My ankle is healed

Hi everyone, it has been forever since I have been here and I am sorry for that. Having a broken ankle and a sore arm, shoulder, hip and knee all on the same side, does not leave much time for crafting. I have soooo much that I want to get done this week, but a person can only do so much. What has me in the biggest fix, is that I dont get paid till the 22nd. So I have not been out shopping at all and it is all left till than. Thank God that this is a 5 week paycheck instead of just a 4 weeker.

I have lots of freebies that I want to share with you all that I have been working on, but until today have not been able to share because I just found my book with all my passwords and such in and I couldnt get to 4 shared or even here to post with out them. talking about misplacing things. hmm. So I will find them, get pictures of them and upload them as soon as possible so that you still might be able to use some of them.

Hugs and God Bless
Dana

Ps... Facebook and Farmville are very addicting so if you want to get any crafting done stay away from there. lol.

Christmas is coming ...

Hi Everyone, alittle over a week-ago I posted on the Cricutlovers group for someone to help me with a tag that I had made using my Design Studio and Plantin cartridge, and due to an unfortunate accident (I broke my tibia bone in my ankle and have been home bound, upstairs bound, no stairs in other words for about 4-6 weeks. ) Any how, I had one of those 4 in the morning, gotta make it creative spurts and I made a cut file for a Christmas tag, but since my DS was upstairs on my computer, that my Wonderful hubby brought upstairs for me so that I would not be bored, and my Cricut which was downstairs (wouldn't fit on my table with my computer) I could not cut it. I got 2 Wonderful ladies saying that they would give it a shot. I gave them what I was invisioning, and the cut file and let them know that they could cut it to their vision once they saw the cut file. The first gal, Cathy Smith, for some reason could not open the file. Said something about the time and date not being valid. (I remember this being discussed on the group but I dont remember what the fix was, so unfortunately I could not help her with that. But I thank her very much for trying. Huge Hugs going her way.

Another Great gal did also reply and her name is Deanna Mulder. She was able to open up the file. Even though she did not cut it in the colors that I had imagined, she did cut it in the way that she saw it when she saw the cut file. And I am so VERY Glad that she did. Because I would never have thought of it. I will be sending her a little gift of appreciation when I am able to get it finished and mailed to her. This was a First for both of us. She told me that she doesn't normally cut other peoples cuts, and it was a First for me too, as I dont usually ask for help. But I wanted to see it cut so bad. :o) and she did a Beautiful job. Proud is not really the word that I am looking for it works though, and very Thankful as well for her stepping up and doing this for me when I couldn't. So Thank You Deanna I don't know how to say it enough. I love the job you did. Of course the picture is above, I love it too.

Oh and of course you may want to take alook at some of the other work that Deanna does she has a Wonderful Blog and you can find it Here

You may find the Cut File Here with the wonderful tag cut by Deanna.

Thanks so much Deanna.

Hugs and God Bless

Dana

My In-Laws 50th Wedding Anniversary is... and a .Cut file share

9-9-09 and this is the card that I made for them. Though this is not the Exact card even though it is made out of the same papers and everything. I had to show you the picture so I made another one. Now I just need to keep it nice until next year and I can give this one to my own parents, as it is there 50th Wedding Anniversary next year. I love how it turned out, and it turned out Right the first time. Which Almost Never happens for me. So I was quite happy with myself.
I have been so busy with work/school lately and keeping my daughter on track that I have not been able to come this way hardly at all as I am just collapsing by the time I get home from work. I have been losing weight as the food that we get to eat is Very healthy for a change and I am Constantly on the go. Which is why I am crashing then when I get home. But I am having fun this year and it is a great group of people to work with and the Kids or I should say Students are great too to work with.
I am also sharing the file with you, hope some of you might be able to use it.
Here is the link.
Happy Cricut-ing...
Hugs and God Bless
Dana

