Cricut & Embroidery

Its a long time since I posted but life has been hectic and problematic. Recently I have enjoyed combining different crafts and equipment to make projects. The latest seasonal project I have done is these gorgeous festive decorations.

These cute little stockings can have personalisation of names embroidered on or they can be a unique advent calendar hung on the tree by numbering them. They can remain flat, in which case they have a small pocket at the back to put treats in. Or this pocket can be stuffed and hand stitched up to make the stockings more three dimensional.

Available in two sizes - what could be more seasonal. Perhaps 24 small and one large!

I used the Cricut to cut the felt bases and then my Brother Innovis V5 for the stitching and embroidery. I have to admit I need to practice the felt cutting as in areas it pulls rather than cuts which then ends up with stretched cuts and shrunken cuts so the felt and embroidery don't match as well as they should do - but hopefully I will get there.

My grown up children think these are magical and they each have one and their partners all ready for the tree. When they were young they had personalised baubles, which I have also made for my Grandson but these are a little different and hopefully should last a life time, where as the baubles have been known to go tinkle tinkle and need a new one making!

Missing In Action

Hi Followers

It is some time since I last made a post but life has been hectic and included a nasty car accident for me, as I was forced into the central reservation by a Polish lorry that refused to stop when I had my two daughters and my, then few month old, Grandson in the car with me. Police failed to stop him and it has lead to a nightmare of dealings - thats another story and one best left boxed up else I get on my soap box and don't know when to shut up! Crafting stopped due to injuries, time, hospital appointments and lack of get up and go and restricted physical ability. I am now hoping to kick start myself into blogging more regularly and getting some crafting done. I hope to include new and old techniques and expand the scope of topics to include dies, stencils, stamping, UTH etc.
So fingers crossed to growing followers, divine inspiration and some good posts to share.

Win A full Set of Flexmarkers from Letraset

Yes, you read it right. Flexmarkers are arriving in the USA next month, and to celebrate Letraset are offering the complete set of Flexmarkers - 90 delicious colours - to one lucky (very lucky!) reader.

Entries are accepted from anywhere in the world The contest will remain open for a full month, and will close on Monday 12th March at midnight UK time (7:00 PM EST).

To enter, all you have to do is leave a comment on the post here on Enfys's blog Going Buggy

New Cart Candy

If you want to add to your cart library then pop over to Going Buggy for a chance to win one of the new summer release carts.

Yudu Card Shop Giveaway

Hi Bloggers,

There is a fantastic giveaway over on Cricut Couple blog, you get all of what is in the picture above. Pop over to Cricut Couples and have your chance to win the fab set. There are three ways to have a go and you are allowed to do all three and then you have three chances to win.

Pop on over and let them know I sent you. Good Luck on your chance to win!

Valentines Blog Hop

There will be lots of blog candy and there is a sponsor Celeste from Thirty-One who will be giving away one of the wonderful totes!!! Check out the site! Take a look at the wonderful line-up! Be sure to stop by February 12th - 13th. The wonderful Cricut Couple came up with the name and the idea that there's just not enough love in the world - so how about a hop "For The Love of Everyone"...let's spread some love and enjoy a hop together!!!

She's A Sassy Lady - yup that's right - Sheila - Don't know Sheila?? OH my, you must stop by her blog - she has tutorials just about everyday on every project imaginable and how to use that Gypsy - check it out! Each design team member creates a project and shares with you all the juicy details. Sheila has dedicated her blog to teaching others!

Thunderbirdlindy by Design - Beth is another wonderful addition to our team this time and has so many unique projects. I love stopping by her blog and perusing through her amazing projects. Check out this ever so cute project she did for the Circle Blog Weekly challenge.

Nana Donna's Card Dreams - Donna's cards can make anyone's jaw drop. Her talent is just amazing - she has techniques that she often shares too and she's quickly becoming a blogging pro! She has recently been asked to be a guest designer at Crafty Creations and is blowing everyone away with creations like this. Stop by and check out all her wonderful creations.

