30 Days of Handmade Gifts = Scrapaholic Guest Designer

Hi Everybody!

Today I am honored to be a guest designer for Jill the Scrapaholic as part of the 30 Days of Gift Giving that she hosting this month.  If you came from www.thescrapoholic.blogspot.com/ you are at the right place.  Thank you for having me Jill!  I am day 30 :)

Every year for all our family and friends, I make delicious pumpkin bread to give to everyone. (Thank you Martha Stewart!)  I love to come up with different ways to decorate the packaging every year.  This time I was so happy to get to use my all time favorite cartridge, Art Philosophy!  Here are the details:

*Art Philosophy = take out box on p.24, flower p.39 (with matching stamp from the CTMH Celebrations stamp set)

*Cosmo Cricut = patterned paper

Timeless Twine = Christmas Bakers Twine

*Stampin' Up! = solid cardstock, ink

*Pink By Design = Kitchen Puns set

*tag punch

*red plastic wrap

*I cut the box @ 11" so it would be big enough to fit the little muffin :)

*The red plastic wrap looks festive, and helps keep the muffin fresh!

*I folded the poinsettias on the top to give extra dimension.

*I had to add a little bling!

*I stamped the cut, and then inked in white to give contrast.

*I thought this was the perfect sentiment for this deeeelicious bread!

I hope you enjoyed my project today.  One down, 12 to go, lol!  I hope you will check out the rest of the projects that were featured on Jill the Scrapaholic and get some ideas from all the amazing projects that were shared.  TFL, and hope everyone has a chance to craft today :OD

Mickey And Friends Monday....on Tuesday

Hi Everybody!
Happy Monday!  Lol, ok, it's really Tuesday, but since I had a big post yesterday I didn't want MFM to get lost so I decided to post today instead.   For your Disney inspiration this week, I'd like to share the projects that linked up last week. 

 From Donna Gutierrez we have an adorable Winnie The Pooh Birthday Card!

(Please click on her name to go to her blog to check out the details for her project!)

From Scrappin Dhilly, this oh-so-happy Mickey card!

(Please click on her name to go to her blog to check out the details for her project!)

Aren't those awsome cards??  Did you know you can link up your Disney projects every Mickey and Friends Monday and have a chance to be highlighted?  Just enter your link below!  Thank you for joining me for another Mickey and Friends Monday!  Have a magical day :OD

Welcome to The Queen's Royal Digi Monday Challenge!

Hi Everybody!

Welcome to the THE QUEEN’S ROYAL DIGI MONDAY CHALLENGE!! This challenge will be held on the LAST Monday of each month and has a LOT of VERY talented designers.  Make sure you check out all their designs on THE SCRAPBOOKING QUEEN'S BLOG!

The theme for this challenge is Christmas/Winter Wonderland and here are the projects I did for our amazing sponsors:

*Bugaboo - Winter Circle Sentiment

*Timeless Twine - Christmas Bakers Twine

*Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge - scallop

*My Mind's Eye = patterned paper

*I took the twine, and glue dots and created loops behind the image.

My next project is using an image from Ai Factory:

*Ai Factory image

*Pink By Design = Old Time Christmas set

*Timeless Twine - Christmas Bakers Twine

 *Me and My Big Idea = patterned paper

*Snowflake embellishments from my stash

My final project is using an image from Digi Doodles:

*Digi Doodles = Christmas Globe

*Pink By Design = Old Time Christmas set

I hope you enjoyed my projects!  Now head on over to THE SCRAPBOOKING QUEEN'S BLOG to enter the challenge with some fantastic prizes :)

Happy Thanksgiving from the Thankful Thursday Design Team

 

 

Hi Everybody!
Haaaaaaaappy Thanksgiving!  I hope you all are enjoying today with your family and loved ones.  Since today is a holiday, the team and I are taking a break from the challenge to spend the time with our families.  

I will be extending the current challenge until Dec. 7th.  You can check out the current challenge HERE.  The next challenge will start on Dec. 8th.!! 

