Toad-ally Awesome!

Hello everyone! Today starts a new challenge at My Craft Spot! This week the challenge is "Anything Goes"  Create whatever you want but the winner will be chosen by those using My Craft Spot stamps.

I made this card to share with you today. That frog is so stinkin cute, I just had to make a card with him! LOL!

I cut the card base from Birthday Bash and welded the flowers to the side from Paisley. The frog and lily pad are from a file from Lettering Delight's called Frog's and Kisses. I pop dotted the flower onto the lily pad and stamped that fun sentiment from My Craft Spot's Build A Valentine stamp set. 

I hope you will all play along and please don't forget to check out what the rest of the DT has created! Have a great day!

SUPPLIES
My Craft Spot- Build A Valentine

Lettering Delights- Frogs and Kisses 

Cricut- Birthday Bash and Paisley

Valentines For Kids

 

Hello everyone! It's time for a new challenge at My Craft Spot! This week the challenge is "Valentines For Kids " Create a project for a child for Valentines Day.
These are fun candy holder cards and they're quite simple to make.

To make the treat holder you will need 3 X 9 1/4 inch piece of cardstock. Score at 1, 5 and 5 1/5 inches. Fold over the 1 inch flap and staple down in the center top. Cut a white mat at 2 3/4 X 3 1/4 and a colored strip at 3/4 X 2 3/4. Now you're ready to decorate.
I cut the robot from Robots, the frog from Paisley, and the dinosaur from Create A Critter. I stamped all the eyes with Peachy Keen face stamps. I stamped the sentiments from My Craft Spot's Build A Valentine set and added Glossy Accents to the hearts and eyes. To finish I stamped the To and From from MCS's Always And Forever stamp set and added bags of M&M's to the inside.

I hope you all will play along and please don't forget to check out what the rest of the DT has created. Have a great day!

SUPPLIES

My Craft Spot- Always and Forever and Build A Valentine stamp sets

Peachy Keen- The Cornies and Piles Of Smiles 1 inch face stamps

Cricut- Robots, Paisley, and Create A Critter

My Craft Spot "Cool Treats" Challenge

Hello everyone! It's time for a new challenge at My Craft Spot! This week the challenge is " Cool Treats". When I think of a cold treat, I see a nice cold strawberry margarita! MMMMM....SO YUMMY! LOL! It happens to be my birthday today AND I have fresh strawberries! I think I might just have myself a birthday treat!
This was a really fun card to make! I created the card in my gypsy by welding two martini glasses together from Smiley Cards. I then cut the inside mat and inked a soft blue around it. For the inside pink I cut another inside layer and trimmed it down, tore the top, and used a corner rounder on the bottom. I then inked it with black and then white to get that cool speckled look. I cut the strawberry from Paisley and embossed it and inked white over the embossing. The straw I cut by hand and added a line of chunky glitter for the sugar....gotta have the sugar! LOL! To finish I stamped the tag and added a crinkle and twine bow.
SUPPLIES:
My Craft Spot- Inside and Out #2 stamp set, Spring Moss Crinkle Ribbon, Divine Valentine Twist Twine
Cricut- Smiley Cards and Paisley
Cuttlebug Embossing folder- Swiss Dots

I hope you all like my card and will play along this week! Please don't forget to check out what the rest of the DT has created! I promise you won't be disappointed! Have a great day!

Ladybug

Happy Hello everyone! I have a super cute card to show you today! Here I am in my craft room when I REALLY need to be working on things for my son's graduation party which is now less than a month away!!! LOL! Gosh! I am such a procrastinator!
I really like how this card turned out! The papers just worked perfect! I cut the fancy frame from Elegant Edges with the matching mat and pop dotted it to the card. The ladybug was cut from Paisley and I pop dotted the wings just on the bottom edge, gluing the top down. I love the look it gives the ladybug, like she's going to take off. The background bottom was embossed with the Cuttlebug Seeing Spots folder and I punched a border strip to separate the 2 papers. I added a ribbon down the side with a sentiment banner. The banner is held down with a brad which I gathered the ribbon into the center with.
Have you all seen this trick? I hadn't and I LOVE IT!!! It makes it SO easy to create sentiment banners!

Just use a square punch to punch out the corners! Easy Peasy! LOL!
I am going to enter this card into the following challenges:
1. RRRR- Black, White, and 1 accent color + ribbon
2. BBTB2- Ladybug or Bee
Thanks for looking and have a wonderful day!

Just Because Frog

Hello everyone! Here is a card that I made for several challenges. I am trying to get some time in my craft room before the weekend. After that I will be in a car....BLAH! My son has his registration for college and the drive is 7 1/2 HOURS! So unfortunately I will be stuck in a car for most of the weekend.
For my card I cut the frog and umbrella from the Paisley cart. I hid the butterfly for the umbrella and did a stitching line.  Do you see that UBER adorable paper I used? When I saw that paper which is from the Doodlebug Sugar and Spice pad, I knew I wanted to use it on the umbrella! Those little frogs are too cute! I stamped the face on the frog using Peachy Keen Critter faces for the eyes and Everyday Character Face Parts for the mouth. I omitted the heart on the belly and added a flower button instead.  To finish I added the ribbon and stamped the sentiment. I am going to enter this into the following challenges:
1. Celebrate The Occasion- Just Because and must use pink
2. Simply Crafts- Umbrella from Paisley
3. Paper Playtime- Umbrella
4. Fantabulous Cricut- Buttons and Bows

Peachy Keen Friends Challenge

Hello everyone! Here is the card that I made to enter into Peachy Keen's Friends card challenge this week. I LOVE my PK faces and can't pass up the chance to play with them! :)
I printed and cut the owl's from Paisley using Imagine Blossom for the pattern papers. I stamped the eyes with Peachy Keens Critter Faces and the beaks were stamped and cut out from Peachy Keens Everyday Character Face Parts. I inked all the edges and added bling centers to the flowers. I also added bling to the corners of the card and did a stitching line around the upper part of the card with a colored pencil. For the bottom half of the card I cut 1/2 strips of paper and cut V's into them. I then lined them up across the card and added a ribbon. The sentiment was stamped from Whimsical Designs Whimsical Fun Vol. 1.
I hope you all are having a wonderful day and thanks for looking!

We Wish You A Berry Christmas!

Hello everyone! Here is the card that I made for Tacky Tuesdays Challenge. This month the challenge is to use a berry/fruit cut and the word Berry.
I am sticking with my Christmas in July cards for this one! I thought this would be something different. I cut the strawberries from Simply Charmed and stamped the faces with Peachy Keen face stamps. The hats were cut from Jolly Holidays. One is just the hat cut that I blacked out and the other is the blackbirds hat. The music notes were cut from Paisley. I printed the sentiment off my computer and used a border punch for the bottom. To finish I added white accents on the music notes , tied a ribbon and mounted the strawberries on pop dots. All of the pattern paper is from the new Recollections Bright And Jolly paper pad. I hope you all are having a great day and thanks for looking!

Oops Froggy Card

Hello everone! Here is the card that I made for M.A.G. Challenge by the Page. This week the challenge cartridge is Paisley and you can only use the Cricut cuts from page #39. I cut the mushroom from Paisley at 4 inches and I used my white and black pens to do some highlighting. The frog is a sticker from Recollections and I stamped the sentiment which is from Scrappy Mom's Furry Friends set. For the card base and mat I used my corner rounder and the grass is a strip of paper that I fringed with scissors. I hope you all are having a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Bee Mothers Day Card

Hello everyone! Is everyone ready for the big wedding tomorrow? I am DVRing it so I don't have to get up at 4 a.m. I can't wait to see what her dress will look like. Well on to my card.

I made this card for several challenges. I cut the bee from Paisley at 3 inches. The sentiment mats were cut from Once Upon A Princess starting at 2 inches and then gradually going up. I stamped the sentiment and did some faux stitching around the outer mat. The mat, bee, and flower are all pop dotted. To finish I added a ribbon. These are the challenges that I am entering this card into:

1. Scrappy Moms Stamps Terrific Tuesday challenge- use Paisley

2. Fantabulous Cricut- Mothers Day and must say the word MOM on it.

3. Scrapbookaholic By Abby- Mothers with faux stitching

4. Die Cuttin Diva's- Mothers Day

Mothers Day Easel Card

Hello everyone and welcome to challenge # 11 at Celebrate The Occasion! This weeks challenge is Mothers Day. Create a project for Mothers Day. For my card I did an easel card. I think these are so pretty. I made the card in my Gypsy by welding 2 scallop circles together from Forever Young and then 1 more for the front of the card. The circle mats were cut at 4.5 and 4.25 inches. The sentiment frames were also cut from Forever Young at 2 inches and slightly bigger. The flowers were cut from Paisley at 1, 1.25, and 1.5 inches. The leaves I cut by hand and glued them to the backs of the flowers. I added a bow and stamped the sentiments. To finish I cut the inside sentiment frame from my scallop scissors. I hope you all like my project and can't wait to see what you'll create! Have fun!

Whimsical Wednesday Blog Hop

Hello everyone and welcome the Whimsical Wednesday Blog Hop! If you are coming here from Cindy, then your in the right place! If not you will want to start at the beginning here! For my first project I made this refrigerator notepad holder. I cut a 5.5 X 11 inch piece of cardboard from a cereal box and covered it with pattern paper. I made a pocket for the notepad cut at 3.75 X 4.5 inches. I thought about gluing a notepad to it but then you wouldn't be able to replace it. This way you can replace the notepad when it's out of paper.For the picture I cut the frog from Paisley at 2 inches and the font was cut from Robots at .75 inches. I then took some old magnets (the ones you get in the mail with credit cards and such) and cut one in half and glued them to the back. This is a picture of it hanging on my fridge!

For my second project I made this card. I LOVE Hello Kitty....she's so cute! :) I just love scene cards and was very happy with how this one turned out. I cut HK from Hello Kitty Greetings at 3 inches and the sun at 1.5 inches. I chose not to do the black layers for the sun. The clouds were cut from Simply Charmed and the grass was cut from Paper Doll Dress Up both custom sized in my Gypsy. The mouse was cut at 1.5 inches from Four Legged Friends and I added a flower to his hands.

I hope you enjoyed my projects and now you're off to Roberta!

And don't forget to leave a comment on everyone's blog to be entered for the awesome blog candy sponsored by Kraft Outlet and Prairie Bird Boutique at Whimsical Wednesday! And also today through April 7th at Kraft Outlet you can get 10% off by using the code BLOGHOP at checkout.

Sugar and Spice

Hi everyone! If you're looking for the I'm So Lucky Blog Hop please see the post below this one. I made this card for Getting Cricky's Sugar and Spice Simple Sunday Challenge. The challenge is to make something that represents Sugar and Spice, so this is what I came up with. I am so happy with the way this card came out. I cut the card using the last image in Live Simply and welded it in my Gypsy to make the card. I also cut all the layers at 5.5 inches. The sock monkey was cut from B is for Boy at 3 inches. I cut 2 hats and cut off the ball and bottom band and then pop dotted them to the hat to give it more dimension. I also cut that little purse at .75 inches from Paisley. For the outsides of the card I took a hand held flower punch and punched the flowers and then used my circle punch for the insides of the flowers. To finish I stamped the sentiment and added some black stitching. I hope you all are having a great day and don't forget to come back tomorrow for the Spring Bling Blog Hop!

Celebrate The Occasion Challenge #3

Hello everyone and welcome to the 3rd challenge at Celebrate The Occasion. This weeks challenge is Any Occasion using the colors Green, White, and 1 Optional color. I hope you will join in the fun!

For my card I welded 2 tags from Once Upon A Princess in my Gypsy for the card base and also a layer a little smaller for the mat. The flowers were cut from Paisley. I cut 2 layers for each flower and embossed them with my Swiss Dots folder. I also cut the circle centers from Paisley and used my Peachy Keen stamps to stamp the faces. To finish the card I stamped the sentiment onto an oval punched shape and tied a ribbon to the top. I hope you all enjoyed my card and I can't wait to see what you will come up with!

Acetate Treat Box and WINNER

Hello everyone! For today I have a cute little treat box that I made for Always Crafting's Whimsical Wednesday Challenge. The challenge is to make your own embellishment. I cut a pillow box out of acetate from Wrap It Up at 5 inches hiding the decorative cutout with my Gypsy. I then embossed it with Sizzix's hearts folder. It's hard to see in the pictures but I did take a close up shot that you can kinda see. I filled it with M&M's and tied a ribbon around it. I then made the flower with different sized flowers from Paisley. The white layer I embossed with Swiss Dots and chalked over with a pale pink. The center brad I made using my I-Top and some pink fleece. I hand wrote the tag and attached it to the flower.

I also have the winner of the BE MINE BLOG HOP. Random.org chose #7 Bunny Freak!
Congrats Bunny Freak! I have your email address and will be contacting you. Thank you everyone for all the wonderful comments and have a beautiful VALENTINES DAY!

Guest Designer For MAG Challenge By The Page

Hi everyone! I am so excited....I got to be a guest designer for the first time! I am guest designer for M.A.G. Challenge By The Page today. For this challenge you were to use Paisley page 59. If you have never been to this new challenge blog here are the rules....Every Friday they post a new challenge. They give you the cartridge and page number and you are to use only the Cricut cuts on that page. So here is my project. I bought this little take-out box and filled it with hair accessories. I cut the blow dryer at 4 inches and custom sized the shadow in my Gypsy. I didn't like how wide the original one was. I used my Cuttlebug to emboss the vent on the dryer and I left off the heart. The tag I cut by hand and the word Primp I cut at .5 inches. I finished it off by tying ribbon to the handle in coordinating colors. I hope you all like my FIRST ever design project and I hope you will check out M.A.G. Challenge By The Page and participate in a challenge. Have a great day and take care!

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

This is the card I made for Jitterbuggin's challenge this week. For this challenge you were to use this sketch, put a cricut vehicle on it, and use a button. I cut the zebra in car from Pailey at 2.5 inches. I used glitter paper for the car and a button for the center of the flower. I then added puffs of smoke coming out of the tail pipe. This turned out so cute! I love the glitter paper....it really adds some flair to the car.