you can join here. my “new” thing is rouching the ribbon. i’ve always loved the look, but never tried it until now.
papers: stampers select white, aqua mist, kraft-pti
stamps: kissmas and mistletoe-ippity
inks: desert sand-ctmh
others: ribbon, aqua mist button, corduroy button, twine, scallop punch, scoring tool
a simple card to put together. i had made it for a xmas thank you, but it could easily be made into a birthday wish card.
papers: stampers select, pure poppy-pti
stamps: damask, rustic branches-pti
inks: spring moss, ripe avocado, pure poppy-pti
others: nestabilities label one, red glass beads, scallop punch, circle punch
carolina has a new challenge up. we were to use a ribbon with a circle or flower—i chose a paper flower.
here’s a close up of the flower…
i punched out 8 sheets of magazine print, crinkled them up, and inked the edges. a cream brad in the center holds it all together.
the candy bag is made of 2 parts---a cream envelope with the top cut off, and the inner liner is a glassine bag that has been scalloped. i inked the edges of the envelope also.
the sentiment is from warm and wonderful-gina k. all thats left is a strip of black polka dot paper, and cream ribbon—oh, and the candy, of course!
this is my stamp tv’s sketch challenge card.
papers: kraft, rustic cream-pti
stamps: signature christmas-pti, warm and wonderful-gina k
inks: chocolate, white-ctmh
others: lace, pearl, button, velvet ribbon
this week we were to make a bag topper. you can join here.
i started with a brown paper bag, stamping it with warm and wonderful stamp set-gina k, in chocolate, holiday red, and white-ctmh. the topper is pti’s stamper select white paper stamped with chocolate, and holiday red-ctmh.
two holes were punched for the pure poppy ribbon-pti and twine closure. to finish, i stamped the mittens, cut them out and attached them to the twine. they are hanging from a red brad with 2 snowflakes.
cath has a new challenge this week from linda beeson. you can join here. this is linda’s inspiration picture. its a pic of her gorgeous bathroom!
this is my card for this challenge. i’ve learned to love these colors together!
papers: lime green polka dot scrap, black, stampers select white-pti
inks: black-pti
stamps: communique curves,background basics-text, star prints,-pti
others: scallop punch, button, twine, cricut circle, black stitching
each year i hang a lighted wreath on my 6’ mirror and usually, i have a rusty star hanging in the middle of the wreath.
this year, i made a cute stocking and added it to the wreath. i can’t sew, and had no pattern, so i’m loving how this stocking turned out.
so, this is my inspiration for the bloghop, and my favorite christmas decoration this year.
this card is a christmas thank you card. 
here is the inside of the thank you.
thanks so much for looking! have fun hopping!
papers: stampers select white, ocean tides-pti, kraft
inks: ripe avocado, spring moss,-pti, desert sand,-ctmh
stamps: snowflake additions, signature christmas, stocking prints, turning a new leaf-pti
others: twine, mulberry paper-for cuff
this is my niece’s first christmas in her first home. i wanted to do something for her and this is what i came up with.
i used my cricut to cut her name in vinyl. the vinyl acts as a stencil and sticks to the glass baking dish lid. then, i applied etching cream. after 10 minutes, i rinsed off the cream. too easy and looks great.
this is a pic of the finished project. i got the glass loaf pan at walmart. i liked that it came with a lid.
here is the best pic i could get of the etching. its hard to tell, but the name is etched on the lid.
i included a package of banana nut bread and a cute dish cloth.
this is a gift that would be good for a thank you, for birthdays, weddings, house warmings, etc. the glass loaf was just $7.00, the towel cost $1.50 and the bread mix was 78 cents!
i’ve been wanting to make this stocking, and finally, found the time to do it. it’s made of two colors of osnaburg material. its a shorter length than normal and i added 2” of ruffles on the cuff and some greenery in the top. i really like how it turned out.
i machine embroidered names and snowmen on small pouches that i made to hold candy and small gifts. bad pic, sorry…
i just received a new unity stamp set-(kissmas and mistletoe) from carolina, and i had to ink it up. i entered this in ippity’s challenge for this week—gift card holder—and i love making these!
my cricut cut the card base and the circle.
paper: rustic cream-pti, and scraps
inks: hollyhock-ctmh, aqua mist, ocean tides-pti
stamps: background basics-pti, kissmas and mistletoe-unity
the paper mache box and card are covered with more of my minds eye-the merry days of christmas papers. the sentiment on the card is from papertrey ink. the base of the card is papertreys rustic cream, on which i stamped its background with a text stamp in aqua mist-pti.
the santa tags were punched from the papers.
ok, everyone, the winner of the cricut “sweethearts” cartridge is…*alison*!!!
