Purple People Eater!!

It's another Challenge Me Monday for FCCB!! This week's challenge is called "Purple People Eater" and we needed to use the color purple and create a project with either a bug or monster in it. Sticking with the Halloween theme....I decided to dig out my Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge and dust it off! Since I took these pictures, I have actually added some stickles to bling it up, and I like it better, but oh well! You guys get the pre-bling pics!! Here you go!


Recipe:
Cricut Cartridges: Paper Doll Dress Up, StoryBook
Cardstock: Recollections, DCWV, Stampin' Up!, Bazzil
Copic Markers
BugBites "All Year Round" stamps
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder: D'Vine Swirls
Googly Eyes from my stash

Now, create your own Purple People Eater and head over to FCCB and link it up for the chance to win a FANTABULOUS prize!!! And while you are there, get some other inspiration from my super talented DT girls, and visit their blogs and give them some love! We all love comments!!



thanks for visiting!!

Challenge Card #2

Here is my 2nd creation of the day! I designed this easel card to enter into the following challenges:

BBTB2: Frog from Create A Critter
Cooking with Cricut: Anything Goes!


Recipe:
Cricut Cartridges: Create A Critter, Storybook, Sweet Treats, Birthday Bash, Doodlecharms
Cardstock: DCWV Lemon Flower, Recollections
Ribbon from my stash
Prima Flowers
Recollections Silver Brad
Queen & Co. Rhinestone
VersaMagic Dew Drop Chalk Ink in Gingerbread

Thanks for dropping by....I've got 2 more for you today! Stay tuned!!

CTO--Christmas in July

And it's time for another challenge over at Celebrate the Occasion!! In fact, I'm somewhat sad, because this is my LAST Design Team post for them! I was feeling a little overwhelmed with both DT's, and summer approaching that I decided to step down and give someone else a chance to work with this wonderful group of talented folks! So....(weep, weep, sob, sob...) for my final challenge with CTO, the theme is Christmas in July, and we were to make a shaped card. This is what I came up with!


Recipe:
Cricut Cartridges: Very Merry Tags, Storybook, George and Basic Shapes
Cardstock: Stampin' Up!, Recollections
Signo Uniball Silver Gel Pen
Diamond Stickles

So, now, head over to CTO and link up your own shaped card for Christmas in July!!! And thanks to all my CTO DT members for a wonderful term!! I've enjoyed working with you all so much!!

FCCB Design Team Day!! Wedding Wishes....

It's Design Team Day over at FCCB!!! That means another challenge for you!!! This week, we were asked to create a card, LO, or project that fits with the theme of "Wedding Wishes", and it must contain a BELL. There are many bell cuts that I could choose, but I decided to go with the double bell from Sweethearts. I also decided to go with a totally white card, with each layer only set apart by texture, inking, Pop Dots, Flocking, and Stickles. I will say that the inking bled a little into the Diamond Stickles, so the inside of the bell looks slightly gold. I did use Gold Stickles for the clappers of the bells, but the inner bells are supposed to be white with Diamond Stickles. OOPS! :) Here is my creation, mistakes and all!!



Recipe:
Cricut Cartridges: Storybook, Sweethearts
Cardstock: Stampin' Up!
Cuttlebug Embossing Folders: D'Vine Swirls, Swiss Dots
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink by Ranger, in Walnut Stain
Stickles: Diamond, Gold
Flocking: Linen White by Inkssentials
Ribbon from my stash

Here's a close-up photo to show some of the dimension...it is hard to tell in the photo, but the ribbon on the bells have flocking on them! It's the first time I've used it and I LOVE IT! I will be using it more!!! :)



My card is simple, but gets to the point! I hope you enjoyed it, and that it inspired you to get creating those Wedding Wish Cards!! Link them up over at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog, and join in with us!! We can't wait to see what you create!

Using PageMaps...

Sandee is over at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog today with another Scrappin' Saturday! Today she is featuring the super awesome website called PageMaps. PageMaps is a site to find sketches for layouts of all sizes, cards, half pages, tags, etc! This place is amazing!! You will have to check it out when you are looking for inspiration! Anyway, Sandee asked some of the DT members to help her out by showcasing a sketch from over at PageMaps. I chose this sketch:



This is an 8x8 layout sketch that I rotated and added my own twists to come up with the following LO.



Recipe:
Cricut Cartridges: Storybook, Nursery Rhymes, Cindy Loo, GBS
Cardstock: Stampin' Up! and Bliss stack from Me & My BIG ideas
White Sakura Gelly Roll Pen
Queen & Co. Rhinestones

I used my Gypsy to weld border cuts from Cindy Loo, along with circles from George and Basic Shapes to create the edging along the bottom. I only have one border punch, so I have to be creative!! Gotta love my Gypsy!!!

I am also entering this LO into the Getting Scrappy Challenge over at Amanda's Crafts and More. The theme was to "Get Sketchy" and create a LO from any sketch!

Thanks for looking! Head on over to FCCB to see what Sandee and some of the other DT members have done with PageMaps!

MPS Design Team Submission and 1st Layout EVER!!!

So, one of my favorite crafty women, Robyn aka "My Pink Stamper" is having another Design Team call for 2011!!! WooHoo! I visit Robyn daily, and I would LOVE to be a part of her team! The challenge that she put forward was as follows:

Challenge: Make a card, scrapbook page, or other Cricut project with your favorite cartridge (Simply Charmed is my current fave...) using Robyn's favorite colors......

Pink
Green
Brown
(other optional color of your choice) I used YELLOW.

The Requirements for her Design Team are:

*You will need to have a blog
*You cannot already be serving on a DT that has product that is a conflict of interest (most DTs are just fine as long as they do not sell product that is similar to My Pink Stamper Original Cricut Stamps idea)
*Your project must be made just for this challenge
*Post a pic on your blog with a full recipe along with what the challenge is about
*This needs to be a new project that you make just for this challenge
*Only one entry per person, please
*You must have either a Cricut or Imagine to serve on the team
*No experience necessary but you must have a love for the craft! :)

And, since I fit ALL the requirements (wink,wink!), I have racked my brain to come up with something....something that would set me apart from the oh-so-many people that follow Robyn and would likely be submitting a project as well. She only has 2 spots to fill, and as I look over at her blog today, there are over 150 submissions already!! For the last couple of days, I have been playing with my new Gypsy that my wonderful husband surprised me with on Christmas, trying to come up with something that would hopefully knock Robyn's socks off!! And how's this for a sock-knocker-off-er??? (Is that even a word?) I came up with what has turned out to be my VERY FIRST LAYOUT EVER!!! I am a cardmaker/3D item/home decor gal for the most part, and would love to start to delve into the layout aspect of the craft that I am soooo obsessed with!! I figured if I was going to submit to a challenge, I might as well really challenge myself!! hee hee!! A very good friend is having a baby girl in March, and her shower is coming up....so I may use this in a small scrapbook for her, or maybe keep it and scrap something from when MY baby girl was born 3 years ago!! Either way, for my first layout, I am pretty happy with the result!

Here She Is!!! ("recipe" to follow under the photos!)





My Recipe:
Stampin' UP! Cardstock (solid colors)
My Mind's Eye "Bliss" Cardstock Stack (pink and green patterned paper)
DCWV "Green Tea" Cardstock Stack (brown patterned paper)
Simply Charmed Cricut Cartridge (baby carriage, title, and bottles)
Storybook Cricut Cartridge (Scalloped Square frames)
White Gelly Roll Pen for doodling
Scrap Ribbon
Silver Brads for detail
Pink Adhesive Rhinestone from my stash for bling on the baby's bow
PopDots for added dimension under the carriage and bottles

Thanks for looking! And good luck to everyone (many, many talented people!!) on the DT call!! Fingers are Crossed!!!

Bridal Shower Card

My husband's cousin is getting married in October and her Bridal Shower is coming up soon....I made this card for her using the Cricut Storybook and Wedding Solutions Cartridges. Paper is mostly Stampin' Up! from my stash. I added some Stickles in Diamond Ice for some bling! Gotta love the bling!!

Some Cricut Creations!!

So, I haven't been one to photograph my creations until I decided to blog about them....as a result, I only have pictures of the most recent stuff that I have made. Above is a layout that I made and framed for my BFF's 4 y.o. son for Christmas. I used Paper Doll Dress Up and Storybook. I also made similar framed art for her daughter and my 3 nieces...but don't have pictures. Bummer!


The below pictures are what I have created for my 2 y.o. daughter's room decorations. I just love the Cricut Paisley cartridge! It is so cute!

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the owls on this cart!!! I will be making some more!! :)

Before she was born, my DH and I bought a personalized clock on Ebay that matched her crib bedding. When it arrived, we realized that it was just a computerized image that someone had created and shabbily put in the clock frame......but we hung it anyway, because it had her name, and matched her room. So, I knew I could do better....now that she has her toddler bed and new decorations....why not match them? This is what I came up with! (using Paisley and Designer's Calendar)

Here are the distance pictures of her room....although it is not finished just yet. The valances are still from her crib bedding and I am planning on making her some new ones....and then there is still a big space to the left of the snail/bee/frog/dragonfly pics and a whole other wall. I've got some ideas cookin' for those....and then I'm thinking of experiementing with vinyl around her windows and closet doors. Once I'm completely finished....I'll do another post! Wish me luck!

That's all for now! Happy Wednesday!! :)