Judy's Handmade Creations

Handmade boxed earring set!

2012-05-21T11:34:00.001-04:00

Happy Monday everyone. I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Made this for a crossing guard at my daughter school. The crossing guard is retiring today and I wanted to make her a handmade gift:)

To make this box I used Cricut Tags, Bags, Boxes & More Cartridge. This box cut is on page #119. I made this flower with the EK 3D Flower punch tool. Here is a video on the 3D flower Punch. If you want to check it out.

Here is whats inside the box. I handmade and designed these wired wrapped earrings just for her. I hope she likes them;) The earring card was embossed and cut out with the Cuttlebug embossing/die cut Celebrations stamp set.

Linking this project here. I Got To Try That Blog Hop. Creative Monday Link Up Party. Cooking With Cricut Challenge #87. Link Up Tuesday. Have a great week all. Thank you for stopping by:)

My new sewing and embroidery machine!

2012-05-15T10:57:00.002-04:00

Happy Tuesday, friends! Hope you all had a great Mother's Day. Here is what my Husband, son and daughter gave me for Mother's Day. My husband wanted to get me a new sewing machine. I was super excited to get this for Mother's day!! My Husband said if I don't want this I can take it back to the store. I'm not taking this back I'm keeping it (LOL). When I get time to use this Brother SE 400 sewing and embroidery machine I will post my first project right here. I can't wait to make something with it:) Here is a short video I found on youtube for this machine. If you want to check it out! This machine is so awesome! Have a great day all. Thank you for stopping by:)

Class Of 2012 Party Favors!

2012-05-10T14:08:00.000-04:00

Hello all! Made this Class Of 2012 party favor decoration for my niece. She will be graduating from 12th grade this month. All of her party decorations are in pink, black and silver. The banner cuts and number cuts are from Cricut Birthday Bash Cartridge. Class Of cut is from the Wild Card Cartridge. The cap is from the Locker Talk Cartridge. Thought I would post this so you all can see how beautiful it is:)

I'm linking this here. Kitchen Fun and Crafty Friday Link Party #13. Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #112 You Did it! Make a graduations project. My Craft Spot Challenge #56 Congratulations. Thanks for stopping by. Have a wonderful week all :)

Mother's Day Card 2012!

2012-05-03T11:20:00.003-04:00

Happy Thursday, everyone! This card was made with Cricut Fancy Frames and Cricut Tags, Bags, Boxes & More 2 Cartridges. This frame is #9 on the Fancy Frame reference sheet. Happy Mother's Day is on Page # 41 in the Tags, Bags, Boxes & More 2 Handbook. I placed a Cri-kits gel pen in machine to draw the Happy Mother's day sentiment on the card. I selected the Card Phrase Feature, pressed Shift, and drew the sentiment. I love this Card Phase feature, because I can use gel pens to write the sentiment ;)

I handmade the ribbon roses. You can see a tutorial here on how I made some flowers with crepe paper. I made these ribbon flowers the same way as shown on video.

I'm linking this project here. Creative Cutter Room Mother's Day Challenge. My Craft Spot Challenge #54 Mother's Day. Paper Play Time Challenge Anything Goes. Crop Stop National Scrapbook Challenge. Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #110 Mother's Days. Bitten by the Bug 2 Frame Challenge. Throwback Thursday Framed Challenge. Have a great week all. Thank you for stopping by:)

Teacher Appreciation Gift!

2012-05-02T18:59:00.000-04:00

Hello everyone. Here's another one of those empty frosting containers I been recycling this week. I love decorating these! I made this one for my daughter to give to her teacher. I'm filling it with candy. Here is the link to the other empty frosting container I decorated.

This award image is from Cricut Plantin SchoolBook Cartridge. This image is on page #77 of the handbook. I decorated the container with pencil pattern paper, lace, tulle and a piece of foam sheet for top of the container.

I'm linking this project here. Cooking with Cricut Challenge #84 Teacher Appreciation Day. Have a great week all. Thank you for stopping by:)

Recycled Project!

2012-04-30T15:23:00.001-04:00

Hello everyone. I hope you all had a great weekend! Here is a empty frosting container I recycled. I decorated the empty container with some paper from colorbok, lace, blue felt and tulle. I punched holes with a crop a dile and tied tulle in the hole. I'm going to fill it with candy and give it to a friend:)

This butterfly is on the Cricut April Shower cartridge.

Here's how the frosting container looked before I decorated it.

I'm linking this project here. Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #109 - Save the Earth Cricut Crawl Make a project using a recycled item. Have a great week. Thank you for stopping by:)

I Love My Mom Card!

