Bee You

Hi everyone, Today I am sharing my project for the Just-a-scrappin design team challenge. This week's challenge is to make a project and bling it up with glitter. My card today uses the Hello Kitty Font cartridge and the Honey Pie Pink by Design stamp set and an action wobble! Be sure to watch the video to see what I used to make the card as well as the measurements and to see Hello Kitty wobble.

Thanks for watching today and be sure to visit the Just-a-scrappin blog to see what the rest of the design team did for this challenge.

Today, I also my husband's birthday so I will be busy making a special dinner. He wants a birthday pie, so I will most likely be buying that as I don't really make pie, I am more of a cake maker!
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Wedding Day

Hi Everyone, Today, I am sharing a video and a card that I made for the Fantabulous Cricut challenge. The challenge this week is to make a wedding card. For those of you, who are regular readers of my blog, know that my brother is getting married very soon so I have been making the occasional wedding project. My card for this challenge uses a lot of scraps and the Sweethearts cartridge cut at 3.5. The sentiment is from Pink by Design. Be sure to watch the video to get all the details of my card.

Thanks for visiting!
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Best Buds

HI everyone, welcome to make it Monday. Today's video uses the fence from Country Fair (cut at 2.0), pig and rooster image from Country Life (3.5). The designer paper comes from My Mind's Eye Dilly Dally Miss Caroline paper pad cut at 2 x5.25 (2 pieces). I used the tea dye distress ink from Tim Holtz to add some distress color to all of my images. The sentiment is from Country Living stamp set from Pink by Design. Be sure to watch the video to see how everything gets put together.

Thanks for watching.
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Beach Book Giveaway

Hi everyone, Today, I am sharing a book that I read recently called The Great Escape by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. I got an advance reader's copy of this book when I went to the American Library Association Conference a couple of weeks ago.It's part 6 of her American Lady series which starts with Glitter Baby, Fancy Pants, Lady be Good, First Lady, and Call Me Irresisible. The first two books in this series, I listened on audio and were probably some of the best contemporary romances' I had ever read. Awesome! But usually as a series goes on, they tend to get a little redundant. In The Great Escape, the main character is the adopted daughter of the President and has tried to be perfect her whole life, which includes marrying the perfect man. Her life takes an unexpected turn when she panics before walking down the aisle and runs away and gets on the back of the motorcyle of a complete stranger. While I enjoyed the book, I will admit that it was not her best, most definitely a summer beach book "fluff" for the mind while you're watching the kids playing in the sand or by the pool. I do have my copy of the book to give away. If you would like, leave a comment on this post and if there is more than 1 person who wants it, then I will use random.org for a winner next Friday!
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Christmas in July Challenge #2

Hi everyone,

I am sharing a second post today. I made a card for the CardzTV Christmas in July challenge. The challenge was to make a Christmas card using a snowflake or a snowman. Well, I used both! The snowman is from Hello Kitty Greetings. I didn't even know that this cart even had a snowman and I think that he's a super cute one. I also used a snowflake from Paper Trimmings. The card is a tent card and the main base of the card starts out at 4.25 x 4.25 and the propped up piece is 3.5 x 3.5. The dp is from my stash which I why I had to do a tent card because none of my pieces were big enough for an A2 size card.

The sentiment is from the Vintage Picnic sentiment stamp set from Paper Trey ink. I noticed that I didn't have very many snow, or cold weather type sentiments so I used this generic but still apt sentiment. My snowman was embellished with red, orange and diamond stickles and my snowflake has pink stickles and a little bling in the center.

I also put my snowman on an action wobble which you can see that well from the picture but it really made him extra cute! Thanks for looking today and if you have time, maybe make a Christmas in July card!

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Whale Meet Again

Today's Celebrate it Friday card is a retirement card. I had quite a few colleagues retire and this was one of the cards that I gave out. The whale is cut at 2.5 from Create a Critter. I had this circle left over from another project so I reused it here. The red cardstock has been cuttlebuged with the swirls folder. I also used SU Marina Mist ribbon and button, did some doodling and used a gem for his eye. The sentiment is from Pink by Design (I think!). It was a simple card but I was super busy when I was making it so sometimes easy is just what's needed!

The winner of my blog hop Father's Day cartridge is BUCHAROO. Congrats, please email me with your address, my email is in my sidebar. I will have a book to give away this weekend so if you like to read, be sure to check back and next week I will have crafty goodness to give away! I've got a super busy weekend ahead of me. I have to finish a wedding scrapbook and go to a bridal shower, Lily has dance class and I've got to get stuff ready for a consignment sale! Have a fun weekend everyone.

