BBQing

Morning Everyone! Just trying to surf real quick and get this posted before I have to work tonight. This layout I did for challenge #9-BBQing over at http://paperplaytime.blogspot.com/ where Lisa is our Paper Queen this week. You have until Sunday 8/1 at midnight EST to enter, so how bout creating anything from paper that has to do with BBQing and enter it! It is soooo fun!! Now on to my layout: I started with this awesome sheet of paper from Gooseberry Patch called "It's Picnic Time". I just love the picnic table on it! I got several different sheets from this set at my LSS 'Scrappin' Kats'. I did all of my cuts from the lite cartridge Block Party. I wasn't gonna buy this cart but saw a few things made from it and just caved in and bought it. Glad I did. It has some wonderful cuts on it!! I cut 'BBQ' in the regular and layer cut. The grill I cut everything and then I also cut one that I had positioned most of it off the screen on my Gypsy so I could cut out the smoke in the gray. The smoke isn't where you can hid everything else and have just it, so I did the next best thing. Then I cut it apart from the little bit of the grill top that cut and then layered it on top. The plates, forks, etc. I cut out everything except one of the layers. The circle that cuts from the center of the cutout rim decor I'm gonna use to mount my photos on and then place them in the center of the plates.  Hope ya'll like my layout! Now let's go BBQ!!! No wait, I have to go to work!:(  Bummer!!! :)

Black/White/?(Orange)

This week over at http://jitterbugginchallenge.blogspot.com/ Sketch 10, Sherri has this awesome sketch for you to follow. Also you are to use black and white only with 1 accent color of your choice. I chose orange. You are also to use a punch and something 'Cricut'. I used George to make my circles and the sentiment strips. I used 2 different Martha Stewart punches for the butterflies. The stamp is from My Pink Stamper 'Family and Friends' set. You have until Wed. 7/28 to create a card and enter. Come join in the fun! Hope ya'll like my card. :)
If you have a moment I have 2 cards below that I entered in other challenges. Thanks for visiting me and for the wonderful comments ya'll leave. I oh sooooo love reading them!! :)

Christmas Tree

I made this card for 2 challenges. First over at http://cuttlebugchallenge.blogspot.com/ it is Christmas week. Be Inspired #93 is to follow the sketch that Capadia created. Over at http://cardztv.blogspot.com/ this is the last week of Christmas in July challenges. Mary's challenge this week is to use an image of a Christmas Tree. It can be a Cricut cut, stamp, digital stamp or even hand drawn. I used the tree from the Designers Calendar cart. Put some bling on for the ornaments. I also used the Winter trees (on squares) and Holly Ribbons (strip) Cuttlebug Embossing Folders. The circle I cut from George. Ya'll have time to create and enter! Come join the fun!!! Hope ya'll like my card. :)

C-Cookies

I just loooove Chocolate Chip Cookies. So when Mary over at http://cricutcardzchallenge.blogspot.com/ said to make a card using a cake, cupcake, cookies or candy w/any cart, colors or theme for challenge #34, I knew I just had to do cookies. I used my Gypsy. Got a couple of ovals from George and welded them togetherto make a cookie shaped card. Then I cut 2 more a bit smaller for layers. Then I took the Gingerbread man with the cookie from the From My Kitchen cart and hid the Gingerbreadman, 'cus I only wanted the cookie. I cut 7 of those. I layered 3 of them for the front but not the one I used on the inside. I painted on some Glossy Accents onto my cookies to give them a little shine. I cut the word 'cookies' from the FMK cart. Cut it twice and layered it and then pop dotted it. The 'C' for the front and inside I got from Gypsy Font. I just glued them on. You have until Tuesday 27, at midnight EST to enter. Make a card and come join the fun!! Hope ya'll like my card!!! :)