I posted a previous quick Thanksgiving home decor project yesterday.  You can check that out HERE.  For today's post we wanted to share a little about what we're thankful for:

Jenny - Crazy About Cricut

I am grateful for my family.  I have an amazing husband who works hard so I can stay home and take care of our 4 awsome kids.  A month ago we were able to move into a new house that has given us the space we needed, and has improved our quality of life more than I could have imagined.  I am also so very grateful for my crafty life.  My bloggy friends, Facebook friends, and people I've met through the class I teach have become a part of my daily life and make sharing things a priceless experience!  And to everyone who joins in on the challenges, it means so much that you share the spirit of the challenge :O)

And to my design team, I am definitely grateful for you!  I'm honored that you guys want to be on my team, share my passion for crafting with family and loved ones, and that you create such fantastic projects for our challenges.  Thank you!!!

Cheryl (click here for details on these adorable turkeys!!)

 

I am thankful for family and busy hands crafts for the kid's table. Check out what I'll be crafting with all the kids at our Thanksgiving celebration.

Michelle

 I am thankful for my family and friends! I hope everyone has a wonderful day with their family and friends.

 

 

Sharon

 

 

 I am thankful that my husband has a great job and fantastic insurance. I am thankful that I get to stay home and volunteer at my daughters school when ever needed. I hope all my design team sisters have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!

 

 

 

 

 

Thankful for family, friends and my design team family. Thankful for family time and crafting time.

 

 

TFL, and to everyone HAAAAAAAAAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!!

Happy Almost Thanksgiving and a Sale!

Hi Everybody!
Are you ready for some turkey??  Are you sitting at the table with a napkin tucked under your chin, knife and fork in hand??  Is your table all decorated??  In case you need something to put on your table, I wanted to highlight a project I made last year (and will be using for decoration again this year), that can be made in about 30 minutes!  So if you need some quick last minute home decor, enjoy my video :)

And if you'd like to get started on some Christmas shopping, Pink By Design Stamps is having their BEST SALE EVER!!

 

Check them out here.

TFL, and I hope everyone has a chance to craft today :OD

Pink by Design GC Winner!!

Hi Everybody!
Sorry I'm a little late posting this :S  We're on Thanksgiving break so all the little ones are going to bed a little later, which means a later start for my crafting/blogging time!  But enough of that, time to announce the winner of the $20 gift certificate to Pink By Design!  The lucky person is......................

Scrappin Dhilly !!!!

Whoo hooo!  Congratulations!  You will be receiving an email with your gift certificate info.  Thank you so much to everyone who left comments here and on the PBD blog!!!  There are some exciting things coming from PBD, so make sure you are signed up to receive their emails :OD  TFL, and hope everyone has a chance to craft today :)

PBD Giveaway & Disney Pixar Blog Hop Winner!!

Hi Everybody!
First, let me announce the winner from the Disney Pixar Blog Hop!  The lucky winner of the $15 gift certificate to Pink by Design is....................

tandkparker !!!!

Congrats!!  You will receive an email with your gift certificate info :OD  But wait!!  I have another surprise for all of you!  Sarah and Kyle from Pink By Design have been generous enough to sponsor ANOTHER gift certificate giveaway!! 

$20 Gift Certificate to Pink By Design!!

To enter:

 

1. Leave a comment on this post with your favorite post from the Pink By Design blog. (Visit the blog HERE.)

 

2. Please be a follower of my blog.

 

 

For a bonus entry:

 

*Leave a comment on the PBD blog (cannot be the current post). 

*Leave a separate comment on my blog on this post letting me know :)

 

 

I will draw and post a winner on my blog on

November 22nd @ 9 pm PST!!

 

 

Tfl, and hope everyone has a chance to craft today!

Mickey And Friends Monday and Giving Thanks Blog Hop Winner

 

Hi Everybody!

Happily, it's Monday (did I just say that?!?! LOL)!  But that means it's time for another Mickey and Friends Monday.  I also have some other bloggy business to take care of.  So let's get started!

