<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592</id><updated>2012-01-28T23:15:52.826-08:00</updated><category term='Picturesque'/><category term='Celebrations'/><category term='Don Juan'/><category term='Lacy Labels'/><category term='Circle challenge'/><category term='Strawberry-hershey kiss'/><category term='Simply Charmed'/><category term='Baby Boy Mini album'/><category term='Mother&apos;s day'/><category term='Nifty Fifties'/><category term='Chic and Scary'/><category term='Sweet Treats'/><category term='Thanksgiving'/><category term='tag'/><category term='Don Jaun'/><category term='Snowflake'/><category term='BBQ'/><category term='Cricut craft room'/><category term='Mini Monograms'/><category term='George'/><category term='Doodlecharms'/><category term='Christmas tag'/><category term='Scrapbooking'/><category term='Cuttlebug'/><category term='Straight from the nest'/><category term='Wrap it Up'/><category term='Get Well'/><category term='Halloween'/><category term='Stretch your Imagination'/><category term='Banner'/><category term='Lanterns'/><category term='Paper Pups'/><category term='MS Cake Art'/><category term='Wild Card'/><category term='Happy Hauntings'/><category term='Snowmen'/><category term='Paper Dolls Dressed Up'/><category term='Gypsy Wanderings'/><category term='Christmas card'/><category term='Christmas ornament'/><category term='School'/><category term='Cindy Loo'/><category term='Valentines Day'/><category term='Spring Mini album'/><category term='Magazine challenge'/><category term='Wedding'/><category term='Christmas sled'/><category term='gift box'/><category term='Sophie'/><category term='4th of july'/><category term='card'/><category term='Winter Frolic'/><category term='graduation gift card'/><category term='Art Philosophy'/><category term='A Child&apos;s Year'/><category term='Thank you'/><category term='Treat bags'/><category term='Travel organizer'/><category term='Tie the Knot'/><category term='Winter Wonderland'/><category term='Christmas Cheer'/><category term='Give a Hoot'/><category term='Birthday Card'/><category term='Mini album'/><category term='Walk in my Garden'/><category term='Easter'/><category term='Elegant Edges'/><category term='Birthday Bash'/><category term='Father&apos;s Day'/><category term='Hello Kitty'/><title type='text'>Diane's Creations</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>119</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-6368100777741857035</id><published>2012-01-27T21:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-27T21:14:32.742-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Art Philosophy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Paper Pups'/><title type='text'>Weekly Challenge #50: Under the Weather Challenge!</title><content type='html'>The Challenge: Create a Get Well card or gift set for a friend, family member, or acquaintance. Be sure to incorporate a Cuttlebug embossing folder, kraft cardstock, and string somewhere on your project. Include 2 Cricut cuts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZAd-TDqbFUk/TyOBvXT12cI/AAAAAAAAAfY/In0sY8gZkM0/s1600/002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZAd-TDqbFUk/TyOBvXT12cI/AAAAAAAAAfY/In0sY8gZkM0/s320/002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702544203892251074" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I made a guy Get Well card using kraft cardstock as the base. When I saw this cut from Paper Pups, I thought it would work well since I know so many dog lovers. It has been forever since I have used that cartridge. The frame is from Art Philosophy (Rectangle #1 and layer), then I embossed it.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-6368100777741857035?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/6368100777741857035/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2012/01/weekly-challenge-50-under-weather.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/6368100777741857035'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/6368100777741857035'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2012/01/weekly-challenge-50-under-weather.html' title='Weekly Challenge #50: Under the Weather Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZAd-TDqbFUk/TyOBvXT12cI/AAAAAAAAAfY/In0sY8gZkM0/s72-c/002.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-2520944575851793012</id><published>2012-01-19T13:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-19T19:12:22.746-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Circle challenge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Celebrations'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lacy Labels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Birthday Bash'/><title type='text'>JANUARY MONTHLY CHALLENGE: The Year In Review Challenge!</title><content type='html'>The year 2011 has come and gone and now we want you to take the opportunity to look back at what this year has meant to you. Create a scrapbook page or mini album celebrating the events of 2011. It could be a page that uses just one photo, like Shantaie’s, or 12 different photos (one summarizing the events for each month). You might not want to use any photos at all and just use journaling to tell your story . . . it’s up to you!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NV0QRkdUGgg/TxiLtJjiMvI/AAAAAAAAAfM/GWl5ebwGW5g/s1600/003.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 303px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NV0QRkdUGgg/TxiLtJjiMvI/AAAAAAAAAfM/GWl5ebwGW5g/s320/003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699458936212697842" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My son's birthday in Dec. 28 and every year when we celebrate his day, I mentally think about the year he has had: the good, bad and ugly... This has been a good year form him and I listed the events that took place. Cartridges used are Birthday Bash, Celebrations and photo mats using Lacy Labels.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-2520944575851793012?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/2520944575851793012/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2012/01/january-monthly-challenge-year-in.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/2520944575851793012'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/2520944575851793012'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2012/01/january-monthly-challenge-year-in.html' title='JANUARY MONTHLY CHALLENGE: The Year In Review Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NV0QRkdUGgg/TxiLtJjiMvI/AAAAAAAAAfM/GWl5ebwGW5g/s72-c/003.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-4140452388248803551</id><published>2012-01-09T08:55:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-09T10:05:07.752-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='George'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Art Philosophy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cricut craft room'/><title type='text'>DECEMBER CRICUT CRAFT ROOM CONTEST!</title><content type='html'>We want to encourage you to play with the Cricut Craft Room™design tool, so this month we are using it as part of our challenge! We want you to create a project of your choice with the Cricut Craft Room™design tool. If you win this challenge, we would like you to send us your file so we can add it next month’s magazine files for everyone to share!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-R-M6-NhAoq8/TwscTZQYLQI/AAAAAAAAAe0/-BP4vwyVse8/s1600/002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 147px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-R-M6-NhAoq8/TwscTZQYLQI/AAAAAAAAAe0/-BP4vwyVse8/s320/002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695677273262796034" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OU21VebAINk/TwscTRyaBcI/AAAAAAAAAek/5oUxSIO5NLI/s1600/003.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OU21VebAINk/TwscTRyaBcI/AAAAAAAAAek/5oUxSIO5NLI/s320/003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695677271258039746" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-I1UHiSUPgTE/TwscTPJQP6I/AAAAAAAAAec/r_WW6MY41jE/s1600/004.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-I1UHiSUPgTE/TwscTPJQP6I/AAAAAAAAAec/r_WW6MY41jE/s320/004.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695677270548561826" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to this challenge, I finally began learning Cricut Craft Room. This simple design took me forever, but I learned the basics: weld, group, rotate, and layer. Joy's videos and the Cricut tutorials really helped me, thank you! I made treat holders for Valentine's Day and added a bag of M&amp;M's and for my grandsons a sucker. Cartridges: George and Art Philosophy&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-4140452388248803551?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/4140452388248803551/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2012/01/december-cricut-craft-room-contest.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/4140452388248803551'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/4140452388248803551'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2012/01/december-cricut-craft-room-contest.html' title='DECEMBER CRICUT CRAFT ROOM CONTEST!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-R-M6-NhAoq8/TwscTZQYLQI/AAAAAAAAAe0/-BP4vwyVse8/s72-c/002.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-6988418415160593125</id><published>2012-01-02T20:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-03T12:34:21.537-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Weekly Challenge #48: Creative Resolutions for 2012 Challenge!</title><content type='html'>The Challenge: Whenever the New Year rolls around, we tend to do a little self-evaluation and decide what we want to do differently in the year to come. For the challenge this week, we want you to think about your CREATIVE resolutions and record them in some way. Do you want to stretch your creativity in new ways? Maybe you want to try a new hobby or learn something new. Maybe you want to simplify. Whatever it is, get those goals down on paper! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hY7dMazjsTU/TwNlsuxL9-I/AAAAAAAAAeQ/Pva6Da8OCaQ/s1600/001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 234px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hY7dMazjsTU/TwNlsuxL9-I/AAAAAAAAAeQ/Pva6Da8OCaQ/s320/001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693506173069424610" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-73341539Leg/TwNlscfP-ZI/AAAAAAAAAeE/G1NAyHW1Zdw/s1600/003.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 250px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-73341539Leg/TwNlscfP-ZI/AAAAAAAAAeE/G1NAyHW1Zdw/s320/003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693506168162351506" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Cricut cartridges have so many cuts and it always amazes me there are so many I didn't know existed. I'll see a project on the MB and when the person lists the carts used, I usually have them and was clueless. I decided to make a notebook to keep on my craft table to refer to when I am searching for a new idea. I know I could use the computer, but this will be tailored to my needs and I can quickly flip through it. January is a quiet craft month for me, so my goal is to collect all my notes, and to go through the handbooks, to list cartridges in different categories. There is plenty of room in my notebook to add more categories. Also, I have made a pocket to keep notes until I can categorize them. Cartridges: Simply Charmed (Notes), Sophie, (butterfly), From My Kitchen, (tabs). The Cuttlebug folder has given in Swap bags from the Utah Swarm.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-6988418415160593125?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/6988418415160593125/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2012/01/weekly-challenge-48-creative.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/6988418415160593125'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/6988418415160593125'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2012/01/weekly-challenge-48-creative.html' title='Weekly Challenge #48: Creative Resolutions for 2012 Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hY7dMazjsTU/TwNlsuxL9-I/AAAAAAAAAeQ/Pva6Da8OCaQ/s72-c/001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-8458611753400882792</id><published>2011-12-14T12:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-14T12:53:43.141-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Snowflake'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas ornament'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Winter Frolic'/><title type='text'>Weekly Challenge #47: Ornament Challenge!</title><content type='html'>The Challenge: Ornaments are such a fun thing to make for the holidays . . . they can adorn your tree, garland, or even be used to adorn a gift! For this challenge we want to see you create an ornament using yoru Cricut. But that’s not all, let’s make those ornaments sparkle and shine among the holiday lights by adding . . . GLITTER! Must include 2 Cricut cuts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PltkIVnPs6g/TukKzvwmfhI/AAAAAAAAAd4/bZLj1nYsTok/s1600/004.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 160px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PltkIVnPs6g/TukKzvwmfhI/AAAAAAAAAd4/bZLj1nYsTok/s320/004.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686087888641883666" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For this challenge I used the snowman from Winter Frolic and snowflake from Christmas Noel. Stickles was added to make the snowflake and tree shine and sparkle!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-8458611753400882792?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/8458611753400882792/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/12/weekly-challenge-47-ornament-challenge.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/8458611753400882792'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/8458611753400882792'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/12/weekly-challenge-47-ornament-challenge.html' title='Weekly Challenge #47: Ornament Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PltkIVnPs6g/TukKzvwmfhI/AAAAAAAAAd4/bZLj1nYsTok/s72-c/004.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-2751836729650246916</id><published>2011-12-05T18:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-08T17:02:43.245-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gift box'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tag'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MS Cake Art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Winter Wonderland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wrap it Up'/><title type='text'>DECEMBER MONTHLY CHALLENGE: Holiday Gift Wrapping Challenge!</title><content type='html'>The Challenge: Use your Cricut machines, Cuttlebug, Yudu, etc. to create beautiful gift-wrapping. We want to see the unique and personalized details you add to your gift packaging, wrapping, gift tags, cards and more! Include 2 Cricut cuts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PForPpqhHeM/Tt2CV_ulJOI/AAAAAAAAAds/NKkfU0_B0os/s1600/002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 283px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PForPpqhHeM/Tt2CV_ulJOI/AAAAAAAAAds/NKkfU0_B0os/s320/002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682841619207103714" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I made a gift box and used the following Cricut cuts to decorate it: snowflake border and snowman from Martha Steward Crafts Seasonal Cake Art, sentiment from Winter Wonderland, and the tag from Wrap It Up. The handle is glittering yarn and also added Snow-Tex and glitter to the border. A snowman stamp was used to decorate the white tissue paper. The box directions: 1-6"x10"card stock scored at 1 1/2" on all sides, then fold and adhere to form the bottom of the box. 2-6"x12" card stock scored at 2" and 5". Wrap around the bottom of the box and adhere.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-2751836729650246916?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/2751836729650246916/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/12/december-monthly-challenge-holiday-gift.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/2751836729650246916'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/2751836729650246916'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/12/december-monthly-challenge-holiday-gift.html' title='DECEMBER MONTHLY CHALLENGE: Holiday Gift Wrapping Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PForPpqhHeM/Tt2CV_ulJOI/AAAAAAAAAds/NKkfU0_B0os/s72-c/002.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-5316359477184047891</id><published>2011-12-02T19:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-08T17:06:42.329-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Elegant Edges'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cindy Loo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Walk in my Garden'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas card'/><title type='text'>Weekly Challenge #46: Flower Fusion Challenge!</title><content type='html'>The Challenge: We all have them in one form or another . . . flowers! Most of the time we buy them in a package, use a few, tuck them away and then forget that we have them. This week’s challenge we want you to shop your stash and incorporate purchased flowers into your project, whether it’s a card, layout, home decor item, etc. Be sure to include atleast 2 Cricut Image Cuts on your project.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Zk-QgJ5cEiE/TtmRkSMIBrI/AAAAAAAAAdg/YtWYiswJ08s/s1600/007.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Zk-QgJ5cEiE/TtmRkSMIBrI/AAAAAAAAAdg/YtWYiswJ08s/s320/007.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681732457448605362" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I used Elegant Edges p. 51 for the frame, Walk in My Garden for the pot and  Cindy Loo flower7 for stems around the Poinsettias. The poinsettias are from my stash.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-5316359477184047891?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/5316359477184047891/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/12/weekly-challenge-46-flower-fusion.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/5316359477184047891'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/5316359477184047891'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/12/weekly-challenge-46-flower-fusion.html' title='Weekly Challenge #46: Flower Fusion Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Zk-QgJ5cEiE/TtmRkSMIBrI/AAAAAAAAAdg/YtWYiswJ08s/s72-c/007.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-4992072534363098382</id><published>2011-11-30T19:54:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-30T20:04:37.273-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas sled'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sophie'/><title type='text'>NOVEMBER EXCLUSIVE SOPHIE CARTRIDGE CONTEST!</title><content type='html'>We love our darling Sophie cartridge so much that we want to feature it in this month’s contest! Use your exclusive cartridge to create something fabulous for the upcoming holidays! &lt;br /&gt;Contest Rules: Use your Sophie cartridge for at least 3 cuts to create your project. Contest will open on November 18th&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IbUOdLCTfU8/Ttb6nco2moI/AAAAAAAAAdU/-dxEbj6B_Uw/s1600/004.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IbUOdLCTfU8/Ttb6nco2moI/AAAAAAAAAdU/-dxEbj6B_Uw/s320/004.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681003535583844994" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I used an unfinished sled purchased from Craft Warehouse and decorated it with Christmas paper, ribbon, and painted the runners gray. The 3 cuts from the Sophie Cartridge are the tree, snowflakes and Accent3-s on p. 54 for the tag. The stamp is from my stash. This will be a gift for a friend when we have our annual Christmas lunch.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-4992072534363098382?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/4992072534363098382/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/11/november-exclusive-sophie-cartridge.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/4992072534363098382'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/4992072534363098382'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/11/november-exclusive-sophie-cartridge.html' title='NOVEMBER EXCLUSIVE SOPHIE CARTRIDGE CONTEST!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IbUOdLCTfU8/Ttb6nco2moI/AAAAAAAAAdU/-dxEbj6B_Uw/s72-c/004.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-1121289425273820845</id><published>2011-11-16T12:26:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-08T17:08:25.091-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Winter Frolic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas card'/><title type='text'>Weekly Challenge #45: Run for the Border Challenge!</title><content type='html'>The Challenge: Borders can be simple &amp; sweet, elegantly detailed, masculine, or playful . . . and they can be that perfect final touch to add to your project. We want you to make a run for the border . . . your Cricut Borders, that is. Create a projects of your choice and include a Cricut Border cut somewhere on your project. Be sure to include atleast 2 Total Cricut Image Cuts on your project.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_BCWcTVFDMg/TsQcr9mMLtI/AAAAAAAAAdI/mtL0HCbTAxg/s1600/002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 274px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_BCWcTVFDMg/TsQcr9mMLtI/AAAAAAAAAdI/mtL0HCbTAxg/s320/002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675692971988365010" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For this challenge, I used the snowflake border from Winter Frolic on p.28. The sledder, sign post, mountain, trees, and White Christmas are from the same cart. Snow-Tex was added to give the card texture and some "snow". This card will be for my grandson who loves sledding and the higher the hill, the better.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-1121289425273820845?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/1121289425273820845/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/11/weekly-challenge-45-run-for-border.html#comment-form' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/1121289425273820845'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/1121289425273820845'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/11/weekly-challenge-45-run-for-border.html' title='Weekly Challenge #45: Run for the Border Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_BCWcTVFDMg/TsQcr9mMLtI/AAAAAAAAAdI/mtL0HCbTAxg/s72-c/002.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-5509932812279708913</id><published>2011-11-07T11:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-12T12:25:25.409-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Happy Hauntings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tie the Knot'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Art Philosophy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Thanksgiving'/><title type='text'>NOVEMBER MONTHLY CHALLENGE: Signs of Fall with Texture Challenge!</title><content type='html'>The Challenge: Create a project of any kind using your “sign/sybmol” of fall (remember, this can be any fall item that brings that fall feeling to you). You also must include some way of adding texture to your project. Whether you use a cuttlebug, distress the edges, ink, stickles, etc. Your project must include at least 2 different Cricut cuts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZVS-70qg-Jg/TrgttqnG6eI/AAAAAAAAAc8/GWXBBkeq2n8/s1600/010.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZVS-70qg-Jg/TrgttqnG6eI/AAAAAAAAAc8/GWXBBkeq2n8/s320/010.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672333993228823010" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kP2OiuagUkc/TrgtopG0pqI/AAAAAAAAAcw/SyeJz0wTjOI/s1600/013.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 252px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kP2OiuagUkc/TrgtopG0pqI/AAAAAAAAAcw/SyeJz0wTjOI/s320/013.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672333906925627042" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hVgsN_feL3M/Trgth0JW7eI/AAAAAAAAAck/TFGY3QyPw3Q/s1600/014.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hVgsN_feL3M/Trgth0JW7eI/AAAAAAAAAck/TFGY3QyPw3Q/s320/014.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672333789629967842" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I made a Thanksgiving Center piece for the table. The lantern is from Tie the Knot and hid the hearts with the Gypsy. I really like this cart for lanterns because of the wavy lines. It was a little too high, so I did some tweaking and used a punch at the top. Art Philolosy was used for the leaves, acorns, left over cuts from the decorative layer circle spread on the plate, and the pumpkin vine from Happy Hauntings. For texture, I used a stamp for a random pattern on the pumpkins and a Cuttlebug folder on the acorn and inked the textured paper.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-5509932812279708913?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/5509932812279708913/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/11/november-monthly-challenge-signs-of.