25 Days of Christmas - Day 1

Hi everyone,
Today is my attempt to bring 25 days of craftiness to my blog. I don't know if I will make it this year but I will definitely try. First, I have no idea where November went and I didn't post at all. Things were just so busy and while I was crafting, I just wasn't finding the time to post to my blog.

My projects for the first couple of days was inspired by May May Made It on YouTube. She has a series where she used an entire paper pack to make cards, tags and an advent calendar.

I am using Carta Bella Very Merry Christmas. My first project is an advent or countdown calendar. Most Christmas packs come with a sheets of number cut aparts and I used those along with a tutorial from May May to make this project.





This Christmas, I was forced to go with a small tabletop tree because our one year Maltipoo eats everything and that's actually an understatement. He ate half the couch already. This tree is from Target and I got it on Black Friday for a nice price along with the ornaments and tree topper. Inside each of the little countdown packets is some Andes mints.

Today's Christmas gift suggestions are general ideas that would work for close friends and family.

The first is the Instant Pot. This is going to be the hot gift this season. I got one about a year and a half ago on Prime Day and while it took me awhile to warm up to it, it really is an amazing kitchen tool. You can cook beans and roasts and much more in a fraction of the time and it comes out juicy and delicious. It also makes yogurt and rice even though I am quite attached to my rice cooker.

I actually got one of these to gift this holiday season.

The second is a firestick. Most TV's today are smart TV's but not all of them are. The really cool thing about this is that you can travel with it. It plugs into any HDMI port. I plan on giving this a try on an upcoming trip to Vegas with my sister. TV usually stinks in those casino hotels and since we are so not party animals, we do enjoy relaxing after a long day of shopping and gambling with a little TV. They are super affordable and basically any TV can become a smart TV with one of these bad boys.

The third is the click and grow portable garden. This thing is genius! It uses cartridges that have the seeds for what you want to grow, fill the water reservoir, plug it in and boom you got a garden. So cool and really not expensive at all!

The fourth is a little pricey but man I wish someone would buy me one of these as this a coffee lover's dream. It's the Ninja Coffee Bar Brewer System. It makes coffee, regular coffee, ice coffee, fancy coffee and it will brew in different sizes so you can fill a coffee mug or your travel cup.

I hope you enjoyed today's post. Thanks so much for visiting today!

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Brewtiful Card

Hi everyone, I have another project for the Markerpop fall video challenge:

Here is my project:

And here is the final card:

Just pretend the card is a coffee giftcard! I made a card and gift all in one!. The scallop frame is from Pretty Pink Posh and the images are from the Greeting Farm Mini Remix Brewtiful and colored in with copics!

Thanks for visiting today!

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Which Witch

Hi everyone,
Today, I am sharing a card that I made for the Markerpop Fall Challenge. The challenge is to make a video using products that Markerpop carries. As usual I am on the late train because today is the last day!

Here is my video:


Here is the completed card:

I used Which Witch by MFT, colored in with Copics. I also used Prima watercolor confections and metallic watercolors for the background.

Be sure to visit Markerpop! #mpfallvideogiveaway2017

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Last Minute Challenge!

Hi everyone,
I am back with another project using The Greeting Farm. I think that I am going to get this project in just under the wire for their challenge this month. The challenge is a sketch challenge. This is my project:

I didn't have time to edit it so I am posting it as is. The paper is from Michaels. They had this cute unicorn and mermaid paper in the summer. I absolutely love these unicorns!

Thanks for visiting today,

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A Happy Hello

Hi everyone,
Today I am sharing a card that I made for a challenge over at Paper Smooches. The challenge was to use an animal and I actually didn't have a ton of animals but I did have the animal dies which I used on my card.

I also used a little butterfly that was in one of the stamp sets. Thanks so much for visiting today!
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Unicorns and Rainbows

Hi everyone,
I am so sorry that I haven't been posting lately. Aside from being super busy with back to school and activities, I had to get a new computer which is really a chore. My old computer completely died so I did lose some stuff. Not to much luckily, I have an external hard drive so much of my files were on that. However, I did have to reset up everything, plus trying to get familiar with Windows 10 and the loss of windows movie maker. I am going to be trying a new video editor so hopefully, I will be uploading some videos soon too.

In the meantime, I do have a new card to share with you. I am using the unicorn stamp set from The Greeting Farm. I think its called Magical Friends.

The paper that I am using is from Michaels. Thanks so much for visiting today.

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FCCB Challenge #310 Autumn

 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge!

Challenge #310-Fall Season
Make a project about the fall (sports, leaves, etc)!

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Dreaming Tree SVG's

The winner will receive a $20 Gift Certificate!

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used. If you use a Cricut Explore machine, at least one cut must be from the Cricut catalog of images.