First, I need to announce the winner of my blog candy from the CWC Giving Thanks Blog Hop.  And that person is.............

Josie0602!!!

Congrats Josie0602!  You will receive an email with your gift certificate info:)

Next, did you all get a chance to do the Disney Pixar Blog hop this past weekend?  If not, you still have a chance to check out the hop HERE, for your chance to win a great grand prize, and another $15 gift certificate to Pink By Design from my blog!!!

Finally, today I have one of my favorite FB and bloggy friends Shawn (creator of MyCutSearch.com, and the Crafty Chics blog) who has a card to share.  Here she is:

I have been having a lot of fun with one particular stamp set called Positive Thoughts by K Andrew Designs.  When I got this stamp set I started to get all kinds of ideas for Disney Themed projects.

Well here is what I came up with for today.

I thought the combination of Grumpy and Happy was PERFECT for the phrase "Attitude is Everything"

If you want to see other cards I have created with this stamp set . . . some of them Disney Themed . . . click HERE.

Thanks for sharing such an adorable card Shawn!  Do any of you have a Disney project to share?  Be sure to link it up below so we can all check it out (and a chance to be featured on a Mickey and Friends Monday)!  Hope everyone has a chance to craft today, and have a magical Monday!

Welcome to the Disney Pixar Blog Hop!

***CLICK HERE FOR THE CWC GIVING THANKS BLOG HOP***

Hi Everybody!

Welcome to Day 2 of the Disney Pixar Blog Hop!  Hopefully you just came from Jessica at the http://thecreativestamperspot.blogspot.com/.  If not, please head over to see our hop hostess Shawn at http://craftychicsblog.blogspot.com/ so you can start from the beginning.

Are you ready for some more Disney magic today??  I made a little home decor project to share with you.  Here's the details:

*Mickey shaped paint chips (I got mine from Home Depot.)
*Pink By Design = Simply Everything stamp set

*acrylic paint

*twine

*picture frame

*I had to paint around the Mickey heads since they had the paint color name printed on the bottom corner.

*I then glued twine around the head to add texture.

*This sentiment went perfectly with the multi-colored Mickey heads, and it's how I feel after coming back from Disneyland!

This was a total crafty experiment for me.  I've always wanted to use paint chips, I adore twine, and like getting my hands messy with the paint!  I might change a couple of things, but all in all I was pretty happy with how it turned out :OD

And now for the blog candy:

$15 Gift Certificate to Pink By Design!!

To enter:

1. Leave a comment on this post with your favorite Pink By Design stamp. (Visit the store HERE.)

2. Please be a follower of my blog.

**Note: Prize will need to be redeemed by Thanksgiving.**

I will draw a winner on November 22nd.

We have a GRAND PRIZE for this Blog Hop donated by ContainYa Crafts! You can have YOUR CHOICE of a Scrap'n Tote or a Scrap'n Easel! Each blog in this two day hop has a special letter, and when all of the letters are put together they spell out a secret phrase.

My letter is . . . .  

Now head over to see

Susan 

and her amazing project! 

Here is the lineup in case you get lost or need to stop along the way:

(Day Two - November 20th)

Shawn http://craftychicsblog.blogspot.com/
Melissa http://www.disneydreamerdesigns.blogspot.com/
Megan http://www.aboverubiesstudio.com/
Kim http://uscrap2.blogspot.com/
Bobbi Jo http://sweetsassydiva-gspot.blogspot.com/
Jenny http://jennyplace26.blogspot.com/
Jessica http://thecreativestamperspot.blogspot.com/
Jenny http://www.crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/ <-- You are here
Susan http://www.cricutforbeginners.com/ <-- Next
Tami http://www.scrappinrabbitdesigns.blogspot.com/
Kathy http://kathyand3kids.blogspot.com/

Cooking With Cricut Giving Thanks Blog Hop

Hi Everybody!
Welcome to Crazy About Cricut and the CookingWithCricut.com "Giving Thanks" Blog Hop! If you've come from visiting Larelyn at http://handmadefromtheheart-designsbylarelyn.blogspot.com, you're in the right place! If you've just happened across my blog and would like to hop along with us, you can go to CookingWithCricut.com and start at the beginning.

