Cooking With Cricut Design Team Day - Grandparents Day Challenge!

Hi Everybody!

Today is a great day!  Not only are we half way to the weekend (yaaaay!), but it's time for another Cooking With Cricut Challenge!  Today's challenge is:

Grandparents...Heritage Challenge

The 1st Sunday after Labor Day is Grandparents day (the 11th) so how about a project commemorating our Grandparents or a Heritage type project!

I seem to forget Grandparents Day every year (enter BIG sad face here).  My parents are really, really great to my kids and they deserve a HUGE thank you for everything they do.  I have one grandma who we're thankful for too.  Here's the card I made with my two little ones to give to my parents.  (My two older ones made things to, but gave them away before I could snap a picture!).

*George and Basic Shapes

*Pink by Design = Just a Note set,

The Life You Imagined - August 2011 Stamp of the Month set

*Colorbok chalk ink

*Stampin' Up! = ink, yellow cardstock

*DCWV = Crafty stack (blue)

*The inkpads were the kind shaped in a big flower with different colors for each petal.

*I just took each of my kids hands and layed them across the whole inkpad to get the rainbow effect.

*I used the individual letters from the PBD set Just a Note to create my card sentiment/title!

*I also used the letters to stamp each of my kids names.

*I used the The Life You Imagined  that had this perfect sentiment. 

*I think sometimes we can get so caught up in trying to get caught up (with laundry, cleaning, errands.....) that we can sometimes miss the little things our kids do.  This is saying is definitely becoming a motto for me!

Now it’s your turn!!!  Let’s see your grandparent or heritage project.  Head on over to Cooking With Cricut to enter your project.  TFL, and hope everyone has a chance to craft today :OD

BONUS: You can also enter use your grandparent project to enter the Thankful Thursday challenge here on my blog!  Click HERE to go to the current challenge post :)

Pink By Design Sneak Peek, and Guest Designer for September Ninth!

Hi Everybody!

I'm so excited for this post!  I was asked to be a guest designer by my good friend Ruthie from September Ninth!!  So make sure you read this whole post so you don't miss anything! 

First up, I have a sneak peek for the next release from Pink By Design.  You guys are going to LOOOOOVE this release!  So here is my first sneak project.  My anniversary is coming up in July, so I decided to make my husband an anniversary card.  He likes to cook (is a better cook than me!), so I think he'll get a kick out of this :oD

*Had to add a matching strip on the inside to give a finished look :)

And now my project for September Ninth!  I was so honored to have Ruthie ask me to guest designer on her blog! Of course I wanted to make something super cool. So I turned to my Cosmo Cricket products. I used:

•  Just a Note cartridge on my new E2 (Cricut Expression 2). This is a cartridge that comes pre-loaded on the E2, and is designed by Cosmo Cricket. 
• Of course I had to use CC paper! I used 2 different paper lines, Togetherness, and Storytime (retired). 
• For the delicate letters, I used my other favorite paper, Post-it Craft paper. 
• I also used Pink By Design Cloudy Day background stamp. 

I hope you liked it!  I was relieved at how easy this card was to put together.  I'm LUVIN' my E2!  Now don't forget to tune in THIS Friday to see the next release from Pink By Design.

CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE PINK BY DESIGN USTREAM CHANNEL

Friday, June 3

7:00pm - 10:00pm (CST)

5 pm (PST)

8 pm (EST)

6 pm (MST)

And make sure you check in with Ruthie on her blog September Ninth 'cause she will have amazing projects for you, and some Peachy Keen sneaks!  TFL, and I hope everyone has a chance to craft today :oD