Flaunt It Friday Designer!!!

WooHoo! I have just found out that I was chosen to be a design team member for

Flaunt It Fridays

I am so excited to be a part of this great group of talented ladies!

We will be having a blog hop on Jan. 7, 2011 so make sure to tune in

and hop along with us!

This is going to be a great year with a lot of really great challenges!

Hope you will join us in Flaunting It!

Party Animal!

Hi everyone! I hope you all had a great holiday! We are getting quite a bit of snow right now so I am snowed in but that's OK cause I am going to craft the day away. :)

I made the following card for the challenge over at Flaunt It Fridays. The challenge for this week is make a project with the turtle from Create A Critter. I was going to make a gift bag for my daughter's BFF's upcoming birthday but since my daughter doesn't really know what she will be getting her yet, I decided to make a card for now and then a matching gift bag later when the gift gets bought. So for now, here is the card:




I love all the images on Create A Critter, they are all so cute and this little turtle is no exception. I got the party hat from the Create A Critter cart as well.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by my blog and see my latest creation. I really do appreciate it. I hope you stay warm and have a great crafty day!





Supplies:
Cricut--Create A Critter (turtle and hat cut at 2 1/2")
CardStock--Melon Mambo, Pacific Point & Pear Pizzazz (SU!)
Patterned Paper--Colorbok
Stamp--Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Pink By Design)
Border Punch--Martha Stewart
Misc.--Hemp Cord, Offray Ribbon & White Signo Gel Pen

Tags from Santa

Happy Wednesday! Can you believe Christmas is almost here? I still have tons of wrapping and some cookie baking to do but at least my shopping is now done. :)


These tags were made for the challenge over at Bitten By The Bug 2. The challenge was to make a project with a gingerbread man.

How cute are these guys? I made my gingerbread girl and boy from the Paper Doll Dress Up Cricut cartridge. The tags were made from Lacy Labels. I just printed out my to and from on my computer and then hand trimmed them to fit onto the tag.

Thanks so much for stopping by and taking a look at my latest creation. I hope you have a fantastic holiday and a great crafty day!

Supplies:
Cricut--Lacy Labels & Paper Doll Dress Up
Cuttlebug--Welcome Baby Embossing Folder
Stamps--Peachy Keen Everyday Character Face Parts
Cardstock--Kraft (SU!), Poppy Parade (SU!) & White (Georgia Pacific)
Misc.--White signo gel pen, Offray Ribbon

Let It Snow

This week over at The Paper Variety they are having a photo inspiration challenge. I knew I wanted to play along as soon as I saw this adorable picture:

However, every time I even thought about sitting down to craft, something else always seemed to happen. I got my opportunity tonight though and I jumped on it. :) The challenge ends tomorrow (12-21-10) so I got my project completed just in the nick of time. This is what I came up with:

Please excuse the picture. It isn't the best but I had no natural light in which to take my picture to enter the challenge. For the dog, I used Create A Critter and cut him out at 2 1/2". I then used Paper Doll Dress Up for the Santa hat and cut it out at 4". I used some white flocking for the brim of the hat and popped up the pom pom with a foam dot and also used flocking on it. The dog is attached to the card with an action wobble, which makes him spring to life. :)

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop in and take a look. I really appreciate it. Have a great crafty day!

Supplies:

Cricut--Create A Critter & Paper Doll Dress Up

Cuttlebug--D'vine Swirls

Cardstock--Red (Recollections) & White (Georgia pacific)

Stamps-- Everyday Character Face Parts (Peachy Keen) & Let It Snow (We R Memory Keepers)

Misc.--Offray Ribbon & White Signo Gel Pen

Stocking Gift Card Holder

Happy Monday! Today marks a new challenge week over at Paper Therapy. This week's challenge is to create a Christmas card. I decided to make a gift card holder for the challenge.

This was so much fun to make but also took me quite a bit of trial and error to get the size just right. I used Paper Doll Dress Up for the stocking. I found that the Suberboy boot on page 56 was the perfect shoe for this. I cut it once at 22 3/4" and then flipped the image and cut it out again . I then adhered the two matching sides together and left the top of the boot open for the gift card to slide in and out easily. For the cuff, I cut out a rectangle measuring 3 1/2" by 4" and folded it in half at 2". I adhered the back of the cuff to the stocking and used a piece of velcro for the front so the recipient can easily open up the holder to get the gift card. I just free hand cut the heel and toe pieces. I think it turned out so cute and am so happy with the end result. I hope you can play along with us this week at Paper Therapy. We would love to see what you create. :)

Thanks so much for stopping by and seeing my latest creation! I really appreciate it! Have a great crafty day!