I am Back from Vacation

My vacation was a Blast, went to Northern Minnesota and spent time with my cousins and one of my sisters at my cousins familys cabins on Cotton Lake, near Detroit Lakes MN. It was cold and rained alot, but we did get in alot of Relaxing time in, and Fun time. Oh and one of the Best parts is that it was Only us Girls.
My daughter caught herself a Fish, a Sunny, so I am in the process of making her a Fish Board book, and I will post when it is done.
I am also in the process of making some Boxes and Bag toppers and will get those uploaded when I figure them out.
Oh and I am back to work/school again now so wont be around as much as I was all summer but will post when I can.
Hugs and God Bless
Dana

Hi Everyone, some Exciting and not so Exciting things going on Today, and free SVG files

First off, So glad that you have come to check out my blog today, It has been a Long week but I have found a Wonderful Blog today that I am now a follower of, is having her Blogaversary and is Giving away some Awesome Blog Candy The Blog is Creating From the Heart . So hurry on over and check it out.

The not so exciting stuff, is my family all has a summer cold and it is beating me to the ground, Not fun, when it happens right before we go on Vacation! But even so I am so Very excited because I have not been up to my Cousins cabin in Northern Minnesota up by Detroit Lakes in almost 18 years. They have no TV which will be a Great thing for my daughter and nieces, but so many other things to do. Ok so that was not so exciting mixed with Exciting...

On to some more Exciting stuff, I have been very Busy creating and then converting some of my creations, (mostly my old digi scrapping templates that I made a couple years ago) into SVG files for you. Also been Quite busy getting images and converting them to svgs for you, so keep on coming back and checking for more Free SVGS for you to use in SCAL.
One of these days I will also be doing more with my DS for those of you that want those files too.
Hugs and God Bless
Dana
Oh almost forgot the links: My Flowers and dlk Misc this next one has some Quick Pages that I made for my Digi scrapping, it will cut the wholes out for where your pictures will go. These next 2 links are from digi files that I have colected over the last couple years.. Baby and some Beach stuff. Hope you enjoy!

My Flower SVGs

This next set I have for you, are flowers, they are my own creations, but at this time I do not have any pictures, I just wanted to make sure that I got them converted and uploaded.
You may find the link Here I hope you enjoy them and can use them.
Hugs and God Bless
Dana

More Silhouette SVGSS 4U

Hi everyone, I have more of the SVG silhouette files for you all. My computer has been freezing and causing me the Most amount of Frustrations today, I have had to walk away from it many times. But with these since the images are not my own but free images off the net, the Animal file has butterflies, cow, frogs, dolphins and others, the people file has the child sihouettes and others, and the Objects file has the crowns, cupcakes, and others..
Here are the links for you

http://www.4shared.com/file/118664965/c34113c6/animals.html

http://www.4shared.com/file/118665109/2a02ceb6/objects.html

http://www.4shared.com/file/118665165/75ee251b/People.html

Hugs and God Bless
Dana

From Digi to Paper -Free SVG file too...

From Digi to paper that is the way that I started scrapping way back when... Well I had one of those all day all nighters again last night, when I thought that I was tired enough to get some sleep I went upstairs and was wide awake again... so back down to my drawing board, which is my mouse, computer and PSP8. Then after having watched a Tutorial on ScrappyDew.com I was able to take my digi to inkskape and make this wonderful little girl.. I have 1 to share with you now, more to come later.

Here is the link. Please let me know what you think, either here or email me.

Hugs and God Bless

Dana

Star Card - George

Crystal from Cricutlovers group was looking for some way to make a Star card, she gave me a pic and this is what I have come up with.

You may find the file Here.

Let me know what you think.

Hugs and God Bless

Dana

Childrens Sillhouette SVG Files

I do not have pictures for these, though they are very cute.

A few of the gals from the groups I belong to have been asking about the Sillhouettes. Well I went out on the internet looking for some that I thought you might like and I found some children playing kiteflying, swinging and other things. The designs are not my own but I changed them to svg files so that they could be cut.
Here is the link for them. I zipped all the ones up together that I have change.
Hugs and God Bless
Dana

Flower1 CC WRapper made with SCAL

Hi everyone, well after much trial and tribulations and saving my files as the wrong things, I have finally got myself off and running with Scal and my cc wrappers. This one I just call Flower1 cc Wrapper as I have many flowers that I will be trying out. this is my own design, I got it out of my digi scrapping stuff. It is fun to make digi flowers I use Paint Shop Pro and the Kaleidoscope and go from there. Any how Here is the file.

