Hi everyone!

Hello to everyone... I hope you all had a great Christmas with your families. Just wanted to tell everyone about a blog hop that will be going on December 30th and 31st at http://jennyscards.blogspot.com/ . She always has great ideas, so I'm sure you won't want to miss it...... and who doesn't LOVE blog candy? They will have that too. :) So hop on over and check it out.

Merry CHRISTmas!!

Good morning everyone, I wanted to take a minute and wish you and your families a very safe and Merry CHRISTmas.

Birthday time...

I thought I would share with you a quick little card that I made for my daughter-in-law. Her birthday is tomorrow. I just got my Create a Critter cart and thought , (what better time to use it  than now).  She loves frogs so I made the cute little frog on the first page. The paper is from hobby lobby and walmart and the ribbon is from hobby lobby.
Hope that everyone has a wonderful weekend. Thanks for stopping by!

Rock Princess Cartridge

Hi all, just wanted to share a 2 page layout I made using the Rock Princess cartridge. I'ts been crazy busy around here for weeks now. This is a dance competition that I took my daughter to this past weekend. :)  I thought they did great and I am actually getting it scrapped early :0.. Thats a FIRST for me lol. Well, I guess I better get this going I still have coconut balls and chocolate covered cherry fudge to finish.. laundry to do and the list goes on and on..........I hope you like it and thanks for stopping by. Comments are always welcome, I love to hear from you. Bye!

Abducted by ALIENS???

No I haven't been abducted by aliens :) hehe..although it feels like it, It's been so hectic. I have been wanting to make this card ever since Emma (over at mycreativetime) had her challenge to make something old school style without using the cricut..Better late than never I guess. It isn't exactly how I envisioned it.. but I think it's cute anyway. I'm not really good at coloring in the stamps (little new to me) but I gave it a try. Thanks for stopping by. Hope you liked it.

A quick note.

For anyone wanting to get some of the cricut lite cartridges or didn't get to get any of the special ones they had for the after Thanksgiving sale....Walmart is having a cyber week special 2 cricut lite carts for 45 dollars. That's a pretty good deal, since they are regularly 39 dollars a piece. They only have 4 of the carts that they had on Black Friday.. Twinkle Toes, Cupcake, Zoo Day and Inspired Heart.. sadly I didn't see the Jolly Holidays on there :(  So if your looking for some lite carts at a pretty good price then you'll have to head on over there while the sale is still going on. Hope this was helpful to someone. Have a good night, and thanks for dropping by.

Just a little chat...

Hi, hope that  everyone had a safe black friday. I work in retail and know how crazy it can get sometimes. I had to be at work at 4 a.m. sooo.... no staying up late for me. Although my WONDERFUL daughters did brave the sale for me and  got some of my wishlist items including the cricut lites that were on sale. ( I feel so loved !) Can't wait  to use the Jolly Holidays. It looks so cute!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope that everyone is having a wonderful Thanksgiving. I am so thankful for my family and friends. It's always nice to know that you have someone to count on  any time you need it.  I just wanted to thank all of you for all of your nice words and comments since I have started my blog.  I really appreciate all of them.

How awesome !

I am so honored.  Jen over at http://jennyscards.blogspot.com/  has given me an award.  Go over and visit her blog she makes the most amazing cards. She really is an inspiration! I am thrilled. Thank you soo much Jen. This award comes with a few rules...


1. Thank and link back to the person who awarded you this


2. Share 8 things about yourself



3. Pay it forward to 8 bloggers that you have recently discovered


4. Contact those bloggers and tell them about their awards



Okay here goes...8 things about me?

1. I have 3 beautiful children that God has blessed me with.
2. My husband and I met when we were in the 8th grade, dated for 5 years and have been married for 23    Wonderful years.
3. I  have always been into some kind of crafting ( I get that from my mother).
4. I love the outdoors:  jet skiing, wakeboarding, 4 wheeling .
5. I love to cook.
6. I love food ( you could probably have guessed that from #5 lol)
7. I am a very patient person.
8. I know sign language. (growing up with deaf parents ..makes that a MUST)

Now to pay it forward...(love this part) . I am fairly new to the blogging world everyone is so talented and deserves this! ( Wish I could give it to more )
http://carolssweetcreations.blogspot.com/
http://wwwkindredkreations.blogspot.com/
http://www.meredithscraps.com/
http://cascrapper.blogspot.com/
http://invitationsonly.blogspot.com/
http://scrappin5littlecupcakes.blogspot.com/
http://scrappinlish.blogspot.com/
http://pinkblingcrafter.blogspot.com/

Meredithscraps challenge

Hello everyone, I hope you all are having a good day. I made this card for a challenge over at  http://www.meredithscraps.com/2010/11/christmas-card-challenge-sponsored-by.html . (I have had it ready for a couple of days, but I am finally getting the time to post it!)  She has some great stuff. When you get a chance go over and check her blog out. This is the first tri-fold card I have ever made. Thought it would be neat to try new kinds of cards. Hope you liked it. Thanks for stopping by .

