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GCDT Simply Sunday Challenge: Arrrrgh Matey!

** This is my SECOND post for today! To view my Birthday Sundaes Challenge post scroll down or CLICK HERE! Thank you! **

 Hi again, everyone!

I'm back with another challenge from Getting Cricky! Today's Simply Sunday Challenge is: Arrrgh Matey! Create a project with a pirate or fish theme!

Well, since I recently created a project with a pirate on it, I thought I'd go for a fishie today!

supplies: CS: kraft (Paper Accents), turquoise, yellow (Recollections), orange (PaperTrey Ink); DP: Echo Park; cricut cartridge: fishbowl cut at 3 1/4" (Life is a Beach Cartridge); stamp set: Splashtastic Summer (K Andrew Designs); ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento); twine (The Twinery); Modern Label Punch (SU!)

I figured that this card would be fitting for this week. I'm nearing the end of my design team term with Getting Cricky and K Andrew Designs and I wanted to create a card of encouragement! And how appropriate: I'm ending with the sentiment stamp set that started my love for K Andrew Designs stamps!

Thank you to Kristal and the rest of the Getting Cricky Design Team! It's been a fabulous 4 months and I'm super honored to have been designing alongside you ALL!

Thank you all for visiting me today! Have a fabulous Sunday! :)

Getting Cricky's "Getting Cricky With It" HOP!

For my Tiffany Doodles Tiffany Tutor post CLICK HERE!

For Getting Cricky's "Cabin Fever" Blog Hop CLICK HERE!

Welcome the “Getting Cricky With It” Surprise Blog Hop for Kristal!!!

 Today the Design Team is bringing you some very special projects created for our wonderful and amazing leader Kristal! Our term is almost over and we wanted to show her just how much we appreciate ALL that she has done for us this term. The projects that we will be sharing with you will also be sent to Kristal. We encourage ALL of her fans to join in on the fun as well! Be sure to add your card/project to the link below and then be sure to mail it off to her!

 If you've hopped along from JESSIE'S BLOG then you are in the right place!! If you are just joining me from your dashboard, or reading this via email, please be sure to CLICK HERE to start at the beginning with Kristal's blog (you'll want to catch up on all the FUN!!)...

Each of Kristal's stamp sets benefit charity. At least $1 per stamp set goes to benefit the charity noted on the stamp set package. Kristal is donating to the following charities: Cancer Angels, Storefront Shelter for Homeless Children, Intrepid & Fallen Heroes, E. Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Doorways Shelter for Women & Children (Domestic Violence), Wayside House for Women, Camp Good Days & Special Times, Adopt a Classroom, and Autism Research Institute. Kristal will donate $1 for every stamp set sold, retail or wholesale to the charity noted; and over time believes this will add up to some wonderful miracles for these special people. So you can feel good that each time you purchase a K Andrew Designs art stamp set, someone around the country is receiving some good help! K Andrew's stamps are all made and assembled here in the USA, which is very important to Kristal. This ensures all product materials are safe and that jobs are being provided and maintained here in America. You can learn even more about Kristal's stamps (and pick some up for yourself) by visiting her online store: K Andrew Designs:

Here's my card for today's HOP and for Kristal!

supplies: CS: kraft (Paper Accents), Solar White (Neenah); DP: My Mind's Eye; image stamp: Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps; sentiment stamps: Coffee & Tea for You & Me (K Andrew Designs); ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Chocolate Chip (SU!); oval nestabilities (Spellbinders); mini brads: SEI

For my card today, I really wanted to use the Coffee & Tea for You & Me Set so I paired it with one of my newest stamps from Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps! I'm really loving creating cards with coffee images - I'm slowly becoming addicted to coffee! I'm trying to limit myself, but I'm finding that, with me working nights, AND me getting older (and the kids getting older and busier), it's harder to stay awake!

Anyway, here's the fabulous set by Kristal!

Cute right?!

Anyway, the hop still continues! Now you can dance on over to your next stop: LETILLIA'S BLOG!

Here is the line up in case you get lost along the way:

1. Kristal
2. RhoLynda
3. Charlotte
4. Cheri
5. Linda
6. Amanda
7. Debbie
8. Vero
9. Lisa
10. Jennie
11. Kristan
12. Jamie
13. Christel
14. Jana
15. Patti
16. Heather
17. Miranda
18. Ildi
19. Jessie
20. JoAnn <--- you are HERE!
21. Letillia
22. Larelyn
23. Anita
24. Laura
25. Sherry
26. Shawn
27. Faith
28. Amy

Getting Cricky's Blog Hop: Cabin Fever!

Welcome to the "Cabin Fever" Getting Cricky Blog Hop!!

We're so happy you could join us for this month's Getting Cricky Design Team Blog Hop!! 

We have an EXTRA SPECIAL hop for you this month -- All week long, the Design Team has been featuring many of Kristal's stamp sets as well as an array of Cricut Cartridges, SVG cuts, and more in anticipation of the hop...  If you've missed out on any of the week, be sure to check out our previous posts for MORE THAN 100 CREATIVE IDEAS and PROJECTS as well as giveaways, promotions, tips, and tutorials!! 

If you've hopped along from JESSIE'S BLOG then you are in the right place!! If you are just joining me from your dashboard, or reading this via email, please be sure to CLICK HERE to start at the beginning with Kristal's blog (you'll want to catch up on all the FUN!!)...

Each of Kristal's stamp sets benefit charity. At least $1 per stamp set goes to benefit the charity noted on the stamp set package. Kristal is donating to the following charities: Cancer Angels, Storefront Shelter for Homeless Children, Intrepid & Fallen Heroes, E. Glaser Pediatric AIDS  Foundation, Doorways Shelter for Women & Children (Domestic Violence), Wayside House for Women, Camp Good Days & Special Times, Adopt a Classroom, and Autism Research Institute. Kristal will donate $1 for every stamp set sold, retail or wholesale to the charity noted; and over time believes this will add up to some wonderful miracles for these special people. So you can feel good that each time you purchase a K Andrew Designs art stamp set, someone around the country is receiving some good help! K Andrew's stamps are all made and assembled here in the USA, which is very important to Kristal. This ensures all product materials are safe and that jobs are being provided and maintained here in America.  You can learn even more about Kristal's stamps (and pick some up for yourself) by visiting her online store: K Andrew Designs:

Kristal's stamp sets are perfect for cards, layouts, and so much more... For my project, I'm featuring the Pirate Tales & Fish Scales sentiment set!

Here's the project I've made using this set:

(supples: CS: kraft (Paper Accents), yellow (Recollections, Bazzill), blue (Bazzill), red, green (Recollections), black (Bazzill); DP: Basic Grey; Cricut Cart: pirate bird cut at 3 1/4"(3 Birds on Parade); stamp set: Pirate Tales and Fish Scales (K Andrew Designs); ink: Basic Black (SU!); wide oval punch, ribbon (SU!); staples (Tim Holtz)

 I stepped out of my comfort zone and created a little tag/bookmark! I thought this would be perfect to give to any friend as sort of a "pick me up". How cute is this little pirate bird? :) And even better, how perfect is the sentiment?!

Since I made this cute little tag, I'm also linking up to:

Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Tag It

Anyway, there's an awesome promo going on right now so if you've been thinking about purchasing a K Andrew set, you might as well pick up a couple more: Buy $25, get the Mini Heart Bonus Set for FREE!!

Now you can hop on over to your next stop:  Larelyn! Thanks so much for stopping by today! Hope you enjoy the HOP!

Birthday Sundaes #39 - Winter Birthday, Photo Inspiration, + include a Snowman!

**If you are looking for the Tiffany Doodles Blog Hop, go HERE! Thanks! :) **

Happy Sunday, everyone!

Birthday Sundaes has another challenge for you! This week we're using the pic below as your inspiration! :)

(photo credit: http://www.thecompletecupcake.com/home/2010/12/20/snowman-cupcakes/)

supplies: CS: White, blue, red (Bazzill), white, brown (SU!); DP: My Mind's Eye; cricut cart: Winter Frolic (snowman cut at 3 1/4"); sentiment stamp: Winter Wishes (K Andrew Designs)

This week is a combo challenge - not only is the photo your inspiration, but it must be for a winter birthday and it must include a Snowman! Challenging, right? :)

So I really loved the non-traditional colors of the snowman picture so I used up more of the My Mind's Eye paper I've been hoarding. Love using my snowman Cricut cartridge too! :) Finally I used a couple of stamps from the Winter Wishes stamp set - yay, I got a chance to use that set again and it's the middle of January! :)

This week's challenge is sponsored by Apron Strings - the winner of this challenge will win a fun card kit! Super exciting and we hope you get a chance to play! Can't wait to see what you create! :)

Birthday Sundaes #38 - we're BACK!

