Cricut Cardz - Wearing of the Green

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Happy Wednesday every one!  It is mid-March Break here is Nova Scotia, so my crafting time has been a bit limited.  Maybe, next week :)  Today is Cricut Cardz Challenge #104 - Wearing of the Green.  Mary challenged us to use any cartridge to make a card who's main color is green.   Here is what I came up with:

Isn't it cute??  So, this is a simple 3.5x3.5 card.  I cut the shamrock from Paper Doll Dress up, and Peachied him up with PK Boy Mates, and doodled with my Sakura Jelly Roll pen.  The border and stamped sentiment are from My Creative Time stamps.  I adore this set that Emma created called Small Talk.  It comes with a ton of sentiments, and they all fit perfectly in that little space.  Awesome, huh?  The paper is mostly Stampin Up and the ribbon is from Michael's.

Hope on over to Cricut Cardz Challenge, see what the rest of the DT came up with to inspire you, and be sure to play along with us!  Thanks for dropping in today, I hope to be back later this afternoon, with a project that I have been working on since last week - it is almost done, so hopefully the kids will let me have a little crafting time today.

A challenge or two for my little card:
Bitten by the Bug - shamrock or green
Scrappy Moms Stamps - St Patrick's Day
My Pink Stamper - St. Patrick's day
More Than Favors - St Patrick's Day
Cooking With Cricut - St Patrick's Day or Rainbows
Kaboodle Doodles - show us some green
Pile it On - shamrock or shades of green
Sentimental Sundays - green or recycle
Delightful Challenges - St Patrick's Day
Paper Craft Star - green
Raise the Bar - green

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Happy Owl -oween!

It is challenge day over at Cardz TV! Today Mary challenged us to create a halloween card with an owl on it. This stumped me, it took me ages to come up with an idea. My husband finally said, why don't you just dress up an owl. That's when the the ghost idea hit me. Here it is:



Pretty cute, huh? You can't really see the owl, but it's the one from CAC, as is the branch. The ghost costume is from Paper Doll Dress Up. I manipulated the shape on my Gypsy, so I could make sure it fit the owl. The sentiment is from My Pink Stamper.

I hope you all come play with us over at Cardz TV! Can't wait to see what you come up with :)


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Fall Blog Hop!!

Hi everyone and welcome to our Fall Blog Hop! I have never been in a blog hop before, and was so honored to be asked to take part. I hope you take the time to stop by all of the blogs for some crafty inspiration, and maybe a little bit of blog candy too. You have arrived here from Kim's beautiful blog. If you just stumbled onto our blog hop, start back at Ruthie's amazing blog, to see all the wonderful things we have prepared for you. I can't wait to show you what I have come up with.

I made 2 projects, both with my Cricut and Gypsy. They are my favorite crafting toys! So, first, a Halloween word book. I made it for my daughter to put some of her favorite Halloween pictures in. As soon as my son saw it, he said "mummy, what are you making for me?" I still haven't come up with anything yet...

















This is primarily cut with Hello Kitty Greetings. The word "boo" is cut using Robotz, which I just love, and "fright night" is from Zoobaloo - an oldy but a goody. I used George and Basic Shapes for my rectangle to cut the base of the book. Everything was welded with my Gypsy (of course...) The patterned paper is from My Mind's Eye and the cardstock is a bit of everything. The ribbon I found at Michael's.

So, project number two, is a fall banner. What I love about banners it that they can be so personalized, and you certainly don't need a Cricut to make one. the first one I ever made, I made with a paper trimmer, some patterned papers and my Sizzix for the letters. I have also seen beautiful banners made with stamped letters. Here is the one I made today...







I used a lot of different cartridges to make this banner. Create a Critter, Mickey and Friends, Paper Doll Dress Up, Doodlecharms, Preserves, Hello Kitty Greetings and Robotz... whew, I hope I remembered them all. The paper is pretty much all Stampin Up, and the ribbon is from Michael's. It has lots of images that to me scream fall. This was lots of fun to make, I think I will be making another one for Christmas.

So, now onto my blog candy. I will be giving away a Lots of Pun stamp set from Joy's Life. I won a set of these stamps myself, and have made a number of cards with them, some of them can be seen on my blog. I just love how perfectly they stamp, and how versatile they are. I think she is planning to come out with some more stamps, I can't wait to see her new ones! Here's what Lots of Pun looks like -



Aren't they wonderful? So how do you win you ask? Become a follower of my blog, and leave a comment below by Sunday September 19th at midnight. I will randomly select a winner on Monday. Simple, eh? Good luck every one! I know whoever wins this stamp set, will just adore them!