Supplies:

Cricut--Paper Doll Dress Up

Cuttlebug--Swiss Dots Embossing Folder

Patterned Paper--DCWV

Stamp--Recollections

Misc.--White Signo Gel Pen, Red Sharpie, Stardust Stickles, EK Success Corner Rounder & Offray Ribbon

Merry Christmas!

Happy Saturday! Can you believe there are only 6 days until Christmas! I am not even done with my shopping. Talk about waiting until the last minute! I only have a couple things left to get though so it shouldn't be too bad. I did manage to finish up the gift that we will be giving to one of our neighbors today. I went green and recycled a 4 pack of Starbucks Frappachinos including the cardboard container they come in at the grocery store.

How cute is this? Each jar has something different in it. There is one with Christmas Tree Peppermint Nougats, one with Hershey Hugs, one with Spearmint discs and another one filled with pastel dessert mints.

I hope they like it. :) As always, thanks so much for stopping by and taking a look at my latest creation. I really do appreciate it. Have a great crafty day!

Supplies Used:

Patterned Paper--Be Merry Snowball Fun (My Mind's Eye)

Cardstock--Pear Pizzazz (SU!) & Pink (Bazzill)

Stamps--Snowflake (We R Memory keepers) & Sentiment (SU!)

Punch--Traditional Eyelet (Martha Stewart)

Misc.--Ribbon (Offray), Irock (Imaginisce)

'Tis the Season

Please scroll down to the next post for the winner of the blog candy from me for the
Holiday Cards and Gifts Blog Hop.


Happy Monday! I hope you are staying warm where you are as it is sure cold where I am. It is looking like a great crafting day!

Today marks the start of a new challenge over at Paper Therapy. This weeks challenge is to make a project with a snowflake on it. I decided to make little treat purses filled with little Hershey nuggets for my daughter to hand out to her friends this holiday.

I am so happy with how this turned out. I finally got around to using that free download for Gypsy users with the Tags, Bags, Boxes and more to make my little purse. I don't really know the size the purse was cut out at. I just sized it on my gypsy as big as I could get it. The snowflake was cut out with Accent Essentials at 2". I then added some bling, ribbon and a sentiment. I think these will be perfect little gifts for her to give to all her friends. Now,I just need to get busy making more of them. :)

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


Supplies Used:
Cricut--Accent Essentials
Gypsy--Tags, Bags, Boxes and More
Cardstock--Red (Recollections)
Patterned Paper--Countdown to Christmas (My Mind's Eye)
Stamp--Winter Wonderland (Recollections)
Ink--Poppy Parade (SU!)
Misc.--iRock, White Signo Gel Pen, Ribbon Basics by Michaels

The winner is.....

Thanks to all of you for playing along this weekend in the Holiday Cards and Gifts Blog Hop! I had so much fun and a BIG thanks goes out to Jamie over at Glitter, Stamps, and Paper, Oh My for including me in this great hop! Thanks Jamie!

I used Random.org to pick a winner this morning for my blog candy and the winner is

#25 terriennz

terriennz said:
I LOVE THE COLORS! It's so cute. I'm already a follower. Thanks for a chance to win! Happy Holidays!

Terriennz, I will be contacting you shortly for your mailing address. If i haven't heard back from you by 12-16-2010, I will have to pick another winner.

Again, Thank you all so much! I love my followers!


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Holiday Cards and Gifts Blog Hop!

Happy Saturday! Welcome to the Holiday Cards and Gifts Blog Hop!

If you hopped on over from The Scrapoholic, you are in the right spot. :)

If you just happened to stumble upon my blog and found the hop, all the fun starts at
Glitter, Stamps, and Paper, Oh My

I am so excited to be a part of this hop! There are a lot of great blogs with some very talented ladies on this hop today and you aren't going to want to miss any of the fun. :)


For my project, I chose to make a gift, a little card and a matching gift bag. My son is participating in a secret Santa at church and this is what he will be giving away as his gift.









