Good morning!

Good morning all! Just wanted to post a quickie about a giveaway over at Raina's Favorite Crafty Things. She's giving away a super cute cartridge, Creative Memories' Cheerful Seasons when she hits 100 followers. Well, I just became follower 101, so hurry over and show her some blog love! And who knows, you could be the winner!!! Have a great day!!!

Happy Monday!!

Good morning all! Sorry I've been MIA, but I had some minor surgery last week and have been doing some serious lounging. Even though I have been laying low and not doing much, I have been surfing the internet. What else can you do when your laying on the couch, but play on your laptop, right?!? lol  And one of the blogs I visited on Friday was DCWV Diary blog. Everyone knows how much I LOVE their paper stacks, so I entered into the drawing for the 2 newest stacks and I WON!!!!!! WOO HOO!!!!!! LOL I am soooo excited! Can you tell?!?!?  :)  Can't wait to get them in the mail!! Hopefully before too long I'll be able to play in my room, especially once my new stacks get here! Well, have a great week, and as always, thanks for stopping by!!!

Celebrate the Occasion #18

Hello again. I was just blog hopping and realized that I had made another card this afternoon that I could post for the challenge over at Celebrate the Occasion. Their challenge was to make a birthday card that must include a birthday hat. How funny, I just made this cute card for my DD's birthday that is coming up! Here's the recipe:

Owl cut from Create a Critter
Party hat cut from Straight from the Nest
Recollection Cardstock
K and Co. Pattern paper
Ribbon from Michael's
Inkadinkado sentiment stamp
Stampin' Up ink
Stickles
Gelly Roll pen for doodling

Here's a picture of my scrappin' buddies today, Bear and Monster. Aren't they cute?? lol

Now it's time I head for bed, thanks for stopping by!

Happy Father's Day!

Hello everybody! Hope you all are enjoying your Father's Day. Beautiful day here in the north state, sunny and about 92ish. I would love to have spent the day with my dad, but he went to heaven almost 3 years ago. Sure do miss him, but I know he's enjoying Father's Day with the best Father ever!!

Earlier today while DH went to band practice I got a chance to play in my room and was able to finish up some birthday cards. I decided to use the one I made for my bff, who actually nicknamed me Sissy, for the challenge over at Birthday Sundaes. The challenge was to make a shaped card. I used my Gypsy to weld this cute purse from the Paisley cartridge. Every time I am able to make something like this, I am so happy I bought my Gypsy. I had quite the learning curve with it, but I stuck with it. I know there's still a lot I need to learn about it, but that comes with time like everything else. I really liked how this card turned out, especially the leopard print paper. We're always trying to out do each other on the leopard stuff that we get each other, and I think I may have topped her this year!! lol and to think, it all started with one pair of Birkenstock's that I bought about 5 years ago and we both have gone leopard crazy ever since! Here's the recipe:

Paisley Cricut Cartridge for shaped card base
Core'dinations and Recollection cardstock
Pattern paper from Joann's open stock
Recollection flower and rhinestones
Martha Stewart bakers twine
Colorbox chalk ink for distressing
Stampin' Up ink
Pink by Design sentiment stamps
Nestabilities die cut for tag

Hope you all have a great day and as always, thanks for stopping by.

Terrific Tueday Challenge - Sweet Treats

Hello everyone, hope your weekend is going well. I've a had a hectic week and haven't had too much time to play, but got to spend a little time in my room this afternoon. Made this card for the Scrappy Mom's Terrific Tuesday Challenge which was to use the Sweet Treats cartridge. I don't have that cartridge so I I thought I'd use my Simply Charmed cartridge. This one has such cute images! I used my Gypsy to hide the face on the pie so I could use one of Peachy Keen's face stamps. Speaking of Scrappy Mom's....have you seen the 2 new stamp sets they just released? SOOOOOOOO cute!!!! I LOVE their stamps so much, I have every single set. So, even though I said I was going to be good this month, I caved and order these. ;) But back to my card, I was going to make a gate fold card but changed my mind and went for the z fold instead. Here's the recipe:

