Celebrate! It's your Birthday!

Birthday Bash for the Yummy Cupcake

Happy Birthday Stamp from Queen Kat

Journal Tag from ColorBok

Ribbon and clip from stash

Threading water border punch

Paper crimper

Divine Swirls and Seeing Spots Cuttlebug embossing folders

Happy Birthday Card

Entering into:

The Pink Stamper: Happy Birthday

Frosted Designs: Add a journal Tag

More Than Favors: Emboss (Where my Daughter is Guest Designer!!)

Click HERE for my current Give-A-way!

Click HERE for the current BBTB2 Gnome challenge!

Click HERE for the current CCR Flag Challenge!

Hello Summer!

I finally came up with the courage to change the thread in my mini sewing machine! I was worried if I took out the white thread it came with I would never be able to figure out how to put another one in! But of course it was so super easy and I kick myself for not trying it sooner!

So I was able to use this super fun kiwi green! I just love how it matches the paper perfect!

Watermelon from Simply Charmed Cricut Cartridge

Paper from the Sweet Stack
Diamond Stickles

Entering into:

Frosted Design: Stitching

Die Cuttin Divas: Summer


Getting Cricky: Simply Sunday Anything Goes

Winner!:

Sweet Birthday Wishes

Create A Critter for the cupcake

Banner from April Shpwers

Paper from the Sweet Stack

Stamp from inkadinkado

Martha Stewart Twine

Misc Brads
Cotton Candy Stickles

Entering Into:

Birthday Sundaes: Photo Insp

Frosted Design: Brads

Wee Memories: Twine 

Winner:

Featured on:

Wedding / Bridal Shower Card

I had a request for a Wedding Shower card. Here is what I came up with:

I used Wild Card for the Bride Dress, glitter paper and pearls

Stamp is Close to my Heart

Entering into:

RRR: Die, punch, + ribbon

Frosted Design: Bling

Flair and Frills: Celebrate

Stamp Scrap & Doodle: Glitz

Getting Cricky:  Simply Sunday : Inspired Heart 

Thank You!

I always need Thank You cards so I thought I would make one using a recipe challenge!

All paper is Graphic 45

The Thank is cut from Wild Card

The You is from Sizzix 

The tag is from K&Co

I inked the white string with Tim Holtz Distressed ink

Entering into:

Frosted Designs: 

This week is a recipe challenge... we would like for you to use:
     3 patterned papers
     2 fonts
     1 journaling tag

Click HERE for the current Creative Cutter Room Challenge!

Winner:

Birthday Man Card!

I love how this Manly card turned out!

I used Indie art for the wire bolt and the design is cut out of silver vinyl

Diamond plate Cuttlebug embossing folder

Metal letters from Stash

Entering into:

Cooking with Cricut: Swirls and twirls

Frosted Designs: Use metal

My Sheri: All about Boys

Gab Challenges: Embossing

Getty Cricky: A-Z

Etsy Inspired:

**Go to the The Hidden Alphabet store, look around, and find an item or two that inspires you.

 

 

** Click HERE for the Patriotic blog hop and challenge!**

**Click HERE for the Graphic 45 challenge!** 

Last Valentine's Day Card for the Year!

This is it, I am ready to move onto the next Holiday! LOL

Here is the last card for my niece.

This is my first step card, I think I made it upside down because it doesn't stand on it's own! I still think it is super sweet!

I used DoodleCharms for the Lady bug and hearts

Flowers and bling from Misc

Swiss Dots Cuttlebug Folder

Paper from Target

Entering into:

The Sisterhood of Crafters: In love with Valentine's

More than Favors: Valentine's Day

The Cuttlebug Spot: Step it up with Step Cards

Cooking with Cricut: Hearts and Flowers

Jitterbuggin: Black, white and red + 3 hearts

Paper Cutz: Lady Bug

Frosted Design: Love

My Sheri Crafts: Love

Wee memories: Live laugh Love 

Card Creations By C: Black , white + one color (red) 

Cute Card Thursday: Hearts and Flowers

Two new techniques!

Yippee!! I attempted two new techniques! 

The first attempt was making my own flower embellishment! I love how super this flower came out and I used scrap material from some old curtain material!

Thanks to Frosted Designs for posting a great tutorial!

And my second technique was the chalkboard technique. You ink your stamp with white ink on dark cardstock and then use chalks to color it. Now here are my excuses on why I think this would have come out better; {gasp}... this is really my only flower stamp! And it was really only the outline and I have cheap white ink that dried to quick!
But I still like it!

Thanks to Queen Kat for posting this new technique challenge!

Stamp from Sassy Sistah

Enter my Birthday Blog candy HERE!!

Enter The Creative Cutter Room Love Bug Challenge HERE!

Valentine's Day Treat Box using Tags Bags Boxes and More!

This was only my second time using Tags, Bags Boxes and More, I think it is because I don't have the book so I don't know what anything is!

 I REALLY liked making this because I used so many tools!

I used my Gypsy and Tags Bags Boxes & More

Plantin Schoolbook for the X & O

Target Valentine Day paper

Peachy Keen PK-640

Heart Punch and Acetate Paper

Valentine stamp Studio G

I cut the glitter hearts out of paper

And I picked up this awesome Ek Success Tag punch for $10.00!

I glittered around it and added bling.

Entering into:

Staying Crafty: Valentine theme + must be a holder/container

GliiterBabe: Anything goes with Sparkle

Frosted Designs: transparency

Peachy Keen: LFIF XOXO

Really Reasonable Ribbon: Ribbon + Heart

Pile It On: Anything goes

Here is the same cut that I used for the MAG Challenge with no other cricut cuts:

MAG : Nut Cup Tags bags boxes and more

Smile!

I did a one page lay-out for my dog a few weeks ago and have been meaning to do the second page. I decided just to get it done last night!

Paper pups used for all the cuts

Solid Paper from Martha Stewart

Ribbon from stash

Entering into:

Frosted Designs: Sketch

SEI Challenge with Abby: Laughter/Smile

My Girls

I have all this wonderful paper so I wanted to try some out. These are all from My Minds Eye. Letters are from Heidi Grace.

I am entering this one into:

Frosted Design: Follow sketch

Snowman Lay-out!

I have never tried to follow a lay-out sketch before so I thought this would be fun to try something new!

Here is the sketch from Frosted Design:

Here is my lay-out:

All the paper is from the DCWV 'Tis the Season Paper pack.

Just chillin was written using cricut markers from Create a Critter

Tag from Accent Essentials

Snowman is from Stretch your Imagination

I coated the snowman with glue and sprinkled with glitter

I also used glittered embossing powder for the swirl design

Entering into:

Frosted design: Follow the sketch

Frosted Design: Glitter

Flaunt it Friday: Flaunt the SNOWMAN ( I don't have Winter Frolic)

Paper Cutz: use at least two pattern papers

Reminder:
Don't forget about the snowy hop tomorrow!!

Winner: