Love Banner with Trendy Twine

Happy Tuesday! It is going to be another fabulous month featuring awesome Twine from Trendy Twine :)

This month we are showcasing the yummy Strawberry Cupcake twine. This twine is absolutely beautiful and goes so well with all those pink projects that you may be making for Valentines Day, not to mention any other time of the year. Who doesn't love pink right? I decided to make a Valentine's Day banner to hang in my house for the month of February. Here is what I created:



and a couple of close-ups:





I used Birthday Bash Cricut Cartridge for my banner pieces and cut them each out at 6". I then cut out the frames from the Sophisticated Cricut Cartridge at 4.25". My letters are from the Storybook Cartridge and cut out at 2.5" each. Those cute little cupids are from the Sweethearts Cartridge and cut out at 2.25". After I had each piece put together, I ran some tulle through the top openings to connect them. I then threaded some of that yummy Strawberry Cupcake Trendy Twine through some little heart buttons across the top. The doilies are just regular doilies that you can find in the cake section of your craft store.

Don't forget to stop by the Trendy Twine Blog to see more inspiring projects from the Design Team!

You can also stop by the Trendy Twine Store to pick up some of that yummy Strawberry Cupcake for all your crafty projects.

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 great crafty day!


Supplies:
Cricut Cartridges: Birthday Bash, Sophisticated, Storybook, Sweethearts
Card Stock: Recollections
Twine: Strawberry Cupcake (Trendy Twine)
Misc.: Diamond Stickles, Tulle, Doilies, Foam Adhesive, Heart Buttons (Sizzlets), Pearls (Recollections)

Memories Frame

Happy Wednesday! Are you guys ready for another great challenge over at Cooking With Cricut this week?

In honor of National Gingersnap Day, you are being challenged to make a project using the following pictures as inspiration:





You must also have two of the following colors in your project:

Tangerine
Yellow
Cream - Vanilla
Ginger - Brown
Green
Kraft, White or Black as accents if necessary

I used the floral picture as my inspiration and the colors yellow, green and cream and created this frame:



This was just a plain wooden frame that I bought knowing I was going to alter it but not quite sure how. When I saw the floral picture above, I was inspired. You cant really see it in this picture but after I painted the frame cream, I used some white pearl mist to add some shimmer to the frame as well as the flowers.

Here is a close up of the flowers:



For my flowers, I cut the flowers out of Accent Essentials in various sizes and layered them on top of each other and curled up the petals. The biggest flower is 2.5" and the smallest is .5". The leaves were cut from Storybook at 1.5" and Memories was cut from Home Decor at 1".

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog to take a look at my latest creation! Don't forget to stop by Cooking With Cricut to see what the rest of design team came up with as well as entering the challenge yourself!

I am also entering this into Emma's Throwback Thursday challenge of using an older cartridge and the colors yellow and green. I hope you have a great crafty day!



Supplies:
Cricut--Accent Essentials, Home Decor & Storybook
Card Stock--Daffodil Delight & Old Olive (SU!)
Misc--Wooden Frame, Recollections Gems, Perfect Pearls Mist

Cartridge Toss-Up with Lacy Labels

Happy Tuesday! Today marks a new week of exploring cartridges for me and Kimberly. This week we are both exploring the Cricut Lite Lacy Labels cartridge. I decided to make a Mother's Day card for my mom for my first project.



I love it! I think it came out so pretty and I am sure my mom will love it. That's the most important thing. I cut out the Flower1 image and all it's layers at 3". I then used Storybook for my font and cut out my letters to spell out MOM at 1". I then used some pink ribbon roses from Offray to give it a little bit more dimension. Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and looking at my latest creation! Don't forget to stop by Kimberly's blog for even more Lacy Labels inspiration. I hope you have a great crafty day!