2012-04-27T14:13:00.002-04:00

Happy Friday, everyone! Here is a easy card I made today for my Mom.

This Tag is on Tags, Bags, Boxes & More 2 Cartridge and is on page 73 of the handbook. I purchased the blue flower and I love my mom sticker from Michaels Store. I added some blue gems on the tag with the i-rock tool.

I got a little crazy taking pictures of this card. I could not stop taking pictures! The color and the sparkle is so pretty:)

I'm linking this card here. Cooking with Cricut Challenge #83 Bling, Bling and More Bling. Have a Wonderful weekend all. Thank you for stopping by;)

Getting there card!

2012-04-24T13:28:00.000-04:00

Hello everyone. I hope you are having a great Tuesday! Here a card card I made for a couple challenges. I used some very bright paper on this card! You may need to wear your sun glasses ;)

These images are on the "Just Because" Card Cartridge and is on page 24 of the handbook.

Here is a close up of the images. The image at the top is the sticker image in the handbook and image at the bottom is the stencil image in the handbook. I embossed the card with CuttlebugBug folder Tiny Mosiac.

I'm linking this card here. Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #108 On the Go. Create a project with a car, bike, plane, or train. My Craft Spot Challenge #53 Things That Go. Have a great week everyone. Thank you for stopping by:)

Wish you were here card!

2012-04-20T13:54:00.003-04:00

Happy Friday. I know everyone is ready for the weekend! Here's a card I made to send to my 14 yrs old niece in North Carolina. She always tells me this on the phone. I wish you were here. This Model20 image is from Forever Young Cartridge and is on page 43 of the handbook. The umbrella is from the same Cartridge and it is on page 44 of handbook. I Embossed card with Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder. Easy card to make.

I'm linking this card here.
Stuck On U Sketches April Showers Die Cuts Challenge.
Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #107 Make a project with either an umbrella, rain or cloud.
Creative Cutter Room April Showers Challenge.

Have a wonderful weekend all. Thank you for stopping by:)

Letter shape card!

2012-04-19T13:04:00.001-04:00

Hello everyone! Hope you are having a great Thursday. Here is a letter shape card. I used my Gypsy and Sweethearts cartridge to create this card. I welded the letter and blackout shapes on page #49 of the handbook. The paper is Recollections. I embellished card with blue ribbon and a gem. Easy card to make;)

Here is the inside of card.

I'm linking this card here.
Cooking with Cricut Challenge #82 National Card and Letter Writing Month.

Have a great week. Thank you for stopping by

Card Outreach Challenge!

2012-04-16T21:43:00.001-04:00

Hello everyone. Here is a card I made for Cooking with Cricut Challenge #81 Outreach ("Thinking of You" cards for a 6 yr. old and a 13 yr old girls battling cancer). I will be mailing one of these cards to Cooking with Cricut Design Team member Madison and the other card to the other address.

The scallop image is from A Child's Year cartridge and is on page #49 of the handbook. This bear image is on Doodlecharms Cartridge and is on page 105 of handbook.

Here is a close up of the bear.

Have a great week all. Thank you for stopping by:)

Blessed Easter Card!

2012-04-04T21:53:00.002-04:00

Hello everyone. Hope you are having a good week. Here is my last Easter cards for 2012. This card is for you all. I hope you all have a Blessed Easter. My daughter starts Easter break tomorrow. We will be leaving in the morning to go to Carolina to visit my Mom and Dad. We will be gone for a week and couple days. My hubby is not going with us. This is my last post until I return home on April 14. My Mom doesn't have the Internet:(

This image cut is from Cricut Botanicals lite Cartridge. Blessed Easter is a dollar rubber stamp from Michaels.

Here is another card with different pattern paper.

I'm linking this card here.
Cooking with Cricut Challenge #80 Easter Themed.

Have a safe and Blessed Easter everyone. Thank you for stopping by:)

Easter pop up Card!!

2012-04-02T22:15:00.002-04:00

Hello everyone. Hope you all had a great weekend. Here is a card I created. I did not use any Cricut die cuts on this card. I purchased these handmade Easter sticker from Walmart back in 2010. These Easter sticker were marked down to 25 cents a pack.

The pink doily is from the dollar tree store. This is the front of card.

This is the inside of card. The inside of card pops up when it is opened.

Here is a close up of the inside. These stickers are adorable:)

I'm linking this card here.
My Craft Spot Monday Challenge #50 Easter.

Have a great week everyone. Thank you for stopping by:)

A Cute Dog card!

