Jo's Fun Friday and SOUS !!

Happy Friday everyone !! 

Hope you are all having a wonderful week so far .

Today we start a new two week
die cut challenge at
SOUS .
Our theme this challenge is
a 3D die cut
( one of my favorite things to make )  !
We would love to see you use any 3D die cut.

Today is also the start of a new challenge at 

Jo's Scrap Shack !! 

                         

Our theme at Jo's is a
Sketch  ,
`I hope you join us and make sure to 

visit my fellow design sisters for

 some wonderful ideas !

 I created this frame as a thank you to all the
amazing and wonderful mothers !!

 I used the rose file , along with a couple other ones from
My Scrap Chick .

This is the card for the sketch challenge at
Jo's Scrap Shack.

Our sponsors this week for 

are:

StampArt Designs by Kathryne

 One lucky winner will receive a

 5 pack of digis of their choice !!  

 

and

 

Limited Runs Digital Stamps

One lucky winner will receive a

 3 pack of digis of their choice !!  

 

 So make sure to play along this week~

 

 

 

  Starts: Friday, May 16th  12:00AM

Ends: Friday, May 23rd  6:00PM

(Eastern time)

Recipe  ~

Silhouette 

My Scrap Chick ~

Easy Rosettes 

Lemonade Stand ( Topiary)

Rose 

55 Words 

Cricut ~

Flower Shoppe 

3 Twenty Crafts Stamps~

Strike A Pose 

Challenges 4 Fun ~

Fantabulous Cricut ~ #210 Celebrate Mom 

Simply Create Too ~#61  Anything but a Card 

Thank you so much for stopping by ! 

Hope you have a wonderful day !! 

Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #260

Happy Sunday everyone !!!
Happy Mother's Day to each and every
wonderful mother out there !!!
I hope you are all enjoying a wonderful , loving ,
and happy weekend !!

Today is the start of a new challenge at

Cupcake Inspirations ,
and at
Pile it On Challenges .

The challenges for this week ,
at CIC our theme is
a "Color Challenge "

We would love to see your projects !!!

Inspiration Cupcake: Peach and Green Wedding Cupcakes by The Cupcake Studio

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thecupcakestudio/5758609601/in/photostream/

I created this Mother's Day card

and gift box set , using the colors from the inspiration cupcakes .

I used the stamp set from 

Sparkle N Sprinkle 

#390 Spanish Hearts . 

This lovely quote translates to :
The best wishes and all the blessings Mother . . . .

                I hope you all enjoy a day

 full of love .

We have a wonderful sponsor this week ,

Sweet Stamp Shop 

http://www.sweetstampshop.com/

                                             Sponsor Prize: $10 gift certificate

Recipe-

Sparkle N Sprinkle 

#390 Spanish Hearts Stamp Set

#520 Flourishes 2 

Moss Star Opaque Embossing Powder #EP430

Brown Fizz Opaque Embossing Powder #EP381

Copper Flame Mixed Media Embossing Powder #EP453

Blackened Bronze Embossing Powder #EP454

Orange Marmalade Embossing Powder #EP323

Silhouette 

Cricut~ 

Flower Shoppe 

Challenges 4 Fun ~ 

Fantabulous Cricut~#210 Mother's Day 

D.L. Art Thankful Thursday ~ Challenge #132 Anything Feminine 

                                      

Thank you so much for stopping by ! 

Hope you have a wonderful day ! 

BBTB2 and Craftin' Desert Divas Mother's Day Challenge !!

Happy Monday everyone !!! 

Today we start a new challenge at BBTB2 

and are in our second week at

 Craftin' Desert Divas . 

Our theme this week that our wonderful design sister Emily
 chose for us is " Mother's Day  " ,

we would love to see your Cricut made
 Mother's Day 
Projects . 

The theme of our linky party #30  at 

Craftin'Desert Divas 

is Mother's Day also  !

I hope you take the time to visit each of my design team sisters ,
for some wonderful ideas !!

I hope you are able to join us !! 

I created this set of gift boxes using my Cricut Tags, Bags, Boxes ,and More .
The flowers are from Flower Shoppe , and the teddy bear is from Create a Critter 2 .  I hope you feel inspired to create , and use your Cricut in different ways !