Supplies:
Cricut--Lacy Labels and Storybook
Card Stock--Pink Piroutte (SU!), Green (?)
Patterned Paper--Sizzix
Misc.--Pink Roses and Ribbon (offray), Glossy Accents, Bling (Shabby Chic)

Inking It Up Crazy Design Team Day

Happy Tuesday! Today is a new DT day over at Inking It Up Crazy With Kassidy. For today's project, Kassidy challenged us to make a home decor item. I decided to make something for my bathroom. Here is what I came up with:



I found this frame at Wal-Mart on clearance for $4. I decided I would cut out letters to spell "BATH" and put those into the openings instead of pictures. I used Storybook and cut out my letters at 4" and matted them onto some olive green bazzill card stock. I then cut out the photo corners at 2.5" to put on top of the mat. So easy to do but it looks great and coordinates with my bathroom perfectly. Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by my blog today and looking at my latest creation! Don't forget to head over to Inking It Up Crazy to see what the rest of the DT made. Have a great crafty day!


Supplies:
Cricut--Storybook
Card stock--green (Bazzill)& Burgundy (bazzill)
Patterned Paper--Making Memories

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

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

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

Happy Birthday 2 You!

Whoa! Where has the time gone? I can not believe it is June already. I am so looking forward to lazy summer days hanging out with my kids. :)

Today's card is another Birthday Card. I have quite a few birthdays in June to make cards for. I made this card to play along with the sketch over at The Sweet Stop Challenge Blog (SSS58).



I am not very good at making masculine cards. For some reason, I have a really hard time with it. Maybe it's the lack of glitter and cupcakes? :) I am pretty pleased with how this one turned out though.

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


Supplies Used:

Stampendous--Two You Stamp Set
Stampin' Up--Chocolate Chip Classic Ink, Dimensionals, Kraft Cardstock
DCWV--Burgundy, Blue and Patterned Paper
Cricut cartridges--Storybook (Marquee cut at 2"), and George and Basic Shapes (Circles cut at 1/2" & 1")
Brads--Unknown

Red, White & Blue

Hi! I made this card to play along with the sketch over at Mojo Monday (week 140). June is going to be a busy month for me, so I used this sketch to get a jump on a Fourth of July card. I cut out the USA twice and popped it up with dimensionals to give it some dimension. I really had a lot of fun with this sketch. Thanks for taking the time to stop by and take a look. I appreciate it! :)




Supplies Used:
Stampin' Up!--Basic Black Ink, Dimensionals & Ticket Punch
Stickles--Stardust
Cricut Cartridge--Stand and Salute (USA cut at 1") and Storybook (Tag cut out at 2")
Patterned Paper--Scenic Route Liberty
Rub-Ons--Autumn Leaves
Stamp--Art Warehouse Summer Pride

Cherry Good Wishes

Good Morning! Today's card is a card I made to play along with the sketch over at Mojo Monday week 139.



I love their sketches and I am quite pleased with how this card came out. I think it came out so cute! So sorry for the bad picture, I can never seem to photograph reds or purples very well. :) Thanks for stopping by!


Supplies Used:
Paper (K & Co., Making Memories)
Ribbon (Offray and DMC White Thread)
Cricut (Lyrical Letters and Storybook)
Punch (Stampin' Up! Ticket Punch)
Misc. (Christmas Red Stickles, Stardust Stickles, White Signo Gel Pen, ATG 714)

Thinking of You

Hi! I made this card today for the sketch challenge over at 365 Cards. This is for day 352. I bought these papers from Mind's Eye the other night and couldn't wait to play with them. They are so glittery and pretty! Thanks for looking!

Supplies Used:

Patterned Paper--My Mind's Eye--Home
Fiskars Punch--Apron Lace
Offray Lt. Pink Ribbon 5/8"
Stamp--TPC Studio Whimsy Greetings
Storybook Cricut Cartridge

MOJO125

Hi! This is the card I made for this weeks sketch (125) over at the Mojo Monday. This sketch was great and I had so much fun playing along! Thanks for looking!

Supplies used:
Cricut Expression
Storybook Cricut Cartridge
Offray Lt. Pink Ribbon
Patterned Paper--DCVW
Yellow Cardstock--Bazzill
Pink Cardstock--Bazzill Bling
Cuttlebug/Swiss Dots Embossing Folder
Stardust Stickles