Java Jen Creations

Well, it's time for another challenge over at  EXPLORING CRICUT  and this time we are sharing St. Patrick's day projects that have a shamrock on them.  I chose to make a simple card using the Designer's Calendar Cricut cartridge. This went together really quickly, which is one of the reasons that I LOVE my Cricut!! :-) Thanks for stopping by today and be sure to check out EXPLORING CRICUT 's other designers to see what they created for this challenge and THEN don't forget to link up your St. Patrick's day creation too!  TOMORROW, I'll be sharing one of my first projects with my new Cricut Explore machine!! I just LOVE this machine and can't wait to tell you about it!

Hello everyone!! I'm here today to share a simple calendar page with you and all of my friends over at  CRAFT WITH CUTTERS  !  I'm revisiting this project to share it with my new followers - You may remember that I did it last year as one of my regular blog posts. If you have seen any of my previous posts, you probably know that I do a different calendar page each month to showcase on my fridge and then add it to my scrapbook in front of all the pics I took that month.  This month, I decided to show how you can make a calendar grid if you don't have the Designer's Calendar cartridge.  Here is my finished page: Let's break it down a bit. To make my grid, I used my Gypsy, (forgot to take a pic of my screen), and lined up 35 - 1.5"squares to form my calendar. The squares I used are from Art Philosophy because I wanted squares with a little scallop on the corners but any square will work.  After the cut, I trimmed the extra off the edges. ...

Welcome to Cooking With Cricut’s very special SURPRISE “Thank You” Blog Hop! Why is it so special, you ask?? Well, there are a couple of reasons -  the first being -----> it is our 100th Cooking With Cricut challenge , (WOOHOO!!),  and the second (and most important) is to thank our wonderful leader and “Executive Chef” Melinda Beltran!!! Do I hear a " whoop, whoop"? :-) Melin started the Cooking With Cricut challenges in October 2010 to encourage crafters to find new and different ways to use their Cricut cartridges. And she has accomplished that and so much more! She has given scores of crafters a place on her Design Teams which quickly turned into a sisterhood of women, who care for each other; who encourage each other; who lift each other and their families up in prayer; and who have shared their hearts and their art through many outreach projects. I am extremely honored to be a part of this awesome group and I want to personally thank Melin for tir...

Hello everyone! I have a fun project to share with you all today as my first post as a  COOKING WITH THE CRICUT designer !!!   I'm so excited and honored to be a part of this great team!! As you may or may not know, March is Dr. Suess's birthday month so this week's challenge is to create something that will encourage others to read and/or celebrate reading! I chose to make a calendar page. I used a digi stamp from  Paper Crafting World's  awesome site and the following Cricut cartridges: Designer's Calendar Paper Doll Dress Up George & Basic Shapes Hello Kitty Greetings Here are a few close-ups: Thanks for stopping by today and remember to head on over to  Cooking with the Cricut  to play along in this week's challenge and link up your project!!

Hi there!! Today I have this project featured over at  She's a Sassy Lady  ! You can read the "book" that I wrote about this project by visiting her site! :-) Suffice it to say that I believe that our everyday moments are just as important as the big events so they should be celebrated too! I simply hang each month's calendar page on my fridge and write all of our comings and goings on it. At the end of the month, I put it in our family scrapbook and put all the pictures from that month in the album behind it. I've been using this "system" for years now and it really helps me stay on top of our pictures since we take so many! Even if I don't get the pictures in my album right away, I have them sorted by the month so I can easily scrap them when I have the time! All of these pages are, obviously, 12x12 and I have used a Creative Memories calendar grid. I have used various cricut cartridges for the die cuts and have those detailed under each picture.  ...

This is my latest creation for the  Cricut Mini Albums website .  I had a kit for this kind of album but I wrote down the dimensions and recreated my own using my Cricut!! In this album, I recorded all of the birthdays in our family so I can refer to it when I'm ready to make and send my cards!  I used Designer's Calendar for the months and the icons hanging off of the twine on each card. The icons were printed and cut on my Imagine using the Kate's Kitchen Imagine cartridge with the Designer's Calendar cartridge. I used the cricut markers on the months first, then cut them out. I really like the look this gives.  The papers used were from the K and Co. stack "Cut 'n Paste".  I used some stamps from My Pink Stamper Winter Punnies and Cornish Heritage Farms On the Desk set.  The library cards and pockets are made with Tags, Bags, Boxes and More and my Gypsy. I resized the pockets so they would better resemble a library pocket.  I can add to the cards ea...

I make pages for each month and post them on my fridge - then at the end of the month take them down and put them in my scrapbook along with the pictures that I took that month! It's a great way to chronicle the year and the pictures of everyday events and happenings have a place to be seen! This is my January page that I made using my Imagine and Mr. Frosty cartridge. I also used Designer Calendar and Creative Memories Cheerful Seasons for the title and snowflakes! I actually printed the whole sheet of snowflake paper on my Imagine! I love this print and it's great that I can print a whole sheet if I want to with my Imagine!!