The Perfect Sentiment Challenge #11 (PSC11)

Happy Wednesday! Are you guys ready for another great challenge week over at The Perfect Sentiment? This week is a sketch challenge. The challenge: Create a card that reflects a sentiment for Thank You. The twist: Use the following sketch for your inspiration.

Here is the sketch:




Here is the card that I created for the challenge:




For my card, I used the Create A Critter cricut cartridge to cut out my little lamb at 2.5". I used some Trendy Twine for her little bows and for the little knots in the buttons and my sentiment came from the Lots of Pun Joy's Life Stamp Set. The Paper is from Making memories. The sketch really made this card super simple to make and I think it is adorable. I love that little lamb, but then again, I love Create A Critter hehe. All of the animals are too cute!

This week The Perfect Sentiment is being sponsored by Pattie's Creations Digital Stamps, so make sure you stop by The Perfect Sentiment Challenge Blog to learn all the details of what the prize is this week as well as entering the challenge. I look forward to seeing what you create!

For more inspiration, you can check out the rest of the design teams projects by going to The Perfect Sentiment or their individual blogs that are listed below:

Jennipher
Sami
Sarah
Abby
Jan
Rochelle
Sassy
Shaunna
Tere
Theresa

as well as the guest designers for December:

Maggie
Sam


Sadly, this will be my last challenge with The Perfect Sentiment Challenge Blog. It has been an amazing adventure and I would like to thank Jennipher and Sami for the opportunity to be on their design team. It has been a great experience! Thanks ladies!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today and taking a look at my latest creation! I hope you have a great crafty day!


Supplies:
Cricut: Create A Critter
Card Stock: White (Georgia Pacific), Wisteria Wonder (SU!)
Patterned Paper: Making Memories
Stamps: Lots Of Pun (Joy's Life)Ink: Wisteria Wonder (SU!)
Punches: Scallop Sentiment Border Punch(Fiskars), Word Window Punch (SU!), Ticket Corner Punch (SU!)
Trendy Twine: Twisted Lime & Grape Fizz

Trendy Twine Give A Way

Hi Everyone! I hope you all had a fabulous holiday! I just wanted to give you all a head's up that there is a great give a way at the Trendy Twine site.

You have the chance to win one of the following colors of twine:



Isn't it beautiful?!? So make sure you go over to Trendy Twine to read all about how to win this awesome twine!

I hope you all have a great crafty day!

Trendy Twine Give A Way Winner!!

Hi Everyone! I wanted to post a quick little post to let you all know that I picked my winner for the Trendy Twine give a way from Lesley at Trendy Twine in honor of my guest designer spot. I used Random.org to pick my winner and the winner is:

Comment #5: Christy

Christy, I will be emailing you shortly. Please reply with your mailing address so that I can pass the information onto Lesley so she can get your prize mailed out to you.

Thanks so much for all the sweet comments on my post! I hope you all have a great crafty day!

Wish You A Merry Christmas with Joy's Life Stamps

For my Perfect Sentiment post, click HERE
For my Trendy Twine Give A Way, Click HERE

Happy Wednesday my crafty friends! I hope you are all having a great day! I am so happy that today I get to post another challenge for the Joy's Life DT. The challenge this week was to create a 3-D project. I decided to decorate a little kraft gable box and fill it with some candy. Perfect for a little gift :)



Cute huh? I found these cute little gable boxes and thought, how perfect they are for a quick little gift for someone. I used my traditional eyelet border punch to create a decorative border all the way around the box. I then stamped my sentiment, using the All Around Sentiments from Joy's Life Stamps, onto some white card stock and then used my scallop circle nestabilities. I added some red stickles onto my scallop circle to give it a little sparkle. The finishing touch was a red polka dot bow.

Here is a close-up of my sentiment:



I love red and craft together! It's one of my favorite color combos. :) Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today and taking a look at my latest creation. Don't forget to stop by the Joy's Life DT page to see more inspiration. I hope you have a great crafty day


I created this project while on the Joy's Life Design Team.

