I love you "Beary" Much

 My first ever Gypsy created card.  Done quickly and gave me so much more inspiration on how to make this card even better!  I think he came out cute and a base for what I envisioned.  Now to move on to making it better.  more pictures to come!

Standing up

Lying down

To make this card I used:

Carts:  To cut the bear I used Create a Critter.  I used my gypsy to weld and mirror him so he could be folded in half.  I cut a lighter tan for the layered front.  I also welded the heart in blackout to my base card bear.  I used  Sweethearts for the heart weld, and the pink heart layer.

Stamps:  Stampin Up I love you sentiment from Short and Sweet

Ink: Memento around the heart.  Chestnut color from Colorbox around the bear.

Doodling with my black jelly roll pen.

Thank you all for your lovely comments about my cards.  Also thank you for your inspiration to do more with my gypsy!  I can NOT wait to bling this bear up on another project!!  Stay tuned!!

Zoe's blog candy at make it crafty Giveaway

So I am JUST a beginner at Tilda stamps, I have a few and I absolutely LOVE them.  i cannot believe the talent that I have seen on Zoe's blog.  You have to check her work out!  It is utterly amazing.  I like her coloring technique (always scoping that out) and I like the embellishments on her cards.  Yes, I am a new follower but I will also be a regular visitor!  Check it out Make It Crafty

Here's some of the goodies!

Love you shaker card... RRR Challenge #16

Here is another Valentine's Day card.  I made this for my husband and am entering this in the Really Reasonable Ribbon's Ramblings Heart challenge #16. Click HERE!  The challenge was to create any card, layout, tag, ATC, hair bow, etc.  As long as it has ribbon and hearts!  I made a heart shaker card!

To make this card I used:

Cricut carts: Sweethearts for the small "candy" hearts in the center.  I cut them on blackout at 3/4 in. Accent Essentials for the heart frame and heart.  I cut that at 3 inches.  I then cut a blackout of the same heart at 3 1/4 in.
Paper: Pink, red, white, and black from my stash.
Stamp: I love you 
Stickles: red for the heart on the stamp
Ribbon: From Michaels
Cuttlebug: Divine Swirls
Acetate and foam tape to make the shaker

Some doodling with my pink jelly roll pen and Lady bug red inking around sentiment
The mini hearts have handwritten messages to my husband! ;)

Oldies

I know I haven't posted in a couple of days, but can I just say BUS-AY!!!  Alright, I have been looking for some pictures I have done in the past.  This one I absolutely LOVE!!  It was a Father's Day "card" for my Dear Husband last year.

To make this card I used:

Dark brown Card Stock from my stash
Paper piercer from stampin Up for the "sewn" look around the edge
Black pen to trace along the dots
Tim Holtz distress hammer to add a textured look
Chocolate ink from SU to dab all over to give it a worn look
Stickers for Father's Day...popped up with foam stickers


I put letters from the kids in the folds.  I must say, I saw this idea from someone else, just accustomed it to my likings.

Really reasonable Ribbon's Ramblings' Blogoversary giveaway!

So here is another giveaway I stumbled upon.  Being addicted to ribbon this is the blog candy to win! hahaha!  Really Reasonable Ribbon's Ramblings is celebrating their one year blogoversary...check it out HERE.  You have until January 26.  Check out the blog for more information!

Sweet Love...My Pink Stamper Blog hop entry

Robyn over at My Pink Stamper is doing a blog hop.  Check it out HERE!  It was so much fun blog hopping.  Did I mention theres some goodies along the way? :)
Here is my entry:

 To make this card I used:
Sweet Treats Cart
Pink, brown, and vanilla cardstock from my stash
Pink and red strip paper from Celebrate the Season HL
Divine Swirls ~ cuttlebug
Red Stickles
Diamond Dust
heart brad
Fiskars punch
Bobbin ribbon
SU "short and sweet"~ sentiment
Foam stickers to pop the cupcake and sentiment

I had a lot of fun doing this card.  If you like my stuff or just for encouragement, go ahead and click follow! ;)

Sweet 16 Birthday card

I made this card for my daughter's friend's Sweet 16 birthday.  She loves zebra prints and hot pink!  I also entered this card for the glittermania at Cooking with Cricut.  Check it ou tChallenge #12.

It is still wet! HA!  Front of card

Inside of card

For this card I used:

Hot pink,black, and white card stock from my stash

I used Create a Critter for the purse.  I also used white card stock to cut out the zebra layer from the cart and maneuvered the body over the purse to get the zebra look.  

Storybook for Sweet and 16

Stickles on the zebra stripes

Pink jeweled brads.  I removed the prongs in the back.

Pink and black polka dot ribbon

Cuttle Bug divine Swirls

Sentiment on inside is computer generated.

Check out this giveaway!!

Hey all my crafty friends!

 I was blog hopping and came across this awesome giveaway by Magnolia Rose.  She is offering a cricut Expression with three carts and a cricut cake.  Check it outHERE , and become a follower!!  Her personal story is sad and amazing!

