Monster Hugs

Today's card uses the Mini Monsters Cartridge. I have hardly used this and I have had it for awhile but I decided to bust it out for Halloween projects this year so it's been mostly experimenting. This card uses scraps from my Halloween album which I will be showing at the end of the month. This monster is cut at 3.5 and I used my Peachy Keen stamps and some doodling. I think that in retrospect, I should have used some kind of embossing folder on him but I think the doodling help to define him a bit. I used some stickles on his antennae and the sentiment is from Pink By Design.

I'm a little bummed that Halloween is on a Monday this year. That makes for a long and miserable week but the kids are so looking forward to it. Have a good day!

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Blueberry Maine Posies

Those of you who have visiting my blog for awhile, know that I have been working through this Blueberry Maine dp for awhile and I found this card that I haven't posted yet. I used the hostess posies stamp set and olive satin ribbon.

It's really hard to use up all of this paper sometimes. How do you guys get through big (or even small) packs of paper? I'd love some suggestions!

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Art Philosophy

Today, I am sharing a card that I made with the Art Philosophy CTMH cartridge. I so wish that SU had decided to develop a Cricut cartridge instead of partnering up with Sizzix. I got to tell you this cartridge is awesome! The paper is CTMH and the flower and the shaped card are also from CTMH. I added some stitching and a sentiment and it was done. So pretty and easy. The flower was the first that I made and it was really easy to roll. There is a ton on these cartridges and I am so glad that I bought it. Plus, it's just genius having stamps that work perfectly with the cuts.

Thanks so much for visiting me today!

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Heidi Grace Candy

Thanks for visiting this week's blog candy. To win just leave a comment on this post and I will post the winner next Friday.

Last week's winner is Marybeth: Please email me so that I can get your address to mail your prize.

My new thing is mini books. I am having so much making them and hope to show you all some finished creations soon. This weekend is soccer and I'm trying to find a dance studio for Lily that offers something besides ballet. She's been asking to go to dance class. Other than that, I hope for a relaxing weekend!

Hope you all have a good weekend!

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Flirtatious

Today, I am combining the new - SU dp Flirtatious Specialty and the stamp set is an older one called Flight of the Butterfly. I like the colors very spring like. The inks used were blushing bride, cobbler and a retired purple.

Thanks for checking me out today. I am trying to figure out what the kids are going to be for Halloween. Lily is pretty flexible. She would like to be Rapunzle which would be fine and since she has long hair, I could just braid it and now have to use a fake blond braid. Tyler is having a tough time deciding but I hate to wait until the last minute...

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With a little help

Hi everyone! Today's card uses a sentiment from an old SU stamp set and the fabulous florets stamp set. The stamps were stamped randomly on white cardstock using pacific point, pear parfait and daffodil ink. A simple card but fun to make. I forgot how fun it was to stamp randomly! It also reminded me to look at some of my older images and work them in with the new!

Work has been really busy and with Ty's kindergarten homework (read my homework too) and soccer and Lily's dance class and meetings, well it doesn't leave as much time as I would like to work on projects! Have a great day everyone.

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Monster Trick or Treat

I have two posts today so don't forget to see my other card for the day. Today's card is for the cardztv challenge to make a scary card. This card uses a monster from Mini Monsters Cricut Cartridge. The monster's tummy was run through the small bubbles cuttlebug folder and I used Peachy Keen stamps for the face and used a googly eye. The black mat was cut with elegant edges. The sentiment is from Pink Expressions. and the dp is from Martha Stewart.

Don't forget that I have blog candy also!

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Cheers Chica!

Today's card is for all of us who made it through the first week's back at school. Back to routine, lunches, baths and all that jazz. The dp is from SU and is called Blueberry Maine. The stamp is a Bella stamp. Her outfit is paperpieced and the kiwi kiss dp was embossed with a birds and vines cuttlebug folder. The satin ribbon is old olive. I wish I looked that good! Thanks for looking today.

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Blog Candy Giveaway

Last week's winner is: Josie0602. This week I am giving away this very cute SU stamp set called Bitty Bolds. To win just leave a comment on this post and I will post a winner next Friday.

I have been super busy just getting back into the swing of things. today, I have a professional development day at work and on Saturday I am taking Tyler for his soccer pictures and on Sunday, we are going to brunch and taking the kids to take some professional pictures. Also, my bachelor brother just got engaged! Super exciting, we love our new sister-in-law to be and the kids love her too. Both of my kids will be in the wedding which is exciting but scary!

I hope to do some challenges this week and make some cajun chicken pasta which I saw on the Pioneer Woman! Have a great weekend!

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Blue Picnic

Hi everyone! As you can tell, I am still working on using up this SU Maine Blueberry dp. The cardbase is kiwi kiss. The stamp set is the Picnic one from PapertreyInk. I colored in the image using copics. It's a simple layout but sometimes, if you have a messy work space like mine, it's easier to make another card with everything that's out then put it all away!

