Oaks Expo

Come see this new creation on display at the

 Oaks expo

Sat 10-5  and Sund 10-3pm

September Blog hop

Welcome to our monthly Joyful Stars Blog hop. 

We are a group of talented crafters who love to stamp and scrapbook.  You and I are in for a treat, there is so much to show you that is new.  

This month I will be showing you a card that we are making on Saturday at our Annual Christmas card/crop Extravaganza.  Check back for the rest of the cards from that day.  

I used cranberry and N England Ivy for the base.  The mailbox was cut from the NEW Cricut City Sidewalks Digital Collection.  Z4017  It has 30 images.  

 Perfectly Pine A119 was used for the pine spring and words are from Very Merry D1694.  I used black and brown marker for the post and inside of the mailbox.  

Here is a close up of the mailbox.  

Now hop over to my dear friend Betty's blog and see what she has been creating. 
Joyce Houck                    Joyce-joyfulcreations.blogspot.com

 Betty Locco                        scrapbookgirl2.blogspot.com

Krista Hershberger            Kristascraftycorner.blogspot.com

Marie Flayer                         njstampingqueen.blogspot.com

Debi Brile                            thatmightlookgoodonacard.blogspot.com

Andrea Sherman                    girlpluspaper.blogspot.com

Nancy Brown                            creativelyartsygallery.blogspot.com

Nickie Hoffer                             nickiehoffer.blogspot.com  

Crystal Davis                     craftingwithcrystal.blogspot.com

Helen Gullett                       www.helengullett.com

Stephanie Brown             Stephanielovesscrapbooking.blogspot.com

back to Joyce                           Joyce-joyfulcreations.blogspot.com

Let it snow!

This was one of our Cricut club projects, it can be a very simple card or it can be a very detailed card.  We used glacier paper and backed the snowflakes with white sparkle paper. (picture doesn't do it justice) We also traced another snowman to back our snowman so we could paper piece the nose and the scarf. The hat we colored in with marker and as well as the eyes, mouth and buttons.
This swing card can be found on the Artfully Sent Cricut cartridge. It was cut at 7".  White shimmer trim was added to the side with some white pines paper.  Snowflakes were added to embellish.  

snowman layout

Who would know that we WOULD be snowed in this weekend!

 We made this layout at our Scrapbooking club night.  Inspired by LeeAnn Greff.
We white embossed snowflakes on the background. Made the snowman using a 3" circle for the head and a 4" rectangle the we rounded off at the neck.  The eyes were 1/2" black with a touch of wht pen for highlights.  Three buttons, a nose and a scarf.  Some 3-D snowflakes were cut from Cricut.  The bottom border was a 4x12 piece of White daisy ripped down the middle to make snow banks.  All the photo wells were edged in light blue.  

Add caption

January Joyful Stars Blog hop

Welcome to the Joyful Stars blog hop. We are starting out the New Year with a New mini catalog called Expressions. I hope you see all the new products we have to offer.  Brand new are "thin cuts" with matching stamps, 3 new paper packs and many more accessories.

I would like to show you a gift card holder I made using our Cricut cartridges and embossing folder, stamps and black pen.

It doesn't show up very good, but there is a slot to put a gift card or money.  Now hop over to Helen'sblog and see what she has created.  Keep on hopping until you get back to me.  Have a blessed 2016!!!!

Joyce Houck                      Joyce-joyfulcreations.blogspot.com

 Helen Gullett                        helengullett.com 

 Nancy Brown                     creativelyartsygallery.blogspot.com

 Krista Hershberger            Kristascraftycorner.blogspot.com

 Crystal Davis                     craftingwithcrystal.blogspot.com

 Donna Ackley Long           hintsofhappinesswithdonna.blogspot.com

 Lori Meadows                    craftymeadows.blogspot.com

Stephanie Huber                lavendersagedesigns.blogspot.com

 Yvonne Barbosa                      justpaperandbling.blogspot.com  

Marie Flayer                       njstampingqueen.blogspot.com

 Betty Locco                        scrapbookgirl2.blogspot.com

    

Debi B                                    thatmightlookgoodonacard.blogspot.com

back to Joyce                       Joyce-joyfulcreations.blogspot.com

Christmas Card making day

Here are the cards that I taught at the fun
Christmas Card Extravaganza.  This was a swing card using Artfully Sent.  We used the new White Pines paper and compliments.  The little snowflake was cut from the new Artistry Cricut cartridge.  We backed the large snowflake with blue glitter paper and added red bling.   

This card was made the new color cardstock Eggplant, blk glitter paper and b&t paper from the La Vie En Rose paper.  Notice the snowflake is from the first card. Silver embossing, Merry Christmas finished it off.  

Cricut shapes ARTISTRY

Order the NEW Artistry cartridge starting this month.  700 images  3 D-size stamp sets and a full pack of  Enchantment  paper, 7 new colors.

 Add this to your collection, you won't be disappointed. You now get this in digital for $79 or Reg for $99.  Let me know if you have questions.

Go to my Website to place your order Z3167  Get the wonderful Stamp of the Month for only $5. Your name will be placed in a drawing for FREE hostess rewards.  Your order will be shipped right to your house.  Check out our monthly Joyful Stars blog hop on Aug 10th and see more about the Aug specials.  

June Blog hop

Welcome to the Joyful Stars Blog Hop!

We are happy you could join us each month to see our monthly hop.  So hop from one blog to the next until you get back to here. You will find the next person to hop to at the bottom of each post, her name will be highlighted.  

This month I would like to share with you a cascading card I made for our friends 50th Wedding Anniversary. 

I used White daisy cardstock and gold for the "50".  I cut two pcs of 5 1/2 x 12 on an angle. Directions are below.

Directions:  Cut 2--- 12" pcs of cardstock at 5 1/2" on one end and 2 1/2" on the other end. One side will be the straight edge.  Score at 2", 4" 8" 10"  on the 6" just make a pencil mark. At the 5 1/2" end  Find the center 2 3/4" and at the other end the center will be 1 1/4" , draw a pencil line down  of the long strip, center.. On one strip cut score line at 2" 10" to the center pencil line.  On the other strip, cut opposite (from the other side) at 2" 10"   At the 6"  mark cut to center pencil mark on the opposite side. So one pc you would cut from the top  at 2" 10" to center line and on the other strip you would cut from the bottom at 2" and 10".  Then slide the 2 pcs together with the tallest at the back.  

You can make this for any occasion and use any Cricut cuts.  These are the cuts I used:
50----------------Artiste  2"
butterflies-----------Artfully Sent   Icon Pg 14 Shift R 2"
circle behind the 50--------------Artbooking Pg 61 Photo Mat 2  8"
hearts---------Artbooking  Pg 48 Border shift Real Dial size 2 1/2"
Banner for anniversary----------AP Pg 26 shape 1  1"



Now hop on over to Crystals blog to see what she has been creating.  


Joyce Houck                      Joyce-joyfulcreations.blogspot.com 

 Crystal Davis                craftingwithcrystal.blogspot.com

 Betty Locco   .                scrapbookgirl2.blogspot.com

Nancy Brown                 creativelyartsygallery.blogspot.com

Andrea Sherman                girlpluspaper.blogspot.com

 Krista Hershberger         Kristascraftycorner.blogspot.com

back to Joyce                  Joyce-joyfulcreations.blogspot.com 

See ya next month on the 10th of July

                                  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

butterfly card

For anyone who loves butterflies, this is the card to send.  This was made using the Cricut CTMH Artbooking pg 62 Icon 

We used the April Stamp of the month for the sentiment and the arrow was from the Operation smile set from Expressions 1.
Blossom paper from the new Expression 2 and clear sparkles were colored in with alcohol markers.  The sorbet paper was sanded on the edges and where we placed the sentiment.  

Easter glass blocks

I made some glass blocks for the Easter Season using Close to My Heart Cricut and vinyl.

Don't for after March 31 you can't order some things from the Seasonal Expressions 1, so call me if you want anything. Or go to my website and place your order before it's to late.  

March Blog hop 2015

      



Welcome to our monthly Joyful Stars blog hop!  You can hop from one blog to the next and enjoy wonderful creations we have to share. So just look for the link or name  at the end of each blog and click on it and you will hop over to the next blog.  Enjoy!!!!






This month I have been working on some stamp of the month cards that I would like to share with you. When I saw this stamp set all I could think of was swing cards.  We have swing cards in Artiste and Artfully Sent.  I used Artiste to make these cards, cut at 5 1/2" 

Artiste
Pg 52 Accent 2 and Accent 2 shift..... cards

.Here is the link from Design Studio https://us.cricut.com/design/#/canvas/25255071  Use this with your Explore machine to cut these cards.  

You can see by the picture above that this is a tiny  card.  The neat part about the Cricut is that you can  make your creations any size. I used the "hi" from this stamp set.  

I hope you enjoy my post and now hop over to my friend Marie's  blog.  


  Joyce  Houck           Joyce-joyfulcreations.blogspot.com   You are here!

   Marie Flayer                   njstampingqueen.blogspot.com

   Nancy Brown                 creativelyartsygallery.blogspot.com

 Lori Meadows                    craftymeadows.blogspot.com

 Andrea Sherman                  girlpluspaper.blogspot.com

 Helen Gullet                      http://helengullett.com

 Nickie Hoffer                      nickiehoffer.blogspot.com

  Stephanie Huber                  lavendersagedesigns.blogspot.com                

      
    Jolene Barron                     jolenespapertrail.blogspot.com

   Betty Locco                    scrapbookgirl2.blogspot.com

   Krista Hershberger         Kristascraftycorner.blogspot.com 

   



     

       

      

    

     

        

       Back to Joyce

                  Joyce-joyfulcreations.blogspot.com

glass deer block

Here is the block that I made for my brother and his wife.  I put trees inside, pinecones and snow. The deer and believe were cut out of vinyl with my cricut and CTMH Cartridges.