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/5509932812279708913'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/5509932812279708913'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/11/november-monthly-challenge-signs-of.html' title='NOVEMBER MONTHLY CHALLENGE: Signs of Fall with Texture Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZVS-70qg-Jg/TrgttqnG6eI/AAAAAAAAAc8/GWXBBkeq2n8/s72-c/010.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-2197697676911651275</id><published>2011-11-05T11:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-05T18:35:26.845-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Give a Hoot'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Straight from the nest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mini album'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Stretch your Imagination'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Picturesque'/><title type='text'>Weekly Challenge #44: Mini Album Challenge!</title><content type='html'>The Challenge: There is something about mini albums that is so charming. When I look through one, I feel like I am opening a special gift with something new to discover on each page. They are a tactile treat! For this challenge we want to see you create a Mini Album using your Cricut machine. It can be for any holiday, season, occasion, or just because! Be sure to include atleast 2 Cricut Image Cuts on your project.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-w8S0IQ1gC00/TrV-N6Uf-YI/AAAAAAAAAcY/5aNI32IP7xE/s1600/001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 269px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-w8S0IQ1gC00/TrV-N6Uf-YI/AAAAAAAAAcY/5aNI32IP7xE/s320/001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671578083201644930" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7-_FxX-eIgo/TrV-JgjVUAI/AAAAAAAAAcM/6tMhsWvHzE0/s1600/002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 275px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7-_FxX-eIgo/TrV-JgjVUAI/AAAAAAAAAcM/6tMhsWvHzE0/s320/002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671578007565062146" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aoXjNkigR60/TrV-FOas9HI/AAAAAAAAAcA/SY-cJjFEdwA/s1600/004.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 264px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aoXjNkigR60/TrV-FOas9HI/AAAAAAAAAcA/SY-cJjFEdwA/s320/004.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671577933977547890" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TwazAU931HU/TrV-AcGG3WI/AAAAAAAAAb0/TvVftJrq-0I/s1600/005.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 258px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TwazAU931HU/TrV-AcGG3WI/AAAAAAAAAb0/TvVftJrq-0I/s320/005.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671577851749916002" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oILdXK2GNQg/TrV96-iFuwI/AAAAAAAAAbo/4x1T0jsS2ds/s1600/006.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 209px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oILdXK2GNQg/TrV96-iFuwI/AAAAAAAAAbo/4x1T0jsS2ds/s320/006.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671577757914872578" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I made a mini album for a friend who loves birds for her birthday. I used paper and embellishments from My Little Shoe Box. The Cricuts are from Straight from the Nest (Life is Tweet, bird cage, flower, nest), Give a Hoot (tree, nest, bird, flower), Picturesque (Daisy), Stretch Your Imagination (bird house).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-2197697676911651275?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/2197697676911651275/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/11/weekly-challenge-44-mini-album.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/2197697676911651275'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/2197697676911651275'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/11/weekly-challenge-44-mini-album.html' title='Weekly Challenge #44: Mini Album Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-w8S0IQ1gC00/TrV-N6Uf-YI/AAAAAAAAAcY/5aNI32IP7xE/s72-c/001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-6693907001118119628</id><published>2011-10-30T13:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-30T13:28:24.402-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Happy Hauntings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Magazine challenge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Halloween'/><title type='text'>OCTOBER MAGAZINE CHALLENGE!</title><content type='html'>OCTOBER SKETCH CONTEST!&lt;br /&gt;We are so excited about our new sketch section in the Circle Magazine that we want to get you in on the action! Use this month’s sketch on page 9 and 10 of the October Issue to create your own masterpiece. It can be a card, layout, decor item, or whatever you are inspired to create. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CeJRHpCknpI/Tq2uU2d1eEI/AAAAAAAAAbE/kof-pQ72QTg/s1600/001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 245px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CeJRHpCknpI/Tq2uU2d1eEI/AAAAAAAAAbE/kof-pQ72QTg/s320/001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669379179170592834" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Since I needed to make a Halloween card for my hubby, I used the Sketch from this month's contest. Gotta love these challenges as it really gets me to thinking and out of my rut. I used George for the Circle and heart, Happy Hauntings for the frame, Frankenstein and his bride. It's a little silly, but that is what Halloween is all about for me! Stamped sentiment and bats from my stash.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-6693907001118119628?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/6693907001118119628/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/10/october-magazine-challenge.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/6693907001118119628'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/6693907001118119628'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/10/october-magazine-challenge.html' title='OCTOBER MAGAZINE CHALLENGE!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CeJRHpCknpI/Tq2uU2d1eEI/AAAAAAAAAbE/kof-pQ72QTg/s72-c/001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-4380698120185746207</id><published>2011-10-24T19:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-03T16:50:45.438-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Treat bags'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Happy Hauntings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Halloween'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chic and Scary'/><title type='text'>Weekly Challenge #43: Feeling Gifty Challenge!</title><content type='html'>The Challenge: We all love to receive a little surprise . . . just because! This challenge is all about paying it forward and brightening someone’s day! Create something to give away using your Cricut machine. It can be for a holiday, a season, an occasion, or just because. Be sure to include atleast 2 Cricut Image Cuts on your project.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dGK-cAz4-AE/TqYhxTHfwZI/AAAAAAAAAaY/lmnKFqKK-nc/s1600/023.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 301px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dGK-cAz4-AE/TqYhxTHfwZI/AAAAAAAAAaY/lmnKFqKK-nc/s320/023.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667254311921369490" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-L4rSvj_MKkM/TqYhrqrHm_I/AAAAAAAAAaM/iFsR23SGxfc/s1600/024.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 290px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-L4rSvj_MKkM/TqYhrqrHm_I/AAAAAAAAAaM/iFsR23SGxfc/s320/024.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667254215165582322" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;For this challenge I used the box and Oct 31 from Chic &amp; Scary and the shoe from Happy Hauntings. I had seen the shoe decorated with ribbon by TreeFrog and just had to make one. I'll put this on my neighbor's porch the 31st. Thank you TreeFrog for sharing your wonderful creations.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-4380698120185746207?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/4380698120185746207/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/10/weekly-challenge-43-feeling-gifty.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/4380698120185746207'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/4380698120185746207'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/10/weekly-challenge-43-feeling-gifty.html' title='Weekly Challenge #43: Feeling Gifty Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dGK-cAz4-AE/TqYhxTHfwZI/AAAAAAAAAaY/lmnKFqKK-nc/s72-c/023.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-4969801710101731432</id><published>2011-10-09T23:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-09T23:31:46.757-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Simply Charmed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hello Kitty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Halloween'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mini Monograms'/><title type='text'>BLOGIVERSARY CHALLENGE: Sketch Challenge!</title><content type='html'>Create a project of your choice using the sketch. Your project must include atleast 2 different Cricut Image Cuts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Y7SSh5H2NAY/TpKQjOiu2AI/AAAAAAAAAaE/5cQppvKQFcI/s1600/002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 250px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Y7SSh5H2NAY/TpKQjOiu2AI/AAAAAAAAAaE/5cQppvKQFcI/s320/002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661746616431728642" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I made a Halloween card for my friend's granddaughter who loves Hello Kitty. Cricut cuts are from Hello Kitty, Doodlecharms, Simply charmed and Mini Monograms.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-4969801710101731432?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/4969801710101731432/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/10/blogiversary-challenge-sketch-challenge.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/4969801710101731432'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/4969801710101731432'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/10/blogiversary-challenge-sketch-challenge.html' title='BLOGIVERSARY CHALLENGE: Sketch Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Y7SSh5H2NAY/TpKQjOiu2AI/AAAAAAAAAaE/5cQppvKQFcI/s72-c/002.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-2702160981058601584</id><published>2011-10-08T18:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-09T16:48:13.398-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Birthday Card'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hello Kitty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Art Philosophy'/><title type='text'>BLOGIVERSARY CHALLENGE: Recipe Challenge!</title><content type='html'>The Challenge: Use your Cricut machines to create a project using the following “recipe.” It must contain 1) A Title; 2) At least 2 Cricut Cuts, and 3) At least 3 buttons. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yyuW9jNARPw/TpD9jR9q2bI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/OUisEL8Kmeg/s1600/001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 215px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yyuW9jNARPw/TpD9jR9q2bI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/OUisEL8Kmeg/s320/001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661303514164025778" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;I made a shaped card for my friend's granddaughter who has a birthday this weekend. Since, I have 2 grandsons, making cards for a girl is so fun. I used Hello Kitty and Art Philosophy for the flower. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-2702160981058601584?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/2702160981058601584/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/10/blogiversary-challenge-recipe-challenge.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/2702160981058601584'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/2702160981058601584'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/10/blogiversary-challenge-recipe-challenge.html' title='BLOGIVERSARY CHALLENGE: Recipe Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yyuW9jNARPw/TpD9jR9q2bI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/OUisEL8Kmeg/s72-c/001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-8404086920034670134</id><published>2011-10-06T11:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-06T11:19:15.667-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Happy Hauntings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doodlecharms'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Halloween'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cuttlebug'/><title type='text'>BLOGIVERSARY CHALLENGE: Cuttlebug Challenge!</title><content type='html'>The Challenge: Create a project of your choice using your Cuttlebug machine as the main focus. Your project must include atleast 2 different Cricut Image Cuts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kcLrDUu-JQk/To3wDO5_P5I/AAAAAAAAAZ0/CA3ZSwKuANo/s1600/006.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 252px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kcLrDUu-JQk/To3wDO5_P5I/AAAAAAAAAZ0/CA3ZSwKuANo/s320/006.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660444245006172050" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;I used the Web Cuttlebug folder for this Halloween card. The spiders are from Doodlecharms and EEK! from Happy Hauntings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-8404086920034670134?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/8404086920034670134/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/10/blogiversary-challenge-cuttlebug.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/8404086920034670134'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/8404086920034670134'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/10/blogiversary-challenge-cuttlebug.html' title='BLOGIVERSARY CHALLENGE: Cuttlebug Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kcLrDUu-JQk/To3wDO5_P5I/AAAAAAAAAZ0/CA3ZSwKuANo/s72-c/006.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-1902047043419442260</id><published>2011-10-06T10:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-06T11:02:44.732-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Happy Hauntings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Halloween'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Paper Dolls Dressed Up'/><title type='text'>OCTOBER MONTHLY CHALLENGE: Halloween Home Decor Challenge!</title><content type='html'>The Challenge: Create a Halloween Home Decor project! Your project must include at least 2 different Cricut Image Cuts. &lt;br /&gt;Rules and Guidelines: Circle Blog Challenges are open to Cricut Circle Members only. You can create any type of project you would like (tag, altered project, mini album, etc.) but your project must be newly created for this challenge and include atleast 2 Cricut Image Cuts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XC7x4M3BZvA/To3sJvEl43I/AAAAAAAAAZs/n18Zi8_2I3o/s1600/001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 311px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XC7x4M3BZvA/To3sJvEl43I/AAAAAAAAAZs/n18Zi8_2I3o/s320/001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660439958673286002" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;For this challenge, I created a Halloween Wreath. I painted a Styrofoam ring black and then wrapped ribbon around it. The Cricut cuts are from Paper Dolls Dressed Up and Happy Hauntings.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-1902047043419442260?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/1902047043419442260/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/10/october-monthly-challenge-halloween.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/1902047043419442260'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/1902047043419442260'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/10/october-monthly-challenge-halloween.html' title='OCTOBER MONTHLY CHALLENGE: Halloween Home Decor Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XC7x4M3BZvA/To3sJvEl43I/AAAAAAAAAZs/n18Zi8_2I3o/s72-c/001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-8865373805081379809</id><published>2011-10-05T12:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-05T12:08:51.062-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sweet Treats'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sophie'/><title type='text'>BLOGIVERSARY CHALLENGE: Monochromatic Color Challenge!</title><content type='html'>The Challenge: Create a project of your choice using a monochromatic color scheme. Your project must include atleast 2 different Cricut Image Cuts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-G98V28j4W7U/ToyqKNJcdeI/AAAAAAAAAZk/mUM9kfW7aRY/s1600/001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 258px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-G98V28j4W7U/ToyqKNJcdeI/AAAAAAAAAZk/mUM9kfW7aRY/s320/001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660085924002559458" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Orh3rfqvWL0/ToyqFOPI1sI/AAAAAAAAAZc/KA4E7fl_GDY/s1600/002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 234px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Orh3rfqvWL0/ToyqFOPI1sI/AAAAAAAAAZc/KA4E7fl_GDY/s320/002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660085838395528898" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I made a birthday card for this challenge. The card is 4", flower 3.22 X 3.47 and smaller flowers (on outside and inside of card) from Sophie, happy birthday from Sweet Treats at 3.02 X 3.71.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-8865373805081379809?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/8865373805081379809/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/10/blogiversary-challenge-monochromatic.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/8865373805081379809'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/8865373805081379809'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/10/blogiversary-challenge-monochromatic.html' title='BLOGIVERSARY CHALLENGE: Monochromatic Color Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-G98V28j4W7U/ToyqKNJcdeI/AAAAAAAAAZk/mUM9kfW7aRY/s72-c/001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-1441039423478232425</id><published>2011-10-03T21:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T21:08:51.956-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Birthday Card'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Picturesque'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Art Philosophy'/><title type='text'>Weekly Challenge #42: World Card-Making Day Challenge!</title><content type='html'>The Challenge: For this next challenge, we want to see you show off your card-making skills in honor of World Card-Making Day (October 1st). The requirements are simple . . . create a card with any theme you would like using your Cricut machine! Include at least 2 Cricut Image cuts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vPddIKMGSMQ/ToqFupvdE-I/AAAAAAAAAZU/ATMfDLVJxhs/s1600/002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 250px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vPddIKMGSMQ/ToqFupvdE-I/AAAAAAAAAZU/ATMfDLVJxhs/s320/002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659482918269817826" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I made a card for a friend who has a fall birthday. She likes brown and pink and I found this paper, I've had forever. I used the present and tag from Art Philosophy and the daisy from Picturesque.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-1441039423478232425?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/1441039423478232425/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/10/weekly-challenge-42-world-card-making.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/1441039423478232425'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/1441039423478232425'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/10/weekly-challenge-42-world-card-making.html' title='Weekly Challenge #42: World Card-Making Day Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vPddIKMGSMQ/ToqFupvdE-I/AAAAAAAAAZU/ATMfDLVJxhs/s72-c/002.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-876314164883882485</id><published>2011-10-03T20:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T20:56:26.535-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sophie'/><title type='text'>BLOGIVERSARY CHALLENGE: Exclusive Circle Cartridge Challenge!</title><content type='html'>The Challenge: Create a project of your choice with one or more of the Cricut Circle Exclusive cartridges! (French Manor, Shall We Dance, Cricut Everyday, Pop-Up Neighborhood, or Sophie) Your project must include atleast 2 different Cricut Image Cuts. And YES! You can mix in other cartridges with your Circle Exclusive cartridges.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-45rNUMyUVzE/ToqBMMHCrFI/AAAAAAAAAZM/YfmEEXgkKiQ/s1600/003.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-45rNUMyUVzE/ToqBMMHCrFI/AAAAAAAAAZM/YfmEEXgkKiQ/s320/003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659477928153623634" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I finally opened Sophie and used it for this challenge. I am going to love this cartridge for cards. I made a card for a wedding Oct. 15. I used card 2 at 4" and label 7 at 3.25" from Sophie, and Mr.&amp;Mrs. from Sweethearts at 1.5".  Pearlescent Paper was used, but my wonderful photography doesn't show the shimmer.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-876314164883882485?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/876314164883882485/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/10/blogiversary-challenge-exclusive-circle.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/876314164883882485'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/876314164883882485'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/10/blogiversary-challenge-exclusive-circle.html' title='BLOGIVERSARY CHALLENGE: Exclusive Circle Cartridge Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-45rNUMyUVzE/ToqBMMHCrFI/AAAAAAAAAZM/YfmEEXgkKiQ/s72-c/003.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-4562783647883848857</id><published>2011-09-28T22:48:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T21:13:11.212-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Happy Hauntings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Halloween'/><title type='text'>SEPTEMBER MAGAZINE CHALLENGE! ECHO PARK CONTEST!</title><content type='html'>We love Echo Park and the fun collections they are constantly creating. We would like to invite you to use any of their collections in this challenge. Create something with your favorite Echo Park Paper or stickers and your favorite cartridge. Contest Rules: Use any Echo Park Collection and at least 4 Cricut Cuts from your favorite cartridge in your design.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fK3yb6TJLjA/ToQG6t0x7NI/AAAAAAAAAZE/JrHuXuQ-3UA/s1600/001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 314px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fK3yb6TJLjA/ToQG6t0x7NI/AAAAAAAAAZE/JrHuXuQ-3UA/s320/001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657654637687336146" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SwFjZwcC7fU/ToQGxf_Ze4I/AAAAAAAAAY8/HuM19j61la4/s1600/005.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 251px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SwFjZwcC7fU/ToQGxf_Ze4I/AAAAAAAAAY8/HuM19j61la4/s320/005.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657654479354952578" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For this challenge, I made Halloween treat boxes using the matchbox cut from Tag, Bags, Boxes and More. All images cuts are from Happy Hauntings. Echo Park: Paper from Victoria Gardens and For the Record, Element Stickers from For the Record, and Apothecary Labels. The popcorn bags were too large for the box, so I tied it to the box with a ribbon. I used wobbles to secure the cut to the box.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-4562783647883848857?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/4562783647883848857/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/09/september-magazine-challenge-echo-park.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/4562783647883848857'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/4562783647883848857'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/09/september-magazine-challenge-echo-park.html' title='SEPTEMBER MAGAZINE CHALLENGE! ECHO PARK CONTEST!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fK3yb6TJLjA/ToQG6t0x7NI/AAAAAAAAAZE/JrHuXuQ-3UA/s72-c/001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-8489429575986425728</id><published>2011-09-26T08:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T21:14:02.296-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Thanksgiving'/><title type='text'>Weekly Challenge #41: Interactive Elements Challenge!</title><content type='html'>The Challenge: For this next challenge, we want to see you add an interactive element to your project and include at least 2 Cricut Image Cuts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-03ja6Bh-Gvg/ToChDWcsn7I/AAAAAAAAAYk/gDZ-N8sxzzM/s1600/015.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 242px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-03ja6Bh-Gvg/ToChDWcsn7I/AAAAAAAAAYk/gDZ-N8sxzzM/s320/015.