Isn't that snowman just the cutest? I love making these little nugget tins. So simple to do yet they always look so adorable and people really love getting them. I mean, who doesn't love getting chocolate right? :)

Here is how I made everything:

The Gift Bag is a plain red bag that I picked up from Wal-Mart. I took my patterned paper and cut a 2 1/2" by 7" strip and then used the Apron Lace border punch along the top and bottom and wrapped ribbon around it and attached it to the bag. The gift tag hanging from the bag was made with the Storybook Cricut cartridge. The scallop was cut out at 2 1/2" and the circle was cut out at 2 1/4". I punched a little hole at the top of the bag and hung it with some white hemp string.

The little card is just a 3x3 card to go inside the bag along with the gift. I cut a 1 1/4" by 3" strip of paper and punched the top with the apron lace border punch and layered it over the top of my sentiment.

The nugget tin is a piece of red cardstock measuring 10" by 3 1/4" and punched on both sides with the border punch. I then layered a strip of patterned paper measuring 10" by 2 1/2" on top and wrapped it around the tin. Not to tight though cause you want to be able to slide it on and off. I then cut out the scallop from Storybook at 2 1/2", circle out at 2 1/4" and the top circle at 2". I layered them on top of each other and stamped my image and attached it to my paper strip with foam dots. For the nuggets inside the tin, I bought a bag of Hershey milk chocolate nuggets and wrapped them with a paper strip measuring 1" by 3 1/4"

Voila! Super cute and easy gift!

Although it isn't chocolate, I do have a little Blog candy for one lucky winner.




All you have to do to be eligible to win is:

1: Be a follower of my blog
&
2: Post a comment (make sure you leave a way for me to contact you if you win)

Only one comment per person please

How simple is that? I will use Random.org to pick a winner the morning of Monday, 12/13/2010

Sorry but I can only ship to the United States and Canada.


The next blog on your hop is:

Mandy at the Polka Dot Spot



Just in case you get lost somewhere along the way, below you will find a complete list of the blogs on the hop today in the lineup order:

Jamie at Glitter, Stamps, and Paper, Oh My
Jessica at Overjoyed Scrapper
Jill at The Scrapaholic
Stacey at Stacey's Creative Corner <-----You Are Here

Mandy at the Polka Dot Spot <----Your Next Stop

Nikki at The Glamorous Side of Scrapping
Crazy about Cricut
Nicolette at Beyond Scrapin
Liz at Skittles and Scrapbooks
KarelJ at One by One the Flamingos are Stealing my Sanity
Sandra at Sandy's Scrapbooks
Kristin at Lil Sweetpea's Place
Meighen at Scrappin_3rdeeschik
Ellen at Card Monkey
Jennifer at Crafty Card Gallery
Denise at Dee's Designs from my heart
Jesi at Jesi's Things
Dorly at Moderna Art & Designs

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a great day hopping!


Supplies Used:
Cricut--Storybook
Patterned Paper--Countdown to Christmas (My Mind's Eye)
Cardstock--Recollections
Stamps--Sentiment (SU!~Seasonal Sentiments) & Snowman (Recollections~Winter Wonderland)
Ribbon--Offray
Border Punch--Fiskars Apron Lace
Misc.--White Signo Gel Pen, Red Sharpie, Stardust Stickles & Christmas Red Stickles

Blog Hop This Saturday

Hi Everyone! Just wanted to let you all know about a pretty cool blog hop that I will be in this Saturday. There will be lots of cool ideas so I hope you can stop in and take a look.




The hop will start over at Glitter, Stamps, and Paper, Oh My on Saturday December 11.

Hope to see you there!

No Day for Just a Sliver

Happy Monday! This week's challenge over at Paper Therapy is a sketch challenge. I love sketch challenges! Here is the sketch:



How great is that sketch? I love it! I had so much fun playing along! This is what I came up with:




Can you believe that I didn't use my cricut? *gasp* I was in the mood to stamp. :) I hope you can join us this week and play along with this great challenge. You have until Dec. 11 to upload your project over at Paper Therapy. Thanks for stopping by and taking a look, I really appreciate it. :) I hope you have a fantastic day!


Supplies:
Card Stock--- Melon mambo (SU!), Whisper White (SU!), Purple (Recollections)
Patterned Paper--- Nana's Kids (DCWV)
Stamp--- Birthday Bakery (SU!)
Nestabilities--- Classic Large Ovals
Misc.---Scallop Sentiment Border Punch (Fiskars), Star Dust Stickles, White Signo Gel Pen, Offray Ribbon.

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!)

Hello Cupcake!