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I Moose You

Hi everyone, this is my second post of the day, so be sure to scroll down to see my other post. This card was made for a couple of challenges, cardztv - use a tag, pink by design - use a tag, and paperplaytime - create a "miss you" card. So this is what I came up with:

The paper is from October Afternoon - Campfire. My image is cut at 3.5 and is from Campin' Critters Cricut Cartridge. I cut my mat at 3.5 from Elegant Edges and my sentiment is from Woodland Critters from Pink by Design. The tag is cut at .68 and is from the Art Philosophy cartridge. I added two mini brads on the side. Be sure to  watch the video below to see how everything gets put together. Instead of I Miss You, I used the pun "I moose you."

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More Christmas in July

Hi everyone,
First, I want to remind everyone that my Father's Day Cricut Cartridge giveaway is still up and you can leave a comment here.
Today, I am sharing the card that I made for the Just-a-scrappin challenge. The design team was asked to make a Christmas in July card using the colors pink, black, white and one other color. The other color I used was red. Be sure to watch the video to see all design elements and how it all gets put together.

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Have a Sunny Day

Hi everyone,
First, I want to remind you all that my giveaway for the Father's Day cartridge is still up and you can leave a comment here.

Today's project is a card that I made for the Fantabulous Cricut challenge. The challenge this week is to make a card with a sun on it. I decided to make a card using the sun from Simply Charmed and a pre-made card from DCWV. My sentiment is from Pink By Design, Country Living stamp set and I also used black diamond and yellow stickles.

I also made a quick video so that you can see how everything gets put together. Pin It Now!

Let's Make a Hello Kitty

Welcome to Tuesday Tips and Tutorials. Today's tutorial is on how to put together a Hello Kitty cut and it also includes some tips too.

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Cherry Much

Hi everyone, welcome to Make it Monday. In this week's video, I will be making a tent card. I begin with a card that is sized at 4.25 x 4.25 and layered a cranberry piece of cardstock at 4.25 x 4.25 and a dp on top of that sized at 4 x 4. My tent piece of cardstock measured at 3.75 x 3.75 and a cherry piece of dp at 3.5 x 3.5. I cut my cherries at 3.0 from the Hello Kitty Greetings cartridge. I also used Pink by Design Country Living stamp set for my sentiment. The video shows the placement of all the pieces.

 Thanks for watching!

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Easter in July?

Hi everyone, welcome to Scrapbooking Saturday. Today, I am sharing a scrapbooking page that I made to go with my Project Life. I am sort of doing a hybrid Project Life for one thing I cannot remember to take pictures everyday and the other is that I do love traditional scrapbooking layouts so I have opted for a hybrid and a more laid back approach. Today, I am using parts of a pre-made kit that I had purchased before I started my scrapbook addiction. I kept the layout basically the same in terms of how the paper is laid out. I changed the picture layout so that I can fit more pictures. The kit had these thick chipboard letters. I try to keep my layouts flat so that my books can fit more pages so I decided to cut my letters out using the Kate's ABC's cartridge and the shadow feature. I used the cardstock that was left in the kit to cut the letters. I think that it turned out real cute.

I think the message here is to continue to find ways to use your stash and while you may not have the same style anymore, you can sometimes make use of your old products in your new projects.

Thanks for looking today.

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Happy Summer Blog Hop

Hi Everyone,

Happy Summer! We are celebrating the Fun of Summer with a blog hop from the Design Team from Just a Scrappin'. They have made projects to show what they like about summer.

If you are just stopping by please start at the beginning at Just A Scrappin' 

If you are following the hop you should have arrived here from Barbara.

We have some fun blog candy for you to win today not only from Just A Scrappin' but from several of the individual DT members. To be eligible for the blog candy you need to leave a comment on each of the members blogs. Please become a follower so that you can see tons of talented members. Please be sure to leave a way to contact you. Here is my blog candy - the Father's Day cartridge. To win, please follow my blog and leave a comment on this post. I will use Random.org to post a winner next Friday.

Here is my project. When I think of summer fun, I think of waterparks and I cut my water ride from the H20 cartridge at 4.0 using Tangerine Tango and Bashful Blue and I used Dazzling Details glitter glue from SU. The DP is from My Mind's Eye Lime Twist, Fly a Kite. The stamp set used is Pink By Design Summer Vacation. Be sure to watch the video to get all the details and see how I put it together.

Thank you for stopping by and taking the hop with us. Your next fun summer stop is Marye .