Sweethearts Cart for 9.99!

I can not believe I got a cart for 9.99!  I went to Joanns with my Michaels ad to get some carts.  One problem I did run into, is unfortuantely I got the store manager so he would only honor ONE. :(  He only gave me the Sweethearts cart because the picture was on the ad.  I had 7 that I wanted to get!  Oh well, I did get a cart for under 10 dollars! :) :)  Hopefully you all were able to get some carts for that price at your local Michaels!  Happy shopping!!

Check out this blog candy!

Nicole at Canadian Nickel Scrap'n is having a HUGE giveaway!  There are so many things she is giving away, I could not do justic to try to name it all.  You can CLICK HERE to check it all out!  Some things are a Hello Kitty Cart, Pink ATG, and NUMEROUS other goodies!!!  Check it out!!

Some snippets of my Scrapbook for my Gramps

So I am working on an album for my Grandpa.  He always sets up family reunions yearly.  This one is from Myrtle Beach, SC.  We tend to go there the most!!  While I have been scrapping this one, I just randomly crack up thinking about all the fun times and hysterically funny adventures we had.  It makes it that more enjoyable for me!!

For this page I used some textured card stock and inked it for dimension.  I used some stickles along the crest of the waves and popped it up with foam stickers.  I glossy accented the rubber ducky and used acetate for the goggles.

I found these awesome beach themed brads at Hobby Lobby made by Paper Studio.  I also used the 3D Beach sticker that had seashells and sand (all real) to make up the letters.  I drew the face on my doll. 

Used some stickers I bought a loooong time ago and made a sandcastle.  I also inked the castle for dimension.  Used those same cute beach brads!

I cut this "road" out and made it into a waterslide.  Used some stickels for the water and cotton stretched out for the foam at the end of the ride.

These next pages were used with Creative Memories paper and stickers.  This was BEFORE I got my cricut!

Golfing is always a must for our family reunions.  The "non golfers" shop, enjoy the beach and pool or other fun stuff. 

More pictures will be coming shortly.  I had these completed already.

I GOT A GYPSY!!!!!

Okay, so don't hate but I just got back from Michaels with my brand new 49.99 Gypsy!!!  yes, 49.99!!  How awesome is that?!  I have to say this, my friend posted on my FB wall about them being on sale at Michaels.  She said there were only 3 left!  So I went there and saw the three boxes.  I picked it up with a few other things I could use. (believe it or not, I did not buy ANY paper)  I went to the checkout, the lady went to the back of the store to get my Gypsy.  She came back and informed me that the manager said that they thought they were all out, but there was ONLY one left!!  AHHHHH!!!  She went to go get the other boxes off the shelf, and now I sit at home with my brand new gypsy!!  Oh yes, it is great!!!  Now I have to get busy and learn about it.  I have a feeling my DS will be lonely!! LOL

Nice Try

So I didn't win the MPS DT, but it was fun!  The work submitted by all was amazing!  There are some challenges I will be entering in the next couple of days that I am super excited about.  This will get my craft going on! ;)  Thank you to all who left such encouraging comments!  I appreciate them so much.

My Pink Design Submission

I finally thought about trying out for My Pink Design team 2011. I created this blog just for that purpose. You could say it was my motivation. Anyway, the challenge was to make a card, scrapbook page, or other Cricut project using my favorite cartridge. We had to use her favorite colors of pink, green, and brown. The winners will be announced Friday!!! I am really excited!

For this card I used:

DCWV Mariposa Card Stock

Cuttlebug folder birds and swirls

Storybook Cart for the flowers

Stampin Up "Warm Words" for the sentiment

Inking Colorbox color chestnut

pink skittles

Foam Stickers for the flower and sentiment

A little Thankfulness

My grandma has been sick lately.  So sick, that she was on hospice and by the mercy of God was taken off and doing just a little better.  I made this using paper bags that I sewed together.  I placed photos of my sister and her family and mine as well!

Word Book for my Mother In Law

I absolutely love making word books and shape books.  This says Memere.  It is French for grandma.

I had a lot of fun making this.  She loved it.

Another one of my favorites

This card was made for my sister.  She absolutely loves snowmen!

Front

Inside

Christmas Card

This is a test.  This is one of the Christmas cards I made.

Front of card

Inside of card

To make this card I used:

Plain white card stock
My Mind's Eye O Christmas Tree
Christmas stamps
Water color pencils
Jewel brads
Green ribbon

I absolutely LOVE making cards.  I do hope to develop my style even more.  I had a lot of fun trying new things this year!

Pictures....still editting

Hoping to get these pictures edited and posted to my blog.  I have a lot from Christmas from the cards I made, and I made another word book.  I also have a shape book from last year!  Maybe I can get that posted as well!  Better get busy!

My first post!!

I finally started a blog!  I am not too sure of anything I have chosen and am sure to change things up a bit. :)  I just wanted a place to share my crafts.  I will be uploading some projects I have done since Thanksgiving....thats just crazy!! Thanks for stopping by and supporting me and my endeavor.  Happy crafting!