Happy Monday! I hope you all had a great weekend! We were busy busy busy! It just made the weekend go by way to fast though. Let's hope the week goes by just as fast too. :) Today is challenge day over at Paper Therapy. For those of you that don't know, Paper Therapy is an online paper crafting community. We have lots of chit chat and every Monday a new challenge is posted. This weeks challenge is to make a project using only scraps! I was so happy that we had this challenge! I have tons of scraps in my drawer that I always forget to use. Here is my card for the challenge:




I used all kinds of scraps for my card! Even the card base and the ribbon were scraps! How cool is that! :) The inside reads: Hello Cupcake!

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by! I really appreciate it! If you are looking for a great little forum with others who share the love for this craft of ours, pop on in to Paper Therapy! We would love to have ya!


Supplies:
Cricut-- Sweet Treats (cupcake cut at 2 1/2")
Border Punch-- Loops (Martha Stewart)
Cardstock/Paper-- Unknown
Ribbon-- Offray
Nestabilities-- Large Scallop Circle
Misc.-- Diamond Stickles, White Signo Gel Pen and Pilot Pink Gel Pen

Hope

Happy Thursday! Today's card was made for the Cricut Cardz Challenge. The challenge for this week is to make a card for Breast Cancer Awareness.





For my card, I used Stand and Salute to cut the ribbon at 3". I then ran the ribbon through my cuttlebug with the Love Language embossing folder to get the little embossed hearts. The word HOPE was cut out using Home Decor at 2". Please make sure to schedule your mammogram and do monthly self exams at home. I have hope that one day there will be a cure. :)

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by! I really appreciate it!



Supplies:
Cricut: Stand and Salute and Home Decor
Card stock: Lt. Pink (SU! Blushing Bride), Dk. Pink (DCWV), White (Georgia Pacific)
Cuttlebug: Love Language Embossing Folder
Ribbon: Offray
Bling: iRock & Gems (Imaginisce)

Thank You!

Thank you all so much for stopping by my blog on the Monster Mash Blog Hop this past weekend!

I would like to give a big Thank You to Jenny over at

Crazy About Cricut

for inviting me to participate in this hop with

so many talented ladies!

I am speechless over the amount of super sweet comments that

I have received from all of you.

I have them all printed out and I just keep re-reading them over

and over again. I am making my way down the list so that

I may also visit each of your blogs and share some of the love

that you have each left me.

Thank you all so much for following me on my creative journey!

Now on to the winner :)

I had random.org pick and the lucky winner of the

2 cuttlebug folders is:

#137---iluvmybugs

Congrats!

I have your email and will be contacting you shortly. :)

Don't forget to check out the other blogs that were on the hop for their winner and the grand prize winner over at Crazy About Cricut!

I hope you all have a fantastic week!

Paper Therapy Challenge

Hi Everyone! Today's card was made for the challenge over at Paper Therapy. This week is a color challenge. We needed to make a project these colors:



Since I am fairly new to Stampin Up!, I don't have a lot of these colors so I just matched them up as close as I could. This is what I came up with:




Thanks so much for stopping by and taking a look. I really appreciate it! Feel free to come on over to Paper Therapy and play along with the challenge this week. We would love to have you!

I will be posting the winner for my blog candy from the Monster Mash Blog Hop in just a little bit. :)


Supplies Used:
CardStock-- Yellow (Bazzill), Pumpkin Pie (SU!), Black (Recollections), Green (?)
Border Punch-- Traditional Eyelet (Martha Stewart)
Ribbon-- Offray
Cuttlebug-- Swiss Dots Embossing Folder
Nestabilities-- Classic Scallop Circles
Misc.-- Hole punch, ATG 714, Corner Rounder (EK Success)

Trick or Treat!

Welcome to the Monster Mash Blog Hop!!!

Thanks so much for joining us!
If you got here from My Pink Life then you are on the right track. :)

If you just happened to stumble upon my blog and found the hop, all the fun starts at

Crazy About Cricut.

She is offering a Scrap 'N Tote for the grand prize! Make sure to leave a comment on each of the blogs along the way to be eligible.

I am so excited to be a part of this hop (my very first)! There are a lot of great blogs with some very talented ladies on this hop today and you aren't going to want to miss any of the fun. :)

The theme for this hop is Halloween. I hope you enjoy all the great Halloween projects along the way!

For my Halloween project, I decided to make a treat bag.

