Hi there, it's Thursday again and I have decided that I am going to continue linking to the Thankful Thursdays series on Elles Studio. I think it really reminds us to stop and think about our lives and think about all the positives that we have to be thankful for. I get stressed very easily and I think reflecting once a week on all the joys in my life will help me push some of that negative energy out.

This week I am thankful for:

Those who serve my country (Canada) - I am thankful for the Veterans that have made it so that my life is free and wonderful. I am thankful for those who serve now...they are brave beyond belief and make me proud and I am thankful to all those who are in training to become our future protection and peace keepers. My sense of security is strong knowing they are ready and willing. I remember you on this day and always!

Reality Checks - sometimes you need someone to tell you how it is so that you remain grounded. I had one this morning and after a quick cry and few minutes of feeling bad for myself I now see the other side of it! Thanks mom :)

Cricut Cardz Challenge

I made this card for the Cricut Cardz Challenge. I really like the idea of making Christmas cards with non-traditional Christmas colours. I love the bright colours in this card! Sorry about the picture metallic cardstock doesn't photograph well :(

Recipe:

The snowflake was cut from the Accent Essentials cartridge from metallic cardstock from Dollarama.

The ribbon is the Celebrate It  brand which I purchased at Micheals a few weeks ago.

The bright blue and pink cardstock was from my scrap pile and the white base was Recollections.

I Cuttlebugged the blue with my Divine Swirls folder. 

The stamp is one of my new Pink by Design stamps from the Simply Everything Stamp Collection.

Thankful Thursday

Over on the Elles Studio Blog they have a series going on that is called 'Thankful Thursdays' where everyone is to blog about something they are thankful for. I love reading all the things that people are thankful for because it reminds me of things that I am thankful for also but sometimes take for granted. This week I have decided to join in! Below are just a few things I am thankful for this week.

My Clark Shoes  - when I get home from a long day and my feet are a bit tired I am always thankful for my shoes and the fact that if I had been wearing another pair of shoes my feet would be killing me! (I taught grade primary/one today. Can you tell lol)!

For pretty steady work - as  a substitute there is no guarantee that I will get steady work so when I do I am always thankful!

My family living close - every time I talked to someone who tells me their family lives far away I am thankful for the fact that about 80% of my family lives within 20 minutes of me. We are a tight knit group and it is so nice to have that support system waiting in the wings for when ever I may need it! It's my mom's birthday tonight and I will be going to visit her soon! I love and am thankful  that I can do that!

There are a ton more things I am thankful for and I am sure I will share many more in the future!

Take a moment and think about what you are thankful for this week! I would love to hear about it!
Happy Crafting!
Tara

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge

I made a bunch of these for the craft fair I was in recently. They are super easy and cute! If you have not tried one yet you NEED to but beware it will become a bit of an obsession lol. I made one with a little bird on the front with really cool teal background paper and well... it sold :( When I was cutting out the bird I made a small mistake though and ended up with an extra one. When I saw this challenge I knew exactly what I had to do...make myself one! I still had some scraps of the teal background paper and I always keep those extra cuts in a little container so this one took me literally five minutes to put together and I love it!!! It feels good to make something for myself after making so many crafts to sell lately.
Craft something for yourself today!
Tara

Wait, it can't be over yet!

Here is another Halloween project I did (before Halloween, I just didn't get a chance to post it yet) Mary from Cardz TV made one of these adorable door hangers a little while ago and I loved it so much I had to try my hand at it. I got the Mini Monsters cartridge no long ago and this was my first project with it. The cuts on this cartridge are super cute! I highly recommend it! The project itself was really easy and one trip to the dollarstore got me the silver ribbon the garland (wrapped around the ribbon), a bag of random sized googly eyes and the blinged out spiders (actually plastic rings)!  I love my door hanging so much that even though it is Nov. 2 it is actually still hanging on one of the doorknobs! I just know I will make more of these in the future!
Happy Crafting!
Tara

Halloween Costumes

Hello Everyone,
Here are our costumes from last night when we went to a Halloween party. I was a cupcake and Brian was 'God's gift to women'. Between the two of us it only cost us $3 make them. I only had to buy some pom poms and a foam ball and Brian needed just some bows. I even got to use my cricut to help make his with the tag! Overall, they were a success! Happy Halloween everyone!
Tara

Throwback Thursday Challenge

The challenge this week on My Creative Time was to make a Christmas themed project with the Celebrations cartridge. I don't own this cartridge so I looked through the older ones I own and found this cute snowman on the Stretch your Imagination. He had a bunch of little cuts but in the end he was cute enough to justify all the fuss. His "belly buttons" were cut using a dollarstore mini hand punch which worked perfectly as they were tiny enough. I was inspired by this non-Christmas colours paper that came in my DCWV Holiday pack that I picked up last year on Clearance after Christmas (got to love those great deals)! Thanks for visiting!
Happy Crafting!
Tara