Java Jen Creations

Welcome to another challenge over at  EXPLORING CRICUT AND MORE ! This challenge is all about you, the crafter! You can choose to do any sort of project - just include a patterned paper and a plain paper! The possibilities are endless! I chose an elegant "LOVE" card! I used the Storybook Cricut cartridge for the purple decorative corner on the front. "Love" is a rub-on and I used some gem brads and Stickles to bling it up a bit! Thanks for stopping by today and be sure to check out  EXPLORING CRICUT AND MORE  for lots more inspiration for this challenge!

Happy Thursday, everyone! Today I am sharing the tags I made for our Sassy Designers tag swap this past Christmas! I'm also sharing them over at SHE'S A SASSY LADY  because it's my turn over there!  I had planned on posting this months ago but it has been a crazy couple of months, with moving into a new house and starting a new job! At any rate, here is a pic of the finished tags and then I'll share some step-by-step pics. Cricut cartridges used: Tags, Bags, Boxes and More 2 - Tag, 6.25"H CTMH Artbooking ----> ornament overlay- 5.12"H,  ornament medallion - 2"H,  and snowflake - 1.75"H Here are the tag and overlay cuts before adhering them together. I stamped my blog stamp and signed the back of each one before finishing them so I wouldn't mess anything up on the other side. :-) Here is a trick I used to get an even coating of adhesive for the glitter to adhere to. I ran my tags through the Xyron sticker maker, ...

Hello everyone! Welcome to Terrific Tuesday here and over at EXPLORING CRICUT and MORE ! Today I am sharing one of my first projects made with my new Cricut Explore machine! I am so loving it and can see so many fun possibilities ahead!! For those of you who may not know, the Cricut Explore is a new machine from Provo Craft designed to work with the online design software called Cricut Design Space.  The calendar project that I am featuring here, is one of many free projects available there! The simplicity of just hooking your machine to your computer and clicking go is truly a reality! I will do my best to explain what I mean and I apologize, in advance, if my pictures just don't do it justice! :-)  Here are a few pics of what I made and then I have a few pics I took during the process and even a video of this amazing machine writing out the calendar numbers! (Actually, I couldn't get the video to post so I'll have to add that to this post when I get that figured out!) ...

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!

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! 

Welcome to Terrific Tuesday here and over at  EXPLORING CRICUT ! It's my turn to share there so I made some photo props for my daughter to use to take some sweet Valentine's pictures! I used Create A Critter and mounted these heart balloons on cookie sticks. I used sticker letters and embellished with my trusty white gel pen! :-) Here is how my daughter used these props in a Valentine photo shoot that she did! Isn't this little girl just so adorable??  Thanks for stopping by today!