It's Owl Good...

Hi everybody!  I hope everybody had a great weekend.  My daughter and I spent her last evening before school starts (sad face) making this card together.  She will be starting high school tomorrow.  I am going to enter into a couple of challenges. 

Challenges Entered:

• Scrappy Moms Stamps Terrific Tuesday Challenge- Straight from the Nest (Or Similar Cut)
• Celebrate the Occasion Challenge #27- Circle Shaped Card
• Getting Cricky Simply Sunday- Winged Things

Materials Used:

• Create a Critter Cricut Cartridge
• Smiley Cards Cricut Cartridge (Base)
• Studio G Stamp (Sentiment)
• Fiskars Butterfly Punch
• Tea Dye Distress Ink
• White Gelly Roll Pen
• Black Ribbon

Butterfly Award!

Hi!  I recently received the Butterfly Award from two very sweet bloggers! They are Amy from Redheaded Crafter and Karen from Little Scrap Pieces!

There are some rules to follow so here they are:

1. Answer several questions
2. Award the 'Butterfly Award' to other bloggers
3. Contact the bloggers to let them know they have received this award
4. Put a link to the person who gave you the 'Butterfly Award' in the post

Here are my answers to the questions....

Q1) Name your favorite color?  It changes all the time, but today it's purple

Q2) Name your favorite song? Any song from the Rolling Stones and Maroon 5's new song Moves Like Jagger

Q3) Name your favorite dessert? Brownies!

Q4) What wizzes you off at the moment? The dog won't stop barking!

Q5) Your favorite pet? My Bulldog, Toby

Q6) Black or White? White

Q7) Your biggest fear?  Bugs

Q8) Best feature? Not sure at the moment

Q9) Everyday attitude?  Try to look on the bright side

Q10) What is perfection? My kids :)

Q11) Guilty pleasure? Reality TV

Q12) When you're upset you? Cry, then scream, then stomp my feet... then do some crafting, of course! ;)

That's all of the questions!  Now I have to pass it on to a few other bloggers.  I am going to pass it on to Amy and Karen since it was very sweet of them to pass it on to me and I love their blogs and what they create!  The other bloggers I chose because I also love their blogs and what they create too.  They all make such awesome projects.  In alphabetical order here is who I have picked....

Amy- Redheaded Crafter
Karen- Little Scrap Pieces
Karen- Kaleidoscopic Sparkles
Linda- Crafting With Nana
Lisa- A Mermaid's Crafts
Maribel- I Love Scrapping
Shen- My Curious Crafts
Sherrie- Sherrie Scraps With Passion

All of those bloggers are so wonderful and make beautiful projects.  If you don't follow them already then head over there and check out their blog!  You won't be disappointed!  Thanks again to Amy and Karen!

Hope you have a great day and thanks for looking!  :)

Lollipop Birthday Card

Hi there!  Today I'm sharing an easel birthday card.  My awesome sister surprised me with the Sweet Shop Cartridge last week and I couldn't wait to make something with it!  It has alot of really cute images on it.  I am going to enter this card into the challenges below.  Hope you have a great day and thanks for looking!  :)

Challenges Entered:

• Birthday Sundaes Challenge #23- Use Pink, Green, and White
• Whimsical Wednesdays- 3 Times A Charm
• Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Me Monday #74- Birthday Project
• Little Scrap Pieces- Any Project (Happy Birthday Karen!)

Materials Used:

• Sweet Shop Cricut Cartridge
• Peachy Keen Stamps Everyday Character Face Assortment
• Cuttlebug Happy Birthday Embossing Folder
• Hampton Art  Stamps (Lollipops on inside mat) 
• Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper (inside mat)
• EK Success Punch 
• Computer Generated Sentiment
• White Gelly Roll Pen
• Twine and Buttons

Halloween Treat Bag

Happy Saturday everyone!  Today I'm sharing a treat bag that I am going to enter into the Monday Challenge #21 over at My Craft Spot (make a gift bag, box, or any other container), the Simply Sunday Challenge at Getting Cricky (make any party or favor type), and The Paper Variety Thread Challenge.  I recently bought the Mini Monsters Cartridge that I've been really wanting and thought this would be a great time to make something from it.  I also recently bought Prismacolor Watercolor Colored Pencils and used them to color in the candy corn on the tag.  Thanks for looking and have a great rest of the weekend! :)

Materials Used:

• Mini Monsters Cricut Cartridge
• Prismacolor Watercolor Colored Pencils
• Studio G Ink and Halloween Stamp
• K & Company Halloween Pack
• White Gelly Roll Pen
• Twine

Cupcakes and Kisses Birthday Card

Hi everyone!  Today I'm sharing a birthday card I made that I am entering into a couple of challenges.  I am going to enter it into Challenge #22 at Birthday Sundaes.  The challenge is to use at least 3 brads on your birthday card.  I am also entering it into Challenge #73 over at Fantabulous Cricut which is to have a cupcake or a baked good on your project.  I thought cupcakes and Hershey Kisses would go good with the stamp "Cupcakes & Kisses"!  Thanks for looking!  :)

Materials Used:

