Post-it Blog Hop

Hi Everybody!
Welcome to Crazy About Cricut and the Post-it Blog Hop! If you've just happened across my blog and would like to play along with our fun hop, you are right at the start:)

We would love to share a few projects and ideas highlighting Post-it Craft paper, our newest sponsor for Thankful Thursdays with you! (Click here for details on the Thankful Thursday Challenge.)  Make sure to check out each member's blog. There will be some fun prizes along the way, AND there will be some AWESOME ideas!

This is an interactive card.  You can change her outfit, and accessories!  With this repositionable paper it's a breeze!!  What little girl (ok, and some of us bigger girls!!) wouldn't love to get this card??

*card base measures 6" x 6"

*Once Upon A Princess cartridge

*Pink By Design sentiment = Shopaholic set

*Pink By Design sneak peek!

*Peachy Keen Princess Face Assortment
*all layers = Post-it Craft Paper

And we can't forget the BLOG CANDY!!  The winner of this blog hop will win a POST-IT PRIZE PACK!!

To enter:

1. Leave me a comment on this post.
2. FOR AN EXTRA ENTRY: Become a follower.  Please leave a separate comment on this post letting me know.
3. FOR AN EXTRA ENTRY: Go over to the Post-it Facebook page and let them know Crazy About Cricut sent you!  Please leave a separate comment on this post letting me know.

I will pick the lucky winner Sunday evening:)

If you don't win (even if you do!), or can't wait to get your hands on this paper, the full line is available at Amazon.com, Shop3M.com, JoAnn.com or in the larger JoAnn stores.  Click HERE to go to the product page for more information.

I hope you enjoyed my project! Now head on over to see Cheryl at
http://cardsbycg.blogspot.com/  to see her amazing project! amazing project!

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

Jenny = http://crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/ <--YOU ARE HERE!

Cheryl = http://cardsbycg.blogspot.com/ <-- NEXT STOP

Christel = http://onescrappinsista.blogspot.com/

Erika = http://cricutlove1.blogspot.com/

Kassidy = http://www.inkingitupcrazy.blogspot.com/

Sharon = http://simplysweetbysharon.blogspot.com/

Cricut Cardz Challenge #68

Hi Everybody!
It's time for Cricut Cardz Challenge!!  This time the challenge is to use a house image from any cartridge, a touch of lace and a flourish.  The lace was probably the toughest part for me.  But I finally managed to come up with a project.  I am NOT happy with the way the frame cut out, but I couldn't find any more lace paper so I just went with it.  Anywhoo, here's how it came out:

• Zooballoo cartridge = card base (using card feature!), house layers
• French Manor = flourish frame
• lace paper = from my stash
• EK Sucess border punch

• I added some red Stickles to the heart.

• I also challenged myself to use patterned paper for the layers.  I like how it turned out :o)

 That's it! Ok, so now it's your turn!  Head on over to Cricut Cardz Challenge, and enter!!

Thankful Thursday Post-It Blog Hop This Thursday!!

Hi Everybody!
I am so happy to welcome the first official sponsor of Thankful Thursday's....POST-IT!!!  They have graciously agreed to sponsor the Thankful Thursday Challenges with some of their AMAZING craft paper and other products for a while, and since their craft paper is one of my very favorite products I can't wait to share it with all of you!  To celebrate, my design team and I are having a blog hop this Thursday.  Here's the official announcement:

Do you love paper that's SUPER easy to work with and cuts like butter?? Then join my amazing design team and I in the Post-It Blog Hop!! Each blog has created a project centered around this awsome paper. Be sure to visit each blog for inspiration and of course there will be BLOG CANDY!! Here is the lineup:

Jenny = http://crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/

Cheryl = http://cardsbycg.blogspot.com/

Christel = http://onescrappinsista.blogspot.com/

Erika = http://cricutlove1.blogspot.com/

Kassidy = http://www.inkingitupcrazy.blogspot.com/

Sharon = http://simplysweetbysharon.blogspot.com/

Want an extra chance to win some Post-It product?  Grab the blog hop button (just save it as a picture), and put it on your blog.  Leave a comment on this post letting me know, and I'll add an extra entry for you during the blog hop!!  Please put your blog address in your comment :oD

Hope to see you hopping!!