Please let me know what you think.

Hugs and God Bless

Dana

OMG I am sooo Excited - Very First SVG File

Hi everyone, I am soooo very excited, I finally got SCAL and I Finally jumped in feet first and made my First SVG file And Cut it on my Cricut. YEAH! it cuts Great. I am so very excited... as for, before I was a paper scrapper, I was a Digi scrapper, and now I can take all of those templates that I have made over the years and make them into paper files too. Soooo Please the files that I will be sharing, are All for Personal Use only.

Ok as you can see by the picture my first file is a Cat, and I have Lots of Cats in different positions to share with you. They will be coming along, and will be posted here when I get them done.

Oh and Here is the link for my first Cat

I made these for a Halloween digi kit that I made last year.

Hugs and God Bless

Dana -

Summer Scrap Titles - Plantin

Hi just been working on these for a swap that I am in so I thought that I would share the file with you as well.
I made these with my Plantin Cartridge and Design Studio, I Do Not have any pictures of these nor will I be getting a picture. They are welded not just single letters. You will need your Cricut Expressions, DS and Plantin cartridge to be able to cut.
Enjoy!
Hugs and God Bless
Dana
Here is the Link

Pictures for Cupcake Wrappers for the Links below

Here finally are the pictures for the CC wrappers that I made and shared. Once again, these are made with my Expressions and Design Studio and the cartridges listed with each link. They cannot be cut with SCAL or other cutters. They are .Cut files not GSD or others. I have not figured those programs out yet. But hopefully some day soon. :o)

Hugs and God Bless

Dana

More Cupcake Wrappers

Hi Everyone,
Well I wish that I had gotten this uploaded before today, as it would have been nice for Cupcakes for yesterday. But... life gets busy, or in the way of our creating and sharing. :o)
Please remember, and I know that you all do, that my files are for Personal Use Only. Thanks so much. I love sharing them.
First wrapper I call Starz, I made with George and Mickey and Friends
You may find the link Here
Second Wrapper is Cats, and is made with George and Doodlecharms
You may find the link Here
Third cc Wrapper is Flower1, it is made with George and Walk in My Garden
You may find the link Here
Fourth Wrapper is a Ladybug - made with George and Walk in My Garden
You may find the link Here
Another that I did, though out of Season would be the Easter Bunny, made with George and Doodlecharms
You may find the link Here
For these next two you will need to make sure that your matts are sticky so that you can do the more intricut cuts.
The Rose cc holder, made with George and Walk in My Garden
You can find the link Here
And I really like this next one it is a swirly one, turned out really nice when I cut it. Made with George and Mickey and Friends
You may find the link Here
Wish I had pictures for them all but I dont at this time. But I am sure that you will enjoy. Let me know what you think.
Hugs and God Bless
Dana

Sharing some Sparkler Pictures of my Daughter

Hi everyone, I just wanted to share some pictures of my daughter doing her sparklers. We got her a Kodak Easy Share Camera for her birthday and it actually takes better pictures than my Fuji camera. I love the way that it caught the design of the sparklers.
Happy 4th of July!
Hugs and God Bless
Dana

Hershey Mini Wrapper .Cut Files

Hello, well today I was reading the posts and someone on the cricutlovers group was looking for Hershey Mini wrapper template. and soo here I am trying to help out and make thing sooo much easier, I really do wish that I had this program when I was making them and 9 years ago, I made a bunch for my Grandma's 95 birthday party, though I decorated them digitally vs. with scrap paper.
But any how... I have made 3 files. 2 that use the George Cartridge, 1 for the Cricut Bug, and one that can be cut on the expressions 12 x 12 sheet, the other is made with the Plantin for the Expressions.
Hope these make life easier. I cant wait to get some minis now. lol.
Here are the links: George1 - Bug George2-Expressions, Plantin
I love hearing from those of you that download my files.
Hugs and God Bless
Dana
Ps... Like my links now... :o) I learned something new today. YEAH
Pss. Sorry but at this time I do not have any pics. But when I get some minis I will post one. But the size is correct.