Just some chitchat

Most of you don't know that I've been off work on medical leave. I was off for 7 weeks.  Had surgery done on my left foot. I went back to work this week. It's been pretty hard. I'm on my feet a lot because I'm an assistant manager at a grocery store. I'm gonna try my best to keep up with the blog challenges that I've been doing and visiting the blogs that I oh so love to visit!! If I'm a day late commenting, it's because of work. I work odd hrs. It's no 9 to 5 job. Sometimes it am, or midday, or night. Not a good set schedule. Some days I'm not able to get on here at all. Yesterday was one of them. I have soooo enjoyed being able to hop on here any time of the day and see what ya'll are creating. I'll still be checking and commenting. Have an awesome weekend!!! :)

Celebration-Happy Birthday

Morning! I made this card for Throwback Thursday over at http://www.creativetimeforme.com/ Emma has us using the Celebration cartridge this week and doing a 'Birthday ' theme. I decided to use the shopping bag on pg. 120. I cut it twice. Glued one down and just the edges and handle of the other on top. I cut the present and bow from pg. 114. Cut 2 of these. The bows I did 2 in blue and 2 in green and layered them. I then cut the horn on pg., 108. I cut the layer also. Cut 2 of these. Then I cut the party hat on pg. 103. Cut 2 of these. I just cut the hat and then the flower. I put one party hat and horn in the bag and the others on the inside. I glued just the edges of the top bag so I could put birthday money on the inside. You have to enter by midnight CST tonight. Emma has a special give-a-way for this challenge and she has to have the winner drawn by Sunday instead of the usual Monday. So hop over and create and enter. It's soooo much fun!! Hope ya'll like my card. :)

Flower Power

Over at http://paperplaytime.blogspot.com/ where Maria is our Paper Queen this week, challenge #8 is Flower Power!! Interpret any way you want and make any paper project. You have until midnight, EST on Sunday 7/25 to enter so join in on the fun! I had a hard time with this one. It's like my brain just shut down and I couldn't think of anything to do. I finally decided to cut the flower and shadow from George. Cut 4 of each. Then I used Tutti Fruitti, Sunshine, Sunkissed Peach and Popsicle Glimmer Mist on the original flowers. On the shadow cuts I used Gold Glimmer Mist. Then I put them together and rummaged through my button jar until I found these buttons to use. Then I used this 'heartfelt thanks' stamp from My Pink Stamper's Simply Sweet Occasions stamp set. Hope ya'll like my card!! :)
If you have a moment, check out the card below that I did for the SheriCrafts challenge.

Critter-Baby

Good evening! Been busy today. I made this card for challenge #14 over at http://www.myshericrafts.blogspot.com/ This weeks challenge is to do a project with a critter on it. I decided to make a baby card. I used the worm from B is For Boy, carriage from Designer's Calendar, sunflowers from Walk in My Garden and grass from Gypsy Wandering. I made the sunflowers really big to make it look like being down in the yard. I used one of the tops that I cut off to put on the inside. When I showed it to my DH, I realized it looked like a sun!! I cut the layer for my worm twice because I didn't want the saddle part from the other cut and it couldn't be hidden. I hid the cutouts on one of the layers. Used a google eye instead of cutting out the eye. Only did the layer for the baby hiding the cutouts. I cut 2 red and 1 black carriage. Cut the bottom outline from one red and the black and then layered those on top of the other red with my baby in between those layers. Used little white pearls that I colored with markers for my bling on the carriage. I cut the grass twice and just layered it in the middle of my card and stretched it out across the bottom. I stamped Baby on one of the leaves. Used a My Pink Stamper's Family and Friends stamp. Go on over to Sheri Crafts and join in on the fun! Hope ya'll like my card!! :)

Close-up of Mom and Baby

'Who Ate My Flowers?'

