Happy 30th Birthday

Here is a card I made for a co-worker who turned 30 today.

Ad Inspiration Challenges

I started posting an "Advertisement Inspiration Challenge" each week on the Cricut message board. Today was the begining of the third week. I thought I would also post them here for others as well. Here is what you do... you can use the color scheme, ad layout, or anything else in the ad for inspiration for a card. This is all for fun to see what you get from the inspiration. If you want to participate, please post a comment here with a link to your card. Here are the "Ad Inspriations" and my cards for the first three weeks. I will post the new "Ad Inspriations" every Sunday.

Week #1 from an online Macy’s catalog here

My Card

Week #2 The ad is from Target.comMy Card

Week #3 The ad is from Sears.com
My Card

My Craft Room

Ok I've been busy with end of year stuff so I haven't posted in a while. I am working on some new projects but I thought I would share a little about my craft room.

This is my main desk where I work.

This is my wall of shelves where I store my stamps, inkpads, bucket collection and other craft supplies.

This is my side table where do most of my cutting and store my cards & envelopes.
This is my main paper storage. My paper is sorted by colors and by multi colored paper is sorted by patterns. Most of my cardstock is also here, sorted by color as well.
I love this shelving system! The purple boxes is where I store my scrap paper. With the lids off, three boxes fit in the shelf perfectly, and with the little space on the top I can easily slip scraps back into the boxes since they are open! I also store my SU paper here as well as other materials and tools I craft with. As you can see on one of the plastic storage drawers, I am in the procress of covering the front of them with contact paper.
This is my Cricut cart. I have both Cricuts, one on each shelf, my carts (in the green box next to the baby bug), two drawers (under baby) to hold my markers, cables and other accessories and a basket on the bottom for my old mats. I hang my new ones on the side (left) of the cart with an "S" hook. Since the cart is on wheels, I store it at the end of my table and slide it out when I use it.

Thsi is my relaxation chair, I sit here to look at magzines for ideas or when I just need a little thinking time.

This is the little nook in my room where I make my jewelry. I've been busy making cards so I haven't made any jewelry in a while and this desk has become a catch all area for right now. Most of the time my whole room looks about this messy, I am far from a neat freak!

This is an old CD shelf we had and I took it for my paints and glue guns. I also have a closet to the left of the shelf that I use for storage as well.

This is my office area for my business. My computer desk is just to the left here. It is a small room so I can easily run my DS cord from the cricuts to the computer.
This is the first "test" butterfly I cut from contact paper to decorate my walls. Thanks for taking a tour of my room with me!

Paper Gingerbread House

I made a Halloween house last year, so I thought it would be fun to make a gingerbread house this year. TFL! This is the house with the light on inside. The Front, one side, the other side, and the front.

Holiday Wreaths & Snowflake Bouquet

Here are some holiday crafts I recently made! TFL

Blog Candy Winner!

Thank you everyone for you votes! the winner of the blog candy is ... Craftykaren, please e-mail me your addy so I can send you your prize!

BLOG CANDY!!! I need your help!

I need your help choosing the best project that I have made with the Cricut. To see all my Cricut projects please click on the "Cricut" link under the "My Creations" area at the top of my blog. You can also view my other blog and vote for something from there as well if it isn't already on this blog. Then post here your vote! I will take votes till 12/1/08. On 12/2/08 I will randomly choose a winner from all who have posted their vote! The winner will get a nice size goodie bag full of embellishments! Thanks for your help!

Holiday Cards

I made these cards for a stamping technique class I taught recently. TFL!

2 More Cakes

I made these cakes recently. The one with the puppy was for a little girl (turning 2) who loves her puppy. Her mom sent me a pic of the puppy and the napkins for her party and asked me to come up with something using both of them, this is what I came up with! TFL!

Diaper Cake ~ Four Layers

This is the latest diaper cake I made! It has four layers and rose buds made from baby socks.

TFL

My Independent Stampin' Up! © Demonstrator Special For November!!!

Ok so I have been really busy and have not posted a special for this month yet, I am sooooo sorry to anyone who has been waiting for it! Anyway here are my personal specials as an Independent Stampin' Up! © Demonstrator for November.
Online Order Specials!
The first 3 people to place a minimum order of $35 (before tax and S&H) from my online website by 12/6/08 will also get a pack of Stampin' Dimensionals. The Stampin' Dimensionals will be mailed out separate from your online order.
Hostess Specials!
All hostesses for workshops help in Nov. & Dec. of 2008 with me will get an extra bonus with their workshop order. You must live within 30 mins of me (central VA) for me to come to your house to do a workshop. Please contact me for more info and to let me know where you live to see if I can do a workshop for you!
Thank you for checking out my blog and my © Stampin' Up! website!