Recollection cardstock
Pattern paper was scrap, pie pan DCWV and mats I can't remember
Pie cut from the Simply Charmed cartridge
Peachy Keen face stamp
Scrappy Mom's sentiment stamps, both inside and outside of card
Stampin' Up buttons and ink
DMC embroidery floss
Gelly Roll pen for doodling
Color box chalk ink for shading on pie
Stickles
Pebbles, Inc chalk for the rosy cheeks
Zig marker for coloring the tongue and cherry stem

Well, thanks for stopping by and be sure to head over to Scrappy Moms to check out their newest stamps! Thanks for stopping by and have a great rest of your weekend!!

CCCC# 21

Happy Monday! I have a Garfield cartoon that shows Garfield in front of a cup of coffee looking haggard and Jon saying that to Garfield, and Garfield's response is "Monday, the mother of all oxymorons!" makes me laugh every time I read it!! Any ways....hope everyone has had a good day regardless. I was able to come home and play in my room a bit and made this card for the Cricut Cartridge Chaos Challenge over at More Than Favors. this challenge was to use the Accent Essentials cartridge. I've had it a long time and this may be the 2nd time I've used. There's some pretty cute stuff on it, should pull it out more often. Here's the recipe for my card:

The Paper Company cardstock for the card base and first mat
Bazzil Swiss Dot for the second mat
DCWV pattern paper from the Garden Party Stack
The Paper Company cardstock for the tag cut from the cartridge, I adjusted the size on my Gypsy
Hot Off The Press Flowers
Stampin' Up Ink
White Gelly Roll Pen for stitching
Pink by Design sentiment stamp

Well, hope you all have a great week and that you like the card. Thanks for stopping by.

One more for Sunday

Hello again everyone. I was able to get another card done for the embossing challenge over at Birthday Sundaes. The challenge was to use either dry or heat embossing so I thought I'd give it a try using ALL scraps!! Woo Hoo! Even the card base was made of scraps!! I did add some bling using my I Rock and the sentiment stamp was from an Inkadinkadoo set and the little birthday hat and present were stickers from a sheet that I had in my stash. I used the owl embossing folder from Provo Craft, he's so cute. I don't know why I don't dry emboss more, I really like the looks of it. Hope you all have a great week and thanks for stopping by!

Beautiful Sunday!

Hi everybody! Hope your Sunday is going well. We are enjoying a beautiful sunny day with about 85 degrees. I'm enjoying it cuz I know it'll be in the 100's before I know it! So here's a card that I made for the Cricut Cartridge Chaos Challenge #20 over at Two Scraptastic Gals using the Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge. Ever have one of those projects that you have just had trouble with and started over about 5 times? Yep, this one is it for me! And you'd think as simple as it looks it would have been a piece of cake to make! Oh well, here's the final product that I was able to say, "ok, this will work!" lol Here's the recipe:

Card base from Recollection
Anna Griffin pattern paper
DCWV Glitter paper
Stampin' Up border punch
Ribbon and gems from Michael's
Scrappy Moms Stamps sentiment stamp
Stickles
Gelly Roll pens in black and white for doodling

It's kind of hard to see the white glitter paper for the unicorn in the picture, but I really like how it looks in person. Hope you like the card, and that the rest of your Sunday is great! Thanks for stopping by!

One More for Saturday

Here's one more card for another challenge that ends in just a little bit, so I need to hurry. This card is for a challenge over at Getting Cricky with K Andrew. The challenge is for a vintage project, which is so not my style. It was really hard for me to create this, but I gave it a shot! I scrounged for some vintage type embellishments and came across some of my grandmother's sewing things. Here's the recipe for my card:

The Paper Company cardstock
The Girls Paperie pattern paper
The Girls Paperie image stamp
Unity Stamp sentiment stamp
Stampin' Up ink
Lace, button, needle, and needle threader from stash
Pearls from Michael's

Well, this is it for tonight, hope you like my card, and as always, thanks for stopping by!

Happy Saturday!!