This is it for the day. DH just filled up one of the sinks with tomatoes and has gone back to pick more. Guess I'm gonna be doing something with tomatoes the rest of the evening!! May wait until tomorrow!!! LOL
This card I did for Be Inspired #92 at http://cuttlebugchallenge.blogspot.com/ This week your are to create a project....card, layout, altered item, home decor piece or even a wearable item that includes a garden critter with legs and make sure you use the Cuttlebug in your project! I used Walk in My Garden cartridge for my bee, catapillar, sign, dirt and flower pieces. The grass I cut 3 times from Plantin Schoolbook and then layered it. I used the hide contour on my Gypsy so I could seperate the dirt from the sign and hid the little sign that was with this cut and then cut them to get my colors. I also cut an extra sign to get the post in a different color. I ran my sign through my cuttlebug using the distressed stripes folder to make it have a more of a wood look. Leaned it 'cus the caterpillar has been at work in the garden!! I cut the flowers and then tore them up to make it look like they had been eaten. The catapillar I hid in the grass gluing the body to some of the grass blades and using a 3D glue dot under the head. I cut the original cut and then the layer cut so he could have black legs and antennas. Used tiny pearls that I blackened with a marker for his eyes 'cus I didn't have any black that were small enough. Also put a catapillar on the inside. The bee I cut 4 times. Twice each in black and velumn. I glued the velumn ones together and then trimmed around the body part and then glued them between the 2 black pieces. Then kindof spread the wings out. (Learned this from Jeannie Phillips!) Then I put the stripes on top and used a 3D glue dot to pop him up on my card. The patterned paper I used is from a K and Company stack called 'Wild Saffron'. Come join the fun! It doesn't state a day but I'm thinking you have until Tuesday 7/20 since the challenges start on Wednesdays. Hope ya'll like my card!! :)
If you have a few minutes, check below. I've got 3 other cards that I've done for other challenges. Would 'loooove' for ya'll to take a look at them, too!!

Close-up of sign

'You Are My Sunshine'

Yeah, I'm back!! LOL This card I made for sketch #9 over at http://jitterbugginchallenge.blogspot.com/ where this week Sherri's theme is 'Pretty Pastels'. The recipe is to follow the sketch, use pastel colors, add a Cricut cut sentiment and add at least 1 button. I must be in this 5 X 5 card mode! Cut the cardstock 10 X 5 from white cardstock. I rummaged through my store of papers to find something in pastels. I think I might have succeeded. At least I hope so!! I found this striped paper that I used for most of my front. Three 1/2 inches to be exact. Then I cut a yellow piece at 1 inch and then the lime piece at 3/4 inch to go on top of the yellow. I then used this piece with the green pattern on it for the top piece. Cut it at 1/2 inch. The white piece behind the sun is cut at 3 X 2. The sun I cut from Just Because Cards in yellow. I used some Shimmer Chalk on it to give it a shiny finish and also around the outer edge of the white piece. The Sentiment I cut in orange from Gypsy Font, welding each word. Used these yellow and orange polka dotted buttons I've had for a while. On the inside I put a sun and the word 'Sunshine' with an orange bling for the 'i' dot. I used the paper w/green pattern for the back piece on the inside and the lime on top. Come join the fun! You have until 11:59 Wednesday 7/21 to enter.  Hope ya'll like my card! :)
If you have a few moments, check below and look at the card I did for Throwback Thursday and CardzTV challenges and below that the one I did for CricutCardz challenge.

Joy Ornament Card

Yeah, it's me again!! LOL I'm using this card for 2 challenges. Loooove it when I can combine. Means I can enter more challenges!! Over at http://www.creativetimeforme.com/ Emma's Throwback Thursday  Challenge #7, we are to use the Wild Card cartridge, making a 'Holiday' "Card" w/your favorite holiday. Now my favorite is Christmas!! It's Jesus' Birthday and also, I'm sure to get a gift!! Just kidding about the gift part!! I just love gathering with the Family! Then over at http://cardztv.blogspot.com/ Mary is doing Christmas in July and this week is challenge #3. For it we are to do a Christmas card using ribbon, buttons and/or lace. Can use 1, 2 or all 3. I chose to use 2. My card is the ornament card cut from Wild Card cartridge using a white cardstock.  The 'J' and 'Y' I cut from Jasmine in red. My card itself is cut at 10 X 5 to make a 5 X 5 card. I then cut it 2 more times (using the patterned paper), moving it over on my Gypsy so it only cut a small portion of the back part so I could have the ornament part. (Emma showed us how to do this) I had hid the little glare cutout on the card itself but not on the layers. I used some 'Crystal' stickles there to give it the shine from the Christmas lights. I used this big red button for the 'O' in 'JOY' and a small bit of ribbon around the top of the ornament. I used some of the patterned paper for my liner and then cut a circle to write my message on and centered it behind the ornament so it wouldn't show. You have until midnight CT Sunday 7/18 to enter for Throwback Thursday and until midnight EST Wednesday, 7/21 to enter at cardztv, so how about joining in on the fun!! Hope ya'll like my card. :)
If you have a moment, check below for the card I did for the cricutcardzchallenge.

