Happy New Year and Some Cake Pops

Hello everyone. Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. I had a good Christmas. We have a few more hours to go and it will be 2012 a New Year! Maybe 2012 will be a better year for us all. I made some Cake Pops today for our New Year Eve celebration. I wanted to post them so you all could see how pretty they turned out. My son gave me the original bake pop Cake Pop Pan for Christmas and I love it. I love to make lollipop bouquet and now I can make cake pop bouquet for any occasion too :)

Linking this to this challenge.
Getting Cricky Simply Sunday Challenge It's a Celebration.

Have a safe and Happy New Year all! Thank you for stopping by:)

Christmas Ribbon Gift Tag!

Hello everyone. Here is a Christmas tag. I used a standard size shipping tag and adhered Christmas wired edge ribbon to cover the tag. These gift tags make great bookmarks and the ribbon is so beautiful on the tag.

The flower and leaves are from the Flower Shoppe Cartridge. The mum2 flower is on page 21 of handbook and the mums leaf is on page 22. I used glitter foam sheet and cut the flower out of it. The leaves is cut out on green card stock.

I'm linking this to these challenges.

Cooking with Cricut Challenge #65 Holiday Floral.
Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #91 Trimming with a Tag.

Have a Merry Christmas everyone!! Thank you for stopping by:)

Scented Potpourri Tree ornament

Hello everyone! I hope you all are having a wonderful week. Here's a great Christmas Tree ornament idea. I made some of these for my Christmas Tree and they smell so nice hanging on the tree. This is a $ Tree craft. I purchased the round tulle, apple cinnamon scented potpourri and artificial poinsettia flower from the $ Tree Store. The red ribbon I purchased from Walmart. These look so beautiful on the tree. I thought I would share this idea with you all:) Maybe next year you may want to make some for your tree!

Have a great week everyone. Thank you for stopping by and looking:)

My Memories Suite Winner !!!

Hello everyone. Hope you all are having a wonderful Sunday. Can you believe we only have one more week to go and it will be Christmas Day! Here another layout I created with the My Memories Suite digital scrapbooking software. I love this digital software. I'm been creating a lot of pages for my Your Story album:) This page is so cute of my hubby and daughter playing in the snow.

Here is how I picked the winner. I put all the comments in a bowl. I let my daughter reach in the bowl and she pulled out Blooming Rose. Congratulations Blooming Rose. I will email the download code to you as soon as I receive it from My Memories Suite. If your email is not visual on your blog make sure you email it to me. My email is located on my side bar. Thanks to all who entered.

Have a great week everyone. Thank you for stopping by:)

Christmas Candy Cane Treat Can Project!!

Hello everyone. Here is a empty corn can project. I made the can in to a candy cane treat holder. I adhered the sticky back red felt to corn can. I decorated the recycled corn can with a plastic cane and a Merry Christmas plastic sticker. I made 2 of these to give out for a giveaway at my Cookie Swat Party on Sunday. I love how the candy canes look inside the can.

These make great gifts to give to family and friends :) and it a great way to recycle all those can too. I hope you like them and create some candy can treat holders too.

Here is one with a tag tied around the can with a piece of red ribbon. This tag is from Joy of the Season Cartridge. This tag cut is on page # 80 in the handbook.

Here is a close up of the tag. I pen stitched around tag with a white gel pen.

I'm linking this project to these challenges.
Cooking with Cricut Challenge #64 Cards, Tags and Gifts.
Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #90 Rolling in ribbon: To add ribbon to the project.

I'm linking this project to this Blog Hop
Creative Thursday Blog Hop.

Have a great day everyone . Thank you all for stopping by.

A Cute Digtal scrapbooking layout!!

Hello all. This is my second post for today! Here's is a digital layout I created with the My Memories Suite digital scrapbooking software. This is a photo of my beautiful niece. She passed away on May 15,1995 from a car accident. She was 21 when she passed. I made this scrap page for my sister. This was my sister only child. My niece love to wrap Christmas presents for everyone and that is what she was doing in this photo.

I got a giveaway going on with My Memories Suite Digital scrapbooking software. Leave a comment on this link here and you are enter for a chance to win this software I created this layout with. I love My Memories Suite digital scrapbooking software. Look at this pretty page I created with it :) Giveaway ends December 16,2011 @ 11:59 PM

Have a great week all. Thank you for stopping by!

Crocheted Hat Gift Card Holder!!

Hello everyone! Here a crochet project for all my crocheter followers. I made 8 of these to give to my Family and friends for Christmas. I will be putting gift cards in some of them and handmade jewelery I made. These hat gift card holders are so fun and easy to crochet and they are so cute.

Here is a close up of the red and green one.