I love that little waving skeleton!
I used my cricut expression to cut out the bag from Plantin Schoolbook at 7 1/4"

The white mat is 3 5/8" by 4 5/8" and the orange mat is 3 3/8" by 4 3/8".

I rounded the corners and then

I ran the orange mat through my cuttlebug with the spots and dots embossing folder.

For the skeleton, cat and bat, I used the Paper Doll Dress Up Cricut cartridge.

I cut out the skeleton at 4" and used the black cricut marker to outline him.

The cat and the bat were both cut out at 2 1/2". I used my white signo gel pen to highlight some of the cut details on both.

The sentiment is from Stampin Up (Seasonal Sentiments) stamped in Pumpkin Pie Classic Ink.

I matted the sentiment onto some black card stock and popped it up with some foam dots.

Then I drew some white stitch lines with my white signo gel pen and assembled the bag.

I finished it off with a bow. :)

Pretty simple to make and I am so happy with the end result.

Halloween wouldn't be complete without a little candy, would it?

I am going to give one lucky winner the following 2 cuttlebug embossing folders :

Skeleton Scroll

&

Boo To You

All you have to do to be eligible to win is:

1: Become a follower of my blog
&

2: Post a comment (make sure you leave a way for me to contact you if you win)

Only one comment per person please

How simple is that?

I will use Random.org to pick a winner on Tuesday (10/19/2010)

(Note: I ordered the above items 2 weeks ago and they were shipped out 10/13/2010 and are expected to be at my door on Tuesday Oct. 19, 2010)

The next blog on your hop is

The Scrapoholic

In case you get lost somewhere along the way, below you will find a complete list of the blogs on the hop today in the lineup order:

Crazy About Cricut

The Scrapbooking Queen

Never Full Price

My Pink Life

Stacey's Creative Corner

The Scrapoholic

Scrapbookaholic by Abby

Crafty Dreams

Pause Dream Enjoy

The Creative Stamper's Spot

Scrapping Sweets by Abby

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a spooky good time hopping. :)

Supplies Used:

Cricut cartridges: Plantin Schoolbook & Paperdoll Dress Up

Cuttlebug: Spots & Dots Embossing Folder

Cardstock: Black(Recollections), Pumpkin Pie (SU!), White (Georgia Pacific)

Stamp: SU! Seasonal Sentiments

Ink: SU! Pumpkin Pie Classic Ink

Adhesive: ATG, Zig 2 Way Glue, Sticky Strip, Foam Dots

Misc: Corner Rounder (Fiskars), Ribbon (Offray), Black Cricut Marker, White Signo Gel Pen

Happy Wednesday!

Happy Wednesday! I hope your week so far has been great! Today's card was one I made yesterday for 2 different challenges. The first one being the sketch challenge over at Mojo Monday (Week 160) and the second one being for My Pink Stamper , make something cute. I think this little bird is adorable and I love the sketch this week over at Mojo Monday, so I decided to combine them. :)






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


Supplies:
Cricut--Straight from the nest (Bird cut at 2")
Patterned Paper--Heidi Grace Designs
Cardstock--Pear Pizzazz (SU!), Blue (unknown)
Border Punch--Traditional Eyelet (Martha Stewart) & Upper Crest (Fiskars)
Ribbon--Wal-Mart
Stamp--MSE!

Love your smile! :)

Happy Monday! Today marks the first day of a new challenge over at Paper Therapy! The challenge this week is to make a project using the first stamp you ever got. If you don't have it anymore, than just use the oldest stamp that you do have. The first stamp that I ever purchased was for a scrapbook page. I had not discovered card making yet. As soon as I saw this cute little frog though I knew that the stamp would be perfect to use right along with him on a card. If this sounds like a fun challenge to you, head on over to Paper Therapy! We would love to have you join us.

For the frog I used Create A Critter and cut him out at 3", then I just layered some scalloped borders on top of each other for a ruffled look and finished with a bow and the sentiment. What a cute card to send someone just because and hopefully brighten their day. Thanks for taking the time to stop in and take a look. I really appreciate it. :) Have a great day!

Supplies Used:

Cricut--Create A Critter

Cardstock--Kraft (SU!), Cream (DCWV), Green (American Crafts) & Pink (Bazzill)

Stamp--Autumn Leaves

Ink--SU! Chocolate Chip Classic Ink

Border Punch--Fiskars Scallop Sentiment

Misc.--Ribbon (unknown) & Brown Sharpie for doodling

Monster Mash Blog Hop Coming Soon!