Our wonderful sponsors for 
Linky Party #30 are 

                      CDD Shop -  1 Stamp set

Lori Whitlock - $15 to SVG Store

The Cutting Cafe - Any 3 files Winners Choice

Recipe-

Craftin' Desert Divas Stamp Set-

Puns Stamp Set 

Cricut -

Tags, Bags, Boxes , and More 2 

(Boxes )

Tags, Bags, Boxes, abd More 

(Flower Tag)

Create A Critter 2

(Teddy Bear)

Flower Shoppe 

Tim Holtz Distress Inks 

Challenges 4 Fun~ 

Exploring Cricut ~ Mother's Day Challenge and More  

 Cut it Up Challenges~#44 Mother's Day

Pause Dream Enjoy ~Challenge #9 Flowers

 Little Scrap Pieces ~Show it off Saturday

My Sheri Crafts Challenge~ #132 In Celebration of Moms

FCCB ~ Challenge #209 Paper Fun 

Thank you so much for stopping by !! 

I hope you have a wonderful day ! 

BBTB2 and FCCB challenges

Happy Monday everyone !! 

Today is my second week as a guest designer for FCCB !! 

The theme for the challenge is " Anything Goes " !!! 

Our theme at BBTB2 is " Music Speaks " .

I decided to create a layout , with a music theme . 

My husband dedicated a song to me recently 

by John Legend called All of Me . 

I loved it the moment I heard it. 

The lyrics are beautiful , 

I wrote some of them in the corners of the layout ! 

I hope you feel inspired to join us !!! 

At Craftin' Desert Divas it is the start

 of a new linky party ,

our theme is

 " Buttons, Ribbon, Twine or Brads " 

Recipe for this layout ~

Cricut 

Fancy Frames , Flower Shoppe , Create a Critter 

Sparkle N Sprinkle ~
Stamp Set #427 Music Backgrounds 
Nautical Opaque Embossing Powder #383
Pink lady Cosmic Semi-Transparent Embossing Powder #EP337
Gold Opaque Embossing Powder #EP169
Heidi Swapp Color Shine ( blush, gold, coral)

Favorite Cricut Cartridge and Birthday Party Linky Party !!

Hello everyone !!! 

Mayra here,  hosting my first challenge for BBTB2 !!! 

I know we love our Cricut cartridges , some a little more than others .Then there is the one cartridge that you fall in love with , and know that you will use it over and over , or there is one image that you adore . That is the theme of this weeks challenge I ask that you share with us and make a project with your favorite Cricut cartidge or cricut image ! 

We look forward to seeing what you create . 

Make sure to visit each of the design teams creations and you will be inspired !!

I created a layout of my mom , using my favorite cricut cartridge which is Flower Shoppe !!! 

I am sure most of you know that is my favorite cartridge

 ( I use it almost on all of my projects, lol) !! 

It is also the beginning of a new linky party at 

Craftin' Desert Divas 

which is "Birthday Party " !!!

I think this is perfect since it was my husbands birthday this past weekend , and my nieces birthday this coming weekend !!! 

Make sure you share your birthday projects with us !! 

Recipe ~

Sparkle N Sprinkle ~

# 398 Brocade Backgrounds 

Pink Lady Embossing Powder #EP337

Moss Star Embossing Powder #EP430

Peanut Butter Embossing Powder #EP292

Mega Tack  Glue #545

Tim Holtz distress Ink ( antique linen, spun sugar)

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist (Cork)

Heidi Swapp Color Shine ( Blush ) 

Cricut (Flower Shoppe ) 

Silhouette (print and cut labels)

The Paper Studio Family Clear Stickers

Want 2 Scrap Sage Green Pearls  

Cardstock :

Pink, Cream, Soft Yellow, Kraft , Olive Green  

Designer Paper :

3 Pattern 

Thank you so much for stopping by !!!

Hope you have a wonderful day !!

Thank you

Happy Friday everyone !!

This week as many sure seems to be flying by !! Today is the start of a new challenge at Scrapping 4 Fun Challenges !! We had lots of amazing entries last challenge ! We hope you join us again for this challenge , which is an all time favorite Anything Goes ! I would also like to let you know that she is having a design team call , the term is for 4 months ( wow , I cant believe it has almost been four months that we have been with her ) and you make two projects a month . If you are interested you can check out the information here .

This card I made is one from a set of three , I used the same colors in different variations . The theme of this month for me is mostly thankful, I am very thankful and  grateful for so many things. I cannot thank everyone enough . I went to the scrapbook expo this past weekend, and I had the honor of meeting Margaret Myers from Sparkle N Sprinkle as well as a designer from the store and the sister  of one  of the designers !! All of them were sweet and fun , and so creative ! I am just beyond happy and honored  to be one of the  designers for Margaret's  wonderful company !!! All of the design team is amazingly talented , I am always  inspired by them !! Thank you so much Margaret and Donna for giving me this wonderful experience !!

 

 

 

Margaret and I !! Yay !