Hello all! Hope your weekend is going well. I was able to play in my room some yesterday and again today. My kind of weekend!! :) I really need to finish my album from our anniversary trip last September, but I was working on cards for challenges. I just need more time to spend in my room, but work and chores just get in the way! lol So here's a card for 3 challenges, now that's what I call great coordination!! The challenges are for a Father's Day Card and the sites are Celebrate the Occasion, More Than Favors Wacky Wednesday, and Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Me Monday. Here's the recipe for my card:

The Paper Company cardstock (*gasp!* not Recollection?? lol)
DCWV pattern paper from The Guy Stack
Image from Father's Day cartridge (in Giant's colors of course!)
Gelly Roll Pens for doodling
Stampin' Up ink
Pink by Design sentiment stamp

Shocking that I didn't use Recollection cardstock, huh? Well, small confession here...I was at Joann's the other day and realized as I was buying some of their cardstock that I have purchased this in the past and mixed it in with my Recollection cardstock. oops! Oh well, newby here!!  :) Well, hope you like my card, and as always, thanks for stopping by!!

Birthday Sundaes Challenge #12

Hello everyone! Hope you all have had a great weekend, don't they just fly by?? Seems like it just started and wham! Monday morning is here already. Oh well, gotta enjoy every minute the good Lord gives us, right? :) It's been a busy weekend if nothing else, plenty of crafting got done!! I made this card for one of my girlfriends whose birthday is Tuesday. I thought it would be perfect for the Anything Goes challenge over at Birthday Sundaes.  Here's the recipe:

Bazzil and Recollection card stock
DCWV pattern paper
Nestabilities Die cut
Stampin' Up Stamp set, both image and sentiment
Colored pencils from Michael's
Ribbon from Michael's
White and black Gelly Roll Pens for doodling
Stickles
Sakura 3d Crystal Lacquer
Pearls from Michael's

Well, hope you like my card and you're all ready for Monday. Thanks for stopping by my blog!

Woo Hoo!! I was featured again!!! :)

Happy Friday all!!! I was just blog hopping again and found that my card for the masculine birthday card challenge at Birthday Sundaes was one of her featured cards of the challenge. woo hoo!!!! This makes it all worthwhile!! :)  woo hoo!! Can you tell I'm excited?!?  lol Well, I have some chores to do around the house and then hopefully get a chance to play in my room!!! Be sure to stop by Birthday Sundaes and check out all the cute projects!! Thanks for stopping by!!!

Winner of My 100 Followers Giveaway!!!

First off, I just want to thank all of the wonderful followers of my little blog! It's hard to believe that I now have over 100 followers!! Wow!!! And you all have left some very sweet comments. Thank you so much!!! And now, here are the results:

The winner of my giveaway via random.org is:
Kim from My Crafting Creations

Min 1
Max 101
Result 84

Congratulations Kim!! I will e-mail you to get your address to mail you your goodies!!! Have a good evening everyone and thanks again!!

2 Challenges, 1 Card

Hello again! Wanted to post another card for 2 more challenges, then off to pick the winner of my first giveaway. Woo Hoo!! lol The 2 challenges for this card are for More Than Favors which was to create a project using the New Arrival cartridge, and the other for My Craft Spot using a cute critter. I chose the little monkey on the cartridge thinking he's a pretty cute critter.

Recollection, Bazzill, and DCWV cardstock
DCWV pattern paper
Scrappy Mom's sentiment stamp
Peachy Keen face stamps
Nestabilities die cut
Ribbon from Michael's
White Gelly Roll pen for doodling
Zig marker for nose and ears

Ok, now off to Random.org to choose a winner for my blog candy. Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Memorial Day!!