MelissaMade - Melissa's cards are full of life and colour. Melissa can often be found giving exacting description to enable you to follow both her design process and the path to a very polished finished card. Meliisa is proud to be part of the design team for Tiddly Inker, Meljen's Designs, She's a Sassy Lady, and Crafty Creations. Take a look here for another exciting creation.

Love, Laughter, and Creations - Sherri is a very talented card maker and can be found weekly hosting her very own challenge blog at Jitterbuggin'. The challenges are a blast and typically include three elements: a sketch, a cricut cut, and another fun piece. Each month she gives out a cartridge - so make sure to stop by and participate! In addition she runs her own blog that is fantastic!


Just Yolie, Just Create - Yolie just recently joined our crew - but my oh my - she has a number of awesome freebie cuts for your Cricut and they are just amazing! Look at this ever so cute card with a Thank You sentiment! So not only is she creative she is so nice to share!!

Gaby Creates - Gaby is amazingly talented - her creations are just stunning. She's only been doing scrapbook layouts for the last year and she looks like she's been doing it for years - check this out - and what a fabulous idea to reuse those Christmas photos!

Daily Grace Creations - Peggy and Donna are a mom and daughter team. These gals are so lovable - their closeness shows in each post with such inspiring work. I mean look at how sweet of a post this is. Each card contains a sweetness that is literally visible!

The Cricut Diaries - Summer and Jennifer will also be hopping - Their blog consists of the sweetest cards. They know how to work that Cricut/Imagine, and the iRock for that matter. Their styles are really different I think and you can tell the difference between Jennifer and Summer's creations - both equally beautiful. You should stop by and see what they are up to with the Imagine!

The Cricut Couple - Bobby and Jill are amazingly talented. Did you see they both won for the Provocraft handmade card contest hosted by Jinger? Holy Smokes their creations belong in a museum. The Cricut Couple does fantastic things with paper - their attention to detail is stunning and breathtaking - you won't be disappointed.

Scrappy Go Lucky

Today I have become a follower of Scrappy-Go-Lucky Blog. Scrappy Go Lucky is based in Australia but they have online shops in Australia, USA and UK. Today they have joined with Going Buggy to offer some prizes for Enfys week long giveaways. You have to be in it to win it so pop over and visit Enfys at Going Buggy. Check out all the posting as she has had different giveaways for several days.

Letraset Has Moved & Promarker Give-away

Letraset has moved to their new address. They have a Promarker give-away that you will want to check out the details. Go to their site at Letraset Blog to see the complete rules. Give-away ends on February 6th.

Happy New Year & New Forum

I would like to wish all my followers a Happy New Year and may the year be full of what you are wishing for.

I am afraid I have not been posting very often this past few months, mainly due to family problems and pressures.

I love my Cricut Expression and Cuttlebug and used to truly enjoy popping in and out of the message board. Then we had a change of message board and along with some friends suffered tremendous delays in loading pages, receiving email notifications and in particular we could not stay logged in. We raised the points with the message board admin several times and received no answer to our pleas for help, infact the only comment we got on about the third notification was that admin was suffering the same problems!

Well enough is enough and I have spent the past couple of days creating a new forum which does allow us to stay logged in, seems to be sending us email notifications and we can create our own rules. We are going to have a monthly challenge, we are hoping for some tutorials, some guest designers, a lending library and ......... the world is our oyster we can achieve what we want and feed each other's mojo. I myself am based in the UK and so are a lot of my message board friends but we are not saying that international crafters cannot join us, the more the merrier.

So if you would like to join our crafty message board then pop along and become a member of Cricutolics Forum. Look forward to seeing you over there.

Blog Candy Promarkers

Pop over to Enfys and have a go at winning this fantastic stash, her blog is Going Buggy.

Prima's Great Surprise

I would love to know the answer but I can't tell you as they have not told me! We will all have to wait until March 5th. But put your time to good use and try and win some of this lovely candy. There will be two winners a US winner and an International winner, candy worth $100. Simple rules just post a comment and add it to your blog and leave a link to your blog in the comment, Easy Peasy.

Celebrating Ms February

Hi Everyone

Time seems to be very limited for blogging if none existant at the moment, but I could not miss letting you all know that my dear friend Enfys is celebrating being Ms February with a blog candy give away. She has two different sets of giveaways but for us UK crafters this is the giveaway.

