Hope Your Day Blossoms Into Lots of Dreams Come True

Hello and welcome to my Shop Pumpin Spice post for today!

The challenge over at Shop Pumpkin Spice this week is Child. I wanted to make a sweet little birthday card for a little girl.

Recipe:
Echo Park Paper: Everyday Eclectic "Kraft Doily"™(blue background)
Echo Park Paper: Everyday Eclectic "Kraft/Wood"™
Echo Park Paper: Everyday Eclectic "Chevron Woodgrain"™
Echo Park Paper: Everyday Eclectic "Hexagons"™
Bo Bunny Double Dot "Olive Dot"™
Bo Bunny Double Dot "Coffee Dot"™
Stamp: Penny Black "Friendship"™
Stickles

Fur-ever Family

I made this card for my Father's Day for my dad. I'm planning on putting a "D" for dad on his little badge. Love this bear! 

I made all of this except for the ribbon from my stash from Shop Pumpkin Spice! Check out her deals and just an FYI, sometimes the shipping is not what it says it is and is usually less! She will let you know! 

Recipe:

• Patterned Papers:
• Echo Park: Times and Seasons "Sweet Stripes"™ (green)
• Echo Park: Times and Seasons "Red/Cream"™
• Bo Bunny: Double Dot "Honey Mustard Dot"™
• Bo Bunny: Double Dot "Coffee Dot"™
• My Mind's Eye: Fiddlesticks 6x6 Designer Paper Pad™ (woodgrain)
• My Pink Stamper: Even More Punny-licious™
• Cricut Cartridge: Campin' Critters™

Happy Birthday MPS Blog Hop!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Robyn's daughter!!! In her honor, a few of us wanted to share some birthday inspiration with you along a hop! 

You should have gotten here from Chelle's blog. If not, start HERE at My Pink Stamper's blog to join in on the fun! 

MAKE SURE to catch Robyn and Karlee during the MY PINK STAMPER LIVE tonight at 10:00pm CST! 

I made this for my co-mom's (mother-in-law) birthday! Her birthday was on the 22nd (of January). I am so glad she liked her card! 

Recipe:

• Cricut Cartridges:
• French Manor™ (dress form - Cricut Circle Exclusive)
• Birthday Bash™ (card base)
• Sentiment: My Pink Stamper: Spectacular Sayings™
• Patterned Paper:
• My Mind's Eye: Lost and Found Two: Blush "Favorite" Party Paper™ (tone on tone beige)
• My Mind's Eye: Lost and Found Two: Blush "Sweet" Bouquet Paper™ (pink gingham)
• My Mind's Eye: Lost and Found Two: Blush "Better" Dotted Paper™ (pink floral)
• Solid(ish) Paper:
• Bazzill Basics in Wheat™
• Bo Bunny Double Dot in Coffee Dot™
• Button: My Mind's Eye: Lost and Found Two: Blush "Better" Buttons™
• ATG Tape™
• Ink:
• Momento in Rich Cocoa™
• Versamark in Bamboo™
• Glue Arts Mini Adhesive Squares in Perma-Tac™
• Crinkled Ribbon: Kris Swain's Etsy Store in Rose and Leaf Green
• Corner Rounder
• Foam Dimensional Tape

Here is the line-up for the blog hop tonight in case you get lost:

Robyn 

Alex

Angela

Helen

Chelle

Courtney

Andrea

Missy

Renee

Cristi

Edna

Karlee

So next, head on over to ANDREA'S BLOG!!! 

3x3 Calling Cards

Hello!!! I am SO sorry I have been MIA for a couple of days! I went to a crop on Friday night - a Cricut Circle crop in San Jose and just had a BLAST! The ladies were lovely, it was low key, AND I even got something done! But I can't show it to you yet... :) 

At every Cricut Circle meet-up, we make old fashioned 3x3" calling cards. We can put whatever we want on the front and the back will have our information: name, email address, and blog site. It's like having business cards to trade with each other but super fun. 

I made three versions based on the amount of paper I had. All in all, we made 30 of these to pass around. 

