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Hello everyone! Hard to believe that tomorrow is October already but that means that there will be lots of new projects on  Club Ruby Designers  showcasing the new October kit from Club Ruby! Here is a sneak peek of some of my projects that will be there in the morning. Be sure to stop over there in the morning to see all of the amazing creations and to buy your own kit to have some fun too!

I just wanted to use this post to show my readers all of the wonderful products that are available in the Above Rubies Studio Store!  Within this post is a link to the NEW Cricut A to Z DVD  and you can purchase it through this link! Let me tell you that I have almost every DVD and they are fantastic! They are so full of information and great projects that you can follow along and make! Here is the link: You'll want to keep checking back to the Above Rubies Studio Store so that you see all of the new products that Megan will be coming out with! Lots of exciting things!

Happy Thursday, everyone!! Today is, once again, my day as a designer over at  She's a Sassy Lady  ! Her blog is full of great tutorials and inspiration so if you've never been there, do check it out! You'll be glad you did!! Today I made a fun Accordion album!  I hope to do a video of this project in the future but for now I took plenty of pictures. I'm hoping that I can explain myself well enough so you can recreate this project for yourselves!  Here is the finished project, all tied up: I started with a few basic supplies: Here are the basic cuts that you need for this album: 2 - 4.5"x4.5" thin chipboard or posterboard squares 3 - 8"x8" kraft paper squares  2- 6"x6" printed paper squares Lay each chipboard square in the middle of a printed paper square. Make sure you pay attention to which side of the printed paper you want to show if you're using double-sided paper. Fold in the edges and glue with a strong adhesive. Take the ...

Just letting everyone know that there are still awesome giveaways going on at  Above Rubies Studio  !! If you have never been to this site, you MUST go!! :-)  Just trust me! Click  HERE  to see what I'm talking about and have a chance to win some fantastic prizes!!

Hello everyone!! It's my turn again to be a guest designer at  She's a Sassy Lady  !! I decided to use an actual cookie sheet to showcase these great pictures of our niece and my mother-in-law baking cookies! This project was a little challenging since I haven't been home to my craft room since June 30th! We are traveling with my husband where he works so I made this project in our hotel room using the limited amount of craft supplies that I brought with me! These Club Ruby kits are perfect to take with me because they contain so many wonderful elements!  I was able to use my Mom's Cricut when we made a quick trip to Ohio! Yay!! I had my cuts all designed on my Gypsy so that made it really easy!!  I also used Paper Layerz for some of the cuts! This paper is awesome!!  To check out this paper click  HERE! Here it is all done and folded up! Now I'll go into more detail as to how each element was created. I started with a 10.5"x15.5" cookie sheet. I just l...