“Lynn... wow this is SOOOO generous of you.. :) I will be crossing my fingers AND TOES!!! :) but really I know whoever gets it will be estatic.. :) CONGRATS on the 25,000 hits.. I know the next 25,000 will be just around the corner with all your talent.. HUGS
Alison 84062
Posted by *Alison* to millers-ink at December 13, 2009 1:12 PM”
alison, please send your shipping info to me at millerscottage@indy.rr.com and i will send the cartridge right out!—enjoy!
thanks so much to everyone who entered, and left such nice comments! merry christmas!
christmas is coming, my blog visits just rolled over 25,000, and i’ve been on the receiving end of alot of generous giveaways---so i want to give away one cricut sweethearts cartridge to someone here.
with valentines day right around the corner—this cart is full of “sweet” images! here are a couple of pics from the cricut website.
these are just a few images on this cart…
on this cart, the 6 function buttons are layers, tags, cards, envelopes, shadows, and blackouts.
here are the details….you don’t have to be a follower, but please enter just once.
leave your first name (only) and zip code in a comment to this post by midnight, dec 18th--this friday!
i’ll list the winner here on dec. 19th-saturday.
merry christmas, everyone—and good luck!
carolina challenged us to make a sour cream container and tag with paper we decorate. i used several pti snowflake stamps (in red, green, and brown inks, on pti-rustic cream cardstock. the tag was cut with my cricut, and i added a cute cloth button to finish it.
nina sent this inspiration pic in for the challenge. how SWEET is this?! and you’ll want to check out nina’s blog, because its filled with beautiful cards and creations.
want to join in cath’s challenge this week? you have until 12-21!
for the inspiration, i went with the pink and cream color theme, along with the stocking shape. this is a gift card holder, that can be an ornament for the tree. 
i machine embroidered the name on the cuff.
here is a picture of the back of the card.
papers: rustic cream, sweet blush-pti
stamps: beyond basic borders-pti
ink: memento-new sprout
others: cream ribobon, cream and rose buttons, cream twine,
in cath’s challenge, we were to make a card with any “creature”. it’s time for christmas thank you cards. (this could easily be a gift card holder, too). if you change the sentiment on the inside, it could be used all year around.
i stamped the text with my new stamp set from pti—i love this set! i cut the card with my cricut using tags, bags, boxes and more. i hand cut the large curve below the bird and folded up the bottom of the card and tucked it into the curve.
here is the inside of the thank you. i added lines, because i can’t write in a straight line without them!
thanks so much for looking! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
papers: rustic cream-pti, my minds eye-merry days of christmas
stamps: signature christmas-pti, communique curves sentiments, christmas friends, journaling lines, text style-pti
inks: cranberry, chocolate, black-ctmh
ribbon: spring moss-pti
others: eyelet
carolina has a free template and video showing you how to make this sweet gift card holder. the holder was very quick and easy to put together. 
i’m still using my minds eye’s the merry days of christmas, with papertrey’s rustic cream paper. the sentiment-is from papertrey’s christmas friends stamp set and the vintage cream ribbon is also from papertrey.
yesterday, angi, at scrappin out loud did a feature spot of my blog—so sweet! her site is filled to the brim with videos, links, projects, and ideas for scrapbooking, card making, interesting blog sites, (and some cricut stuff thrown in), to top off a great place to spend some time. thanks angi!
i’m off to archiver today with a friend—yay!
carolyn king submitted this week’s trigger—isn’t it adorable?! you can join this challenge here.
i decided to go with a clean and simple card. i cut the deer with my gypsy, using gypsy wanderings. the red, green and white paper are all from archivers open stock. a punch was used to scallop the bottom of the green paper.
here you can see that i used the negative part of the cut. the wreath is punched from martha stewart’s sprig punch. the berries were punched with my crop a dile.
these would make great gift tags, too. i plan on using this card to write a thank you. thanks for looking!
remember this card? papercraft connection just picked it as a winner! they are giving me a free years subscription to papercrafts magazine! how great is that! thank you, papercraft!! please check out their site—its full of wonderful inspiration and ideas!
jason works for the railroad, so i couldn’t resist this train punch. the papers are from my minds eye-the merry days of christmas. beautiful paper set. the base cardstock is rustic cream from papertrey and the stamps are from papertrey.
here’s what i did inside. fast to put together.
you can join this challenge going on now at stamp tv. i made 4 christmas tags and a pocket to hold the tags. i used my minds eye-the merry days of christmas paper pack. beautiful papers!
here are the 4 tags.
here is a picture of the front and back of the tags. 
its very hard to see, but i stamped the background with a text stamp in aqua mist ink. i wanted it to be soft and faded.
on the left is the pocket, which the tags slide into.
papers: the merry days of christmas-my minds eye
stamps: simple alphabet, holiday tag coll.-09, text style,
stocking prints-pti
inks: cranberry-ctmh, aqua mist-pti
others: plaid ribbon, twine, sage eyelets
i just found out carolina picked my card as the winner for her seasonal saturday contest! and she’s sending me this wonderful stamp set from unity! love days like this! thanks, carolina!
carolina’s new template is an adorable snowman candy holder, be sure to check it out and, maybe, you’ll win this week’s stamp set!
i love this trigger pic! you can join cath’s challenge this week here.
i went with the red and cream colors and the stocking theme for my invitation card. i love papertreys stocking prints stamp set—it comes with wonderful stockings and great sentiments.
for the red stocking on the front of the card, i stamped the “outline” stocking onto pure poppy and cut it out, leaving off the cuff. 
i then, stamped the same stamp on the inside of the card. you get two different looks from the same stamp.
the base is rustic cream-pti, the toile print was from hobby lobby’s open stock and i scalloped the bottom with a punch.
the ribbon is pure poppy-pti. the ink is cranberry-ctmh. i used a bronze eyelet in the stocking and cream twine to tie the stocking to the ribbon. the envelope has vintage labels stamps-pti.
