CAC Thankful Thursday DT Share - No Challenge

Happy Thursday and Happy Turkey Leg!!!  Today would normally be the start of a challenge with the Thankful Thursday Design Team but we wanted to take this time to share what we are thankful for.


I have to start by saying that I am thankful for quite a lot.  LIfe has been EXTREMELY difficult lately but I'm still standing.  I'm thankful that God loves me and because He loves me, He sent His Son to redeem me.  Without Him, I don't know where I would be.  


I'm thankful for my family. They are gift from God and I'll take the good with the bad.  It's made me who I am today.  And to tell the truth, when I look back on the bad, some of that mess is just plain funny now. 


I'm also thankful for the creative ability that God has given me.  I enjoy making creations and exploring various creative arts.  This is truly a joy for me and brings calm to my crazy world. I'm so very thankful for the beautiful craft friends that I've met through this Blog/Facebook world.  I'm hoping to one day meet you guys but if I never do, please know that I'm blessed to have you in my life.  Special hugs and kisses go out to my DT leaders - Jenny, Melinda, Kristal, and Cathy.  You all are a special blessing.


Now, in the last two years, we have been through a lot of transitions.  We've moved quite a few times.  I have four children and adjusting can be difficult but I thank God that He protects and provides.  My second oldest is EXTREMELY shy/quiet.  I am concerned sometimes that she won't make friends or will never feel settled with all the moving that we do.  Well...she shut my mouth Tuesday night.  She came in and told me her "BFF" is having a birthday tomorrow and that she wanted a card for her.  I was so thankful that she made a connection with someone that I stayed up until the wee hours making something special for this child.  It did my heart good!


Here is the card I made for her.  It features two of K. Andrews stamp sets.  If you haven't tried them, she has some AMAZING sets and a portion of the proceeds from the sale of each set goes to wonderful charities.  Please go over and check her out!  

Materials:

Fashionable Friends stamp set by K. Andrews

Amazing You stamp set by K. Andrews

Recollections cardstock

patterned paper from my stash

Mother's Day Bouquet Cricut Cartridge

brads

Sakura gel pen

So remember, enjoy today for tomorrow is NOT promised.  I love you and there ain't nothing you can do about it!  Be sure to stop by tomorrow for the Thankful Faith Blog Hop.

Thankful Thursday Challege - Fall

Happy Thursday!  Welcome to the Thankful Thursday Design Challenge with Jenny at Crazy About Cricut.  Our theme today is Fall but it's with a twist.  We're looking for projects that 
FALL open.


Well, I went searching and found a great tutorial for a telescoping card on the Splitcoast Stampers website.  If you'd like to see it, click HERE.  

MATERIALS:

Recollections cardstock

Authentique "Wonder" patterned paper

Inkadinkado "Winter Silhouettes" stamps

Recollections "North Pole" stamps

American Crafts ribbon

Sukara white, clear star, purple, and red gel pens

Stickles

brads

Cricute cartridge: Mini Monograms

Glossy Accents

Be sure to stop by my DT sisters' blogs for some EXCELLENT inspiration.  I promise that you won't be disappointed.


Please join us for the challenge.  You can link your project on the Facebook page by clicking HERE or on Jenny's blog by clicking HERE.  We can't wait to see what you come up with.


I love you and there ain't nothing you can do about it!  

Crazy About Cricut DT Project - Tribute

Happy Thursday! I've been missing a bit from blogging but I'm still alive.  I still have a lot going on in my world but I can't complain. 

Today, I'm here with a tribute to my father.  For our DT project with Crazy About Cricut, we are supposed to create a home decor item as a tribute to someone.  Well, this project caused me to wrestle a bit with what I wanted to do.  I finally settled on something that I hope will make you laugh. 

Here he is.  The cat's meow!  So handsome. I miss him very much!

I created this sign in memory of my Dad's great sense of humor.  He never met a stranger and always had jokes for days.  If you didn't know anything about Big Walt's or Mr. Young's humor, you could officially consider yourself a stick-in-the-mud.

I created this plaque with a special saying.  It says, I hope everything comes out alright.  Now, that by itself isn't funny BUT when it's hanging in the bathroom, it's a different story.  By the way, check out the Peachy Keen face.  Isn't it adorable?  I used some of my Post-it paper and the Cricut to make this tribute to a man of much laughter. 

