Thursday, December 22, 2011

Thursday, December 22, 2011
25 Days of Christmas!

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Today's theme is Flowers. :) 




Welcome to Erica's Craft Room
25 Days of Christmas,
with 25 Cricut projects a day.
Don't forget to stop by Erica's blog to see 24 more projects today....
and every day in December.


Here is my project...





I used the Jubilee Cricut Cartridge to cut the mat leaves and berries. I used a stamp from The Greeting Farm called Holiday Anya that I colored with Prismacolor colored pencils and blended with gamsol. I added some liquid applique on her dress, some twine from Trendy Twine and a stamp by Studio G. Here is a close up of my stamp:







Thank you for stopping by!!

Monday, December 19, 2011

Monday, December 19, 2011
The Greeting Farm 3rd Annual Customer Blog Hop!

Monday, December 19, 2011

I am so excited to be apart of this awesome blog hop!!! 


I decided to create two projects for this hop. One holiday themed and one everyday themed. I used Holiday Anya and 80s Anya to make my cards (two of my favorite stamps!!):




and 





I used Prismacolor colored pencils with Gamsol to blend on both of the stamps. I am new to coloring in stamps and still perfecting my technique, so please let me know what you think. :) 

The Greeting Farm is giving away a grand prize of all the upcoming January new releases (6 sets!!!) to one random person who completes the entire hop and comments along the way! Make sure to visit their blog so you can visit everyone in the hop! http://splendidstamping.blogspot.com/

Thank you for stopping by! 

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Sunday, December 18, 2011
25 Days of Christmas!

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Today's theme is Elf/Elves. :)




Welcome to Erica's Craft Room
25 Days of Christmas,
with 25 Cricut projects a day.
Don't forget to stop by Erica's blog to see 24 more projects today....
and every day in December.


Here is my project...




I used the Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge to cut the mat behind the Elf. I used a stamp from The Greeting Farm called Elf Anya that I colored with Prismacolor colored pencils and blended with gamsol. All the paper is from CTMH (Close to my Heart). I added a few rhinestone bling, a little silver stickles, some velvet ribbon and a stamp by Studio G. Here is a close up of my stamp:





Thank you for stopping by!!

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Thursday, December 15, 2011
25 Days of Christmas!

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Today's theme is Trees. :)




Welcome to Erica's Craft Room
25 Days of Christmas,
with 25 Cricut projects a day.
Don't forget to stop by Erica's blog to see 24 more projects today....
and every day in December.


Here is my project...




I had planned on making a "gift" for today's project but it didn't turn out so I decided to make a few gift tags. These tags are ready to be written on by the user. I used Very Merry Tags Cricut cartridge, Jolly Holidays Cricut cartridge and Christmas Noel Cricut cartridge to make these tags. 

Thank you for stopping by!!

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Wednesday, December 14, 2011
25 Days of Christmas!

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Today's theme is Ornaments. :)




Welcome to Erica's Craft Room
25 Days of Christmas,
with 25 Cricut projects a day.
Don't forget to stop by Erica's blog to see 24 more projects today....
and every day in December.


Here is my project...





I got this cute little ornament maker by Martha Stewart to make this beautiful star! I had to make 6 pieces and then attach them all together. I printed two double-sided sheets of paper using the Mr. Frosty Cricut Imagine cartridge to make the ornament from. I think the colors are perfect for a non-traditional red and green home decor decoration! I also used yummy lime twist Trendy Twine to make the hanging loop. Here's another picture:





Thank you for stopping by!!

Monday, December 12, 2011

Monday, December 12, 2011
25 Days of Christmas!

Monday, December 12, 2011

Today's theme is Snow. :)




Welcome to Erica's Craft Room
25 Days of Christmas,
with 25 Cricut projects a day.
Don't forget to stop by Erica's blog to see 24 more projects today....
and every day in December.


Here is my project...




I used white and two shades of blue cardstock and cut the snowflakes using the Winter Lace Cricut cartridge. I had been wanting to try the 3D ornaments for awhile now and I think they turned out cute! I used Trendy Twine Blue Berry twine to make the hang loops. Here are a few close-ups"








Thank you for stopping by!!

