Skip to main content

Posts

Happy Mother's Day

Welcome to the "Mother's Day" Blog Hop!   We're so happy you could join us today to honor Mothers, Daughters, Aunts or any other woman who has been a great influence in our lives!  You should have arrived from PAM .  If you happened by my blog or are joining me from your dashboard, head over to Miranda's blog to start at the beginning.   We don't want you to miss any of the fun!  In addition to seeing a lot of awesome projects, there is some blog candy available too.  Miranda will be giving away a Michael’s or JoAnn's gift card (winner's choice).  To be eligible for the blog candy, you are required to visit each stop in the hop and leave a comment!   The winner will be announced Wednesday, May 15th on Miranda's blog!  So here are my projects for this great hop... First off, I made this cute bag using 1 sheets of 8.5"x 11" pink card stock.  No cutting and just a little bit of  glue. To ma...

May Calendar Girls Blog Hop

Welcome to our May Calendar Girls' Blog Hop. It’s absolutely amazing when you do a Google search the interesting facts you may find. Such a find is special and unique occasions throughout the year!!! These unique holidays are our inspiration. As Neil Sedaka sang in his song "Calendar Girls" - "May, maybe I’ll ask your mom and dad . . .". Guess, you’ll have to come back to see what he’s going to ask your mom and dad in June . . . .LOL!!! The hop starts with the beautiful and very talented Vicky .  The entire line-up is available just in case you get bogged down with all the holidaze and craziness at the bottom of this post!!!! Holidays, Special and Wacky Days for May are: National Barbecue Month:  National Hamburger Month: Vicky 1 Mother Goose Day: Jearise 4 Bird Day:  Sandy 5  Cinco de Mayo:  6 National Nurses Day:  Janet 8 Iris Day: Lynne 8 No Socks Day: Laura 9 Lost Sock ...

Festive Friday- MCCR

Hi Friends!  It is TGIF and bring up the weekend!!!!! Today is Festive Friday at My Cricut Craft Room and I wanted to share with you how I do by goodie bag toppers for parties.  Here are my examples... Okay let's get started! The first one is this pretty butterfly one and it is very basic.  It is designed using the images unaltered on the cartridges. No CCR or Gypsy needed... Start with your base, for all of these I used Tags, Bags, Boxes and More , (using Mirror key ) I cut it at 5" (then fold in half) Using Birthday Cakes , cut the butterfly base in purple at 3" and layers in pink also 3" Let's Party cut at 1', on the Birthday Cakes cart also used marker pens to make border Next, Is a topper that I created and altered using Gypsy or CCR... (these will be for my son's 6th birthday this month) Start with your base, for all of these I used  Tags, Bags, Boxes and More , (using  Mirror key ) I cut it at 5" (then fold in half)...

New Challenge for TSC

Happy Thursday everyone!  IT is time again for a challenge at The Stamping Chef .  The theme this time is animals!  Come play along! Here is my card... I used Chick Song   and tried my hand at making some paper flowers.  They turned out so-so but I will master them... maybe, lol.   Linking Up To: Sketch Saturday Creative Craft Challenges Hope you have a blessed day and thanks for stopping by,

New Releases at The Stamping Chef

Hi friends, another Tuesday release post for The Stamping Chef .  Here are the two images that I chose to work with this week... Birthday Bash:   scalloped circle easel card LINKED UP TO: Anything Goes Challenges Digi Darla's Challenges Lady Anne's Challenges Quirky Crafts Challenge Beary Birthday :  z-fold card LINKED UP TO: Cards for Men Lexi's Creations Hope you have a blessed day and thanks for stopping by,  

'Put A Ring on it' Blog hop

Welcome to the 'Put A Ring on it' Bloghop.  If you came here from -- NANCY -- you are in the right place.  You can also start over at Melanie's blog ,  . May is a popular month for weddings.  So, we all used AT LEAST 2 circles on our projects. For my project, I made a banner for my Pastor and his wife's 30th wedding anniversary, color scheme was black, white and red. Recipe for a basic banner size: Black, white, gold and white glitter paper Storybook cart for frames and letters/numbers frames cut at 4" and letters/numbers cut at 3" Sweethearts cart for rings and bells rings and bells cut at 2.5" used black curling ribbon and taped frames from the back cut the rings and bells out of gold shimmer paper used white glitter paper to accent by gluing over diamond part, flip and cut outline (that way you don't have to cut glitter paper with the Cricut, especially that small of a size)frames actually come with the accent h...

Christmas challenge...in May?!?!

I was feeling in the Christmasy this morning for some weird reason, so I did a couple more cards for the challenge at   Sarah's www.itswhatkeepsmesane.blogspot.com   This was the second part of our blog hop, you have 1 more day, so come play along!!! Here is the prize: a stamp set and crinkle ribbon bundle of YOUR CHOICE  Here are my cards... The inside Recipe: Eureka Stamps Z fold card base Pattern paper Stamping up sentiment Hope you have a blessed day and thanks for stopping by,