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656698210914967474" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TFvPrGBrrhE/ToCg-Hkp8gI/AAAAAAAAAYc/5gFuoJDKcyA/s1600/014.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 262px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TFvPrGBrrhE/ToCg-Hkp8gI/AAAAAAAAAYc/5gFuoJDKcyA/s320/014.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656698121022468610" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For this challenge I made a Windshield Wiper Card for my grandson's Thanksgiving card. The Cricut cuts: turkey, gobble, sign, apple basket and drumsticks.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-8489429575986425728?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/8489429575986425728/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/09/weekly-challenge-41-interactive.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/8489429575986425728'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/8489429575986425728'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/09/weekly-challenge-41-interactive.html' title='Weekly Challenge #41: Interactive Elements Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-03ja6Bh-Gvg/ToChDWcsn7I/AAAAAAAAAYk/gDZ-N8sxzzM/s72-c/015.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-5552914566298042265</id><published>2011-09-19T11:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T21:14:44.435-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Art Philosophy'/><title type='text'>SEPTEMBER MONTHLY CHALLENGE: Window Dressing Challenge!</title><content type='html'>The Challenge: Create a project of your choice and include a WINDOW element of some kind! Your project must include atleast 2 different Cricut Image Cuts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--SJWbMGDOfk/TneIGY8pNzI/AAAAAAAAAYU/DFKhFEExn90/s1600/004.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--SJWbMGDOfk/TneIGY8pNzI/AAAAAAAAAYU/DFKhFEExn90/s320/004.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654137500544350002" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yeRcKbyggsU/TneIBeCknOI/AAAAAAAAAYM/e3IhzLC4xM8/s1600/009.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 272px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yeRcKbyggsU/TneIBeCknOI/AAAAAAAAAYM/e3IhzLC4xM8/s320/009.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654137416012045538" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For this challenge, I used Art Philosophy for the present, card base and top with pattern paper and the banner. The present was cut with blue shimmer paper and velum. I stamped the velum and adhered it to the blue base. Pop dots were used to give the present dimension behind the window.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-5552914566298042265?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/5552914566298042265/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/09/september-monthly-challenge-window.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/5552914566298042265'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/5552914566298042265'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/09/september-monthly-challenge-window.html' title='SEPTEMBER MONTHLY CHALLENGE: Window Dressing Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--SJWbMGDOfk/TneIGY8pNzI/AAAAAAAAAYU/DFKhFEExn90/s72-c/004.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-4455615242164792363</id><published>2011-09-10T12:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T21:15:21.404-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Birthday Card'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Art Philosophy'/><title type='text'>Weekly Challenge #40: Glittery Card Sketch Challenge!</title><content type='html'>This weekly challenge required a sketch, bling and 2 Cricut image cuts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_cGTn0rrkBk/Tmu6xWCtTmI/AAAAAAAAAYE/TB2h93nO0Kc/s1600/010.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_cGTn0rrkBk/Tmu6xWCtTmI/AAAAAAAAAYE/TB2h93nO0Kc/s320/010.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650815514359713378" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4rcUjwo37Oo/Tmu6swJiuJI/AAAAAAAAAX8/M_VoNEkiOAo/s1600/005.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 296px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4rcUjwo37Oo/Tmu6swJiuJI/AAAAAAAAAX8/M_VoNEkiOAo/s320/005.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650815435468355730" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;I used Art Philosophy for the 3 roses at 4" and 3.5" and the branch from Cindy Loo at 3.5" I did the spray the roses with glimmer mist and hopefully it will show in the close up picture of them. The roses are cut from white paper and then inked. Also added pearls.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-4455615242164792363?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/4455615242164792363/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/09/weekly-challenge-40-glittery-card.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/4455615242164792363'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/4455615242164792363'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/09/weekly-challenge-40-glittery-card.html' title='Weekly Challenge #40: Glittery Card Sketch Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_cGTn0rrkBk/Tmu6xWCtTmI/AAAAAAAAAYE/TB2h93nO0Kc/s72-c/010.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-7918017315830922004</id><published>2011-08-25T09:15:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T21:16:41.679-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Thank you'/><title type='text'>AUGUST MAGAZINE COSMO CRICKET CONTEST!</title><content type='html'>Contest Rules: Use any Cosmo Cricket product, at least three Cricut cuts, and any Cuttlebug folder. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2sBRqW9j0Pc/TlZ1SdahbiI/AAAAAAAAAX0/Nm-QZbX0L9k/s1600/001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2sBRqW9j0Pc/TlZ1SdahbiI/AAAAAAAAAX0/Nm-QZbX0L9k/s320/001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644828142949461538" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;For this challenge I used the following Cosmo Cricket products: Glubers (adhesive dots to make the ribbon flower), Cardstock: Up Cycle-Re:Versa and CC's Color Picks-Sea Ivory. Cricut cuts: Cindy Loo (Thank You), Walk in My Garden (blossom in the middle of ribbon flower) and Picturesque (Corners). A Cuttlebug border folder was used and inked. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-7918017315830922004?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/7918017315830922004/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/08/magazine-challenge.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/7918017315830922004'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/7918017315830922004'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/08/magazine-challenge.html' title='AUGUST MAGAZINE COSMO CRICKET CONTEST!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2sBRqW9j0Pc/TlZ1SdahbiI/AAAAAAAAAX0/Nm-QZbX0L9k/s72-c/001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-5607738649689299994</id><published>2011-08-23T22:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T21:17:21.277-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='School'/><title type='text'>Weekly Challenge #39: A-B-C, 1-2-3 Challenge!</title><content type='html'>The Challenge: This week our challenge is inspired by all the kiddos heading back to school. It is a recipe challenge of sorts based on ABC, 123. Please include (A) Pop of (B)right (C)olor on your page, as well as 1 of something, 2 of something, and 3 of something. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" ahref="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_qMGq5mKdUc/TlSKTDEFQtI/AAAAAAAAAXs/wsjp6OXSO7A/s1600/001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_qMGq5mKdUc/TlSKTDEFQtI/AAAAAAAAAXs/wsjp6OXSO7A/s320/001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644288292846650066" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;I altered a composition book for this challenge. A) Pop of black cut 4 times for the 2, B) Bright Yellow pencil, C) Red school and Grade. 1) brad to dot the i in penmanship, 2) buttons, 3) cartridges: Locker Talk, Makin' the Grade and Don Juan.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-5607738649689299994?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/5607738649689299994/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/08/weekly-challenge-39-b-c-1-2-3-challenge.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/5607738649689299994'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/5607738649689299994'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/08/weekly-challenge-39-b-c-1-2-3-challenge.html' title='Weekly Challenge #39: A-B-C, 1-2-3 Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_qMGq5mKdUc/TlSKTDEFQtI/AAAAAAAAAXs/wsjp6OXSO7A/s72-c/001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-1039100879352871157</id><published>2011-08-13T12:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T21:17:50.964-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Scrapbooking'/><title type='text'>Weekly Challenge #38: Vacation Memories Challenge!</title><content type='html'>These are  pictures from our 2005 Hawaiian Cruise. They were stuffed in a box and through these&lt;br /&gt;challenges, I am slowly getting them scrapped. Cartridges used: Going Places, Paper Dolls All Dressed Up and Live Is a Beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qVFcfSV0r0w/TkbPeGkY3tI/AAAAAAAAAXk/3bqOZsEw6I4/s1600/002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 309px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qVFcfSV0r0w/TkbPeGkY3tI/AAAAAAAAAXk/3bqOZsEw6I4/s320/002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640423699394387666" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-1039100879352871157?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/1039100879352871157/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/08/weekly-challenge-38-vacation-memories.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/1039100879352871157'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/1039100879352871157'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/08/weekly-challenge-38-vacation-memories.html' title='Weekly Challenge #38: Vacation Memories Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qVFcfSV0r0w/TkbPeGkY3tI/AAAAAAAAAXk/3bqOZsEw6I4/s72-c/002.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-1328143957778910999</id><published>2011-08-07T10:20:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T21:18:15.543-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Scrapbooking'/><title type='text'>AUGUST MONTHLY CHALLENGE: Create a Scene Challenge!</title><content type='html'>The Challenge: Create a project of your choice utilizing your Cricut Cut Images to create a scene! (You are not required to use it, but your latest Circle Exclusive cartridge, Pop-Up Neighborhood, has tons of great images for building a scene!) Your project must include atleast 2 different Cricut Image Cuts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xcbLRxpNqSQ/Tj7Jib3TyOI/AAAAAAAAAXc/1ioCxZZzJSs/s1600/007.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 311px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xcbLRxpNqSQ/Tj7Jib3TyOI/AAAAAAAAAXc/1ioCxZZzJSs/s320/007.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638165376946915554" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;I will be traveling to the Mall of America soon and created a page for pictures when I return. I just love Pop-Up Neighborhood with all the buildings. My Community and Life Is a Beach were also used.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-1328143957778910999?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/1328143957778910999/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/08/august-monthly-challenge-create-scene.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/1328143957778910999'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/1328143957778910999'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/08/august-monthly-challenge-create-scene.html' title='AUGUST MONTHLY CHALLENGE: Create a Scene Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xcbLRxpNqSQ/Tj7Jib3TyOI/AAAAAAAAAXc/1ioCxZZzJSs/s72-c/007.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-6781286854167089629</id><published>2011-07-29T21:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T21:18:55.614-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Treat bags'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Thanksgiving'/><title type='text'>JULY MAGAZINE POP-UP NEIGHBORHOOD CONTEST!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vi7CcvCfVRU/TjOOuai8pLI/AAAAAAAAAXU/W4S4bPeIurU/s1600/001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 281px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vi7CcvCfVRU/TjOOuai8pLI/AAAAAAAAAXU/W4S4bPeIurU/s320/001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635004486821651634" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Use your exclusive Pop Up Neighborhood cartridge for this new contest! We love the fun versatility of this fabulous cartridge and want you to create any kind of project for this challenge. Use at least 4 Cricut cuts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5J3QuwFogyo/TjOMcMdEFaI/AAAAAAAAAXM/QRZySs0AXWA/s1600/004.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5J3QuwFogyo/TjOMcMdEFaI/AAAAAAAAAXM/QRZySs0AXWA/s320/004.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635001974777976226" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For this challenge, I made 16 Fall treat bags (4 of each style). The accessory cuts are wonderful on this cart and I used the ones on the following pages: 53, 36, 60, 57, 76. Each bag will be filled with candy as shown when Halloween candy is available.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-6781286854167089629?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/6781286854167089629/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/07/july-magazine-pop-up-neighborhood.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/6781286854167089629'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/6781286854167089629'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/07/july-magazine-pop-up-neighborhood.html' title='JULY MAGAZINE POP-UP NEIGHBORHOOD CONTEST!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vi7CcvCfVRU/TjOOuai8pLI/AAAAAAAAAXU/W4S4bPeIurU/s72-c/001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-5260777375614577818</id><published>2011-07-29T21:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T21:19:31.613-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Birthday Card'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Birthday Bash'/><title type='text'>Weekly Challenge #37: Technique Challenge!</title><content type='html'>All week long the Cricut Circle Design Team has been showing you new and different techniques to use with your Cricut Cuts, now it’s your turn! Create a project of your choice (Scrapbook page, mini album, card, home decor . . . it’s up to you!) including one of the techniques we have showcased this week and 2 Cricut cuts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jovvUrTf0FU/TjOF_7e7B5I/AAAAAAAAAW8/kV041bMtX84/s1600/001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 257px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jovvUrTf0FU/TjOF_7e7B5I/AAAAAAAAAW8/kV041bMtX84/s320/001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634994892116264850" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;For this challenge I used  Jennifer's example of  using beads and glitter to dress up the Cricut cuts. Beads, pearls and glitter were used on this card. Cricut cuts are from Birthday Bash and Walk In My Garden. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-5260777375614577818?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/5260777375614577818/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/07/weekly-challenge-37-technique-challenge.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/5260777375614577818'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/5260777375614577818'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/07/weekly-challenge-37-technique-challenge.html' title='Weekly Challenge #37: Technique Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jovvUrTf0FU/TjOF_7e7B5I/AAAAAAAAAW8/kV041bMtX84/s72-c/001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-8447891334348960949</id><published>2011-07-15T21:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T21:32:00.048-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tie the Knot'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lanterns'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BBQ'/><title type='text'>JULY MONTHLY CHALLENGE: Let’s Eat Challenge!</title><content type='html'>The Challenge: Create a project of your choice with a BBQ, Picnic, or Patio theme AND use a gingham or check pattern somewhere on your projects. Your project must include atleast 2 different Cricut Image Cuts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iEd-xFPESME/TiETFWp3UUI/AAAAAAAAAW0/ue4sWji9aUs/s1600/004.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 209px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iEd-xFPESME/TiETFWp3UUI/AAAAAAAAAW0/ue4sWji9aUs/s320/004.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629801991891276098" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-afThwHkA8I0/TiETAN1Ld_I/AAAAAAAAAWs/g3N2Vf7l2m4/s1600/002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 198px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-afThwHkA8I0/TiETAN1Ld_I/AAAAAAAAAWs/g3N2Vf7l2m4/s320/002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629801903623469042" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-73ndtOR8MoU/TiES78Py8YI/AAAAAAAAAWk/HUuAI8o8ih0/s1600/001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-73ndtOR8MoU/TiES78Py8YI/AAAAAAAAAWk/HUuAI8o8ih0/s320/001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629801830183793026" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;For this challenge, the lanterns are from Tie the Knot and with the Gypsy, I hid the hearts. The images and sentiments are from 3 Birds on Parade and Celebrations. I made these for a BBQ/Birthday party August 4th, to put on tables around the patio.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-8447891334348960949?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/8447891334348960949/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/07/july-monthly-challenge-lets-eat.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/8447891334348960949'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/8447891334348960949'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/07/july-monthly-challenge-lets-eat.html' title='JULY MONTHLY CHALLENGE: Let’s Eat Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iEd-xFPESME/TiETFWp3UUI/AAAAAAAAAW0/ue4sWji9aUs/s72-c/004.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-4365376127438558947</id><published>2011-07-14T18:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-24T11:25:51.996-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Treat bags'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doodlecharms'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Snowmen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='A Child&apos;s Year'/><title type='text'>Weekly Challenge #36: Fabric Challenge!</title><content type='html'>The challenge is to incorporate fabric into our project with 2 Cricut image cuts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5hmL5XXcx4Y/Th-nbjKe46I/AAAAAAAAAWc/8VJYPLZsrUg/s1600/003.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 182px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5hmL5XXcx4Y/Th-nbjKe46I/AAAAAAAAAWc/8VJYPLZsrUg/s320/003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629402150973924258" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;For this challenge I made a wrapper for a Hershey Candy Bar. I wanted to do this last Christmas,(after seeing a computer generated snowman) but ran out of time so this challenge jogged my memory to get started earlier. I bought several 6 pack of candy bars from Wal-Mart and flannel for the hat and scarf. Paper is wrapped around the candy bar and then I added the Doodlecharms Snowman and the snowflake from A Child's Year.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-4365376127438558947?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/4365376127438558947/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/07/weekly-challenge-36-fabric-challenge.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/4365376127438558947'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/4365376127438558947'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/07/weekly-challenge-36-fabric-challenge.html' title='Weekly Challenge #36: Fabric Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5hmL5XXcx4Y/Th-nbjKe46I/AAAAAAAAAWc/8VJYPLZsrUg/s72-c/003.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-8254999868960113553</id><published>2011-06-26T11:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T21:21:45.840-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Strawberry-hershey kiss'/><title type='text'>Weekly Challenge #35: Patriotic Pride Challenge!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;For this challenge, I made treat boxes from Cindy Loo and the cuts are from Independence Day. Michelle Petersen shared her strawberry cut file that I used to fill the boxes. They are stuffed with a Hershey Kiss. Thank you Michelle!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tdKsuQ4f0bM/TgeCJpZh5MI/AAAAAAAAAWM/06xCSlqLAIk/s1600/4th%2Btreat.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 293px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tdKsuQ4f0bM/TgeCJpZh5MI/AAAAAAAAAWM/06xCSlqLAIk/s320/4th%2Btreat.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622605762038719682" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-8254999868960113553?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/8254999868960113553/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/06/weekly-challenge-35-patriotic-pride.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/8254999868960113553'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/8254999868960113553'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/06/weekly-challenge-35-patriotic-pride.html' title='Weekly Challenge #35: Patriotic Pride Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tdKsuQ4f0bM/TgeCJpZh5MI/AAAAAAAAAWM/06xCSlqLAIk/s72-c/4th%2Btreat.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-8101191466408805411</id><published>2011-06-19T11:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T21:24:19.031-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Father&apos;s Day'/><title type='text'>Weekly Challenge #34: Father’s Day Card Sketch Challenge!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gvM6nR3tmNo/Tf5Ap50BY3I/AAAAAAAAAWE/FInw03GaI9I/s1600/002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gvM6nR3tmNo/Tf5Ap50BY3I/AAAAAAAAAWE/FInw03GaI9I/s320/002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620000473642787698" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;For this challenge I used images from A child's Year and the sentiment from Holiday Cakes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-8101191466408805411?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/8101191466408805411/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/06/weekly-challenge-34-fathers-day-card.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/8101191466408805411'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/8101191466408805411'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/06/weekly-challenge-34-fathers-day-card.html' title='Weekly Challenge #34: Father’s Day Card Sketch Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gvM6nR3tmNo/Tf5Ap50BY3I/AAAAAAAAAWE/FInw03GaI9I/s72-c/002.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-114095344079937951</id><published>2011-06-13T13:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T21:28:04.873-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Travel organizer'/><title type='text'>JUNE MONTHLY CHALLENGE: On the Road Again Challenge!</title><content type='html'>For a lot of us summertime means ROAD TRIP! For this challenge, we want you to create something . . . ANYTHING for your car! It can be a travel game, travel activity, organizer, whatever!  Also, use at least 2 Cricut Cuts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WB89UKkta2Q/TfZtngszBkI/AAAAAAAAAV8/4eVV472D5IE/s1600/1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WB89UKkta2Q/TfZtngszBkI/AAAAAAAAAV8/4eVV472D5IE/s320/1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617798110751426114" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mvSC63lXQqA/TfZtjJBKseI/AAAAAAAAAV0/YzVdY2fvLQo/s1600/2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mvSC63lXQqA/TfZtjJBKseI/AAAAAAAAAV0/YzVdY2fvLQo/s320/2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617798035674935778" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-73u5K286-Uc/TfZteFeXI4I/AAAAAAAAAVs/JTrMPWAA5EM/s1600/3.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-73u5K286-Uc/TfZteFeXI4I/AAAAAAAAAVs/JTrMPWAA5EM/s320/3.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617797948824298370" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6Plo2t5m0sg/TfZtZWyYjeI/AAAAAAAAAVk/K7bJKuq3dWo/s1600/4.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6Plo2t5m0sg/TfZtZWyYjeI/AAAAAAAAAVk/K7bJKuq3dWo/s320/4.