas sentiment is from My Pink Stamper  Christmas Wishes stamp set
The card base is  pre-made from a set I picked up at Hobby Lobby

Thanks for stopping by and remember to visit MyCricutCraftRoom every day in December for lots of Christmas projects!

Paper Piecings by Nikki Christmas Card week

Hello all my crafty friends!  I have to tell you I am having a blast being in my first design team.

This week's theme at Paper Piecings by Nikki is Christmas cards!  I made a really quick and simple card from this week's freebie being offered on the PPbN site.  I cut this adorable snowman at approx. 4" .  His scarf and background paper is from the Lost & Found  designer paper pad from My Mind's Eye, this pad is just adorable.  It isn't a Christmas pad but I really love the muted colors.  I made a little Stickle holly on his top hat, tied a piece of ribbon around the mat and voila!  a cute and so simple card ready for mailing!

Make sure you stop by Paper Piecings by Nikki's facebook page and say hi!  And then go to the PPbN store to grab this freebie while it's available.

Thanks for stopping by and happy scrappin!

I am a new Design Team member for Paper Piecings by Nikki!

I am so excited to share with all of you that I have been appointed to my VERY FIRST design team.  I know can you believe it??!!  I am so stinkin' excited I can't believe it.  I am so nervous that I won't be able to keep up with all the other DT members, but I'm going to try my best!   Here are just a few of the paper piecing patterns I have put together.  All these were designed by Nikki herself....she is so creative!

He's a freebie, visit fast before he's gone!

All of the piecing patterns can be found at Nikki's store....PPBN  don't be afraid of trying them, you can get a freebie for visiting and just try it out, you can hand-cut and then piece, use your cutting machine, or even use them as digi stamps!

thanks for stopping by and happy scrappin!

Great give-a-way by ScrappinMamma!!

How would you like to open this gift???  All you need to do is visit Scrapping Mamma's Craft Creations at:
http://www.scrappingmamma.net/2011/12/hello-my-friends-its-december-only-22.html

and all this could be yours (but I hope it's mine!  LOL)

Blog candy winner for the Christmas paper piecing blog hop (and other exciting news!)

I want to thank everyone for their wonderful and encouraging comments on my blog this weekend.  This was the first time I had used paper piecing patterns (I'm a cricut user).  I had a really fun time putting these together.  The winner from this two day hop was Julie, who said...

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Julie said...

LOL! Amazing!! I cannot believe I just so happened to read a post you had posted on my blog back in February! And today! This very same day, you are in a blog hop!! Talk about... wow! Any ways... I really luv your frayed lady! She is hilarious and so , so familiar to how i feel this time of the year! lol! Sorry I did not see your post until today. Great project. I luv Christmas crafting! Have a blessed and safe holiday season.
Julie

December 2, 2011 11:06 AM   

Well Julie it must be fate that brought you to my blog this weekend!

Some other exciting news is that I have been chosen to be part of the Design Team for Paper Piecings by Nikki.  I can't wait to get started and share everything I learn with all of you!

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting!!

Paper Piecings by Nikki Christmas blog hop Day 2 - 12/3/11

Welcome back to Day 2 of the Christmas paper piecing blog hop hosted by the ever creative Nikki of Paper Piecings by Nikki.  I am stop #2 on this hop, so hopefully you've gotten to me by way of Nikki's blog, if not you will want to start from the front of the line!

Well I have to say I was intrigued by paper piecings, that is after I found out what they were.  I was seeing the term thrown around on facebook in the various crafter groups and had no idea what they meant.  Basically it is just the art of cutting out an image with various parts and putting them together, layering, to form your image.  If you use a Cricut, you are doing paper piecings.  The piecings in my project today were designed by Nikki.  They are so adorable.  I hope you agree.  So now on to my layout for today...yes I'm on a layout binge right now, I tend to go in streaks, all cards, all home decor, etc.  Right now it's all about the layouts!

Here's the full layout, the paper is from the signature Christmas Holiday Glitter Book by My Minds eye

The mailbox and little girl are part of Nikki's Letters to Santa collection

1st page of the layout where I will scan a letter to Santa from one of my grandsons

2nd page of the layout where I will put the letter that Santa sent to one of the grandsons

Rudolph is from the Just Believe set and he is surrounded by letters cut from the Doodle bug cartridge

Thanks for visiting and if you visited and commented yesterday, make sure you do the same today for a chance at some blog candy..................

Now on to the wonderful project DORIS has in store for us!

Thanks for stopping by and happy scrappin!


Complete line up:
Nikki www.paperpiecingsbynikki.blogspot.com
Liz: http://tryin2craft.blogspot.com
Doris -  http://mybugandmecreate.blogspot.com
Janet- http://createatdreamscrapbooks.blogspot.com/
Pam: http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com
Linda:  http://www.lindascreativity.blogspot.com
Patti:  http://www.pattilynncreations.blogspot.com
Mindy - http://papercreationsbymindyblog.blogspot.com/
Amy Jo - http://lv2scrapandfibrofacts.blogspot.com
Mandy- http://lovestoscrap11.blogspot.com/

Paper Piecings by Nikki Christmas blog hop day 1 - 12/2/11

Hello my crafty friends and welcome to the Christmas paper piecing blog hop hosted by Nikki of Paper Piecings by Nikki.  This is a two day hop, so make sure you visit both days for some awesome projects!

I am the second stop on this wonderful hop, you should have gotten here from the wonderfully creative Nikki herself.  If you didn't get here by way of Nikki's blog, please go back and start from the beginning, where all wonderful things start!!

For my project today I used piecings from Nikki's store, this is made with her Just Believe Christmas Pattern collection and can be purchased here paperpiecingsbynikki.  Now I have never used anything other then the Cricut to cut images and was a little intimidated, but these little guys were so adorable I had to give this a try.  I just love the chubbiness and rounded edges of all these patterns.  If you're good at hand cutting you could even cut them out without using a cutting machine.

This paper is from DCWV The Christmas Combo Pack

Here is a close up of this adorable Rudolph!

Close up of Santa holding the "Believe" sign I stickled his hat

This Dear Santa tag is from the paper stack I just cut it out of the paper

The tree and presents are cut from the matching paper. The ribbon and garland are stickled and pop dotted onto this page

I was totally inspired for this layout after seeing several done by Michelle OnCloudNine.  Her layouts are so full of pattern and color I just had to try one!


Your next stop on this wonderful hop is DORIS.......but before you go would you like some blog candy!!

In order to win all you need to do is visit and comment both days of the hop.  I will pick a winner by the end of the week.

Christmas ribbon, stickers, and brads

 


Thanks for visiting and happy scrappin!

Complete line up:

Nikki www.paperpiecingsbynikki.blogspot.com
Liz: http://tryin2craft.blogspot.com
Doris -  http://mybugandmecreate.blogspot.com
Janet- http://createatdreamscrapbooks.blogspot.com/
Pam: http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com
Linda:  http://www.lindascreativity.blogspot.com
Patti:  http://www.pattilynncreations.blogspot.com
Mindy - http://papercreationsbymindyblog.blogspot.com/
Amy Jo - http://lv2scrapandfibrofacts.blogspot.com
Mandy- http://lovestoscrap11.blogspot.com