• Sweet Treats Cricut Cartridge (Stand)
• Smiley Cards Cricut Cartridge (Cupcakes)
• Cuttlebug D'vine Swirl Embossing Folder
• EK Succes Scallop Punch
• Fiskars Corner Rounder
• White and Pink Gelly Roll Pens
• Distress Ink (Tea Dye)
• Stickles and Twine
• Brads
• Aluminum Foil for the Kisses

Back To School Post-It-Note Stand

Happy Sunday everyone!  This is a Post-It Note Stand I made for my son to give to his teacher at the Meet and Greet the week before school starts.  He is entering 3rd grade this year.  For the little apple I used a Fiskars punch I got on clearance for $3.00 right after Christmas last year.  I used a 4" x 6" acrylic frame for the base.  I got the school patterned paper in the open stock section at A.C. Moore.  I am going to enter it into a few challenges.  Hope you have a great rest of the day and thanks for looking!  :)

Challenges Entered:

• Whimsical Wednesdays Challenge #18- Back To School (No Cards)
• Celebrate The Occasion Challenge #25- Back To School
• Scrapalicious USA -Anything Other Than A Card
• Die Cuttin' Diva's Challenge #27- Garden (Fruit/Vegetable)
• Scrapbookaholic By Abby Challenge #11- Back To School
• Creative Cutter Room -Back To School
• Cards By Jovan Back To School Blog Hop

Hip-Hippo-Ray Birthday Card

Hi everyone!  I hope everybody is having a great weekend!  Today I'm sharing a birthday card that I am entering into a few challenges.  Thanks for looking!  :)

Challenges Entered:

• Birthday Sundaes Challenge #21- Anything Goes Birthday
• Love To Crop Grab Your Ribbons, Grab Your Bling!
• My Craft Spot Monday Challenge #20- It's Hot Out There! (Use Hot, Bright Colors On Project)
• My Pink Stamper Pinkalicious Blog Hop Friday- Use Your Favorite Thing (My favorite thing I used is the Create a Critter Cricut Cartridge)

Materials Used:

• Birthday Bash Cricut Cartridge (Hippo and Ice Cream Cone)
• Create a Critter Cricut Cartridge (Water and Grass)
• Cuttlebug Tiny Mosaic Embossing Folder
• Cuttlebug D'vine Swirl Embossing Folder
• Faded Jeans and Tea Dye Distress Ink
• Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper
• Fiskars Cloud Punch 
• White Gelly Roll Pen
• Ribbon and Bling
• Black Pearls
• Googly Eyes
• Stickles

Honey Do List Notepad

Hi there!  Today I'm sharing a skinny notepad that I am going to enter into the Challenge Me Monday #72--Lets Get Buggy at Fantabulous Cricut which is to include an insect on your project.  I thought it would be cute to hang on the refrigerator to remind my hubby of his "honey do list" (I'm sure he will love it hehehe).  Have a great day and thanks for looking!  :)

Materials Used:

• Create a Critter Cricut Cartridge
• Cuttlebug "Bees" Embossing Folder
• EK Success Scallop Punch
• White and Black Gelly Roll Pen
• Googly Eyes
• Stickles

Toad-ily Yours Card

Happy Saturday everyone!  Hope everyone is having a great weekend!  Today I'm sharing a card I'm going to enter into a few challenges.  Thanks for looking!  :)

Challenges Entered:

• My Craft Spot Monday Challenge #19- You Make Me Smile
• Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Me Monday #71- Let's Be Friends
• Peachy Keen Stamps Lets Face it Friday- Shaped Cards
• Crazy 4 Challenges- Shaped Cards

Materials Used:

• Twinkle Toes Cricut Cartridge (Card Base)
• Paisley Cricut Cartridge (Frog and Mushroom)
• Cuttlebug (don't remember name) Embossing Folder (Background)
• Cuttlebug Seeing Spots Embossing Folder (Frog)
• Peachy Keen Stamps Everyday Character Face Assortment
• Pink By Design Be Mine Stamps
• White Gelly Roll Pen
• Googly Eyes

Jumbo Paperclip Bookmarks

Happy Friday everyone!  Today I'm sharing some bookmarks I made.  I am going to enter them into the Thankful Thursday Bookmark Challenge over at Crazy About Cricut.  I started with some jumbo paperclips I bought at Staples.  I punched out the shapes for the tops using a scallop punch and circle punches and then applied two coats of Mod Podge to make them shiny and sturdy.  I then used glue dots to attach them to the clips.  I used different embellishments to decorate them.  Hope you have a great weekend and thanks for looking! :)

Front of bookmarks

Back of bookmarks

Cookie Monster Birthday Card

Hi everyone! Today I'm sharing a birthday card.  I am going to enter it into the Birthday Sundaes Blog Hop Challenge which is to have a cake or cupcake on your project.  I am also going to enter it into Challenge #24 over at Celebrate the Occasion which is to create a kid's birthday project.  I've had the Sesame Street Friends cartridge for a while but this is the first time I have actually used it.  I figured Cookie Monster would enjoy cupcakes just as much as he likes cookies!  :o)   Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Materials Used:

• Sesame Street Friends Cricut Cartridge (Cookie Monster)
• Sweet Treats Cricut Cartridge (Cupcake)
• Cuttlebug Spots & Dots Embossing Folder
• The Paper Studio Celebrations Pack
• Happy Birthday Stamp
• Fiskars Circle Punch 
• Cupcake Brads
• Stickles
• Twine