Have a Hoppy Day!

Hey everyone! It's my day to post a project over on the Jaded Blossom blog!! 

 Since 2013 is coming to an end soon so it's time for new calendars!! I am putting together fun little packages as Christmas gifts for my daughter's teacher and helpers so I thought a new desk calendar would be a perfect idea! 

I used a new file (available Friday) from SVG Cutting Files for the background of my calendar. This file also comes with an easel back option so your calendar can sit upright on a desk! 

The Forest Friends stamp set by Jaded Blossom has the cutest animal sentiments to match my frog and bunny. 

I used some graphics from Nancy Kubo that I printed, then cut, along with some fun cloud digital paper from Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons, to make a cute little scene.  

Here is what I used to make my calendar...

- Forest Friends Jaded Blossom Stamp set

- 2014 Calendars from Jaded Blossom

- Calendar Shapes with Easel Back from SVG Cutting Files (available FRIDAY)

- Nancy Kubo graphics

- Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons digital paper

- Cherry Cupcake and Watermelon Taffy Trendy Twine

Thanks for stopping by!! 

May All Your Wishes Come True!

Hey everyone!! It's my day to share a project for Jaded Blossom!!  So glad you have stopped by the blog today because I have a super cute card to share!! 

My daughter recently had a Cinderella party so I just HAD to make her a princess card! 

She LOVED it!! 

 The Sweet Birthday Wishes stamp set had the perfect sentiment for this card... Actually... This stamp set has had "the perfect sentiment" for a lot of projects I have made lately! I guess that makes this set a must have!! 

She got to wish upon a star the night before her birthday, and her wish was that Cinderella would come to her party! I have this card up in her room and she always talks about how her wish came true. :) 

Here is what I used to make my card...

- Jaded Blossom Sweet Birthday Wishes stamp set

- Castle SVG from Miss Kate Cuttables

- Cinderella from the Lettering Delights Happily Ever After set

- Peachy Keen In the Garden face stamps

- banner SVG from Silhouette store

Hope you were inspired by my project today!! 

Jaded Blossom Release Week Day 1 - Tiana Treat Bag

It's finally here!!! Day 1 of the September Jaded Blossom release!!! This is such a great release and I KNOW you are going to love all the great stamps Michelle and Candace came up with!!  We have the "Gotta Have it Now" Package for $105.99

September  Release will include:

4 - 4 x 6 Sentiment Stamp Sets  with Image and Candy Stamps included 2 - 4 x 4 Stamp Sets (Candies/Poems)1 -  3 x 4 Stamps1 - Gift Card Die

 1 - FREE 2 x 3 Stamp for customers that spend $40 or more before Taxes and Shipping!

NO PREORDERS! NO BACKORDERS! No waiting WEEKS for your stamps.  

WE WILL SHIP ASAP!!!

Today we are showcasing ...

Too Cute To Spook $15.99

There are also fun new bags in the store!!! 

and

Since I am almost 100% sure there is going to be a Princess in our house this Halloween, I decided to make a fun little Princess treat bag using the Too Cute To Spook stamp set and a 3x10 bag. 

You can fit SO much into these bags!! 

Here is what I used to make my treat bag...

- Jaded Blossom Too Cute To Spook stamps

- 3x10 bag from Jaded Blossom

- Princess SVG from Lettering delights

- Treat Topper from Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons

- In the Garden Peachy Keen face stamps

- Divine Swirls embossing folder

- Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink

- white gelly roll pen

Make sure to head on over to the Jaded Blossom blog to see all the other projects from the DT!!! Trust me, thy are awesome!!!! 

Trendy Twine - Thinking of You!!

Hey Friends!! I am over at the Trendy Twine blog today!! 

Here is a sneak peek!! 

Trust me, it's super cute!! You don't want to miss it! :) 

See you there! 

Life is Better With Friends

Today I have a card for the second release challenge over at Peachy Keen!! I LOVE their release challenges! So much fun! The theme for this challenge is Background Stamps. 

I choose to use a background stamp I have had for a long time, but have never used, from Market Street Stamps. I'm not sure why I have never used it... But now that I see how great it looks I can't believe I never used it! 

Here is what I used to create this card...

- Curious & Curiouser SVG set from Lettering Delights (printed/cut with Cameo)

- Peachy Keen Cornies Face Assortment

- Market Street Pretty Perfect Grid Background Stamp

- Pink By Design sentiment 

- white gelly roll pen

- Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons - Layered Labels 1 Cutting Files (funky square)

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Happy Girls Are the Prettiest

Hey Everyone!! I have a super cute card to show you all today!! I don't very often make shape cards, but lately I have been wanting to change things up around here! :)

How cute, right?! Love Merida! 

Gold embossing powder is my new favorite!!! And I love the detail embossing powder by Recollections! It works great for sentiments! The powder stuck to my textured paper a bit but I actually like the look that it gave! 

Here is what I used to make this card...