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617797867572334050" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For this challenge I altered a file folder to record a road trip. There are 4 pockets: 2 with jornaling tags (I can add more tags depending on the length of the trip)and an envelope to store little momentos. I didn't glue the last pocket so I could store brochures that I find along the way. This will be easy to use because it is sturdy, easy to write on, compact and will fit in my purse. Since a pen is attached, I won't be hunting for something to write with. Cricut Cuts from Going Places, Graphically Speaking, Everyday Paper Dolls, Heritage and TBBM.  &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-114095344079937951?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/114095344079937951/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/06/june-monthly-challenge-on-road-again.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/114095344079937951'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/114095344079937951'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/06/june-monthly-challenge-on-road-again.html' title='JUNE MONTHLY CHALLENGE: On the Road Again Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WB89UKkta2Q/TfZtngszBkI/AAAAAAAAAV8/4eVV472D5IE/s72-c/1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-7680953886020333733</id><published>2011-05-31T19:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T21:22:21.775-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Scrapbooking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Easter'/><title type='text'>MAKE IT YOUR WAY CONTEST!</title><content type='html'>Use this month’s magazine as a stepping off point for you to create something your way. Use one of our Designers projects to help you create something similar and yet has your own style. You might see a flower, paper, design element or maybe just the concept to help you design something of your own. CONTEST RULES: Use at least 3 Cricut Cuts and an idea from the magazine &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lUPhgjn-wdM/TeWiPQK4qoI/AAAAAAAAAVY/2ExgeAYGGNU/s1600/004.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 310px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lUPhgjn-wdM/TeWiPQK4qoI/AAAAAAAAAVY/2ExgeAYGGNU/s320/004.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613070893509552770" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I liked how Michele Kovak on p.23 used flowers on her picture. I used tulips and iris on pictures of my gransons during their Easter Egg Hunt. Cartridges used: Picturesque for the tulips, Walk in My Garden for the Iris, 3 Birds for the Rabbit, and Easter 2010 for the title-Happy Easter and Cross.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-7680953886020333733?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/7680953886020333733/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/05/make-it-your-way-contest.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/7680953886020333733'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/7680953886020333733'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/05/make-it-your-way-contest.html' title='MAKE IT YOUR WAY CONTEST!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lUPhgjn-wdM/TeWiPQK4qoI/AAAAAAAAAVY/2ExgeAYGGNU/s72-c/004.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-9199565294573617755</id><published>2011-05-31T19:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T21:24:47.546-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Scrapbooking'/><title type='text'>Weekly Challenge #33: Sweet Summertime Challenge!</title><content type='html'>The Challenge: What makes summertime “sweet” to you? Ice cream treats? Watermelon? Popsicles? Whatever it is we want you to include the shape of your favorite summertime sweet treat on your project.Include 2 Cricut image cuts. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-toNdlfS-ybk/TeWf8b-Zb8I/AAAAAAAAAVQ/fiURFga26ZA/s1600/003.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 316px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-toNdlfS-ybk/TeWf8b-Zb8I/AAAAAAAAAVQ/fiURFga26ZA/s320/003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613068371237629890" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mom's birthday is July 6 and we always have a family dinner at her favorite restaurant. Since it is her bd, she is given a sundae with a candle. She shares with everyone at the table and the restaurant supplies enough spoons for all us to have a taste of that ice cream treat on a hot July day. Cricut cuts are from Sweet Treets: sundae and the present. Before she blows out the candle, we tell her to "Make a Wish" which is the stamp I used.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-9199565294573617755?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/9199565294573617755/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/05/weekly-challenge-33-sweet-summertime.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/9199565294573617755'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/9199565294573617755'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/05/weekly-challenge-33-sweet-summertime.html' title='Weekly Challenge #33: Sweet Summertime Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-toNdlfS-ybk/TeWf8b-Zb8I/AAAAAAAAAVQ/fiURFga26ZA/s72-c/003.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-1113192972584960171</id><published>2011-05-25T10:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-25T19:01:45.213-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Circle challenge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Baby Boy Mini album'/><title type='text'>IMAGINISCE SPONSOR CONTEST!</title><content type='html'>Also include 3 Imaginisce products and 4 Cricut cuts. I made an 8x8 boy mini album for a friend having a grandson in July. I included pages for each month of his first year including a Christmas, Easter, and 1st Birthday. &lt;strong&gt;The Imaginisce products: Rub-0ns: Chilly and Brrr from the Artic Blast Collection (8th picture), Paper and chipboard tree and santa from the Snowy Jo Collection,(7th picture, the Christmas page)and Stitchin' Buttons (Pictures 1 &amp; 5). Cricut cuts from New Arrival, Create a Critter, B is for Boy, Geographically Speaking, Jolly Holidays and Animal Kindgom.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1_-U9o4jhcs/Td1EVBF_dtI/AAAAAAAAAVI/fRW_oiFJqnQ/s1600/015.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1_-U9o4jhcs/Td1EVBF_dtI/AAAAAAAAAVI/fRW_oiFJqnQ/s320/015.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610715838635013842" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FlpLhyLMFj0/Td1EOPR7I9I/AAAAAAAAAVA/DaQMNrm9XnI/s1600/016.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FlpLhyLMFj0/Td1EOPR7I9I/AAAAAAAAAVA/DaQMNrm9XnI/s320/016.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610715722184074194" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sdXLhzHmGlg/Td1EF-dX1yI/AAAAAAAAAU4/411cxksaTY4/s1600/017.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sdXLhzHmGlg/Td1EF-dX1yI/AAAAAAAAAU4/411cxksaTY4/s320/017.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610715580229736226" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FWENdQLehL4/Td1D-00mJ5I/AAAAAAAAAUw/rchu-fPArQk/s1600/018.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FWENdQLehL4/Td1D-00mJ5I/AAAAAAAAAUw/rchu-fPArQk/s320/018.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610715457383704466" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EdfMOL2mxGU/Td1D2sak-QI/AAAAAAAAAUo/h0uyZPEa4wc/s1600/022.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EdfMOL2mxGU/Td1D2sak-QI/AAAAAAAAAUo/h0uyZPEa4wc/s320/022.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610715317688137986" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-k3S4Lep_P0E/Td1DueTBISI/AAAAAAAAAUg/8JkMI-j63lg/s1600/023.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-k3S4Lep_P0E/Td1DueTBISI/AAAAAAAAAUg/8JkMI-j63lg/s320/023.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610715176459378978" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NfB1Y3KWQK0/Td1DTO9qDJI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/BcAgQ3hKtlY/s1600/024.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NfB1Y3KWQK0/Td1DTO9qDJI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/BcAgQ3hKtlY/s320/024.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610714708486786194" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z2T3QoN0NSM/Td1DKUecA9I/AAAAAAAAAUI/hkbl8YZ3hLg/s1600/026.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z2T3QoN0NSM/Td1DKUecA9I/AAAAAAAAAUI/hkbl8YZ3hLg/s320/026.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610714555347633106" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FitpBF6Woqc/Td1DC8hAiQI/AAAAAAAAAUA/1f1hYw3_6Cg/s1600/027.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FitpBF6Woqc/Td1DC8hAiQI/AAAAAAAAAUA/1f1hYw3_6Cg/s320/027.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610714428656879874" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VyOK2sWM3eM/Td1C7zMG3RI/AAAAAAAAAT4/Ra6d2rHURgw/s1600/028.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VyOK2sWM3eM/Td1C7zMG3RI/AAAAAAAAAT4/Ra6d2rHURgw/s320/028.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610714305894210834" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MSgVL0WSbrg/Td1C0_B9wqI/AAAAAAAAATw/o_2w2ijHeDY/s1600/029.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MSgVL0WSbrg/Td1C0_B9wqI/AAAAAAAAATw/o_2w2ijHeDY/s320/029.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610714188813812386" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-1113192972584960171?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/1113192972584960171/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/05/imaginisce-sponsor-contest.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/1113192972584960171'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/1113192972584960171'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/05/imaginisce-sponsor-contest.html' title='IMAGINISCE SPONSOR CONTEST!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1_-U9o4jhcs/Td1EVBF_dtI/AAAAAAAAAVI/fRW_oiFJqnQ/s72-c/015.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-6409150266131544445</id><published>2011-05-23T10:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-25T19:02:29.574-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Circle challenge'/><title type='text'>Weekly Challenge #32: Sketch Challenge!</title><content type='html'>The Challenge: Use the provided sketch to create a project and include at least 2 image Cricut cuts. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-x_T6AkL063E/TdqgdZV8udI/AAAAAAAAATo/CIiyZVs6Pos/s1600/003.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-x_T6AkL063E/TdqgdZV8udI/AAAAAAAAATo/CIiyZVs6Pos/s320/003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609972712722971090" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For this challenge, I scrapped my grandson's first T-Ball game of the season. The helmet, balls and bat are from Everyday Paper Dolls and the title is  from George. I used the colors in his team shirt: blue, yellow and gold.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-6409150266131544445?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/6409150266131544445/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/05/weekly-challenge-32-sketch-challenge.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/6409150266131544445'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/6409150266131544445'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/05/weekly-challenge-32-sketch-challenge.html' title='Weekly Challenge #32: Sketch Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-x_T6AkL063E/TdqgdZV8udI/AAAAAAAAATo/CIiyZVs6Pos/s72-c/003.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-1613243002734811397</id><published>2011-05-11T19:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-28T12:26:30.301-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Spring Mini album'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Circle challenge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mini album'/><title type='text'>MAY MONTHLY CHALLENGE: Tic Tac Toe Challenge!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aXdCD_MIOps/TctEUFh_5YI/AAAAAAAAATY/CMPcuZQ70ZI/s1600/page%2B1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 230px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aXdCD_MIOps/TctEUFh_5YI/AAAAAAAAATY/CMPcuZQ70ZI/s320/page%2B1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605649273065563522" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C2dpkjkb694/TctELigLZHI/AAAAAAAAATQ/WblobrbSBbI/s1600/page%2B3.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 126px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C2dpkjkb694/TctELigLZHI/AAAAAAAAATQ/WblobrbSBbI/s320/page%2B3.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605649126223733874" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bm_m3Xh8-Ow/TctEG8dTLQI/AAAAAAAAATI/lovJ4K8K4cA/s1600/page%2B4.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 126px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bm_m3Xh8-Ow/TctEG8dTLQI/AAAAAAAAATI/lovJ4K8K4cA/s320/page%2B4.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605649047291636994" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nJIFsfZyyFU/TctEBMU2CNI/AAAAAAAAATA/p8-Xo2ibuR8/s1600/page%2B5.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 126px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nJIFsfZyyFU/TctEBMU2CNI/AAAAAAAAATA/p8-Xo2ibuR8/s320/page%2B5.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605648948471924946" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2FTEx8wWn0E/TctD78TDrQI/AAAAAAAAAS4/aedBB4B_5qw/s1600/page%2B6.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 124px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2FTEx8wWn0E/TctD78TDrQI/AAAAAAAAAS4/aedBB4B_5qw/s320/page%2B6.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605648858270117122" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For this challenge I made a garden mini album using 3 buttons on the hat (2nd picture), ruffle and a flower on the cover.&lt;/strong&gt; This is for a friend that loves to garden and she can take pictures and record her flowers. Aso the clips divide the album into the 4 seasons.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-1613243002734811397?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/1613243002734811397/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/05/may-monthly-challenge-tic-tac-toe.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/1613243002734811397'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/1613243002734811397'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/05/may-monthly-challenge-tic-tac-toe.html' title='MAY MONTHLY CHALLENGE: Tic Tac Toe Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aXdCD_MIOps/TctEUFh_5YI/AAAAAAAAATY/CMPcuZQ70ZI/s72-c/page%2B1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-6057464678312607418</id><published>2011-05-07T15:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T21:23:46.598-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='4th of july'/><title type='text'>My Pink StamperChallenge #8--Make a summer themed project</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-i_98FmOuq2w/TcXJ70xT8zI/AAAAAAAAASw/bkBFP3dxmqs/s1600/009.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-i_98FmOuq2w/TcXJ70xT8zI/AAAAAAAAASw/bkBFP3dxmqs/s320/009.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604107340947387186" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am keeping up even with my cold and having to stay home helps save the day for me. I used Independence Day for the bike and stamps for the sentiment.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-6057464678312607418?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/6057464678312607418/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/05/my-pink-stamperchallenge-8-make-summer.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/6057464678312607418'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/6057464678312607418'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/05/my-pink-stamperchallenge-8-make-summer.html' title='My Pink StamperChallenge #8--Make a summer themed project'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-i_98FmOuq2w/TcXJ70xT8zI/AAAAAAAAASw/bkBFP3dxmqs/s72-c/009.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-1823817868735653801</id><published>2011-05-07T13:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T21:25:49.916-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='card'/><title type='text'>My Pink Stamper challenge #5 Add 3-D dimension</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PQKXA1IT_Ig/TcWtXtv0MEI/AAAAAAAAASY/M_bnP5XFqJ4/s1600/005.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PQKXA1IT_Ig/TcWtXtv0MEI/AAAAAAAAASY/M_bnP5XFqJ4/s320/005.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604075934261194818" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I used nestabilities and a flower from George. I am using lots of different items I have not used in a long time. for the 3-D effect, I added a flower button and popped the Cricut flower.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-1823817868735653801?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/1823817868735653801/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/05/my-pink-stamper-challenge-5-add-3-d.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/1823817868735653801'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/1823817868735653801'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/05/my-pink-stamper-challenge-5-add-3-d.html' title='My Pink Stamper challenge #5 Add 3-D dimension'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PQKXA1IT_Ig/TcWtXtv0MEI/AAAAAAAAASY/M_bnP5XFqJ4/s72-c/005.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-7207126436482326865</id><published>2011-05-07T12:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T21:26:27.232-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mother&apos;s day'/><title type='text'>My Pink Stamper Challenge #4 Mother's Day Card</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MqTJicK8dzw/TcWi-eDtB-I/AAAAAAAAASI/v4ionJKN1wQ/s1600/004.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 254px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MqTJicK8dzw/TcWi-eDtB-I/AAAAAAAAASI/v4ionJKN1wQ/s320/004.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604064505436637154" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had this card sketched out for awhile and finally got it done today, not a  moment too soon since tomorrow is Mother's Day. I used the MOther's Day Cart and Don Juan for the card base. I finally tried an accordian style flower on the inside.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-7207126436482326865?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/7207126436482326865/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/05/my-pink-stamper-challenge-4-mothers-day.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/7207126436482326865'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/7207126436482326865'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/05/my-pink-stamper-challenge-4-mothers-day.html' title='My Pink Stamper Challenge #4 Mother&apos;s Day Card'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MqTJicK8dzw/TcWi-eDtB-I/AAAAAAAAASI/v4ionJKN1wQ/s72-c/004.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-1195877506902736943</id><published>2011-05-07T11:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T21:27:04.635-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Get Well'/><title type='text'>Challenge #2--Make a card or scrapbook page using Kraft cardstock</title><content type='html'>I need a guy get well card and this was the perfect challenge to get me motivated. I used the Just Because cartridge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-goyVNq40EzM/TcWTCK0i7uI/AAAAAAAAAR4/pOjYFi4Y6J0/s1600/003.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-goyVNq40EzM/TcWTCK0i7uI/AAAAAAAAAR4/pOjYFi4Y6J0/s320/003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604046976806219490" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-1195877506902736943?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/1195877506902736943/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/05/challenge-2-make-card-or-scrapbook-page.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/1195877506902736943'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/1195877506902736943'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/05/challenge-2-make-card-or-scrapbook-page.html' title='Challenge #2--Make a card or scrapbook page using Kraft cardstock'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-goyVNq40EzM/TcWTCK0i7uI/AAAAAAAAAR4/pOjYFi4Y6J0/s72-c/003.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-1028106802234036173</id><published>2011-05-07T11:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-12-08T17:13:56.577-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Birthday Card'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Elegant Edges'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Birthday Bash'/><title type='text'>My Pink Stamper Challenge #1 Anything Cupcake</title><content type='html'>Loving these challenges as I have a sinus infection and am stuck at home. This card was made using Birthday Bash and elegant Edges&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zhkGuZSBafw/TcWR0wjAMoI/AAAAAAAAARw/BCYr_WeXD3o/s1600/001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 258px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zhkGuZSBafw/TcWR0wjAMoI/AAAAAAAAARw/BCYr_WeXD3o/s320/001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604045646903390850" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-1028106802234036173?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/1028106802234036173/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/05/my-pink-stamper-challenge-1-anything.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/1028106802234036173'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/1028106802234036173'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/05/my-pink-stamper-challenge-1-anything.html' title='My Pink Stamper Challenge #1 Anything Cupcake'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zhkGuZSBafw/TcWR0wjAMoI/AAAAAAAAARw/BCYr_WeXD3o/s72-c/001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-6332941207606933865</id><published>2011-05-03T12:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-30T12:47:59.994-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Circle challenge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='graduation gift card'/><title type='text'>Weekly Challenge #31: Gift Card Challenge!</title><content type='html'>The Challenge: With Teacher Appreciation, Graduation, Baby Showers, Weddings, and other special events that are sure to be gracing your calendar over the next few months, we thought it might be fun to have a challenge to see your creative Gift Card and Money Holder ideas. Using your Cricut create a gift card or money holder with 2 image cuts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iVE8uTWSRDg/TcBS1q4TRnI/AAAAAAAAARo/cZ0RO4H1byw/s1600/002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 245px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iVE8uTWSRDg/TcBS1q4TRnI/AAAAAAAAARo/cZ0RO4H1byw/s320/002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602569018445874802" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRvzGlya-3A/TcBSwseAv8I/AAAAAAAAARg/uoqGYPmQtdo/s1600/003.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 292px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRvzGlya-3A/TcBSwseAv8I/AAAAAAAAARg/uoqGYPmQtdo/s320/003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602568932973133762" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For this challenge I created a gift card in card form. I used Plantin Schoolbook for the envelope @3.5", the hat from Locker Talk and You Did It from Beyond Birthdays. The school colors are for a specific graduate. To keep the envelope closed, I took a glue dot and rolled it in my fingers to get some of the sticky out and it works great.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-6332941207606933865?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/6332941207606933865/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/05/weekly-challenge-31-gift-card-challenge.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/6332941207606933865'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/6332941207606933865'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/05/weekly-challenge-31-gift-card-challenge.html' title='Weekly Challenge #31: Gift Card Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iVE8uTWSRDg/TcBS1q4TRnI/AAAAAAAAARo/cZ0RO4H1byw/s72-c/002.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-7527347332046269066</id><published>2011-04-28T19:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-12-08T17:15:35.356-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='School'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Circle challenge'/><title type='text'>April ALL ABOUT THE TEACHER CONTEST!</title><content type='html'>Use your Cricut® machines to create door or bulletin board decorations, layouts cards, or gifts. Just create something fun for your favorite teacher!