Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Card Creating Tuesday
It's Card Creating Tuesday over at Erica's My Cricut Craft Room.
We were given two options. Make a Valentine's Day card or create a card using Distress Inks.
I went with a Valentine's Day card.
The postage is from Sweethearts on page 49. <Stamp> was cut at 6 1/4inches.
Recipe:
Papers are from my scraps
Sweethearts Cricut cartridge
Thanks for visiting and please be sure to check out all the other projects over at http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com
Monday, January 30, 2012
My Imagine-nation And Letter Theme Monday
Today is My Imagine-nation and Letter Theme Monday at Erica's My Cricut Craft Room.
As you know, My Imagine-nation Monday shows projects made with E2, the Mini, CCR exclusive cartridge (Cricut Craft Room Digital Cartridges). We we also given the option to do the Letter Theme.
I went with....
Here is my card:
The card base is from Elegant Edges on page 58. It's the Shadow & Oblong feature and they were cut at 5inches.
The cheerleader is from Everyday Paper Dolls on page 49. <Cheer> was cut at 4 3/4inches.
Recipe:
Paper is from my scraps
Elegant Edges and Everyday Paper Dolls Cricut cartridge
White gel pen
Scrappy Moms Everyday Greetings stamp set
VersaFine in Onyx Black
Thanks for visiting and please be sure to check out all the other projects over at http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com
As you know, My Imagine-nation Monday shows projects made with E2, the Mini, CCR exclusive cartridge (Cricut Craft Room Digital Cartridges). We we also given the option to do the Letter Theme.
I went with....
Here is my card:
The card base is from Elegant Edges on page 58. It's the Shadow & Oblong feature and they were cut at 5inches.
The cheerleader is from Everyday Paper Dolls on page 49. <Cheer> was cut at 4 3/4inches.
Recipe:
Paper is from my scraps
Elegant Edges and Everyday Paper Dolls Cricut cartridge
White gel pen
Scrappy Moms Everyday Greetings stamp set
VersaFine in Onyx Black
Thanks for visiting and please be sure to check out all the other projects over at http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Clean & Simple Sunday-Week 4/Challenge Week
Welcome to another Clean & Simple Sunday! I hope you all are enjoying your weekend.
Today is a special post because I have a guest designer and a challenge.
The challenge...
Today is a special post because I have a guest designer and a challenge.
The challenge...
Valentine's Day
Make a Clean & Simple card with Valentine's as the theme. Can be any color, cut, etc.
Make sure you check out her blog!
Recipe:
Paper is kraft cardstock and from My Mind's Eye Love Me
Stampin Up EarlyEspresso Stampin Write Marker, Ribbon and Classic Ink Pad
Miss Anya Garland from The Greeting Farm
Atyou Spica in Sand
Copic Sketch Markers-E00, E11, E21, E33, E35, E37, R35, R37
Memento Ink in Tuxedo Black
Paper is kraft cardstock and from My Mind's Eye Love Me
Stampin Up EarlyEspresso Stampin Write Marker, Ribbon and Classic Ink Pad
Miss Anya Garland from The Greeting Farm
Atyou Spica in Sand
Copic Sketch Markers-E00, E11, E21, E33, E35, E37, R35, R37
Memento Ink in Tuxedo Black
So here is the challenge 411:
1. Must be a new card, no backlinking.
2. Clean & Simple with a Valentine theme.
3. Must mention the challenge in your post.
4. Must link up your card using the Linky below.
You will have until Saturday, February 11th at Noon EST to link up. I will announce the winner on the next Clean & Simple Sunday Challenge which will be February 12th.
The prize is...
Simple Orange Smash Journal by K&Company
I'm still looking for a few more guest designers. If interested, please email me at glamoroussideofscrapping@gmail.com.
Thanks for visiting today and I can't wait to see your cards :)
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Lynne's Mad Hatter 60th Birthday Tea Party Blog Hop
***Click here for the Princess' Wedding Surprise Blog Hop***
Welcome to Lynne's Mad Hatter 60th Birthday Tea Party Blog Hop --- don't be late for this very important date and just to be sure you're not late, we're serving tea for not one day but two!! Watch out for rabbit holes, and those drink me and eat me potions as you must do them in moderation. You'll never know what you will see beyond the looking glass --- sew, sit down a spell and enjoy the talented ladies as we hop along in Wonderland. Warning, watch out for the Queen of Hearts as she is losing in the game of croquet and its off with your heads!!!!!
