Showing posts with label Create a Critter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Create a Critter. Show all posts

Thursday, June 7, 2012

52 Questions - The Beach

Happy Friday everyone!  It is challenge day over at Pause Dream Enjoy Challenges.  Today Janis challenged us to make a beach themed project. Living in Nova Scotia, we are surrounded by ocean, so the beach can be very cold, but the kids love it!   Here is what I came up with:


The tag is from Plantin Schoolbook, the sun and crab are both from CAC.  I ripped some random pieces of brown paper to make the sand.  The stamps is from Flourishes Sweet Days of Summer.  I doodled around with my Sakura pen, and on of my old Creative Memories pens.  The paper is from my scrap box and the ribbon is from Michael's.

For June, there will be two winners - one from Canada and one from the USA.  How awesome is that??  Here is what's up for grabs...


The lucky Canadian winner will get this fabulous CTMH stamp set, from Canadian consultant Darla Haverstock.  Shop with her HERE, and see her blog HERE



The lucky American winner receives this great CTMH stamp, from Lucy Kelleher.  You can see Lucy's blog HERE and shop with her HERE

Pop over to Pause Dream Enjoy Challenges, see what the DT came up with and then play along with us.  You just might win!!

A challenge or two for my tag:

I Brake for Challenges - summer fun
Try It On Tuesdays - anything goes
Fashionista Challenge - summer
The Squirrel and the Fox - winter or summer
Cupcake Inspirations - beach theme
All Sorts - by the seaside
My Sheri Crafts - summer lovin

A la prochaine...

 

Friday, April 27, 2012

52 Weeks of Tags - home

Happy Friday everyone!  Today is challenge day over at 52 Weeks of Tags.  This week Janis challenged us to create a project with a house on it - any kind of house.  I chose a dog house - here is what I came up with:


Isn't it ca-ute??  The tag base is from Plantin Schoolbook, and the puppy and her dog house are from Create a Critter (my favorite!!)  Her adorable little face is from Peachy Keen's Critter Faces.  The sentiment is from Close to my Heart - it was an old stamp of the month..  I doodles with my Sakura jelly roll pens, and the paper is all Recollections

This month there is a prize!!  One of our wonderful DT members, Darlene from Simple Southern Blessings is giving away this to one lucky US resident who played along with us in April...


Echo Park's SWEET SUMMERTIME paper pack - it is GORGEOUS!!  I wish I could win it :)  So, be sure to link up below, or over at Pause Dream Enjoy, where you can see what our talented team came up with :)







A challenge or two for my little tag:
Crafting for all Seasons - anything but a card
Belli Challenge - animal
Creative Craft Challenges - animal antics
365 Cards - white, black and 2 other colors (white, black, light pink and dark pink)
Simon Says Stamp and Show - favorite word (right now it's "home")


A la prochaine...

 

Sunday, April 8, 2012

Easter Chick

Happy Easter everyone!  I have two posts for today, before I get into my first Disney post.  I had every intention of posting both these projects yesterday, but it has been a busy weekend, so I haven't had a chance till now.  I made a number of Easter cards this year.  I will share two now, but the rest will wait until after Disney Week.  Here is the card I made for my son:



It is a window card.  I created her on my Gypsy, following a tutorial I saw on-line.  I will have to try to find it, so I can give credit!  I used the chick and egg from CAC and the scalloped card is welded together from Elegant Edges.  I welded the shadows of the chick and the egg to the front frame.  I love it, and think it's so so clever!  The sentiment stamp is from CTMH.  I used the face from PK Critter Faces - I think I may need to invest in something other than the medium set - maybe the large or extra large??

A challenge or two for my chickie card:
Fantabulous Cricut - project with an egg
Scrappy Frogs - shape card
Crafty Calendar - egg-stra special
Crazy 4 Challenges - blue, white and one other color (yellow is my other main color)
Aud Sentiments - "happy easter"

A la prochaine...

