Thank You Blog Hop for Kristal at Getting Cricky!

Being a part of Kristal's design team at Getting Cricky has been a lot of fun!  She has her design team call open and is going to have a new team starting in August.  So, the outgoing team wanted to do a thank you hop for her.  She has been a pleasure to work with and we have LOVED showing off her stamps!

Kristal LOVES owls, so we called our secret plan "Operation Owl."

We all created thank you cards for her.  If she has inspired you we invite you to join us by linking up your project too!  Make sure to visit EVERY stop because there is a lot of blog candy being offered along the way!

The stamps in this set are from Kristal's Amazing You set.

I have some blog candy for one lucky follower/commenter too!!!

Here is the "grand prize."
We have some Blog Hop CANDY for one lucky WINNER!!!
Amy Chomas has graciously donated a mini gel pen set and holder

as our grand prize and some of the ladies have also added to the pot (surprise package).

You must go to each blog and leave a comment (following would be nice also) to qualify for the grand prize.

Brenda will be picking one lucky winner on Wednesday, July 27th. So make sure to go back here and see if you won.So, make sure to hop around and see what is out there!

Brenda                 http://createbyburffrau.blogspot.com

Amy Chomas      http://amychomas.blogspot.com/

Jess                       http://myscrapdiary-jess.blogspot.com/

Kathy T               http://scrappingfelkatz.blogspot.com

Lisa                      http://indymermaid.blogspot.com

Becka                  http://www.creationswithbecka.blogspot.com

Kathy P               http://the3esblog.blogspot.com

Ro                        http://rodonner.blogspot.com

Amy                     http://www.lovetocrop.com

Becky                  http://www.squirlygirlcreations.blogspot.com

Charlotte             http://alittlebitofdetail.blogspot.com

Julie                     http://jk-littlebitofbling.blogspot.com

Rebecca (You are here!) http://craftingmisfit.blogspot.com/

Erika                http://www.craftysprouts.com/

Brenda                 http://createbyburffrau.blogspot.com

Splashtastic Summer Stamp Focus

Aren't those sentiments perfect for these cards?  You can check them out at Getting Cricky!  They are awesome stamps with so many possibilities.

I hijacked Kristal's blog today at Getting Cricky.  These cards are there and a longer post.  I would love it if you went over to the blog there and told Kristal I sent you over!  Check it out!

Card 1:

Recipe:
K Andrew stamps for sentiment
Recollections bling for bubbles
Core'Dinations card stock for the water embossed on Fiskars texture plate then sanded
The fist are cut from Life is a Beach and then the details are penned using Amy Chomas gel pens for the Cricut

Challenges:
Cooking with Cricut- use pens in your Cricut

Card 2

Seriously... how fun is that paper?  You should feel it is so cool!!!

Recipe:
K Andrew Stamps for sentiment
Peachy Keen stamps for the faces
Life is a Beach Cartridge
Sand rain drops paper by Paper Collection

Challenges:
All Sorts Challenge- Free and Easy

Getting Cricky Blog Hop- For our Fallen Heroes

Welcome to Our Monthly Blog Hop at 

Getting Cricky!

We are honoring our fallen heroes this month.

Each Design Team member has created a card to give to a family that has lost someone during their service.

This is VERY personal to me because I have many family and friends that serve.  However, my extended family just lost a young man, only 22 years old, in combat in Afghanistan.  I had asked the DT if anyone wanted to send cards to the family.  Then Kristal, in all her generosity, suggested we do an entire hop for families in this situation.

I am so excited to see the outpouring of love from my DT sisters.  This really is a great bunch of girls to work with.  My term with the design team is just about over and Kristal is actually doing design team call right now.  If you are interested take a hop over there and check it out.

Do you want to contribute a card to the cause?  In August I am going to an event for Fallen Heroes.  At this event I will hand deliver cards that people have made in honor of their lost loved ones.  The fact that my bloggy friends are pouring  out love for this cause makes my blogging time so worth it. Make sure to go to Getting Cricky for more information!

About the card:
Sadly, I think this looks MUCH better in person!  UGH!  I hate it when that happens.
I used Wild Card for the cuts.
Then I crumpled up the paper and distressed it with gold ink.
The sentiment is from "Amazing You" by K Andrew

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Getting Cricky Simply Sunday Challenge: Fashionista

Here is my Simply Sunday challenge for Getting Cricky this week.  I loved this challenge!!!