If you ever have any questions about the Circle, I am ALWAYS happy to answer them as I LOVE the Circle! :) 

Recipe:

• Patterned Paper:
• Echo Park: Springtime "Spring Day"™ (yellow stripe)
• Echo Park: Springtime "Whimsy Scallops"™ (scallops)
• Echo Park: Springtime "Delightful Stripe"™ (yellow)
• Cartridge: 3 Birds on Parade™ (ON SALE FOR $14.99!!!)
• My Pink Stamper: Happiest Moments™
• Bo Bunny Double Dot™

Above: Diana L. (left) and Lezlye L. (right) - both Shop Pumpkin Spice DT sisters! :) Lezlye and I have gotten together to craft before and we have an awesome time together! 

Above: I was SOOOOO tickled pink to meet Lori (Got2BeCrafting). She is JUST as sweet in person as she is online and I hope to see LOTS more of her and to call her a long time crafting friend. 

 This is Shannon Learner from Provo Craft showing us how to do our make and take for the night! She is so super sweet. We really had a blast with her! A HUGE thanks to PC for sponsoring and coordinating the event! 

Somehow I avoided getting my picture taken but next time I want to take pics with everybody! :) 

Have a lovely day and I'll be back on Wednesday with my Shop Pumpkin Spice post for the week! :) 

Your Story project

It's about time that I brought out my Your Story!!! 

We moved into a new house as you all know and before in our condo, we always had to put the dog on a leash to take her outside to go potty. Now we have a yard (yay) but she scratches the door to come back in. We don't want her to scratch the door to bits so I made this sign for her to tape on the spot where she would scratch to protect it. 

Unfortunately the thickers were a little thick to put through the Your Story. I mean, they went through just fine, but they wrinkled the lamination. That's totally fine with me as I don't need a perfect looking doggy door scratch-resistant thingy-mablober. Just so you know, the Your Story does an EXCELLENT job on flat projects. You can click on some of my other ones by clicking on the label that says "Your Story" and all of those projects will show up! :) I know, I know. I need to do more! 

Spoon is on the left with (one of her) doggy boyfriends Sammy. Aren't they adorable!?!

Recipe:

• Provo Craft Your Story™
• Cricut Cartridge: Designer's Calendar™ (dog)
• Paper:
• Bo Bunny Double Dot in Licorice Dot™ (background)
• Echo Park Paper: For the Record "Fancy Floral"™
• Bazzill Basics: Pepper Dotted Swiss™(dog)
• Thickers:
• American Crafts Glitter Letter Stickers in Sprinkles™
• American Crafts Chipboard Letter Stickers in Jewelry Box™
• Googly eyes

SPS Blog Hop - Love You A Latte! *Giveaway Alert*

Welcome to the Shop Pumpkin Spice Blog Hop! You should have gotten here from Dorcas' blog! She's a newbie to the team and we "old gals" are SOOO excited about the new gals! So please make sure you have stopped by everyone's blogs to say "hello"! :) 

I could not be MORE THRILLED to represent Shop Pumpkin Spice for another year!!! I love her prices, her product, her constant attempt to keep the shipping rates to a minimum and now....... her KITS!!! Yes, you read right, Shop Pumpkin Spice is now creating monthly kits! The first one is only  $15.95!!! Check it out below or click on the link HERE to take you directly to the buying page! woot woot! :) Am I getting one? Yes, yes I am. 

We designers can't buy them until it goes live tonight with the hop so you better not buy them all so that they are sold out when I wake up tomorrow California time! I'll be pointing fingers! ;) 

Here is the project I made for the hop. It was supposed to be "your style" and while I was tempted to do a shaped card, this is still very me. :) 

Recipe:

• Cricut Cartridge: Love You A Latte™
• D-stress tool by Imaginisce™ (plus inking tip)
• Patterned Paper:
• Bo Bunny Double Dot in Coffee™(dark brown dot)
• My Mind's Eye: Lost and Found Two: Blush "Better" Blossom Paper™(light pink background paper)
• My Mind's Eye: Lost and Found Two: Blush "Princess" Pintuck Paper™(white and cream polka dot)
• My Mind's Eye: Lost and Found Two: Blush "Princess" Special Paper™ (kraft background for "love you a latte" and pink houndstooth (so both sides of the paper were used))
• Solid Paper: Bazzill Kraft Cardstock™
• Button: My Mind's Eye: Lost and Found Two: Blush "Better" Buttons™
• Ink: Momento in Rich Cocoa™ (It will be in stock at SPS soon!!!)
• White Gel Pen
• ATG gun and tape
• Crinkled Ribbon from Kris Swain's Etsy Store in Sage
• Glue Arts Mini Adhesive Squares in Perma-Tac ™(for the button to stick)
• Colored Foam Tape from Imaginisce in White™