A2 Envelopes with 4 Different Cartridges

A2 My Community Envelope

A2 Going Places Envelope

A2 Fabulous Finds Envelope

A2 Doodlecharms Envelope

For those of you that were sad, because you did not have George for the A2 envelopes.... I have a Surprise for you. Grinning Big...

I have made you a A2 size envelope using - Going Places, Doodle Charms, Fabulous Finds, and My Community. If you don't by any chance have any of these cartridges either, let me know and I will see what I can do.

Here is the link to these wonderful Envies!

http://www.4shared.com/file/114312014/f4f0f613/A2_Envelope_-_GP-DC-FF-MCom.html

Hugs and God Bless

Dana

My Storage for Cricut Cartridge and other items

Hi everyone, just thought that I would share with you a little corner of my crafting room. Now mind you this is Just a Little corner lol, of my crafting room. The corner of one of my tables... I have three 5 ft tables, Plus the desk that I use for my computer, plust 1 filing cabinet with 4 drawers, Plus 2 of those tall white plastic shelves with all things covered, Plus...lol... all my pictures and my ceramics and such are in the totes Under the tables. Yeahhhh.. I Do, and I do admit it... have too much stuff, or maybe not enough as there is always something new that I want to try out... such as the skittles, I found those clear pebble like things, they are acrylic, but not really skittles, found them at Michaels along with some of the Alchol dyes that everyone has been talking about. I took them home and right away died a bunch of them. Wish that I had had my 50% off coupon for those... any how... Here are the pics of my Corner Storage...

Hugs and God Bless

Dana

Purse Envelope - George

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I Love the George cartridge, if you cannot tell already, though I do also have something to share that I used the Fabulous Finds cartridge too, but that is a different post.

Any how, I did Finally Finish the Envelope for the Purse that was posted Earlier it was posted on June 3rd. So if you dont already have the purse go there for the link to it.

Envelope Link:

http://www.4shared.com/file/114185166/8972900c/Purse_Envelope.html

Also, I have the directions for putting it together you may download those

at this link: come back here to look at the pictures they will help in getting it put together correctly.

http://www.4shared.com/file/114186920/18db0e6b/Purse_Envelope_Directions.html

Let me know what you think.

Hugs and God Bless

Dana

ATC Trading Card Envelope -George

I am running out of Ideas for envelopes... but now we all have one for about everything, except fo the Purse card that I need to get sent to my sister for her birthday. I am going to have to figure something out for it too. hmmm...

Anyhow.. was blog hopping again, and found a site with ATC trading cards, then went to another site, Mirkwood designs... looked at the template that they had and created it in Design Studio using the George Cartridge... Sorry... I think that I am stuck on George... you will still have to cut it out using an expressions, as it goes beyond the lines for the baby Cricut. It took 4 tries to get it big enough.

Here is the link:

http://www.4shared.com/file/113805973/3cc820fd/ATC_Trading_Card_Envelope_-_George.html

But hope you enjoy, let me know what you think.

Hugs and God Bless

Dana

About the Files I create

Hi everyone, I just wanted to let those of you that are new to the Die cutting and the different types of files that are available to cut....

My files are Only .cut files - Which means that they can Only be cut while using Design Studio, and the Baby Cricut, or the Cricut Expressions Machine. I do appologize, but I do not have any way of converting any files into any other format.

I am though trying to learn Inkscape... maybe.. I did download it and will look at it.

Hugs and God Bless
Dana

Thank you Thank you Thank you

I just wanted to say Thank you to everyone that has left me a comment. It is lonely in cyber world sometimes, I know your out there, and I know that you must like my files.
I just have Loved reading all the thank you's and Comments. You have all made my day.