- Happily Ever After cutting files from Lettering Delights

- Peachy Keen Princess Face Assortment stamps

- Pink By Design setiment (not sure which set it is... it's not labeled)

- textured Momenta paper

- Recollections gold embossing powder

- Colorbox fluid chalk ink (around her hair)

- glossy accents (on her eyes)

- Blush copic marker (her cheeks)

- white gelly roll pen

I'm off to link this up over at the Peachy Keen Release Challenge!! Have an awesome day! 

You Are the Milk to My Cookie (Tutorial)

Oh my gosh... I love the card I have for you today! :) I hope you think it's as cute as I do!! 

I paired two SVGs - a freebie from Miss Kate Cutables (the cookie) and a jug of milk from Lettering Delights - and used the PNC (print & cut) feature to make the main focal point of my card. Of COURSE I used Peachy Keen faces on my characters... the face set I used is the Wide Eyed Kids Assortment. I used a shape from Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons and filled it with some digital paper from Lettering Delights (the Once Upon A Princess set) to create my background for my milk & cookie. If you would like to see how I did everything in Silhouette Studio to design this card, check out the tutorial below! 

My blue banner is also from Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons and is filled with another pattern from the Once Upon A Princess set from Lettering Delights. My sentiment comes from the Pink By Design stamp set, You Are. I also added a touch of Divine twine. 

If you would like to see how I assembled this card, here is that part!! 

I am linking this card up over at the Scrapbook Steals blog a, Scrappy Mom's, Peachy Keen, and the CAS on Sunday Challenge Blog. 

Have an amazing day!! 

We are the perfect blend...

Hey everyone!! I have been on a card making craze lately and I can't wait to show you what I've been working on! :) Today my card was inspired by the photo challenge over at Peachy Keen. The colors in the photo were red/browns/greys, but I was mainly inspired by the browns. For some reason whenever I see brown, I think coffee! Strange because I rarely drink coffee.... :) 

I recently purchased the new Love You A Latte set from Lettering Delights that I wanted to play with. I used both the cutting files set and the matching digital paper.

I followed this sketch...

Everything is always more cute with a PK face!! I used my favorite face assortment set, Princess Faces. My sentiment is from the Perk Up stamp set by Pink By Design and my twine is from The Twinery. 

Thanks for stopping by!! 

Sweet Birthday Wishes

For the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbon Valentine Blog Hop Click HERE!!! 

Happy Sunday, everyone!!! I have been on a mission lately to find some new, fun challenges. I know there are a TON out there so I have been keeping my eyes peeled. The other day I stumbled upon Your Next Stamp stamps who have the yummiest challenge going on. This is the inspiration photo for the challenge:

Like I said. Yummy. :) 

All these bright colors totally reminded me of the Nancy Kubo Mommy & Me set (from Lettering Delights). I decided to make a very bright card with little graphic "sprinkles". 

I used the icons from the Mommy & Me set, traced around them in Silhouette Studio, printed and then cut. I inked around the edges of the circles with blue chalk ink because I don't really like the white edges that can show when cutting printed paper. 

I used the stitched circle dies and All Around Sentiment stamp set from My Creative time for my center flower. I added a little button from my stash in the center. The yellow background layer of my card was embossed with a Happy Birthday Cuttlebug embossing folder. My finishing touch was some timeless twine and a bow. 

Hope you liked my super colorful card!! 

LOVE Layout - Nancy Kubo

Hello!!! I am so glad you have decided to stop by today! I LOVE visitors! :) 

Today I have a layout to share that turned out so adorable. I purchased the Mommy & Me files (by Nancy Kubo - always cute!) from Lettering Delights a while back and I have been ITCHING to use them. The background paper for this layout was actually the very first 12x12 sheet I printed using my new printer! I printed it on textured white American Crafts cardstock and it came out amazing! Take a peek! 

Almost everything on this layout was print and cut. Hopefully you didn't notice right away, but my printer seems to catch on the bottom of my pages for some reason... I loved this sheet so much I couldn't waste it, so I decided to use it anyway... I'm too much of a paper hoarder to waste! (Although, the great thing about digital paper is knowing I can easily print another sheet of the same pattern!!!)

I love to type and print my journalling since I don't really like the look of my writing on layouts.

These clouds are another file I have been wanting to use. They're from the Silhouette Store. 

I am the biggest fan of printing my own cardstock, but sometimes I hate how it can look so 'flat'. The textured cardstock definitely helps, but when I can I like to add even more texture. Glossy accents or glitter works great for this. I put glossy accents on a few of the graphics on the background paper to give it a more 'expensive' look. I also used some twine from my stash (Divine Twine, I think) and pearls to add some more little details. 

Overall this layout was so quick and easy to make, and still turned out great!! 

Hope you loved my project today!! Come back again soon!! 

"New Baby" has arrived!

Hi friends!! I have some news! :) Our new baby has arrived!!

It's A GIRL!! 

That makes 3 Little Princesses!! I guess my blog is going to need some updating!! 

Taylah Brooklyn arrived on November 7th at 10:40 pm weighing in at 6 lbs 14 oz, 19 3/4" long

We love her so much! 

I made Bria and Brittyn cards from their new little sister with a little message inside. 

