YIPPEE! Cooking with Cricut Top 3

I'm just so excited to tell you that my Whatever the Weather Card was also chosen as a Top 3 Chef over a Cooking with Cricut!  I'm just so happy!!!  Just wanted to share!  :o)

Hey, Whatcha Waitin' For???

I just want to remind everyone to head over to Celebrate the Occasion to enter this week's challenge.  All you have to do is make a project with a birthday theme...Anything Birthday!  Make sure you link your project by Sunday, Feb. 27 at 11:59 p.m. EST.  The winner will be entered into the drawing for this month's prize: the A Child's Year Cricut cartridge.  I can't wait to see what you come up with!  Oh, and make sure to become a follower of CTO so you don't miss a single challenge. :o)

Thanks for stopping by today!  :o)

My First Blog Hops!!!

I wanted to share with everyone that I get to participate in two blog hops that are coming up in March!  Yippee!

The first is Operation Write Home's Bunny Hop on March 5th.  If you aren't familiar with Operation Write Home, it's a great organization that allows talented crafters to create cards for deployed service men and women to use to write home to their families and friends.  You should definitely go check out their site.  Also, you can join in the fun and join the Bunny Hop, too!  I've already completed my project for this one, and I just CAN'T WAIT to share it with you! {{giggle}}

Giselle at Cross My Heart Papercrafts and Nadia at Nadia's Beautiful Mess were kind enough to open their Lucky Charm Blog Hop to the first bloggers who e-mailed them wanting a spot.  So, luckily (hehe), I saw the invitation soon enough to make the cut!  YAY!!  I can't wait!  

I hope you'll come back on March 5 and March 17 to check out what I create for these hops.  Thanks for stopping by today!  :o)

Also, I want to thank Alina from Addicted to Scrapbooking and Carrie from Paper, Glitter, Stamps for passing along the Stylish Blogger Award to me.  They both have some beautiful projects on their blogs, so you should go check them out!  :o)  These are the 5th and 6th ones I've gotten, and I just feel so honored and excited every time someone chooses to pass it along to me.  :o)  If you'd like to see the people I passed the award on to, click here.  Thank you sooooo much, Alina and Carrie!



YAY! Fantabulous Cricut Top 5!!!

Okay, just one more post...I just found out that my Whatever theWeather card made the Design Team Top 5 for last week's Fantabulous Cricut Challenge.  I'm so excited!  If you'd like to read about my card, click here.

IPod Card

Well, I have another one for you (I told you I had fun working on challenges today).  Here's another cute little card I made to enter in a few challenges:

I used this sketch, from Card Positioning Systems, to help me design this card:

This in an A2 card that I laid out on my Gypsy to get the sketch just right.  The papers are all digital ones that I printed off to use on this card...I couldn't find any I liked in my stash.  The iPod is from Rock Princess, and the sentiment is from a Hero Arts stamp set.  I added lots of stitching lines and little doodles, and my card was finished!

I'm entering this card in these challenges:

Sketch #206: Card Positioning Systems

Technology: Paper Playtime

Sew Much Fun: Paper Variety

I hope you like my fun little card!  Thanks so much for visiting.  If you like what you see, I'd love it if you'd leave a comment (I do LOVE them) and become a follower.  :o)

Girly Paisley Card

I've had so much fun working on challenges today!  Here's a little card I made with a few challenges in mind:

This is an 5" x 7" size card.  I got all 3 of these cuts from Paisley, and I just sized them on my Gypsy so they would fit inside (or almost inside) 2 inch squares.  I used a Fiskars border punch and my Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder.  Then, I added lots of ink and highlights, and my card was all done.  I'm entering this card into these challeges:

Paisley Cricut Cartridge Chaos Challenge:  Two Scraptastic Gals

All About Girls: My Sheri Crafts

Emboss It!:  Fantabulous Cricut

Creative Sisters Monday Embossing Challenge: Linda's Creativity

Well, I hope you like my little card!  Thanks so much for stopping by!  :o)

Celebrate the Occasion Design Team!!!

Guess what!!!  I'm so excited to tell you that I have the wonderful opportunity to serve on the Celebrate the Occasion Design Team!  YAY!  I can't tell you how excited I am about this, and I look forward to sharing lots of great projects with you during my time on the team. 

Here's my card for this week's challenge...Anything Goes Birthday:

I have a 9 year-old daughter, so I just LOVE the Rock Princess cartridge!  It's just perfect for all of the birthday parties she goes to, and I have so much fun finding new ways to make birthday cards using this cart. 

For this card, I used a card base and star border from Birthday Bash.  BB is really my go-to cart for card bases...there are just so many great ones to choose from.  I ran the star border through my Cuttlebug using the Candycane Stripe embossing folder.  The cute guitar girl is from Rock Princess, and the sentiment is computer generated.  I added some star brads and stitching lines, and my ROCKIN' card was all done.  I hope you like it! 

I hope you'll check out Celebrate the Occasion to meet the other talented designers on the new team.  I'm so excited to serve with such talented crafters!  :o)  Then, every Tuesday, visit Celebrate the Occasion to check out (and hopefully enter) the weekly challenge.  I hope to see you there!  Thanks so much for stopping by today!