The Fashionable Friends stamp set by K Andrew is perfect for this set.  I found a lot of great image choices on Forever Young for this.  There are also some great choices on Paisley, be watching for that this week!  The paper is from Recollections Signature collection.  It is super thick and was great to work with.  I love all of the stamp sets I have from Kristal, but I am thinking this is going to be one of my favorites ;)

* Don't forget to check out my 300 follower give away!  Click here.

Challenges:
Ginger Loft Challenge- make it sparkle
Stampin' Sisters in Christ- favorite stamp product- that is easy... K Andrew stamps!
Cooking WIth Cricut- anything Cricut
 

Have you been waiting to see the finished craft room?  I loved hearing from people that they struggle with order in their craft spaces too.  Sometimes it feels great to know I am not alone!

Spider card

Are you looking for my 300 follower give away?
The spider web embossing plate is part of the give away!

I cut the spider from Everyday Paper Dolls and the sentiment is from K Andrew's Amazing You set.  I used Core'Dinations paper and sanded it after embossing to reveal the web.

Here is another reveal into my craftroom.  Check back on Sunday for the complete picture!

How cute are the flower pots?!  They were on clearance at Michael's and they were too cute not to buy!

Challenge:
All Sorts Challenge- Free and Easy
Aud Sentiments- sentiment with at least two words
Lexi's Creations- A bug's life

Birthday Card

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***ARE YOU LOOKING FOR MY 300 FOLLOWER GIVE AWAY?  CLICK HERE.

This is the swirls Fiskars template.

Again with the photos this week! YIKES!  Anyway, the purple background is the party template from Fiskars.

The sprinkles are done with microbeads, this was the first time I have ever used them and the jury is still out on how I feel about them.  The cupcake border is cut from Celebrations.

These Fiskars templates are a part of my 300 follower give away.  Make sure to check it out and help me reach the goal if you like what you see on my blog.

The sentiment is from K Andrew's Food for Thought stamp set.

More of craft room reveal:

Thanks for stopping by!

Challenges:
Polly Craft Challenge- celebrations
Birthday Sundaes- Anything Goes
Penny's Challenges- Birthday
All Sorts Challenge- Free and Easy

To every cloud...

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***ARE YOU LOOKING FOR MY 300 FOLLOWER GIVE AWAY?  CLICK HERE.

This sentiment is from K Andrew's Positive Thoughts stamp set.  The Fiskars plate here is "raindrops."

This is a quick simple card I made for a friend that has been feeling a little blue and she is 7 months pregnant.  I cut the cloud from Graphically Speaking.

Another peak into my craftroom clean up:

Tuesday Teasers!

***ARE YOU LOOKING FOR MY SHOW AND TELL- WHERE YOU CAN LINK UP YOUR PROJECT OF CHOICE?  CLICK HERE.

Usually on Tuesday I show you something and have you guess what I am putting in the prize package for the 300 follower give away.  However, this week I am showing you the Fiskars texture plates that are going into the prize package.  This card shows 4 of the 12 textures in the package.  I tried to photograph them but I am camera challenged today!  In addition to the texture plates today I am putting in the flip flop stickers (there are 6 pairs of flip flops in the prize package).

The texture looks MUCH better in person but I have lost patience to get it in the picture :).

The sentiment is from K Andrew's Splashtastic Summer stamp set.  Have you tried out her stamps yet?

Here is today's reveal into my craft room clean up:

Thank you so much for visiting!

Challenges:

Scrap Creations- Summer
My partner in crafting crime- summer
Crazy Challenge- On the Beach 

Happy 4th of July!

I have a red and white card to show you but NOT a 4th of July card ;)

I think this card looks MUCH cuter in person and I am really disappointed with how the photograph came out but you get the idea.


This sentiment is from K Andrew's Fashionable Friends.  I cut the shoe from Forever Young.  The background is from the Fiskar's plate "snowflakes" and then I inked it in silver.  I used flocking for the first time ever on this card... and... I. LOVE. IT!    Do you want the snowflakes texture plate?

You know what one of the great things about cleaning is?  I found that I DO in fact have an Xyron!  Who would have known LOL.  That was great help to put the flocking on the shoe!

Check out my 300 follower blog candy give away!  I am posting projects all week with these plates so be sure to check them out!


Here is glimpse one into my craft room clean up!  More reveals are coming this week.

It still looks a bit messy but it is more organized in and I can actually open the drawers ;)

Challenges:

Sentimental Sundays- anything goes

Corrosive Challenges- red and white

Getting Cricky Simply Sunday: Summer Fun

Happy Sunday!