Rather than cake, crumpetts, tarts and cookies, we have blog candy and I mean some sweet treats that are being offered by our great sponsors:
- Pat Catan's has donated a $25 gift card for shopping at their store, if there isn't a Pat Catan's in your area, we can transfer that out for you
- Karber Digital Images at http://www.karberdigital.com/ has offered 2 digital designs of the winner's choice
- Digi My World at http://digimyworld.com/shop/ has offered a $10 gift card
- SVG Attic at http://www.svgattic.com/ has offered a $20 gift certificate
- PSA Stamps at www.psastamps.com.blogspot.com has offered a 1 stamper, 2 Peel & Stick packs of winner's choice. MSRP for each package is $55.
- Creative Kuts has offered a $20 Gift Certificate to http://creativekuts.com/
- Deborah Marie Foti of http://www.scrappingmamma.net/ will make one of her original birthday cards, Crafty Friends Sentiments Large Sheet by www.gettingcricky.com AND $10 Little Scraps of Heaven Designs Gift Certificate
To be eligible by posting you must comment and post on each stop of our tea party along the way --- now remember to hold your pinky out when drinking your tea --- will that be 1 lump or 2?
If you stopped at my blog to just visit today, I don't want you to miss a single thing along the way and you need to start at the beginning which is two hares by the Cheshire cat who is grinning at you and that darn caterpiller smoking her pipe at http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/!!!
Today I wanted to share my tea pot that I made. This is also my MB's Treasurista Design Team project.
Recipe:
Paper is from my stash.
Cut is from Creations By Ar and it's the Tea Time Card And Box Set
MB's Treasurista: Ruffled Brown Satin Trim, 1" Brown Organza Butterfly, Large Clear Acrylic Flower, Chocolate Brown Chinese Braid Trim, Pink Acrylic Flower Spray
Make sure you stop by MB's Treasurista! And check out the fan page on Facebook.
Recipe:
Paper is from my stash.
Cut is from Creations By Ar and it's the Tea Time Card And Box Set
MB's Treasurista: Ruffled Brown Satin Trim, 1" Brown Organza Butterfly, Large Clear Acrylic Flower, Chocolate Brown Chinese Braid Trim, Pink Acrylic Flower Spray
Make sure you stop by MB's Treasurista! And check out the fan page on Facebook.
Thank you for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed your tea and crumpets and your next stop is not Twiddledee and Twiddledum but Pam!
Remember to stop by Lynne's again tomorrow and check out all the new tea parties!!!
The Princess' Wedding Surprise Blog Hop
***Click here for Lynne's Mad Hatter 60th Birthday Tea Party***
Welcome and thank you for joining us to celebrate the fairytale wedding of Liz's beautiful daughter Princess Heather. Today, January 28th, 2012, is her wedding day and while you are hopping she could be getting dressed, walking down the aisle, or already celebrating her new life with Prince Charming.
This blog hop is dedicated strictly to 12 x 12 scrapbook layouts. All layouts you see in this hop are being put together into a wedding surprise scrapbook album for her daughter, a gift fitting of any young princess. You are going to be amazed at what creations these fabulous ladies have designed.
If you are coming from Sher's blog, you are right on track. If you are just coming across my blog and would like to hop along, please start over with Liz as she is our lovely mother of the bride and the fabulous hostess.
Here is the lineup in case you get lost...
Liz - http://tryin2craft.blogspot.com
Sher- http://patternsbysher.blogspot.com
Ashley - http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com
Ellen - http://cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com/
Shannon - http://my-o-scrappin.blogspot.com
Lisa - http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/
Nikki - http://paperpiecingsbynikki.blogspot.com
Michelle - http://craftychelle.blogspot.com
Alina - http://neverstopscrapping.blogspot.com
Kristy - http://scraptasticalkreations.blogspot.com
Gloria - http://craftnthings.blogspot.com
Cori W. - http://createdbycori.blogspot.com
Staci- http://preciousmem.blogspot.com
Erica - http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com
Princess Heather (the bride) - http://pinkpunkcosmo.blogspot.com
If you are coming from Sher's blog, you are right on track. If you are just coming across my blog and would like to hop along, please start over with Liz as she is our lovely mother of the bride and the fabulous hostess.
Here is the lineup in case you get lost...
