Birthday Wishes

Happy Tuesday! Today's card was made for the challenge over at Jitterbuggin'. The challenge was to make a card with a gift theme, add some bling, add a bow and use your cricut. There is also a great sketch that you could follow. I decided to follow the sketch. :) I love sketches! Here is what I came up with:






The present was cut out of Sweet Treats at 3". I then used some of my action wobbles on the present. They bring so much fun to the card. Thanks so much for taking the time to stop in and take a look. I really appreciate it!


Supplies Used:
Cricut--Sweet Treats (gift cut out at 3")
Action Wobbles
Cardstock--Solid (recollections) & Polka Dot (colorbok)
White signo gel pen

A Button And A Bow

Happy Monday! Today marks the beginning of another challenge over at Paper Therapy. Every Monday marks the beginning of a new challenge. Today's challenge is to make a project with at least one button and one bow on it. I decided to make a criss cross card and this is what I came up with:



Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by and take a look. I really appreciate it. I hope you can come on over to Paper Therapy and play along with us this week. We would love to have you join us.


Supplies:
Patterned Paper--Imaginisce
Cardstock--Melon Mambo (SU!) & Purple (Unknown)
Punch--Scallop Sentiment border Punch (Fiskars) & Corner Rounder (EK Success)
Ribbon--Offray
Stamp--Whimsy Greetings (TPC Studio)
Ink--Melon Mambo (SU!)
Misc.--White Signo Gel Pen

Happy Monday!

Good Monday Morning Everyone! Today marks the beginning of a new challenge over at Paper Therapy. This weeks challenge is to make a project for a boy or man. I have to say, I really struggle with these kind of projects. I always want to add a ribbon, glitter or something sparkly. :) This is what I came up with:



No cricut was used in this project! I know! It shocked me too. :) I ran the green background layer through my cuttlebug and then ran some distress ink over the top. The ovals were cut from Nestabilities and layered on top of each other. If you are up for the challenge, come on over to Paper Therapy. We would love to have you join us! Thanks so much for stopping by and taking a look. I really appreciate it!


Supplies:
Card Stock--Brown (coredinations), Kraft (SU!), Green & Blue (unknown)
Stamp--Whimsy Greetings (TPC Studio)
Ink--Black Staz-On and Tea Dye Distress Ink
Cuttlebug--Swiss Dots Embossing folder & Classic Large Ovals (Nestabilities)
Irock--Glam Rocks Mirror (Imaginisce)
Misc.--Brown Sharpie and DMC Floss

Blog Award!

Saundra from Luv Scrapping Together passed on an award to me today. Wow! I was so shocked and it was such a nice surprise! Thank you so much Saundra! I am so honored that I was one of the blogs that you picked.




Now, this award does come with some rules and I have to pay it forward:

1. Thank and link back to the person who awarded you this
2. Share 8 things about yourself
3. Pay it forward to 8 bloggers that you have recently discovered
4. Contact those bloggers and tell them about their awards


Here are 8 things about me:

1. I have been happily married for 19 years to an awesome guy!
2. I have 2 wonderful teenage children.
3. I was a Navy Brat growing up and now I am a Navy Wife.
4. My favorite crafty tool is my cricut.
5. My favorite crafty thing to do is card making
6. I started out as a scrapbooker
7. I love playing the Sims Video games. :)
8. I am just beginning to learn how to alter things and am really enjoying it.

I would like to pass this award onto the following bloggers that I have recently discovered:

~Alex at You Had Me At Craft
~Jessica at The Creative Stamper Spot
~Alma at Alma's Pink Life
~Lauren at Lauren's Creative
~Raven at Love 4 Stamps
~Tangee at Kricut Krazy
~Jen at Purple Scrapbooker
~Dorcas at 4 Crafty Angels


It was so hard to pick only 8 blogs. There are so many talented crafters out there and so much inspiration. Again, thank you so much Saundra! You can find her wonderful blog at Luv Scrapping Together.

I hope you all have a wonderful day!

My "New" ATG!

So, I have been wanting the Pink ATG ever since it came out cause the color was so pretty, but I couldn't justify spending the money on a new ATG since I already had one. I talked to my wonderful husband and he said it wouldn't be a problem to paint it up for me. I was a little scared at first, I mean what if something happened to it. I love that thing! :) I searched the internet and saw that a bunch of people have painted theirs with amazing results so we gave it a go.