No Winner for October online purchase.

Sadldy there were no online purchase for October so there is no winner. I did get some direct orders and those people got a free catalog! Check back soon for another chance to win Stampin' Up! products during November!

No winner for 10/16/08

I did not recieve any e-mail for someone signing up for my news letter by 10/15/08 so there is no winner for the Aqua Painter®. ! This does not mean you can't still sign up for my © Stampin' Up newsletter from my website. The time for the bonus of a chance to win the Aqua Painter®. is over. :(

Attention!!! Only one more day left....

...to sign up for my Newsletter and have a chance to win a single large-tip Aqua Painter®. Everyone who signs up for my newsletter on my Stampin' Up website before 10/15/08 will be entered into a drawing (held on 10/16/08) for a single large-tip Aqua Painter®. The Aqua Painter® is a Stampin’ Up! special offers from October 1-31, so even if you don’t win it, you still have a chance to get one. Check out my Website for more details! Once the winner is announced, I will contact you to get your info of where to send it!

Don't Forget about the drawing for all online orders from my website! Everyone who places an order online from my Stampin' Up Website by October 31st will be entered into a drawing (held on 11/01/08) to win a Stampin' Up! stamp set worth up to (but not more than) $20. Once the winner is announced, I will contact you to get your choice and info of where to send it!Be sure to check out all the specials going on this month when you visit the website.

These prize drawings are only from me, this is not from all demonstrators or from Stampin' Up! so be sure to take advantage of this deal!

8 Cards 1 Sheet Wonder

Here are 8 Cards I made. I stamped one 8.5 x11 paper and then used that to make the 8 cards. The stamped leaves and inks are from Stampin' Up and the cut leaves are from WIMG Cricut cart. The "Happy Thanksgiving" is a studio G stamp! For the background paper for the stamped paper, I just added 1/4" to the width & length.I have made a layout template for the cards and a cut sheet in word so you can print it out from your computer.

Here are the downloads for the cards:

8 Cards 1 sheet wonder layout templates.doc

8 Cards 1 sheet wonder cutout lines.doc

Celebrate World Card Making Day with me!

As you may have heard already, I’ve just became a Stampin' Up! demonstrator! To help me kick-start my career I am having an online open house to celebrate World Card Making Day week of October 4-11. Because of it being online, instead of offering a make-n-take, I will e-mail you a .doc file with 14 templates I created for basic cards layouts for you to create your own cards. You may have seen or made cards that are similar to some of the templates but sometimes it is nice to have a blank template in front of you to refer to. I will also include pics of the some of the cards I made with the templates. Please e-mail me at jadebutterfly@earthlink.net to get the templates sent to you. To get more info about this holiday check out http://www.worldcardmakingday.com/.
Extra Bonuses!
Sign up for my Newsletter! Everyone who signs up for my newsletter on my Stampin' Up website before 10/15/08 will be entered into a drawing (held on 10/16/08) for a single large-tip Aqua Painter®. Aqua Painter® is a Stampin’ Up! special offers from October 1-31, so even if you don’t win it, you still have a chance to get one. Check out my Website for more details! Once the winner is announced, I will contact you to get your info of where to send it!
Place an Order Online! Everyone who places an order online from my Stampin' Up Website by October 31st will be entered into a drawing (held on 11/01/08) to win a Stampin' Up! stamp set worth up to but not more than $20. Once the winner is announced, I will contact you to get your choice and info of where to send it!
Be sure to check out all the specials going on this month when you visit the website. Thanks for joining me for my World Card Making Day open house!

Happy Thanksgiving Wreath

I made this with my Cricut and Stampin Up Stamps! I cut out a 12' ring and leaves from the Doodle Charms cart and inked them in fall colors. I attached the leaves to the ring and added the cut out letters. It is a little flat looking, but I like it! TFL!

NOTICE!!!!

I finally did it... I became a Stampin' Up Demonstrator! I am so excited. I went to my first SU Workshop a few years ago and loved it. That is what started me into making my cards. Now I get to share that love with everone else! Check out my Stampin' Up website where you can now order stamps and other supplies from me right there! Thanks for letting me share to good news with you!

Diaper Cakes

I have recently started making diaper cakes. Here are a few that I have made.

Card Sets

I saw Pocketful of Cards on http://www.crafttvweekly.com/ and made my own version of them. These cute little folders sets have 4 cards (I didn't decorate them, just used DCWV's card with an already printed design on the outside, blank on the inside) and envelopes.