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CmTjo7kDtak/Tbopu9_keVI/AAAAAAAAARY/4-RLkt5DQyo/s1600/001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CmTjo7kDtak/Tbopu9_keVI/AAAAAAAAARY/4-RLkt5DQyo/s320/001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600834973480548690" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cxd-2l_4rSQ/TbopmmhOUUI/AAAAAAAAARQ/lG7OMwxx8bk/s1600/002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 313px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cxd-2l_4rSQ/TbopmmhOUUI/AAAAAAAAARQ/lG7OMwxx8bk/s320/002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600834829740298562" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For this challenge I created a bag (TBBM), apple and #1 Teacher (Simply Charmed and Don Juan), note cards, post-it-note holder, and notebook (Simply Charmed, Makin' the Grade), school zone (Graphically Speaking). This is for my grandson's teacher&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-7527347332046269066?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/7527347332046269066/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/04/april-all-about-teacher-contest.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/7527347332046269066'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/7527347332046269066'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/04/april-all-about-teacher-contest.html' title='April ALL ABOUT THE TEACHER CONTEST!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CmTjo7kDtak/Tbopu9_keVI/AAAAAAAAARY/4-RLkt5DQyo/s72-c/001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-7687693430065534482</id><published>2011-04-25T18:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-02T21:34:11.570-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Circle challenge'/><title type='text'>Weekly Challenge #30: Mom &amp; Me Challenge!</title><content type='html'>The Challenge: Create a scrapbook page about you and your mom, OR you and one of your children.  Your project must be newly created for this challenge and include atleast 2 Cricut Image Cuts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xhQNvM0VyX4/TbYiTeMVN3I/AAAAAAAAAQ4/GTIXxRy0zJg/s1600/009.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xhQNvM0VyX4/TbYiTeMVN3I/AAAAAAAAAQ4/GTIXxRy0zJg/s320/009.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599700904599435122" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For this challenge I scrapped pictures from Mother's Day 2010. Just love these challenges to motivate me to get the pictures from the box to the scrapbook. Cricut cuts include the church that we attend together (Wedding) a butterfly (Create a Citter) because we spend the afternoon working in her yard and the title.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-7687693430065534482?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/7687693430065534482/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/04/weekly-challenge-30-mom-me-challenge.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/7687693430065534482'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/7687693430065534482'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/04/weekly-challenge-30-mom-me-challenge.html' title='Weekly Challenge #30: Mom &amp; Me Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xhQNvM0VyX4/TbYiTeMVN3I/AAAAAAAAAQ4/GTIXxRy0zJg/s72-c/009.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-4375254964419773846</id><published>2011-04-16T20:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T21:28:44.698-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Circle challenge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Easter'/><title type='text'>APRIL MONTHLY CHALLENGE: Reuse, Repurpose, Recycle!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mSNdIeZrZRU/TapltOHqEII/AAAAAAAAAQw/ILsLD1Sgq88/s1600/001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mSNdIeZrZRU/TapltOHqEII/AAAAAAAAAQw/ILsLD1Sgq88/s320/001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596397314519994498" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-02O0TIuDz40/TaplowAJL3I/AAAAAAAAAQo/nXRyisWwxv0/s1600/002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-02O0TIuDz40/TaplowAJL3I/AAAAAAAAAQo/nXRyisWwxv0/s320/002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596397237715939186" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TiwQrdVO7rg/TaplipNQc1I/AAAAAAAAAQg/UG8yVd6Hpgo/s1600/003.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 315px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TiwQrdVO7rg/TaplipNQc1I/AAAAAAAAAQg/UG8yVd6Hpgo/s320/003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596397132812677970" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In honor of Earth Day (April 22nd) we would like you to recycle, reuse or repurpose 3 items on your project. For example, cut a shape from junk mail found in your trash can. Reuse something found in a junk drawer, or whatever! Use your creativity! Create a layout, card, altered project, etc. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For this challenge I used the bunny from Doodlecharms and the 2 eggs from Easter 2010. The bunny is from old wrapping paper, the shadow is cardboard used as packing material for paper, the grass is leftover from last year and the bow is a small piece of ribbon I had left over from another projects. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-4375254964419773846?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/4375254964419773846/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/04/april-monthly-challenge-reuse-repurpose.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/4375254964419773846'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/4375254964419773846'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/04/april-monthly-challenge-reuse-repurpose.html' title='APRIL MONTHLY CHALLENGE: Reuse, Repurpose, Recycle!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mSNdIeZrZRU/TapltOHqEII/AAAAAAAAAQw/ILsLD1Sgq88/s72-c/001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-521838392070763589</id><published>2011-04-09T13:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-09T20:20:21.403-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Circle challenge'/><title type='text'>Weekly Challenge #28: Creepy Crawlies Challenge!</title><content type='html'>The Challenge: Create a scrapbook page about the things that bug you. Use a bug somewhere on your project at least 2 Cricut cuts. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-K_XmrBtLLzk/TaDEB2XcuTI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/tsmseqVEuaw/s1600/005.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 162px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-K_XmrBtLLzk/TaDEB2XcuTI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/tsmseqVEuaw/s320/005.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593686273246935346" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Our cats as kittens loved the box that I received my Cricut Expression. They would have the paper all over the floor for me to pick up, but it was fun to watch them having a good time. (I kept telling myself that as I was constantly picking it up.)For the bug, I included a butterfly and of course the Cricut bug and other Cricut cuts are the heart, tag with cat's name, cat face, and the title. These challenges are really helping me get pictures scrapped that have been sitting in a box.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-521838392070763589?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/521838392070763589/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/04/weekly-challenge-28-creepy-crawlies.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/521838392070763589'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/521838392070763589'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/04/weekly-challenge-28-creepy-crawlies.html' title='Weekly Challenge #28: Creepy Crawlies Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-K_XmrBtLLzk/TaDEB2XcuTI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/tsmseqVEuaw/s72-c/005.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-8752308791485768458</id><published>2011-04-03T19:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-04T14:14:56.849-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Circle challenge'/><title type='text'>Weekly Challenge #27: Make a Game Plan Challenge!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uJShkmGRs8s/TZkysLqyV6I/AAAAAAAAAO4/G9jptvlU-EE/s1600/003.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 294px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uJShkmGRs8s/TZkysLqyV6I/AAAAAAAAAO4/G9jptvlU-EE/s320/003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591556146985064354" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AebnLSgX4XA/TZkynJZdo3I/AAAAAAAAAOw/EpIlnqCHwWo/s1600/002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 316px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AebnLSgX4XA/TZkynJZdo3I/AAAAAAAAAOw/EpIlnqCHwWo/s320/002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591556060476187506" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Challenge: Create your own sketch (card/layout) and then make a project with it. You will need to upload both images this week, the sketch and the project. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I used pond pictures taken from our second story to get a "birds eye view". The Cricut cuts are the large owl and the title with the owl. We have two owls overlooking our pond in hopes their "hooting" will keep the big Blue Heron away and not eat our Koi like he did last year.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-8752308791485768458?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/8752308791485768458/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/04/weekly-challenge-27-make-game-plan.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/8752308791485768458'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/8752308791485768458'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/04/weekly-challenge-27-make-game-plan.html' title='Weekly Challenge #27: Make a Game Plan Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uJShkmGRs8s/TZkysLqyV6I/AAAAAAAAAO4/G9jptvlU-EE/s72-c/003.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-6922553644314838058</id><published>2011-04-02T10:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-04T14:14:13.563-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Baby Boy Mini album'/><title type='text'>Baby Mini Book</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jFBxFi2z1oI/TZo0NUXjKzI/AAAAAAAAAQI/Se6ymcPkLog/s1600/001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jFBxFi2z1oI/TZo0NUXjKzI/AAAAAAAAAQI/Se6ymcPkLog/s320/001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591839290744318770" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rNxaMRwU_KI/TZo0H56vvqI/AAAAAAAAAQA/fEWS2clZVh0/s1600/003.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rNxaMRwU_KI/TZo0H56vvqI/AAAAAAAAAQA/fEWS2clZVh0/s320/003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591839197744840354" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cA8DXig_rwY/TZoz_ltmJLI/AAAAAAAAAP4/RuNtkvU_kwc/s1600/004.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cA8DXig_rwY/TZoz_ltmJLI/AAAAAAAAAP4/RuNtkvU_kwc/s320/004.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591839054882022578" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bmXXAkzR32Y/TZoz3MeB2pI/AAAAAAAAAPw/Rr7VJeoE4xc/s1600/006.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bmXXAkzR32Y/TZoz3MeB2pI/AAAAAAAAAPw/Rr7VJeoE4xc/s320/006.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591838910666889874" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Fd1EncSW-b8/TZozv5ujllI/AAAAAAAAAPo/gUSOhQqvLFQ/s1600/007.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Fd1EncSW-b8/TZozv5ujllI/AAAAAAAAAPo/gUSOhQqvLFQ/s320/007.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591838785376851538" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N3KZ-_uoDxE/TZozmEmKP9I/AAAAAAAAAPg/-HiG8N-r6a4/s1600/008.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N3KZ-_uoDxE/TZozmEmKP9I/AAAAAAAAAPg/-HiG8N-r6a4/s320/008.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591838616495734738" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eYVdFdXn-24/TZdjBFG9z8I/AAAAAAAAAOg/ALvlgeAh6xg/s1600/009.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eYVdFdXn-24/TZdjBFG9z8I/AAAAAAAAAOg/ALvlgeAh6xg/s320/009.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591046332606173122" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-6922553644314838058?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/6922553644314838058/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/04/baby-mini-book.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/6922553644314838058'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/6922553644314838058'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/04/baby-mini-book.html' title='Baby Mini Book'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jFBxFi2z1oI/TZo0NUXjKzI/AAAAAAAAAQI/Se6ymcPkLog/s72-c/001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-6284768654000252642</id><published>2011-04-02T10:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-04T14:15:34.823-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Circle challenge'/><title type='text'>March SPRING CLEANING CONTEST!</title><content type='html'>How do you store your Cuttlebug Folders, Cartridges, Paper and Ribbon… not to mention your favorite Cricut tools?? We want to see it… and so does everyone else that needs some inspiration!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CONTEST RULES: This is easy… just submit your one of a kind storage idea and it must involve at least 4 Cricut items.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lo8SJgUruAw/TZdf1T6trvI/AAAAAAAAAOY/TJwlVRntNZ0/s1600/010.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lo8SJgUruAw/TZdf1T6trvI/AAAAAAAAAOY/TJwlVRntNZ0/s320/010.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591042831888002802" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;March SPRING CLEANING CONTEST!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This challenge is to show how I store Cricut cartridges, juke box, Solutions cartridges and handbooks. I like to store my carts by type. On the top self are the cake, MS, Lites, Disney and Solutions cartridges. Since the self is deep, I store supplies, I don't use often-large Xyron. The next two shelves, I store the Image cartridges and behind them are Xyron tape and the seasonal full content cartridges: Halloween and Christmas. The 3rd shelf are the Classmates and Font Cartridges. Behind them are the Juke Box, in the green box are the seasonal Solutions Cartridges and on top of the Juke Box are handbooks. Before I use to store the carts in drawers, but I like this shelf idea much better, because I can see all my carts and they are easy to access. Also, behind the carts is a lot of space for storage. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-6284768654000252642?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/6284768654000252642/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/04/march-spring-cleaning-contest.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/6284768654000252642'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/6284768654000252642'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/04/march-spring-cleaning-contest.html' title='March SPRING CLEANING CONTEST!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lo8SJgUruAw/TZdf1T6trvI/AAAAAAAAAOY/TJwlVRntNZ0/s72-c/010.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-2483697519975842386</id><published>2011-03-29T09:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-04T14:15:58.309-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Circle challenge'/><title type='text'>Weekly Challenge #26: Just Because Challenge!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2zdYi-zS5aQ/TZINthGXv0I/AAAAAAAAAOQ/jeB8du17fEM/s1600/challenge.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 317px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2zdYi-zS5aQ/TZINthGXv0I/AAAAAAAAAOQ/jeB8du17fEM/s320/challenge.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589545163150573378" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Challenge: Create a layout featuring an everyday topic or create a “Just Because” card. Must include 2 Cricut Cuts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For this challenge I used pictures of our pond lilies "just because" of their beauty. We enjoy sitting by the pond with our coffee during the warm mornings. Even during the cold mornings, we can still admire them through the slider. I used 3 Cricuts cuts: the flowers and title.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-2483697519975842386?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/2483697519975842386/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/03/weekly-challenge-26-just-because.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/2483697519975842386'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/2483697519975842386'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/03/weekly-challenge-26-just-because.html' title='Weekly Challenge #26: Just Because Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2zdYi-zS5aQ/TZINthGXv0I/AAAAAAAAAOQ/jeB8du17fEM/s72-c/challenge.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-5052727319159577662</id><published>2011-03-21T19:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-04T14:19:51.281-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Circle challenge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Easter'/><title type='text'>Weekly Challenge #25: Use Your Imagine-ation Challenge!</title><content type='html'>The Challenge: Strut your stuff using your Cricut Imagine Machine. Don’t own one yet? No problem! Include some sort of clip art on your project.&lt;br /&gt;Rules and Guidelines: Circle Blog Challenges are open to Cricut Circle Members only. You can create any type of project you would like (layout, card, tag, altered project, mini album, etc.) but your project must be newly created for this challenge and include atleast 2 Cricut Image Cuts. You must submit a project to be entered into the Challenge Prize Drawing. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-y_lo3P3A4H0/TYgFoEObtYI/AAAAAAAAAOI/_4KB_1BTtxc/s1600/002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-y_lo3P3A4H0/TYgFoEObtYI/AAAAAAAAAOI/_4KB_1BTtxc/s320/002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586721523640284546" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For this challenge I used the bunny from Doodlecharms and Easter from Paper Pups. I used the Imagine for the easter egg and easter egg border from A Child's Year.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-5052727319159577662?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/5052727319159577662/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/03/weekly-challenge-25-use-your-imagine.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/5052727319159577662'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/5052727319159577662'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/03/weekly-challenge-25-use-your-imagine.html' title='Weekly Challenge #25: Use Your Imagine-ation Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-y_lo3P3A4H0/TYgFoEObtYI/AAAAAAAAAOI/_4KB_1BTtxc/s72-c/002.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-4388165091801515704</id><published>2011-03-12T20:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T21:33:49.940-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Give a Hoot'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Circle challenge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Scrapbooking'/><title type='text'>Weekly Challenge #24: St. Paddy’s Challenge!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UnNDH9hoMXQ/TXxGgJEAu-I/AAAAAAAAAOA/aXr7nPSGXAI/s1600/cards%2B006.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 305px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UnNDH9hoMXQ/TXxGgJEAu-I/AAAAAAAAAOA/aXr7nPSGXAI/s320/cards%2B006.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583415156035075042" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Challenge: Use rainbow colors OR a monochromatic green color scheme on your project. We also want to see you add a touch of gold somewhere on your project&lt;br /&gt; You can create any type of project you would like (layout, card, tag, altered project, mini album, etc.) but your project must be newly created for this challenge and include atleast 2 Cricut Image Cuts. You must submit a project to be entered into the Challenge Prize Drawing. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For this challenge, I used Stamping for Lucky Day and Give a Hoot for the shamrock. Gold foil is used for the matting on one picture and black out feature on Lucky Day. Loving these challenges to get these pictures scrapbooked. There are so many and I was so overwhelmed, but I'll get them finished one challenge at a time.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-4388165091801515704?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/4388165091801515704/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/03/weekly-challenge-24-st-paddys-challenge.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/4388165091801515704'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/4388165091801515704'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/03/weekly-challenge-24-st-paddys-challenge.html' title='Weekly Challenge #24: St. Paddy’s Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UnNDH9hoMXQ/TXxGgJEAu-I/AAAAAAAAAOA/aXr7nPSGXAI/s72-c/cards%2B006.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-9065403495611238211</id><published>2011-03-05T22:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-04T14:16:58.385-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Circle challenge'/><title type='text'>Weekly Challenge #23: Guy Stuff Challenge!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-o6GLA6TrS4M/TXMzNPIuA1I/AAAAAAAAAN4/eqfCNAChtoM/s1600/IMG_0235.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-o6GLA6TrS4M/TXMzNPIuA1I/AAAAAAAAAN4/eqfCNAChtoM/s320/IMG_0235.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580860665736594258" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For this challenge I made a Layout and included grunge board distressed with Vintage photo Ranger Distress Ink, a buckle, raffia and staples on the pictures.Cricut cuts are from Doodletype, Everyday Paper Dolls and Create a Critter&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-9065403495611238211?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/9065403495611238211/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/03/blog-post.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/9065403495611238211'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/9065403495611238211'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/03/blog-post.html' title='Weekly Challenge #23: Guy Stuff Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-o6GLA6TrS4M/TXMzNPIuA1I/AAAAAAAAAN4/eqfCNAChtoM/s72-c/IMG_0235.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-3341280899598244010</id><published>2011-03-02T13:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-04T14:17:17.800-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Circle challenge'/><title type='text'>FEBRUARY MONTHLY CHALLENGE: CHILDREN AT PLAY!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-STlhlvsNpR8/TW631rtcBKI/AAAAAAAAANI/IoFCQYtAKPY/s1600/circle%2Bchallenge%2Btoy.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 316px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-STlhlvsNpR8/TW631rtcBKI/AAAAAAAAANI/IoFCQYtAKPY/s320/circle%2Bchallenge%2Btoy.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579599121252877474" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Create a project (other than a layout or card) for a child using your Cricut machine. Project ideas include, but aren’t limited to:  Gift item, toy, organizing solution, chore chart, item for schoo., stationery set, etc. Project must include atleast 2 different Cricut Image Cuts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For this challenge I made a Tic Tac Toe board using a Easter theme. The title is from Doodletype and bunnies and chicks from Easter Solutions Cart. I used a 12X12 picture frame with a clear calendar sheet (to replace the glass) and a magetic sheet for the game board. The game pieces are magnetic so they stick to the board.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-3341280899598244010?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/3341280899598244010/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/03/february-monthly-challenge-children-at.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/3341280899598244010'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/3341280899598244010'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/03/february-monthly-challenge-children-at.html' title='FEBRUARY MONTHLY CHALLENGE: CHILDREN AT PLAY!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-STlhlvsNpR8/TW631rtcBKI/AAAAAAAAANI/IoFCQYtAKPY/s72-c/circle%2Bchallenge%2Btoy.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-880306582286366212</id><published>2011-02-27T13:29:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-04T14:17:38.196-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Circle challenge'/><title type='text'>Weekly Challenge #22: Once Upon A Time Challenge!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AJxST5N_Llc/TWrCd3jgMHI/AAAAAAAAANA/_MVwrLm3dPc/s1600/cards%2B002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AJxST5N_Llc/TWrCd3jgMHI/AAAAAAAAANA/_MVwrLm3dPc/s320/cards%2B002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578484906836635762" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Challenge: Include a Fairytale or Folklore figure in your project (princesses, gnomes, etc.