Thankful....

Good Morning!



This is Jen from 3 Cats and a Bug.



This week on SweetSassyDiva's design team we were asked to do a "Thankful for" post. There are so many things I'm thankful for, but I don't have pictures of all of them! So for this post, the first thing I thought of was this picture I had taken of the sunset. My DH, Mom, Dad, Aunt and her BFF and myself took our boat out on the lake to watch the fireworks. Nothing compares to watching the fireworks on the water! That we watched the sun setting while doing a little fishing and whole lot of laughing made it that much better! I'm also Thankful to BobbiJo for bringing me along to CHA this year, where I received the Fancy Frames cartridge! Now, on to my project...



I started with Fancy Frames, cut @ 5.75 and tweeked in DS to fit my picture. I added some pearls and a lot of yellow and orange stickles.



The swirls were cut in Home Decor @ 1.25 with some bling added to them.



Simple pleasures was cut from Country Life @ 2.



I cut the borders from George @ 1. I used my cricut markers and country life for the words @ .50.



The paper is from DCWV Tradewinds pack.



It's a simple project, but I wanted to make sure the photo stood out. I love how it turned out!

Please stop by my blog, 3 Cats and a Bug to see what else I've been up to.



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Mini Album!

Good Morning! This is Jen from 3 Cats and a Bug. This week at SSD, the DT is honoring Grandparent's Day!

Come January 2012, I will be a Grandma to a little baby boy! The timing was perfect, we just found out they were having a boy, I've only had Fancy Frames for a short time and Grandparent's Day is just around the corner. It seemed a perfect time to make a brag book for the other new Grandma.



I used 5 different frames, repeating the first one for the back cover also. The front and back were cut @ 5X6.5 and the others were cut @ 4.75X6.25.

On each frame I cut the frame front, the back frame minus the inside cut (hide contour) and a 2nd frame front that I flipped.

The top of each frame was left open to slide pictures into. The outside of the back cover I used hide contour again to the inside cut, so it wasn't a frame. I used my Cinch to punch two holes and put it all together.

I added 3 ribbons to each ring.

I used another frame, cut @ 5X6.5 for a card front and I used my Cricut markers and Lyrical letters to "write" Happy Grandparent's Day".

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Apple of my Eye!

This is Jen from 3 Cats and a Bug. This week at SSD, the DT is celebrating national Apple week!



I did a simple frame using Fancy Frames, Just Because and Give a Hoot cartridges and green stickles and a white gel pen.



The frame was cut at 6.817 X 8.154. I used that size to put a 3.5 X 3.75 picture in it.



The Apple border was cut @ 1.5 and I welded two together for each side. I ended up cutting part of the border off on one side of apple on two borders. I added the extra piece to the other side of the apple core. I just used scotch tape since it was on the backside.



I then cut 8 of the layer pieces for the border. I did 8 each in red of the apple and 8 each in white and red of the core. For the apples it was simply layered on top of the green border. For the core I glued the white piece down first the cut the top and bottom off of the red piece and glued them down.

I used green stickles for the apple leaf.

Apple of my eye was cut from Just Because @ 6 in red with a white layered words.



I think it will make a great frame for my Grandchild's ultrasound picture.

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Birthday Blog Hop!

Thank you so much for coming to this Birthday Blog Hop!!! It's Lynda's birthday today...and her sisters in 10 days from today...so today is all about birthday related stuff! If you started at my blog, please go back to the beginning at Lynda's blog at http://memoriesintyme.blogspot.com/ to be able to see all of the great talent on this hop.

Happy Birthday Lynda! And I am enjoying being part of this blog hop to help you celebrate!  All the festivities begin at 6 am!
I thought that I would show you how to make a beautiful gift that you could make for someone special.










It would make a wonderful birthday gift.   It is great for altering the plain wooden frames found in the craft stores or use your cricut to make a cardboard frame. In fact, the Cricut cartridge Fancy Frames has some options such as an Easel or stand.










I was inspired by the Kaisercraft paper Miss Nelly Collection. I saw this at the Chicago Summer CHA 2011 show just a few weeks ago.

I used the papers in the line called "Her Habits", sticker sheet and "Her Dreams".










I just love the quote by Helen Keller!

It needed a proper frame so, I grabbed the new Cricut cartridge Fancy Frames.











So many choices but, I needed a rectangle and tipped it to the side.








I chose the "Frame2" and base.

For the intricate cut, I chose a coordinating green cardstock and the base was cut using "Her Dreams". I cut it on my Cricut Imagine at 7.2" as seen below.










I chose the cut only option so, you could cut it on any of the various Cricut machines.










I layered the pieces and adhered the intricate mat over the shadow feature using a Zig 2 way glue fine ball point pen.









Using the sticker piece, I used pop dots to give added dimension to the flowers.









I also used Lime Green stickles by Ranger.

The ribbon and mulberry paper mini roses were glued on to give some more texture.









Again, here is the finished Fancy Frame.









So, the line up for today amazing! I'm sure if you started from the beginning you would agree!  Wait until you see the last few!

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Thank you for being a part of this fun hop, and celebrating Lynda's birthday with us! I hope you have enjoyed it as much as we had in making it! Make sure you check back this whole week - as we will be having even more birthday related stuff posted all week from Lynda, Anita and Barbara! I hope you check back often! There just might be another prize for the comments from 8/3 to 8/5!!!

Also, you can view projects on http://sweetsassydiva.com each day. Each week there is a new challenge!

Your next stop is: Crafy Homemade - http://craftyhomemade.blogspot.com/







Order your CTMH Cricut Art Philosophy cart today! Click here!
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The item number is Z1686. You can also get the stamp of the month for $5 more and a few other goodies depending on your order date. You can comment on this post or email me for more details.

You can view more details and a video on the new cartridge.... Click Here!

Now for the best part... the blog candy... One lucky winner will get a $10 Visa gift card to use at any store of your choice. To be eligible...you must
1. Be a follower of each of the people on the blog hop.
2. Leave a comment for each of the blogs on the hop.
That is it, very simple! Winner will be chosen from the comments made!

Be sure to check back for the next Blog Hop!