Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Peachy Keen Core'Dinations Challenge

If you have been following my blog for a bit you have probably realized my favorite card stock is Core!  I get sad when other card stock doesn't do what core does!  Now if only we could get local retailers to carry more of it!!!

This card is for their color challenge this month.  They are using pinterest photos for inspiration.  I am a new Pinterest users, and also an addict!  I would love to follow you, you are welcome to follow me even though there isn't much there yet :).  You can find me here.  You can find Core'Dinations here.  Where can I find you?!  Send me a link in the comments!


I didn't have a blue flower, so I took a white one and inked it blue to match!  I sanded the words that are preembossed on the cardstock, this made them stand out more. I tore and sanded the peach piece on the left.  This card was super easy to make but with Core it just looks nice!

The blue flower is a Prima flower like the ones in my upcoming 300 follower give away!

The papers are from the Stacy Julian collection.  You can check that out here.  Want to see my favorite project I have made from the Stacy Julian collection?  Let me take you back a few posts:

Tuesday Teasers?!

Can you believe I have missed 3 weeks of Tuesday Teasers?! (Well, if you count this week!)

I am soooooooooooooooooooooooo sorry!  My 300 follower give away will be held August 25th if we reach enough followers by then! I am confident that we can do it!

Here is week one of missed teasers!

From this set you get the stamp and set- Inkadinkado's Tickets and Tags set (shown below).
Do you like the embossing and inking?  The embossing plate is also a part of the give away!


To recap everything in the give away so far click here.  More things are being added weekly so stay tuned!

Challenges:
Birthday Sundaes- inspiration picture
Allsorts Challenge- free and easy
Papercutz Challenge- anything goes



Stamp set in give away!

















Cooking with Cricut Guest Designer!










Ok, I am a blog snob.  Yep, I am.  I have some blogs that I am totally loyal and faithful too.  Instead of making myself crazy applying for every DT thing that pops up I have decided to be a faithful follower to the blogs I most like.  Then, when something comes up, I can feel good about applying and saying how much I enjoy that blog.  That is how I started with my DT spot at Getting Cricky

Just about every week I have tried to link up to the challenge at Cooking with Cricut.  The challenges are fun over there and the DT does wonderful work.  It helps that that challenge drives some good traffic to my blog too ;).  You know, I am one of those stats stalkers.  I love numbers and frankly I love attention so reading my stat info gives me a funny little high.  CWC feeds that ;)

Here is my post over at their page:
I want to start my post by saying- Thank you so much to the team at Cooking with Cricut for asking me to do this.  I was SO EXCITED when I was contacted by you!  I have been watching the challenges on this blog for months and participate often because I love them!  It is great to be a part of this and I feel very honored that you asked me to do this!  Your DT is incredible and I am given so much inspiration from their work!

Celebrations was one of my first cartridges!  My mother bought me my first Cricut for Christmas and gave me two cartridges Celebrations and Stretch Your Imagination.  Sometimes I get so bogged down in what is new that I forget my oldies but goodies.  So when CWC contacted me about doing this I thought I would explore a forgotten cartridge on my Gypsy.  I got my first Cricut for Christmas 2009 and for Christmas 2010 hubby bought me the Expression.  I had wanted a Cricut for a couple of years before getting one so I was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO excited!  Then I couldn't live without having a Gypsy for Christmas 2010 mom got me that. My mother is great at gift giving! My life hasn't been the same ;). Crafting has quickly become my passion. I am a Kindergarten teacher and mother of 2 so my machines get plenty of use!  I joined the blogging world in January of 2011 and have found that to be an addiction that I love to feed.  I look forward to reading comments from my followers and find I need to check those as often as I check Facebook (which is A LOT).  In the summer I spend most of my time enjoying my 2 kids and husband.  We try to go to the ocean at least once a week and we camp as often as we can.  Camping is an acquired taste that I am still working on but this summer it is far better than last.  As a kid I loved it, but now I love real beds and AC.  The only bad thing about camping is my Cricut doesn't come... yet.

For my project I created some gift bags with matching tags and a card.

CTO Blue and White any occasion

**** 300 follower give away here.

Today's challenge is to create something for any occasion using blue and white.   My photos want to tint this a bit more blue then it really is but I can't seem to figure a way to stop that.

I used Gypsy Wanderings for the shape on the left and Wild Card for the sentiment.  This is NOT the way I envisioned this card at all.  This was a total crafting misfit project.  Let me put it this way, 2 of my teeth are now blue from an unfortunate gel pen experience before using my actual Cricut inks in the Cricut.  I thought this would be quick and simple but it ended up taking more time then anything I have done in recent history.

My Mind's Eye has come out with a pack of all their paisley papers! I love it this background paper is from that.  I am loving that paper stack!

I originally just inked the stuff on but the white was shocking and basically horrid.  So I chalked the white paper some.  In person it isn't so blue but it works :)


I would love to see what you come up with!  Join us at Celebrate the Occasion and show us what you come up with!

Monday, July 25, 2011

Lollipop, lollipop oh lolly lolly pop



This is a huge gift back that I decorated for the Cooking With Cricut challenge this week.  I cut the lollipops and the swirls from the Paisley cartridge.  I really think that cartridge is my most versatile one!  Who would have known?  I picked it up for $10 at Michaels in a clearance sale and have gotten PLENTY of use out of it!

For the inside swirls, which are far from perfect I took my ATG gun, my new absolute favorite toy, and applied adhesive and then I put the glitter on it.

Unfortunately my photos are battling 2 issues.  1.  My camera is broken and I am using a back up :(  2. It is dark out!  I need to figure out how to take god pics at night.

Thanks for looking!  Check back tomorrow for my guest design spot with CWC and my first CTO DT project!

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Getting Cricky Simply Sunday Challenge: For the Troops

Welcome to another Simply Sunday challenge at Getting Cricky!

For this project I used a stamp from the Amazing You stamp set available here.  This stamp set is so awesome it is SOLD OUT!  So, make sure you go over and pre-order it for when the new ones are available.

The stars were cut from Graphically Speaking.

Thanks for visiting! 

Saturday, July 23, 2011

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
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