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Wednesday, December 7, 2011
25 Days of Christmas!

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Today's theme is Warm Clothes. :)



Welcome to Erica's Craft Room
25 Days of Christmas,
with 25 Cricut projects a day.
Don't forget to stop by Erica's blog to see 24 more projects today....
and every day in December.


Here is my project...



I printed all the paper with the Cricut Imagine Blossom Cartridge and also used the Elegant Edges cartridge to cut the pink paper. I used a stamp from The Greeting Farm called Rain, Snow, Shine that I colored with Prismacolor colored pencils and blended with gamsol. I added a few touches of frosted lace stickles as well. Here is a close up of my stamp:




Thank you for stopping by!!

Friday, December 2, 2011

Friday, December 2, 2011
My project for The Robin's Nest design team!

Friday, December 2, 2011



I recently applied for a position on Robin's Nest design team and I am so excited! I had to make a paper craft for my submission and I decided to make a card since I am new to card making. I have scrapbooked for years and recently started making cards and love it! Here is my card:




I used The Greeting Farm Sassy Suzi stamp and colored her with Prismacolor colored pencils. I used Gamsol to blend and I think she turned out so sute! I printed all the paper on my Cricut Imagine machine using the Blossom cartridge. The prints on that cartridge are so sweet! I used Nestabilities large scallop circles dies to cut the pretty scalloped circle. I then added silver bell dew drops by Robin's Nest. :) The "Thanks"stamp is from Close to my Hearts stamps set called For Every Occasion.

I want to thank Terri at The Robin's Nest http://www.robinsnest-scrap.com/ for giving me the chance to show one of my projects for a chance to be on the design team. Please visit their blog http://chatteringrobins.blogspot.com/ and see all the awesome projects their current design team has made! Thank you for stopping by!

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Thursday, December 1, 2011
25 Days of Christmas!

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Welcome to day 1 of Erica's Craft Room 25 Days of Christmas!



Welcome to Erica's Craft Room
25 Days of Christmas,
with 25 Cricut projects a day.
Don't forget to stop by Erica's blog to see 24 more projects today....
and every day in December.


Here is my project...


I used a stamp from The Greeting Farm called Xmas Sweeties that I colored with Prismacolor colored pencils and blended with gamsol, twine from Whisker Graphics, Paper from Cosmo Criket Jolly by Golly line, Frosted Lace Stickles, and last but not least I used the Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge to made the red design. Here is a close up of my stamp:



Thank you for stopping by!!

Monday, November 28, 2011

Monday, November 28, 2011
Peachy Keen Sketch Challenge #65

Monday, November 28, 2011

I decided that I wanted to enter a sketch challenge over on Peachy Keen's Challenge blog:


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SKETCH CHALLENGE w/ a TWIST




Create a card OR layout based on the sketch & use

PAPER PIECING in your project!
Not sure how to paper piece? 

  • Using your stamps, stamp individual elements onto different papers and "piece" them together!
There's a great photo tutorial on Splitcoaststampers - go take a peek, then check out the inspiration below from our fabulous Design Team!!

Peachy Keen Stamps are not required for this challenge, 
but if you've got them, we looooove seeing how you create with them!
  • Project must include basic elements and layout from the sketch (feel free to flip anything!) and the twist (Paper Piecing) 
  • Project must be new, created for this challenge 
  • Link up by November 28th {the collection closes at 11:59 pm Central on 11/28}


Now, I don't own any Peachy Keen stamps yet!!! But I would love to get some soon! I decided to use a The Greeting Farm stamp called Flirty Anya and colored her with Prismacolor colored pencils and blended with gamsol. This card is an A7 size. Here's what I came up with:


Let me know what you think! Thanks for stopping by!!

Monday, November 21, 2011

Monday, November 21, 2011
Whoo-Hoo!!! I'm a Guest Designer on Cricut Craft Room's blog!