*Designer's Tip: It is REALLY hard to get a sponge or something else in the cracks and crevices of the letters. I used my inking tip for the d-stress tool by Imaginisce (the inking tip unfortunately ONLY comes in the carrying cases for the d-stress and SPS does not carry the cases, but they DO carry the d-stress tool. You can find the cases at your big chain scrapbook stores.) It attaches to the end of the d-stress. You turn the d-stress on so that it spins and just dip it in the ink and ink wherever you want with a spinning head! IN person the inking is a LOT more even, but because of the photo it picks up some of the darker spots and highlights them. Oh well! :) *

January Kit “Fun Love”
1 – MME “Fun Day” 6 x 6 paper pad
1 – MME “Love Me” 6 x 6 paper pad
1 – Rangers Stickles
4 – Paper Accents “Smooth White” 8 ½ x 11 sheets of Cardstock
4 – Bazzill “Kraft” 8 ½ x 11 sheets of Cardstock
3 – yards Twinery “Stone” Twine
1 – yard Red Twill
1 – yard Tan Twill
1 – 18” length of Pearl Flower Lace/Ribbon
3 – 4” paper doilies
1 – Set of button mixture
1 – MME Alpha sticker set (Lime Twist)
5 – MME Journal/Frame/Die Cut Cards (Lime Twist/So Sophie)
3 – Jenni Bowlin Valentine mini Bingo Cards
3 - Petaloo color Me Crazy™ Floral Crocheted Flowers
4 – Echo Park 6 x 6 sheets (Style Essentials/Winter Park)

Now head on over to the fabulous Alyssa's blog to get some more inspiration! I love being sandwiched between two very talented new ladies! :)

I didn't realize that Shop Pumpkin Spice was GIVING AWAY one of these kits if you participate in the fun challenge of making a "your style" project and linking it up to the SPS blog! Go do it for sure! :) 

Diana's One Year Blog-aversary Blog Hop!

Happy Blog-a-versary Diana! I had the pleasure of getting to sit next to Diana in a crop and she is SO passionate about crafting! I'm sure this will be a super fun hop! You should have gotten here from Diana's blog herself! I am your second stop! If not, please start there and wish her a happy blog-aversary! 

I was really honored to be asked to be a part of it! I know that Robyn (My Pink Stamper) is also on the hop and she is such a great friend and inspiration. She is also Diana's inspiration so I wanted to do a card that was inspired by Robyn too! Of course it had to be using the Create a Critter cartridge, her FABULOUS stamps, and in her "style". I hope you like it and participate in the challenge with us so that you could win a prize! 

Welcome to DIANA L.'s  DL.ART  1 year blog-a-versary blog hop.  Including me there are 14 stops you will be making.  On these stops, you will find four people with a word; that will give you the clues, for the ingredients you will need, to complete your project.  Each designer will have a project that will inspire you and also have some clues as to what the ingredients are. You will have until Jan 6, 2012 @ 11:59 to link you project. Once you have linked your project, you will have a chance to win the Provo Craft Cricut  "Sweet Tooth Box cartridge" at the DL.ART site.

Recipe:

• Cartridge: Create-a-Critter™
• Sentiment: My Pink Stamper: Sweet Baby™ 
• Cuttlebug Folder: D'vine Swirl™
• Ribbon: Kris Swain's Etsy Store in Tickle Me Pink™(Please let her know I sent you if you stop by!)
• Patterned Paper: Styles and Essentials™
• Bo Bunny Double Dot™
• Martha Stewart Glitter in Tinsel™
• Glitter Glue by Clear Snap™
• Glossy Accents™
• White Gel Pen

Here is the complete line-up:

http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/

http://courtscrafts.blogspot.com/ <--You Are Here! :)

http://amyscraftingspace.blogspot.com/

http://hawaiipaperparty.blogspot.com/

http://littlescrappieces.blogspot.com/

http://www.scpapercrafts.com/

http://flowerdiscosscraphut.blogspot.com/

http://girliascards.blogspot.com/

http://doubleclickconnections.blogspot.com/

http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/

http://creativediva98.blogspot.com/

http://www.believedreamcreatewithmaria.com/

http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/

Now, head on over to Amy's blog! Be sure to scroll down on her page to see some super cute santa and reindeer holders. They are darling! 