Here is the complete blog hop list:

Bridget - http://crazycatladycraft.blogspot.com/

Nicole M - http://lovingvintagescrapbooking.blogspot.com/

Melitta - http://canadianpapershaper.blogspot.com/

Keia - http://confessionsofapaperholic.blogspot.com/

Liz - http://enchantress2614.blogspot.com/

Bree - http://bruiz1121.blogspot.com/

Joann - http://jwscrapshack.blogspot.com/

Belinda - http://designsbyqueenb.blogspot.com/

Annmarie - http://junegirl68.blogspot.com/

Michelle - http://justanutterpapercrafter.blogspot.com/

Sherry - http://scrapbookingandcardmakingbysherry.blogspot.com/

Barbara - http://spotofsanity.blogspot.com/

Cindy - http://cindyvernon.blogspot.com/

Marye - http://passionatlycrafty.blogspot.com/

Kim D - http://cardcreationsbykim.blogspot.com/

Carol - http://happyexpressions.blogspot.com/

Nicole D. - http://thinkcreatesave.blogspot.com/

Patti B - http://pattispaperfun.blogspot.com/

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21st Birthday

HI everyone. Thanks for joining me on Celebrate it Friday. Today, I am celebrating birthdays. I have made a card much like this before. My step-daughter just turned 21 and as we were planning on taking her to Vegas to celebate, I thought that this cut from the Father's Day cartridge would be perfect. I cut it a couple of times so that I could get the different parts cut with the right colors and I used this absolutely perfect retired SU paper (that I have been using sparingly) for my background. Super easy card but she loved it! She got a little money for her birthday and she has been recycling all year to save up for this trip. Her friends came and I took my sister and cousin and  my parents too. She is 21 afterall and didn't need a chaperone but more like a guide and we are experienced Vegas goers. She ended up having a blast and it was really a fun time.

Edited to add: My blogoversary blog candy goes to Melissa Bove! Melissa please email me with your snail mail so that I can get your prize to you. There will be a special blog candy this weekend!

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My summer vacation

This week's challenge at the Just-a-scrappin blog is to create a project about our summer vacation. I made a card about the beach. For this card, I used the Echo Park paper pad Paradise Beach and the Cricut carts Life is a Beach (umbrella and bucket) and Summer Vaction (Sun and Palm Tree). Be sure to watch the video to get all the other details and see how I put it together.

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Sweet Shop Sundae

Hi everyone, Today, I am sharing a card that I made for the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog. The challenge for this week is to make a card representing Summer Desserts. I used the Cricut Lite cartridge Sweet Shop and Elegant Edges. I also am submitting this card for the pink by design challenge to use ribbon.


I also used the Pre-made card from My Mind's Eye and My Mind's Eye Lime Twist paper pad. Be sure to watch the video to see how it all gets put together.

Thanks for visiting.
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ATG Gun

Today's tool time Tuesday is about the ATG gun. I have a love/hate relationship with my ATG gun. I bought my first one about 4 years ago from framingsupplies.com. I loved that I saved a lot of money --I was using Tombow monoadhesive at the time. The problems that I had were that the spool of tape kept getting stuck and the tape wouldn't stay put. About two years ago, I bought the pink ATG gun and it appears that the design is much improved.

Michaels carries this but I actually bought mine from Amazon, with free shipping and no tax, it ends up being about the same price and I earn points on items I buy from Amazon when I use my Amazon Visa so it was a win win. I still buy my refills from framingsupplies.com and I buy a lot at a time so that I don't run out, otherwise I am stuck with wet glue.
I have heard good things about the Glue Arts Glue Glider Pro but I have never used it and I feel pretty invested in my ATG gun. I am wondering if any of you have used it and what you think about it? 

Don't forget that I have my 4th year blogoversary here.
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Sweet Shop Candy

Hi everyone, welcome to Make it Monday. Today's card uses the Cricut cartridge Sweet Shop and the JillyBean Soup Southern Chicken Dumpling paper pad. The card starts with an A2 white card base, pink cardstock cut at 5.5 x 4.25 and DP cut at 5.25 x 4 and a coordinating strip of dp cut at 1.5 x 4 which I used my scallop edge punch on. The cut I used is cut at 3.5 and cut in white, espresso and pink cardstock.

Thanks for watching today!

Don't forget that I still have 4th year blogoversary candy here.
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Craft Haul #1

HI everyone, Welcome to Sunday Share day. Today, I am showing you a video of a recent haul of goodies that I got and will be using in future projects.

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CardzTV Christmas in July Challenge #1

Hi everyone, this is my second post for the day. I also have my 4th blogoversary giveaway about 5 posts down. Today, I am sharing a card that I made for Cardz TV Christmas in July Challenge #1. The challenge was to make a Christmas card using an animal. I used this bird from Jolly Holidays cut at 3.5 in pink, white and green. The dp is from my stash and is SU. I also used cardstock in red and basful blue. The sentiment is from PTI. I also added some stickles in red, diamond and a googly eye. Thanks for looking today.