Bowling anyone??

I had these pictures from a few years ago that I hadn't scrapped yet , so I thought I would get going and get it done. I didn't have any carts with a bowling theme on it ( not really sure that I have seen any out there)
so I decided to make my own. I used the mirror from PDDU and just used the hide contour feature to hide the inside line on it, turned it upside down and then after I cut it with my gypsy, just tweaked it a little (voila! a bowling pin lol.) I used a circle and then welded 3 smaller circles inside it to make the bowling ball. Then I made a bigger bowling pin so that I could use my peachy keen stamps on it ( I just love those things they are so stinkin' cute!) I think it turned out pretty good. Hope you like it. Thanks for stopping by.

Peachy Keen Mini-challenge

I hope that everyone has had a wonderful weekend. This is a card that I made for the mini challenge, that Peachy Keen is having over at http://peachykeenstampschallenge.blogspot.com/2010/11/lets-face-it-friday-winner-and-new-mini.html . The challenge is to make something with polka dots, white as the main theme color and one of their awesome stamp faces. I decided to make a Thanksgiving card. Can you believe it is only 11 days away. This year has just FLOWN by. I used the PDDU and the DC cricut carts and the scallop oval is from ACY. Hope you enjoy it. Thanks so much for stopping by. I love your wonderful comments.

Hello again!

I am finally able to post a project that I have done for the peachy keen challenge over at http://peachykeenstampschallenge.blogspot.com/. Things have been pretty hectic around here and I haven't been able to do much crafting :(. I am pretty much getting in under the wire on this one...( but that is about how I roll hehe.. ( can you tell I have teen aged daughters lol ). I made an ornament wreath for the challenge. The wreath and poinsettas are from the Christmas cartridge and I used the face from one of  Peachy keen's awesome stamp sets. Glittered the flowers added a bow and some ribbon and voila! An ornament for the tree.  Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

Smiley cards

Hello, I hope everyone is having a good evening. Sorry I haven't gotten to post much lately. I've been SUPER busy!  We are remodeling my laundry room.. can't wait until it is done. I'm just loving the new cart download that I got on the Gypsy. The smiley face  cartridge is sooo cute. I thought I would try to play around with it for a minute and make a card. Since the winter holidays are fast approaching, thought I would make a snowman. It is really easy to work with. Hope you like it and thanks so much for stopping by.

"Reindeer" in training :)

Good morning everyone. This is the card that I am entering in Emma's Throwback Thursday Challenge over at http://www.creativetimeforme.com/ .  This weeks challenge is to create something with a Christmas theme, using Celebrations (or if you don't have that an older cartridge.)  Celebrations is more of a birthday cartridge so I had to put my thinking cap on :) . I decided to cut out the dog with the party hat on. I was going to make the hat  a santa hat, but then I thought about the cute little dog on How The Grinch Stole Christmas... so I decided to make him a "Reindeer" in training hehe. For this card I made the border using the 0 on page 91, I put several down flipped them and welded them to a 5 3/4" square on my gypsy. The dog is from page 112 . I cut the hat off so that I could add the "antlers", which is the hat topper from page 104. I used PK490- Everyday face assortment from Peachy Keen stamps. I did'nt have the Everyday Character Face Parts (which I have got to get! Love Love Love their stamps..) so I modified the Stamp that I had adding a little to the nose and mouth.  I used my White gelly roll pen to stich around the edges for the finishing touch. I hope you like it, and really appreciate all your comments. Thanks for stopping by.

Boo!!

Hi everyone, since it is almost Halloween. I thought I would share a scrapbook page that I made when I first started scrapbooking a few years ago.... (this is pre-cricut :-0 ) I used felt stickers and stencils that I got out of the crafts department at Wal-Mart and of course my shape scissors that I had to use for my picture border . Hope you enjoy it. Thanks for stopping by and commenting. I really appreciate it.

Beautiful baby girl

I haven't had much time for crafting lately.. so I thought I would share another 2 page layout that I did, using the DCWV Nana's nursery baby girl stack.  It has alot of really cute papers in it lots of glitter. Hope you like it . I'm trying to get to where I can participate in some of the challenges. When I can get some done , I will show them to you. Thanks for stopping by.