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rules and Guidelines: Circle Blog Challenges are open to Cricut Circle Members only. You can create any type of project you would like (layout, card, tag, altered project, mini album, etc.) but your project must be newly created for this challenge and include atleast 2 Cricut Image Cuts. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For this challenge I used the flowers and gnome from Freshly Picked and other Cricut cuts are the title and pond.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-880306582286366212?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/880306582286366212/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/02/weekly-challenge-22-once-upon-time.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/880306582286366212'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/880306582286366212'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/02/weekly-challenge-22-once-upon-time.html' title='Weekly Challenge #22: Once Upon A Time Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AJxST5N_Llc/TWrCd3jgMHI/AAAAAAAAANA/_MVwrLm3dPc/s72-c/cards%2B002.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-750088636490912816</id><published>2011-02-21T23:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-04T14:17:54.659-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Circle challenge'/><title type='text'>Weekly Challenge #21: Animal Magnetism Challenge!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VXFfEcyJXZs/TWNhnoG3fbI/AAAAAAAAAM4/BD8R2xr4vlU/s1600/cards%2B001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 185px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VXFfEcyJXZs/TWNhnoG3fbI/AAAAAAAAAM4/BD8R2xr4vlU/s320/cards%2B001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576408097023819186" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week we have been paying tribute to the critters in our lives and now we want you to do the same! For this challenge your project must include something related to an animal. You can create your project for or about an animal, include an animal cut, use animal print, etc. Project must also contain atleast 2 Cricut cuts to qualify.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For this challenge, I finally scrapped some pictures of our 4 cats from last summer. The Cricut cuts: Cats of Summer - Don Juan, Turtles - Animal Kingdom, So fun - Create a Critter.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-750088636490912816?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/750088636490912816/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/02/weekly-challenge-21-animal-magnetism.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/750088636490912816'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/750088636490912816'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/02/weekly-challenge-21-animal-magnetism.html' title='Weekly Challenge #21: Animal Magnetism Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VXFfEcyJXZs/TWNhnoG3fbI/AAAAAAAAAM4/BD8R2xr4vlU/s72-c/cards%2B001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-1389563026696075160</id><published>2011-02-20T11:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-20T12:57:43.678-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wild Card'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wedding'/><title type='text'>Wedding Card using Wildcard</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SiPdgSzOgmQ/TWFpWF4om1I/AAAAAAAAAMw/XSX71-4amus/s1600/cards%2B001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SiPdgSzOgmQ/TWFpWF4om1I/AAAAAAAAAMw/XSX71-4amus/s320/cards%2B001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575853641919142738" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I found this tutorial on Custom Crops:&lt;br /&gt;http://www.customcrops.com/article_info.php?tPath=2&amp;articles_id=14&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-1389563026696075160?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/1389563026696075160/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/02/wedding-card-using-wildcard.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/1389563026696075160'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/1389563026696075160'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/02/wedding-card-using-wildcard.html' title='Wedding Card using Wildcard'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SiPdgSzOgmQ/TWFpWF4om1I/AAAAAAAAAMw/XSX71-4amus/s72-c/cards%2B001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-2890122448123628747</id><published>2011-02-13T19:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-20T12:58:56.629-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Valentines Day'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hello Kitty'/><title type='text'>Weekly Challenge #20: Love Notes Challenge!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-m-YbGpBPbbA/TVibCG2DDlI/AAAAAAAAAMg/HWugAWSQjz8/s1600/cards%2B001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-m-YbGpBPbbA/TVibCG2DDlI/AAAAAAAAAMg/HWugAWSQjz8/s320/cards%2B001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573374999370337874" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Valentine’s Day is just a few days away and we thought it would be fun to challenge you to put your scrappy skills to use by creating an extra special note for someone you adore. It can be a friend, your mom, a lover, your child, a neighbor . . . anyone! Your project must include a heart and embossing (we want to see you incorporate those Cuttlebug embossing folders). Project must also contain atleast 2 Cricut cuts to qualify.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I used the Hello Kitty and Wild Card for this challenge. The background paper was embossed with the Cuttlebug folder, Swiss dots.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-2890122448123628747?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/2890122448123628747/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/02/weekly-challenge-20-love-notes.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/2890122448123628747'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/2890122448123628747'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/02/weekly-challenge-20-love-notes.html' title='Weekly Challenge #20: Love Notes Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-m-YbGpBPbbA/TVibCG2DDlI/AAAAAAAAAMg/HWugAWSQjz8/s72-c/cards%2B001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-5347576096031097355</id><published>2011-02-07T18:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-20T12:59:47.962-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Banner'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Easter'/><title type='text'>Cricut Circle FEBRUARY MONTHLY CHALLENGE: BANNERS!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TVCq0zYf44I/AAAAAAAAAMY/h4fHHfaOu-8/s1600/cards%2B003.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 88px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TVCq0zYf44I/AAAAAAAAAMY/h4fHHfaOu-8/s320/cards%2B003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571140563180184450" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TVCqvrpj3-I/AAAAAAAAAMQ/sk2N54LyOUw/s1600/cards%2B008.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 276px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TVCqvrpj3-I/AAAAAAAAAMQ/sk2N54LyOUw/s320/cards%2B008.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571140475204919266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TVCqo--efUI/AAAAAAAAAMI/vN1XI3bJK_4/s1600/cards%2B006.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 298px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TVCqo--efUI/AAAAAAAAAMI/vN1XI3bJK_4/s320/cards%2B006.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571140360133836098" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TVCqkTpIjRI/AAAAAAAAAMA/fFbutcWGESY/s1600/cards%2B005.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 290px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TVCqkTpIjRI/AAAAAAAAAMA/fFbutcWGESY/s320/cards%2B005.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571140279782116626" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TVCqf9qWJBI/AAAAAAAAAL4/P2rvilcHE1M/s1600/cards%2B004.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 149px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TVCqf9qWJBI/AAAAAAAAAL4/P2rvilcHE1M/s320/cards%2B004.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571140205162144786" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Banners are everywhere! We love their versatility and the way they can be customized for any occasion. For this challenge, we want you to create a banner with any theme you would like. You may use THIS POST as inspiration, or feel free to create something completely new. Project must be newly created for this challenge. Your entry must include 3 or cricut cuts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I used Straight from the Nest for the banner at 9", Storybook at 4" and shadowed for EASTER, and Stretch your Imagination for the bunnies. Oval nestabilities for the ovals and a MS punch for the bows.I love those little bunnies as they climb all over the letters.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-5347576096031097355?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/5347576096031097355/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/02/cricut-circle-february-monthly.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/5347576096031097355'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/5347576096031097355'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/02/cricut-circle-february-monthly.html' title='Cricut Circle FEBRUARY MONTHLY CHALLENGE: BANNERS!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TVCq0zYf44I/AAAAAAAAAMY/h4fHHfaOu-8/s72-c/cards%2B003.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-1576513238514467229</id><published>2011-02-07T18:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-20T13:00:16.713-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Circle challenge'/><title type='text'>Cricut Circle Weekly Challenge #19: Whatevah! Challenge</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TVCn1oOeJKI/AAAAAAAAALw/HCK750AhM48/s1600/cards%2B002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TVCn1oOeJKI/AAAAAAAAALw/HCK750AhM48/s320/cards%2B002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571137278830322850" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Whatevah!” is a phrase a lot of parents of teens hear around their house on daily basis. We thought we’d take that phrase to heart for this next challenge. What we’d like you to do is use WHATEVAH shape you would like, but be sure to repeat it three times on your project. Project must also include spray ink and must be newly created for this challenge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For this challenge I used the heart from Paper Pups on p.104. One heart was cut at 3" and 2 at 1 1/2". Brown ink was sprayed on the cardstock.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-1576513238514467229?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/1576513238514467229/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/02/cricut-circle-weekly-challenge-19.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/1576513238514467229'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/1576513238514467229'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/02/cricut-circle-weekly-challenge-19.html' title='Cricut Circle Weekly Challenge #19: Whatevah! Challenge'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TVCn1oOeJKI/AAAAAAAAALw/HCK750AhM48/s72-c/cards%2B002.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-8756816365374045523</id><published>2011-01-30T00:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-04T14:18:16.647-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Circle challenge'/><title type='text'>Cricut Circle Weekly Challenge #18: Back to the Basics Challenge!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TUUfMUpKy4I/AAAAAAAAALk/4E5BttAAssk/s1600/cards%2B003.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TUUfMUpKy4I/AAAAAAAAALk/4E5BttAAssk/s320/cards%2B003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567890810873760642" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For this challenge we want you to go “Back to the Basics” . . . by using ONLY the cartridge(s) that came with your machine or Gypsy! You must use THREE cuts on your project (the complete title or words counts as one cut). We can’t wait to see what you come up with!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For this Challenge I used Plantin SchoolBook and my E. The bag was cut at Fit to Page with the Roly Poly feature (p.80), Heart 2.5" plus shadow and 2 hearts at 1" (p.73), Tag at 2" plus shadow (p.78), and Be Mine from the cartridge and used the Gypsy to weld.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-8756816365374045523?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/8756816365374045523/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/01/cricut-circle-weekly-challenge-18-back.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/8756816365374045523'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/8756816365374045523'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/01/cricut-circle-weekly-challenge-18-back.html' title='Cricut Circle Weekly Challenge #18: Back to the Basics Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TUUfMUpKy4I/AAAAAAAAALk/4E5BttAAssk/s72-c/cards%2B003.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-3543279200129752256</id><published>2011-01-23T20:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-04T14:19:00.417-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Circle challenge'/><title type='text'>Weekly Challenge #17: B.A.B.Y. Challenge!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TT0CtdD3wrI/AAAAAAAAALc/NhFfgo5cs1U/s1600/cards%2B006.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TT0CtdD3wrI/AAAAAAAAALc/NhFfgo5cs1U/s320/cards%2B006.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565607694418035378" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week we challenge you to create a scrapbook layout all about YOU. Your page must include the following:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;•(B) = Brads&lt;br /&gt;•(A) = Aqua&lt;br /&gt;•(B) = Butterfly&lt;br /&gt;•(Y) = You as the Subject&lt;br /&gt;Project must be newly created for this challenge and must include atleast 2 different cuts from any Cricut cartridge to qualify.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&lt;strong&gt; scrapped my trip to New Orleans. I used brads for the i in seriously and the flower, and the paper is aqua, and added MS butterflies. There are 3 Cricut cuts.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-3543279200129752256?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/3543279200129752256/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/01/weekly-challenge-17-baby-challenge.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/3543279200129752256'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/3543279200129752256'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/01/weekly-challenge-17-baby-challenge.html' title='Weekly Challenge #17: B.A.B.Y. Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TT0CtdD3wrI/AAAAAAAAALc/NhFfgo5cs1U/s72-c/cards%2B006.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-141631424025330321</id><published>2011-01-20T14:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-20T13:00:48.633-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Valentines Day'/><title type='text'>Cricut Circle Magazine-MY SWEET VALENTINE CONTEST!</title><content type='html'>We want you to create a fun Valentine’s Day Project. It can be anything from classroom treats to a gift for your sprecial someone! Please use at least four Cricut cuts and include something edible in the design (even if it’s just candy inside).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TTi9DdYF6SI/AAAAAAAAALI/Sn-cBVmjYGc/s1600/cards%2B001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 275px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TTi9DdYF6SI/AAAAAAAAALI/Sn-cBVmjYGc/s320/cards%2B001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564405206739183906" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TTi8_KevX8I/AAAAAAAAALA/f9B4diX3IHI/s1600/cards%2B001%2B%25282%2529.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TTi8_KevX8I/AAAAAAAAALA/f9B4diX3IHI/s320/cards%2B001%2B%25282%2529.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564405132947316674" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TTi84k2zHsI/AAAAAAAAAK4/VaFDFVv3ypg/s1600/cards%2B002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 229px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TTi84k2zHsI/AAAAAAAAAK4/VaFDFVv3ypg/s320/cards%2B002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564405019768463042" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For this challenge I used the mail box from Love Stuck, the girl from A Child's Year, Happy Valentine's Day from Celebrate with Flourish and the envelope and heart from Doodlecharms. I then filled it with candy and the envelope contains the recipient's name. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-141631424025330321?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/141631424025330321/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/01/cricut-circle-magazine-my-sweet.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/141631424025330321'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/141631424025330321'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/01/cricut-circle-magazine-my-sweet.html' title='Cricut Circle Magazine-MY SWEET VALENTINE CONTEST!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TTi9DdYF6SI/AAAAAAAAALI/Sn-cBVmjYGc/s72-c/cards%2B001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-881099864251763322</id><published>2011-01-18T23:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T21:23:02.271-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Scrapbooking'/><title type='text'>Weekly Challenge #16: Cute As a Button Sketch Challenge!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TTaXtAdnh7I/AAAAAAAAAKw/6MzG4kqCQP4/s1600/001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TTaXtAdnh7I/AAAAAAAAAKw/6MzG4kqCQP4/s320/001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563801189136959410" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Babies are definitely “cute as a button” with their sweet little faces and tiny features. In honor of our Baby Theme, this week we challenge you to create a SCRAPBOOK PAGE or CARD using the sketch. Your project doesn’t need to follow the sketch exactly, but it should be apparent that you used it as inspiration. Feel free to turn it on it’s side or move elements to fit what you are doing. In addition to using the sketch, we also want you to incorporate STAMPING and BUTTONS (of course!).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Project must be newly created for this challenge and must include atleast 2 different cuts from any Cricut cartridge to qualify.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For this challenge I used the Cricut cuts: It's a Party and the Brackets. My son turned 35 and I added his baby picture taken 35 years ago. The paper had the age stamped on it and I highlighted it with stickles and brackets and of course added buttons.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-881099864251763322?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/881099864251763322/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/01/weekly-challenge-16-cute-as-button.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/881099864251763322'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/881099864251763322'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/01/weekly-challenge-16-cute-as-button.html' title='Weekly Challenge #16: Cute As a Button Sketch Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TTaXtAdnh7I/AAAAAAAAAKw/6MzG4kqCQP4/s72-c/001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-685373645407348508</id><published>2011-01-11T13:24:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T21:27:31.135-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Don Jaun'/><title type='text'>Jinger's Card Contest</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TSzK2HIAE8I/AAAAAAAAAKo/NKCvvwgmMlw/s1600/cards%2B003.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TSzK2HIAE8I/AAAAAAAAAKo/NKCvvwgmMlw/s320/cards%2B003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561042670870074306" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TSzKyRvC75I/AAAAAAAAAKg/XiAHkiT66SA/s1600/cards%2B001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TSzKyRvC75I/AAAAAAAAAKg/XiAHkiT66SA/s320/cards%2B001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561042604998717330" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This card is for a contest using Anna Griffin paper and Don Juan Cartridge. There was a choice of three cartridges, but DJ was the only one I have.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-685373645407348508?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/685373645407348508/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/01/jingers-card-contest.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/685373645407348508'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/685373645407348508'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/01/jingers-card-contest.html' title='Jinger&apos;s Card Contest'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TSzK2HIAE8I/AAAAAAAAAKo/NKCvvwgmMlw/s72-c/cards%2B003.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-7496844113260087906</id><published>2011-01-09T18:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T21:29:46.291-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nifty Fifties'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Don Juan'/><title type='text'>Junuary Monthly Circle Challenge: Scraplift a Circle Blog Project!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TSp2cYG7izI/AAAAAAAAAKY/r-66IvIAhv8/s1600/cards%2B002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TSp2cYG7izI/AAAAAAAAAKY/r-66IvIAhv8/s320/cards%2B002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560386919822232370" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It’s been three months since we first began the Cricut Circle Blog. We LOVE bringing you new projects and hope that you enjoy reading the blog each day. It is also our hope that we have inspired you to try something new in your crafting. For this month’s challenge we would like to see you scraplift one of the projects you have seen us present here on the blog. It can be anything! And feel free to add your own creative twist to the project. Project must be newly created for this challenge and should include the following elements to qualify.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;•Use 2 or more Cricut Cuts on the project.&lt;br /&gt;•Use a project you have seen on the Cricut Circle Blog as inspiration for your project.&lt;br /&gt;•Use products from atleast two of our Sponsors (click on the “Sponsors” along the top of the page to see a list of manufacturers).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For this challenge I scraplifted Shantaie Fowler's card: Toast to the New Year. I welded two toasters together to form a shape card. &lt;br /&gt;Cricut Cuts: Don Juan-2011 and Nifty Fifties-toaster.&lt;br /&gt;Sponsor products: Black card base from American Crafts; blue toaster, toast and toaster elements are Bazzill cardstock; &lt;br /&gt;Tattered Angels Pearl Glimmer Mist for the toaster handle to give it a silvery color. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The sentiment is computer generated&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-7496844113260087906?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/7496844113260087906/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/01/junuary-monthly-circle-challenge.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/7496844113260087906'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/7496844113260087906'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/01/junuary-monthly-circle-challenge.html' title='Junuary Monthly Circle Challenge: Scraplift a Circle Blog Project!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TSp2cYG7izI/AAAAAAAAAKY/r-66IvIAhv8/s72-c/cards%2B002.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-5614317449079166396</id><published>2011-01-08T12:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T21:30:58.885-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Snowmen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gypsy Wanderings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas Cheer'/><title type='text'>Cricut Circle Weekly Challenge #15: Feeling Frosty!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TSjHTIwM9PI/AAAAAAAAAKI/v0vvjBLjPME/s1600/001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 297px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TSjHTIwM9PI/AAAAAAAAAKI/v0vvjBLjPME/s320/001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559912871569978610" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brrrr! Winter is in full swing over many parts of the country . . . but even if it is warm where you are, you can use Winter-inspired elements to fuel your creative juices on your next Cricut project. We challenge you to incorporate white paint, metal, and a snowflake cut on your project this week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Project must be newly created for this challenge and must include atleast 2 different cuts from any Cricut cartridge to qualify. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For this challenge I used Gypsy Wanderings for the snowman and Christmas Cheer for the snowflakes and Create a Critter for Fun from the So Fun phrase . Winter is a metal frame, and the white "paint" is Sno-Tex, and snoflakes glittered.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-5614317449079166396?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/5614317449079166396/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/01/cricut-circle-weekly-challenge-15.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/5614317449079166396'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/5614317449079166396'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/01/cricut-circle-weekly-challenge-15.html' title='Cricut Circle Weekly Challenge #15: Feeling Frosty!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TSjHTIwM9PI/AAAAAAAAAKI/v0vvjBLjPME/s72-c/001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-1261342754394277009</id><published>2011-01-08T11:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-09T11:07:39.082-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Cricut Circle Magazine Challenge: Thrift Store Find Contest!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TSoHdFrMS2I/AAAAAAAAAKQ/FmQ3gGv6_wc/s1600/001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 269px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TSoHdFrMS2I/AAAAAAAAAKQ/FmQ3gGv6_wc/s320/001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560264886263237474" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TSjD3NzfDZI/AAAAAAAAAKA/BYavzzK6eAU/s1600/001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TSjD3NzfDZI/AAAAAAAAAKA/BYavzzK6eAU/s320/001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559909093354704274" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TSjCZRvrB9I/AAAAAAAAAJ4/abi4tGTPJgo/s1600/008.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TSjCZRvrB9I/AAAAAAAAAJ4/abi4tGTPJgo/s320/008.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559907479504750546" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TSjCVsUGCLI/AAAAAAAAAJw/fpgFJGZ1eHY/s1600/007.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 182px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TSjCVsUGCLI/AAAAAAAAAJw/fpgFJGZ1eHY/s320/007.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559907417917360306" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TSjCRmmAVdI/AAAAAAAAAJo/2NgasMA9YfM/s1600/004.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 289px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TSjCRmmAVdI/AAAAAAAAAJo/2NgasMA9YfM/s320/004.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559907347662394834" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TSjBnpGqYZI/AAAAAAAAAJg/i_rnGs0KdOE/s1600/004.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3..bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TSjBWhmqNKI/AAAAAAAAAJY/EGH6uLFoBzg/s320/001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559906332710679714" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Find something from the thrift store to repurpose with your imagination and your Cricut Machine. Please use at least four Cricut cuts in your design. Upload before and after shots of your project to the blog under the Magazine Challenge Tab. Only one entry per person. Entry deadline is Friday, January 14th, 2011. Winner will receive a new April Showers cartridge!!  Prize will be shipped within 4 to 6 weeks after the announcement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I found an old plastic recipe box at a thrift store to clean up and decorate. Lots of great deals and I need to visit that store more ofter for altering.  I used the following cartridges: From My Kitchen - Recipes, From the Kitchen, gingerbread men; Don Juan - of, Diane; Nifty Fifties - apron and mitt.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-1261342754394277009?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/1261342754394277009/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/01/cricut-circle-magazine-challenge-thrift.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/1261342754394277009'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/1261342754394277009'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/01/cricut-circle-magazine-challenge-thrift.html' title='Cricut Circle Magazine Challenge: Thrift Store Find Contest!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TSoHdFrMS2I/AAAAAAAAAKQ/FmQ3gGv6_wc/s72-c/001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-7941023290923758299</id><published>2011-01-02T12:21:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-02T12:28:26.104-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Weekly Challenge #14: Getting In Shape!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TSDfD3VVGuI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/VETI3zXUzKE/s1600/cards%2B004.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 186px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TSDfD3VVGuI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/VETI3zXUzKE/s320/cards%2B004.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557687197661207266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to polls, “getting in shape” is among the Top Ten Resolutions people make each New Year’s Eve. Let’s do it! Let’s start the New Year off right by getting in shape . . . a shape other than a rectangle. We challenge you to create a project in a shape other than a square or rectangle. Your project must also include a number somewhere and bling of some kind (to go along with this week’s theme of “Blinging in the New Year”! Also, include 2 Cricut Cuts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I used the following cartridges: 2011-Don Juan, Welcome-Animal Kingdom, Card-Wild Card. Stickes and the gem for the door handle, glitter pen for doodling were added for bling.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-7941023290923758299?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/7941023290923758299/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/01/weekly-challenge-14-getting-in-shape.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/7941023290923758299'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/7941023290923758299'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2011/01/weekly-challenge-14-getting-in-shape.html' title='Weekly Challenge #14: Getting In Shape!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TSDfD3VVGuI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/VETI3zXUzKE/s72-c/cards%2B004.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-2752614747989725722</id><published>2010-12-12T11:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-12T11:34:58.612-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Pink Stamper Birthday Challenge</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TQUj0XMG4rI/AAAAAAAAAJE/uyPsRFBatbw/s1600/cards%2B001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TQUj0XMG4rI/AAAAAAAAAJE/uyPsRFBatbw/s320/cards%2B001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549881498288972466" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For this challenge I used Wild Card to create a card and envelope.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-2752614747989725722?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/2752614747989725722/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/12/pink-stamper-birthday-challenge.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/2752614747989725722'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/2752614747989725722'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/12/pink-stamper-birthday-challenge.html' title='Pink Stamper Birthday Challenge'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TQUj0XMG4rI/AAAAAAAAAJE/uyPsRFBatbw/s72-c/cards%2B001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-3247871842622037925</id><published>2010-12-11T14:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-10-24T08:40:01.515-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas tag'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Winter Frolic'/><title type='text'>Cricut Circle Weekly Challenge #10: Card or Tag Sketch Challenge!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TQP2MPAtFtI/AAAAAAAAAI0/pe9LklScXFE/s1600/cards%2B001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TQP2MPAtFtI/AAAAAAAAAI0/pe9LklScXFE/s320/cards%2B001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549549855898932946" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TQP1nWXpceI/AAAAAAAAAIs/RhuVzwiWjfw/s1600/CardSketch_JanaEubankChall11.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 233px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TQP1nWXpceI/AAAAAAAAAIs/RhuVzwiWjfw/s320/CardSketch_JanaEubankChall11.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549549222219051490" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week we want you to create a quick tag or card using the sketch provided below with a least 2 Cricut cuts. You can make it holiday themed if you would like, but it doesn’t need to be.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I used Winter Frolic to create this Tag. Cricut cuts: tag feature, mouse and the phrase: For You.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-3247871842622037925?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/3247871842622037925/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/12/cricut-circle-weekly-challenge-10-card.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/3247871842622037925'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/3247871842622037925'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/12/cricut-circle-weekly-challenge-10-card.html' title='Cricut Circle Weekly Challenge #10: Card or Tag Sketch Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TQP2MPAtFtI/AAAAAAAAAI0/pe9LklScXFE/s72-c/cards%2B001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-263088080557813515</id><published>2010-12-09T23:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-09T23:50:00.791-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Christmas Cards Cricut Cartridge</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TQHX38zsf1I/AAAAAAAAAIk/hip1fErd9FI/s1600/cards%2B002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TQHX38zsf1I/AAAAAAAAAIk/hip1fErd9FI/s320/cards%2B002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548953572112891730" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I followed Tammi's video series for these cards.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-263088080557813515?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/263088080557813515/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/12/christmas-cards-cricut-cartridge.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/263088080557813515'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/263088080557813515'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/12/christmas-cards-cricut-cartridge.html' title='Christmas Cards Cricut Cartridge'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TQHX38zsf1I/AAAAAAAAAIk/hip1fErd9FI/s72-c/cards%2B002.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-5646306428874045764</id><published>2010-12-07T12:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-07T14:32:45.410-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Cricut Circle - DECEMBER MONTHLY CHALLENGE: HOLIDAY GIFTS</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TP6boKK0uiI/AAAAAAAAAIc/V-SBd9pUH_Q/s1600/pictures%2B003.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 258px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TP6boKK0uiI/AAAAAAAAAIc/V-SBd9pUH_Q/s320/pictures%2B003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548042905193855522" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TP6bj5PGjOI/AAAAAAAAAIU/AosiZcU4oIg/s1600/pictures%2B001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TP6bj5PGjOI/AAAAAAAAAIU/AosiZcU4oIg/s320/pictures%2B001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548042831928921314" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TP6bZ01dDoI/AAAAAAAAAIM/yE4ybayJPFk/s1600/cards%2B001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 278px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TP6bZ01dDoI/AAAAAAAAAIM/yE4ybayJPFk/s320/cards%2B001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548042658948910722" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TP6bOPR2DOI/AAAAAAAAAIE/JWcCv9s0714/s1600/cards%2B001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TP6bOPR2DOI/AAAAAAAAAIE/JWcCv9s0714/s320/cards%2B001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548042459888880866" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Create a Holiday Gift Item. Project must be newly created for this challenge and should include the following elements to qualify:  Use at least 2 Cricut Cuts&lt;br /&gt;•Use a tag made with a cartridge (there are so many great tags on so many cartridges!)&lt;br /&gt;•Use the color red somewhere.&lt;br /&gt;•Use ribbon.&lt;br /&gt;•Use a phrase from one of the cartridges.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I used a glitter water globe w/photo frame. Instead of a picture I used two Cricut cuts: Santa from Christmas and a snowman from Gingerbread. The recipient can use the Santa for December and then the Snowman for January. She will also have the option of adding her own pictures. The tag and phrase are from Winter Frolic. I decorated a paint can for the wrapping instead of the original box. Ribbon was used for the base, top of paint can and draped over the globe. I used liquid pearls to give the santa's coat dimension and added stickles to both cuts. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-5646306428874045764?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/5646306428874045764/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/12/cricut-circle-december-monthly.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/5646306428874045764'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/5646306428874045764'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/12/cricut-circle-december-monthly.html' title='Cricut Circle - DECEMBER MONTHLY CHALLENGE: HOLIDAY GIFTS'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TP6boKK0uiI/AAAAAAAAAIc/V-SBd9pUH_Q/s72-c/pictures%2B003.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-6746223047366911229</id><published>2010-12-05T11:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-05T11:30:55.935-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Cricut Circle Weekly Challenge #10: Holiday Recipe Challenge!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TPvlgix-teI/AAAAAAAAAH0/vDsOoCTyUB0/s1600/cards%2B001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TPvlgix-teI/AAAAAAAAAH0/vDsOoCTyUB0/s320/cards%2B001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547279713291908578" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week we want you to create a project that is about, includes, or holds a holiday recipe. This could be a scrapbook page, a mini album, a recipe box or book, a Gift for a Neighbor . . . the sky’s the limit. But we want to see you pay tribute to a holiday recipe in some way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Project must be newly created for this challenge and must include atleast 2 different cuts from any Cricut cartridge to qualify.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For this challenge I created a accordian fold recipe box. Cricut cuts: Recipes-From My Kitchen, Sweet Holiday-Winter Frolic, Snowflake-Graphically speaking, images on card-Gingerbread. I love sugar cookies made with powdered sugar and of course lots of frosting and decorated.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-6746223047366911229?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/6746223047366911229/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/12/weekly-challenge-10-holiday-recipe.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/6746223047366911229'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/6746223047366911229'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/12/weekly-challenge-10-holiday-recipe.html' title='Cricut Circle Weekly Challenge #10: Holiday Recipe Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TPvlgix-teI/AAAAAAAAAH0/vDsOoCTyUB0/s72-c/cards%2B001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-8041844356636166491</id><published>2010-11-30T10:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-05T18:01:19.157-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Weekly Challenge #9: Black Friday Challenge!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TPU9qrrlxII/AAAAAAAAAHs/uiN_d1JeBok/s1600/pictures%2B002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TPU9qrrlxII/AAAAAAAAAHs/uiN_d1JeBok/s320/pictures%2B002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545406319665988738" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; This Weekly Challenge has a “Black Friday” twist! Here’s what we want you to do this week . . . Include the color black in your project AND recycle or repurpose something. Also, 2 Cricut cuts are required.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I bought the Noel decoration at Wal-Mart after Christmas on a great sale. It has sat upstairs since then. For this challenge I unearthed it and added cuts from A Child's Year, Winter Frolic and When It's cold outside. The black shadows were perfect against the gold. If it hadn't been for this challenge, it would still be in the bag! &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-8041844356636166491?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/8041844356636166491/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/11/weekly-challenge-9-black-friday.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/8041844356636166491'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/8041844356636166491'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/11/weekly-challenge-9-black-friday.html' title='Weekly Challenge #9: Black Friday Challenge!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TPU9qrrlxII/AAAAAAAAAHs/uiN_d1JeBok/s72-c/pictures%2B002.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-6152235197911395315</id><published>2010-11-28T11:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-28T11:42:19.972-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Cricut Circle: DECEMBER MAGAZINE GIFT BAG/BOX CONTEST!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TPKvtWlOaLI/AAAAAAAAAHk/6cTPpvMTyv8/s1600/cards%2B003.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TPKvtWlOaLI/AAAAAAAAAHk/6cTPpvMTyv8/s320/cards%2B003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544687284937189554" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You must create your gift bag or box using a base from one of the many Cricut cartridges available. Embellish it to fit your style! Please use at least 4 Cricut cuts in your design and incorporate something from one of this month’s magazine sponsors. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I used Dear Lizzy + American Crafts from Christmas Comfort and Cheer. Cricut cuts: Holly, poinsettia, leaves from Winter Woodland, Penwork from French Manor and bag from TBBM. Embellished with red and gold gems, glitter pen and ribbon for handle. This will make a great gift card holder for my niece.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-6152235197911395315?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/6152235197911395315/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/11/cricut-circle-december-magazine-gift.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/6152235197911395315'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/6152235197911395315'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/11/cricut-circle-december-magazine-gift.html' title='Cricut Circle: DECEMBER MAGAZINE GIFT BAG/BOX CONTEST!'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TPKvtWlOaLI/AAAAAAAAAHk/6cTPpvMTyv8/s72-c/cards%2B003.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-9201294763446958767</id><published>2010-11-28T11:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-28T11:26:29.870-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Cricut Circle: NOVEMBER MONTHLY CHALLENGE: HOME SWEET HOME</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TPKru2lWRcI/AAAAAAAAAHc/zPkiwgcLeKU/s1600/pictures%2B001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TPKru2lWRcI/AAAAAAAAAHc/zPkiwgcLeKU/s320/pictures%2B001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544682912660997570" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TPKrh9us3rI/AAAAAAAAAHU/oQHS-YN8Rqs/s1600/cards%2B001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TPKrh9us3rI/AAAAAAAAAHU/oQHS-YN8Rqs/s320/cards%2B001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544682691240976050" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The theme for this month’s challenge is all about cozying up your home with Handmade Home Decor! Please create a home decor project. Project must be newly created for this challenge and should include the following elements to qualify:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;•Use atleast one Cricut Cartridge Cut&lt;br /&gt;•Use the Cuttlebug in some way (embossing folder, Cuttlebug die, Quilling kit, etc.)&lt;br /&gt;•Use Felt in some way&lt;br /&gt;•Use the color GREEN somewhere on your project&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For this challenge I used a Cricut Cut from A Child's Year and the cuttlebug die for the snowflakes. The snowflake on top is felt and the gem and ribbon are green.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-9201294763446958767?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/9201294763446958767/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/11/cricut-circle-november-monthly.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/9201294763446958767'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/9201294763446958767'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/11/cricut-circle-november-monthly.html' title='Cricut Circle: NOVEMBER MONTHLY CHALLENGE: HOME SWEET HOME'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TPKru2lWRcI/AAAAAAAAAHc/zPkiwgcLeKU/s72-c/pictures%2B001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-8962591773666734152</id><published>2010-11-25T00:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-25T01:00:35.030-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Cricut Circle Weekly Challenge #8: Vintage Elements &amp; a Sketch</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TO4kKS8bSuI/AAAAAAAAAHM/yXqPByOi_fE/s1600/pictures%2B001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TO4kKS8bSuI/AAAAAAAAAHM/yXqPByOi_fE/s320/pictures%2B001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543407950642236130" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week's challenge involved a sketch, 3 Vintage elements and at least 2 Cricut cuts. My project is a scrapbook page that I will use this year for Christmas pictures.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Vintage elements: lace, paper and the silhouette Cricut cuts.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-8962591773666734152?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/8962591773666734152/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/11/weekly-challenge-8-vintage-elements.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/8962591773666734152'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/8962591773666734152'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/11/weekly-challenge-8-vintage-elements.html' title='Cricut Circle Weekly Challenge #8: Vintage Elements &amp; a Sketch'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TO4kKS8bSuI/AAAAAAAAAHM/yXqPByOi_fE/s72-c/pictures%2B001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-4625133811529120989</id><published>2010-11-15T16:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-15T18:40:45.208-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Cricut Circle Weekly Challenge #7: Thank you Color Challenge</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TOHVeSzK_WI/AAAAAAAAAHE/DblAXWHguZM/s1600/001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TOHVeSzK_WI/AAAAAAAAAHE/DblAXWHguZM/s320/001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539943733061680482" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week the challenge is a thank you card using the colors: Apricot, Magenta, Deep Olive and Golden Yellow. Also, 2 Cricut cuts are required.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My card uses the turkey from My Community with SU sweet treat cups as a thank you to the hostess of this year's Thanksgiving dinner. The turkey base is SU Apricot cardstock, the second layer is print paper with Magenta flowers, Golden Yellow in the candy and Deep Olive cardstock as the card base. I inked the different layers.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-4625133811529120989?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/4625133811529120989/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/11/circle-weekly-challenge-7-thank-you.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/4625133811529120989'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/4625133811529120989'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/11/circle-weekly-challenge-7-thank-you.html' title='Cricut Circle Weekly Challenge #7: Thank you Color Challenge'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TOHVeSzK_WI/AAAAAAAAAHE/DblAXWHguZM/s72-c/001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-4211511797597895836</id><published>2010-11-09T13:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-09T13:50:44.184-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Cricut Circle Magazine Challenge: Ornament</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TNnBBZgxWEI/AAAAAAAAAG8/oc3DByTiOPY/s1600/cards%2B004.