Make a Wish!

Hi Everyone!

Just popping in to enter a card in a few challenges.  Peachy Keen Challenge 13-16 :: Anything Goes. So much fun inspiration! I chose to use the new release PKSC -16. This release had a great variety of images and faces.

I stamped the jar on water color paper and then cut it out.  Next I stamped the two butterflies and then colored with a mix of copics and color pencils. Lastly, I added stickles.

I wanted to keep it really simple.  I added a cute sticker I found in my overflowing sticker drawer and there you have it!

Paper - AC

Ribbon - AC

Machine Stitched

Challenges/Link Parties

Everyday is an occasion - Sunday Funday

DL.ART Thankful Thursday: APRIL LINKY challenge

More than Favors - Wacky Wednesday - Birthday

All that Stickles - Baby Blue Linky Party!

Valentine you're DINOmite

Hi Everyone!

Hope all is good! I wanted to share a little card I made for Valentines Day. Peachy Keen Stamps is having a Just card challenge using hearts. I love their challenges, always so FUN! I also incorporated a few other fun challenges as well. I have listed them below. I used mostly scraps for this card. I only had a 2 inch strip of the PP, so I cut the strip in half and bordered the card. The felt heart is from package of hearts probably 5 years old and that ribbon is from last Christmas. Yay getting rid of the old :)

That big polka dot green dino is from Create a critter and the sentiment is printed from two of my favorite fonts - Love Letter & Candy heart.

Card - 5.25"

Paper - We are memory keepers & K& Co

Face Stamp - Peachy Keen  PK-754 Critter Faces SET A Medium

Ribbon - Stampin up

Machine Stitched

Challenges/Link Parties

Pink Cricut - Link Up Tuesday

Whimsical designs - All about love

Shopping our stash - Love, Red, Hearts, Valentines

Die cuttin divas - anything goes

More than Favors - Wacky Wednesday Valentines Day

Cut it up challenge -Love-is-in-air-challenge

Everyday is an Occasion - Sunday Funday

 DL Art - Thankful Thursday Challenge - Red or Pink

Happy Halloween!

Hi Everyone!
Whew...what a week! Work, Work, Work... I guess it's a good thing right? My last day is Tuesday and then I have two days off. ohhh I so need it :) Today I had a couple hours to play catch up before our family dinner and I decided to sneak off to my craft room and get my hands dirty. You'll understand once you see my card. 
I hope you have a fantastic week and I will be by to visit very soon to see what all my VERY creative friends have been up to :)

I started with a blue background and distressed the paper. I chalked it and inked it until my fingers were black & blue :) I just hand cut the stone hill and embossed it with a Tim Holtz Brick Embossing Folder and added more ink & Chalk

Cricut Cartridges - Happy Hauntings & George

Cuttlebug Dies - Bats

Paper - GCD Studios & Bazzill

Sentiment - MCT Mixed-Holiday-Sentiments-Stamp-Set-MCT-036

Embossing - Tim Holtz Brick Embossing Folder, Heat Embossed Sentiment

Challenges/Link Ups:
Everyday is an Occasion
Little Scrap Pieces - Fun Friday Use Blue Challenge
Shopping our stash - Trick or Treat- anything spooky or Halloween related (cute spooky works too)
More than favors - Halloween
dlart-thankful-thursday-linky-party
Cut it up challenge - create a spooky Halloween project, your project can be cute or scary but you must include a Die-cut somewhere on your project. 
My crafting channel - ghoul-times.html

Fall is here!

Hi Everyone!

I've been so busy and wanting to get a few projects done, but time just zooms by. I finally decorated my house (so late this year) and when we finished my son said it's just too cute - we really need some spooky things Mom. He's eight so the smiling bats and glitter pumpkins are just not cuttin it :) 
Boy am I ready for some Fall weather! I was feeling in the mood for Fall today so I created a card for a few challenges. I used the sketch from Mojo Monday it's a fun one. I sure hope you all have a SUPER day, thanks for stopping by!

