Java Jen Creations

Welcome to Terrific Tuesday here and over at  EXPLORING CRICUT ! I am excited to share a 30th anniversary banner and other decorations that I made for some close friends for their surprise party that their children gave them! I used Lyrical Letters for the font, Elegant Edges for the signs and Gyspy Wanderings for the fleur de lis. I embossed each circle with a rose embossing folder. I love the extra dimension that the embossing gives this project! This was the sign that was tied to the basket where cards were placed. This was hung in the middle of the banner. Close-up to show detail. The banner was so long I had to lay it on my floor to take a pic. My daughter took pics at the party so she has the one of it hanging on the wall. More detail close-ups. Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to check out  EXPLORING CRICUT  everyday for lots of creative inspiration and to play along with our current challenge! 

This mini album has to be a record for me for the most cricut cuts in one project - 28!! That doesn't even include the layer cuts and duplicates!! I found so many images that just had to be included in this mini!! Even with all these die cuts, it's not too much because it allows the real stars, (the recipes) to shine!! This album is also featured over at Cricut Mini Albums ! I used a 5x7 album that I put together with the bind-it-all. I used some 7 Gypsies cardstock stickers to embellish this album as well as the cricut cuts. I have a stamp set that I used for the words on the tabs. I am hoping to make this album into a kit that I will have for sale on my blog, so be watching for that announcement!!  Here are the cricut cartridges that I used:  From My Kitchen Gypsy Wanderings Birthday Cakes Thanksgiving seasonal Simply Charmed Winter Woodland Winter Frolic When It's Cold Outside I think I am going to attach a pocket to some pages in the back so that when I...

I made another mini for  Cricut Mini Albums . This time I made a mini to showcase a trip to the pumpkin patch with our son a few years ago. (He's 13 now so we don't go there anymore!) sniff, sniff!  Most of the elements that I used for this mini were from the Club Ruby Designers October kit. I tried some new color combinations and I'm really happy about how they look together!  The large pumpkins on the cover and inside are from Gypsy Wanderings and are cut at 5.47"H. The little pumpkins and leaves throughout, are from Designer's Calendar and are cut at 1.47"H.  I used a 6x6 bookboard that came in the kit for the cover and used 6x6 Kraft paper for the pages.  This was a simple little album to pull together and I'm sure my pumpkin patch pictures will look great in it!  Thanks for looking and remember to do something creative today!!

Hello everyone!! This is the mini that I made as my first project on the design team of  Cricut Mini Albums  !! I made a 4x4 book with my bind-it-all. I love using black pages and clear covers! The cricut cuts I used are: leaves on both sides of front cover and pumpkin on both sides of back cover from Gypsy Wanderings - fence from Everyday Paper Dolls - football corner from Sports Mania - garden sign from Walk in My Garden. I also used some little Creative Memories punches and stickers and some Hobby Lobby cardstock stickers.  I also had fun using my gel pens to do some dotting and stitching - one of my latest "obsessions"!! Thanks for stopping by today and don't forget to do something creative!!

Hello everyone!  Sorry that I haven't posted in awhile, but things have been busy and crazy since the beginning of December!  I'm sure that everyone can say that!  However, our son got married on December 12th and my Mother had open-heart surgery on Dec. 15th so my daughter and I have been taking care of her. That means that I have not been back to our home in Texas since Dec. 7th!  Mom is getting stronger everyday so our daughter is going to stay another couple of weeks until she can be more independent. I have worked on a few projects since I have been here at Mom's and thought I would share one of them. I made place cards for my 6 yr. old niece's birthday tea party using my Gypsy and Don Juan. Her colors were pink and brown and I love how they turned out!  The little tea cup (coffee cup) is from Gypsy Wanderings (I think). If I'm not correct, I'll post a correction!  :-)  I also made the girls' names bigger to go on the favor bags the each girl ...