Acrylic Stamp Storage and a Sneak Peek

Hi Everybody! 
I have been thinking of how to store my rapidly increasing amount of acrylic stamps. Pink By Design has been putting out so many good ones, I need to make more room!  She will be releasing more this Friday!  You can watch that on the Ustream channel HERE.  I had been keeping them in drawers, but they were not fitting anymore. I wanted to find a way to store them, but not invest in a whole system since I tend to change my mind a lot. So I decided to alter a paper storage idea for stamps. Here's what I came up with:

• You start out with a medium size priority mailing box. These are free at the post office! But don't get greedy, just take what you'll use :o)
• Measure the height of the stamps that you'll be storing against the box.
• You want to cut a little below the height of the stamps so you can see the tops.

• Cut cardstock in your color of choice to match the height of the box. (I'm partial to Cricut green!)

• Some of my stamps sets had the names at the top of the package. For those that didn't, I just took a permanant marker and wrote the name at the top.
• (The newer sets from Pink By Design have the name directly on the stamp storage sheet at the bottom.)
• I also put them in alphabetical order.
• If this ends up working out for me, I will probably make divider tabs that have each letter of the alphabet on them.
• This design makes it easy to just flip through the sets to find the stamp I'm looking for.

• Here's how it turned out! (The list of supplies I used is at the end of the post.)

This is the front........

• This is the back.
• The Crop 'Til You Drop set from Pink By Design was perfect to decorate this crafty box!
• Do ya see my sneak peek?

• So true, so true.........

• Can't forget to decorate the sides!
• I also stamped with my personalized stamp from PSA Essentials.

Supplies

• mailing box
• 12" x 12" cardstock
• Pink by Design Crop Til You Drop set
• Pink By Design sneak peek of an upcoming set!
• Peachy Keen Stamps = Wide Eyed Kids Face Assortment, Laughy Taffy Face Assortment, Happy New Year Assortment, Happy Lashes Assortment
• Cosmo Cricket Pixie-licious line
  
  
  

  So there you go, I hope you like it! You can also cut the box a little lower, like for Peachy Keen Stamps. Depending on how long you take to decorate it, this can take as little as 10 minutes or 45 like I did! The best part is, if it doesn't work out, or you just don't like it, it doesn't cost anything! And if you do like it, you can make as many boxes as you need. TFL, and I hope everyone has a chance to craft today :o)

Nikki Sivils Winner!!

Thank you so much to everyone who commented on all my Nikki Sivils posts!  The lucky winner of this amazing paper is...................

rstuck2003

Congrats!  Please contact me at crazyaboutcricut at hotmail dot com with your address.  Contact me by Friday April 1st so I don't have to draw another winner :(  Thanks again to everyone who left such amazing comments, and a BIG THANK YOU to Nikki Sivils for giving me the chance to work with such amazing products!!

Nikki Sivils Early Father's Day Card

Hi Everybody!

I'm sad to say it's the last day of my official highlight of Nikki Sivils paper :(  It's been so much fun this week working with this high quality paper.  Today I'm using the Something for Everyone  line.  I decided to get a little head start on Father's Day.  Here's my card:

• Nikki Sivils Something for Everyone line  
• Holiday Cakes cartridge
• Stampin' Up! cardstock
• Pink By Design = Tool Time set (inside of card)
• brads from my stash

*Here is the card with matching envelope.

*I just saved the letters from the license plate and adhered them to the envelope! I didn't have to cut anything extra :o)

*I distressed the edges for more of a "manly" look than faux stitching.

*Here's the inside.  I used some of the scraps I had to add a matching strip.

*I used Pink By Design Tool Time set for the sentiment.

Using matching paper lines makes these projects VERY quick to put together!  Don't forget, if you want to win some Nikki Sivils paper of your own, remember to leave a comment on each of the posts listed below for a total of 7 chances to win!

*One entry per person per post ;)

Comment on day one HERE.

Comment on day two  HERE.

Comment on day three HERE.

Comment on day four HERE.

Comment on day five  HERE.

Comment on day six HERE.

Comment on day seven - (today) THE LAST DAY!!.

I will post the winner on Monday!!  TFL, and hope everyone has a chance to craft today :o)

Thankful Thursday Reminder on Friday featuring Nikki Silvis!

Hi Everybody!
I'm a day late with my Thankful Thursday Family Activity :O(  Sorry!!  Don't forget you still have time to enter HERE for a chance to win the CREATE A CRITTER CARTRIDGE!!  Deadline is Wednesday @ 8 pm PST so get crafting this weekend :o)  Here is some inspiration from my design team member Erika:

Click here to go to her blog for more details on this project!!

And now onto my daily dose of Nikki Sivils this week.  Here's the 12 x 12 layout I made. This is the perfect page to show off each family member!

• Nikki Sivils  Will He Be the 1 line = scallop shape paper, and maroon background paper
• Pink By Design = All in the Family set
• Peachy Keen Stamps = Retro Face 1 1/8" set, Laffy Taffy Assortment set

*I stamped all the different kinds of family members around the heart in the middle.

*And you can put pictures of each family member in each circle.  Or just leave the cute Peachy Keen faces!

*The great thing about acrylic stamps is that you can curve them a little to fit any shape!

*And the coolest part??!!  IT SPINS!!

So if you want to win some Nikki Sivils paper of your own, remember to leave a comment on each of the posts listed below for a total of 7 chances to win!

*One entry per person per post ;)

Comment on day one HERE.

Comment on day two  HERE.

Comment on day three  HERE.

Comment on day four HERE.

Comment on day five HERE.

Comment on day six (today).

TFL, and hope everyone has a chance to craft today :o)

Nikki Sivils Notecard Set Using Bella Blue And Oscar Too Line

Hi Everybody!
Can you believe this is my 5th day posting in a ROW??  Honestly, I never thought I could because I'm so busy with my family, but Nikki Sivils paper is SO easy to work with that I can create projects really quickly.  So this time I used the Bella Blue And Oscar Too Line.  I think pages that are scallop shaped are so gorgeous, but almost too gorgeous!  I never want to cover them up.  I took a look at the scalloped page from this line, and had the idea to create a notecard set.  You could seriously create this whole set (with envelopes) in about 20-30 minutes.  Even less if you don't doodle as much as I did :P

• Nikki Sivils Bella Blue And Oscar Too Line
• Pink By Design = March Stamp of the Month "Grow", Simply Everything
• white gel pen
• envelopes
• 2 sheets of 8 1/2" x 11" cardstock (I used Stampin' Up!)

Here's what you start with:

• Cut that into 4 symetrical trianges in wedge shape (cut vertical, then horizontal).

• Paste with the point of the wedge in the bottom left of the card.  You may have to play with it a little bit and do some trimming, but nothing major. 

 Here's how it turned out:

*Using some of the same stamps that you use from the cards on the envelope really bring the them together.

*Making matching envelopes makes this look like a complete set.

And if you want to win some Nikki Silvis paper of your own, remember to leave a comment on each of the posts listed below for a total of 7 chances to win!

*One entry per person per post ;)

 

Comment on day one  HERE.

Comment on day two  HERE.

Comment on day three HERE.

Comment on day four HERE.

TFL, and if you decide to try this idea, I'd love to see it!  Please head over to my facebook page, or Nikki Sivils' facebook page and post what you make! Thanks, and hope everyone has a chance to craft today :o)



Cooking With Cricut Design Team Day Featuring Nikki Sivils paper!!!