Hugs and God Bless
Dana

Post it Holder - George and WIMG

Well the idea for the Post-it Holder came from an article with a picture of one that I was reading about in the May 2006 Fiskars pull out section of a Paper Crafts magazine that I got from the Library. I actually got a whole stack of this magazine Free from the library, they have a cart of freebies ... when they are making room for new magazines. Just happened to be there at the right time.
Here is the link:
http://www.4shared.com/file/113742328/42fba44a/Post_it_Holder_-_dlk_-_George_and_WIMG.html

If you need directions on folding, just email me and I will send them to you. I might need to redo them. I know that I took step by step pictures but do you think that I could find them right at the moment.
Enjoy!

Hugs and God Bless
Dana

CD size Envelope

Ok so, "I am stuck and envelopes and envelopes are stuck on me" ... does that little jingle sound familiar at all? Just need to stick a different word where the envelope word is though.

Any how, at Christmas or Birthdays or just when ever it is that you want to share a CD full of your wonderful pictures or scrapbook pages with your family and friends.

Here is a CD envelope that you can send them in for mailing.

Here is the link:

http://www.4shared.com/file/113741226/b6344c94/CD_Envelope_-_George.html

Hugs and God Bless

Dana

Another Envelope Made with George Cut on the Expressions

This time I made a 5x7 inch Envelope for those of us that make bigger cards than just the A2 size. Since i liked the design of my other envelope so much. I made one the same but of course bigger so that it fit. Second try worked this time. First one would have but I accidentially deleted the file. Ooops.. so I had to start over. Again, I love the fit of the envelope.

I would really love to hear from those of you downloading my files. There are some awesome gals that do every time they download somthing. But for having 20o + download the A2 envelope I think I had 4 responses. You may leave me a message here, let me know what you think or on 4shared. just takes a second to say thank you.

I love creating for you all, but I like to know what you think too.

Here is the link.

http://www.4shared.com/file/113513457/a5de7087/5x7_envelope.html

Hugs and God Bless

Dana

A2 Envelope - George

Well I almost gave up and went and bought some envelopes, but Dee asked if I had made a .cut file. I had not, but... off to my Design Studio I went and here is what I came up with. First try and I really like how the card fits. Now I can have matching or almost matching envelopes for my cards.

http://www.4shared.com/file/113122737/954f36fb/A2_Envelope.html

Please let me know what you think.

Hugs and God Bless

Dana

3 Size Flower .cut File George

Before I started into making .cut files I made alot of digital scrapbooking things... and I was thinking, well why not try and make some of the digital images into .cut files. So ... here is my first attempt. This flower I have made in 3 sizes for you. I use the George cartridge to design it, but I am not sure if the baby Cricut people can cut the large one as it goes all the way to the edges. I have been cutting everything with my Expressions.

But here it is.

http://www.4shared.com/file/112982615/4821ce1a/Flower_3_size_-_George.html

Hope you like it.

Hugs and God Bless

Dana

Scalloped Border .Cut Files George and WIMG

I think that these scalloped borders is what someone on Cricutlovers was looking for though not really sure. For the life of me I could not get the Expressions to cut it a full 12 inches long. But I did come up with these three that I do like. The First 2 are done with Only the George Cartridge. The last one in the picture I also used the Walk In My Garden Cartridge for the half circle cut.

http://www.4shared.com/file/112973436/da76d9f8/Scalloped_Borders.html

I hope that you like them too.

Please let me know what you think.

Hugs and God Bless

Dana

Simple Fish .Cut File - George

Here are the Fish to go with the Cupcake Wrapper posted below... My daughter loved them with the eyeballs.

http://www.4shared.com/file/112505292/c3f0ca6e/Simple_Fish_-_George.html

Hope you enjoy as well.
Hugs and God Bless
Dana

Gone Fishing Cupcake Wrapper - George

Well today... Has been a Much better day. I dont feel like I am on a rollercoaster today. Which is a good thing.

Any how to share with you today... I found a fish in a CK magazine that I was reading, and wanted a cut file of it. I also had seen the fish head and hook that Kelly had created with Scal and of course I do not have that but I still wanted a fish... for some reason, I do not get these ideas until I see something I like and then create it in DS.

And these are what I created After I made the simple fish... I will upload those too and give you the .cut file for those as well. I just started talking about these first. soo...

http://www.4shared.com/file/112498532/8765d68/Gone_Fishing_Cupcake_Wrapper-dlk.html

Hope you Enjoy!. Please let me know what you think!