This is how it looks when opened up at top of hat. My hubby tell me all the time I'm a Judy of all trades. He said I'm a card maker, sewer, jewelry maker and crocheter. I love to do all kinds of crafts:) Here is the free pattern link I used. If you want to try to make a few.

Have a great week everyone! Thank you for stopping by:)

Christmas Angel card!!

Hello everyone. I hope you are having a great Friday! Here's a Christmas card I made. This angel image reminds me of an angel playing music to let everyone know that Mary had gave birth to baby Jesus. I sometimes think that everyone forgets the true meaning of Christmas. Christmas is to celebrate the birth of Our Savior Jesus.

Here is a close up of the images. The Angel is from Christmas Cartridge and the flower is from Flower Shoppe Cartridge. The Flower Shoppe cartridge is on my favorite carts list now. I love to make flowers:) The background pattern paper is DCWV The Christmas Stack Cardstock. This 12 x 12 paper pack has some pretty Christmas paper in it. I adhered a silver doily to the background pattern paper.

I'm linking this card to this challenge.
Cooking with Cricut challenge #63: Sounds Of The Seasons. You all know me. I got to join my friends over @ Cooking with Cricut Challenge. I always try to make a project for this challenge blog.
I'm linking this card to my friend Judy's Creative Thursday Blog Hop.
Robin's Creative Cottage favorite project of the month Link up party.

Have a great weekend everyone. Thank you for looking:)

My Memories Suite Giveaway.... extended

Hello everyone. I hope you are having a great day. I want to let you know that My Memories Suite digital scrap booking giveaway will be extended to December 16, 2011 because no one has entered to try to win it :( Here is a layout I created with the My Memories Suite software. I took a picture of my poinsettia to place in photo mat. This layout is 8 x 8 inches. Here is my GIVEAWAY link if you want to try to win a free download of the software from their website. Leave a comment on this link here and you are entered for a chance to win!

I'm linking this project to My Memories Blog It's the Holiday Time Challenge.

Have a great day all. Thank you for looking:)

Christmas Candle Decoration!!

Hello everyone! Hope you are having a great week. Here is a Christmas candle decorations I put together today. I love how it turned out. I purchased the candle, pine cone flower at top of candle and garland from $ Tree Store. The garland is at the bottom of candle. I wrapped the green garland around candle so it would look like a wreath. The Red ribbon and religious stickers from Walmart.

I used my Flower Shoppe Cartridge to make the flowers. The flower I used for this project is on page 21 of the handbook. I cut one of the "Mum1" at 2 1/4 inches then I cut two of the "Mum2" at 2 1/4 inches and "Mum5" five leaves for flower at 1 inch. Leaves are on page 22. I tried to make the flowers look like a poinsettia. I had this cartridge since September and never used it until today.

I love these flame less scented battery operated candles. This Candle looks really pretty decorated.

I'm linking this to Cooking with Cricut Challenge #62 to use candles, wreaths and/or pine cones on project.
Getting Cricky Simplly Sunday challenge-Joys of the Season. To create Christmas decor.

Have a great week all. Thank you for stopping by!

Christmas Cookie Swat Party Favors...Video!!

Hello everyone. I hope you are having a great Friday. Here is my Christmas Cookie Swat Party Favors. I made these for the Cookie exchange party I'm having on December 18, 2011.

You can watch the video if you want. It will explain how I made them and where to buy items. Mute music player at bottom of page.



I'm linking this project to this challenge. Decorate to Celebrate Challenge to create a Christmas Party theme item.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone. Thanks for stopping by:)

Gingerbread cookie pins!!

A quick post to let you see my gingerbread pins. I made (18) of these for the Christmas Bazaar. These were very easy to make. I bought the gingerbread cookie button and glued pin on back. Made a small card and stamped Merry Christmas and I was done. This is the boy gingerbread cookie here.

This is the girl gingerbread cookie pin. I love to make these because they can be pined on a shirt or anything.

I made some of these ribbon poinsettia to give to my friends and some tree shape beaded ornaments. Here is the tree ornament link if you want to check them out. Check back one day this week and I will have my cookie Swat party favors for you to check out. You are going to love them!

These have a pin too.

I'm linking this project to Creative Thursday Blog Hop. Let me know what you think:) Have a great day all!

Another My Memories Suite layout!!

Hello everyone. Here is scrap page of my Husband, Son, Daughter and Me. I'm so blessed to have all of them in my life! I designed this scrap page with My Memories Suite digital Scrap booking Software. This page will go in to a 8 x 8 inch Your Story book. I'm creating a lot of pages for this book :) This digital scrap booking software is so easy to use. Here is My Memories suite giveaway link if you want to try to win My Memories Suite. If you can't wait to win My Memories Suite. You can purchase a My Memories Suite use discount code STMMMS15941 at check out to get $10 discount on My Memories Suite and 10 coupon for My Memories store that a 20 value!!

