BBTB2 -- Outlook:Partly Cloudy

It's Monday which means it is time for another great challenge over at the

Bitten By The Bug 2 Challenge Blog!

This theme for this week is:

Partly Cloudy, use a sun and a cloud on your project.

I had a lot of fun with this one and ended up using three different cartridges!

Here is a look at my card:

I decided to make a tall and skinny card, (this one measures 3.5" x 8" folded) to take advantage of getting the most out of that super cute title from the The First Few Years Cricut cartridge. My clouds came from the Bits & Pieces cartridge and that cool little sun is from the Simply Charmed cartridge. I added a bit of faux stitching with my white gel pen around the perimeter of the card and embossed one of the clouds with the Swiss Dots embossing folder. I finished off my card by adding some Totally White Trendy Twine around the top off the card and tying it off into a bow. This will fit into a business size envelope and it isn't too bulky so it will make mailing pretty easy :) 

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and taking a look at my latest creation!

I really appreciate it! 

Don't forget to head over to the Bitten By The Bug blog to see what my Design Team sisters created! After you take a peek at their creations, I hope you will create a project and join us in the challenge!

 I would love to see what you make :) 

I hope you have a great crafty day!

Supply List:

Cardstock: Daffodil Delight (SU!), All Others (Recollections)

Patterned Paper: AC

Cricut: Bits & Pieces, Simply Charmed, The First Few Years

Ink: Broken China Distress (Ranger)

Misc.: Totally White Trendy Twine, Glossy Accents, Wink Of Stella Clear Glitter Brush, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug), White Gel Pen

Terrific Tuesday Challenge--We Belong Together

Happy Tuesday!
Are you all ready for a new Terrific Tuesday Challenge over at the Scrappy Moms blog?

The theme for this Terrific Tuesday Challenge is..... We Belong Together   (things that go together.....socks/shoes, PB &J, etc)
Fun right??
For my project, I decided to make a fun little box to hold some candy or even a little gift.

As soon as I saw this meal box in the Silhouette Store, I knew I needed to make it :)
I cut it out twice, once in red and once in yellow. I then cut off just the handle from the yellow box and attached it over the red handle. I then cut out my fries from the Locker Talk cricut cartridge and the burger from the Simply Charmed cricut cartridge. I layered them on top of each other and then used some foam adhesive to pop it up and add a little dimension. My sentiment came from the
 You Are My Everything stamp set from Scrappy Moms.

Here is a look at the whole set:

Great set right? So many possibilities with this one!

I hope you will stop by the Scrappy Moms Blog to see the fabulous creations my wonderful Design Team sisters created for this challenge as well as entering the challenge yourself!  I would love to see what you create!
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and taking a look at my latest creation! I really appreciate it!
I hope you have a great crafty day!

Supply List:

Scrappy Moms Stamps:
You Are My Everything

Other Products:
Cardstock: Red (Bazzill), Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Real Red (SU!), All Others (Recollections)
Silhouette Store: 3D Meal Box Design ID# 26956
Cricut Cartridge: Burger (Simply Charmed), French Fries (Locker Talk)
Ink: Jet Black Archival (Ranger)
Misc.: Foam Adhesive, Bling, White Gel Pen

Small Wonder

Hi everyone!

Happy Tuesday!

Today I got to play in my craft area for a little bit and I was able to create a quick little card for the challenge going on over at

Cardz TV stamps DT challenge #22

"Baby New Year"

Make a card, layout or craft project for a new baby

Here is what I created for the challenge:

I cut that cute little baby in the stroller out of the Simply Charmed cricut cartridge at 2.5".

I used some foam adhesive to pop my stroller off of my card base just a little bit.

I embossed the top white layer with my Swiss Dots cuttlebug folder, then I adhered two strips of pink card stock punched with the Doily Lace punch to give the appearance of lace. 

I glued a soft pink rose to the middle of my white satin bow and added some white pearls to the stroller wheels, the hair bow and each of the top corners. 

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today and taking a look at my latest creation!

I really appreciate it!

I hope you have a fabulous crafty day!

Supplies:

Cricut Cartridge: Simply Charmed

Card Stock: White & Black (Georgia Pacific), Peach (Bazzill), Lt. Pink & Dk. Pink (Recollections)

Cuttlebug: Swiss Dots

Punch: Doily Lace Border Punch(Martha Stewart Crafts)

Stamp: Whimsical Words (SU!)

Ink: Melon Mambo (SU!)

Misc.: Ribbon (Offray), Flower, Pearls (Recollections), White Gel Pen (Marvy)

Thanks A Melon

Happy Thursday!