Supplies:
Card Stock: Real Red (SU!) & White (Georgia Pacific)
Stamps: All Around Sentiments (Joy's Life)Ink: Real Red (SU!)
Misc.: Offray Ribbon, Christmas Red Stickles, Traditional Eyelet Border Punch (Martha Stewart), Kraft Gable Box (Annie's Paper Boutique)

The Perfect Sentiment Challenge #10 (PSC10)

For my Trendy Twine Give A Way, Click HERE

Happy Wednesday! Are you guys ready for another great challenge week over at The Perfect Sentiment? This week is all about A Sparkly Christmas! The challenge: Create a card that reflects a sentiment for Christmas. The twist: Make it sparkle--use glitter, shimmer mists, glittered card stock or paper etc. You can never have too much sparkle. :)

Here is the card that I created for the challenge:



This week The Perfect Sentiment is being sponsored by Kania's A/Muse Studio so make sure you stop by The Perfect Sentiment Challenge Blog to learn all the details of what the prize is this week as well as entering the challenge. I look forward to seeing what you create!

For more inspiration, you can check out the rest of the design teams projects by going to The Perfect Sentiment or their individual blogs that are listed below:

Jennipher
Sami
Sarah
Abby
Jan
Kimberly
Rochelle
Sassy
Shaunna
Tere
Theresa

December Guest Designers:
Maggie
Sam

Thanks for stopping by my blog today and taking a look at my latest creation! I hope you have a great crafty day!



Supplies:
Card Stock: White (Georgia Pacific) & Red (Recollections)
Patterned Paper: Countdown To Christmas (My Mind's Eye)
Punches: Xtra Large Photo Corners (SU!) & Scallop Sentiment (Fiskars)
Cuttlebug: Polka Dots
Trendy Twine: Twisted Lime
Misc.: Chipboard Stockings (Recollections) & Dazzling Diamonds (SU!)

Tacky Tuesday Challenge #13

For my Trendy Twine Give A Way, click HERE

Happy Tuesday! Today marks the start of a new Tacky Tuesday challenge. The challenge for this month is to use a "snowman" die cut and the word "melt" in your sentiment. Here is what I created for the challenge:



I decided to make my hubby a little Christmas card from me to him. I cut my snowman out of Christmas Cheer at 3". I added a decorative border using my EK success punch. I added a little heart to the snowman. So cute! The sentiment was printed from my computer and just printed onto red card stock.

I hope you will go over to the Tacky Tuesday Facebook Page and join in the challenge with us. You have 2 weeks to submit a project for the challenge. I look forward to seeing what you create!

Have a great crafty day!


Supplies:
Cricut: Christmas Cheer
Card Stock: Black & Kraft (Recollections), Real Red & Pumpkin Pie (SU!), White (Georgia Pacific), Brown (DCWV)
Punch: EK Success
Misc.: Offray Ribbon, Christmas Red Stickles, White Signo Gel Pen

Holiday Card Blog Hop Winner

For my Trendy Twine give a way, please click HERE

Happy Tuesday! I hope you are all having a great day! Thank you all so much for hopping with us on the Holiday Cards Blog Hop! I hope you foulnd a lot of inspiration along the way and had a good time. As promised, it is time for me to pick my winner for my prize of the stickles. I used Random.org and the winner is:

#11--Ashley Nicole

Congrats Ashley! Be on the look out for an email from me in your inbox. You will have one week to respond or I will have to pick another winner :(

Thanks again to everyone who hopped! I hope you all have a great crafty day!

Trendy Twine Guest Designer :)

Happy Monday! Did you guys have a good weekend? I hope so. I am so excited that I get to be a guest designer for Trendy Twine! If you haven't used Trendy Twine yet, you really should. This twine is so pretty! I really love it! It's pretty awesome stuff! I got to play with the new Holiday Holly Berry and Christmas Candy Cane colors for my project and I am in love! These colors are perfect for all those holiday projects that you may have coming up. For my project, I decided to make a little paint bucket filled with some M&M's for my hubby. Peanut M&M's are his favorite!



top view:



I really love how my project turned out and I am so excited to be able to give this to him. He is gonna love it!

Trendy Twine has graciously given me the opportunity to do a give-a-way on my blog for you guys. You have the chance to win the following 6 Pack Mini:



You do not have to follow my blog (I would love it if you did though) to win the prize but YOU DO have to be a follower of the Trendy Twine Blog. Make sure you come back here and leave a comment on this post to let me know that you are following the Trendy Twine Blog to be eligible. I will pick a winner on Dec. 12, 2011.

