Winter Lace Snowflakes : Review

Ever wondered what snowflakes you can cut using Winter Lace Cricut Cartridge?  I was and that's why last year I spent few hours cutting all the snowflakes in the said cartridge.  Due to intricacies of most of the snowflakes, I suggest you cut each at least 3 inches.  Otherwise, you will be frustrated cutting it in smaller sizes like what I've experienced.  Hhhhmmmm or maybe my cutting blade was not too sharp anymore so check and change the blade.

All in all I would say it's a must to have Winter Lace cartridge because the snowflakes are too darn cute!  Besides, Sweden has a winter season and oftentimes around January, we have a snowstorm so it's kind'a cute to have snowflakes around the house or on your decorations during Christmas season ... or winter season I should say.

 Here are some of my favorites among the cuts =)

Showing you 2 cuts I've made smaller than 3 inches:

 Thanks for reading my review =)

Graduation Owl Backpack

Just a very quick post since aside from the fact that I'm busy like a bee creating invitation cards for my son's 9th birthday, I'm sick with hard cough and stuffy nose :(  It's all my fault so no one to blame - I should have stayed at home yesterday to rest as suggested by hubby BUT I just had to work due to the trade fair going on in front of one of our shops.  Haist!  Yeah, I did buy few things but at the end I just had to give up coz I felt weak after 2 hours of going around the trade fair.

Anyway, since I'm like a snail when it comes to posting projects I have made, here is one of the projects that I've never posted hahahahahahahahaha.  Found it in my pending files to be posted =)  I made this mini backpack for a teenager who graduated from high-school last June.  Inside the backpack we hid money as graduation gift.  This is not my first time to make a backpack but the first one which I did few Christmases ago was literally made from scratch BUT this one I used the Sesame Street Seasons Cartridge cut into 11" then the owl itself was cut at 3 1/2" using Straight from the Nest Cartridge.

Other materials used were XL Tree Puncher, MS Picket Fence border punch, Stickles, 3D eyes, Congratulations sticker, and a Swedish graduation toothpick =)

left-side view

right-side view

Thanks for viewing =)

Confirmation Card + Envie

What is Confirmation?

con·fir·ma·tion/ˌkänfərˈmāSHən/ - which means (in the Christian Church) the rite at which a baptized person affirms Christian belief and is admitted as a full member of the church.


When a client asked me to make a confirmation card for a 15 year old boy, I was totally excited and at the same time nervous simply because it would be my first time to make a confirmation card.  Normally I'm asked to make Christmas, Birthday, Anniversary, love, invitations of all sorts.

Do you remember the day you had your confirmation?  I do!  In fact, I have few pictures and I believe I was not 15 but 10 years old and it happened during my elementary days at Holy Spirit School of Quezon City in the Philippines.  It's a beautiful memory .... I felt that we were all angels dressed in white and oh so prim and proper hahahahahahahahaha.

Anyway, enough of my blabberings, here's the confirmation card I made and it's a huge one ... not the usual size of cards in the market =)