This week, the Joy's Life Design Team has been showing you projects made using tins.

I decided to make a cute little tin to use as a thank you gift.

Here is a view from the top:

My little watermelon was cut from the Simply Charmed Cricut cartridge at .75".

The scallop circle is from the Classic Scallop Circles spellbinders die and the circle are from circle punches. I layered those all together and just popped up the watermelon with some foam adhesive.

I filled the tin with some watermelon Sour Patch gummy candies and this sentiment from Yummy Puns tied it all together wonderfully:

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today and taking a look at my latest creation! I really appreciate it!

Don't forget to stop by the Joy's Life DT Blog to see more projects using those tins.

 

I hope you have a great crafty day!

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

Supplies:

Cricut Cartridge: Simply Charmed

Cuttlebug: Swiss Dots

Card Stock: Real Red & Old Olive (SU!), White (Georgia Pacific)

Stamp: Yummy Puns (Joy's Life)

Ink: Old Olive (SU!)

Tin: 4oz. Paint Bucket (Joy's Life)

Punches/Dies: Scallop Sentiment (Fiskars), Circle Punch (SU!), Modern Label (SU!), Classic Scallop Circles (Spellbinders)

Misc.: Ribbon (Offray)

Trendy Twine Tuesday :)

Happy Tuesday!

Are you guys ready for another great month of projects

showcasing the Fabulous Trendy Twine?

This month we are showing you projects made with the ever yummy

Cotton Candy Trendy Twine

I decided to make a tissue box cover with an Easter theme

for a home decor item.

The opposite sides are the same.

 Here is a view of what is on the other two sides:

The top:

The cover off of the box:

Cute huh? Look how well that Cotton Candy Trendy Twine goes with all your spring projects, not to mention baby projects. The pink and blue combo is so pretty.

You can find the tutorial on how to make a tissue box cover HERE

All of my frames were cut from the Elegant Edges cricut cartridge at 3.25".

My bunny was cut from the Simply Charmed Cricut Cartridge at 2.25".

My Easter basket was cut from the Doodlecharms Cricut Cartridge at 2".

The frame on the opening was cut using the Labels Four die from Spellbinders

Don't forget to head over to the Trendy Twine Blog to see more inspiration from the design team as well as entering the challenge. I would love to see what you make!

Thanks for stopping by!

I hope you have a great crafty day!

Supplies:

Cricut Cartridge: Elegant Edges, Simply Charmed, Doodlecharms

Card Stock: Recollections

Twine: Cotton Candy Trendy Twine

Cuttlebug: Polka Dots Embossing Folder

Dies/Punches: Scallop Sentiment Border Punch (Fiskars), Labels Four (Spellbinders)

Misc: Diamond Dust Stickles, Clear Button,

St. Patrick's Day Blog Hop

Happy St. Patrick's Day and welcome to the

St. Patrick's Day Blog Hop with the Joy's Life DT! I'm so glad you are here and I hope you wore green so no one pinches you today ;)

You should have arrived here from the very talented Sarabeth,
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 used the Happy St. Patrick's Day stamp from Joy's Holiday Occasions stamp set.

Top View:

Close Up of the Sentiment:



I decided to make a pot of gold for my project and I thought a altered paint bucket would be perfect! I made a  little border out of the green plaid paper and used a border punch on it and then attached it to my bucket.  I then cut my cute little leprechaun out of the Simply Charmed cricut cartridge at 3" and popped him up on the front of the bucket with some foam adhesive. For the top of my bucket, I used some spellbinders and then cut my clover out of the Designer's calendar cricut cartridge at 1.25" and popped it up with foam adhesive. I added some pearls around the border of my scallops. I tied a bow to the front of the bucket and added my little tag using the Holiday Occasions stamp set and added some more ribbons to the handle. Then I filled my bucket with some "gold" (Rolo's candies). I think it came out so cute and my hubby is going to enjoy eating all of those rolo's ;)

What's a blog hop without a little candy? I'm going to pick one lucky person to receive

the Holiday Occasions Stamp set from Joy's Life stamps :

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 (even though I would love it if you were), but if you are, leave a second comment to give yourself a second chance at winning.

I will pick the winner Tuesday morning, 3-20-12 by using Random.org. Just make sure you leave a way for me to contact you.

Thanks for joining us on the St. Patrick's Day Blog Hop! Your next stop is the talented Susie

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

Joy

Ashley

Amy

Jennie

Julie

Laura

Lori

Megan

Nina

Patty

Sarabeth

Stacey <---You are here

Susie <---Next Stop

Joy

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

Supplies:

Cricut cartridges: Leprechaun (Simply Charmed), Clover (Designer's Calendar), Tag (Plantin Schoolbook)

Stamp: Holiday Occasions (Joy's Life Stamps)

Ink: Pear Pizzazz (SU!)