Have a great week. Thanks for stopping by :)

My Memories Suite Card!!

Hello everyone. I hope you all are having a great day. Here is a card I made with the My Memories Suite Scrap booking software. I used my printer to print out this card from the My Memories Suite software. I made this card for the Cooking with Cricut Challenge #61 Bible Quote or Verse for National Bible week. I'm thinking about putting this card in a frame and giving this to my friend :)

The heart border at the bottom of this card is from the Cricut DoodleCharm Cartridge and is on page 85 of handbook.

The card at bottom was created with My Memories Suite Digital Scrap booking software only. Here is my giveaway link if you want to try to win the My Memories Suite scrap booking Software. Winner will be able to download software from My Memories Suite Web site. Everyone is welcome to enter giveaway. If you want to purchase one you can use discount code STMMMS15941 to get $10 of My Memories Suite Software. Click on My Memories Suite button on my side bar and it will take you to their web site.


Have a great week all. Thank you for stopping by:)

My Memories Suite Giveaway and review!!

Hello eveyone. I hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving. I was asked by My Memories Suite if I would like to offer a giveaway of their digital scrapbook software to my followers and I said yes! I was so excite to be ask to review this digital scrapbook software. I went to My Memories Suite web site and downloaded the digital scrapbook software to my computer so I could try it out. This digital software is so easy to use and is rate #1 by Amazon and top ten reviews. I had fun creating this digital layout of my daughter and me. I'm really liking this digital scrapbooking software. I can create layouts, cards, video and more and print them out with my printer.


They are also providing all my followers a $10 discount off the purchase of the My Memories Suite Scrapbook Software and a $10 coupon for theMy Memories.com store - $20 value!



Use Code STMMMS15941 for your discount


To enter to win the My Memories Suite Giveaway just:

1 entry- Follow Judy Handmade Creations with Google Friends Connect and link giveaway on side bar or post about it.
1 entry- leave me a comment letting me know your favorite paper packs or layouts found on their MyMemories.com website.

For extra entries leave one comment for each of the following.

Follow My Memories' blog - http://blog.mymemories.com/
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This giveaway ends on December 16, 2011 @ 11:59 PM. There will be one winner pick by Random org. The winner will be able to download software from My memories Suite web site.

Happy Thanksgiving Indian Decoration!!

Hello everyone. I hope you all are having a great day. I used my Gypsy to design this Thanksgiving table decorations today. I always wanted to make the boy and girl Indians on Paper Doll Dress Cartridge and I made them :) Th boy and girl Indians are on page 60 and 61 of the handbook. I purchased the pot of fall flowers from the $ Tree store for $1.00.

Here is a close up so you can see how cute the Indians look:) The paper is Recollection card stock. I used rub on doll faces for the Indians that I purchased from Michael's and I used a brown Bic Markers to outline Indians. I hot glued the Indians and Happy Thanksgiving to colored craft sticks and wooden dowel.

This Happy Thanksgiving cut is on the Wild Card Cartridge and is on page 43 of handbook. I tied a small piece of natural raffia on here. That's about what I used to make this project. I hope you all like it!!



Have a great week all. Thank you for looking:)

Tea time card!

Hello everyone. Happy Friday! I don't know about you but I'm ready for the weekend. I been trying to get my body adjusted to this day light saving time. I don't know about you but I don't like it getting dark outside at 5 o'clock. Here a cup card I made today. I created this card with my Gypsy and I welded the cup together. I adhered the bottom and handle side of cup together with glue. This made a pocket inside the cup for a tea bag or gift card. The cup cut is from Gypsy Wanderings.

This card is A2 size 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inch. The paper is Colorbok from Walmart. I made the tag with zig zag scissors and tied the sentiment tag on card with natural raffia. I wrote the sentiment on tags. Here is a 3D mug box with a free cut file. I created this cut file a while back.

I'm linking this card to these challenges. Getting Cricky Simply Sunday Challenge- Tea Time.
Catch The Bug Challenge Blog is to Create an “Pocket (image or actual pocket card)” Project.

Thanks for looking. Have a fabulous weekend :)

Apple of my eye card!!

Hello everyone. I hope you are having a great Thursday. Here a card I made for Cooking with Cricut Challenge #59. This weeks challenge over there is to make a project with Fruits, Cornucopia and/or Harvest Time. This is one of my favorite Challenge blog. I always try to make a project to link up with my friends over there. To make this card I used "Just Because" Cards Cartridge for Apple and word. Apple and word cut is on page 46 of handbook. I used foam sheet and cut out apple layers. The yellow pattern and green paper is Recollections and the other pattern paper is Martha Stewart paper. I love all the bright paper I used for this card:)

Thank you for looking. Enjoy the rest of your week :)

Tinker bell on a wooden plaque

Hello everyone. Hope you all had a fabulous day. Here a Tinker bell wooden plaque I made to give to my Sister on her Birthday this month. My sister has a collection of Tinker Bell items. I know she will love this plaque. I painted the oval wood shape deep purple and hot glued the Tinker Bell stickers to wood. I make a lot of plaques like this and I make them all different:)

I'm linking this project to the Passionately Artistic Link up Party. Have a great week all. Thank you for looking:)

Christmas reindeer earrings!

