It's Pink Friday! Pink Cricut Design Team Day! And a Giveaway!!

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It's Pink Friday! Pink Cricut Design Team Day!  Do you like my pink playlist for today??? So this time the design team is giving you some UH-MA-ZING inspiration for the mom in your life.  For my project, I decided to use a 5 pocket goodie holder kit I had.  My mom has recently gotten more into couponing (thanks of course to the Extreme Couponing show on TLC!).  So I thought she might be able to use this to keep some coupons in, or receipts, or love notes from her favorite daughter (her only daughter but since I have 2 brothers I'd still be her favorite!!).  Here's how it turned out:

*Pink By Design = Big Thoughts set, All in the Family set

*I used my FAVORITE paper, Cosmo Cricket!

* I used more Cosmo Cricket paper to decorate the inside pockets.

That's it!  I think she'll like it :oD  Also, next Thursday is the Pink by Design Ustream for the May Stamp Release. If you are on facebook you can see details for the event on the Birthday Week Celebration, Pink Party and Pink by Design Stamp Release announcement.  You can watch the stamp release, and all the fun on the Ustream channel HERE.  To celebrate the new release, let's have a GIVEAWAY!! 

For a chance to win the Tool Time stamp set (great set to get ahead on Father's Day!!), leave a comment on this post telling me what your favorite Pink By Design product is. For an extra entry, head on over to the Pink by Design Facebook page and tell them what your favorite set is and that Crazy About Cricut sent you! (Make sure you leave an extra comment here letting me know you did that!)  Here's a card I made with that set:

This set can work for more than guy cards!  Now don't forget to head on over to Pink Cricut to see what the rest of the talented design team has to show you :oD

It's Pink Friday! Pink Cricut Design Team Day!

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Hi Everybody! It's design team day over at Pink Cricut, and this time Sarah wanted us to inspire you guys with some Easter projects.  So here's what I came up with:

*Simply Charmed cartridge

*Pink By Design = Hoppy Easter set

*Peachy Keen Stamps = Wide Eyed Kid Assortment

*StazOn brown ink

*Post-it Craft paper

*scraps from my stash

*wooden plack from Dollar Tree

I used one sentiment to stamp the background, and then a bunny appropriate sentiment for the center!  I hope you like it.  Don't forget to head over to http://www.pinkcricut.com/ to check out more Easter inspiration from the rest of the design team!!

The Queen's Royal Court Blog Hop - Featuring Nikki Silvis Scrapbooking

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Hi Everybody!


OMG, I am SOOOOOOO excited to finally share the news the I'm on The Scrapbooking Queen's Design Team!!! 

We have some amazing things coming up, and I can't wait to share :o)  Our first royal assignment was this blog hop!  You should have just come from Cristi over at http://www.scrappin5littlecupcakes.blogspot.com  (wasn't her project SO cute??) .  If not, please head over to see Theresa at http://www.thescrapbookingqueen.com/ to start from the beginning.  So the Queen is having this hop to share what we made with our first sponsor's product, Nikki Sivils!!  You can check out her project page here, her Facebook page here, or her great blog here.  Here's the project I came up with:

And for the fan-tab-u-lous blog candy..........a HUGE stack of Nikki Sivils paper!!  The winner will loooooove it!!!!  To enter:

1. Head on over to http://nikkisivils.com/.
2. Come back and leave a comment letting me know what your favorite product was.
3. Please become a follower - I promise you won't be sorry!
4. For more chances to win, leave a comment on my blog every time I use Nikki's products on future projects this week!
   *** please note, due to shipping I can only accept USA and Canada entries***
   
   Now go visit Jin at http://underacherrytree.blogspot.com/  to check out her beautiful creation :o)  Then head over to see the rest of the design team and their awsome projects:

Theresa

www.thescrapbookingqueen.com

Alex

http://www.youhadmeatcraft.com/

Cristi

www.scrappin5littlecupcakes.blogspot.com

Jenny

www.crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com - YOU ARE HERE :O)

Jin

http://underacherrytree.blogspot.com/ - NEXT STOP

Kassidy

www.inkingitupcrazy.blogspot.com

Liz

http://www.lizspaperloft.com/

Ravenhttp://www.love4stamps.blogspot.com/

Rosy

http://www.sweetdelightspapernmore.blogspot.com/

Ruth

www.septemberninth.blogspot.com

Some Exciting News and a Project!!