I hope you enjoyed my project and will be back to visit real soon.  Feel free to leave a comment.  I promise I read each and every one.  I may not always write back but if you have any questions, email me at askscrappinsista (at) hotmail (dot) com.  I will get back with you.  Be sure to stop by Crazy About Cricut to check out my Crazy DT sisters' projects.  We have some new faces in the house.  I hope you enjoy and I'll see ya soon.

Easter - Crazy About Cricut DT Project

Happy Thursday and welcome to Thankful Thursday with Crazy About Cricut! And may I say that I have quite a bit to be thankful for and so do you.  Being in my right mind is enough of a blessing alone for me.  Everything else is icing on the cake!

For today's project, we are featuring our Easter projects.  I decided to FINALLY make Resurrection Cookies with the kiddos.  Two of our little friends from Charlotte came up to see Danita and Daylon run at track meets these last two days. 

I found the recipe at Annie's Resurrection Cookies.  Here are several pictures of kiddos mixing the cookies and  the final cookie which is symbolic of the empty tomb.  That's the greatest gift anyone could give. 

Well...I hope you enjoy our cookies and take some time out to spend with your families this Easter.  Head on over to Crazy About Cricut to see the wonderful project by my fellow DT sisters.  I've had a sneak peek and it's some great work!  Scrappy Hugs~

DRUMROLL PLEASE.......

They are hollow just like the tomb was.  One of the boys said, "Eww went in and Umm came out.  Just like Jesus did for our sins!"  They got it!  Thank you Jesus.

Jenny's Big Birthday Blog-avarsary

~~If you are looking for the "My Glamorous and 39 Birthday Hop", click HERE!!!"~~

Happy Saturday everyone!  Welcome to Jenny's Big Birthday Blog-avarsary Blog Hop.  ***If you have come from Simply Sweet by Sharon you are in the right place.  If not, click HERE to go to the beginning and join in on all the fun.***

I want to first start off by saying Happy Birthday to my friend, Jenny.  I pray that you are blessed with many more wonderful birthdays.  I am honored that you would choose to call me friend and allow me to celebrate with you. Thank you!

Be sure to follow the hop from start to finish.  Jenny has some awesome prizes up for grabs but you'll need to comment on the various blogs to be eligible.  She has a Life's a Party cartridge, a Cricut Everyday cartridge, a Scrap n Easel, Cosmo Cricket Bday stamps, and Post-it Paper to name a few.

For my project, I chose to create a 3D circle card.  There are a ton of tutorials out there on how to make this so I can't say that I followed just one.  I looked at several.  So there is what I came up with. It's finally up.  Enjoy!!!

Though I don't have a personal blog prize (at this time) please leave a comment to be eligible for Jenny's drawings.  I also love, love, love to read your comments.  Thanks for stopping by.  Please continue the hop by clicking on the cool button just below my signature to go to Cricut Love.

Post-it Blog hop team guessing for blog candy

Just an update on guessing the team to win the candy for today's blog hop from my blog. Many of you are getting it right but those comments are not being posted because I want you to guess.  I really wanted that to be how you entered the drawing.  I'm going to make the following change so more people will get a chance to win.  Those who get it right will get two entries for the candy. 

And no...ya'll don't need hints.  You guys are too good!  I'll reveal the winner hopefully tomorrow morning.  Scrappy hugs!

CAC - Post-It Blog Hop

Good morning everyone and welcome to the Post-It Blog Hop with Crazy About Cricut! If you've come from visiting Cheryl's you're in the right place!



If you've just happened across my blog and would like to play along with our fun hop, you can go to CRAZY ABOUT CRICUT and start at the beginning.


The theme of this blog hop is Post-It Craft Paper. Each blog has created a project centered around this awsome paper. Be sure to visit each blog for inspiration and fun BLOG CANDY.

We decided to have a little fun and do something that I have never done before.  We made a 3D project.  We made the robot using my husbands's University Team colors.

BLOG CANDY: For a chance to win a surprise pack, guess what team my husband loves in your comment.  Also, today is the last day to enter my follower giveaway.  Be sure to finish the hop but come back for the giveaway.  Here's the link to it.


I hope you enjoyed my project! Now head on over to Erika's blog to see her amazing project!


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

Post-it Blog Hop

Join me and Crazy About Cricut's Thankful Thursday Design Team for a Post-it Blog Hop on this coming Thursday.

Here's the official annoucement~

Do you love paper that's SUPER easy to work with and cuts like butter?? Then join Jenny's amazing design team 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 the post HERE letting Jenny know, and she'll add an extra entry for you during the blog hop!! Please put your blog address in your comment.