Nursery Rhymes...

Hello everyone. I hope you all are having a great weekend. My computer is having some issues, and while it is working I thought I would try to put up a quick post for you. A friend of mine asked me to make a baby book for his daughter-in-law, who was having a baby girl... so this a 2 page LO I made for the baby book. The paper is DCWV Nana's nursery baby girl stack.. and the cute little cutouts are from the Nursery Rhyme cartridge and the  EDPD cart. Thanks for stopping by.

Another Challenge!!!

It's Throwback Thursday again, (well actually it's friday.. but you know what I mean haha). Emma has another great challenge going on over at http://www.creativetimeforme.com/. The challenge is a sports theme using an older cricut cartridge. I am using Sports Mania, it is a great cartridge for all you sport enthusiasts.. it has alot of different sport themes that you can use:)  This is a 2 page LO, that I made of my daughter when she was in volleyball. I used the I dig volleyball from the cart on one page and the background feature for the  other page, I tweaked it a little. I wanted the blue to show through a little more so I used my craft knife to make the cuts a little wider. Hope you like it. Thanks for stopping by.

Puppy Love :)

Hello everyone. This is my layout for Emma's Throwback Thursday challenge, over at creativetimeforme.com.  She is very informative, and all her projects are great.The challenge is to make an animal themed project using an older cricut cartridge. I used Everyday Paper Dolls cartridge for the doggie bed and Sweethearts for the title. Hope you like it. Thanks for stopping by.

My...How time flies:(

Hello everyone, I hope you are having a happy Tuesday. I'm working on some challenges that are going on right now hopefully will be able to post them soon. In the meantime I thought I would share with you a 2 page layout that I made of one of my daughters. This was taken when she was 4... she is 17 now. It actually took me about 3 days to finish this because I would start to tear up everytime I started on it, remembering when she was little and wishing that my baby hadn't grown up soooo fast. Sorry about the pictures I just couldn't get the light right on them and kept getting a glare. Thanks for stopping by.

Playing catch-up :)

I've been following some of my favorite blogs this week, and since I had to work all week wasn't really able to catch up to doing some of the challenges and other things till now. Joy over at joyslife.com was having a random act of kindness blog hop wich I thought was GREAT. I was trying to think of something that I could do to participate in that and while I was at Robyn's blog mypinkstamper she was doing a challenge to do something with your kids or for a kid....so I had an epiphany! My random act of kindness was to make some cards and send them to our local children's hospital..(thank you Robyn) so here are a few of the cards that I am sending. I hope that they will put a smile on thier faces:)

aahhh FINALLY it's the weekend

This week has been a long one, had to work six days. Not much time for crafting :(   I've got some projects that I want to do...hopefully I will have something up soon to share ...until then I hope everyone is having a great weekend. :)

Halloween layout

Hello everyone, todays challenge over at my pinkstamper is to make something halloween or fall related.. so I decided to make a halloween layout .  Also, Peachy Keen( I just loooove their stamps !) is having a challenge  to create a layout  based on the season... so I am going to enter this one over there also.The tigger is from pooh and friends , his bunny ears are from pddu, the paper is from the season stack I picked up at hobby lobby and the font is lyrical letters.  The faces are from the  PK monster mash assortment. Thanks for stopping by.

My pink stamper "cute" challenge

I finally got it done. Robyn is having countdown to Karle's visit challenges. Today's challenge is to make something cute. A layout, card etc. So I decided to do a layout with winnie the pooh and his friend eeyore. I think they are adorable. I used my Pooh and friends cart,gypsy font and the moon with stars came from paper doll dress up. I love that cart it is so versatile. Paper is from a pattern pack I got at Wal-mart. Thanks

Hello everyone..

I hope everyone is having a wonderful tuesday. I was going to try to post something yesterday but after working all day, picking up my baby girl (shhh don't tell her I said that. :) She is 16 now not a baby anymore :(, then making dinner and everything else, I was just too tired. Well, anyway...Robyn at MPS is having another challenge to make something cute. I have something in mind and will post it as soon as I'm done. Thanks for stopping by.

I finally did it!

I love to look at everyone's blogs, and see all the amazing talent that everone has. It is very inspiring and so.... I finally decided to try to make a blog of my own.  :)  Robyn over at mypinkstamper.com is having a winter challenge. I  like to scrapbook things, but thought I would try to make a card . The reindeer cut is from Christmas solutions and the paper is DCWV The Luxury Stack. Well, anyway here it is and thanks for stopping by.