Hi All!

I'm super excited because Birthday Sundaes is BACK with more challenges and more fun! After our holiday hiatus, the Design Team is well rested and ready to share more Birthday inspiration with all of you!

This week's challenge is to create a BIRTHDAY CARD WITH A BIRTHDAY SENTIMENT! You know the drill - anything GOES (as long as it's a birthday card with a birthday sentiment on the card front! :)

We've got a fabulous sponsor this week as well!

One lucky winner will win a $10 online gift certificate to the Whimsie Doodles online store! If that's not enough to motivate you all to play, I don't know what is! :)

Here's my card to share with you today:

supplies: Everything is a from a really old Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients Kit - November of 2009 or 2010. image: Winter Leah (Whimsie Doodles); sentiment: Winter Wishes ("warm", "wishes" K Andrew Designs), Coffee & Tea For You and Me ("birthday" - K Andrew Designs),  Copic Markers.

I mixed a couple of my favorite K Andrew Designs sets:

Winter Wishes:

and Coffee & Tea For You and Me:

 to create the sentiment. Fun, right? :)

Feels so good to play along with Birthday Sundaes again! Hope you all get a chance to join us - good luck! :)

Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful day! :)

Simply Sunday Challenge: It's a Celebration!

Hi y'all! Happy New Year and welcome to my first crafty post of 2012! I can't believe I can officially say that now! *lol*

It's Sunday and it's time for another Simply Sunday Challenge over at Getting Cricky! This challenge is all about CELEBRATIONS - so put on your thinking caps and create a project to celebrate a new job, a new home, an anniversary, etc. - whatever your crafty heart can come up with!

Here's my card today:

supplies: CS: grey, Very Vanilla (SU!); DP: SU! (retired); die cut image: from the Cricut cart Sweethearts (cut at 3 1/4"); ink: Chocolate Chip (SU!); ribbon (SU!); sentiment: Coffee & Tea TREATS Tag-Along Sentiments (K Andrew Designs); scalloped square punch (SU!)

So my card today celebrates an anniversary or it can be given for Valentine's Day... You know how after you've been married or with someone for many years, the spontaneity just sort of fizzles and everything becomes predicable... comfortable... and sometimes, routine? Well, this card is perfect to celebrate  the FIRE again! *lol*

I cut this image from my brand new Sweethearts Cricut Cartridge at 3 1/4". I think it was the perfect size for my card. I kept it really simple and just left it one-tone like a silhouette. I used more of my favorite SU! Bella Bleu (retired) DP and voila! a Celebratory love card. :)

Of course I had to use some fabulous K Andrew Designs sentiments from the Coffee & Tea TREATS Tag-Along Sentiments set... Check out the preview below (click on it to purchase!)

Such cute sentiments, right?

Hope you get to play along with us for our Simply Sunday Challenge! This challenge runs for 2 weeks so you have plenty of time to get your creativity juices flowing! For more inspiration, stop by the Getting Cricky blog to take a peek!

Thanks for stopping by! Happy New Year! :)

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas, everyone!

I wanted to be sure I popped by to wish you a very wonderful and Happy Holiday season! Lots of blessings to be thankful for and lots of joy to celebrate! I hope my little Christmas wish finds you all, my bloggie friends, peace, joy and love.

supplies: CS: red (PaperTrey Ink), white (Bazzill); DP: Basic Grey; stamp: Winter Wishes (K Andrew Designs); ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Black Soot (Ranger Distress Ink); ornament felties (Kat Scrappiness); twine: Whisker Graphics

So, I'm thinking this may be my last Christmas card of 2011. I've been having such a great time creating them, that I think I'll miss them! But I couldn't resist eeking out just one more card using Kat's fabulous felties! These ornaments are my favorite! I also had to use my favorite Christmas sentiment stamp set - gonna miss playing with it for a while! :)

Anyway, I made a quick little video the other day to announce my Kat Scrappiness DT adventure and to show off the last 3 cards I've posted these past few days! Enjoy!

 

Again, thank you all for visiting me! Hope you all have a wonderfully, fabulous Christmas Day!

Happy Birthday, Jesus! :)

Merry Christmas Eve!

Hey y'all!

I think I'm pretty much in disbelief that Christmas is arleady TOMORROW. I've been done with Christmas shopping for a while now and all I have to do is wait for the kiddos to unwrap and enjoy everything.