Today’s hop is all about Thanksgiving decorations – for your home and table.  Since we have a million kids at our house for Thanksgiving (ok, only 6, but 4 of them are mine!), I thought a baby bib would be an essential, must have item at our table!  My mom was kind enough to help me work the sewing machine, since I'm still learning :) 

*I used the Baby Steps Cricut cartridge to help me with the design of the bib.

*I cut out a bib shadow, and then traced the outline on the material with chalk.

*Isn't this fabric too cute?!?!

 *I found this really cute corderoy fabric to use on the other side.

*This bib will look so cute on my baby boy!

I had some help with the button, but overall this project wasn't too bad for one of the few sewing projects I've made.  I hope you all liked it!

And now for the blog candy:

$15 Gift Certificate to Pink By Design!!


To enter:

1. Leave a comment on this post with your favorite Pink By Design stamp. (Visit the store HERE.)
2. Please be a follower of my blog.

**Note: Prize will need to be redeemed by Thanksgiving.**

I will draw a winner on November 21st.

Now it's your turn! Link up your Thanksgiving project at CookingWithCricut.com. Here are a few guidelines:

 Must follow the challenge topic and use one of the free files provided at CWC.

 Must be a NEW project for this challenge. No back dated posts please.

 Must have a link back to this post on your blog.

 Must link your project post through Inlinkz and not just your blog.

 Must use your Cricut in some capacity.

 Must HAVE FUN!

 You may gladly combine challenges . . . we love to pile it on TOO!

The Design Team will pick their three favorites and one lucky person will be chosen randomly to win one of the prizes being offered in this hop. There is also a prize for just leaving us a comment on the CWC blog. One catch, those leaving comments MUST be a CWC follower. Each prize winner will receive a $10 gift voucher-download from PaperCraftingWorld.com.

I'm the last stop on this hop, so I'd like to end it by thanking everybody very much for joining us for this hop!  All of us at Cooking With Cricut would like to wish you a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Last Minute Challenge/Anything goes over at the CCR!

Hi Everybody!

Welcome to our first ever Anything Goes challenge with at the CCR! But there is a Catch!

Theme: Last Minute Challenge!!

Anything Goes... but you can only enter your project at the CCR!
Cannot link your entry into any other challenge or link party!
That is what the last minute challenge is all about!

You need a project now: Forgotten Birthday, last minute Thank you, Just a quick note! No time to search for other challenges, no time to add extra links!
(I bet this will be a real challenge!)

 

We all have those times when we think "Oh! I should send my friend a little card to cheer them up!"  But we plan these pretty cards with too many embellishments and they end up taking too much time and they never get made :(  But never again!  Here's my last minute cheer up card:

 

*Wildcard cartridge (SOOO perfect for last minute card projects!!)

*Pink By Design = Life's a Garden set

*beads from my stash

*kraft, and yellow cardstock

 

*This card looks so pretty open!

*If you don't have the micro beads, you could easily just use a button :O)

*Perfect sentiment for a little pick-me-up!

 

 

Now it's your turn!  Submit your new project for a chance to win a prize!

THE PRIZE

Challenge Starts today Nov 17 and runs until November 30.

Follow the rules then submit your new project here at the

Creative Cutter Room!

Looking forward to seeing your creations!

Only entries that fit the challenge guidelines will be entered to win the prize!

Some Rules to keep in mind while playing along:

Project submissions must be new, no back linking

CCR must be mentioned in the description with a link back to here

Entry must fit theme to be qualified for the prize

Prize must be claimed within 2 weeks

Please link your project posting not just your blog

You have until November 30, 2011 to enter your project.

Here is the Line Up You for some great inspiration:

Carri

Gaby

Mollie

Christel

Jenny

Interested in joining our CCR Team? Click HERE for details!