Before you go... leave a comment and you might want to write down my secret word! That's right, you just found one of the four! My word is GREEN because it is BOTH Diana and my favorite color!

You have until the 6th to play along in the challenge to win the Sweet Tooth Boxes prize at D.L. Art! 






AND as a SUPER special treat, My Pink Stamper has GRACIOUSLY allowed me to give away one of her stamp sets! I am going to be giving away Sweet Goodness! It's perfect for giving away goodies AND for those Valentines coming up! Leave a comment here and I will draw a winner on the 6th! THANK YOU MY PINK STAMPER!!!

Wishing you lots of love this Christmas.

I know I know, it's early for Christmas cards (let alone two! See earlier posts! :)), but when I got my little hands on Biggie Christmas - a stamp set from the most recent My Pink Stamper release... I couldn't help but feel in the holiday spirit!

Wishing you lots of love this Christmas

Recipe:

• Cartridges: 
• Creative Memories Cheerful Seasons™ (branch)
• Straight from the Nest™ (bird)
• Sentiment: My Pink Stamper: Biggie Christmas™
• Patterned Paper:
• Bo Bunny Double Dot: Harvest Dot™ (red)
• Bo Bunny Double Dot: Ocean Dot™ (blue)
• Bo Bunny Double Dot: Decaf Dot™ (mocha)
• Bo Bunny Double Dot: Chocolate Dot™ (branch brown)
• Bo Bunny Double Dot: Shiitake Dot™ (bird brown)
• Stickles in Diamond™
• i-rock by Imaginisce™
• Glam Rocks in Red™
• Ink: Momento in Rich Cocoa™
• Glossy Accents

Have a Joy Filled Christmas!

I made this for the new releases of the My Pink Stamper stamps - in this case: Biggie Christmas. This is fabulous stamp set and I simply bent the stamp around on an acrylic block to make it match the curve of the  snowman. 

A lovely lady named Jennifer asked me what cartridge it came from - I have been addicted to the Creative Memories Cheerful Seasons Cartridge™ recently. You can order it from the Creative Memories site HERE or through any CM distributer. You can see all of the projects I have made with it by scrolling down and on the right side, I have "tagged" each one with the label "Creative Memories Cheerful Seasons". Thanks for the inquiry Jennifer! 

Have a Joy Filled Christmas

Recipe:

• Cartridge: Creative Memories Cheerful Seasons™
• Cuttlebug Folder: D'vine Swirl™
• Sentiment: My Pink Stamper: Biggie Christmas™
• Bo Bunny Double Dot: Chocolate Dot™ (brown)
• Bo Bunny Double Dot: Ocean Dot™ (turquoise)
• Bo Bunny Double Dot: Slate Dot™ (dark blue)
• Stickles in Diamond™
• Glossy Accents™
• Crinkled Ribbon: Kris Swain's Etsy Store in Deep Aqua (if you order, please tell her I sent you in the comments section)
• jingle bell from my stash

This qualifies for the Jingle Belle challenge: Bling on the holidays! I thought both the stickles and the jingle bell (tee hee) would count as bling! :) 

Polka Dot Door Designs Blog Hop and an ANNOUNCEMENT!

Besides having the pleasure of being a July Guest Designer for Polka Dot Door Designs, I have been asked to be the Guest Designer for July for My Mind's Eye!!! Head on over to their blog to see my welcome post and join in the fun this month!!!


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Hello!!! Welcome to the Polka Dot Door Designs monthly blog hop! 

Rebecca from Polka Dot Door Designs invited me to be a guest designer this month and I am tickled to join them! 

You should have gotten here from Nicole B.'s blog. If not start HERE at Polka Dot Door Designs.

Polka Dot Door is a new challenge and inspiration blog with a unique twist - the designers get to compete for a prize too! There are three ways to win a prize each month so go check out the website to read all about it. :)

Owl Be Seeing You

Recipe:

• Cricut Cartridges: Creative Memories Cheerful Seasons™ (birdhouse), Create a Critter™ (owl), and Mother's Day Bouquet™ (flowers)
• Gypsy™
• Patterned Paper:
• My Mind's Eye: Stella and Rose: Hattie "Boy" Tapestry Paper™ (white with yellow and yellow pattern)
• My Mind's Eye: Stella and Rose: Hattie "Buddies" Argyle Paper™ (yellow polka dot)
• My Mind's Eye: Stella and Rose: Mabel "Joy" Woodgrain Paper™ (woodgrain)
• Bo Bunny Double dot Boysenberry Dot™
• Cardstock:
• Core'dinations Nostalgia Pack
• Paper Trey Ink Vintage White™
• Sentiment: Tweetie Hoo Puns™
• i-rock by Imaginisce™
• Hot Rocks Compact in Pink, Black and Clear™
• Hot Rocks Compact in Jewel™
• Heart charm: My Mind's Eye: Stella and Rose: Gertie "Girly" Trinket Charms™
• Twine: Paper Trey Ink
• White Gel Pen
• Foam Dimensionals (Michael's and Stampin' Up)
• Ink: Momento in Dark Cocoa and Versamark 
• Embossing powder: A la Mode in white
• Heat Embossing Tool: Colorizer by EK Success™

Here is the inspiration photo:

Just in case you get lost:
Jennifer
Nicole
Valerie
Diana
Sabrina
Nicole B.
Court
Tenny
Tammy
Dee Dee
Mazlina
Lindsay
Smitha
Polkadot Door Designs

The fabulous sponsors this month are:

Accents and Pearls , will be providing the prize for the Challenge winner. 
Scrapbits is giving away a $20 gift certificate to their etsy shop to the blog hop winner.  Scapn4mygirls is providing something for the Featured Designer as well as joining our blog hop this month! 

You have the opportunity to win one of the first two prizes and you can vote for your favorite of our projects and the designer with the most votes will win the third! 

Now hop on over to Tenny's blog! But before you go, read below!

Please leave a message on this post as that is your first way you can win something! Then play along with the challenge using the inspiration photo and link it up to the Polka Dot Door Designs blog! 

My Pink Stamper Pink-alicious Blog Hop!

Hello and thank you for joining us!!! Last hop, I went super cutesy, so this one I wanted to go super classy!
This month our challenge was to use black and our favorite color... hmm... easy! Green! After the hop, head back to Robyn's blog to participate in the challenge! 
I am SO thrilled to be showcasing one of Robyn's AWESOME new stamps sets: Music Speaks™. I just love this set!!! I am all about the music and FINALLY there is a stamp set out there dedicated to it! Way to go Robyn!

You should have gotten here from My Pink Stamper's blog. If not, hop back there to start in the fun! 

Recipe:Stamps: My Pink Stamper: Music Speaks™Cricut Cartridge: Gypsy Wanderings™Cuttlebug Folder: Allegro™ (my best friend Kourtni actually owns this one, but we were crafting together! :).. it's now on my wishlist!)Card Stock: Paper Trey Ink™Paper: Bo Bunny Double Dot™i-rock by Imaginisce™Mirror Glam Rocks by Imaginisce™Ink: Versamark™Embossing powder: a la Mode™Heat Embossing Tool: Coloriser by EK Success™Adhesive: Glue Arts™Pop Dots

Now you are off to the fabulously talented CarrieAnne's blog! I think her creations are just wonderful! 
Here is a list of participants if you get lost: 

Robyn

Courtney-Court’s Crafts --You are here

CarrieAnne

Sonia

Lori

Julie-readysetstamp

Agnes-Flowerdisco

Helen

Angela’s Simple Creations

Tracy-Craft Junkie Too

Pam

Cristi

Shelley

Shauna at Craftee She

Edna

Kassidy

Andrea

Raechel

Bling Queen Wendy

Michelle-Meesh’s Pieces

Karlee

Alex-You Had Me At Craft

Maria

If you made it ALL the way down here for the bottom of a post, you are in for a treat!
I had said that I wanted to give something away for breaking the 300, 400, 500, and now 600 mark of followers! It went really quickly and being on the My Pink Design Team has made a HUGE impact on that! So, in honor and thanks (Thank you Robyn for this opportunity!!!), I wanted to give away something. SO I picked up this Paisley Cartridge™ for one of you! Please only leave one comment (multiples will be deleted) and I will ship anywhere in the US. If you are outside the US and would still like to be in the drawing, I just ask that you pay for the shipping and you can be eligible as well! I will draw a winner on Sunday so come check back and see if you won!