Card Stock: Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait, Pink Pirouette (SU!) & Peach, Black and White (Recollections)

Patterned Paper: unknown (used up some scraps)

Punches/Dies: Traditional Eyelet (Martha Stewart Crafts), Large Scalloped Circles and Beaded Circles (Spellbinders)

Misc.: Foam Adhesive (Scrapbook adhesives), Pearls (Recollections), White Sakura Gelly Roll Pen

Cooking With Cricut #42

Happy Wednesday! Are you ready for the start of a new challenge over at Cooking With Cricut? The challenge this week is to use your pens -- Cricut Color markers, Amy Chomas or Cri-Kits pens. If you don't have any of these to work with, it's ok just include a sun die cut of some sort in or on your project instead.

Here is what I came up with:



I don't have any of the pens so I just made sure I had a sun on my project somewhere. I used Simply Charmed to cut my sun out at 2.5"

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look at my latest creation. I really appreciate it. Don't forget to stop by Cooking With Cricut to see what the rest of the design team came up with and to enter the project yourself. I look forward to seeing what you create!


Supplies:
Cricut---Simply Charmed
Card Stock---Melon Mambo (SU!) & White (Georgia Pacific)
Patterned Paper---Summer Days (Echo Park)
Stamps---Everyday Character Face Parts (Peachy Keen) & Turn That Frown Upside Down (My Creative Time)
Ink---Black Staz-On
Misc.---Offray Ribbon, White Signo Gel Pen, SU Dimensionals

Cooking With Cricut Challenge #39

Happy Wednesday! Welcome to the beginning of another challenge week at Cooking With Cricut. This week is all about watermelon, so let's see those watermelon projects. I created a simple layout for my project:



Even though it's simple, it is starting to grow on me. :) For my watermelon, I used Simply Charmed cut at 2" and for my title, I used Simply Sweet cut at 1". Thanks so much for looking! Don't forget to head over to Cooking With Cricut to see what the rest of the design team did as well as entering the challenge. I look forward to seeing what you create! Have a great crafty day!



Supplies:
Cricut--Simply Charmed & Simply Sweet
Card Stock--White (recollections) & Real Red and Old Olive (SU!)
Ribbon--SU!
Punch--Xtra Large Photo Corners (SU!) & Traditional Eyelet (Martha Stewart Crafts)
White Gelly Roll Pen

Welcome to the Bunny Hop!

Welcome to Stacey's Creative Corner and the CookingWithCricut.com Bunny Hop! With Easter just around the corner we wanted to share some of our ideas and give you some inspiration for your Easter projects!

If you got here from visiting Jennifer at Musings of a Crafty Mom, you're in the right place! If you've just happened across my blog and would like to start at the beginning, you can go to Cooking With Cricut.

For my project, I decided to do something that I have never done before. Make a wreath!

I had so much fun making this! Here is a side view so you can see some of the dimension:

I took a Styrofoam circle and covered it with some yellow paper twist by just untwisting it and then wrapping it around the wreath and adhering it with some hot glue. Then I took some prima flowers and hot glued them all around the front of the wreath. I cut my bunnies and chicks out of the Simply Charmed Cricut cartridge. The bunnies were cut out at 3.5" and the chicks were cut out at 2.5". They were also attached with hot glue. I am so happy with this and I think it turned out pretty good for my first one. :)

What's a blog hop without some blog candy? I'm offering the following prize to one lucky person:

All you need to do to be eligible is:

1. Be a follower

&

2. Leave me a comment on this post

I will pick a winner Monday morning (4-11-11) using Random.org

Your next stop on the hop is the very talented Roberta from Tx Scrapper Mom.

Now it's your turn! Link up your Easter-related project at CookingWithCricut.com. Be sure to include a Cricut or other die cut machine cut on your project. The Design Team will pick their three favorites and one lucky person will be chosen randomly to win one of the prize packages being offered in this hop.

THE LINE UP:

CWC-Melin

Ronnie

Jean

Jennifer

Stacey (You are here)

Roberta (Next Stop)

Jenna

Anita

Nicole

Dalis

Supplies Used:

Cricut--Simply Charmed

Card Stock--Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Pink Pirouette, Melon Mambo (SU!)

Stamp--Peachy Keen Everyday Character Face Parts

Misc.--Prima Flowers, White Sakura Gelly Roll Pen, Dew Drops, Ribbon (?), Styrofoam Wreath, paper twist