You guys are not going to want to miss the Monster Mash Blog Hop that will be going on

October 15

I am so excited to say that I get to be a part of this blog hop! It is my first one ever. :)

The following blogs will be on the hop

Check them out and make sure you mark your calendars

for October 15 :)

Crazy About Cricut (Where it all starts)

The Scrapbooking Queen

Never Full Price

My Pink Life

Staceys Creative Corner (that's me!)

The Scrapoholic

Scrapbookaholic by Abby

Crafty Dreams

Pause Dream Enjoy

The Creative Stamper's Spot

Hope to see you guys there!

Happy Fall!

Good Monday morning! I hope you all had a fantastic and crafty weekend!

Today marks the first week the weekly challenges start over at Paper Therapy with our new DT. We will have a new challenge every Monday. There are some really great challenges in store for you all. I hope that you all play along. :)

This weeks challenge is a sketch challenge. This is what I came up with:




How cute is that pumpkin? I had a lot of fun with this sketch and really do see myself using it for many future cards. For my pumpkin, I used Paper Doll Dress Up and cut out the pumpkin at 3".

For those of you that don't know, Paper Therapy is an online cardmaking/scrapbooking message board. There are a lot of really nice ladies over there that all love to craft and chat about it. We have chit chat, weekly challenges, a card of the month contest, crops and a really cool halloween section right now for the month of October. Hope to see you there!

Thanks for taking the time to stop by and take a look. I really do appreciate it. :)


Supplies Used:

Cricut--Paper Doll Dress Up & George and Basic Shapes
Patterned Paper-- K & Co.
Cardstock--Orange(American Crafts), Cream(DCWV)& Rust(Bazzill)
Misc--Brown sharpie, Wal-Mart ribbon, brads & Corner rounder for the scallop border.

Forever

Happy Tuesday! I finally got to craft today! Yay! I hope you were able to as well! I got the Sweethearts Cricut cartridge awhile ago and just never got around to opening it and playing around with it so that was my goal for today. For fun I decided to make a lovey dovey card. I like to surprise my hubby with them every once in awhile and I was running low on my supply so here is what I came up with:




I cut out the couple with the Sweethearts cartridge at 3 3/4". I loved the silhouette look, so I decided to go with that and not cut out the clothes. All in all the card is pretty simple but I just love the look of it. This card was also made for the My Pink Stamper Challenge of "Anything Goes". Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by and take a look. I really appreciate it!


Supplies Used:
Cricut Cartridge: Sweethearts
Patterned Paper: Making Memories
Punch: EK Success
Stamp: Hampton Art
Ribbon: Offray

Mojo Monday Week 155

Happy Friday! This week has been crazy with school starting back up. I was finally able to sit down and do a little crafting last night though. I decided to play along with the sketch this week over at Mojo Monday. The sketches over there are always so fun, I really enjoy playing along with them when I can. This is what I came up with for week 155:



I let the patterned paper guide me in the direction for this card. I started with the patterned paper and everything else just kinda fell into place. I used my cricut to cut out the medallion at 3 1/4" and then added a little red heart brad to the center of it. Thanks so much for taking the time to stop in and take a look. I really appreciate it.

Supplies Used:

Cricut Cartridges: Storybook
Patterned Paper: Bo Bunny
Cardstock: DCWV
Stampin' Up!: Well Scripted Stamp Set & Poppy Parade Classic Ink
Misc.: Rhinestones, Offray Ribbon

Boo!

Hi Everyone! I hope you are all enjoying your weekend! Today's card was made for the challenge for the Cricut Cardz Challenge. The challenge was to make a card using scalloped circles, scalloped ovals, scalloped squares or scalloped rectangles, and any cartridges or colors you'd like. I decided to make a Halloween card.




I used the Celebrations cartridge for the scallop square as well as the square tag. The scallop square was cut at 4 3/4" and the tag was cut out at 5 1/4". I then used Paper Doll Dress Up to cut out my trick or treater at 2 3/4". Boo! was cut out at 1" with the All Mixed Up cartridge. Thanks so much for taking the time to stop in and take a look! I really appreciate it!