Hi Everybody!
I'm so happy today is Cooking With Cricut design team day!!!  I don't think I've ever posted this many days in a row before, but it has always been a goal of mine, and it's not as hard as I thought it would be.  Anywhoo, thanks for joining me for Cooking With Cricut design team day and day 4 of my projects featuring Nikki Sivils products!  I had bought the Nate's ABC's cart months ago and hadn't used it yet!! I know, I know :(  So when I saw that the CWC challenge this time was to use a lion or lamb, I thought of this CUTE lion!  So here's the card I came up with:

• Nate's ABC's cartridge
• Nikki Sivils My Friend Birdie paper line = background paper
• Nikki Silvis Pocket of Stickers = orange border
• Pink By Design sentiment = Take the Cake set
• Post-It Craft paper = lion layers, grass
• Peachy Keen Stamps = PK-493 Everyday Character Face Parts
• kraft paper = Joann's

Isn't he the cutest?!?!  Ok, now head on over to Cooking With Cricut and enter your lamb or lion project!  And if you want to win some Nikki Sivils paper of your own, remember to leave a comment on each of the posts listed below for a total of 7 chances to win!

*One entry per person per post ;)

Comment on day two  HERE.

Comment on day three HERE.

Comment on day one  HERE.

Nikki Sivils Bookmarks Using Tree Love Line

Hi Everybody!
I'm back today with another project using Nikki Sivils paper!  You can check out her project page here, her Facebook page here (and let her know that Crazy About Cricut sent you!), or her great blog here.  Today I decided to make my two oldest daughters a couple of bookmarks using the Tree Love line.  I also laminated them using my YourStory.  Here's how they turned out:

• Nikki Sivils Tree Love line
• YourStory laminating/binding machine
• Pink By Design = Woodland Critters set
• Peachy Keen Stamps = Everyday Character Face Assortment
• Scotch Thermal Laminating Pouches (less than $3 for a pack of 20 5" x 7" size at Walmart)

*Here's the page where I got all the cut outs from:

*I cut out two of the Fall sections from the word border.
*Then I stamped sentiments from Pink By Design Woodland Critter set on the tab, and also on the main bookmark.
*I also rounded the corners.

 *Had to Peach-ify the little tree!!

*This is the back of them. I just cut more shapes from the cut out sheet, inked the edges, and adhered them.

*This is how it comes out of the laminator before I trimmed off the excess plastic.

* This was my first time using these pouches, and they worked great!

Want to win some Nikki Sivils Paper of your Own?

Make sure you leave ONE comment on each Nikki Sivils post this week!

*One entry per person per post ;)

Comment on day one HERE.

Comment on day two HERE.

Comment on day three (today).

TFL, I hope you enjoyed my project!  I'll be back again tomorrow with ANOTHER project with the amazing paper by Nikki Sivils.  I hope everyone has a chance to craft today :o)

Nikki Sivils Bee Mine Card

Hi Everybody!
I am happy to get to share another creation I made with beautiful Nikki Sivils paper today!  I used the Willow Bee line today.  So even though Valentine's Day has passed, it's always a good idea to give your husband a love note!  Here's the card I came up with:

• Nikki Sivils Willow Bee line
• Paisley cartridge = bee
• Pink by Design sentiment = Be Mine set
• Michaels cardstock = black base
• Stickles = black, yellow
• Action Wobble = behind the bee
• Creative Memories punch

*I used the CM punch to punch out the sentiment and pop it up. 

*I added some "honey" around the sentiment.

Want to win some Nikki Sivils Paper of your Own?

Click Here and Enter.

*One entry per person ;)

For a BONUS ENTRY:

 *Visit Nikki Sivils Facebook Page

and tell her Crazy About Cricut sent you :o) 

*Leave an extra comment

letting me know you did this!

Come back tomorrow for more inspiration on using Nikki Sivils designs!  TFL, and hope everyone has a chance to craft today :o)