My beautiful badge for the day !!

 

 

 

Challenges 4 Fun

Craftin ' desert Divas ~ Anything Goes Linky Party , Charisma Cardz Challenges ~ #44 Anything Goes,  Fantabulous Cricut ~ Anything Goes , Exploring Cricut ~ 1 Pattern paper, 2 Cricut cuts, 3 Different colors, Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes , Creative Craft Challenges 2 ~ #22 Its Only Words ,

Recipe ~ Cricut Flower Shoppe, Storybook

Pumpkin Monday

Happy Monday everyone ! Wow , super busy weekend and super busy week ahead ! Today is a start of a new challenge for us at BBTB2 , we ask that you use any pumpkin from any of your cricut cartridges in your project ! I used the October Classroom cartridge for this pumpkin and cut it different sizes to create the layered look . Hope you join us , thank you so much for stopping by !

Recipe for this Pumpkin -

Cricut classroom - October,

Flower Shoppe  

Sparkle N Sprinkle~

Sparkle N Sprinkle Flourishes Stamp Set#516  ,

Embossing Powders~

Black Detail EP171,

Gilded Ivory EP267, 

Cuttlebug embossing folder

My Cricut Craft Room Blog Hop

Hello Everyone , I am super excited today to be participating in My Cricut Craft Room  Relaunch Blog Hop ! We have lots of great projects along the way , make sure to give everyone some love and show our support and welcome Erica back  !

October's My Cricut Craft Room's Blog Hop 

You should have started at http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/ if not please start at the beginning. 
You should have came from  
  Kris Dietz -- http://http://kreationsbykrisdietz.blogspot.com/

Welcome to My Cricut Craft Room's October's Blog Hop 

Collectively the design team and guest designers have made some amazing and special projects to share with you... over 60 projects are on this hop, but it is in less than 20 stops.

I have made this great project to share with you today.

I made this to match a monkey themed diaper cake I made . I used Cricut Craft Room basics for the Scalloped Circle then welded the two palm trees from Create a Critter , a must have cartridge ! And of course the adorable monkey is also from  Create a Critter !

 

This layout I made using my cricut flower shoppe cartridge, and the

Storybook overlay another pretty cartridge to have !

 

Now onto the Blog hop you go to next

 Cheryl www.Cricutobessed.blogspot.com  !

Hope you enjoy and thank you so much for stopping by !

If you get lost along the way here is the entire line up

1. Start http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com
2.  Vivi J http://www.vivijdesigns.blogspot.com
3.  Cindy M http://www.inlovewithpaper.blogspot.com/
4. Shawn Mosch - http://craftychicsblog.blogspot.com/
5. Liliana Umpierre - http://www.likidesigns.com/blog
6. Leslie Wrege McGrath - http://scrapnlifeaway.blogspot.com/
7. Roberta Swisher - http://queenbeepapercrafts.blogspot.com/
8.  April Nourse www.curlsandgrins.blogspot.com
9. Brenda Knapik -  http://www.disneygirlcrafts.com/
10. Lourdes - http://creativecraftsniche.blogspot.com/
11. Vicki Glenn - http://www.vickiscraftroom.blogspot.com/
12. Erica http://EricasProjects.blogspot.com
13. Connie Walsh - http://www.ConnieCreates2.blogspot.com
14. Tracey  http://www.thecroppingcanuck.blogspot.com
15. Oh Kissa http://www.ohkissa.com/thought-bubble.html
16. Sandy- http://www.aworkingmomsjoy.blogspot.com
17. Kris Dietz -- http://http://kreationsbykrisdietz.blogspot.com/
18. Mayra- http://mayrasdesigns.blogspot.com/
19. Cheryl www.Cricutobessed.blogspot.com
20. Crafting Blog Events http://craftingblogevents.blogspot.com

 

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Fun birthday cake box

If you are looking for the Snow One like you click Here .

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Wednesday everyone !
Celebrations continue !
I am super excited to announce that I am part of the My Scrap Chick Designs  Team !!! I feel honored, and blessed and super excited !!! As many of you know I am new to the silhouette world , and I am very thankful to be able to be part of this amazingly talented group of designers. I am ready to learn and expand my knowledge while on this design team , I am sure many of you already know of their great products , and if you don't make sure to check them out !

Today I decided to make a fun project from the silhouette store ! I saw this cake box and loved how fun it looked !!! I used the stamp from Cardz Tv "This n That " Stamp set phrase " A very happy un-birthday to you !"  I used the sparkle n sprinkle dimensional glue #539 to make swirls and then sprinkled Sparkle N Sprinkle Opaque Glitter in Black IceG1020 over them , then I used my cricut Flower Shoppe cartridge to make the flowers !