 

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Getting on the Right Track

So, I have decided that the time has come to be honest about my weight, and my need to get rid of it.  I have about 30 lbs on that I need to shed.  The last time I lost a good amount of weight, was after Gabrielle was born.  I gained about 65 lbs when I was pregnant with her.  It took a long time, but was able to lose 80 lbs.  Unfortunately close to half of that has snuck back on over the past few years.  I found it VERY helpful last time to write down all my food.  I decided to make a food diary that I would be excited to write in every day.  Here is what I came up with:


Isn't this adorable??  The pizza is from Simply Charmed, the carrot and apple are both from Create a Critter.  The title is cut from Baby Step, I welded it on my Gypsy Girl first.  I used a stamp from Whimsical Designs - Whimsical Fun stamp set - I love that Yummo stamp!  The cute little Peachy Keen faces are from Boy Mates and Happy Lashes.  I doodled the food up with my Sakura Jelly Roll pens.  I bought some twine last week at my LSS - The Cutting Garden, and I used that to add the final touch for my Food Journal.  Here is a close up of that cute little pizza from Simply Charmed.  Love it :)


I have been using my Journal faithfully this past week.  I have lost 2.6 lbs already!  Yay me!  I have a ton more to go, but at least this is a start...  I hope you all had a good weekend.  I will have a few more projects for you this week, so I hope you come back to visit again soon.

Crafts 4 Eternity - in the kitchen
Dorcerela Creations - food
Stampin for the Weekend - anything goes
Sweet Stampin Challenge - anything goes
Just Keep on Creating - anything goes
By the Cute and Girly - in the kitchen
Crafty Purple Frog - anything goes
Ribbon Carousel Challenge - bakers twine


A la prochaine...

 

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Animal Book

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I'm back with another Wednesday post.  If you are looking for my Cricut Cardz Challenge submission, you can find it HERE, or just scroll down to the next post...  So, this is my submission for this week's Peachy Keen - Anything Goes Challenge.  I debated about what to do for this challenge.  My daughter has been wanting me to make her something with lots of animals for a while.  She is in primary, in French Immersion, and is learning to read, so Gabrielle and I decided to make a book.  It is in French, and uses Create a Critter and lots of cute Peachy Keen faces :)   It is designed to help her with her colors and learn the names of the animals in french.  Gabs chose the animals and decided on all the colors - I have spent the last few days getting it cut out.


The base of the book is cut from Elegant Edges using the book function.  The title is cut from Alphalicious.  the animals are all from Create a Critter.  The Peachy Keen Stamps used are from  Boy Mates, Princess Faces and Wide Eyed and Bushy Tailed.  The book is titled "The Animals".


The shape on each page is from Elegant Edges.  I just bought that cartridge and I love it!  The pup and all of the other cuts are from Create a Critter.  the faces are from Critter Faces and Boy Mates.  The text says, "Here is a dog.  The dog is black and white"


Each page of the book is made out of cereal boxes.  Crafting is my favorite way to recycle :)  The owl is from Create a Critter and the faces are from Critter Faces and Boy Mates.  The text says "Here is an owl.  the owl is blue"


The fish and all other cuts are from Create a Critter.  The stamp is from Critter Faces.  I put it at a bit more of an angle than I had planned, but he's still cute :)  The text says "Here is a fish.  The fish is green"


Almost every piece of paper used for this whole project came out of my scrap boxes.  With my Cricut, I almost never throw paper away.  I can use big pieces and small pieces of scrap.  I must say, this project made a dent in my scraps boxes.  The super cute purple skunk is from CAC, as are the cloud and the stump.  The faces are from Wide Eyed Kids, and Wide Eyed and Bushy Tailed.  The text reads "Here is a skunk.  The skunk is purple."


The sheep is from CAC.  The fence is from EDPD and the grass is from somewhere - I will have to look at my Gypsy to figure out where.  The face is from Critter Faces.  It reads "Here is a sheep.  The sheep is grey."



Again CAC for all the cuts.  The faces are from Princess Faces and Boy Mates.  The text says "Here is a bee.  The bee is yellow and black."

 I know, shocking, most cuts are all from CAC, the grass is from Easter 2010.  The faces are Critter Faces and Wide Eyed Kids.  This page says "Here is a Pig.  The pig is pink."


This ducky is one of my favorite cuts from CAC.  His little face is from Critter Faces.  The text says "Here is a duck.  The duck is yellow and orange."