2012-03-30T12:17:00.003-04:00

Hello all. Hope you are having a wonderful Friday. Here's a Dog Gone Good card I made for a few challenges. This dog and word is on Cricut "Just Because" Card Cart and is on page #37 of the handbook. The pattern paper is Miss Elizabeth paper from Dollar Tree store and the solid paper is Recollections. I tied a blue ribbon around his neck.

This dog has a pink ribbon tied around her neck.

Here is a close up of the dog.

I'm linking this card here.
Cooking with Cricut challenge #79 Make Me Laugh.
My Creative Time Throw back Thursday.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend. Thank you for stopping by :)

Bunny Lantern!

2012-03-27T14:47:00.016-04:00

Hello everyone. Here is another 3D Easter decoration I created. This is a bunny lantern. This bunny tag is from Cricut Winter Woodland Cartridge. This tag die cut is on page 58 of the handbook.

The rose flowers I purchased from Michaels Store. The pom pom, google eyes and battery opperated tealight from Dollar Tree store. The Paper is Recollections Signature Glitter Cardstock.

Here is a look at all four sides of lantern. I cut two of the same tags and scored down sides of tags and hot glued them together. I adhered a piece of translucent vellum to the inside of bunny tag. I created the bottom base with a white piece of cardstock. I used MS Flower bed punch on the bottom side white cardstock.

Here is the bunny lantern with the battery opperated tealight turned on. I made this for my daughter. She loves this bunny lantern:)

I'm linking this project here.
Little Scrap Pieces Challenge to use yellow.
Getting Cricky Sunday Challenge- Easter Blessing.
Decorate To Celebrate Challenge #21 Easter Party.
Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #104 Out like a Lamb. Make a project with a gentle animal, lamb, puppy, kitten etc.
Sentimental Sundays Challenge #95 Easter or Spring.
Stuck On U Sketches die cut bunny Challenge

Have a great day all. Thank you for stopping by;)

A Wooden Cross Project!

2012-03-25T09:56:00.002-04:00

Hello all! Here is a project I created with out using my Cricut E. Very easy to put together;) I created some of these to give to my Mom and Sisters for a Easter gift this year. I purchased the wooden cross, paper roses and paint at Michaels Store. I painted the cross with Plaids Acrylic Paint. I hot glued all the paper roses to the cross. Easy peasy I told you so!!

Here is a close up! Isn't this cross filled with paper roses gorgeous? The paper roses are Treasured by Shabby Chic and there is 12 pieces in a pack for $1.50. and the cross was $1.00.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a wonderful weekend:)

3D Egg ornament Tree!

2012-03-21T19:15:00.003-04:00

Hello everyone. Hope your having a great day! Here is a paper Easter decoration. I created this 3D tree with Cricut Stretch your Imagination Cartridge. I cut the tree out 4 times on page #47 and scored down middle and hot glued them together. I cut the bottom of tree across with scissors to get it to stand up on table.

The egg is from DoodleCharms Cartridge and is on page #89. I cut the egg out 6 times and scored down middle and hot glued them together. I added a small piece of sheer ribbon in center of egg for hanging on tree. I seen this 3D egg on another blog but I can't remember where I seen it.

Have a great week all. Thank you for looking!

Another Spring Card!!

2012-03-19T12:52:00.005-04:00

Hello Everyone. Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Here a butterfly and flower card. The butterflies and Spring is Here is a stamp from Michaels. Both stampers are out of dollar bin.

The pink flowers are from Cricut Flower shoppe cartridge and the scallop purple cut is from Cricut "Just Because" Card Cartridge.

I'm linking this card to these challenges.
Fantatubulous Cricut Challenge #103 - Celebrate Spring. Make a project with at least three flowers.
My Craft Spot Challenge #49 Spring and Scallops. Make a card or other project - must be a Spring theme and include scallops)

Have a great day everyone. Thank you for stopping by:)

Easter Easel Card!!

2012-03-15T12:16:00.002-04:00

Hello everyone. Hope you are having a great week. Here a Easter easel card I put together. This is one of my favorite style of card to make. The handmade Easter stickers I had in my stash. I purchased the stickers two years ago at Walmart when they mark them down after Easter. They where a dollar and I got them for 25 cents.

This heart rainbow is from Cricut Create A Critter Cartridge. I embossed the card with CuttleBug Swiss Dots Folder.

The grass I made with a piece of green cardstock.

I'm linking this card to this Challenge.
Cooking with Cricut Challenge Theme #77 ST Pat's and Rainbows.

Thank you for stopping by. Have a great day:)

A Card For A Man / Boy!