So, the next stop on our blog hop is the wonderful and talented Mary. I know she'll have something amazing up her sleeve, so hop on over and see what she has in store for you.

Here is a list of all the ladies involved in the hop, just incase you get lost along the way :) Thanks for stopping by! I hope you come again.

Ruthie
Theresa
Janice
Kim
Michelle (that's me!)
Mary
Chris
Nicole
Joy

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Better late than never...

So I was planning to post this this morning, but ran out of time. Here is my submission for this week's Cricut Cardz Challenge . The challenge was to make a fall card without using the colors brown, orange or yellow - now tell me that is not a challenge!! Pretty much everything I associate with fall involves those colors! Here is what I came up with:



The tree and grass are from Paper Doll Dress Up, the owl - which I welded with my Gypsy - is from Animal Kingdom. The leaf is from Disney's Mickey and Friends and the grass is from Every Day Paper Dolls. The paper is all Stampin Up, as is the ink I used for the stamped sky. I have never done that technique before, but I was pretty happy with how it turned out :)

My husband took one look at this card, and said what's with the spooky Halloween card? I disagree with him. I wanted this to look like a lovely fall night, with a full moon, and leaves falling, and an owl... somehow an owl means fall to me!

I hope you all come play along with us this week over at Cricut Cardz! It's lots of fun. I will be back tomorrow with some exciting news!! Hope you all have a great night!

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A wonderful day!!

Sp we spent the day in the Annapolis Valley picking the most delicious blueberries, and then we went to a locla market to get pickling cukes, and peaches. Over the next few days I am going to be making Crunchy Cucumber pickles, Peach Jam, Blueberry Peach jam and Bluebarb jam - blueberries and rhubarb (from my garden). I am also working an extra 8 hour shift tomorrow and worked over-time yesterday and am pre-booked for over-time on Monday. Work has been horrific! I am so glad I have my family and my crafting to escape to :)

Her is today's card:



Obviously, a birthday invitation for the party of a little boy I know. They had a magician. It uses Paper Doll Dress Up, and Sesame Street Font for the "you're invited". I thought it turned out just adorable!

So, the challenges I am submitting this card for are:

Pear Tree Designs - Male card. this is for a little boys birthday, so I figured it qualified :)
If the Shoe Fits - where the challenge was die-cuts, including Cricut...

Hope everyone is enjoying a fabulous weekend :)

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Christmas in July - take 2 or is it three?

Yesterday I mentioned a website I found The Daily Dare http://dailydare4u.blogspot.com/ I found a couple of sites that were doing a Christmas in July Challenge. This is the card I made for the challenges:



This is a 9x4 card (which was the requirement for one of the challenges). The Papaer is mostly all Stampin Up, but I did grab a few things from my scrap box. The star is cut from Joys of the Season. The manger and Baby Jesus are both from Paper Doll Dress Up. The sentiment is from Stampin Up, and is one of my Christmas favorites. I used 2 Cuttlebug folders for this card. I used the snowflake folder on the navy paper behind the vellum, and ran over it with a white ink pad. On the hay, I used the bamboo embossing folder (I think that's what it's called0 I thought it made it look more like hay. The challenges I am submitting this for are below:

a) Cardz TV http://www.cardztv.blogspot.com/ where we were challenged to use ribbon, lace or buttons on a card. The white ribbon on this card is from the dollar store. I always love what ribbon adds to a card.

b) The Cuttle Bug Spot http://thecuttlebugspot.blogspot.com/ Christmas in july was their challenge. This is the first time I have entered one of their challenges.

c) Friends Having Fun http://friendshavingfun.com/ is a spot I found yesterday while playing on the daily dare. Their challenge this week was to make a 4x9 christmas card that used one of your favorite techniques. These days I seem to be loving the little touches - doodling, stitching, chalking. On this card I stitched and chalked Baby Jesus, which I think brings him to life a bit.

d) Fantabulous Cricut http://fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com/ That had a Christmas in July for their "Challenge me Monday" this week.

Two things I need to figure out? How to spell check my posts, and how to properly link to other blogs or websites. Tomorrow I leave town with the kids, heading to the cottage. My husband will join us on Friday, so no more posts from me till at least Sunday. Hope everyone has a great week!

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