Whew! There are a lot of us, but we are all showcasing some fabulous things! So enjoy the inspiration!!!

Malakai's First Birthday Invites!

That Halloween Hop was fun! I will give you a little while longer to leave comments so be sure to get them in! 

On World Card Making Day (this last Saturday) I went to a Crop for the Cure where I got to meet some wonderful ladies like Monique Griffith and Wendy Lawrence. While there, I made a few things. This is one of them. :)

These are going to be the invitations for our Godson's first birthday! The theme will be Baby Beluga as that is his favorite song to be sure. 

Recipe:
Cartridge: Gypsy Wanderings™ (comes with the Gypsy™), Wild Card™ (for the oval)
Paper: Echo Park: A Walk In the Park™, Bo Bunny™ double dot, Cricut™ (solid brown), Bazzill™ (solid white)
Embossing: Seeing Spots™
Ink: Momento™
Stamps: Hero Arts CL 139
Ribbon
Crop-a-dile™
Eyelets

I made this for the challenge at Off the Wall Craftiness as well: light blue, cream, and brown
Here is the inspiration photo:

I also made this for a variety of places that said, "show us your World Card Making Day card":
Scrap Review

Be Inspired #102 with Whoopsi Daisy!

These digital stamps are too cute for their own good! Whoopsi Daisy is sponsoring us at the Cuttlebug Challenges this week! I love these images! :) We had to use at least two buttons and a bow!

I made this card without the Cricut (this one is for you, Dee!) :).

This is a feel better soon card. I always recommend drinking tea when sick, so why not send a tea bag with the card? What kind of tea, you ask...? This one happens to be Royal tea - it's close to an Earl Grey. I love Lady Grey and Rose tea. Those are my two favorites. Usually it's just peppermint when sick or sleepy though! Enough about me, onto the card!

I had so much fun coloring in this little lady and while the angle doesn't let you see, she is carrying a trey with a tea pot, sugar bowl, and milk pitcher. Too cute!

Recipe:
Embossing: A2 Victoria Emboss Folder™
Paper: DCWV™, Bo Bunny™, Bazzill™
Image: Whoopsi Daisy™ Sheet 42
Ribbon
Tea bag
Buttons
Glossy Accents™
Sharpies and Copics

Come play along this week for your chance to win Whoopsi Daisy images! :)

WMC#20-In the Forest

This is my last project as a Design Team member for August at Wee Memories. I have had such a great time on this team and they are such a talented group of ladies. Thank you so much Jenny for the opportunity!

This week is sponsored by Third Coast Rubber Stamps. The winner will get a $25 Gift Certificate to their store!

Ann on the DT got to choose the theme this week and it is "In the Forest". I saw this cute tree on the Sweethearts Cartridge™ and really wanted to make a tree-shaped card.

I wanted to get some kind of critter in there though and thought the bees from Sentimentals Cartridge™ would be perfect.

I welded the blackouts of the tree together on my Gypsy™.
Then I created another brown layer for the front and embossed the brown with the A2 Forest Branches Emboss Folder™.
Next I used my Bo Bunny™ dot paper for the top of the tree. I pop-dotted it (that is now a verb).
I cut out the leaves from Cricut™ paper.
The hearts were cut from Core'dinations card stock, ran through the Cuttlebug™ with the A2 Swiss Dots Emboss Folder™, and then I put Glossy Accents™ on them. I pop-dotted them as well.
The bumble bees were cut from Bazzill™ Diamond Glaze card stock, the vinyl from the back of a binder, and DCWV™ neutrals stack.

I hope you like it! I can download the Gypsy™ file for you if you would like and email it to you.

Have a wonderful weekend. I will be buzzin' around the San Francisco Bay area and am headed to a concert tonight!

Scroll down to see my first post of the day for the Cuttin' Up Saturday team at the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog!