Christmas card swap hosted by Cricut Crafts

Hi Everyone!

I'm back for a little while.... Just wanted to show the cards I made for a Christmas Card Swap I joined. It was a small group which was good for me because of family life adjustments here and there (new baby) but I really wanted to join something this year. It ended up being 6 of us total so I only had to make 5 cards but I made an extra card which I will mail out to a Hello Kitty fan/bloggy friend lol. Anyway, here are my Hello Kitty snow globe cards:

I hadn't really used my Cricut in a long time and on top of that I hadn't

used my Hello Kitty cartridge in a really long time.  

 The cards measure 5x7. 

Carts I used are: Hello Kitty Greetings, Create a Critter and Joys of the Season.

I used Stikles for the falling snow holes. 

The snowflakes are from Martha Stewart's Aspen Snowflake around the page punch set .

The Hello Kitty rubber stamp on the envelope is from Target.

The "Merry Christmas" sentiment is from My Creative Time.

The Buttons on Hello Kitty's coat are from Viva Decor Pearl Pens. 

Here is a close up of the card. I mailed all of these in 

cellophane envelopes so that my recipients were able to use

blank envelopes... I mailed them all out on the 1st of December 

I hope all of the ladies have received them. I'm still waiting for one card.

The ladies are: Lourdes (swap host), Luz, Jessie, Gloria, Gina and myself (Katya)

You can request to join the facebook group at:

http://www.facebook.com/groups/cricutcrafts/

There are a lot of talented ladies there. 

Some even have YouTube videos with tutorials.

I love the cards I received. I hope I wasn't too bad for my first swap

and hope they liked the cards I made for them. 

Can you believe my daughter Jade got to do a card swap before me? LOL

 I'd like to finish stating this was a fun experience for me

especially checking my mailbox with my daughter Jade and opening the cards together.

Thanks for stopping by.

Katya Bess

I'm entering this card at:

http://www.cardztv.blogspot.com/2012/12/tis-season-cricut-cardz-challenge-122.html

Tis the Season! Cricut Cardz Challenge #122: Christmas or Hanukkah card using any cartridge

http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.com/2012/12/challenge-94-holiday-spirit.html

Holiday Spirit

http://scrappymoms-stamps.blogspot.com/2012/12/terrific-tuesday-challenge-christmas.html
Christmas card, layout, ornaments... etc.

http://abcchallenges.blogspot.com/2012/12/abc8-let-it-snow.html
Create a card using either snow, or snowflakes, or a snowman.  You can use one or all three if you like, it's up to you.  Show us some snow!

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Diaper Cake

This is a diaper cake I'm working on for my friend. Please excuse the quality of the pix... as I ran out of space on my SD card and I don't like to delete the originals from the SD card. The diaper cake is not finished yet. I still need to add the cake topper. I'm planning for it to be the mommy on the New Arrival Cartridge- I haven't cut her yet... but she'll be wearing something "Safari like outfit colors" I used the http://www.peachykeenstamps.com/products/PK_742_Baby_Animal_Faces_5-254-0.html

I don't have the create a critter faces yet... so for the lion's face I used the bear's face. LOL. I would also like to say that my diaper cake was inspired by http://nicki8875.blogspot.com/2009/08/diaper-cake_29.html Thanks Nicole for the idea.

Emma's Throwback Challenge Episode # 104

Hi everyone,

So I decided to enter this challenge... well I decide I will do a lot of these challenges but finishing a card is another topic on it's own. LOL Well for Emma's Throwback Challenge @ http://www.creativetimeforme.com/2010/10/throwback-thursday-challenge-episode104.html The card has to be a "shaped" card and you must use the color "orange" which is under used by me I have a lot of orange HA! Oh yea and you have to use the "Create a Critter Cartridge" unless of course you don't own it.