I wish I had moved this cute cow's face over about 3 cm.  It would have centered her a little better, but I think she's cute anyway.  The cut is from CAC - I will have to check on the grass - I should know this, but I looked at SO many grass on so many cartridges, that I'm not sure where it came from :)  Her cutie face is from Critter Faces.  The text says "Here is a cow.  The cow is brown and white."


last page :)  This little girl and all her cuts are from EDPD.  Her face is from Wide Eyed Kids.  It reads "Here is a girl, who's name is Gabrielle.  She has a red dress.  She love all the animals"  I typed up the little story on the computer, and used my Bind It All to bind it.  Voila - MANY hours later, my daughter has a new book!

She plans to bring it to school Monday, once March Break is over, and show it to her teacher and all her friends.  She has already read it to me twice, and is currently up reading it to her brother :)  I love how my crafting can be special for the whole family!  Hope you all like my little book.  See you back soon!

A challenge or two:
Peachy Keen - anything goes
Crafty Ann's - anything but a card
Hiding in My Craft Room - use up your scraps
Pink Cricut - link up party

A la prochaine...

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Whimsical Wednesday - Going Green

Happy Wednesday everyone!  Today is challenge day over at Whimsical Wednesday.  Stephanie challenged us to make a project with the color green.  I know St Patty's Day is almost upon us, but I really wanted to try to make something different.  .  Here is what I came up with:


I decided to make a set of 3x3 cards, featuring Whimsical Design stamps and Create a Critter - love that cartridge!!  I think they turned out really cute!


Most of the paper is from SU - the patterned paper however is from an old stack I bought at Michael's about 5 years ago.


I decided to use a  little splash of pink on each of the critters, I think it helps them standout a little bit, and makes them look cute and girly.


The ribbon on the cards is all from Michael's and I doodled on them with my Sakura Jelly Roll pens.  Cute huh?


All of the sentiments are from Whimsical Designs Everyday Sentiments.  Aren't they perfect for these little cards?  Love them!


I hope you pop over to Whimsical Wednesdays, see what the design team came up with, and play along with us.  I start vacation today, and hope to spend some time in my craft room :)  Hopefully I will have another project or two to share with you this week!

A challenge or two:
Stamps With Fun - pink and green
Really Reasonable Weekend - green and a ribbon
Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - green as main color

A la prochaine...

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Spring!

Happy Tuesdays everyone!  So I am currently at work, in the middle of a night shift, and have found a few quiet moments to come in and clean up this post.  Warning it is picture heavy, and my pictures are not great - Halifax is grey today, after a snow storm, and taking pictures of this project was torture!

Last Friday, Peachy Keen announced their newest challenge - a 3D project about weather.  I immediately thought, banner!  I have no idea why a banner occurred to me to be a 3D project, because I'm not sure it really is, but for some reason it did.  It has lots of dimension and hangs on a wall... I don't know if it counts or not, but I made it for that challenge, so I am going to enter it and see what happens :)  Here it is:

So, a picture of the full banner - it was VERY tricky to photograph the whole thing, but at least it gives you the idea of how it looks.  I put it between my living room and my dining room.  I love it there.  You can see it from every where.  I think I am going to start making banners for everything.  I am LOVING them :)


So, here is one end of the banner.  Last week I made a cute little card that I loved for BBTB2 challenge.  I decided to re-create it as part of my banner.  I cut the panels from Birthday Bash at 4 inches each.  I thought it looked like a flower...  The duck is from Create a Critter, as is the umbrella.  I used Peachy Keens Critter Faces for the duck, and for the Umbrella,  I used Peachy Keen Boy Mates.


All the letters were cut from Winter Woodland cartridge.  I thought the pink and green were nice and springy.  I pop dotted them off the page to give some dimension, and then pop dotted the little bugs and animals up even higher to make them jump off the page and give it that 3D feel.  The ladybug is cut from CAC and her cute little face is from Peachy Keen Princess Faces. She has a little bling on her antenna, and I think she is ADORABLE!


The little lamb is from CAC - shocking I know.  I stamped her face with Peachy Keens Critter Faces.  I doodled on all the little pieces with my Sakura pens and my Stampin Up markers.  I also used my Stampin Up pastels to do some of the chalking.


The bee is one of my favorite cuts from CAC.  I love her!  I also stamped her face with Peachy Keen Princess Faces.  She has pearls on her antenna.  Cute huh?


