Cricut Circle Crop at Archivers in Marietta Georgia!

What fun! On March 2, Shannon Lerner from Provo Craft along with Cindy Royal from their Design Team hosted a Cricut Cricut Crop at Archivers. Shannon gave us an update on the happenings with Provo Craft and conducted a little survey and held an open forum for questions. She also did a darling St. Patrick's Day centerpiece Make and Take using the new St. Patrick's digital images. Provo Craft pre-cut all the images for use to piece the Leprechaun, Pot of Gold, Rainbow and "Kiss Me" label. Unfortunately, lots of us didn't finish because the tornado sirens sounded and we all went to the interior hallway. . .for about 30 minutes! There was no damage to our area although some parts of Georgia did suffer. We ended the night around 11pm and most Circle members stayed nearby for our 2nd day of cropping.

A St. Patrick's Day Candy Purse

To hold all those gold coins you'll get from the Leprechauns you catch!

 I made 30 of these little purses for the Cricut Circle St. Patrick's theme Crop. They are cut from the same .ccr file as the SWARM favor purse and the Valentine candy purse.


And, yes, there's an Easter one too!

CCR file for the Candy Purse

It appears that some people who had requested the .ccr file for the Candy Purse didn't receive it even though I emailed it. It must be a problem with your or my email provider. So, if any one wants the file, you can go to box.net and download it there. I'd love to see any Candy Purses you make!

https://www.box.com/s/4be7x177n5grqqd55kdx

Winner of the Wedding Cart

The winner of the Wedding Solutions Cart from the Love Is In The Air blog hop is. . .Patty (Southern Gypsy)!!!   Congrats Patty! Send me an email to scrapalette@gmail.com with your address and I'll mail the cart to you.

Thanks everyone for visiting my blog and hopping with us!

Mailbox Treat Holder and A Candy Tote

We have a group of talented crafters ready to share their projects celebrating love and Valentine's Day! Along the way, you may find some blog candy! So sit back and enjoy hopping through our blogs!

My project for today is the adorable Mailbox from ProvoCraft's new digital images titled 3D Mailboxes. It was designed to be large enough for regular sized Valentines, but I resized smaller it to be a  treat holder.

The mailbox design also has a separate box inside it that slides out the bottom to retrieve those Valentines or treats! How clever!

But wait. . .there's more! You didn't think I would only have a project cut straight from a cart, did you? I also have a cute Treat Tote! I saw the one Andrea made and just loved it.

I didn't have any small bottles like Andrea used, so I used the plastic from the clamshells of my Cricut cartridges and made little acetate boxes. I then sized the holder to fit my three little containers.

The Treat Holder was designed in CricutCraftRoom using CraftRoom Basics for the holder and label, Sweethearts for the Cupid and MS Seasonal Cake Art for the band around the containers.

I used the little hearts that were cut out making the band as petals for little flowers on the top of each container. I hope you enjoyed looking at my two projects!

{I will be posting a tutorial showing how I made my version of the Treat Tote soon!}

Before you go, I have blog candy~a brand new copy of the retired Cricut Wedding Solutions cartridge! Leave a comment and next Saturday, Feb 4th, I'll use random.org to pick a winner!

Thanks again for stopping by. Your next stop is Dana.

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Michele from http://www.michelegreen.com/

Carolyn from http://cccscraproom.blogspot.com/

Colleen from http://scrappycol.blogspot.com/

Elizabeth from http://www.217creations.com/

Sukie from http://www.scrappindhilly.blogspot.com/

Sharon from http://designsbysharon.blogspot.com/

Renee from http://icameisawicreated.blogspot.com/

Tammy from http://www.scrapcavecreations.com/

Brenda from http://happyscrapper64.blogspot.com/

Amy from http://scrap-pix.blogspot.com/

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Terri from http://scrappinwiththebug.blogspot.com/

Meg from http://peacockpaperie.blogspot.com/

Candy Purse Tutorial

To make this candy purse, you will need the purse shape (red marquee shape, I designed this in CCR using CraftRoom Basics so the holes for the ribbon are cut with the shape), the layer (pink flower print), a little embellishment (the heart), 6 inches of 1/4 inch wide ribbon, a lollipop bag and candy.

Glue the layer onto the purse shape and score just along the right side of the rectangles.

Add a small line of double stick tape below the rectangles.

Thread the ribbon through one slot and press it into the tape. Then repeat for the other side.

Put your candy in the lollipop bag and fold the sides in so it's smaller at the top and fold the top down and staple closed.

Place the candy bag on the purse shape and fold the flap over and staple through all layers.

Add your embellishment to cover the staple on the front and you're done!

If you'd like the .ccr file for this project, leave me a comment with your email address and I'll send it to you! :)