Cricut Cardz Challenge #94

Hi everyone!  It's time for another challenge over at Cricut Cardz Challenge!   The challenge for this week is "Spooks, Monsters, Ghouls and Goblins!" Make a card for Halloween using ANY Halloween image you'd like from any cartridge(s) and using any colors you’d like.

I used my Echo Park Apothecary Emporium paper....I love this paper collection.  The little spider is from Doodlecharms cut at 2.5" and the sentiment is from Scrappy Moms Stamps.

 Head on over to CardzTV to play along with this week's challenge.

Buggy for Birthday Blog Hop

Hi everyone!  Welcome to the Buggy for Birthdays Blog Hop.  I am hosting this fun hop today to celebrate my birthday that's coming up later in the week.    A lot of my design team friends are joining in on the fun with me.

We have some great prizes for you today hosted by Scrappy Moms, Paper Issues and Me!

For my project today I made a fun "buggy" banner using the Country Drive Collection by Echo Park.

The banner is from the Birthday Bash cartridge.  I love making these banners because the holes are punched and they go together very quickly. 

I cut the square mat from Elegant Edges and then embossed it with the cuttlebug D'vine Swirls folder. The little bugs are from Walk in my Garden, Doodlecharms and Create a Critter.

Now for the BLOG CANDY!

 Scrappy Moms Stamps - Designer's Choice sponsored by Scrappy Moms.

Pink Paislee - Snow Day Kit sponsored by Paper Issues

A full package of Wood Shapes, Dimensional Stickers, Bitty Blocks, and the 58 piece Ephemera.  There are 24 sheets of double sided 6x6 papers.

Cassie if offering everyone a 20% discount use happy20

Cricut Lite Celebrate with a Flourish sponsored by me ;o)

For a chance to win please make sure you're a follower. 

Leave a comment on all the blogs....the more comments the better your chance of winning.

Thanks so much for hopping with us today.  Your next stop is....Saundra!

 I really appreciate all of you that continue to visit and leave me such sweet comments. 

Here's the lineup in case you get lost!

1.Corri http://www.buglvr.blogspot.com/

2.Saundra - http://www.luvscrappingtogether.blogspot.com/

3.Sarah - http://www.liveloveandscrap.blogspot.com/

4.Tammy - http://www.scrappycritters.blogspot.com/

5.Lauren - http://laurenscreative.blogspot.com/

6.Trish - http://www.techniquesbytrish.blogspot.com/

7.Melanie - http://scrappymel.blogspot.com/

8.Bonnie - http://www.pinkbonbons.blogspot.com/

9.Lezlye - http://www.lezlyes.blogspot.com/

10.Cassie - http://www.somethingfromcassie.com/

11.sandra - http://www.365daysofcricut.blogspot.com/

12.Joanna - http://scrap-making.blogspot.com/

13.Laura - http://www.makinprettythings.com/

Easter Bunny Blog Hop!

Hi everyone! Welcome to the Easter Bunny Blog Hop hosted by Mary at Cricut Cardz Challenge. The design team has some amazing projects to share with you so make sure to visit all the blogs for some awesome inspiration and there is blog candy up for grabs at Cricut Cardz Challenge!

 You should have arrived here from Kristin's blog but if you just stopped

 by for a visit click here to start at the beginning.

Now on to my card...

I made my card bigger than usual....it's 5 x 7.  The bunny is from Create A Critter and I just can't believe that I haven't cut this before.  It's so adorable and so goes together so easily.  I just love the layers on CAC....I wish more of the cartridges had this type of layering.  The bunny was cut at 4"h.  The basket and eggs are from Doodlecharms and I think they are 2" (sorry, forgot to write this down).  The grass is from Zooballoo and is cut at 1.5"h and trimmed to fit the width.  All the pattern papers are from K and Company and this pretty rainbow ribbon is from Joann.  The sentiment is from the Scrappy Moms Stamps set - Spring Fling. 

Now for some BLOG CANDY!!!!

Melanie and Tammy from Scrappy Moms stamps agreed to sponsor my give away today. Thanks so much! 

Become a follower of my blog and leave a comment on this post for a chance to win the Spring Fling set.

Your next stop is Vee....I know you are going to LOVE her project!

Paper Playtime # 29 - Snowman Challenge

Hi everyone! I hope you guys all had a nice weekend. Thanks so much to all of you who hopped with us this weekend. I will post a winner for my blog candy tomorrow. The Paper Playtime Challenge this week is to use a snowman on your project. I am giving out several gift cards this year for Christmas so I decided to do a gift card holder.

This pretty snowman paper is from My Mind's Eye.  I cut the snowman on the front from Doodlecharms.

Head on over to Paper Playtime to see what awesome inspiration the rest of the Queens have for you this week.

The Details

Cut cardstock 4" x 7-1/8"

Score at 2-3/4 and 5-1/2

Pattern paper panel cut at 2-5/8" x 3-7/8" $ 1-1/2" x 3-7/8"

Snowman - Doodlecharms - 2"h

Stamps - Scrappy Moms Stamps "Winter Wishes" and "Simple Sentiments"

Paper Playtime #27 - Christmas Carol Inspired

Good Morning everyone!  I hope you guys all had an awesome Thanksgiving holiday!  We had a really nice weekend and finally got a little cooler weather...for a few day anyway!

This week's challenge at Paper Playtime is to make a Christmas Carol inspired project.  I decided to make a shaped card using this adorable Santa face from Doodlecharms...he is inspired by the carol "Santa Claus is Coming to Town".

I used the D'vine Swirls embossing folder on his beard and mustache and MS Glitter on  his hat. 
The Paper Queens have some amazing projects this week so head on over to Paper Playtime to play along with this fun challenge.

The Details

Santa - Doodlecharms pg. 127-5.25"

Shadow feature welded on Gypsy to create base

So Many Mini Albums Blog Hop

Hi everyone!  Welcome to the So Many Mini Albums Blog Hop!  Mary at CardzTV is our host and she has twelve super creative ladies lined up to show you some awesome mini albums.  I was so excited to be invited.  Here is a list of all the blogs in order.

Mary

 Drew

 Corri - You Are Here

Janis  

Raven  

Nicole  

Jenni  

Ruthie  

Michelle

Gale  

Sue   

Roxy 

This is my first mini album and I could not wait to get started.   My twins are 8 already and I am way behind on their photo albums so I wanted to do a school themed mini.  This album will give them a look back at their school days all in one place. I started out with a pack of 6 x 9 manila envelopes from the dollar store.  I trimmed off the flap so that my "pocket" would be 6"h x 6-1/2"w.

I cut 14 pieces of 6"h x 6-1/2"w pattern paper for the Grade School Stack from DCWV.  I glued these sheets to both sides of the trimmed envelope.  I used my Gypsy to cut the tag from page 32 from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More.  I deselected the aspect ratio link to make the size 6.04 x 7.40.  I used hide contours to hide the existing slot and used the Crop o Dile to punch a hole for my ribbon. This tag fits inside the envelope "pocket" to create a space for additional pictures and journaling. 

I wanted to show you all the pages without pasting a ton of pictures, so I did a slide show.  If anyone is interested in more of the details like the sizes that I cut the embellishments, just let me know.  I used Simply Charmed and Doodlecharms for the cuts.  I also used a few school themed stickers from my stash.

 Wow!  That is the longest post ever!  If you are still here, I have some Blog Candy.  

Please leave a comment and way for me to get a hold of you.  I will use Random.org to draw a winner on Monday, November 15. 
Thanks for stopping by, click here to see what Janis has created for you. 

Paper Playtime #

This week the challenge at Paper Playtime is to use a spider web, a pumpkin or both on your project.  I decided to use both.  I really liked this fence from Happy Hauntings.  I cut off the raven and added a spider web,pumpkin and "Beware" (all  from Happy Hauntings).  The spider is from Doodlecharms.

I had to resist the urge to add ribbon to this...I don't think ribbon and spooky go very well together :o).  Hop on over to Paper Playtime to play along with us and to see what all the other Paper Queens have in store for you this week. 

New Arrival Onesie Card

The Cricut Cardz Challenge this week is to make a card for a new baby using the colors green, yellow orange and white ONLY.  I decided to make a shaped card.  I used my Gypsy to weld two onesies from the "B is for Boy" Cricut Lite cartridge together.  I cut another onesie fron the MS green and white polka dot paper.  The little duck is from Doodlecharms and the little scallopped circles are from Lacy Labels.  You can barely read the stamp in this picture but it reads "New Arrival".  I added a litle crystal for the duckie's eye.

Design Team #2 over at Cricut Cardz challenge has some awesome cards this week....head on over here to check them out.

I am also entering this in the ....wee Memories challenge...Scallops, Orange and String and My Pink Stamper's challenge...use a bird on your project.

....wee memories...Summer Fun Challenge

Jenny over at ...wee memories...is having a Summer Fun challenge this week.  I picked up these adorable K and Company stickers with week at WM so I decided to go with the beach theme.  I cut the sandcaste from Doodlechams, the sand dune from Give a Hoot and the clouds from Create a Critter.  I inked the edges of the sandcastle and the clouds. I think it turned out pretty cute.

Snowman Snowglobe....Christmas in July Challenges

I've been having fun trying to figure out the Gypsy and I think I'm starting to get the hang of it.  I made this card for several of the Christmas in July challenges that are going on this week. 

At CardzTV we were asked to make a Christmas card using a snowman.  I used the Doodlecharms cartridge to cut the snowglobe (5"), the snow man (2.5) and the snowflakes (1" x 1.5").  I used the Noel seasonal cartridge to cut the "Happy Christmas" on shadow (1").   I got my inspiration for this card from Mary at CardzTV....she made a card using this snowglobe and snowman that was super cute so I thought I'd give it a try.

I'm also going to enter this card in the Cricut Cardz Challenge which is any Christmas card and Paper Cutz Challenge which is a Christmas card without red or green on it.

Paper Cutz Challenge #34

This week the Paper Cutz Challenge was to create

an Easter card without using chicks or bunnies. I used the Easter basket and eggs from Doodlecharms, the branch and from Zooballoo, the butterfly from Paisley and the sign from Walk in my Garden to come up with my card.

Cricut Cardz Challenge #18

This week the Cricut Cardz Cahllenge is to make an easter card. I used Zooballoo, Walk in my Garden, and Doodlecharms to come up with my card. I hand cut the "hills". I like the way it turned out.

Cricut Cardz Challenge #17

The Cricut Cardz Challenge this week is to make a child's birthday card. I used the cupcake from the Doodlecharms cartridge, some pearls for sprinkles and the Cuttlebug to add some texture to the background. I think it came out really cute.