I followed the sketch and didn't change much - it was a really cool sketch and will use it again.

Card - 5.5" x 4.25

Paper - DCWV & Recollections

Ribbon - Little Scrap Pieces

Machine stitched - (I didn't change my bobbin thread so you can see the white :()

Dry Embossed leaves

CHALLENGES
Little Scrap Pieces -Use Ribbon
The Cuttlebug Spot - "Welcome back Tuesday, it's Fall"
DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge - Halloween/fall colors or an owl or all
Frosted Designs - Embossing
More than Favors - Fall Theme

Merry Christmas - Christmas is July

Hi Everyone!
Ok, I must admit making Christmas projects in 80 degree weather does seem strange. Nonetheless I have created a couple gift card holders for the many gift cards we give the teenagers in the family. Pretty simple design. I used the pocket card from TBBM and welded a rectangle to the top to give it a little more height.
I sure hope you get inspired to get a jump start on Christmas projects and join some fun challenges:)

Not quite sure why the color looks off on the trim at the bottom, it is the sames paper as the other reds??

This is the tag pulled out with plenty of room for a gift card and sentiment.

Holder - 5.25" x 4"

Cricut Cartridges - TBBM

Paper - Recollections

Trims - MS Punches

Stickles

Machine stitched

Challenges:

More than favors - Pocket Card or Pocket Layout

Exploring Cricut - "Christmas In July"

Die Cuttin Divas - Christmas In July

Go Fish Challenges - Christmas in July

Jaihart - Sunday are lovely

Happy Father's Day

Hi Everyone!
Enjoying your week? It's the last week of school for us so we've been doing lots of end of year parties and yesterday the entire 2nd grade walked over to our local nature park and had lunch and an ecology hunt. It was a ton of FUN! 
So I did manage to put together a Fathers Day card for my Dad. It only took 5 days (hee hee) Every time I stepped foot in my Craft room last week and this week I heard....Mom I can't find...., Mom I spilled...., Mom I'm hungry..., I'm sure most of you can relate :) Well here is my card.

   Card - 5.5" x 4.25"

Cricut Cartridges - CAC (flags) & Wrap it Up (Ties)

Paper - Authentique & My Minds eye (Lost & Found Breeze)

Sentiment - My Creative Time (GC Sentiments)

Hemp Tine - Liz's Paper Loft

Challenges

Go fish - Sketch Challenge with a Fathers day theme using your fav. embellishment (My new hemp twine)

DL ART - Card for a Man

Little Scrap Pieces - Fun Friday - Fathers Day Theme

My Sheri Crafts - Father's Day/Masculine Card

Cardz TV - Make a card for Father's Day

Celebrate the Occasion - Father's Day

More than Favors - Father's Day

 

Happy Mother's Day

Hi Everyone!
Hope you are all enjoying the weekend! I wanted to post a Mother's Day card I made this week. I have one more Mother's day project to post and I think I'm actually ready for the day. That never happens I'm always making a last minute "something" on the day :) 
So I mentioned that I purchased a few packs of My minds eye paper. The pack I used for my project is called rosy...LOVE IT! I loved it so much that I wanted the paper to be the center. The background paper is 7 gypsies and pairs so well with MME. I inked the "note" paper with Tim Holtz ink and distressed the edges.

I cut the flower using the Cricut Cartridge - Sweet Treats

The leaves were cut and ran through the cuttlebug using distressed stiped.

Stamp - My Creative Time

Brads & Bling - Making memories

Machine stitched

Challenges: 

My Sheri Crafts - create a Mother's Day card/project and add flowers.

The Cuttlebug Spot - Flowers for Mom

More than Favors - Wacky Wednesday #70 - Mother's Day!

Cardz tv - Make a Mother's Day card using any cartridge(s) and using any colors you'd like.