Liz - http://tryin2craft.blogspot.com
Sher- http://patternsbysher.blogspot.com
Ashley - http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com
Ellen - http://cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com/
Shannon - http://my-o-scrappin.blogspot.com
Lisa - http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/
Nikki - http://paperpiecingsbynikki.blogspot.com
Michelle - http://craftychelle.blogspot.com
Alina - http://neverstopscrapping.blogspot.com
Kristy - http://scraptasticalkreations.blogspot.com
Gloria - http://craftnthings.blogspot.com
Cori W. - http://createdbycori.blogspot.com
Staci- http://preciousmem.blogspot.com
Erica - http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com
Princess Heather (the bride) - http://pinkpunkcosmo.blogspot.com
So here is my LO...
I made the LO through MyMemories and used the Forever kit. The gray parts is where the pictures are going to go. After the wedding, Liz will be sending me pics so I can fill in the scrap page and send it out to her and Heather.
As a “thank you” to you, Liz's wonderful royal court of followers and new comers, she has some dreamy blog candy to offer. In order to be eligible for this blog candy, all that is required of you is to comment and follow each blog along the hop and to stop in at the facebook pages of the sponsors to thank them! The last stop on the hop is Liz's daughter’s blog, Please stop in and wish her congratulations and if you facebook, drop her a note on her wall: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1224236273
Here is the list of the ever so generous sponsors for today’s hop:
My Pink Stamper –
Creations with Christina
Paper Creations by Nikki
Bugjuiced
Blog: http://bugjuiced.blogspot.com/
Thank you so much for stopping by and congrats to Heather on her wedding day.
Your next stop is going into the paper jungle to see the fabulous Ellen.
Blog: http://bugjuiced.blogspot.com/
Thank you so much for stopping by and congrats to Heather on her wedding day.
Your next stop is going into the paper jungle to see the fabulous Ellen.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Card Creating Tuesday
Today is Card Creating Tuesday at Erica's My Cricut Craft Room.
We had two options today. Make a Get Well card or use embossing powders on our card.
I went with a Get Well card...
Card base is from Birthday Bash on page 43. It's the Card/Tag feature and it was cut at 5inches.
The starfish is from Create A Critter on page 41. It's the Accessory feature and it was cut at 6inches.
The whale is from Create A Critter on page 41. <Whale> was cut at 3 1/4inches.
Recipe:
Papers are from my scraps
Birthday Bash and Create A Critter Cricut cartridges
Crinkle ribbon is the Antique White from 3 Girl Jam
My Pink Stamper Punny-licious stamp set
White gel pen
VersaFine in Onyx Black
Thanks for visiting and please be sure to check out all the other projects over at http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com
We had two options today. Make a Get Well card or use embossing powders on our card.
I went with a Get Well card...
Card base is from Birthday Bash on page 43. It's the Card/Tag feature and it was cut at 5inches.
The starfish is from Create A Critter on page 41. It's the Accessory feature and it was cut at 6inches.
The whale is from Create A Critter on page 41. <Whale> was cut at 3 1/4inches.
Recipe:
Papers are from my scraps
Birthday Bash and Create A Critter Cricut cartridges
Crinkle ribbon is the Antique White from 3 Girl Jam
My Pink Stamper Punny-licious stamp set
White gel pen
VersaFine in Onyx Black
Thanks for visiting and please be sure to check out all the other projects over at http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com
Monday, January 23, 2012
Chinese New Year Blog Hop Day 2
Ni hao and welcome to the Chines New Year Blog Hop Day 2! This hop is in honor of Guan, the little boy April's family is adopting from Taiwan. To celebrate his culture, we want to share some Chinese-inspired projects with you! If you would like to see my Day 1 post, click here.
If you arrived here from Lynne at Her Craftiness, then you are in the right place! If you just joined us, please go back to April's blog at www.curlsandgrins.blogspot.com to see everyone's amazing creativity!
Here is the lineup in case you get lost...
Lynne K. - http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/
Jearise - http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com/
Shannon - http://www.purplelionpaper.com/blog
Jennifer - http://jenrubio.blogspot.com/
Theresa- http://www.thescrapbookingqueen.com/
PSA Essentials - www.psastampcamp.blogspot.com/
So for my Day 2, I went with another card using Pagoda!
Recipe:
Papers are from my scraps and K&Company Que Sera Sera
Pagoda Cricut cartridge
Spellbinders Nestabilities Small Scallop Circle
Scrappy Moms Everyday Greetings stamp set
Craft string is from my stash
Versafine in Onyx Black
We have some great blog candy to offer from April Nourse and PSA Essentials. To be eligible, you must simply comment on each blog on each day's post. We'd love for you to become a follower of each of our blogs too.
