Halloween Layout

Hi Everyone - 

Seems like it has been a while since I posted.  Thanks for hanging in there with my Halloween series.  I finally completed my layout from my daughter's Halloween dance last year.  She went as a Queen Bee.  :)

Just click on the photo for an enlarged image.  I used several cartridges on this layout.  The pumpkins are from Create a Critter.  The phrases are from Mini Monsters. "Queen Bee" is actually from Kate's ABC's  and it originally said "for Queen Bee" but I trimmed the "for" off.  The 2010 is from the Black Letter Solutions cartridge.

Supplies:  Cardstock (American Crafts), Pattern Paper (Cloud 9), Stickles (Ranger), Dimensionals (Stampin Up!), Cricut, Black Letter, Create a Critter, Kate's ABC's and Mini Monsters cartridges (Provo Craft), Ribbon (Offray), & Boarder Punch (EK Success).

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a Crafty Day! 

Party Animal

Hi -

Today's card is another for a kids birthday.  I hope you enjoy!

Supplies:  Cardstock (AC & Stampin Up!), Dimensionals (Stampin Up!), Stamp (My Pink Stamper), Stickles (Ranger), Cricut & Create a Critter (Provo Craft).

Dino-mite!

Hi Everyone -

Today's card is a fun one that I will use for a little boy's birthday card.  It is made with my favorite cartridge, Create a Critter.

Supplies:  Cardstock (AC), Cricut & Create a Critter cartridge (Provo Craft), Ribbon & Ink (CTMH), Stamp (My Pink Stamper), Stickles (Ranger), Dimensionals (Stampin Up!).

Baby Zebra Card

Hi -

I wanted to share a cute little baby card.  I am really liking zebra prints right now so when I saw this ribbon at Wal-Mart I had to pick it up.  This zebra is cut from my favorite cartridge, Create a Critter.  The sentiment is from a My Pink Stamper set called Happiest Moments.

Supplies: Cardstock (American Crafts), Ink (CTMH), Stickles (Ranger), Cricut & Create a Critter cartridge (Provo Craft), Stamp (My Pink Stamper), Ribbon (Offray).

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a great day!

Happy Blog Anniversary

Hello -

Can you believe it is the one year anniversary of the start of my blog.  Click HERE to check out that very 1st post.  This all started for a requirement of a design team entry.  While I did not make the design team I did discover the rewarding process of blogging.  I truly enjoy sharing what I create and I love to hear comments and see new followers.  Thank you to everyone to checks in from time to time. 

Today I am going to share a card I made with my favorite cartridge, Create a Critter.  I also used Kate's ABC's and Home Accents solution cartridges.  I welded the scallop boarder on the Home Accents cartridge to create the card.

Supplies:  Cardstock (American Crafts), Stickles (Ranger), Cricut, Gypsy, Create a Critter, Kate's ABC's & Home Accents Solutions cartridges (Provo Craft).

Thanks for hanging in there with me.  I hope I continue inspiring others.

MPS Challenges #10-12

Wow - What a productive and fun day!  12 completed projects/cards.  I can't remember the last time I did that.

Challenge #10 - Make a project using a pet.  I decided to do another kitty cat card.

Supplies: Cardstock, Liquid Glass, Ribbon & Ink (CTMH), Pattern Paper & Embossing Folder (Stampin Up!), Stamp (My Pink Stamper), Stickles (Ranger), Cricut, Cuttlebug, Create a Critter cartridge (Provo Craft), Boarder Punch (Martha Stewart Crafts).

Challenge #11 - Make a project using black, green & pink.  I decided to do a shaped card but kept it at 4.25" so it could still fit into an A2 size envelope.

Supplies: Cardstock (CTMH), Stickles (Ranger), Pattern Paper (Stampin Up!), Cricut, Gypsy, Wild Card & Graphically Speaking cartridges (Provo Craft).

Challenge #12  - Kids Craft Project.  I made the cute little cheerleader from the Everyday Paper Dolls cartridge.

Supplies: Cardstock, Liquid Glass & Marker (CTMH), Stickles (Ranger), Cricut, Everyday Paper Dolls (Provo Craft).

Well from what I have seen the other participants all did a fabulous job!  I hope everyone had a blast.  Thanks for looking at my projects and please leave comments and become a follower.

Happy Easter Weekend

Hi Everyone - 

I hope you are having a fabulous weekend.  I wanted to share with you today some quick Easter treats I made yesterday.  The photos are not the best since I took them with my phone but you get the idea.

The first two photos are of a gift card I made with Wild Card.  The card is cut at 7" and the insert was made with Microsoft Word clip art.  My daughter is a huge Kindle fan so I thought this would be fitting.

Next are a few treat bags I made for the kids.  I just put these together real quick with the bunny from Create a Critter and the egg from Doodlecharms.

Supplies: Cardstock (American Crafts & Bazzil), Ink (CTMH), Clear Bags (Stampin Up!), Tiny Attacher (Tim Holtz), Stamp (My Pink Stamper-Happiest Moments), Cricut, Create a Critter, Wild Card, Doodlecharms (Provo Craft).

Hope you enjoyed and have a Happy Easter!

Bee-u-tiful

Hi -

I wanted to share this card with you today.  It features the Create a Critter cartridge and a My Pink Stamper sentiment from the Punnylicius stamp set.

Supplies: Ink, Ribbon, & Cardstock (CTMH), Pattern Paper (Stampin Up!), Stamp (My Pink Stamper), Stickles (Ranger), Cricut & Create a Critter cartridge (Provo Craft), Border Punch (EK Success).

Also, check out My Pink Stamper's blog.  Robyn is hosting an awesome giveaway sponsored by Provo Craft.  You can have a chance to win an Expression 2 Machine!!!  Check out all the details HERE.  Good Luck to all those who enter.

Happy Crafting.

Oh Happy Day

Hello fellow crafters.  I hope you are having a fabulous day.  The sun is shining and I have spent my morning on my deck enjoying my hot tea (I'm not a coffee fan) and the latest Paper Crafts magazine.  It is so nice outside and I just wanted to enjoy it before the rain comes in this evening. 

I spent some time with my Cricut the other day.  The picture is not the greatest but none the less I wanted to share.  It features the whale from Create a Critter and the stamped sentiment is from the Punny-Licious set by My Pink Stamper.

Supplies: Cardstock & Ink (CTMH), Pattern Paper (MME), Stamp (My Pink Stamper), White Gel Pen (Uni-ball Signo), Stickles (Ranger), Cricut & Create a Critter cartridge (Provo Craft).

I hope the sun is shining where you are today.  As always comments are appreciated.  Thanks for looking.  :)

Just a few more Canvases...

Okay - just a few more canvases from my daughter Ally.  She is really having fun making these.

9"x12"

8"x8"

4"x4"

This is the last of canvases for a little while.  I hope you enjoyed.  My daughter certainly enjoyed creating them.

More Canvas Art

Okay so my daughter made another canvas wall hanging.  Word is getting out she is doing these and we are almost out of smaller canvas (I am so happy they were used up).  Now we still have a lot of larger ones so she needs to get creative and use those up too!  Same as last time she did all the painting and assembling.  I just cut everything from my cricut.  Even though this was for a little boy I used the Disney Hanna Montana cartridge for the font.

 Supplies: Cardstock (American Crafts & Stampin Up!), Cricut, Gypsy, Hannah Montana & Create a Critter cartridges (Provo Craft), Acrylic Paint, Ribbon, Fibers (Misc.), Staple Gun.

I hope you have a crafty day!

MPS Challenge Response

On March 1st Robyn posted a challenge on her My Pink Stamper Blog and I thought I would play along.  Her challenge was to create any project using a feathered friend.  I just got the Paisley cartridge so I had to use one of the owls.  Although the branch is from Create a Critter.

Supplies: Cardstock (American Crafts, Stampin Up!, Close to my Heart & DCWV), White Gel Pen (Uniball Signo), Boarder Punch (Martha Stewart Crafts), Ribbon & Ink (CTMH), Stamp (My Pink Stamper-Punnylicious), Cricut, Gypsy, Paisley & Create a Critter Cartridges (Provo Craft).

Comments and constructive feedback are always appreciated.  Have a crafty day!

Hoppy Birthday Card...

Today's card is another cut from Create-a-Critter.  I'm thinking this would make a great little boy birthday card.  I used the Storybook cartridge for the top note shape in the background.

Supplies: Cardstock (American Crafts & CTMH), Gel Pen (Signo), Stickles (Ranger), Ink (CTMH), Cricut with Storybook and Create a Critter (Provo Craft), Stamp (My Pink Stamper).

Mouse Valentine

Hello -

Today's card features yet again another cute creature from Create a Critter.  I used the flip feature on my Cricut Expression (can be done on the Gypsy too) to get two mice to face each other and the rest was my daughter's creation.  The concept was her idea and when she explained it to me I got excited to try the flip feature.  She used a sponge dauber to create her back ground.  The little flower in the girl mouse's hair and the flower the boy mouse is holding is from an EK Success boarder punch that she pieced together.  I think it is just the cutest card.