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Pop Up Mother's Day

Hi everyone. Welcome to Celebrate Friday. I am celebrating Mother's Day by sharing the Mother's Day card that I made for my mother. The paper is from Echo Park Springtime 6x6 paper pad. The sentiment cut is from one of the Martha Stewart carts and the pop up flower cut is from the Everyday Popups cartridge. I love how it came out. I don't do very many pop up cards and I think that this is probably the first one.

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Happy Independence Day!

HI everyone,

Happy Fourth of July and Happy Independence Day!Today, I am sharing my Fourth of July Layout from last year that I completed last week when I was a crafting maniac. I am not exactly a year behind. I started doing Project Life in January and was have been trying to catch up with the last part of 2011 doing traditional layouts. This was part of a kit that I had from Scenic Route which is no longer in business and when I was doing my spring cleaning I came across the last of this paper and thought that it would be perfect for the pictures that I had already printed out to work on this summer. I used the Independence Day Cricut cartridge.

Last year we celebrated at my sister's house but she sold her house and has since downsized. So this year, we had a lovely bbq at my parent's house and the kids went swimming even though it was a frosty 72 degrees (the pool was heated at 87). My brother made shrimp, we had potato salad, green salad, grilled veggies, hamburgers, hot dogs, hot links and I made homemade brownies for brownie sundaes! Yum! We are back home resting and if all goes well, we will find a place to watch fireworks even though our city does allow them.

I hope that everyone has a safe and happy day. Don't forget that I have blogoversary blog candy a few posts down!

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Scoring Boards

Hi everyone,
Welcome to Tool Time Tuesday. Today, I will be sharing the different scoring tools on the market. I only have two of the ones that I will be mentioning and I don't plan on sharing all the ones that are out there because there are quite a few.

Scor-pal is one that I purchased a few years ago. The one that I have has less grooves than this one. I think that it was a response to the Martha Stewart scoreboard which has grooves every 1/8 of an inch. It includes the bone folder and Amazon has it for 27.95. It scores very nicely and is easy to use. The price has really come down, I bought mine for $39.95 back in the day. While it does score nicely, the lines are not super defined and I do have to go over the the creases quite a bit to get them really crisp.

The second scoring board that I want to mention is the Martha Stewart Scoring Board. When I looked it up on Amazon, I was blown away by the crazy good price. Right now it's selling for 14.99 and free shipping with $25 or more or if you have Prime (I do!), you can get it in two days with free shipping, no minimum. I also have this tool because my original scor-pal was limited at that time with score lines. This scoring board includes an envelope tool and has storage at the top which holds the scoring tool and can hold some smaller tools too. The scoring tool makes crisper scoring lines which is really great, especially if you have thicker cardstock.

The Simply Scored Tool by Stampin' Up was newly released and has some very interesting features. I do not have this tool and while I want it, it seems a bit excessive as I already have two scoring boards. It has tracks every 1/8 of an inch and has markers to help mark the spot which is very useful if you use certain score lines a lot. It has a newly released diagonal board which fits on top of this scoreboard to enable the user to make diagonal lines too. It's 29.95 and the diagonal board is 11.95 so it's pricey and it comes with a stylus instead of a bone folder which means the scores will not be quite as crisp.

I hope that this gives you some options if you are looking for a tool like this one. Feel free to leave suggestions of other scoring tools in the comments section. For the money, crisp scoring lines and fab bone folder, I think the Martha Stewart Scoring board is probably the best value. If you don't have a scoring board and want one, I wouldn't wait and would snatch up this board before Amazon raises their price. Thanks so much for reading me today!

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Love You a Latte

Welcome to my first Make it Monday video. The idea behind Make It Monday is easy to make cards using fun and new products.

This is an A2 size card and to make it you will need:
White cardbase - 5.5 x 8.5, folded over
Espresso Cardstock 5.5 x 4.25
DP - Coffee Talk by Flair designs 5.25 x 4.0
Love You a Latte Cricut Lite Cartridge - Latte coffee cup cut at 3.25 with all the layers in cream, kraft and espresso.
Elegant Edges image cut at 3.75 in espresso cardstock
Sentiment Perk Up by Pink by Design stamped in Espresso ink on cream scrap.
Doodling with white gel pen and Black fine tip pen

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Happy Birthday to me!

Today is my 30 th birthday for the 9th time. Happy birthday to me! Don't forget that I am offering some fun blog candy to celebrate my 4th year blogging and my birthday. Also, I plan on doing some new stuff on the blog beginning this month including videos. I just bought a new Web cam.

It took only minutes to hook up and I like that it doesn't have to be attached to my computer to work because I don't plan on doing a lot of face to face stuff but mostly just showing you guys hauls and projects and that sort of thing. So I am still getting the hang of it and there is a lot of room for improvement but it was one of my goals to get a little more serious with my blogging and sharing more information with my readers and hopefully growing my readership. If all goes well you should see my first posted video tomorrow!

Cindy

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