Here is what it looked like all primed up:







I wanted mine to be purple. In my excitement, I forgot to take pics of it before I started decorating it but here it is in the beginning stages of the decorating process:




Here it is after the decorating and the clear protective coating had dried:




Isn't it beautiful? I just love it! My hubby did a wonderful job painting it up for me. Thanks so much honey! I used Lyrical Letters for my name and some glitter rub-ons for the floral decorations.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by and take a look. I really appreciate it!

Gobble Gobble

Happy Wednesday! So today's card was made with three purposes in mind: for the November card swap over at Paper Therapy, for the Wacky Wednesday challenge over at More Than Favors and for the challenge over at Made by Momo. For my card, I used Create A Critter to cut out the turkey and then made a gate fold card:



Isn't that Turkey the cutest! :) I had so much fun making this card! Thanks so much for taking the time to stop in and take a look. I really appreciate it! :)


Supplies:
Cricut-- Create A Critter (Turkey cut at 3")
Cardstock-- Pumpkin Pie and Kraft (SU!), Yellow and DK. Brown (??)
Cuttlebug-- Swiss Dots and Victoria Embossing Folders
Punch-- Apron lace Border Punch (Fiskars)
Misc.-- White Signo Gel Pen, Googly Eyes, Ribbon (?)

Thanks a Latte!

Good Monday Morning Everyone! Today marks the beginning of another great challenge over at Paper Therapy. With Thanksgiving near, this weeks challenge is to make a Thank You card or a LO of something you are thankful for. Here is what I came up with for the challenge:



I think this card would be perfect to add a gift card inside to the recipients favorite coffee place. I used Smiley Cards for my tea cup cut at 2". I just left off the top layer that has the actual smiley face on it. I used some glossy accents on the patterned paper to give the look of porcelain. The "steam" is actually a flourish that was turned upside down, stamped and then embossed. The sentiment was actually typed on the computer and then just printed onto my card stock. I had so much fun making this card. Would love to see what you create for the challenge. Come on over to Paper Therapy and check us out. Thanks so much for taking the time to stop in and take a look. I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a great day!


Supplies:
Smiley Cards(gypsy)---Cut ar 2"
Cardstock--Pear pizzazz (SU!)& Burgandy (unknown)
Patterned paper--K & Co.
Stamp--Flourish (Autumn Leaves)
Punch--Traditional Eyelet (Martha Stewart)
Misc.--Glossy Accents, White Signo Gel Pen, White Embossing Powder (Hampton Art), Ribbon (Offray), Embossing Heat Tool (Marvy)

My New Button!

Look at what my Bestie made for me:




Isn't it awesome! Now if I can figure out how to use it and put it on my blog, I will really be one happy camper. lol

Diva

Happy Monday! I hope you all had a great weekend and got to do some crafting! :)

Today is Monday which means a new challenge has begun this week over at Paper Therapy. This week is an AD Inspired Challenge. We needed to come up with a project based off of this AD:




I saw this Ad and I immediately thought of the Rock Princess Cricut Cartridge. This is what I came up with for the challenge:




I love this cartridge! It has so many cute images on it. I hope you can come on over to Paper Therapy and join us this week. For those of you that don't know, Paper Therapy is a online paper crafting community. There are a lot of really nice ladies over there. Whether you are in the mood to chit chat, do some challenges or participate in some swaps, We would love to have you join us. Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by! I really do appreciate it! I hope you have a fantastic day!

Supplies:
Cricut--Rock Princess (Girl cut at 3", Diva cut at 1")
Imaginisce--iRock
Punches--Ek Success (Fleur De Lis) & SU! (Ticket Punch)
Cardstock--(Unknown, I used scraps)
Glossy Accents

Joy!

Happy Monday! I hope you all had a great and safe Halloween! Monday's mark the beginning of a new challenge week over at Paper Therapy. This week's challenge is to make a card with a hole in it. It doesn't matter where the hole is, as long as there is a hole. It is also the first Monday of the Month which means, there is a prize given out to this week's winner.

This is what I came up with for the challenge:



I used my gypsy to weld a hole into my card base and top layer. I then used Lacy Labels for the wreath and the Joy sentiment. I then added a bow and some bling for some sparkle. Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by and take a look. I really appreciate it. I hope you can stop by Paper Therapy this week and play along. I would love to see what you create!

Supplies:
Gypsy
Cricut--Lacy Labels
Stickles--Christmas Red
Imaginisce--iRock
Ribbon--Offray
Cardstock-- Stripes(DCWV), Pear Pizzaz (SU!), Poppy Parade (SU!)