If it isn't a card, you will get two entries into the drawing!

Here is my project for this week:

I used the Cricut Lite Simply Scarecrow cartridge for my card and some cute birds and paper from Lawn Fawn. The sentiment is from CardzTV.

I hope that you all take some time to join in the challenge over at FCCB.

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Laminated Travelers Notebooks Crafty Share

Hi everyone,
Today, I am sharing my homemade Traveler's Notebooks. They are fully loaded. I still have these and if you are interested, I have drastically reduced the prices to $14.00 shipped. Just email me if you would like one.


Thanks for visiting today,

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FCCB Challenge #307 At the Beach

 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge!

Challenge #307-At the Beach
Make a project about anything beachy!

This Weeks Sponsor



Dreaming Tree SVG's

The winner will receive a $20 Gift Certificate!

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used. If you use a Cricut Explore machine, at least one cut must be from the Cricut catalog of images.

If it isn't a card, you will get two entries into the drawing!

Here is my project:

I also have a video for you all too.

Be sure to visit FCCB to see all the projects from the design team and dust off your Cricut and join the challenge to win this week's prize.

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CC Designs Card Process Video

Hi everyone,
Today, I am sharing a card process video using CC Designs. I talk a bit about using scraps and combining products from other companies.


Thanks for visiting today!

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Hello Pocket Card

HI,
Today, I am sharing a super simple pocket card using up the very last of a paper pad. There is a serious sense of accomplishment when that happens. The stamp is from Neat and Tangled.

Just colored in with copics and I stapled a piece of pink ribbon to make it a little easier to get the card out of the pocket.

Thanks for visiting today.


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Beary Shaker Card

Hi everyone,
Today, I am sharing a bear shaker card using the MFT Birthday Bears stamp set.

This one is easy to make but I think so cute! The bears were cut by hand because this is one stamp set I actually don't have the dies for. Colored with copics and using Echo Park paper.

Thanks so much for visiting today.


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Beary Special Pop Up Card

Hi everyone,
Today, I am sharing a popup card using My Favorite Things Birthday Bears stamp set. These bears are so cute! My pieces that help me pop up the bears are from Lawn Fawn. The card features a belly band to keep everything together. While these cards are a little involved, they are super simple to make.

The paper is Echo Park and everything is colored in with copics.

Thanks for visiting today!


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Card Share Recap June 2017

Hi everyone,
 Today, I have a video card share recap.
Thanks for visiting,

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Hugs!

Hi everyone,
 Today, I have a simple card using Neat and Tangled stamps. I was trying to use up a paper pad.

I colored him up with copic markers. Sometimes it's really hard to use up the last of those paper pads! Thanks for visiting today,
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Cardztv Card Crazy Crafter Anything Goes Challenge

HI everyone I am back with a card for another challenge at Cardztv. The challenge is anything Goes so super easy. The challenge for me is to blog just using my phone as my computer just turned off and appears to be dead. I bought a new one that came yesterday but it's going to take a few days to get it set up the way I like it. Here is my project for this challenge:

I used the teddy bear parade cartridge and the pirate ship is a die I go from aliexpress. The sentiment is Cardztv stamps, Mixed Messages set. The paper is Echo Park

 Thanks so much for visiting. Be sure to visit Cardztv and join the challenge for a chance to win a set of Cardztv stamps.

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Paper Smooches Animal Card Dies Series #3

Hi everyone,
 Today, I am sharing the last Paper Smooches project that I have using the bunny animal card dies from Paper Smooches.

These are soo fun, this is a more traditional bunny. I haven't figured out how to make any other animals but a bunny so far with these dies. As promised, here is a video.


Thanks for visiting!
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Paper Smooches Animal Card Dies Series #3

Hi everyone,
 I am back with the last of the Animal Card dies from Paper Smooches- the bunny dies!

These are so fun to make and you can change it up with the eyes and probably a million other ways that I haven't explored yet. Tomorrow I will share the last project and a video!
Thanks for visiting today,
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Paper Smooches Animal Card Dies Series #2

Hi everyone,
Today, I am finishing up the Paper Smooches Animal Card Dies for the Bear and Frog dies.

I am sure there are other ways to make a frog but I am not super familiar with frogs so this is the best that I can do. Hah!

I also have a video for you too!


Thanks for visiting,
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Paper Smooches Animal Card Dies Series #2

Hi everyone,
 I am back with another part to my Paper Smooches Animal Card dies. Today, I am using the Bear and Frog dies and using it to make frog projects.

I saw this project on Pinterest. So cute!, very easy too.

I also made a frog pocket card which was super easy and fun too! I think that I might slip this one in one of my kid's bags when then go to their father's house. I think they would get a kick out of it. Be sure to visit me next time when I will have a video showing these dies in action.
Thanks for visiting,

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