For some reason it almost looks yellow. It is a lime/mint green.

Watering Can

Hello! Over at http://cricutcardzchallenge.blogspot.com/ challenge #33 you are to make a card using the card feature from any cartridge, using any colors or theme you'd like. I chose the watering can from Stretch Your Imagination cartridge. I did a 5 X 5 card so cut the card itself at 10 X 5. The inside liner I cut at 9 1/4 X 4 3/4. Then I cut the cutout three more times so I could do some layering. I cut 2 in the gray and 1 in blue. Layered one gray, then I cut the bird off of the other gray and the blue and then layered those on top. I cut a watering can from the layers feature for the inside. I took some little white flowers I had and used 'Waterslide' Glimmer Mist on them. Three of them I sprayed up close and 3 a little farther away to get the lighter and darker colors. Then I paired them up and put a little white pearl in the center. I don't remember where I got this patterned paper, but I really like it for this card.. I haven't decided what I'm gonna use this card for so I didn't put a sentiment on it. Come join the challenge! You have until midnight EST on Tuesday 7/20 to enter. Hope ya'll like my card. :)

LaLaLaLaLa-Bubbles

Over at http://paperplaytime.blogspot.com/ challenge #7, where Sandra is our Paper Queen this week, the theme is 'Bubbles'. You can make a card, layout, 3-d project or any paper craft project inspired by 'Bubbles'! I used Dreams Come True-bubbles, Happily Ever After-the bursted bubbles, Lyrical Letters-music notes and Everday Paper Dolls-shower head. The bottom on the shower, I cut from white cardstock, the shower rod I cut and rounded the ends and the shower curtain I cut and then did little tabs for the curtains hooks from the same paper I did the curtain from. The sentiment is computer generated, cut with a circle punch and then I used a stardust pen to make it look more like a bubble. The bubbles on the music notes are one of the bubbles from the group from Dreams Come True. I took the one hid the rest on my Gyspy and cut it multiple times and also cut it from the sparkle paper with the cut out part hid so it would be solid to put behind my bubbles. The group of bubbles I used at the bottom of the curtain going down the outside of the shower. The water coming out of the shower head I cut from the sparkle paper with some shaped scissors. Make something using bubbles and come join in the fun! You have until Sunday 7/18 at midnight EST to enter. Hope ya'll like my card! :)

Storybook Owl

Over at http://heather-bittenbythebug2.blogspot.com/ this week you are to use the owl from the Storybook cartridge. So I made this 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 card. For my owls party hat I used the hat and layer from Create-a-Critter. The 2 gifts I got from Christmas Cheer and I did all the wording from Cindy Loo. Welding together the letters on my Gypsy. I then did some doodling around the letters and the gift bows/ribbon. Used some red pearls to dot my i's. Make an owl creation and join the fun! If you don't have Storybook, use an owl from another cart! Hope ya'll like my card!! :)

Family Layout

Over at http://www.myshericrafts.blogspot.com/ for challenge #13, it is all about 'Family'! No rules for this. Do cards, layouts, minibooks, whatever. Can be from the past or something you've made new. Just share!! I did a layout. Will add photos at a later time. I used HomeAccents cartridge for the corner, the ovals for the photos and the word 'Family'. The ovals are stacked on the cart. so I put 2 on my Gyspy and then hid the small one on one of them and the large one on the other so they would cut out as whole seperate pieces. I welded 'our' together. It came from Gyspy Font. I inked everything with Tim Holtz Distress Ink-Old Paper. I spritzed some Waterslide Glimmer Mist on the page before mounting my cuts. I finished it off with some Prima Flowers that I layed and put bling brads in the centers. Hunt up something you've made with Family as the theme or make something new and join in the fun. You have until Friday 7/16. Hope ya'll like my layout. :)

Blog Awards!!!