The rules are simple to stand a chance of winning, so pop on over to Enfys's Blog to take a look.
Want to see what Ms February can produce then please go over to Holidays with the Cricut

Blog Hop & Special Blog Candy

On the 1st February there will be a very special ‘One Off Challenge’………with some rather special candy as the main prize. No ordinary candy I can tell you, but a really serious piece of equipment that all of us would love to have in our craft rooms.

I know Brenda can tease and she will be sharing some sneak peeks of the prizes on offer over the next three weeks........yes ‘prizes’ because as well as the main challenge prize, there will be runners up prizes and a Blog Hop with prizes to be won at each stopping point. And Brends will also be sharing details of the wonderful sponsors of this challenge and some exciting news about them as well.

But Brenda needs you all to help her spread the word and make this as much fun as possible for everyone ........and there is even a prize for doing that. Does this all sound fun or what ? Pop over Brenda's blog - Floral Fantasies for all the nitty gritty of how to take part.

400 Follower Candy

Fancy an extra pressie under the tree, well dont we all? Then pop over to Donna's blog and take part in her 400 follower blog candy give away. You only have a few days to take part, so don't mess about and pop on over here and see what you could win.

The Best of Both Worlds

Candy For The US/Canadian Friends

Candy For The UK Friends

Our lovely friend Enfys who lives 3 months in the UK and then three months in US is showing her generosity again by offering two different sets of blog candy. She has identified that there are things in the UK that US people cannot get for love nor money and vice versa, so she has two sets of candy to give away. If you live outside the US or UK then you are going to be allowed to choose your preference - how lucky is that? Nothing complicated to do, leave a message and if you have a blog post a link - what could be simpler? Go one have a go - you have to be in it to win it! So go one treat yourself to the chance to win visit Enfys's blog here

100 Carts already!

Well another week passes by and we are into the second week of the 100 give away, three more separate weeks to go.

Help Cricut to celebrate their 100th Cricut cartridge—Winter Woodland! That’s right, they have reached 100 cartridges. They’re giving away 100 cartridges over five weeks (20 per week).

Here’s how it will work.

Each week they will be posting a thread. When you respond to the thread you will be entered to win. You can enter once by replying and you can enter a second time by posting on your blog about the celebration and linking back to the cartridge product page.

Here is the link to include in your blog. Once you’ve posted on your blog with the link back you can post again to the thread.

http://www.cricut.com/shopping/ProductDetails.aspx?id=361&s=1&sc=2

Cricut Hits 100

No that is not how old the Cricut is but it is how many carts are produced to work with the Cricut. The Winter Wonderland cart is the 100th and can be found at http://www.cricut.com/shopping/ProductDetails.aspx?id=361&s=1&sc=2

Now you have two opportunities to enter the prize draw one is to sign up to the message board at http://www.cricut.com/messageboard/tm.aspx?m=5248058&mpage=1, the other is to post a link like me telling of the 100 carts that are going to be given away over the next four weeks with a link back to the product and then visit back to the message board and tell everybody you have left a link.

Go on treat yourself and post away, fingers crossed for everybody.

Stephanie's Generosity - Yet More Blog Candy

Stephanie is being really really generous again, she never seems to stop! More lovely blog candy and all you need to do is leave a comment and put a link on your blog if possible but not essential. Pop over and see some of her wonderful designs as well as the glorious blog candy.

Less than a Week To Go

Less than a week to go to stand the chance of winning this brand new cart. There are four different ways in which you can take part to win this cart and Julia will post internationally. Don't miss your chance, you need to be in it to win it. Hurry over now to jujubeesscrapbookcorner. Must make it over before August 21st to stand your chance.

Blog Candy to Win, Last Few Days

This amazing blog candy is up for grabs, just a few days left to take part. Opportunity finishes on August 9th. For your chance to win the punches go over to Paper Crafts by Rach and leave a comment. Sit back and wait to see if you win. Dont forget if you have a blog to post the candy on your blog, in a post or in the sidebar whichever suits you better. Go on you have to be in it to win it!