Supplies Used:
Cricut--Expression, Celebrations, Paper Doll Dress Up, All Mixed Up
Stampin' Up!--Peach Parfait Cardstock
Bazzill--Black Bazzill Bling Cardstock
Cuttlebug--Swiss Dots Embossing Folder
Misc.--White Signo Gel Pen, Wal-Mart Ribbon

Winter

Happy Monday! Today's card was made for the challenge over at My Pink Stamper. The challenge was to make a winter card, scrapbook page or other craft item with your cricut. This is what I came up with:



Please excuse the picture. No matter how many times I took it, it just wasn't coming out the way I wanted. I think it may be because of all the metallic papers.

For my card, I used Lacy Labels Cricut Lite cartridge. I used my Gypsy to weld the images to form the shape card at 5". I used DCWV metallic silver for the bottom layer and DCWV metallic light blue for the frame layer. For the snowflakes, I used some white flocking powder to give it a bit of a "snowy" feel. For the phrase, I used Winter from Gypsy Wanderings cut out at 1 1/2" for both the shadow as well as the phrase itself. Added a little bit of outlining with my white signo gel pen and added a white satin bow.

Thanks so much for stopping by to take a look, I really appreciate it. Don't forget about the DT call over at Paper Therapy. Scroll down one post to read more about it.


Supplies:

Cricut
Lacy Labels
Gypsy
Gypsy Wanderings
White Signo Gel Pen
White Flocking Powder
Offray White Satin Ribbon
DCWV Metallic Stack

Paper Therapy Design Team Call

PAPER THERAPY DESIGN TEAM CALL

This is the Design Team Call you have been waiting for!

Have you always wanted to be on a Design Team? Do you love playing with paper and stamps, doing challenges with no restrictions to product, making new friends, and having fun? If you answered yes to all of these questions then I have the Design Team for you!

Paper Therapy is looking for dependable, team oriented people who love creating with paper to join our amazing team. We are looking for individuals who can commit to a 6 month term October-March.

During these 6 months you will be required to:

* Post to your blog a picture of your project based off of our challenges once a week.
* You must be able to take clear, quality pictures of your work and upload them to your blog with a link back to Paper Therapy.
* You may use any product or techniques you wish, as long as you use paper and meet the challenge requirements.
* You will be required to be active in our online forums.
* You will participate in selecting a winner of the challenge submissions from the community each week.

During your 6 month term you will be given recognition as a DT member with a DT graphic under your screen name and your picture will be on our sidebar along with a link to your blog. You will be given a button to place on your blog stating you are on the Paper Therapy Design Team.

Because we are a message board community you must be familiar and know your way around posting on a message board. Being active in our online forums is a must.

Are you ready to become part of the Paper Therapy family? Here is what you need to do.

Submit the following information to this email address:
lilsweetpea1@comcast.net
Please put Paper Therapy Design Team Call in the subject line.

Email submissions must contain the following:
* 3 -5 pictures of your best work.
* A link to your blog.
* Paragraph about yourself and any previous DT work. However, past DT experience is not required. Please include why you would like to be on the Design Team.

** All email submissions must be received by September 19th at 11:59 PM CST. Winners will be contacted via the email address on your submission NLT September 21st.

Thank you for interest in our Design Team. We look forward to hearing from you!

Halloween???

I know, I know, it is only August but I just love halloween and had to make a halloween card for the challenge over at 40:31 Creations. For her challenge we had to create a card or layout with a halloween theme and use our cricut/gypsy. Here is mine:



For my card, I used 2 cricut cartridges. I cut out the flourish, scallop circle and the white circle from Storybook and cut out the white scallop border using Plantin Schoolbook. So sorry for the picture. The card base is actually a deep purple called concord crush from SU. I can never seem to take very good pics when it comes to purple. :(

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by and take a look! :)


Supplies:

SU!--concord crush cardstock, concord crush ink, whisper white cardstock, Batty for You Stamp set
Cricut--Expression, Storybook and Plantin Schoolbook
Bazzill--Black Bling cardstock
Cuttlebug--Swiss dots
Ribbon--Offray
White signo gel Pen
ATG 714

Mojo Monday

Happy Friday! Today's card was based off of the sketch over at Mojo Monday. I made it for my mom whose birthday is at the end of the month. Happy Birthday Mom!



Thanks so much for stopping by and taking a look!

Supplies:
Stampin' Up!--Well Scripted Stamp Set, Pear Pizzazz cardstock, Pear Pizzazz Ink and Blushing Bride cardstock
DCWV--Flower Shower Spring Stack
EK Success Corner Rounder
Fiskars Flower Punch (Sorry, dont know the name of it)
Star Dust Stickles
Offray Ribbon
Nestabilities Classic Large Ovals