Supplies: Cardstock & Ink (CTMH), Stamp (My Pink Stamper), Ribbon (American Crafts), Stickles (Ranger), Boarder Punch (EK Success), Cricut & Create a Critter Cartridge (Provo Craft).

Thanks for reading and I hope you have a crafty day!

Design Team Call

Okay so one of my favorite stampers and cricut users who has a ton of you tube videos and has provided a constant source of inspiration to me has announced that she has two spots to fill on her design team.  Robyn from My Pink Stamper has inspired me for over a year on you tube.  I am a big fan of her DVDs and her stamps so I had to at least submit an entry.

The full details for the design team call can be found on Robyn's blog here.  The basic rules are to use Pink, Green and Brown plus one additional color of your choice.  I chose to make a Valentine card featuring a stamp from My Pink Stamper's Punnylicious set.

Supplies: Cardstock (American Crafts & Stampin Up!), Stickles (Ranger), Stamps (My Pink Stamper), Cricut with Create a Critter cartridge (Provo Craft), Ink (CTMH), White Gel Pen (Signo), Dimensionals (Stampin Up!), Ribbon (misc.).

I'm crossing my fingers I get chosen because it would be such an honor.  Wish me luck!

PS:  I would love to have more followers and/or comments.  I would welcome the feedback.  :)

Handmade Gifts are the Best

This year my daughter chose to hand make several of those no-sew fleece blankets for her cousins.  She had quite a few to make so I thought I would come up with a cute tag for her to put on the gift bags.

They are popped up for a little  added cuteness.

Supplies: Stampin Up: cardstock & popdots, Stamps: My Pink Stamper & The Stamps of Life, Cricut, Gypsy, Plantin School Book, Create a Critter

The Cricut Expression....

Yes!  There will be a new Cricut Expression under the tree waiting for me Christmas morning.  :)  As much as I want to start using it now it would not be fair since I am also wrapping some stuff for my daughter that of course she already knows about and making her wait.  I have been wanting this one for a long time and I could not pass up Wal-Mart's black friday deal.

Out of the four colors Wal-Mart has this year I chose the aqua blue one.  I was really wanting one last year but it was not in the budget.  This one is way cute though so it was worth the wait!  Did anyone else get any really good deals on something you have been wanting for a long time? 

In honor of my 'stinkin' cute' new Cricut I am sharing this card I made.  The phrase stamp is from the Punny-licious set by My Pink Stamper.  It works great with the Create a Critter cartridge.  I hope you have a crafty day!

Supplies: Cardstock: Stampin Up & DCWV; Cricut: Create a Critter; Stamp: My Pink Stamper; Ink: CTMH

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends & family.  I am hoping you spend this holiday with good friends, lots of family and good food.  What is your favorite Thanksgiving food?  Mine?  Mine is the Greenbean Casserole.  Yummm.  I use this recipe from French's.

Ingredients

2 cans Campbell's Condensed 98% Fat Free Cream of Mushroom Soup
1 cup milk
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
2 cans cut green beans
2 2/3 cups French's® French Fried Onions


Directions
Stir soup, milk, pepper, beans and 1 1/3 cups onions in 3-qt. casserole.
Bake at 350 degrees F. for 25 min. or until hot. Stir.
Top with remaining onions. Bake for 5 min. more.

What's your favorite Thanksgiving recipe? 

Now a little crafting goodness.  This card is so cute.  I used the Sizzix embossing folder on the tree branch for a little added texture. 

Supplies: CS: Stampin Up & American Crafts, Pattern Paper: DCWV, Stamp: My Pink Stamper; Punny-Licious, Boarder Punch: Stampin Up, Ink: CTMH, Cricut cartridge: Create a Critter & Smiley Cards, Embossing Folder: Sizzix.

Happy Birthday Mom!

Happy Birthday Mom!  I love you and miss you so much.

Hello to all my blog readers.  Is everyone getting ready for the Thanksgiving Holiday?  This was always my mom's favorite holiday.  Just a time for family with the bonus of a really good meal.  :)

This card is in honor of my mom's birthday today.  Enjoy!

Supplies: CS: Stampin Up & American Crafts, Pattern Paper: DCWV, Stamp: My Pink Stamper, Ink: CTMH, Cricut Create a Critter Cartridge, Boarder Punch: Stampin Up.

Super Tweet!

That is the sentiment on this cute bird card.  It is from My Pink Stamper's line of stamps.  This is from the Punny-licious set.  You can find all her products HERE. 

Supplies: CS-Stampin Up & American Crafts, Cuttlebug with a Sizzix embossing folder, Stamps-My Pink Stamper, Ink-CTMH, Pattern Paper-DCWV, Punch-Stampin Up, Cricut with Create a Critter cartridge, Misc. google eye.