Monday, November 21, 2011

I just found out that I will be a guest designer during the month of December on Erica's blog http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com yay!!! I will be posting a few projects each week during the month of December and can't wait! I have to get out my imagine for this for sure!! Thanks for the opportunity Erica!

Friday, November 18, 2011

Friday, November 18, 2011
Yay! New Header and Signature!!!

Friday, November 18, 2011

Thank you SOOO much to Sarah http://designsbysarahbryan.com/ for helping me fix and update my header with a date and making a cute little signature for my posts! I feel like I can actually start posting regularly now that you'll be able to tell what day I actually posted! LOL

Monday, August 1, 2011

Monday, August 1, 2011
New Close to my Heat catalog is now LIVE!

Monday, August 1, 2011

The new catalog is now live! Yay! You may check it out at www.closetomyheart.com and click on the products tab. If you see anything you'd like to order, send me your email address and I will send you an online link to order. Thanks!!!

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Thursday, July 21, 2011
Close to my Heart exclusive Cricut cartridge...photos of the back!!!

Thursday, July 21, 2011

I finally found a photo of the back of the cartridge box to share with you! This will be available for sale starting August 1st, so please let me know if you are interested in placing an order or hosting an online party. Thanks!! :)

Friday, July 15, 2011

Friday, July 15, 2011
NEW Exclusive Close to my Heart Cricut Cartridge!!!

Friday, July 15, 2011

I just found out that Close to my Heart is finally releasing their own exclusive Cricut Cartridge called Art Philosophy! The cartridge will come with 3 sets of coordinating stamps and 3 dimensional elements for $99. This will be available for purchase on August 1st with the start of the new catalog.

If you are interested in ordering this cartridge, please contact me. Or you can host an online party and if you have over $250 in sales you get to pick one item for half off plus $40+ in free product. :) How great is that? You could get it half off!! :)

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Thursday, June 30, 2011
My first ever blog award!!!

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Thank you Tina for my first ever blog award! It means a lot to me!!! Please go check out Tina's awesome blog at http://craftyandgreen.blogspot.com/


There are some rules to follow for this award.

The rules for the award are the following:
1. Send a thank you to the person who nominated you and include their link.
2. To accept this award, tell 7 random facts about yourself.
3. Pass the award on to at least 8 other awesome blog buddies.


7 Random Facts About Me:
  1. I love crafting of almost any kind!
  2. I hate a dirty house, but hate cleaning even more!
  3. I have 2 daughters; 1 and 2 years old and they keep me very busy!
  4. I have a huge family who meets every summer at the Lake for a reunion...about 100 people every year!!!
  5. I am the oldest of 3 girls.
  6. I have 3 cats and 2 dogs and LOVE animals.
  7. I hate Minnesota winters and would hibernate if I could! LOL
This award is going to the 8 following people. ENJOY

Check out this giveaway!!!

Wow! Check out this awesome giveaway!!! Make sure to congratulate her on her 3 year blogiversary!

http://keepsakesbymelissa.blogspot.com/2011/06/my-3rd-blogaversary-giveaway.html

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Thank you!!

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

I just wanted to thank all my wonderful friends for voting for my card. The contest ended last night and I won! Yay!! I'm so excited to get my Cricut Imagine and play with it! :)

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Saturday, June 25, 2011
Please vote for me!!!

Saturday, June 25, 2011

I posted this the other day, but I would greatly appreciate any and all votes!! I am in the running to win a Cricut Imagine over at Cricut Direct on facebook. It will only take you a few seconds and I would be very greatful!!

First go here and "like" their page: http://facebook.com/cricutdirect

Then you can click on their photos tab and scroll down a little bit until you see my picture (has a turtle). Click my photo and then click "like" under the photo.

That's it! Easy peasy!! If you feel extra inclined to help, I would appreciate anyone posting this on their blog or facebook page too!! Thanks sooo much!!!

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Wow!! Awesome blog candy!!!

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

http://www.twopinkpeas.blogspot.com/ Go check it out! She is giving away some awesome blog candy!!!! 

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Saturday, June 18, 2011
Please vote for me!!

Saturday, June 18, 2011

I entered a card I made for Father's Day over at http://facebook.com/CricutDirect

Please swing over there and "like" their page and then please vote for my card by "liking" my photo. Here is the direct link to my card but you must like their page in order to like my card. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2052112393123&set=o.129730807094662&type=1&theater

I appreciate all the votes I can get. Voting ends June 27th and the person with the most votes wins a Cricut Imagine!!! Yay!

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Saturday, May 28, 2011
Please bare with me...

Saturday, May 28, 2011

With blogger having so many problems lately, the codes from my page aren't working. For instance, you can't see what date a post was made or see who followers are (which means you can't become a new follower). Until blogger is "fixed" I will not be making any new posts or be participating in any blog hops. It is just too confusing. Thanks for understanding! :)

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Thursday, May 5, 2011
500 follower giveaway!

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Dusti over at http://www.scrappinwithcricut.com/2011/04/500-follower-give-way.html  is having a great giveaway once she reaches 500 followers! She is giving away a cricut exclusive cartridge! Yay!! go on over and check out her awesome blog!

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Sunday, May 1, 2011
It's my Birthday today!!!

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Yup, it's my birthday today. I'm old. LOL Hubby is working until 2:30 in the morning today and the next few days, so we will be celebrating later in the week. So I am home with my girls, Kaylynn 2 and Kyra 1. We have watched 4 Disney movies so far today! Tangled, Tinkerbell (twice!), and The Princess and the Frog. Kaylynn is allllll about the princesses lately. The last movie just ended and she is screaming for more movies! LOL I'm enjoying my day at home with my girls. :)

Friday, April 29, 2011

Friday, April 29, 2011
Check out this awesome way to store your cricut handbooks!!!

Friday, April 29, 2011

This lady is all too awesome!!! She has a ton of cartridges that she scanned the handbooks into her computer and got all the pages of one handbook onto 6 (yes 6!) pages! It's so awesome! Print them out, put them in a 3 ring binder and your ready to go to a crop with a whole lot less luggage! Stop by and show her some love!!!

http://lilbuggerblog.blogspot.com/p/handbooks.html

(I still don't know how to post live links, bare with me...please just copy and paste in your browser for now. Thanks!)

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Another awesome giveaway!

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

I can't seem to get any of my own blogs in...lol There are too many great giveaways going on.

Head on over and visit Kerri to see her awesome blog candy! http://cardsbykerri.blogspot.com/2011/04/blog-candy.html

Win a scrap n' easel!

Head over to http://lalasworldblog.blogspot.com/ to see how to enter to win one of these scrap n' easels! I NEED one! :)

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Another great giveaway...

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Head over to see Lisa who is giving away a set of Pink by Design stamps! They are awesome!

http://prettypaperprettyribbons.blogspot.com/2011/04/mothers-day-blog-hop.html

Mixology Crafts giveaway!

Head on over...they are giving away one Country Life cartridge!!! Yay! I have my fingers crossed!

http://mixologycrafts.wordpress.com/2011/04/26/are-you-ready-for-another-giveaway/

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Sunday, April 24, 2011
Still working on my craft area.....and searching for a few Cricut Cartridges...

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Well, I am sick as a dog this Easter. Boo! So I am not making much progress on my craft area. I think my husband is going to kill me if I don't get my boxes of stuff cleaned out of livingroom soon! Lol

I am still trying to find the Lite Jolly Holidays cartridge and also the Martha Stewart All Occasion Cake Art cartridge. If anyone has one to sell, please let me know! I would be extremely grateful!!! :)

E2 giveaway over at Cricut Everyday!

Wow! Cricut Everyday is giving away a brand new Cricut Expression 2! Tomorrow night they are airing the debut of this awesome machine! I will be watching for sure! :) Go check them out at: http://www.cricutholiday.com/

Friday, April 22, 2011

Friday, April 22, 2011
Great contest and giveaways...

Friday, April 22, 2011

Visit http://www.scrappy-go-lucky.com.au/blog/?p=4900 for details!!!!

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Craft-e-corner's awesome giveaway info:

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

FANTASTIC GIVEAWAY TUESDAY!!

Win a giveaway of great crafting products right here! That's right FREE PRODUCT!
We have more bugs that we want to give away!  No not real ones...the cute, soft, lime green ones, that you would want to keep!

This week's Giveaway is:

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Saturday, April 9, 2011
Wahoo!!!

Saturday, April 9, 2011

My new craft area is starting to take shape!! Still have about 6 more jetmax cubes to put together and a few more totes of "stuff" to sort through and then it's just figuring where to put it all so that I can actually find it and use it. USE being the key word here. LOL I'll post pics once I am alllllll done! :D

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Wanted: Cricut Lite Jolly Holidays

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

If anyone has one of these to sell, please let me know! Thanks!

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Sunday, April 3, 2011
Soo Tired! But got lots done!

Sunday, April 3, 2011

I am in the process of getting my craft area together. Today I was able to get "most" of my fibers sorted by color and into 12 (yes 12) of the LARGE Making Memories jars. Oye! I don't think I will ever need to buy fiber again! LOL I also started sorting out some of my stamps, ink pads, prima flowers and ribbon. I don't have much ribbon...I seem to enjoy fibers more. :) Once I have more sorted out, I will post some things I would like to get rid of. So far I have like 20-30 glass prima jars (empty) if anyone is interested. I transferred all my stuff into plastic containers because my craft area in on ceramic tile and I have 3 wonderful cats who like to knock things over. Shattered glass would not make me a happy camper to clean up while trying to keep my 1 and 2 year olds from stepping on it! Pictures coming soon...I hope! :)

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Saturday, March 26, 2011
100 + followers Blog Candy Giveaway

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Patty over at creative diva is having a great giveaway for reaching 100 followers! check it out!!!

http://creativediva98.blogspot.com/

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Thursday, March 24, 2011
DCWV Diary Giveaway

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Head on over to DCWV Diary to see an awesome giveaway!!!

http://dcwvinc.blogspot.com/2011/03/week-four-of-dcwv-vip-plus-giveaway.html?showComment=1301024557501#c5385699774560282496

My Scrap Space aka corner and closet

I haven't scrapped in about 3 years...ever since I was pregnant with my first daughter. I lost my craft room. But gained a nursery! So my stuff has been sitting in boxes ever since. Now that my second daughter is a year old, I feel I might actually have time to start again so I took over a corner in out lower level livingroom. Hubby reluctantly allowed me to buy the Expedit shelves from Ikea along with the desk attachment and I have been organizing away! Still crap everywhere but when I am done, I will post pictures for sure! :D

3 Blog Candy Giveaways!!!

Check out    http://angelwoodcrafts.blogspot.com/2011/03/make-it-colourful-kiddies-challenge-and.html   for 3 awesome blog candy giveaways!!!





Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Blogaversary candy time

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

One day left to enter!!!

http://stamping-fantasies.blogspot.com/2011/02/blogaversary-candy-time.html?showComment=1300311106614#c1692382428388356459

My March Candy 

Chrissy's Blog Candy

Chrissy over at Paper, Ink, Color has an awesome blog candy giveaway going on right now. Head over to check it out! http://paperinkcolor.blogspot.com/2011/03/winners-march-blog-candy.html


Kylie's Blog Candy

Kylie over at Inklings from Kylie's Craft Room has an awesome blog candy giveaway going on. Check it out at http://kylieskraftroom.blogspot.com/

My candy!

Whopping Candy!!!

Free-4-Ever is having an awesome blog candy giveaway! Check it out at www.fancyfree4ever.blogspot.com

MY BLOGAVERSARY CANDY

Saturday, March 19, 2011

Saturday, March 19, 2011
Still figuring this out....

Saturday, March 19, 2011

Please be patient with me while I get this all figured out. I am new to blogging! LOL Thanks!

 

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