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I CAN FINALLY SHOUT TO THE WORLD THAT.............

Isn't that awsome?!?!?! I'm so happy I can finally share with everybody the news that I get to be on the Cooking With Cricut Design Team with some AMAZINGLY talented ladies.  Thank you Melin for having me on the team :o) 

Ok, so now on to our first challenge.  The theme was Snow Fun. Any winter time outdoor activity. Snowmen, sledding, etc.  I right away thought of the time when we had so much hail, and it was so cold that it didn't melt right away.  So my kids and husband had a snow/hail ball fight!  Now for those of you in colder climates, you're probably going "What's the big deal?"  Well, I live in "sunny" Southern California and there was never anything like this before! 

I'm also on the Holy Cricut! Design Team, and that challenge went hand in hand with the CWC challenge!  For HC, we were to use 4 things: Snowman, Ribbon, Patterned paper, and Stickles.

 

So here's the layout I created and some details:

*3 Birds cart (title)

*Hello Kitty Greetings (snowman)

*Peachy Keen Happy Lashes

*paper from my stash

*snowflakes 5" x 7" embossing folder

*Stickles

*Flip pockets

 (I got these at an scrapbook expo YEARS ago, but they are still around.  Just search online.)

*These flip pockets let you add more pictures without taking up more space.  And they add movement to your pages which is always fun!

*I was able to fit 3 pictures in the same space as one 4" x 6" picture!  And I also left a little space to do some journaling. 

*I embossed the title, and layered it onto glitter paper.  This really helped the title pop!

* My husband is making a snow/hail ball in his hands, and was on the hunt for our kids!!  I thought this was the perfect sentiment for this picture. 

*I was SO HAPPY to get my newest set of Peachy Keen Stamps in the mail yesterday!  So I wasted no time in putting them to use.  Isn't this snowman the cutest?!?!

So there you go!  I hope you like it, and don't forget to head on over to the Cooking With Cricut blog, and the Holy Cricut! challenge and join us in these great new challenges :o)


**********Here are some additional challenges my project also works for:

http://www.madebymomo.blogspot.com/
http://alyssundaychallenge.blogspot.com/2010/12/asc31-anything-goes-sponsored-by.html
http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.com/

Craft Junkie Too First Design Team Project!!

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I am unbelievably excited to show you my first project for Craft Junkie Too's Design Team!!  We were asked to make a fall project.  So here's what I came up with:

*Fabulous Finds (card base),

*Give a Hoot (owl)

*Paperdolls (tree)

*Gypsy Wanderings (grateful sentiment)

*leaf brads by Recollections

*Pink by Design stamps

*chipboard die-cuts

*Stickles

*MPS stamps

*buttons

*hemp twine

*Swiss Dots embossing folder

 I actually got this cart specifically for this cut. I always wanted to make a peek-a-boo book for my little one.

 So there is my project, I hope you like it!  Be sure to check out the projects from Design Team #2 coming soon! TFL, and hope everyone had a chance to craft today :O)

Exciting News, A Couple of New Buttons, and a Hop!

Hi Everybody!
Well I had been hinting on my FB page about some great news that I wanted to tell everybody, but I had to wait until today! So now I can tell you that I am on the design team for the Cricut Cards Challenge!!  Yaaaaaaaay!!  I am part of team 1 (there are 2), so you will get to see my designs every other week.  Mary always has such awsome projects, and I am excited to be working with her and the rest of the design team.  So that is the first new button on my blog.

The second new button is to announce my Halloween Hop that will be on September 18th! 

There are going to be some FANTASTIC blogs with TONS of spooky inspiration.  And Emma at My Creative Time has generously donated one of her new Gypsy DVD's for the grand prize!!!  There is going to be even more great blog candy along the hop. So be sure to come back here on September 18th!  Don't forget to grab the Halloween button!!  TFL, and hope everyone has a chance to craft today :)