Since the hubs is working tonight, though, we're going to pretend that Christmas Day is Monday. Thankfully my kids can't read the calendar yet so they won't know. But I figure that with my husband working tonight, he'll be missing church in the AM, we have plans for lunch at his sister's house and then dinner at our house. The kids won't have time for the Christmas morning joy in the morning and I don't want my husband to miss out on it since they'll be sleeping after his shift is over.

Anyway, I'm babbling. :)

So I've got another card to share with you today!

supplies: CS: red (PaperTrey Ink), white (Bazzill); DP: Basic Grey; Gingerbread Man feltie (Kat Scrappiness); sentiment stamp: Winter Wishes (K Andrew Designs); ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento); Nestabilities (Spellbinders); corner rounder (We R Memory Keepers); twine (Ribbon Carousel)

Had a great time playing with this adorable Gingerbread Man! He doesn't have the googly eyes like the one in Kat's Shop (but I'm sure if you want them with or without the eyes, you can convo her for special requests! :)

Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas Eve! And I hope Santa is good to all of you tonight! :)

Merry Christmas!

Kat Scrappiness DT announcement!

Hi everyone and Happy Friday!

I've got some great news to share - Kat, one of my You Tube pals, invited me to play along as she launched her new design team for her Etsy shop, Kat Scrappiness! I'm super excited to work with such a talented group of gals and play with some adorable and fun FELTIES!

I'll be sharing some fun Christmas cards these next few days... Here's my first one: 

supplies: CS: kraft (Paper Accents); DP: Basic Grey; stamp set: Winter Wishes (K Andrew Designs); ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento); ribbon: Ribbon Carousel; holly felties (Kat Scrappiness)

I figure that with a few days left until Christmas, I have enough time to eek out a few more Christmas cards to share with you all - I've been really having fun creating these this season. I think I'll actually miss making them for a while! *lol*

For this card I used the Holly Leaf felties found at the Kat Scrappiness store. I love how felties add dimension to an otherwise drab-looking card! I finished the card off with another sentiment from K Andrew Designs' Winter Wishes set. <--- another reason why I'm loving creating Christmas cards this season!

Anyway, thanks for visiting me today! Be sure to check out the Kat Scrappiness Etsy shop for more adorable felties! And stop by tomorrow for more Christmas card-goodness by me! :)

12 Little Reindeer!

Hi everyone!

I have a question for you all today... If you're a crafter, have you ever gotten comissioned to do a project because you're the "crafty" one?

I'm usually the one who gets asked to do birthday cards, thank you cards, appreciation cards, etc... And with Christmas coming up, I was asked to create a card for J's pre-K teacher on behalf of his class.

I kind of didn't know where I wanted to go with this project, but thankfully, one of the moms in his class steered me in the right direction with the creative ideas, and sent me a few links to several projects.

And I LOVE the thumbprint project idea!

supplies: CS: kraft (Paper Accents), Solar White (Neenah); DP: Jillibean Soup; ink: Creamy Caramel, Riding Hood Red, Chocolate Chip (SU!); pens: black (Copic; sentiment: Winter Wishes (K Andrew Designs); ribbon: Ribbon Carousel

I was lucky enough to get all of the kids to do a thumprint for me one morning before school started - it was kind of tough trying to wrangle up 12 kids before school, but I had lots of help from J and one of the moms (Thanks Julie!)! I had my cardstock precut into small rectangles and the stamping ink ready for each child, so all they had to do was do a thumbprint, I'd write their name on the back of the little card in pencil, and I'd wipe their thumb clean with a baby wipe I had ready! Yay for my organizational-Virgo-tendencies! *lol*

I created the card to be 5x7 because I wanted to make sure I got all the kids "thumbs" on there without cutting anyone off or leaving anyone behind. I figured a grid pattern would be the easiest so that's what I did. I was toying with the idea of creating ornaments somehow, but I wasn't sure how that would pan out, so I just stuck with it being simple. I think it worked, don't you?

I doodled the faces, ears, and antlers with my markers - I don't consider myself as  much of a freestyle artist, but I'll let you be the judge of that! *lol* I finished each little square off with some sponged ink around the edges and wrote each of the kids' names on the bottom.

I finished off the card with a sentimet from the Winter Wishes stamp set from K Andrew Designs & some ribbon from Ribbon Carousel. And TA-DA we've got ourselves a card! :)

The other moms in the class have already given feedback on how much they love the card. I hope J's teacher does too!

Three more days until Christmas! Are YOU ready? :)