Thanks for stopping by! Your next stop is Amy.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Multiple Posts
Clean & Simple Sunday-Week 3
***For MB's Treasurista Love Blog Hop, click here***
***For Glitter & Bling Blog Hop, click here***
***For Chinese New Year Blog Hop, click here***
Welcome to another Clean & Simple Sunday! I hope you all have been enjoying the series so far. I can't wait for next Sunday but more on that at the end of this post!
Sorry this is so late, I made a change to what I was originally going to post.
This week I went with a sketch that I had found...
The sketch is from Card Positioning Systems
Here is the card that I made...
It's a sympathy card...sorry, I had to create one due to a friend of my family passing away. This is a great sketch and the card only took me about 15mins to put together.
Recipe:
Papers and ribbon are from my scraps and stash
Spellbinders Shapeabilities Ribbon Tag Trio Two
Scrappy Moms Everyday Greetings stamp set
Sizzix Square Lattice embossing folder from Stampin Up
So next week is fun and exciting! The last Sunday of every month I will be hosting a challenge with a prize. I will also be having guest designers join me. Next Sunday my first guest designer will be the fabulous Ellen at CardMonkey.
Thanks for stopping by and be sure to stop back next Sunday for the first Clean & Simple Sunday Challenge!
MB's Treasurista Love Blog Hop
***For the Glitter & Bling Blog Hop, click here***
***For the Chinese New Year Blog Hop, click here***
Hi everyone! Welcome to the MB's Treasurista Love Blog Hop.
This hop is being held by the MB's Treasurista Design Team with love as our theme.
If you are coming from seeing Leslie, you are right on track. If you just came across my blog and would like to hop along, please start with Misty.
Here is the lineup in case you get lost...
Nicole - http://myscrapology.blogspot.com/
Tiffany - http://stampingattiffanys.blogspot.com/
I made a centerpiece for my dining room table...
Recipe:
MB's Treasurista-
Clear Crystal Stick Pin, Snowy Ornate Scalloped Flower Lace, Mini Clear Acrylic Flower w/ Stem, Large Clear Acrylic Flower, Mini Pink Acrylic Flower w/ Stem
Birthday Bash Cricut cartridge
Paper mache boxes are from Joanns
Tim Holtz Adage Ticket
Flowers are I Am Roses
Recipe:
MB's Treasurista-
Clear Crystal Stick Pin, Snowy Ornate Scalloped Flower Lace, Mini Clear Acrylic Flower w/ Stem, Large Clear Acrylic Flower, Mini Pink Acrylic Flower w/ Stem
Birthday Bash Cricut cartridge
Paper mache boxes are from Joanns
Tim Holtz Adage Ticket
Flowers are I Am Roses
Please make sure to leave comments and to follow all the blogs as there is alot of hidden blog candy to be won and of course there is a Grand Prize:
$20 gift certificate to the MB's Treasurista store!!!
*Must "like" the MBT Facebook page-Facebook
*Must be a MBT blog follower and comment on the hop post -Blog
Thanks for hopping by and I hope you have a fabulous day!
Glitter & Bling Blog Hop Day 2
***For the Chinese New Year Blog Hop, click here***
***For MB's Treasurista Love Blog Hop, click here***
Welcome to Day 2 of the Glitter & Bling Blog Hop!
This is a 2 day hop with 2 different sets of hoppers each day. I am on the Day 2 set.
Love the theme of this hop :). My good friend once told me...."Don't scrap a thing, if it ain't got that bling"
If you are coming from seeing Jearise, you are right on track. If you just came across my blog and would like to hop along, please start over with Gill as she is our fabulous hostess.
Here is the lineup in case you get lost...
Jearise - http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com/
Lynne K.-- http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/
Michelle - http://craftychelle.blogspot.com/
Leslie-Rahye - http://leslierahye.blogspot.com
Linda Dale - http://thefruitofmyhands.blogspot.com
So I went with a stair step card...
Recipe:
Papers are from my scraps
Forever Young Cricut cartridge
White gel pen
Lindy Stamp Gang Starburst Spray in Pretty In Pink Pink, Tainted Love Teal and Love At First Sight Lavender
Bling is from my stash
Mesh Bling is from MB's Treasurista
I hope you can see the sparkle and shimmer from the Lindy colors!
Thank you so much for stopping by! I hope you have a fabulous day!
Your next stop is Lynne!
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