This week I was at the beach and I noticed how everything sparkles and shimmers on the beach.  Even the sand twinkles!  Kristal at Getting Cricky challenged us to make summer projects this week, which go wonderfully with her Splashtastic Summer stamps!  I wanted to make mine sparkle like the beach.  I made the sand "clumpy" because the sand at the beach is inconsistent and varying.

If you are a follower you have seen that I have a goal to reach 300 followers by August 25th!  If I meet my goal there is some blog candy.

This week I am adding Fiskars texture plates to the prize package.  In this project I used 2 of the 12 patterns you can win!  The ocean is made with "waves" and the sand is made with "scales."  I cut the ball from Life's A Beach and the stamps are from K Andrew.

This was a busy week.  I gave my craft space a transformation- I couldn't even work in there anymore! As the week goes on I will reveal some of the "after" shots!  I spent less than $25 and I am so happy with how it ended up after DAYS of cleaning! Here are my before pics:

Challenges:
Creative Inspirations- Summer Vacation
Peachy Keen- sketch
Crafty Catz Weekly- Colors of summer
All Sorts Challenge- Free and Easy
The Secret Crafters Saturday Challenge- summer
Thank you so much for visiting my blog!!!    If you like what you see I would love to have you as a follower! :)

Show and Tell (for YOU) and Owl party favor bags

***If you are looking for the 300 Follower Give Away click here."

So, yeah I teach Kindergarten and show and tell is something we do in a bit of a different way but we still have time to show off something and tell about it.  We are really no different as adults, I mean that is part of why we blog right?!

I thought I would start show and tell here on my blog.  I am not sure if I am going to do it weekly or monthly yet we will see how it goes.

You do NOT need to have a blog to play.  You can post your show and tell on my Facebook page if you do not have a blog.  Then on Mr. Linky below just link us to your image on FB.

I do have a couple of guidelines for show and tell:
* Please link us directly to the post you want to show us NOT your entire blog.
* No back linking, project must be posted after the date/time I post
* If you turn off word verification I would love it ;)  It makes commenting so much easier for everyone.
* You need to link your post back to this blog.
I reserve the right to delete any links that don't follow the guidelines.  (Well, I won't delete it over word verification that is just a helpful one.)

I will pick one person who has linked up to provide the inspiration for a future show and tell!  Make sure to check out my plans for blog candy!

Here is what I created for show and tell this week:

My daughter wanted to have a slumber party while camping so she invited a couple of friends.  We kept everything pretty low key but had a lot of fun despite rain and the temps not going above 55 degrees!  Lately I have been using my Give a Hoot cartridge more, that is where the owl came from.  Isn't he cute?!  The sentiment is another fabulous one from K Andrew Designs "Amazing You".  I am new to stamping and Kristal has been great with ideas and things.  When I first saw this set I wasn't sure about it.  It is a bunch of random words I thought.  So I shared my opinion with Kristal and she pointed out that I use the set to mix and match.  DUH!  How the heck did I now know that LOL.  Now that I am a TINY bit more educated I LOVE the set!  My 8 year old thought it was very cool that was on the bags too!


I am looking forward to seeing your creations!

Challenges:
Forever Friends- birthday
Little Claire Designs- pink and brown
Blogger's Challenge- Things With Wings

Tuesday Teasers! "You Float My Boat"

Do you ever start a card and you have something in mind and you go in an entirely other direction?!  When I started I jumped off from the inspiration photo at Crafty Hos.  However, that quickly went out the window when I saw the cut on Give a Hoot and thought that would be super cute with my "You float my boat" sentiment in the Splashtastic Summer Set from K Andrew Designs.

Recipe:
Bazzill cardstock
brown chalk for the boat
Give a Hoot Cricut cartridge
Boat dimensional stickers
K Andrew Splashtastic Summer stamps

As always, take a guess at what you think is being added to the prize package this week.  When I hit 300 followers by August 25th there will be a Give Away!  I still need 82 more!  So if you like what you see on my blog tell your friends about me ;)

Challenges:
Crafty Hos listed above
Pollycraft- water theme
Corrosive Challenge Blog- all about getting wet

Getting Cricky Simply Sunday Challenge: Penned

So for this Getting Cricky challenge I tried out some brand new pens I got.  They are soooooooooooo cool!  You put them in your Cricut!  You may have seen my sympathy card earlier this week done with the pens. The pens are from Amy Chomas- hop over there and tell her I sent you! They work wonderfully when put alongside the things I am already using- for example, my K Andrew stamps. Visit Kristal and tell her what stamps you love- make sure to tell her I sent you!

Done with Amy Chomas pens

K Andrew "Positive Thoughts" stamps

My BIL just got a job as a Forest Technician.  This is something he has wanted for a long time and we are all very happy for him that he is about to do what he has wanted for so long.  So the stamp "Live the Life You Want" by K Andrew from Positive Thoughts was PERFECT for this!  Don't you love it when you have the perfect sentiment for what you are saying?!

I couldn't resist this paper stack from DCWV, it is "The Green Stack" and made with recycled paper.  If you know me in "real life" you know I am far from green.  The environment is not on my radar... I realize this is not a good thing and I am working on it but if everything about being green was as fun as this paper it would be so much more fun!

Have you checked out my 300 follower give away I am hoping to do in August?

Challenges:
Dream Valley Challenges- ribbon
ScrapCreations- animal or jungle theme
Tuesday Throwdown- card for a man
Crafty Cardmakers- sentiment is focus

Friday card for fun

We have a dear friend who just got back from Afghanistan serving our country.  For the 4th this year I wanted to send him a thank you card.

Are you following my 300 Follower Give-Away?  Do you think that blue blingy star is fun?  It is ONE piece of the bling in my prize pack!

The flag is cut from Graphically Speaking, the sentiment is from Amazing You by K Andrews, and the pearls are "Queen & Co."

I am so thankful you stopped by my little blog today.  I love to hear comments.  The biggest compliment is when someone tells me they are a new follower because you like my work.  I am so thankful to all of you!

Challenges:
Totally Paper Crafts- spots and stripes
Alphabet Challenge- H is for half dozen
Craft us Crazy- Red, white and blue
Cricut Cardz Challenge- flag
Paper Play Challenges- Stars and Stripes
Shelly's Images- stars and stripes
My mum's Craft Challenges- one for the boys
Penny's Challenges- Red, white and blue
Tuesday Throwdown- masculine

A card for fun ;)

Well, what is a girl to do when it is vacation and new stamps arrive in the mail?  How about when you spend a day sick on the couch watching YouTube tutorials?  Here is what you do... you make 2 lists.  One list is things to make and the other is things to buy.  So, I tried to shop.  That didn't go well considering I am still not feeling well and I then worked on a card.  I made tons of mistakes but I had fun trying!  In fact one of the flowers on this is covering an eyelet nightmare.  When creating this card I followed a sketch found at My Creative Time for their Throwback Thursday challenge.  They want us to create without Cricut and Gypsy this week.  All I wanted was to cut some butterflies... I hate rules :)  In reality I love rules I am a strange one but I hated them when doing this.

 Here is what I did:

I started with white paper and blended dye inks with my new "Ink Blending Tool" I bought this morning ;).
Then I used VersaMark to stamp the sentiment from K Andrew stamps "Amazing You" set on and sprinkled with silver embossing powder then I heated it up!
The flowers are from Prima flowers which I am beginning to adore.
The punch is EK success and today I finally figured out how to line it up.  I am a total crafting misfit... you should see me trying to do stuff!

Thanks for looking! On Tuesday's I reveal a sneak peak at my 300 follower give away.  HOWEVER, in celebration of nothing in particular there will be a special installment tomorrow so make sure to come back!  I never want followers that follow me for blog candy and give-aways.  BUT if you like what you see I would love the compliment of you following me ;)

Other challenges:
Crafty Creations- sparkle (My sentiment is sparkle and I love it!)
Creative Craft Challenges- making your own backing paper
Deep Ocean Challenge- flowers everywhere

Tacky Tuesday Guest Designer!

Have you ever checked out Tacky Tuesday's?  It is all about puns.  This challenge is to use the word "sea" on your card and use a cut to go with it from any cartridge.  I was so excited when I got home and found my new Splashtastic Summer stamps by K Andrew had come in.  They were perfect to go along with this challenge.

I had no sentiment with the word "sea" in it so I created my own using Chomas Creations gel pens in my Cricut.  Have you tried that yet?!  I just got them recently and love that I can create any sentiment I want because I have cool pens and a pen holder for my Cricut.  

The sun is cut from Wild Card, the octopus is from Life is a Beach, and the "Sea" you soon sentiment was written with Lyrical Letters.

Sentiment is from K Andrew's Splashtastic Summer set

Done with Amy Chomas gel pens and pen holder in my Cricut

Faces are Peachy Keen.  Embossing is done with my Big Kick.

 

  Challenges:
Fantabulous Cricut- include a sun on your project
Paper Creations and Ink- beach theme
Sentimental Sundays- summer
Sparkles Forum Challenges- At the beach
Stamptacular Sunday- fun in the sun
Card Cupids- summer
Annabelle Stamps- yellow, orange, turquise