Still time to hop and win candy!

I just wanted to remind everyone that you still have time to hop through our Hello Kitty Blog Hop. There is candy to be won, and tons of cute ideas to see! So come hop with us :)



I have had such a productive crafty weekend! I did 6 of my January design team projects yesterday! Only 2 more projects to go. There is so much fun waiting to be had this month :)

I will pick my winner for the stamps from the Blog Hop on Tuesday. Have a great rest of the weekend :)

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Hello Kitty Blog Hop!

Hello Welcome to the Flaunt It Friday's Hello Kitty Blog Hop. If you are here from Stephanie's blog than you are in the right spot. If you just arrived here and would like to start from the beginning please go directly to the Flaunt It Friday's. For this week's challenge we were asked to flaunt the Hello Kitty with Airplane on Page from the Hello Kitty Greeting Cart. Hello Kitty is one of my favorite characters, and now that I have a little girl, she love Hello Kitty too! I made this project for pictures of her:



The plane is from HKG and is cut at 3.5 inches. The title, which I love - I think it is so fun and punny - is cut from Robotz at 1 inch. The Robotz font is my favorite chunky kid font. The patterned paper is from a K and Co Christmas stack, most of the cardstock is from the rainbow cricut 6 x 12 pad, that DH bought me 3 years ago when I first got my baby bug, the white a black paper is from Walmart - just the cheap stuff :)



Here is a close up of Hello Kitty, with a glittery bow... isn't she cute??



Here is a close up of the title, all glittered up with my stickles. Gotta love stickles :)

Now for my second project we got to choose any cut from the Hello Kitty Greetings and I chose the umbrella cut, and made a card, using one of my favorite stamp sets. Here it is:



Cute eh?? I cut Helle Kitty at 3.2 inches - some of the cuts were pretty small - her nose, the tips of the umbrella - it was a bit of a challenge. The sentiment is from my Scrappy Moms Stamps, and I think it is just perfect with this cut! I used the Cuttle Bug Seeing Spots folder, and the paper and ribbon were all from Stampin Up.

So, on to my blog candy. Today I am giving away this set of cute heart stamps:



So, how do you win this blog candy? It is super simple!

1) Become a follower, if you aren't already.
2)Leave a comment on this post with a wau for me to reach you - easy, peasy :)
Our hop will run all weekend long and I will chose the winner for my my blog candy on Tuesday Jan. 11th.

You must leave a comment on everyone's blog to have a chance to win the Grand Prize Giveaway which is the Love Always stamp set sponsored by Pink By Design. The grand prize will be on Sandra's blog! You will have all weeked to complete the hop and we will draw the winner sometime on Monday or Tuesday

Thank You so much for taking the time to hop with us for the Flaunt It Friday's Hello Kitty Blog hop we can't wait to see how you "Flaunt" your Hello Kitty this week at Flaunt it Friday's. Your NEXT STOP is the talented JD. So hop on over and see what she has in store for you.

Just in case you get lost along the way, here is a list of all of the stops on this weekends hop :)

start : FLAUNT IT FRIDAYS
1. SANDRA
2. JANIS
3. DORCAS
4. MELISSA
5. CHRISTINA
6. JESS
7. DENISE
8. CORRI
9. ROSE
10. ERIKA
11. AMANDA
12. JEN
13. CELESTE
14. CARLEY
15. STACEY
16. ABBY
17. CHERYL
18. LAUREL
19. ELSA
20. SAUNDRA
21. PAM
22. SHARON
23. SHEANDRA
24. AMY
25. JENNY J.
26. GLENDA
27. VIVIANA
28. PAULA
29. STEPHANIE
30. MICHELLE YOU ARE HERE :)
31. J D NEXT STOP!!
32. JENNY K

Have a wonderful weekend!

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Blog Hop Tomorrow - and Candy too :)

Tomorrow is the Hello Kitty Blog Hop with Flaunt it Fridays. I can hardly wait! It is going to be so CUTE!! There are going to be TONS of us, so we are letting you hop all weekend. I will be giving away some Blog Candy that would be perfect for Valentines Day, so be sure to come check out every adorable project :)




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Snow Fun!

It is challenge day over at Cooking with Cricut . Today's challenege is snow fun - snow men, snow balls, snow sports anything snow related! Here in the Maritimes we haven't had much snow, which makes me very happy. Winter is not my favorite season. Halifax is hosting the Canada Games next month, and they have built an outdoor skating oval. It was just opened to the public for free skates. We are hoping to take the kids this weekend. Skating is so fun and one of the few winter sports I like. So I came up with this card:



I cut the skater from Winter Frolic, the "tag" she is sitting on is from Once Upon a Princess, manipulated on my Gypsy to be the right size. The stamp is from My Favorite Things's Pure Innocence line. the paper is all Stampin Up.