I received two blog awards from Melissa at http://melissamade2.blogspot.com/ Thank You so very much Melissa. Now I received these on Monday and should have gotten my ten picks up before now, but I have had a hard time chosing. I want to give these to everyone!! But alas, only ten. Now if I knew how to do the short link thing I would but I'm not that computer savvy. Maybe someone can enlighten me on how to do that one! Please!!! Here are my ten picks in random order:

http://www.scrapinkats.blogspot.com/ Kathy-owns our local scrapbooking store. Now Kathy is a sweetheart. She puts up with me coming in hanging out, running my mouth, browsing and of course she loves to take my money!

http://miislucky.blogspot.com/ Theresa-alas Scrapper69-makes the cutest cards! I love visiting her blog. She shares with her sister Mimi. Now Mimi makes the cutest scrapbook pages!
http://scrappinlilscreativeside.blogspot.com/ Makes some awesome scrapbook pages of her darling little girl! Also a huge Twilight fan. Go team Edward!!!
http://pausedreamenjoy.blogspot.com/ Janis-Loves her Everyday Paperdoll cartridge!!! Makes some of the cutest cards! Also has a challenge blog: http://paperplaytime.blogspot.com/ with Paper Queens who create some awesome stuff from the weekly challenges. Come join the fun!!
http://www.aplaceformycards.blogspot.com/ Jeannie-Does the most awesome card creations with her Gypsy and has videos for most of them!!
http://www.creativetimeforme.com/ Emma-Also does the most amazing thing with her Gypsy and has videos, too!
http://365daysofcricut.blogspot.com/ Sandra-Does the most amazing and colorful layouts! Has a super cute little boy!
http://expressionbypinke.blogspot.com/ Pinke-Makes some of the most wonderful cards and has videos to show you how.
http://www.akellyscrafts.blogspot.com/ Anna-Does some awesome creations!!
http://agoscraftomonium.com/ Albert-Real men do scrap! Albert does the most amazing things with paper and embellies!
Well, that's my ten choices. Wish I could have picked everyone 'cus you all inspire me to create! Now all ya'll have to do is save as a jpg file and then put on your blog.  :)

By the Sea

This should be my last one for today. Maybe I should have wrote that on the first one I posted! LOL This card is for sketch #8 over at http://jitterbugginchallenge.blogspot.com/ Sherri is at the beach so it inspired her sketch for this week. She says to use the sketch to create a beach themed card with just a few "musts!"
Follow the sketch: sub at will, but it must look like the sketch. Use a cricut cut of something from the beach. Animals, flip flops, shells,whatever...and use red and yellow somewhere on your card. I made a 5 X 5 card. A first for me. Usually I do 8 1/2 X 5 1/2 or A2 cards. I used Stretch Your Imagination cartridge for my circles and shells. I used my Gyspy to hide shells and only cut the fan shell and sand dollar. I used yellow shimmer chalk on the sanddollar to give it some shimmer and shine and give it the yellow color. I like it better that way instead of yellow paper. Used white shimmer chalk on the fan shell. Computer generated the sentiment. You have until Wednesday, 7/13 at 11:59 pm EST to enter a beach card. Come join in the fun!! Hope ya'll like my card. :)
If you have a moment, check below for the Christmas card I did for cricutcardzchallenge and cardztv Christmas in July challenge.

Christmas In July Card

I decided to combine 2 challenges for this card. Over at http://cardztvblogspot.com/ Mary wants a Christmas card using a hand stamped, digital stamped or Cricut cut image of a snowman. Any colors. Then over at http://cricutcardzchallenge.blogspot.com/ challenge #32 is to make a Christmas card. using any cartridge and colors. I cut my Snowman from Doodlecharms several times and popped him up. Also popped up his nose. Then I used black MS pearls for his eyes and buttons. Used a MS punchs for the snowflake and border that I did on the blue strip at the bottom. I used StarDust Stickles on the snowflake to give it some sparkle. Stamped the sentiment. I had cut the scarf the wrong size the first time so had to recut. Used the first one on the inside. You have until Tuesday 7/13 to get a Christmas card done for the cricutcardzchallenge and Wednesday 7/14 for a Snowman Christmas card for cardztv. So create my Friends and enter the fun!! Hope ya'll like my card. :)
If ya'll have a few moments, check below for the shape card I did for Emma's Throwback Thursday challenge.

Thank You!!

Hello again! Over at http://www.creativetimeforme.com/ Emma's Throwback Thursday this time is Zooballoo cartridge! Now I was excited until I tried to decide what cut to use. There are soooo many awesome cuts on this cart. Then I decided on the elephant and doing a shape card. Now, I haven't made a shape card in a good long while. I decided I would use the shadow feature for my card itself and have it open at the bottom instead of the top. I couldn't get it to line up right at the top! Then I cut the regular elephant feature and used the hide contour and hid the features for the inside piece. Then I did the ears and trunk. Hid each so I could cut colors. Cut 2 each of these (so I could do some popping up). Guess ya'll figured by now that I used my Gypsy. Yeah, I Did!! Used some blue pearls for the eyes. I then stamped 'Thank You' from 'My Pink Stamper's Family and Friends stamp set at the top. I didn't put anything on the inside. I will when I get ready to use the card for someone. Maybe will put 'for remembering me' or something like that. Hope ya'll like my card. This one was really fun to make! Ya'll have until Sunday, 7/11 at midnight CST to enter a creation. Come join the fun!! :)
If you have the time, check below for a layout I did from my Texas trip for the Paper Playtime challenge.

Paper Playtime Challenge #6

Over at http://paperplaytime.blogspot.com/ challenge #6, the theme is It's A Guy Thing and Lisa is our Paper Queen!  Well, I thought and thought and thought some more on what I could do for this theme. I thought about doing the grill stuff from the Block Party lite cart, but Janis beat me to that. So I went back to thinking. Well, ya'll know I went to Texas last month and I took lots of photos. About 320 or so. I just got the Old West cart so I could use it for my Texas scrapbook. Okay, that's it! I'll do a layout for my scrapbook and use one of my photos.  It is 12 X 12 page. The only cut I used was the steer. Dad, Sis and I went to the Fort Worth Stockyard. They had a cattle drive down the street. It's a 'Guy Thing'! Hope ya'll like my layout. :)
You've got until Sunday, 7/11 to get a creation entered, so come join the fun!!

Bug Visited Again!

Bug was here from Monday through Thursday. We did a lot of stuff. Create, played NintendoDS, watched TV and went shopping. Yeah, she got a new outfit out of the deal!! LOL Bug worked on an album, but it's not completed yet. Then she worked on a 12 x 12 page. I thought she was going to use it for a scrapbook page but she wants to hang it on her wall. Told her we'll have to get a frame for it. She used Old West-fence, Paper Pups-clouds and grass, Animal Kngdom-Horse, Just Because Cards-sun and Walk in My Garden-Sunflowers. The spots on the horse Bug drew and then cut out. I think she did an awesome job!!!! Hope ya'll like it, too! :)

Dog Days Of Summer

Over at http://heather-bittenbythebug2.blogspot.com/ Heather said that several readers asked for them to use the Going Places cart. Her daughter chose the cat and dog cut. If you don't have this cart (which I don't), just use a dog or cat from another cart. I used Paper Pups cart for everything on my card except for the grass. I got it from Create-a-Critter. Also used my Gypsy.  Hope ya'll like my card. :)

Christmas In July-Joy

Over at http://cardztv.blogspot.com/ , Mary is doing Christmas in July. I know I'm running behind on this one. It is due tonight. You could use only pink, green, red, white and black. See, Bug is visiting with us again so I haven't worked as much on my stuff.  She goes home tomorrow afternoon/evening so I should be able to get myself back in gear. I did manage to get this card and another one made. I used Create-a-Critter and my Gypsy. Hope ya'll like it. :)

That inking looks yellow, but it really is green. Lime Pastel.