Creative Cutter Room - Mothers Day

Precious Baby

Hi Everyone!
I hope you are all well! We had a very eventful week. My oldest son is in the process of selecting a college for the fall so we visited the CSU Chico campus and wow is it beautiful! I think this may be the front runner:) We still may visit one more time before we actually accept admission because he really wants to play baseball. Very exciting journey for him, we are so PROUD of him!
After all the unpacking and laundry:) I was able to make a card for a friend who is having a baby girl. Her shower is this weekend. I thought I would make it early so I could enter it in some of the fun challenges going on right now.
Challenges:
More Than Favors - Baby Theme
Little Scrap Pieces - Use a flower
Docerela Creations - Baby Project - They just released some new stamps - (VERY CUTE) stopover and check them out! I'm putting my order in!
Go Fish Challenge - Anything Goes

Card - 4.25"

Cricut Cartridge - New Arrival

Paper - DCWV & Echo Park

Tag & Stamp- MCT

Ribbon - Little Scrap Pieces (the ribbon is on the collar of the baby dress:))

Tulle - Recycled from a pretty soap set

Friends stick together

Hi Everyone!
Our family sure had a tough week. Last Saturday we lost a very special man in our lives, my best friends father.  My BF and I have been friends since we were little girls. I've known the family for almost 30 years. He was so full of life and such a wonderful Dad. My family will miss him terribly but we are resting easy knowing he is with his wife (or as he called her his bride) now and no longer missing her.
SO with that, I have some catching up to do....Blog and home. I know I missed some awesome things over the week and I really have been wanting to say thank you to my sweet girls that gave me the Versatile Blogger award.

Jessica - Chick n Scrap

Sherrie - Sherrie Scraps with Passion

Amy - Redheaded Crafter

These girls are my daily inspiration and if you need a creative boost, click on the links and create away!

Jessica, Sherrie, Amy, THANK YOU so much I feel so honored that you recognized me :)

I started creating this card before last week and I finished it today. I really wanted to make something fun, springy & simple as I only had a little time. So here's my version of of a Peeps card.

The peeps were created using my gypsy and the doodlecharms cartridge. I  used the bunny face cut and a circle. I welded the circle to the bunny head and voila - PEEPS I hope you get the sentiment. Peeps are sticky..... get it :) You know something Peeps aren't very good, but my BF loves them and I bought her some and I'm giving her this card. I know she'll smile. We have a silly sense of humor.  I've been with her this last week just supporting and taking care of her. That's what friends do...they stick together!!!

Challenges:

Krafty Girls - Easter Challenge For Peep's Sake!

More Than Favors - Easter/Spring theme

Cooking with Cricut - Make me Laugh

Hiding in my Craftroom - Anything goes

Card - 4.25" x 5.5"

Cricut Cartridge - Doodlecharms

Ribbon - Little Scrap Pieces

Paper - Scraps

Ink - Martha Stewart

Glitter Glue

Sentiment - Printed

"Valentiny" Cards

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Hi Everyone!

Wow! What a quick month January was! Time sure does fly!

Well I have a couple tiny cards to share for a few challenges. I used my new favorite paper - Echo park wow is it yummy! 

I Hope you all have a FANTASTIC Friday!

Challenges:

Little Scrap Pieces - Use RED

Fantabulous Cricut - 3x3 Valentines Card

Die Cuttin Divas - Anything Goes

Reasonable Ribbon - Red, Pink and a Ribbon

More Than Favors - Love

Cardztv (cricut-cardz-challenge) Be My Valentine

DL ART - ANYTHING

Card - 3x3

Cricut Cartridges - Doodlescharms & Everyday Pop up Cards

Echo Park Paper & MME

Sentiments - MCT (1st card) Printed (2nd Card)

Heat Embossed (The heart & Eiffel Tower) Tim Holtz ink

MS Punch

Ribbon - Celebrate it

Don't forget that I'm announcing the winners of my BLOGAVESARY on Saturday!

Reindeer Tags

Hi Everyone!

Wow, thank you for all the sweet comments, they are all so wonderful. 

So, the women's dinner was sooo much fun! The guys did a fabulous job, the church looked AMAZING and oh my goodness the food was incredible! The gift exchange was so much fun!!! I ended up with three ornaments in the bag I received, someone was extra generous!

Well I am just trying to put the finishing touches on my decorating and even started wrapping presents when I realized I don't have the right color tags for some of my wrapping paper. So off I went....

Here is what I came up with. I had put the tags together and then saw a great idea over at my sweet friend Lisa's Blog.  She used a punch for the top and bottom of her tag. I had to try it. Also, that beautiful ribbon is from my dear friend Karen at little scrap pieces.  This ribbon is so fabulous!!! I can't say enough about it!! I LOVE it!

I'm entering these in a few challenges:

More than favors - Wacky Wednesday - Christmas Theme

Die Cuttin Divas Tag, Tags, and more Tags

Little Scrap Pieces - Copy Cat Friday - Winter Holiday

Whimsical designs - Christmas/ Winter - Include something sparkly (Embossed the punch with glitter powder)

Bitten by the Bug 2 Winter frolic tag - Of course if you don't have this cartridge, please feel free to join in and select any tag and Christmas image you have. I used TBBM

Tags - 2" x 4"

Cricut Cartridge - Christmas Solutions

Paper - Recollections

MS Punch

Embossing - Heat embossed with Kaleidoscope powder

Ink - Tim Holtz , Gold

Ribbon - Little Scrap Pieces

Turkey, Turkey, Gobble, Gobble

Hi Everyone,


Just wanted to make sure I posted this before Thanksgiving.  I created this card for all of the awesome Thanksgiving challenges. This adorable little Turkey (or at least part of him) is from the Cricut Create a Critter cartridge.  The feathers are of course part of a rosette. All of the paper is from a fall recollection pack and the ribbon is from Micheals, and that Peachy Face is PK-754 Critter Faces SET A Medium

Hope you had a wonderful weekend!

Challenges:
Fantabulous Cricut Harvest blessings cricut crawl - Use the colors Red, Orange and brown
Die cuttin Divas - It's Turkey Time
More than Favors Thanksgiving Theme
Cooking with Cricut - Lets talk Turkey - Must use your cricut in some capacity
Papercutz Challenge - Let's talk Turkey - make a card, LO or craft project for Thanksgiving, using a stamped, digital stamp or Cricut cut image of a turkey!

Tea for three!

Hi Everyone!


Hope you all had a nice weekend! We were in San Diego visiting with family! We have a cousin who is playing on a Hockey team in Texas and had a tournament in San Diego this weekend so our whole family went to show our support! I have to say the team is AWESOME! They swept the entire tournament. Go Rhino's 


My little group of friends always celebrate our birthdays with a lunch or dinner, it's just so nice to get together and eat and laugh.  I have a friend who's birthday is December 22nd and it's just so hard to get together around this time so we either do it early or late :( So last night I got this great idea with the help of the Simply Sunday  Challenge over at Getting Cricky. A tea party! I will just be three of us, the other two will be out of town :( So I came up with this shaped teapot card. I didn't want it to be too Christmas themed but still wanted it to be festive. I used some doodlebug paper that I won a while back from Paula at More than Favors, it's so pretty! 


I am entering this in the Simply Sunday Challenge - It's tea time and the Wacky Wednesday Challenge - Buttons, Bling or Brads

Halloween Treat Box

Hi Everyone!


Wow, the days just zoom by..... our family is just so busy! 
Here is a treat box that I created a while back and just managed to finish this morning.  I am entering this in a few challenges.  I used TBBM for the box and with my gypsy I inserted a circle and then placed the spiderweb inside the circle. I filled it with candy corn and topped it off with some ribbon, a button, and a cute little brad.

Have a GREAT day everyone!

K. Andrews - Simply Sunday - Halloween Treat Holders. 
Paper Playtime - Cricut Creations - Use Black, Orange, & Purple on your projects.
More than Favors - Wacky Wednesday - Treat Bags or Boxes
Whimsical Wednesday - No tricks just treats!
Scrapalicious - Challenge - Black, Orange, Purple

Give Thanks

Hi Everyone!

Today I’m sharing my very first easel card.  I saw the Easel Card challenge over at Paper Playtime and I have really wanted to make one and I finally did. I really like the way it turned out and I’m actually  going to use it as a decoration for Thanksgiving. There are so many challenges for Fall, Fall Leaves and Fall colors that I am entering this in quite a few challenges. Hope you all have a great weekend!

Paper Playtime Easel Card

My Craft Spot - Fall Leaves

More Than Favors Wacky Wednesday - Fall Theme

Cooking With Cricut - The Colors of Autumn

My Sheri Crafts - Sew Simple

Easel Card - 5"

Cartridge - Stamping

Paper - Recollections

Ink- Tim Holtz

Ribbon - Celebrate it

Glitter

Just a Note

Hi Everyone!


Here is a card I made for two challenges. I used the sketch over at More than Favors (Wacky Wednesday) & Fantabulous Cricut Challenge ~ Make some music. I may actually make a few more of these and give to my girlfriend as a gift, she is a piano teacher. 

Hope you all have a great day!

Card - 5.5" x 4.25"

Cartridge - Gypsy Wanderings

Paper - American Crafts, Recollections, Scraps

Ink - Memento

Sentiment - Printed

Ribbon - MS

Stickles - Black Diamond

Santa Suit Card

Hi Everyone!

Whew..... what a busy couple weeks.  Everything is getting back to normal.  I created a card for some challenges and I really like how it came out.  I think I will duplicate it and use this for special Christmas cards this year.
Challenges:
More than favors wacky-wednesday Christmas-in-July
Cricut Cardz Challenge - Holiday - Anything Goes
Creative time for me - Throwback-thursday - CHRISTMAS THEME

Card - Approx. 5"

Cartridge - George (card base) & Storybook (Buckle)

Paper - Poptone

Buttons - MM

Boa - Joanns

Sentiment - printed from my computer

Ink - Colorbox

Monogram, Cricutless & a Winner oh my.....

Hi Everyone!!

I have a SUPER simple card that I created without my cricut (gasp). I also won a giveaway over at Cricut Diaries.  Go over and check out their blog.  Don't miss the birthday card from 6/10. The cake on the card is so cute!!  Thank you Jennifer & Summer, you girls are adorable!!
The first challenge is Cricutless over at More than Favors Wacky Wednesday. The second is the Monogram challenge over at Cricut Cardz Challenge. So I combined the two and came up with this. Hope you enjoy!

Card - 4.25" x 5.5"

Paper - KI Memories

Punches - Scallop 2.25" & Circle 2" Marvy

Ribbon - American Crafts

Letter - I wish I knew - I love them

Glossy accents

White gel Pen

Ink - Colorbox & Martha Stewart

Happy Father's Day

Hi Everyone!

Here is a Father's Day card that I created for my FIL.  I do have many more cards to create but I do love how this card turned out and I may duplicate it. Shhh don't tell anyone!  There are so many Father's day challenges this week so I this is my entry into all of them.

Fantabulous cricut - #1 Dad
Celebrate the Occasion - Fathers' Day
More than favors - Father's Day
The Paper Variety - For the Guys
Whimsical Wednesdays - Happy-fathers-day-challenge

Card - 5.5" x 4.25"

Cartridge - Life's a beach & Paper Doll Dress Up

Paper - Recollections, MM,

Sentiment - My computer

White gel pen

Versamark ink