I used the String Bean family SVGs from Lettering Delights to make my three little girls. 

I also got the girls each a new movie that "Taylah" picked out for them. They were so happy to know "the new baby", as they so lovingly call her, brought them gifts!

We're off to get some newborn pictures of Taylah today, as well as our first photo session as a family of five! Wish us luck!! :) 

Peachy Keen Release Challenge #2

I'm baaaaack! :) Before I forget, there are a lot of great things happening on my blog coming up that I wanted to remind you all of! 

- Tomorrow is my day to post over at the Pink By Design Blog

- Wednesday is Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons DT day 

- Friday is Melisa's Crafty Creations Blog Hop celebrating her Blogaversary

So make sure to come back often this week! :) 

Ok, here is my Halloween layout #2!! The challenge was to use a PK background stamp, or create your own using PK stamps. 

My previous layout was of Brittyn's Halloween last year and of course I still had to create a page for Bria's pics from last Halloween! I used a combination of SVG's for this page. Snow White was from Lettering Delights and the candy as well as the treat "bag" is this week's freebie over at Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons.

Of course I had to use a Peachy Keen Princess face on Snow White... That's just a given. :) I also added a lot of little details to make Snow White really special. I added some gold and red glitter, embossing on the bottom layer of her dress as well as some details with a white pen. I could cut out and embellish princesses all day long.... It's a good thing we're off to Disney this Christmas, I think the girls and I are in need of a Princess fix! ;) Actually, speaking of Princesses.... When I picked up the girls' Halloween costumes this year and I tried to get them to dress up as maybe a witch or something else like that since they wear Princess dresses a LOT around home but NOPE. They both picked out Cinderella costumes... Who's surprised?!?! My husband definitely wasn't! :) 

I enlarged the candy with the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons freebie and added some Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons digital Halloween paper. I also used my Medium Polka Dot Print Background stamp from Peachy Keen stamps with some orange Distress Ink to make my own little background pieces. I also inked the edges of these pieces with the Black Soot Distress Ink (which I also used around the kraft base of the layout). I created the title 'I want candy' in Silhouette Studio and added faux stitching with my white pen. 

And that is it!! :) Now I am off to get ready for some yummy Thanksgiving food!!! Have a great day everyone!! 

Master Crafter Project!!!

Click HERE for the 3 Girl Jam/Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Blog Hop!!

Hey Everyone! Such an exciting, fun post today!! It's finally time to link up the Master Crafter projects! It was such a fun challenge trying to incorporate all of the supplies in the box into a project! It really didn't take much time for me to figure out what I wanted to do...

I've been wanting to make my own advent calendar for a while now and this was the perfect chance!! My girls can't eat dairy so it always made me sad that they couldn't have the normal calendars that my brother and I had as kids. I used the Lori Whitlock Countdown Calendar file from the Silhouette store to create this. 

The Santa train is from Lettering Delights. I used the PBD sentiment stamp on the train, as well as the button (one was lost in transit :() and rhinestones on the train wheels. I used some of the black paper with white stars from the DCWV Rockstar stack. I used some alcohol ink to dye the canvas bag to make it look like Santa's toy sack. Of course I had to use some Martha Stewart glitter glue to add some more sparkle. 

I made three little presents and added some 3 Girl Jam ribbon as well as sparkle tape to them.

I used some shapes from the Silhouette Store to put the numbers on to make them stand out. They are all popped up using foam stickers. All the paper is from the Jolly & Bright Recollections stack from last Christmas. The red squares are cut from plain red cardstock and embossed with a chevron embossing plate. 

I hope you love my project!! I can't wait to check out all the other projects, I'm sure there are going to be some great ones!! If you'd like to check them out as well, head on over to Pink Cricut!! 

Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons DT Day!!

I am sooo excited for my very first post as part of the new design team over at Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons!!! This DT is so super talented, I cannot wait for them to share all their projects with you!! I've had a little peek at them already and they are so great! 

Here is what I created using some of the digital paper packs from Lisa's store, Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons.... 

I have been wanting to make a neutral card and matching bag for a baby for a while now and the colors in the Sunny Skies line are PERFECTLY neutral! 

I used a bottle from the Simple Shapes Bundle from Lettering Delights. I used the trace function to make a shape that was the outline of the bottle which I filled in using the yellow chevron pattern from the Sunny Skies Mod Circles & Chevron paper pack. 

I cut a blue rectangle, which I had filled with the blue honeycomb pattern from the Honeycomb pack, and used a corner punch to round the corners. The little heart was filled with the striped pattern from Sunny Skies Pattern Pack 2 and then inked with Frayed Burlap Distress Ink. For some final details I added a kraft twine bow, a couple little pearls and some faux stitching with a white gelly roll pen. 

Here are the pattern packs I used for this project....

 

Make sure to head on over to the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons blog for more awesome inspiration!!! There also may be some NEW releases for Halloween!!! ;) And one more thing... make sure to mark October 3rd on your calendars - some members of the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons DT will be joining some 3 Girl Jam DT members for an awesome blog hop!!