I hope you all head over to Cooking with Cricut and show us your favorite winter fun :) Have a fabulous day, come on back on Friday for the Hello Kitty Blog Hop, and maybe some blog candy :)

Some challenges:
Fab'n'Funky - anything goes
Totally Gorjuss - for someone special
One Stitch at a Time - anything goes

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Pile on the Challenges

Santa was generous to me this year :) I got 4 new cartridges, Birthday Bash, Rock Princess, Boys Will Be Boys and Simply Charmed, aren't I a lucky girl?? I decided to cut a circle card, using the card function on Birthday Bash and the super cute little elephant :) Here it is:



I cut the card at 5 inches, I had never used the cartridge before, so it was all a bit of an experiment. It was the easiest circle card I ever made, and I love the scallops. The elephant was cut at 3.7 inches, I made sure it all fit with my Gypsy. the Tons of Fun stamp is from my huge Simply Sweet Stamp set. The stamp I used inside is from Scrappy Moms Stamps. The paper I used is mostly SU, and the ribbon and buttons I bought at my LSS.



I decided for my first challenge entry of the new year, I would follow Pile It On Challenges example - submit my card to as many challneges as possible. So here goes :)

Pile It On - brand spankin new (Birthday Bash cartridge)
Anything Goes - letter c (circle card)
Crazy 4 Challenges - celebrations
Creative Inspirations - something new (cartridge)
Speedy the Cat - use something new (cartridge)
My Time to Craft - brand spanking new (cartridge)
Pixie Cottage - celbrations/ party
Really Reasonable Ribbon - ribbon and something new (cartridge)
Sew Many Challenges - new things (cartridge)
Simon Says - celebrate
Stampin B's - celebrate
Stamp'n'Doodle - use something new (cartridge)
Creative Friday - let's party
YNS Challenge - let's party
Paper Sundaes - something new (cartridge)
Quirky Crafts - use something new (cartridge)
Paper Issues - new craft toys (cartridge)
Moving Along With the Times - birthday and circles
Freshly Brewed Challenge - celebrate
Drunken Stampers - use something new (cartridge)
Secret Crafter - buttons and bows

Whew! I think that's it! It was so fun checking out a ton of new-to-me challenge blogs and I feel really inspired :) Be sure to pop back tomorrow, I'll have my DT submission for this week's challenge at Cooking with Cricut. Have a great day!

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Woo hoo!

I have exciting news! I have been chosen to be a designer for Flaunt It Fridays! It is a fairly new challenge blog and it is tons of fun! Each week, they choose a specific cut from a cricut cartridge, and then you get to cut ut and flaunt it, however you want :) And if you don't have that cartridge you can still play - just find a similar cut on another cartridge and use it. Doesn't that sound like fun??



January 7th, the Flaunt It Fridays team is celebrating with a weekend long blog hop featuring Hello Kitty! Who doesn't love Hello Kitty??



Hope you can all join us for our hop, and be sure to head over to Flaunt It Fridays. This week we are flaunting the Martini glass from From My Kitchen. Tell me that isn't perfect for New Years!

I'll be back tomorrow with a card from my favorite new cartridge, so be sure to pop back then.

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It's a New Year!

It's Monday!! That means it's Challenge day over at Paper Playtime :) It is a new year, which means there are new Queens and a King in the realm, along with all new challenges and exciting prizes to be had. Today we are sponsored by Peachy Keen Stamps, so our challenge is FACES! Use faces on your projects. Here is what I came up with:



This year I made a recipe book for my mum and sisters, with some of our favorite family recipes. This is the title page. The font is from Robotz (my go to chunky font), the other cuts are from Winter Wonderland, EDPD and From My Kitchen. I used stamps from PKS. Isn't it cute?



My next page feautures one of my Gran's cookie recipes. The gingerbread man is from Smiley Cards, the font, Don Juan and the shape is cut for Winter Wonderland.



The next, my favorite pickle recipe :) These are easy and delicious! The cucumber is from Just Because Cards cartridge, I think they look SO adorable with Peachy Keen stamp faces! The shape under the recipe is from Once Upon a Princess and the font is All Mixed Up.

My mum and sisters really liked their books, and honestly they are going to be a work in progress. I did 10 recipes for each of them, but I will continue making more over the next few months, and send it to them. they are also going to pick some of their favorite recipes, and I will for those recipes too.

I hope you all pop over to Paper Playtime and see what Team #1 has come up with to inspire you, and be sure to play along for your chance to win some Peachy Keen Stamps. Trust me, if you don't have some, you NEED them, and they have AMAZING customer service :)


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