Challenge Me Monday!!

It's another Challenge Me Monday over at FCCB!!! This week's theme is "Birthday Bash" and we were asked to make a project for a kid's birthday. Well, I have to confess....I didn't make this for a kid....it was actually for my sister-in-law....and I didn't make it for this week's challenge.....this week got completely away from me, and I have been moving my craft room, and all my stuff is in piles waiting to be organized!!! ahhhh!!! So, alas, I was not able to make something new....BUT this card has never been posted before, so it's new to you all, right? :)

I made this quickie card for my sister in law's birthday a few weeks ago, when we were headed off to the Seacoast Country Music Festival, featuring Brad Paisley, Blake Shelton, and Jerrod Niemann. It was such a great time, and I thought Jessie would fit perfectly. I didn't add too many details, because Jessie has plenty of detail herself! Here it is!



I'll give you the recipe later, because right now, I need to post this and GET TO WORK!!! I'm running late on this Monday!!

If you have extra time this week, head on over to FCCB and link up YOUR kid's birthday project!! :)

FCCB Challenge Me Monday!

Hello Again! Happy Monday!! It's another Challenge Me Monday over at the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog!!! This week's challenge is "Going Buggy!" and you are put to the test to create a project with a BUG in it!! There are soooo many adorable bugs in the Cricut Library and I had a hard time deciding which bug to pick! I finally chose a ladybug from Kate's ABC's, since I got the cartridge for my birthday in May and I had yet to play with it!! This is what I came up with!



Recipe:
Cricut Cartridge: Kate ABC's
Cardstock: Bazzil Basics and K&Company
Stamps: My Craft Spot's Sweet Sentiments Set #1
Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Walnut Stain
Prima Flowers
Recollections Silver Brad
Queen & Co. Rhinestone in Cotton Candy
Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen
Pop Dots

Thanks so much for stopping by today!! I would LOVE for you to join in on the challenge, and head over to FCCB to link up your project!! You also have to check out the other FANTABULOUS projects that the rest of the Design Team came up with this week! They are amazing!! :)

Another BugBites preview!!

It's time for another BugBites 'All Year Round" stamp set preview!! And looky here...I used 2 stamps!! I had so much fun making this scene card! Both stamps went fabulously with it! It just shows the versatility of this stamp set....



Recipe:
Cricut Cartridge: Winter Frolic
Cardstock: Stampin' Up!, DCWV
Cuttlebug Embossing Folders: Swiss Dots, D'Vine Swirls
BugBites 'All Year Round' stamp set
Nicole Rhinestones
Signo Uniball Silver Gel Pen
ribbon from my stash

And here are some close-ups of Barb's AMAZING stamps!!




Head over to BugBites to see the rest of today's previews, and enter for a chance to win this awesome set!! Thanks for stopping by!!

I'm also entering this in the Cricut Circle Monthly challenge for August, which is to create a project with a scene!! :)

BugBites Stamp Set Preview!

So, have you heard the news? My blogger friend, Barb, over at BugBites has designed her first set of stamps!!!! It's called 'All Year Round', and she asked some of us to help showcase her stamps during her Release Week!! How cool is that? I was so excited when she asked....and of course, I said YES!! These really are great stamps....just anything you could think of for the whole year round! Great quality, great sayings....love them!

Barb is giving away a stamp set to one lucky follower for each day this week! Head over to her blog HERE to comment and have a chance to win your own stamp set!!

Here is the card I created for today's Sneak Peek!!



Recipe:
Cricut Cartridge: Happy Hauntings
Cardstock: Stampin' Up! And K & Company
Martha Stewart Drippy Goo Border Punch
BugBites 'All Year Round' stamp set
Inkssentials Glossy Accents
Ribbon from my stash
Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen

Thanks so much for taking a look today!! Make sure you come back on Friday, as I will have another Sneak Peek of Barb's FABULOUS stamps!!

FCCB--Challenge Me Monday #70--MELON TIME!!

It's my first week with the new Team B design team members over at FCCB....I can't wait to see what everyone has created! It is another Challenge Me Monday and this week's theme is MELON TIME!!! And we were asked to create a project with a fruit or melon in it. I decided on the token "thanks a melon" card....and decided to use Just Because Cards to carry out my design. Here it is!



Recipe:
Cricut Cartridge: Just Because Cards
Cardstock: Bazzill and K&Company
Time Holtz Distress Ink in Walnut Stain
Martha Stewart Glitter Glue
Sakura black Gelly Roll pen
Pop Dots
ribbon from my stash

I added the glitter glue because I totally screwed up in the decorating/doodling that I was doing in the 'thanks a melon' sentiment!! Oops! I would've liked it better without the glitter, but oh well. It still came out ok!

Thanks for looking today! I would love for you to head over to FCCB and see what the new and old DT members came up with this week, and then link up your own project!! Remember, it's MELON TIME!!!! :)

My Pink Stamper DT Call!! My 11th hour entry!

So, just in case you hadn't heard.....Robyn, aka My Pink Stamper, is having a Design Team Call for her next 6 month term. If you are completely new to Cricut, or at least the online Cricut world, then you may not know who Robyn is. You should REALLY check her out!! I first discovered here about 2 years ago when I ventured into the online Cricut community, and she really was inspiring to me in many ways. She has lots of great products that go along with the Cricut, and she is just such an All-American, girl-next-door type...you can't help but love her! :) You can check her out, HERE.
But, back on track....I have submitted a project for each of Robyn's previous DT calls, and have not been chosen... :( But, determination (and stubborness...hee hee!!) leads me to submit a project yet again, and HOPE, HOPE, HOPE that she discovers little ole me out of the crowd of almost 200 that have applied!! YIKES!!
So, since this IS the 11th hour...you only have until midnight CST TONIGHT to submit...I will get right to it!

These are Robyn's submission guidelines (let's see if I qualify)...

*You will need to have a blog that you regularly post on for at least 3 months. (check!)
*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) (check! I'm only on FCCB...no product there!!)
*Your project must be made just for this challenge (check! Done tonight and only for this!)
*Post a pic on your blog with a full recipe along with what the challenge is about (check!)
*This needs to be a new project that you make just for this challenge (check again!)
*Only one entry per person, please (check! no time to make a 2nd!! hee hee!!)
*You do not need to be a professional but you must have a love for the craft! :) (double check!!)

Challenge: Make a card, scrapbook page, or other Cricut project with your favorite Cricut cartridge using the following colors......

Orange
Turquoise (ok...I DID use tourquoise....but it looks blue in the pic! :( )
Green
Brown
(other optional color of your choice) (check!! I've included all 4, and added an optional of YELLOW!)

Now that I have followed the guidelines to a 'T'...here's my card!! Hope you like it!



Recipe:
Cricut Cartridges: Birthday Bash (my current fave...lots of b-days around here right now!!), George and Basic Shapes, and Preserves
Cardstock: DCWV, Stampin' Up!, and Core'dinations
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder: Swiss Dots
Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Walnut Stain
Pebbles Chalk
White and Black Gel Pen
Pop Dots

I cut the background card from Birthday Bash, using the card feature, at 5". The tourquoise background (that sort of looks blue in the pic...oops) is cut from George at 4" and embossed with Swiss Dots. Since it is Core'dinations paper, the dots popped thru with the white core, so I dusted it with some Pebbles chalk to get the single color look back. I then cut the tag from Preserves using my Gypsy, so that I could get the correct length and width for my sentiment. I cut my Donkey Pinata from Birthday Bash at 3.25" and the CELEBRATE phrase, from the same cartridge, at 3". I cut the phrase 3 times in 3 different colors so I could create a shadow effect. I then inked all edges with Tim Holtz Distress Ink, and assemble!! Add a few Gel Pen doodles and VOILA! A wonderful birthday card!! :)

Thank you guys, for taking a peek at my card tonight, and if you have a minute to throw together a quick card for her DT call...go for it!! I have been meaning to do this all week (since she announced it)...but hadn't gotten my buns in gear! I'm so glad I did though....and I'm keeping my fingers crossed!! Good luck to all the other applicants!! :)

Spotlighting Scrappy Moms Stamps for FCCB!!

Happy Sunday everyone!! Today, over at FCCB, some of the DT members were asked to create projects using Scrappy Moms Stamps!! Tammy and Melanie over at Scrappy Moms Stamps were so generous to supply us with their BRAND NEW RELEASE....."QUIRKY QUOTES"!!!!! If you have never worked with these stamps, let me tell you, they are FABULOUS!! They are high quality clear photpolymer stamps that are made in the USA, and they stamp wonderfully!
Quirky Quotes has some adorable sayings.....I used one of the more 'traditional' sayings since I was making a birthday card for an Aunt, but there are some really cute puns in this set too! Head on over to Scrappy Moms Stamps and check them out!!

Here is my card....

Recipe:
Cricut Cartridges: Life's A Beach, Create A Critter, Tags, Bags, Boxes and More.
Cardstock: K & Company
Scrappy Moms Stamps QUIRKY QUOTES
Yellow Embroidery Floss---(just haven't allowed myself to buy any twine yet! This was a great substitution!!)
Signo Uniball Silver Gel Pen
Nicole Rhinestones
Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Walnut Stain
Ribbon from the Target Dollar Bin
Pop Dots

Here is a close up of the QUIRKY QUOTES sentiment! Thanks SCRAPPY MOMS!


Thanks for visiting today everyone! So glad that I could share my card with you! Today is gonna be a SCORCHER here in Maine, and I'm so glad my first part of the day is going to be at the Birthday Party (where this card is for...) and it's a Pool Party!! And then the 2nd part of my day is going to be at the SEACOAST COUNTRY MUSIC FEST!! I am soooooooo excited for this event, I just had to share! Brad Paisley, Blake Shelton, and Jerrod Neimann, plus others!! Yee HAW!! :) Can't wait to put my cowboy boots on! LOL!!



Have an Awesome day! I know I will! :)

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--Let's Go Camping!!!

OK!!!! Well, I'm writing this post on Sunday night, and after a long day of travel back from an AWESOME vacation in Florida (DD's first trip to Disney!! Can't wait to attempt to scrap THAT!!) I'm not feeling very wordy...so forgive me! As you are reading this, it will be another Challenge Me Monday over at the super Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog!!! And this week, the theme is LET'S GO CAMPING!!! and we were asked to create a card, LO, or project with an outdoor theme! As I attempt to continue to work on my LO skills.....that's what I decided to create for my project this week! Without further ado, here is my Camping LO!!! (which turned out super cute, IMHO!!!)



And a few close ups.....






Recipe:
Cricut Cartridges: Everyday Paper Dolls, Cricut Keystone, George and Basic Shapes, Summer Vacation Seasonal, Create A Critter
Cuttlebug Embossing Folders: Swiss Dots, D'Vine Swirls, Distressed Stripes.
Cardstock: Stampin' Up!, My Mind's Eye
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress ink in Walnut Stain
Signo Uniball Gel Pens in Gold and Silver
Recollections Mini Brads
Gold Stickles
Liquid Pearls in Linen White
Pebbles chalk

Now, I hope I've inspired you to create something super Fabulous!! Head over to FCCB to link on up, and join us in the challenge! Can't wait to see what you create!

Celebrate the Occasion! Red, White, and Blue...

It's another Celebrate the Occasion Challenge!!! This week, just like over at FCCB...(hint, hint, hint....hit up 2 challenges with ONE project!!! Love it when that happens!!) the challenge is RED, WHITE, AND BLUE!! Since I'm on the the DT's for BOTH blogs, I did create 2 separate projects, but you don't have to! :) This is project #2 that I created for the patriotic theme....

A 4x9" card!

Recipe:
Cricut Cartridge: Independance Day
Cardstock: Core'dinations and scraps from my stash
Cuttlebug Folders: Swiss Dots and Distressed Stripes
Martha Stewart Glitter Glue
Signo Uniball Silver Gel Pen
Ribbon from my stash
Recollections Mini Brads

A close-up of the embossing...


And a close-up of the added Bling...again, I filled the stars in with the Martha Stewart Glitter Glue...couldn't help myself! ;)


That's all, folks! Now if you haven't gotten your red, white, and blue on yet....DO IT! and then link up to CTO for a chance to win the awesome prize for this week! :)

Thanks for checking me out today!

Fantabulous 4th of July!!! :)

Happy Monday! It's another Challenge Me Monday over at the super AWESOME blog, Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog!!! YIPPEE!! What's the theme this week, you ask? Well, just give me a minute, and I'll tell you!! ;) Well, the title of this post possibly already gave it away! :) Of course, it's the Fourth of July (must use Red, White, and Blue)!! Create a card, Layout, or project with a patriotic theme! Go for it! Then head over to FCCB, and link it up for a chance to win the FANTABULOUS prize! Can't get any better! :)

This is what I came up with this week...a shaped card!!



Recipe:
Cricut Cartridges: Independance Day Seasonal, Birthday Bash
Cardstock: Core'dinations
Martha Stewart Glitter Glue
VersaMagic Dew Drop Chalk ink in Night Sky
Signo Uniball Silver Gel Pen

If you check out the close up, you can see that I filled in the stars and outlined the heart with the Martha Stewart Glitter Glue....I LOVE that stuff!! I got it on clearance a while back (Halloween?) and it was an awesome find! :) I still love Stickles, but this is dimensional, so depending what you need it for, sometimes it's even better than Stickles!


Thanks so much for taking the time to come visit me on my little old space in the blogosphere....I've enjoyed this time, haven't you? :) If you like what you see, I'd love to get to 250 followers! Wanna help? Go ahead....click on the Google Friend Connect in the left side bar, and join the crowd!
Now that you've done that....get creating and link up to FCCB! And Happy 4th to you! :)

CTO!!

It's another back to back design team week for me! Today is for Celebrate the Occasion, and the theme this week was to create a card, LO, or project for a birthday, and it must contains party hat! My niece turns 5 this weekend, so I had something to actually make this for!! :) it's late and I'm tired.....and my mother has been visiting from Florida all week (she leaves in the morning....) so this post isn't going to be very full of words!! Sorry! Here are the pics.....



The inside....


Recipe:
Cricut Cartridge: Once Upon a Princess
Cardstock: DCWV Blossoms and Butterflies, Stampin' Up!
Peachy Keen Stamps Everyday Character Faces
Sakura white Gelly roll pen
Signo Silver Uniball Pen
Ink: Versa Magic Chalk Ink in Aqua
Ribbon from the Target Dollar Bin

Thanks for taking the time to visit today!! Now, please head over to CTO and link up your birthday hat project!!

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!

Winner, winner, chicken dinner!!

The winner of the CTO Pool Party Blog Hop, as chosen by random.org..............drum roll please!!!

#14

Amanda!!!!

Amanda said.....

SUPER cute!!

amandawoodau at hotmail dot com


Amanda.....contact me by Sunday, June 12th at mderosby at gmail dot com with your address to claim your prize! If I do not hear from you, I will pick another winner!

Thanks everyone for your AWESOME comments! And welcome to the new followers! Get ready for some fun!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!

Pool Party Blog Hop for CTO!!

WOW!!! it's finally here! It's the POOL PARTY BLOG HOP with Celebrate the Occasion!!! I've been soooo excited about this hop...I can't wait to see what all the DT members have come up with, and get this....There's BLOG CANDY at every stop!!!! if you have hopped here from Linda's blog, Fancy Framework, then you are on the right track!! If you are one of my super duper regular followers, then please head to Celebrate the Occasion to start the hop there! You won't be sorry!!!

It's just starting to get hot up here in Maine (well, sometimes it's hot!! LOL!) and I can't wait for pool party season! I debated for a long time on what to make for my hop entry, and finally ended up with this 5x7 card....it's pretty versatile in a way that I originally had thought about making it as a Pool Party invitation....but then thought that you could also use it as thank you card for a hostess having the party, or even a birthday card for someone who is celebrating with a pool party! Since I only made one....and the real biggie here...I don't have a pool.....I guess I'll opt to use this a hostess thank you or a birthday card, if it comes up! I also put a fair amount of detail into the card, so to make a lot of these for invitations would be a labor of love, that's for sure!! Anyway, without further ado....my POOL PARTY CARD!!!



Recipe:
Cricut Cartridges: Everyday PaperDolls, Doodletype
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder: Swiss Dots
Paper: Stampin' Up! And DCWV
Sakura white Gelly Roll pen
Tim Holtz Distress Ink by Ranger in Walnut Stain
Pebbles Chalk
Peachy Keen Everyday Character Faces
Recollections Silver Mini Brads
Queen &Co. Orange Rhinestones

I cut a 4" paper doll using the Blackout feature from EDPD. I decided to make her a girl, but you could alter this for a boy as well. I chose a hairstyle, bathing suit, duckie float, flippers, mask, and snorkel for her and cut them at 4". Also from EDPD, I found a beach ball, which I cut 4 times at 3"; 2 in red and 2 in white. From Doodletype, I cut the P and the L at 1", in both the base-shift and the shadow-shift features. I then cut the word art 'PARTY' at 1.25" using the base-shift and shadow-shift features. The orange background is 3.5"x5" , used my Corner Chomper, and then embossed with Swiss Dots. I'm actually not sure of the dimensions of the yellow piece, because I placed my words and then cut around it and rounded the edges again with my Corner Chomper. I did ink all edges with Tim Holtz Distress Ink and added some white gel pen doodles. I used my totally AWESOME Peachy Keen stamps to put an adorable face on my paper doll, added some gel pen in the whites of her eye, on her lashes and cheeks, and chalked her cheeks. I layered all pieces of my pool party attendee and for those beach balls, I cut out some of the red sections and made my own layers! I added a mini brad for a little POP! And for a little added dimension to the whole card, I pop-dotted the 2 beach balls and the swimmer girl, and added some BLING to the corners of the word art!

Here are a couple of close up pics....





And now for the good stuff, right?!?! The BLOG CANDY!!!! How appropriate that I am giving away POOL PARTY embellishments!! I have for you....

A pack of Jolee's Beach Ball Dimensional stickers
A pack of K&Company Citronella Dimensional stickers
A pack of K&Company Citronella Die-cuts



All you have to do to win is leave a comment on this post by midnight (EST) on Monday, June 6th! I don't require that the winner be a follower, although, if you like my work, I would love if you would join me on my crafty journeys!!! Just click the follow button on the left side of my blog!!!
I will post the lucky winner on Tuesday!

Now, you are almost throughout the WHOLE hop!! Nice work, and thanks for sticking with us!! Your next stop is the SUPER talented Mary, at MareBear Scraps! If you've gotten lost somewhere along the way, the whole line-up is:

CTO-http://celebratetheoccasion.blogspot.com/
Ivette-http://www.allaboutmeandmyscrapbook.blogspot.com/
Girlia-http://girliascards.blogspot.com/
Adrian-http://byadrian4u.blogspot.com/
Amy-http://www.lovetocrop.com/
Nicole-http://nadialax13.blogspot.com/
Amber-http://my3escrapbooking.blogspot.com/
Rayna-http://purplepeepstechniques.blogspot.com/
Lisa-http://prettypaperprettyribbons.blogspot.com/
Melissa-http://melissa-moecreations.blogspot.com/
Diana-http://www.dianamlarson.blogspot.com/
Kristen-http://fantabulouslypink.blogspot.com/
Katie-http://kwilliamskreations.blogspot.com/
Nicole-http://www.creativedelightsbynicole.blogspot.com/
Linda-http://www.fancyframework.com/
Maquel-http://papermaineiac.blogspot.com/----you are here!!
Mary-http://marebearscraps.blogspot.com/
Judy Ann-http://craftyjar.blogspot.com/
Lucianna-http://dilsaverdesigns.blogspot.com/
Laverne-http://www.acraftershaven.blogspot.com/

Thanks for hopping today, and remember that there's still a challenge going on for CTO this week! You have until tomorrow to enter your project! For more info on that, head HERE!