My Pet?

Hope everyone is having an awesome weekend! Over at http://jitterbugginchallenge.blogspot.com/ Sherri has the theme for this week being Pets. Use a cricut cut of you dog, cat, fish, even snake! Whatever your pet is (or you wished it would be), add him onto this weeks card. Rules: Follow the sketch: flip it, change squares for circles, whatever, just make sure the sketch shows, use a cricut cut of your pet.....real or pretend and add some "dots" somewhere on you card! You have until Wed. 7/7, 11:59pm EST to enter. How about joining in on the fun?! I decided to do a cat card.  I thought Scooter needed a pet of his own. Used the fish (pg. 121), bowl and water (pg. 120) from the Animal Kingdom cartridge. Used the cat (pg. 52) from the Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge. Used a circle from the George cartridge. Laid it all out on my Gypsy to make sure they fit on my circle and square. The sentiment I did on the computer. The card stock is from a Pets stack that I had picked up at Big Lots last yr. The circle is just some paper that I had in my stash.  Gave Scooter some jiggle eyes and a bling for the eye of the fish. Circle dots for the fish bubbles. Now my Scooter doesn't have his tail but I left it on for the card. Hope ya'll like my card. Thanks for visiting!! Come back again real soon, I just love visitors!! :)

When I Grow Up.......

Last post for this evening. Well, it's late night now after I've been fighting this machine! This is my 3rd layout in two weeks! WOW, that's more than I've done in a looooong time!! Over at http://creativetimeforme.com/ Emma let us vote on which cart she would use this week from a chose of two. Well, I voted for ZooBalloo, but New Arrival won out. I don't have this cart, but Emma says use any older cart that you have as long as your creation has to do w/a Baby! Soooo, I used Stretch Your Imagination. I did an 8 x 8 layout. All cuts except the piece that I wrote on are from SYI. I don't have the baby face stamps from Peachy Keen so I used one from the Princess set. I think it worked just fine.  Hope ya'll like my layout. :)
If you have a moment, check out the cards below that I did for cricut cardz challenge and the one I did for cuttlebug and my pink stamper challenges.

4th of July

Can you be arrested for killing your computer? I'm about ready to murder mine! Would it be putercide?!
This thing is being a real pain in the you know where!!! LOL
Over on http://cricutcardzchallenge.blogspot.com/ challenge #31 is to make a card for the 4th of July. Now I have to tell ya'll right here that I almost didn't enter mine. I've already seen some of those cards entered and they put mine to shame!! You have until the 6th to enter a card so how about joining in on the fun! I used George for the wallpaper strips and the stars in the red strips. I used Everyday Paper Dolls for the bed and Stand and Salute for the flag. Mary from Cardztv had a video showing how she did her flag from this cart and it is so much easier! You cut the red and then cut a white solid piece instead of the stripes and trying to piece it together and then just cut the blue square and put a star there. Easy!!!! Then I cut a frame for the flag and put some clear plastic over the flag to make it look like a framed picture. At least that's what I hope it looks like! Don't think you can really tell from the picture. Also used a gold metal disc and some thick twine to hang my picture. Used stickers for the sentiment. Hope ya'll like it! :)
If you have time, check out the card I did for the cuttlebug and my pink stamper challenges below this post.

Cuttlebug Easel Card

Over on http://cuttlebugchallenge.blogspot.com/ Be Inspired #90 is to make an easel card.  I decided to combine this challenge with the challenge over at http://www.mypinkstamper.com/ where you are to use pink, brown, orange and green. I used the rainbow and font from Once Upon A Princess cartridge. I also used the birds and swirls cuttlebug embossing folder. I also used Peachy Keen stamps for the faces on the clouds. Hope ya'll like my card! :)