Hello everyone! I hope you all are enjoying your Memorial Day. Ours is on the cool side, only going to hit the high 60's and cloudy, which is very unusual for us. Normally we are in the high 70's and or mid 80's, but that's ok, because I know some is just around the corner and we'll be in the 100's!! I sat down to post my card for the masculine birthday card challenge over at Birthday Sundaes, and I see I hit the 100 follower mark!!! woo hoo!!!! Thank you all for following my little blog and all the sweet comments everyone has left. I will choose the winner later today and post the results. Good luck!! Now, on to the recipe for my card:


Recollection Cardstock
Pattern Paper is from my stash and I don't know the manufacturer
Camping Stamp Set from Inkadinkado
Sentiment stamp from HOTP
Stampin' Up Ink
Colorbox  Chalk Ink
Brads from Stampin' Up
Martha Stewart Bakers Twine

Now off to finish another project I've been working on and to pick a winner. Thank you so much for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

2 More to Go!!!

Just a reminder, I only have 2 more followers to go to make it to 100 and my giveaway of this really cute K and Co. paper pad, matching Recollection flowers and Michael's ribbon!!!

New Challenge Blog - Cricut 360 Design Team Call

Hello again! I read about this new challenge blog on one of the blogs I follow. I thought I'd give it a shot at trying out for the design team call. The blog is called Cricut 360 and they have a design team call going on until June 1st. The challenge is to make a project using lime green and a bug of some kind. For my bug I went to the Live Simply cartridge and picked this cute snail. I'm not big on snails in my yard, but this little guy is cute! Here's the recipe for my card:

Recollection Cardstock
DCWV pattern paper
Martha Stewart border punch
Stickles
White Gelly Roll pen
Stampin' Up black ink
Ribbon from the Dollar Store
My Pink Stamper sentiment stamp
Peachy Keen Face Stamp

Hope you like my card and that you head over to Cricut 360 and check out all the cute submissions. Wish me luck!! And as always, thanks for stopping by!

Happy Memorial Day Weekend!

Hello everyone! Hope your holiday weekend is going well. We're just staying home this weekend, so I'm hoping to get some scrapping and cards done. I wanted to share a layout I made in 2009 in remembrance of my dad. He passed away on Veterans Day in 2008, which was ironic since he was the most patriotic man I know. It's been almost 3 years, but I still miss him a lot. I hope that as everyone is enjoying their weekend of camping or BBQ's or whatever you are doing, that you will remember those who have given so much so that we have the freedom to enjoy our lives. Thanks for stopping by!

Another 3-fer!

Wow! I'm on a roll tonight! lol I was able to make another card that I could incorporate 3 more challenges. The challenges are:

1.    Scrappy Moms Terrific Tuesday Challenge              Use Life's a Beach Cricut Cartridge
2.   More Than Favors Wacky Wednesday Challenge     Color challenge, teal, pink, brown, and cream
3.  Celebrate the Occasion                                             Retirement

And here's my card recipe:
Cricut Cartridge:                      Life's a Beach
Card base and mats:                Recollection
Pattern Paper:                         DCWV
Ribbon:                                   American Crafts
Sentiment Stamp:                    Scrappy Moms Stamps
Flowers:                                 Prima
Glitter Glue:                            Stickles
Faux Stitching:                       White Gelly Roll Pen
Ink:                                        Stampin' Up

Well, I think that's it for the night. Have a good one, and thanks for stopping by!

Let the Holiday Weekend Begin!!!!!

Hi everyone! I know it's only Thursday, but holiday weekend began this afternoon!! WOO HOO!!! lol And after the busy weekend we had last weekend, I'm looking forward to staying home and just hanging out. Of course I'm going to try and get some serious play time in too. ;) So to get it started I made this card and was able to incorporate it into 3 challenges! Here's the list of challenges:

1. My Craft Spot:: Monday Challenge #9    A Shaped Card
2. Birthday Sundaes Challenge #10             Pearls and Lace
3. My Creative Time Throwback Thursday Any Cricut cartridge must have yellow and green

So here's my card's recipe:
Cartridges:                   A Child's Year and Tags, Bags, Boxes and More
Pattern Paper:             Anna Griffin Lizzie Collection
Cardstock Tag:           Georgia Pacific
Stamp Sentiment:        Pink by Design
Inks:                           Stampin' Up and Color box
Lace:                          Michael's
Pearls:                        Michael's
Jewel:                        3 Birds
Twine:                       The Twinery
Flower:                      Prima

Well, DH is out practicing with his band, so I'm headed back to my room to play some more. Hope you have a good evening, and thanks for stopping by!