Hello everyone. I hope you all are having a great week. Here some cute Christmas earrings I made
 These earrings are so cute and will make great Christmas gifts :)

I purchased the reindeer buttons from Walmart and the flat post earring finding are from AC Moores. I cut the shank of the buttons and adhered the flat earring post findings to the reindeer buttons.

I put the earrings on a 2 by 2 inch note card. These button earrings turned out so cute:) Don't you think so?

Have a great week everyone. Thank you for looking:)

Brand new challenge blog!!

Hello everyone. I hope you all are having a wonderful day! Just wanted to let you all know!! There is a brand new challenge blog. Ashley @ Made Especially for You has a brand new challenge blog. This week challenge is to use Blue, Green and Pink to create a card or a scrapbook layout. They have a great prize to giveaway too. Go over and check it out and maybe you may want to create a project and play along:) I'm also linking this to Decorate To Celebrate Challenge #12 Birthday Party and Birthday Sundaes Challenge #33 Birthday card.

I made this card for my Sister. She has a Birthday this month and she loves Tinker Bell. I purchased the Tinker Bell stickers @ the $ Tree Store for $1.00. I used the MS {Flower Bed} edge punch to punch around pink paper.

Have a great week everyone. Thank you for looking:)

Cookie Swap Party Invite card!!

Hello everyone! I hope you all are well. I've been sick with a nasty cold for a few days. That is why I was not posting any projects or visiting any blogs. Today I feel a lot better:) I'm back to creating some cards. This card is being mailed out to invite family and friends to my Cookie Swap Party. The pattern paper is from Provo Craft {Christmas Cheer} and the solid paper is Recollections. Gingerbread is from Paper Doll Dress Up Cartridge and is on page #73 of handbook. The cookie is a oval shape from Plantin SchoolBook Cartridge and is on page #72 of the handbook. I used brown foam sheet and cut out gingerbread lady and oval. I embellished the gingerbread lady and cookie with puffy paint, glitter glue, googly eyes and ribbon :) I used a label maker for sentiment on front of card.

I hand printed inside of card with a black gel pen.


Have a great week. Thank you for looking:)

Grateful Card!!

Hello everyone. Hope you all are having a wonderful day! This card is being linked to Delightful Inspirations Friday Digital Stamp Challenge. I love this challenge blog because the blog owner emails everyone a free image on Friday to play in the next challenge. If you play this week you will get a free image next week. This way everyone wins :) I created a project last week and I was emailed this "Lovely Tree" image to play along this week :)

I colored the tree image with Bic markers, colored pencils and StarLightz Glitter gel pen. The sentiment is computer generated. I used a paper trimmer to trim all the paper and a corner rounder to round corners of paper. This card was not created with the Cricut Expression.

Have a great week all. Thank you for looking;)

Halloween witch box and card!

Hello everyone. I hope you are having a good week. Here is a witch card and box I made. The gift box is from Wild Card Cartridge and is on page #80 of handbook. The witch is from A Child's Year cartridge and is on page #53 of handbook.

This is side view of box.

I had to make a matching card:)

This is being linked to these challenges:
Getting Cricky Challenge to use orange and black only and one other color.
Decorate to Celebrate Challenge #11 to make Halloween Themed Party Decor.
My Craft Spot Challenge #31 create a project that you can see though.
Delightful Inspirations Saturday Challenge Cute critters to include a 4 legged critter on creation.
Have a great week. Thanks for looking ;)

A beautiful butterfly card!!

Hello everyone! Hope you are having a great day. I'm having a good day here. I been creating some cards :) This card I'm linking to Cooking with Cricut Challenge #56 Purple, Green and Three Sketches. This challenge we must use one of the three sketches a card, 12 x 12 scrap page or two 12 x 12 scrap page sketch to create our project. I used the card sketch to create this card. This is the best I could do with the sketch. You must create a card or scrap page for Mother -in- Law day on October 23rd. My MIL passed away on April 19 2010. My MIL had a butterfly bush in her front yard and oh my it had a lot of butterflies flying around it every Summer. She loved butterflies! That is why I created this card with a beautiful butterfly.

The butterfly is a printout. I colored the butterfly with Bic makers and outlined it with glitter glue:) The scallop is from A Child's Year cartridge. This card cut is on page #49 of the handbook.

Enjoy the rest of you week. Thank you for looking:)