Hugs and God Bless

Dana

Happy Birthday Like Stamp - but not a Stamp

... here is the link for the page of Happy Birthday circle things that I did...

http://www.4shared.com/file/112234843/eed72c6e/Happy_Birthday.html

I wanted them so that I could have centers to flowers, or centers to those circular cuts on the Storybook cartridge... but for the life of me I could Not get the dang things lined up so that I could cut them with the Cricut, cause I did Want them to be bigger. I created them using my Paint Shop Pro 8 program, as I was trying to use an actual stamp that I had but I could not get it centered either and kept on wasting too many centers that I had cut out... so on to my different resources...

So I am sharing with you... these, just hopefully not my frustrations too.. lol.

Hugs and God Bless
Dana
Ps.. sorry do not have a picture of them.

Dresses, Dresses and more Dressess...

The Dresses Cut file has Changed... I added the picture above... and edited the .cut file on my 4shared account. So if you have already downloaded it and want the smaller dresses as well, you will need to download again. New Link down below.

While out Blog hopping again, today, I saw some dressess, and wanted one like I always do... When I was looking at it, I did not read farther then what was right around the picture, I did not know that it came with a pattern, but I liked it and wanted one for myself... Sooo.. Oh and as well someone from Cricutlovers group, I think it was, or maybe it was Cricutcutters, was looking for some stuff that she could easily make for a wedding shower, I think it was... Well here is the dress that I came up with. One of course is Large, and Looks Great as part of a page layout, and the other.. is small and fits nicely on a A2 size card. I will post a picture of the Lay Out when I get it finished.

Here is the link for it as well...

http://www.4shared.com/file/112510929/b13dfc4e/Dress_-_George.html

Hope you enjoy, let me know what you think.

Hugs and God Bless

Dana

Ties For Dad

With Fathers Day coming up and my FIL's birthday being two days before Fathers Day, I had to come up with a Birthday Card plus a Fathers Day card, and get one sent out to my dad as well.

I have been working on this for a couple days... trying to come up with some ideas... well I do have a card for my dad, that is under my jumble here somewhere but right now, I don't want to search for. It is really cool and simple it says on the outside, F is for Father and on the inside it says, And I am Glad you are Mine. I dont have any special cut for it, just done with the Story Book cartridge and some paper scraps, but I really like how it turned out. I will post a picture of it, when I clean off my desk again tomarrow.

I am terrible when I get started, everything has to be in its place, but during the process it always turns into something terribly different, then I walk away from it till next time and clean it up again, and then start all over.

Any how... as for the Birthday Card for my FIL, it could also be for any other type of day, just attach a different saying... the image is called Ties for Dad... I saw a stamped card like it when I was out Blog hopping and wanted a cut file like it and this is what I came up with.

Now my FIL does not wear ties at all, I have never actually seen him in a tie, so this is not really his kind of thing, but it is the card that he will get. lol. Now for my dad, in another life time it seems he did wear ties, but not any longer.

For some reason, I always start off with a large one, the file that I am going to share with you has a large tie, some bow ties, a medium set of ties, and then some small ties. The small ties are what I used for this card. Here is the link. Hope you enjoy. Please leave some love if you download. And Please remember, my files are for Personal use only.

http://www.4shared.com/file/112131161/8c7496d3/ties_for_dad.html

Hugs and God Bless

Dana

Smaller Version of Pocket Watch - Walk In My Garden cart

Well the last one was Huge, took up almost a whole 12x12 piece of paper, though it would be great for a scrap page. But just a little too big for invitations, such as what Donna wanted ot for... So... I came up with this. I even like it much better. It is made with the Walk in My Garden cartridge.

You may click here: http://www.4shared.com/file/111214383/51fc57e/Small_Pocket_Watch_dlk.html

to download the .cut file.

A few final directions too... The clock face is stamped, I think that they are Stampin Up stamps.

the circles in the center of the chain I made using my handheld hole punch. And I adhered them with a mini glue dot. They are almost as small as the mini glue dots.

Hope you enjoy.

Hugs and God Bless

Dana