2012-03-14T08:31:00.008-04:00

Hello everyone. I hope your week is going great. We been having very warm weather here. It makes me think Spring is here already! I'm loving all this warm weather:) Here is a man/ boy Birthday card idea. I made this card for my son. He will be turning 28 years old in a few months! He loves to buy them expensive sport shoes. This is a perfect Birthday Card for him.

This shoe is from the Cricut Soccer Cartridge. This was one of the free cartridge I got for purchasing The Gypsy back when the Gypsy first came out. This is my first time using this cartridge and I like this shoe die cut on it! The paper used for this card is Colorbok from Walmart. I punched holes in shoe with the crop a dile and laced cording in holes to make it look like tied shoe string.

This sentiment Happy Birthday is from the Xyron Design Runner. I had that for a few years and decided to start using it again. That is my card for today. I hope you like it.

I'm linking this card to these challenges.
My Craft Spot Challenge #47 to make a Manly Man cards.
Anything Goes Challenge Blog- Boyz to Men Theme

A Cute Cute Lion Card!!

2012-03-13T13:34:00.003-04:00

Hello everyone. Hope you are having a great Tuesday. Here is a card I made for the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #102. This challenge is to make a project with a cat, lion, tiger, or any other type of cat. This lion is from Cricut Everyday Paper Dolls Cartridge. This die cut is on page #75 of the handbook. Isn't this silver lion so cute! I cut this lion out of the glitter silver foam sheet. I outlined the lion with a permanent marker and some blue, black and red puffy paint. I embossed the blue paper with Cuttlebug folder (Tiny Mosaic). All the paper is Recollections paper. The sentiment Cute, Cute is from the Xyron Design Runner.

Here is a close up! I love to use that glitter foam sheet to cut less detailed and easy cuts. Hope you like it too ;)

Thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful week :)

Spring is Here Card!!

2012-03-09T20:40:00.003-05:00

Hello everyone. Hope you had a great day. Are you ready for the weekend? I know I am! Things can get a little crazy when you have a child going to school. My daughter came home yesterday and told me this little girl in 2nd grade was calling her a dummy and stupid. My daughter was crying when she told me this. I went to the school today and had a talk with the teacher about this name calling. My daughter doesn't call anyone names and they are not going to call her names. Here is a easy card I made. I'm linking this card to Stuck On U Sketches Die cut challenge ~ Cameo / Silhouete. The sentiment is Spring is here. Well! It feels like Spring is here! We been having Spring like weather all winter long in this neck of the woods. We really haven't had a winter yet :)

Spring is here is a dollar clear stamp from Micheal's. The paper is Recollection brand. I punched the edges of pink paper with MS edge punch(Flower Bed). The die cut is from Cricut Botanicals Lite Cartridge.

Have a great weekend everyone. Thank you for stopping by and looking ;)

I Adore You Card!!

2012-03-07T11:53:00.013-05:00

Hello everyone. Hope your Wednesday is going great. I made this card to send to people I Adore:) I used Angi's sketch from here to create this card. I'm linking this card to Skipping Stones Design Sketch Challenge #118. Here is some exciting news for you!! You all know that Cricut Spokeperson Jinger Adams. She has her own products and is looking for a Design Team to help promote her product line. Here is the link to Jinger Adams and The Scrapbooking Queen Design Team Call. I hope you create a project and try out for it too!!

I took two photos in different background colors. One photo in a white background and another in a blue background. I think the blue background makes the card show up better.

This card is A2 size. The butterfly is a black and white printout and I colored it with my EK Success Memory Pencils. I outlined the butterfly with Sparkly glitter glue. Circle is from Cricut Plantin SchoolBook Cartridge. Used the Xyron Design Runner for ADORE sentiment. Embossed the card with Cuttlebug Swiss Dots and Perfectly Paisley Folders. Here is a close up of the butterfly.

I'm linking this card to this challenge.
Sentimental Sundays Challenge #92 Words of Encouragement.

Have a great day all. Thank you for stopping by ;)

Cute Chick Easter Card!

2012-03-05T16:32:00.003-05:00

Hello everyone. Hope your day is going great. Here a cute chick Easter card. I made this card last week and thought I would share it with you all today. I wasn't going to post it but it is a super cute card. Hope you all like it.

Have a wonderful week everyone. Thank you for stopping by ;)

Crocheted Business Card Holder

2012-02-29T20:00:00.001-05:00

Hello all my crafty friends. Hope your week is going great. I've been working on these little crocheted business card holders. I made one and I made another and I kept on making them. These are really easy to crochet.

Here is some of the different colors. I made some in tan and burgundy but I didn't take a photo of them. Here is the link to the free pattern I used. I hope you make some too ;)

Have a great week everyone. Thank you for looking :)