Thanks for looking.

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Happy 5th birthday!

Happy Birthday to my Tyler. He is finally 5! I say finally, because he's been itching to be 5 for months! I finally completed his birthday layout from turning 4 over the summer. I used the Cars cartridge and this fun superhero dp. I love how it came out. That Lightning McQueen is a hard one. Tons of layers that cut out super tiny. I really struggled with it but since it was going on a layout, I was able to cut it quite big! My kids love birthdays, even birthdays that aren't theres. They love singing and blowing out candles and presents. Lily even asks her dad to tell her happy birthday before she goes to sleep, because she just loves thinking it's her birthday. Thanks for checking me out today.

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Yellow Bus

Today's card is another school themed card. The sentiment and the bus is from My Community. It looked so plain that I added the lettering on the bus. The ribbon is also SU. The background paper is from a very old CTMH paper pack. I added some stitching around the bus with my black pen. Thanks for looking!

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Happy Moments Blog Candy

Last week's winner is SUZANNE. This week I am giving away this fabulous SU stamp set. I think that it was a Sellabration stamp set. To win just leave a comment on this post and I will post a winner using Random.org next Friday.

Edited to add: Sorry for the delay in announcing the winner but Ty's birthday party is this weekend and I waited until the last minute to get ready!

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Little Bookworm

Hi everyone, I hope that you've been enjoying the School themed projects the past couple of week's on the blogaroo. Today's card uses Blueberry Maine DP. The stamps are all from First Day from SU. The book is paperpieced and the worm is colored in with copics. As a Librarian, I just love little bookworms. I collect all book oriented stamps, just love them. Have a good day!

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School Bird

Today's card uses a lot of bright and cheerful primary colors. I am not sure what the name of this dp, it's from a super old CTMH paper pack. I used red and yellow and a couple of shades of blue. The little bird and sentiment is cut at 2.75 from the 3 Birds cartridge. The mats were cut from the Elegant Edges cartridge. I added some black stitching around the bird so he would stand out. Thanks so much for checking me out today!

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First Day

Today I am sharing a simple card that I made using up scraps. The paper is from a hostess dp. The stamp set is called First Day from SU. I paperpieced two of the apples and there is a piece of DP under the clear button.

Hope that all of your kids, big and small had a good first day!

Don't forget blog candy is being offered.

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Hello Kitty Mini Album

Last week's winner is : DAWN! Please email me with your address! This week's prize is this stamp set For the Boys from MFT. To win just leave a comment on this post and I will post the winner next Friday using Random.org.

Today, I am sharing a very cute mini book that I made for my mom for Mother's Day. The design is a copy of one that I saw on a Youtube video - if you search Hello Kitty mini album it should pop up. I used my Cricut and the Hello Kitty Greetings cartridge and cut out the blackout of this airplane image at 5 inches - I used the light cardboard that comes with the SU dp. I then cut the same images out in dp and covered the cardboard with it. The Hello Kitty tags were cut at 3 inches and are from the same cartridge. I put pictures on the back of the tags. I used my cropodile and punched holes and used some key rings and ribbon to hold it together. I made a little tag and had Tyler and Lily sign the back of it in white gel pen and put the date on it so my mom can remember what year these pictures were from. She loved it and I think she liked it.

This weekend, we have our first soccer game. I am hoping that it won't be too hot for my big Kindergartner and I am getting a Brazilian blowout - which is a keratin treatment to straighten my hair. I have never had one before so I am hoping that it will turn out ok. Have a good weekend!

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Celebrate

Today's card uses a stamp set from PTI. The paper is retired DP from SU. It is accented with a button from my stash and ribbon from A Muse Studio. Quick post today thanks for checking in.

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Totally Stoked

Today, I am sharing a card that I made for my dad for Father's Day. I used the Pack Your Bags cartridge for the surfer his board and wave. The dp is retired SU from last year's summer mini. The sentiment is from PTI. I think it's a fun card and my dad liked it!

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Hooray it's your birthday

Today, I am a guest designer on the Birthday Sundaes challenge blog. The sponsor this week is Whimsie Doodles.

My card uses this very cute image from Whimsie Doodles. I colored in the image with copics and used stickles on the balloon. The mats corners were punched with SU punches and the red scallop mat was cut with the CTMH Art Philosophy cartridge. The dp is from Basic Grey and its called Life of the Party. The pink cardstock was embossed with the dots Cuttlebug folder. The sentiment "it's Your birthday" is also from Whimsie Doodle and I cut it apart. The "Hooray" is from a Birthday sentiment stamp set from CTMH.

Thanks so much for looking today and don't forget blog candy is below!

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