The tree on this panel is from Sweethearts, and the tulips are from CAC.  I tried to figure out where to stamp a face on this one, but everything was just a little too small - oh well - them's the breaks :)


I love this rainbow!  She is cut from Simply Charmed, and I don't think she could be cuter!!  Her face is from the Peachy Keen Princess Faces - they really are my go to girly face stamps -they are so cute.


The little butterfly is from CAC.  I put green bling on her antenna, and doodled her up a bit.  I made her green and purple in honour of Fantabulous Cricut, who are celebrating their 100th challenge this week.  We were challenged to make a project in their colors - turquoise, green and purple - and voila!


The final panel has the skunk and sun from CAC.  The Skunks face is from Wide Eyed and Bushy Tailed - I bought that one months ago, but this is the first time I used it.  It is so cute!  The sun's little face is from Peachy Keen Wide Eyed Kids.  

Don't ya just love it??  I DO!!  It is adorable, and my kids love it too!  Yay :)  Thanks for popping by today.  I will have two projects for you tomorrow.  My Cricut Cardz Challenge DT project, and my Whimsical Wednesday DT project, so be sure to come and visit :)

Challenges for my little banner:
Peachy Keen - 3D weather
Fantabulous Cricut -  use green, turquoise and purple somewhere on your project.
Top Tip Tuesdays - stitching real or faux
Crafty Bloggers - springtime
Hiding in my Craftroom - bring on spring
Alphabet Challenge - busy bugs
There's Magic in the Air - critters
Fairy Tale Challenges - spring

A la prochaine...

 

Monday, February 27, 2012

Beautiful Banana Bread

Happy Monday - Today I have a cute little tag and a delicious loaf of banana bread :)  I think this may be the best banana bread I have ever made!  It was really easy, moist and yummy!



I found the recipe HERE.  So simple, so few ingredients :)  I will post the full recipe below the pictures...


So I ended up making 2 loaves, and decided to give one away to a friend.  I felt it needed something, so I made an adorable little tag.  the tag is from Plantin Schoolbook.  The banana is from Create a Critter.  I stamped his cute little face with Peachy Keen Boy Mates faces.


Here is a close up of the little tag.  I hand wrote the "to" and "love".  The "yummo" is from Whimsical Designs Whimsical fun.  Isn't it perfect for this tag?


Here is the recipe:

Banana Banana Bread

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon  baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup butter

3/4 cup brown sugar

2 eggs, beaten

  • 2 1/3 cups mashed overripe bananas

  • Directions

  •  - Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.

  •  - In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar. Stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture; stir just to moisten. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.

  •  - Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 65 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.

A few challenges for my tag:
2 Sisters - anything goes
Craft Your Days Away - paper piecing
Cupcake Inspirations - inspiration picture
Crafty Catz - begin with B (banana)
Make it Monday - anything goes

A la prochaine...

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Happy in my Boots

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Happy Tuesday! I am starting to feel better :) I seem to have an hour or so of energy, so instead of doing laundry or cleaning the house, I spent that hour in my craft room. Here is what I came up with today:


Cute huh? The duck and umbrella, are both from Create a Critter - my FAVORITE cartridge! The cutie face is from Peachy Keen Critter Faces and the umbrella's cute little face is from Peachy Keen Boy Mates. I doodles on their faces and on the shapes with my Sakura Jelly Roll pens, and used My SU chalks and SU markers to do the rest of the coloring on them. The patterned paper is also from SU, and the cardstock is all for Michaels. I used my Seeing Spots Cuttlebug folder on the white cardstock. The yellow ribbon is from Michaels. I used Whimsical Designs Whimsical Fun Volume 1. It has some great sentiments on it!


I hope you all like my little card, and thanks for visiting today! Tomorrow is my first Whimsical Designs DT post, so come back, check it out, and play along with us!

A few challenges for my little card:
Paper Playtime - say it with sentiments and pets (a duck is a pet, right?)
Bitten by the Bug 2 - rainboots
Alphabet Challenge - animal antics
Crafty Emma - spots and dots
Paper Play - critters
Paper Crafting Journey - make it cute
Pan Pastel - animals
Outline Mondays - square (my card is 4x4)
There She Goes - animals
Scrap-Creations - critters
More Than Favors - circles

A la prochaine...