Mojo Monday.. on a Friday ;)

TGIF! The first time I've had a chance to play with this week's Mojo Monday sketch:

I made another card with the Scrappy Mom Stamps "Lean On Me" set:

I just love this quote and of course had to add a little lace knot to the card. All the papers are from My Minds Eye .. an old, vintage collection :)

Have a great weekend!

Hugs and Prayers: Scrappy Mom Stamps

As part of my guest design team spot at Scrappy Mom Stamps, I was to share a few projects with you made with the new Lean On Me stamp set:

However, spontaneous parenthood by way of adoption kept me from upholding my July commitment for more projects. I will make up for it in August though ;) I am loving this set and reaching for it for every occasion.  

I used the recent sketch at Deconstructed Sketch for an encouraging card:

Here's my take:

I used my favorite My Minds Eye Indie Chic 6x6 paper pad.

Thanks for stopping by today! Stay tuned for more Scrappy Mom Stamps projects.

More exciting news :)

If you missed my exciting news this week, see THIS POST before this to meet our baby girl :) She arrived July 2nd and I've been overwhelmed with the generosity of our friends and family. I have LOTS of thank you notes to write. Enter Scrappy Mom Stamps :)

I am so excited to be the guest designer this month! They released a favorite (and I have a bunch!) set to date called Lean on Me. I am in LOVE with these sentiments and fonts:

They also are releasing an AWESOME die set this month: Chevron and Rick Rack:

I used the dies and one of the awesome encouraging sentiments on 2 thank you cards:

Our nursery is owls so you know you'll be seeing a lot of this cut from Create a Critter ;)

The papers are MME The Sweetest Thing Stack ;) These came together so fast and easy (I need a BUNCH!) and the sentiment makes it so personal.

Thanks so much for stopping by and sharing MORE news with me ;) Head over to the Scrappy Moms blog to see what the rest of the design team created with this set and place an order for your own.  Stay tuned next week for more projects made with this month's release!!

So excited~!

Hi everyone! I'm so excited! Scrappy Mom Stamps invited me to be a guest designer next year :)

I *love* Scrappy Mom Stamps - they are photo-polymer, have adorable fonts, and coordinate with so many of my favorite Cricut Cartridges. Here are some of my favorite Scrappy Mom Stamp projects so far..

Using "Owl Occasions"

Using  "Raining Cats and Dogs"

Using "Sunkissed"

Using "Everyday Greetings"

I'm so excited to join their team in July. You can see all the guest designers HERE and all their available stamp sets HERE. Have a great weekend! :)

Guess "Whoo" Loves You?

I've been making lots of cuts from my "Hoot 'n Holler" cricut cartridge as my school mascot is an owl and I'm busy creating things for my classroom this summer. I decided to use one of the cuts on this week's Cricut Cardz challenge "Tag You're It!"

Isn't he the cutest?? All papers are from a My Minds Eye 6x6 pad.

I used my "Owl Occasions" sentiments from Scrappy Mom Stamps on my tiny tag.

Check out the "Tag You're It" challenge HERE and see what the rest of the design team created. I hope you play along! Have a great week :)

Ruff day?

Oh.. tomorrow is going to be a ruff day for sure! The first school day after spring break. Who will be more tired... me or the first graders? LOL! I decided to make one last card before hitting the sheets. This one for Peachy Keen's sketch challenge:

I used my favorite Happy Go Lucky dog faces, along with papers from MME's Lost and Found Portobello Road. The sentiment is from Scrappy Mom Stamps.

Have a great week!! 

A puppy card :)

By brother is going to watching Jax overnight while my hubby and I are away for a much needed mini-vacation.  I made this thank you card for him (to hold pizza money of course lol) using the adorable doggie from Doodlecharms.

The sentiment is Scrappy Mom's Stamps! I believe the papers are DCWV Pet Shop from a few years past ;)

Have a great night!

Furever My Friend :)

Staying bunkered down at home for the weekend while we wait out Hurricane Irene here on the East Coast. Wishing all my scrapbooking and blogging friends a safe weekend!

I have been creating all morning, most projects I can't share yet - but I do have one layout I to show you. I'm making a scrapbook for my best friend who is due in any day now :) She has a BIG, lovable chocolate lab who is about to have a "baby brother". I had to create a special page for him in the scrapbook for all of those cute puppy/baby pics.

The "Furever My Friend" set at The Digi Bistro store is my favorite! And I used several cuts on this layout:

(click to view larger!)

I think it's my favorite page I made for her so far! :) The name of this set is included in the collection, perfect for this scrapbook layout's title!

There are some adorable doggie cuts, I chose 2 of them that best resembled her dog. Some of these have spots you can also cut, but I left them out as he is solid brown. I just had to add google eyes!

All of my diecuts are on popdots for dimension :)

The bone is also included in this set, and I used my new favorite Scrappy Mom Stamps "Raining Cats and Dogs"to stamp "I woof you!" on each of the them.

The scallop mats were made with the Stylish Edges #5 file - perfect for 4x4 square photos. I embellished each of them with my EK Success ticket punch and another Scrappy Mom Stamps sentiment from the same set. These are popped up, so her photos can slide under.

The doghouse was so fun embellish! I used my Cuttlebug "distressed stripes" folder on the red layer to make it appear wood-like.  I also added a little sign for her dog's name instead of the paw included in the set... and another bone!

 

 I hope she enjoys this page as much as I do! :) Be sure to stop by the Digi Bistro blog and facebook page to see what the rest of the design team is creating. A new set will debut on Monday and a new challenge introduced on Tuesday!

There's still time to participate in the "step card" challenge. See all the details here.

Have a great weekend! :)

{Step Card}

Welcome to the "This to That Tuesday Challenge" at the Digi Bistro!


I love trying new techniques :) This week's challenge at The Digi Bistro was to make a "step card", a first for me! But it was super simple and definitely a repeat technique!

This is a standard 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" card, scored in half, but with a few other strategic cuts and folds.  I followed this tutorial for the measurements.

I embellished my card with the ADORABLE "Under the Sea Friends" designs. 

So cute, right?! The little crab is my favorite.

I used a sentiment from Scrappy Mom Stamps.

Stop by and see what the rest of the talented design team created.

We want to see your step up cards, too! 

Link up you cards to The Digi Bistro blog for a chance to win 3 prizes. Random winners may receive a $5, $10, or $15 gift certificate to The Digi Bistro!

Have a great day!

Cricut Cardz - Challenge #87

Welcome to another challenge at Cricut Cardz! This was a real challenge for me. Create a thank you card using any cricut cartridge, use a heart image, AND no red/pink. I was stumped!

First, I picked out the heart I wanted to use on the Sweethearts cartridge.. then I sorted through my paper and nothing non red/pink was jumping out at me. Then, I turned to my ~cough cough~ stacks! ~cough~ of neglected 6x6 pads and decided to use papers from Crate Paper's Restorations line.

I ~love~ the result!

What do you think? I love how challenges help stretch our creativity and step outside our box ;)

Stop by Cricut Cardz to see what the rest of the design team created and enter your own creation!

Relax!!!

Man, this card I made tonight makes me wish I was still on vacation :)

I saw the challenge this week at Scrappy Moms and am so bummed! I *just* won Campin' Critters on Ebay (won't that be perfect for the Colorado album?!), but of course it won't be here in time. I really wanted to play along though, since the prize is their newest camping stamp set. Perfect for that cart!!

Campin' Critters has a really cute pond and tree cut. So I decided to use a similar cut from the Pack Your Bags cartridge.

Just love that palm tree! I popped him up and added brown buttons for the coconuts. The "Relax" stamp is from my favorite Scrappy Moms set "Sunkissed".

I'm also linking this card up at Paper Issues!

Have a great week :)

Cards times two :)

I made two cards recently and wanted to share :)

The first one uses papers from the Echo Park "Splash" 6x6 pad. Love these patterns!

The flip flops were cut from the Life's A Beach cartridge and the Scrappy Moms "Summer Fun" stamp set is perfect for them!! I could certainly deal with wearing flip flops year round ;) I embossed the yellow layer with the "seeing spots" Cuttlebug folder.

The second card was a baby shower card.

I used the Baby Steps cartridge and a Peachy Keen face.. isn't he the SWEETEST! The cloud was embossed with the "d'vine swirls" Cuttlebug folder.  The sentiment is from Paper Trey Ink.

I am really happy with how they turned out! :)

Thanks for stopping by today, my hubby and I are traveling for the next week. I'm so excited about our trip and hope to have LOTS of great pictures to scrapbook with when we return.

Have a great week!

PS: My bestie Abby is having a huge giveaway on her blog. Stop by and check it out!