You can also check out the Trendy Twine Store to see all the other colors they have as well. All of the colors are fantastic!

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today and checking out my latest creation. I really appreciate it! I hope you have a great crafty day!


Supplies:
Patterned Paper--Countdown To Christmas (DCWV)
Punch--Arch Lattice (Martha Stewart Crafts), Word Window Punch (SU!)
Dies--Large Classic Scallop Circle and Labels 4 (Spellbinders)
Twine--Holiday Holly Berry & Christmas Candy Cane (Trendy Twine)
Stamps--All Around Sentiment Stamps & Wintery Puns (Joy's Life)
Misc.--Real Red Ink (SU!) & White Offray Ribbon

Holiday Cards Blog Hop

Hi Everyone! Welcome to the Holiday Cards Blog Hop! I'm sure you are going to find tons of inspiration for those Holiday cards that you need to do and if you have already done them, maybe an idea or two to tuck away for next year ;)

You should have arrived here from the talented Melisa. If you just happened to stumble across the hop today on my blog and would like to start at the beginning, just hop on over and see Joy at Joy's Life.

For my project, I knew I wanted to use the Happy Holly Days stamp from Joy's Wintery Puns stamp set as soon as I saw it. I pretty much based my card around that stamp.



I decided to make an center step card for my project today. I cut my holly out of the Christmas Cheer cricut cart at 3.5". I popped it up on some foam adhesive to give it more dimension. I added some glitter and bling to make it sparkle and shine.

Here is a look at the inside of the card:



The Merry Christmas stamp also came from the Wintery Puns stamp set. Cute huh? I love the Wintery Puns set! It is absolutely adorable!

What's a blog hop without a little candy? I'm going to give one lucky person the following pack of stickles:



All you have to do to be eligible for my prize is to post a comment on this post.

You don't have to be a follower, but if you are, leave a second comment to give yourself a second chance at winning.

I will pick the winner Tuesday morning, 12-6-11 by using Random.org. Just make sure you leave a way for me to contact you.

Thanks for joining us in the Holiday Cards Blog Hop! Your next stop is the talented Susie.

Here is a list of the hop order in case you get lost along the way:

Joy
Amanda
Anne
Annette
Christine
Jennie
Maria
Martha
Melisa
Stacey<---You Are Here
Susie<---Your Next Stop
Tracy

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you have a great crafty day!


Supplies:
Cricut: Christmas Cheer
Card Stock: Real Red (SU!), White (Georgia Pacific), Green (Recollections)
Patterned Paper: DCWV
Stamp: Wintery Puns (Joy's Life)
Ink: Real Red (SU!)
Cuttlebug: Polka Dots
Punches: Xtra Large Photo Corners (SU!), Scallop Sentiment (Fiskars)
Misc.: Offray Ribbon, Bling (Me & My Big Ideas), Labels Four (Spellbinders), Foam Adhesive, Studio G Glitter

Peace, Hope, Joy

Happy Thursday! Today I wanted to share with you a card that I made to play along with the challenge over at Papertake Weekly. This week they are having a sketch challenge and as soon as I saw the sketch, I knew it would be great for a little Christmas card. Here is what I created for the challenge:



I cut my little stocking out of my cricut at 2.5" using my Christmas Cheer cartridge. For my little tab, I stamped my sentiment and then used my Labels 4 spellbinders and only cut out a small portion so that I could make the little tab. Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today and taking a look at my latest creation! I really do appreciate it! Don't forget to stop by tomorrow for the Holiday Cards Blog Hop hosted by Joy at Joy's Life. :) Hope you will hop with us.

I hope you have a great crafty day!


Supplies:
Cricut: Chirstmas Cheer
Card Stock: Green & Red (Recollections), White (Georgia Pacific)
Patterned Paper: Countdown To Christmas (My Mind's Eye)
Stamp: Winter Puns (Joy's Life)
Ink: Real Red (SU!)
Misc.: Real Red Marker (SU!), White Signo Gel Pen, Star Dust Stickles