This cake is an early start to my beautiful niece Jazmyne's birthday next weekend, and my sisters the following ( since I made it girly ) weekend ! Thank you very much for stopping by , I hope you feel inspired to create . . . .  have a wonderful day !

Recipe ~ Cake box, cupcake stand ~Silhouette Store, Cricut ~ Flower Shoppe , My Scrap Chick Scalloped Circles , Tim Holtz distress ink in Black Soot, Sparkle N Sprinkle Dimensional Glue#539, Black Ice Opaque Glitter G1020, Ribbon, Cardz Tv Stamp Set, White Stampin Up pad, Recollections paper, KI Memories paper,

Challenges 4 Fun~ Silhouette Blog ~ 3D Birthday, Jo's Scrap Shack ~ FFC#19 Women's  Friendship Day, Craftin' Desert Divas ~ Linky Party#16 Sentiment,

2 hearts as 1 layout

 

Happy Monday everyone !!! Today I am sharing this layout I finished over the weekend! It matches the frame I made on Friday , told you I loved this picture of my hubby and I ! I used my fancy frames cartridge , can you tell it's one of my favorites ? I  would also love to take the time to thank Mary from Cardz Tv , I won one of her amazing stamp sets and I can't wait to play with them !!! Also I would like to thank the design team at Chalk-ah-lots blog for picking my first silhouette card as the winner !!! I am so grateful to everyone !!! Hope you have a wonderful day !!!
Recipe for this layout : I used my cricut ~fancy frames, Flower shoppe, Storybook, wall décor, Gypsy Font, Create a Critter 2, Picturesque, cricut basics. Paper-Paper Studio from Hobby Lobby , Bazzill Cardstock, Ribbon and lace ~ Paper Studio , Embossing folders~ Paper Studio Music Notes, Sentiments , Chalk and Ink

Challenges4Fun~ Stuck On U Sketches~ Sketch ~ Layout Sketch Challenge, Simply Create Too~Vintage, Frosted designs~ Numbers, Paper Playtime ~ Use 3 Different Patterned Papers, 4 Crafty Chicks ~ Lace, OOh-La-La Creations ~ Use Pearls and swirls, Victorine Stamps~ #67 Vintage Challenge, Loves Rubber Stamps~ #68 Anything Goes, Crafting Musketeers~ Vintage, Crazy 4 Challenges~ CFC202 Flowers and Pearls ,

Recap and work in progress

Happy Saturday everyone !!! Hope the start of your weekend is going good !! Today I am sharing this project that  I am almost finished with. And also a recap of this weeks projects ! I'm not sure what happened to my blogs emails , but I was told that some people didn't receive an email a couple of days ago , so I decided to resend the pictures from this week ! I also had some exciting news (cant wait to share ) and ended up making some changes to my blog in preparation !!! I would also love to thank Stuck On U Sketches for choosing my beach layout as one of their top three ! And  Rose Blossom Garden as well, they picked two of my projects as top three !!! Make sure to check both of these wonderful challenge sites . Thank you soo much to everyone , I am very grateful for all the amazing support !!! Hope you feel inspired to create ! Have a wonderful weekend !!!

Finished music to my soul frame

Happy Friday everyone ! Wow this week sure did fly !! Today I am sharing this frame I made from my fancy frames cartridge . I incorporated the music notes because Fantabulous Cricut is doing a music themed challenge. I was inspired by this silver frame I have on my desk, I love swirls ! So I decided to make one that matches our bedroom colors which are Black and Tan ! This is one of my favorite pictures of my husband and I ! We are at our one of our favorite places (Disneyland) during our favorite time(Christmas ) every time I look at this picture it brings a smile to my face ! I love it so much I am also doing a matching scrapbook layout with the same theme , I will share that one tomorrow ! Hope you enjoy and feel inspired to create ! Have a wonderful day !!

Recipe : My Cricut Fancy frames , Create a Critter ~Music Notes, Flower Shoppe~Roses, Embossing Folders~ Paper Studio Music Notes, Sentiments Paper~Paper Studio, Bazzill Cardstock, Best Occasions(Neutral Mixed Media), Stamp ~ 7Gypsies

Challenges 4 Fun: Simply CreateToo-Vintage, Paper playtime- Use 3 different patterned Papers, Fantabulous Cricut-Music, That Craft Place Blog -Music ! Charisma Cardz-Fancy Flourishes. Crafty Ribbons challenge - Use Ribbon, craftyribbonschallenge.blogspot.com