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537669446601103426" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TNnBBZgxWEI/AAAAAAAAAG8/oc3DByTiOPY/s320/cards%2B004.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The challenge was to make an ornament to hang on a tree with 4 Cricut cuts and also use one other Provo Craft item.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I used the Cricut for the window, tree, Merry Christmas and a 4" square. The holly is a MS punch and the bow is a MS punch embossed with the Cuttlebug.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Cartridges used: Christmas, Wild Card and George.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-4211511797597895836?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/4211511797597895836/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/11/cricut-circle-magazine-challenge.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/4211511797597895836'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/4211511797597895836'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/11/cricut-circle-magazine-challenge.html' title='Cricut Circle Magazine Challenge: Ornament'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TNnBBZgxWEI/AAAAAAAAAG8/oc3DByTiOPY/s72-c/cards%2B004.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-1887724765479806302</id><published>2010-11-09T13:30:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-09T13:48:32.773-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Cricut Circle Weekly Challenge #6: Feathered Friends</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TNm-Ydo-k5I/AAAAAAAAAG0/Rf7C5fpzdGc/s1600/cards%2B003.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537666544311374738" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TNm-Ydo-k5I/AAAAAAAAAG0/Rf7C5fpzdGc/s320/cards%2B003.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;This week's challenge was in honor of our feathered friends. Must use 2 Cricut cuts, bird(s), and stitching either machine or hand or both. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I used the birds and phrase from Straight From the Nest. The stitching is an In Stitch'z by Bazzill template with brown floss for the branch. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-1887724765479806302?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/1887724765479806302/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/11/cricut-circle-weekly-challenge-6.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/1887724765479806302'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/1887724765479806302'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/11/cricut-circle-weekly-challenge-6.html' title='Cricut Circle Weekly Challenge #6: Feathered Friends'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TNm-Ydo-k5I/AAAAAAAAAG0/Rf7C5fpzdGc/s72-c/cards%2B003.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-9205828384143628617</id><published>2010-11-01T12:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-11-01T12:19:17.660-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Circle Weekly Challenge #4: Birthday Sketch</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TM8SfiCMk6I/AAAAAAAAAGs/x2df9CpmDyk/s1600/sketch.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534662799982891938" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TM8SfiCMk6I/AAAAAAAAAGs/x2df9CpmDyk/s320/sketch.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TM8RgxJGbmI/AAAAAAAAAGk/LQ-VOrRgx-Q/s1600/001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 295px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534661721706622562" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TM8RgxJGbmI/AAAAAAAAAGk/LQ-VOrRgx-Q/s320/001.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;This challenge was to use a sketch with a birthday theme, buttons, and 2 different Cricut Cuts.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I used the Cricut for the Circle and Happy Birthday with the blackout feature. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-9205828384143628617?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/9205828384143628617/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/11/circle-weekly-challenge-4-birthday.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/9205828384143628617'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/9205828384143628617'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/11/circle-weekly-challenge-4-birthday.html' title='Circle Weekly Challenge #4: Birthday Sketch'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TM8SfiCMk6I/AAAAAAAAAGs/x2df9CpmDyk/s72-c/sketch.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-4052008149375582582</id><published>2010-10-23T22:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-23T22:54:34.208-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Cricut Circle Weekly Challenge #4 BOO! Challenge</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TMPJ_DmrDII/AAAAAAAAAGc/M7c0itYdxaw/s1600/001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531486852477553794" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TMPJ_DmrDII/AAAAAAAAAGc/M7c0itYdxaw/s320/001.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TMPJ2F0Y3aI/AAAAAAAAAGU/Dk0DwJ_JJ5M/s1600/003.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531486698453130658" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TMPJ2F0Y3aI/AAAAAAAAAGU/Dk0DwJ_JJ5M/s320/003.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;This challenge is to create a Halloween project that incorporates some kind of transparent element and 2 cuts. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I used a treat box with a window from TBBM. The box on p.119 using the fit to page function. The witch's hat and witch's brew phrase were cut from Happy Hauntings. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-4052008149375582582?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/4052008149375582582/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/10/cricut-circle-weekly-challenge-4-boo.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/4052008149375582582'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/4052008149375582582'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/10/cricut-circle-weekly-challenge-4-boo.html' title='Cricut Circle Weekly Challenge #4 BOO! Challenge'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TMPJ_DmrDII/AAAAAAAAAGc/M7c0itYdxaw/s72-c/001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-3141218868189679980</id><published>2010-10-23T13:02:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-02-07T00:04:16.109-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Cricut Circle Monthly Challenge: Celebrating Creativity</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TMNAcCRmIQI/AAAAAAAAAGM/9G8uuMw8PQE/s1600/cards+005.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 257px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531335617732288770" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TMNAcCRmIQI/AAAAAAAAAGM/9G8uuMw8PQE/s320/cards+005.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TMNAVK96RsI/AAAAAAAAAGE/x8SwS2DIZXA/s1600/cards+004.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 237px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531335499806557890" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TMNAVK96RsI/AAAAAAAAAGE/x8SwS2DIZXA/s320/cards+004.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TMNAIY_kOcI/AAAAAAAAAF8/zeMZGCT3Jko/s1600/cards+006.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531335280233298370" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TMNAIY_kOcI/AAAAAAAAAF8/zeMZGCT3Jko/s320/cards+006.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;This month's challenge requirements: a shadow feature, patterned paper, embellishments, and 2 cuts. It can be a Home Decor project or a scrapbook page.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I used a small tin box and Winter Woodland Cartridge. Building one was cut once @3.5" and then 3.25". Season's Greeting was cut and shadowed @1". The tag is 1.5". Believe was cut from vinyl @1/2" using Gypsy Wandering. Embellishments include stickles and black gems for the door handles, snow on trees, and Kosher salt for the snow tied with a ribbon.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-3141218868189679980?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/3141218868189679980/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/10/cricut-circle-monthly-challenge.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/3141218868189679980'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/3141218868189679980'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/10/cricut-circle-monthly-challenge.html' title='Cricut Circle Monthly Challenge: Celebrating Creativity'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TMNAcCRmIQI/AAAAAAAAAGM/9G8uuMw8PQE/s72-c/cards+005.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-228211521657912169</id><published>2010-10-17T18:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-17T18:28:20.553-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Cricut Circle Weekly challenge#3: Autmun Splendor! Color Challenge&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TLuhuMko9nI/AAAAAAAAAF0/eGir3DCPoO4/s1600/cards+002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529190782548375154" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TLuhuMko9nI/AAAAAAAAAF0/eGir3DCPoO4/s320/cards+002.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This weeks challenge was to incorporate the following colors: gray, orange, tan and burgundy and add lots of texture to your project. Must use at least 2 cuts.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I used George for the circles for the pumpkin and the Witch's hat from Happy Hauntings for the pumpkin stem. I did cut off the spider and did a little tweaking. Cuttlebug embossing folders were used for the pumpkin circles, stem, and gray background paper. Textured Bazzill paper is behind the Sentiment with brads&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The printed paper has 3 of the colors: orange, tan and burgandy and then added the gray.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-228211521657912169?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/228211521657912169/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/10/cricut-circle-weekly-challenge3-autmun.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/228211521657912169'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/228211521657912169'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/10/cricut-circle-weekly-challenge3-autmun.html' title=''/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TLuhuMko9nI/AAAAAAAAAF0/eGir3DCPoO4/s72-c/cards+002.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-2101502557121448144</id><published>2010-10-12T10:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-12T10:30:44.086-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Cricut Circle Weekly Challenge #2</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TLSbBXfGBeI/AAAAAAAAAFs/eSNgCpMlck0/s1600/cards+001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 251px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527213090477049314" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TLSbBXfGBeI/AAAAAAAAAFs/eSNgCpMlck0/s320/cards+001.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;THINK PINK! Use pink, ruffles, scallops, flourishes, glitter and jewels (use 3) Also the project must contain 2 Cricut cuts.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-2101502557121448144?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/2101502557121448144/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/10/cricut-circle-weekly-challenge-2.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/2101502557121448144'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/2101502557121448144'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/10/cricut-circle-weekly-challenge-2.html' title='Cricut Circle Weekly Challenge #2'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TLSbBXfGBeI/AAAAAAAAAFs/eSNgCpMlck0/s72-c/cards+001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-3323319512639136955</id><published>2010-10-02T12:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-02T12:53:58.324-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Cricut Circle Blog Weekly Challenge#1</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TKeLelrbGPI/AAAAAAAAAFk/0HQufUeRQbU/s1600/pictures+003.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523536825619781874" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TKeLelrbGPI/AAAAAAAAAFk/0HQufUeRQbU/s320/pictures+003.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;I made a card for this challenge using 3 cuts from French Manor Cartridge. The French Horn is cut @1- 1/12", the Tag#1 @ 3" and Shift Tag #1 at 3". The holly is a MS punch, ribbon and gem stickers from my stash. The paper is Echo Park-the Merry Christmas collection.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rules of challenge: at least 2 cuts from FM and add jewels or pearls.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-3323319512639136955?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/3323319512639136955/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/10/cricut-blog-weekly-challenge1.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/3323319512639136955'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/3323319512639136955'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/10/cricut-blog-weekly-challenge1.html' title='Cricut Circle Blog Weekly Challenge#1'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TKeLelrbGPI/AAAAAAAAAFk/0HQufUeRQbU/s72-c/pictures+003.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-9214121625741873415</id><published>2010-07-03T21:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T21:21:47.088-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Peachy Keen Stamps #31</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TDAMLMmt7xI/AAAAAAAAAFU/brlpYLaGwJM/s1600/001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TDAMLMmt7xI/AAAAAAAAAFU/brlpYLaGwJM/s320/001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489901332266348306" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I cut the clock from Graphically Speaking and used a Peachy Keen stamp for the face.  On the inside:  Another Birthday!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-9214121625741873415?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/9214121625741873415/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/07/peachy-keen-stamps-31.html#comment-form' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/9214121625741873415'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/9214121625741873415'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/07/peachy-keen-stamps-31.html' title='Peachy Keen Stamps #31'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/TDAMLMmt7xI/AAAAAAAAAFU/brlpYLaGwJM/s72-c/001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-8753268029271865991</id><published>2010-05-18T19:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-18T19:59:05.184-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Peachy Keen Challenge 28</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/S_NT3AJ26LI/AAAAAAAAAFM/I1td8CJYOi8/s1600/pictures+001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472810176584542386" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/S_NT3AJ26LI/AAAAAAAAAFM/I1td8CJYOi8/s320/pictures+001.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Love the Peachy Keen face stamps!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-8753268029271865991?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/8753268029271865991/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/05/peachy-keen-challenge-28.html#comment-form' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/8753268029271865991'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/8753268029271865991'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/05/peachy-keen-challenge-28.html' title='Peachy Keen Challenge 28'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/S_NT3AJ26LI/AAAAAAAAAFM/I1td8CJYOi8/s72-c/pictures+001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-1148880295991165749</id><published>2010-04-26T13:50:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-26T13:52:24.318-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Peachy Keen Challenge 27</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/S9X8_D3VlSI/AAAAAAAAAFA/Jd7Wm4SPCgo/s1600/cards+001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464551883183330594" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/S9X8_D3VlSI/AAAAAAAAAFA/Jd7Wm4SPCgo/s320/cards+001.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-1148880295991165749?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/1148880295991165749/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/04/peachy-keen-challenge-27.html#comment-form' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/1148880295991165749'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/1148880295991165749'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/04/peachy-keen-challenge-27.html' title='Peachy Keen Challenge 27'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/S9X8_D3VlSI/AAAAAAAAAFA/Jd7Wm4SPCgo/s72-c/cards+001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-955513274099687408</id><published>2010-04-09T00:26:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-09T00:34:36.068-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge 26</title><content type='html'>I used the floss that my mom was ready to throw out when she moved. It is a tangled mess, but I am able to pull out the amount I need. Just love my Peachy Keen Face stamps! Also, I didn't know how I was going to use this paper, but this challenge was perfect to incorporate the orange and the other colors. &lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/S77WvI7StjI/AAAAAAAAAE4/5VJmBvOVJK0/s1600/cards+005.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458035903757989426" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/S77WvI7StjI/AAAAAAAAAE4/5VJmBvOVJK0/s320/cards+005.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-955513274099687408?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/955513274099687408/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/04/peachy-keen-stamps-challenge-26.html#comment-form' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/955513274099687408'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/955513274099687408'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/04/peachy-keen-stamps-challenge-26.html' title='Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge 26'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/S77WvI7StjI/AAAAAAAAAE4/5VJmBvOVJK0/s72-c/cards+005.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-2001377101135137246</id><published>2010-03-31T17:36:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-31T17:38:39.373-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge 25</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/S7PrAzSA_mI/AAAAAAAAAEw/Lshpy-CMcgk/s1600/cards+001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454961972674100834" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/S7PrAzSA_mI/AAAAAAAAAEw/Lshpy-CMcgk/s320/cards+001.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-2001377101135137246?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/2001377101135137246/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/03/peachy-keen-stamps-challenge-25.html#comment-form' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/2001377101135137246'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/2001377101135137246'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/03/peachy-keen-stamps-challenge-25.html' title='Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge 25'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/S7PrAzSA_mI/AAAAAAAAAEw/Lshpy-CMcgk/s72-c/cards+001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-2941290320369056064</id><published>2010-03-12T23:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-12T23:18:50.701-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Peachy Keen Challenge 24</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/S5s8QuRqD1I/AAAAAAAAAEo/QapPqTaxiTQ/s1600-h/cards+001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448014432232410962" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/S5s8QuRqD1I/AAAAAAAAAEo/QapPqTaxiTQ/s320/cards+001.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;This week's challenge was to use a Peachy Keen stamp according to a sketch. I chose this cute bunny, just gotta love him!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-2941290320369056064?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/2941290320369056064/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/03/peachy-keen-challenge-24.html#comment-form' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/2941290320369056064'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/2941290320369056064'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/03/peachy-keen-challenge-24.html' title='Peachy Keen Challenge 24'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/S5s8QuRqD1I/AAAAAAAAAEo/QapPqTaxiTQ/s72-c/cards+001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-5236946508835203241</id><published>2010-02-25T09:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-25T09:48:57.680-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Peachy Keen Challenge 23</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/S4a4ARf1gkI/AAAAAAAAAEY/yJ3yZMojwpg/s1600-h/cards+002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442239514560266818" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/S4a4ARf1gkI/AAAAAAAAAEY/yJ3yZMojwpg/s320/cards+002.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-5236946508835203241?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/5236946508835203241/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/02/peachy-keen-challenge-23.html#comment-form' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/5236946508835203241'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/5236946508835203241'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/02/peachy-keen-challenge-23.html' title='Peachy Keen Challenge 23'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/S4a4ARf1gkI/AAAAAAAAAEY/yJ3yZMojwpg/s72-c/cards+002.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-6850767880875375210</id><published>2010-02-15T22:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-15T22:07:57.246-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Peachy Keen Stamps challenge 22</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/S3o2NbfQnyI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/u3_aysn04-o/s1600-h/challenges+001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438719104348364578" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/S3o2NbfQnyI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/u3_aysn04-o/s320/challenges+001.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-6850767880875375210?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/6850767880875375210/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/02/peachy-keen-stamps-challenge-22.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/6850767880875375210'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/6850767880875375210'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/02/peachy-keen-stamps-challenge-22.html' title='Peachy Keen Stamps challenge 22'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/S3o2NbfQnyI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/u3_aysn04-o/s72-c/challenges+001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173689071779452592.post-7361468287134991229</id><published>2010-01-31T00:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-31T00:35:28.636-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #21 Inchies</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/S2VAxNgKgyI/AAAAAAAAAEI/Bja2MRnzbAg/s1600-h/cards+002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432819739674706722" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/S2VAxNgKgyI/AAAAAAAAAEI/Bja2MRnzbAg/s320/cards+002.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1173689071779452592-7361468287134991229?l=diane-mycards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/feeds/7361468287134991229/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/01/pennys-paper-crafty-challenge-21.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/7361468287134991229'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1173689071779452592/posts/default/7361468287134991229'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://diane-mycards.blogspot.com/2010/01/pennys-paper-crafty-challenge-21.html' title='Penny&apos;s Paper-Crafty Challenge #21 Inchies'/><author><name>Diane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00088888599718551956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/Slq7ZPMa-PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Pqg0S3_MA9Y/S220/phphJ61r8_c3PM.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_efqMDIFoosA/S2VAxNgKgyI/AAAAAAAAAEI/Bja2MRnzbAg/s72-c/cards+002.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
