Just an FYI.....SCAL2......

......is no longer available from craftedge.com. The only download available is for SCAL3 which DOES NOT SUPPORT the Cricut.

If you or anyone you know has not purchased SCAL2 and still would like to do so, I've heard that there are a limited number of copies still available at Pumpkin Cart Crafts

In Lieu of a Blog Hop.....

Yes, today was supposed to be the Squash the Bug blog hop. I'm not sure exactly what happened - Ronnie, the person who was organizing the hop, seems to be MIA. Several hop participants have tried to reach her without success. I hope that she is well and we will hear from her soon.

The plan for that blog hop was for us to use files donated by various designer's who sell their svg files online. Since that didn't come about, I thought I would share a few details of the wedding album that I finished a while back - the pages include a mix of my own designs and those of my all time favorite designer, Mary Rudakas of svgcuts.com. (I've included links to all of Mary's files that are still available.)

For the wedding gifts, I used the gift border from the Birthday Elements SVG Collection:





The flutes, bells, and wedding cake are all from the My Big DayCollection:






The cake knife and server are my own design - cut from metallic cardstock, embossed the handles with my CB and added ribbons and pink rhinestone trim.



The title is my design using MTC and the Adine-Kirnberg script font. The beautiful bride silhouette is a retired free design from svgcuts.com.



The shoes are a free file from svgcuts.com:





The tux front, mens shoes and bow tie are files I created in MTC.




The makeup elements are files I created a couple of years ago in Inkscape. All the girls title is from the FREE My Mom's Attic collection at svgcuts.com:

So, if are reading this and haven't checked out the awesome files at svgcuts.com - what are you waiting for? The files are well designed, cut beautifully - and are very reasonably priced.

Have a great week-end everyone!

Another NSD challenge Card

I actually made this on Saturday but forgot to post - it's the first card I've ever made like this and it didn't turn out too bad I suppose. I haven't added a greeting or sentiment yet - will wait until I have a use for the card to decide since this could work for many occasions.

Outside View of Card

View of inside insert

I used the Cherry Blossom Mini Collection from svgcuts.com to embellish this card (except for the cherries which I created in MTC). Click on the photo below to purchase the Cherry Blossom Collection:

Free SVG File – Sure Cuts A Lot – 05.09.11 – Cheryl's Sweet Treats Mini SVG Collection

Free SVG File – Sure Cuts A Lot – 05.09.11 – Cheryl's Sweet Treats Mini SVG Collection

Over $500 In Prizes - SVGCuts' Facebook Fan Giveaway Week - No Purchase Necessary!

Over $500 In Prizes - SVGCuts' Facebook Fan Giveaway Week - No Purchase Necessary!

Happy Mother's Day!!!!

Tent card made for NSD challenge on the MTC forum - Card front and lacey edge are my original designs made in MTC. The Hummingbird and Daffodil swirly files are free files from SVGCUTS.com Click the images below to go to the download pages:

Candleligt Vigil Cut File

NOTICE: Please go to the SVG tab at the top of my blog for important information regarding SVG downloads.

Test cut the files today and other than the fact that my E just doesn't like a couple brands of paper, they cut quite well. I've set both of these up as MTC files - I ran into problems trying to cut with SCAL today and since I'm still kind of under the weather, I didn't feel like messing around trying to troubleshoot. And, also, I'm rather quickly coming to prefer MTC because of the speed at which it cuts!!!!

Candlelight Vigil

Tornado & Alabama stuff

Here's a few random pics I took of damage that occurred in our area:

And, don't feel too bad for us being without power for 5 days - we still ate pretty good as you can see from this pic of breakfast on the grill: