My Pinkalicious Blog Hop

Good morning everyone! I have decided to join the blog hop over at The Pink Stamper's Blog. The challenge is to show our style making our favorite thing!  It could be our favorite color combo, our favorite Cricut cartridge, or our favorite technique. Just to have some fun and with kind of stress! Doesn't this sound fun!! Go on over to her blog to join the fun and to enter in her fabulous giveaway! 

Recently, I have fallen in love with creating my own pattern paper using stamps.  I have seen it a lot, but never done it.  I really like the way my cards turn out using this technique, in my opinion it adds so much! I also tried challenging myself by NOT using my cricut and just a few current products! WHAT?!?!? I LOVE my cricut, but I LOVE my stamps too. I have so many other cutting systems and inks that I love, but just haven't used them in such a long time and thought that this would be a great time to dust them off and bring them out!

So here it is...  

To cut the ovals out, I used the oval template from the coluzzle. No worries if you don't have this I'm pretty sure you have an oval cut out in one of those cricut cartridges you own...lol! I stamped the sewing machine with StazOn ink and used a craft knife to cut it out. The pink rectangle are measured at 1.75 by 4 and the white piece measures 1.5 by 3.75.

With this sentiment (in which I love) the yellow piece was cut at 2.25 by 1 and the white was cut at 2 1/8 by 7/8.

Supplies:

Cuttlebug

StazOn: Jet Black

Ribbon: Scraps 
Stamp: TPC Studio- Sewing

Stampin Up: Coluzzle Cutting System

 Inks: Stampin Up- Bermuda Bay, Pink Passion

Cuttlebug Embossing Folders: Swiss Dots, Perfectly Paisley

Stampin UP Markers: Crushed Curry, Pink Passion, Bermuda Bay

Card Stock: Craft-Recollection, White-Stampin Up, Pink and Yellow- Scraps 

Thanks for stopping by!

My Pink Stamper Design Team Call!

Hi everyone! I hope everyone had a wonderful day and had time to craft!  Robyn, My Pink Stamper, is having a design team call and so I decided to submit an entry...fingers crossed...lol!! I decided to challenge myself with a layout. I normally post cards, but wanted to make and post something a little different for Robyn's challenge. I created an 8x8 layout for my son's scrapbook. I really love the way it turned out! We went swimming for the first time a few days ago and he loved the water so much he kept trying to drink it...lol!!  I'll tell you, he is a hand full!!  Hope you enjoy it!!

Sun was cut at 3"

Phrase was cute at 3.5"

Supplies:

Cricut Cartridge: H2O 

Designer Paper: Nana's Nursery Baby Boy

Stamps: Martha Stewart-Clear Pattern Stamps

Stickers: Joann's-Cream/Brown Mini Bubble Alpha

VersaMark

Clear Embossing Powder

Stickles: Crystal

Tombo Multi Liquid Glue

Mini Glue Dots

Hope you have a fabulous day! Thanks for stopping by!

FREE Digital Paper Kits

Hi everyone!! I hope that all of you had a great week!  I was on Etsy and came across MGA Creations. She is trading a vote for a free digital kit.  How cool is that! She is trying to win a car and is currently in 2nd place.  I voted for her picture and sent her a message and she sent me my FREE DPK! She has so many wonderful paper kits it's so hard to choose.  You can click here to go to her Etsy shop and get the details.  If you let her know that I sent you she will give you and me a free DPK, so we all win!!  Please if you decide to vote for her picture, message her to let her know that you voted and that I sent you and if you could message me as well that way I can let her know how many people I have sent her way.   You have until July 6, 2011 12:00pm ET. 

Thanks everyone!!
Joann

Robotz Birthday

Happy Friday!! I hope everyone's has had a fabulous week!  I wanted to share another birthday card that I made using the Robotz Cricut Cartridge. I absolutely love this cartridge! All of the robot cuts are so darn cute.  It such a great cartridge if you have a little boy, I plan on using it as a party cartridge when my little one gets older (I say that because I already have plans for his 1st birthday party using my Carousel Cricut Cartridge). It will make great invitations and it has 3D robots that can be used for center pieces.  It really is a great Cartridge.  I like the way my card turned out, I used a fiskar's balloon punch to cut the balloons and just drew strings to the robots hand. I also gave some of the balloons a dimension by adding some pop dots! Here you go...

 

Supplies Used:

Designer Paper: The Paper Studio-A Boys Universe

Cricut Cartridge: Robotz

Stamps: Stampendous-Impressions Every Time

Fiskars: Border Punch, Balloon Punch

White Gel Pen

American Crafts: White Embossing Powder

Thanks for stopping by! Have a fabulous day!

Manly Birthday Card

Ok, so I think it's my fault if it starts to storm I mean my goodness 3 posts back to back, what's going on...lol!!  I'm having fun sharing my creations with all of you! I just hope that you are finding at least one thing that inspires you.  If you are like me, I have many blogs that I love to follow. There are so many talented crafters that truly inspire me and I just hope that I can be one just for you. Today, I am sharing a card that I made for my husband. If you ask me I think the hardest thing to create is a card for a man, I don't know why but for me it just is. I didn't use my cricut at all, just some designer paper and a sticker and I love the way it turned out. I can't believe that it only took me 20 minutes to think and create this card, the more I make that faster I seem to create in my mind (if that makes sense...lol)!  Here it is...

Supplies Used:

Paper: DCWV-Linen Closet Stack (love it)

Michael's Craft Store: Cupcake 3-D Sticker

American Crafts-White Embossing Powder

We R Memory Keepers- Corner Chomper

Stampin' Up-Crumb Cake Marker

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have a fabulous day!!

Boy's Mini Album

Hello, wonderful scrappers! I hope everyone's creative mind had a good rest!! I know I'm rested this morning, I mean come on now 2 blogs in 2 days...wow!! Just wanted to share a little something because I know I'm not the only one out there, but sometimes (actually many many times) I can not sleep because I'm constantly thinking of what I should do next...lol! I'm serious, many time after putting my son to sleep I've stayed awake until 2am.  I know, I know, I should be asleep with him, but sometimes that's my only time to scrap.  My husband calls our son the "Scrapping Baby" because he has to be around me when I scrap and he LOVES to watch my Cricut cut out my images...lol, no joke! So, as much as I love my son, he makes it a bit hard to scrap when he is up!! Here is some proof...

Now on to my project! Creations with Christina inspired me to create my first mini album.  I scrap lifted a few of her ideas, but tried to make them my own in some way. If you click on her name it will take you to her project. Here is my version and I hope you get inspired just like I did!

Supplies Used:

Cricut Cartridge: Boys will be Boys, Fabulous Finds

Designer Paper: The Paper Studio-Little Boys and Their Toys

Stamps: Inkadinkado-Baby Boy, Stampabilities-Notebook/Stars, Stampology-Boy, 

Hot off the Press-Stamped Stitches

Bind it All

Michael's Craft Store-10 things I Adore

I hope you enjoyed it and if you have any questions, please feel free to ask. Thanks for stopping by! Have a fabulous day!! 

Graduation Card

Hi everyone! I hope that all of you wonderful crafter's have had a great day!  Today I am sharing a graduation card that I made to hold a gift card.  The only grad cap that I had was from Wild Card, so I tried to be as creative with it.  I know I could have probably cut one out, but I thought about how cute it would be if I left it open!  So here it is...

 And of course the Starbucks card is mine...lol. I just used it to show you how it holds a gift card!

Supplies Used:

Cricut Cartridge: Wild Card

Stamps: Papertrey Ink-Fillable Frames #3

Card Stock: Michael's Craft Store

Ribbon- Hobby Lobby Craft Store

Embroidery Thread: Joann's Craft Store 

White Gel Pen

White Embossing Powder-American Crafts

Stampin' Up: Slit Punch (to hold gift card)

Thanks for stopping by...have a fabulous day!!