Cooking with Cricut-Graduation/End of School

Welcome to another Cooking with Cricut Challenge Week.  This week it is all about end of school/Graduations. We were in full graduation mood yesterday with my middle daughter graduating from Kindergarten...oh have to admit a few years leaked out watching that ceremony. 

This cartridge was created using Locker Talk...any oldie but goodie.  Both the hat and the sentiment are from that cart.  Now the year I cut from the Alphabet cart that is installed on my E2.  Paper is from my stash.

and here is a photo of my own graduate daughter, Izzy!

Loves Rubbertstamps Challenge-ANYTHING GOES

The first challenge with the Design Team has begun and I told you it would be an easy one!

 ANYTHING GOES Make a card any way you want just let your creativity run wild and have fun!!

How to play:
Just upload a creation that follows this week's challenge to your online blog or gallery. Then leave a link to your project in the linky widget at the bottom of this post. If you upload to online galleries, please also use the tag or keyword LRSBC3. Our challenge is open to everyone, you can use any stamps and products that you would like, and you can enter as many times as you want.

Deadline:
The linky entry widget will close at 9PM CST on Monday, June 11th so all entries need to be in before then.

Prize Information:
One lucky participant will be chosen using a random number generator and will win a gift voucher for use at our store, Loves Rubberstamps, and will be able to proudly display our Winner's Badge on their blog!
The more people we have play... the bigger our gift vouchers will be so be sure and tell your friends and spread the news :)

Gift Voucher Amounts:
1 - 30 Entries = $10.00
31 - 60 Entries = $20.00
61 - 99 Entries = $30.00
100 and up = $50.00

WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED WITH THE NEW CHALLENGE ON TUESDAY JUNE 12th!

Here is my card with the fabulous stamp, Uptown Angel by Kenny K available via Whimsy Stamps. Of course, this beauty can be found at the store.   I used my turquoise, red and brown set from Spectrum Noirs to create is.  The skin is via my Copics collections E11, 13, 15.  The paper is from my stash and the flowers and paper lace backgrounds are cut via my Cricut.  Flowers via Art Philosophy and doily via Paper Lace Cartridge.  

Can not wait to see your entries over at our challenge, Loves Rubberstamps Challenges.

I will be entering is one in:

Top Tip Tuesday-Sparkles
Milk Coffee- Use those diecut
Creative Card Crew-Dimensions
Paper take Weekly-Anything Goes
Party Time Tuesdays-Royal treatments-jewels, sparkles, etc.
Crafting for All Seasons-Many layers
Phindy's Place-Pile it On
Cutie Pie Challenge-Die Cuts and Punches

Loves RubberStamps Inspirational Blog

Welcome to my first Inspirational Card made for Loves Rubberstamps.  I absolutely adore Elisabeth Bell Images.  This lovely image is called Picked Sweet from her Little Cottage Cuties Collection created for Whimsy Stamps.  This little beauty is available at Loves Rubberstamps as well as the Spectrum Noir markers I used to color her. 

The paper is from my stash as well the handmade flowers created via my Cricut Art Philosphy Cart. These flowers were cut at 3 inches in order to be smaller.

I will be entering this card in:

Tammy Scrapin Corner-For the girls
Divas by Design-Anything Goes-2nd entry
Corrosive Challenge-Not too Shabby-3rd entry
Crafty Cardmakers-Distressing
Oh La-La-La-Make It Girly
Lollipop Crafts-Flowers In Bloom
Crafty Sentiments-Anything Goes
Let's Ink it Up-Favorite Embellishments-Flowers
Ribbon Girl-Use Ribbon or Lace

Do not forget to come back tomorrow for our newest Design Team 1st Challenge at Loves RubberStamps Challenge Blog.

Sweet Dreams

I was lucky enough to win the last challenge over at D'arcy Diaries and got five images of my choice...too many to pick I tell ya.  I absolutely fell in love with this one and had to color it up. Though I do try to fix into challenges sometimes the Mojo hits me and I just create. 

I will be entering this one in:

Crafting Life's Pieces -based on their sketch
Crafty Boots-Anything Goes
Secret Crafter-Anything Goes
Charisma Cardz-Bling it Up
Ladybug Crafts-Things with Wings
Corrosive Challenge-Not too Shabby
Tammy's Scrapin Corner-Anything Goes
 Stampin Sisters In Christ-heavenly items (angels, stars, clouds, music, etc)

Sentimental Sundays-Show me your Spots

This week's Sponsor is:

Doodle Pantry is honoured and excited to be sponsoring Sentiment Sunday's Challenge! We hope you like what the challenge DT has created to inspire you with our images. We have a nice variety of all styles of digital images at the shop with a full freebies page. We look forward to seeing what everyone creates this week!

Donating:
3 images of the winners choice

This week's challenge is:
Show me your SPOTS

(plus a sentiment)


Our very first BONUS is:
Sketch created by Nicole.

Rules:

-You most use this weeks theme challenge in your creation.

-If you use the theme AND this weeks BONUS sketch, please submit your entry twice.

That's it....

If you only use the sketch and we don't see the theme in your creation, your card will be deleted.

So lets get to it!!!

For this one it was another first for me in using digital paper.  I used a digital paper available from Doodle Pantry (the yellow spotted paper) and use the bird image from them as well to create this card...I could not get my sparkles to show appropriately so forgive me.

2 Sisters Challenge-Inside and Out

Good morning and welcome back for our 94th challenge.  This week we are being sponsored by... STITCHY BEAR STAMPS This week the theme of our challenge is INSIDE & OUT.  For this challenge we want to see not only the outside of your cards or projects completed but also the inside.  So when you post your entries make sure that you include a picture of both the outside and the inside of your offerings.

I decide to try something new this time around. This is a first time for me. I decided to whip out my watercolor pencils and use those to color the image.  I actually really enjoyed working with them and things it came out okay...not sure if I will do this again anytime soon but hey it was nice to switch it up a bit. The paper is from CTMH-Stella collection and the image is from Floppy Latte image. 

I will be entering this one in:

Crafty Sentiments-Anything Goes

Reasonable Ribbon-Flowers and Ribbon

Penny's Challenge-Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp-Anything Goes 

Crafts and Me-Add Ribbon

Tammy's Scrapin Corner-Anything Goes

TP Link up for Pink

So in my blogging for my DT commentation, I came across a fabulous new challenge site.  It is called Link Up for Pink.  Once I saw their cause I knew that I wanted to jump on their bandwagon and get on it.  It is only their second challenge so please stop over there. I am not on a DT or anything but love supporting fellow crafters as they try to grow in our community. 

I rifled through my pile and found this lovely Pinkette image I have not colored so got busy and here is what I created. Sorry for the darken picture but still waiting for the sun to get through my clouds here.  Got some new Copics the other day (E11,13,15) and wanted to give them a try.  So excited that I won at the Some Odd Girl Challenge so I will be buy more of those skin tones I have on my list from my gift card.

Oh and my Dental drama continues...my temporary filling she did at my root canal before she put the post cracked as did my tooth so just spend 2 hours yesterday at the Peridonist getting a temporary fix for me to go back to my dentist in 6 weeks for a post and crown. UUUGGHHHH.  Definitely gonna have to pick up some extra shifts at my per diem job to cover this nonsense. 

I will be entering this one in

1) Link Up for Pink

2) Sketchy Challenge-based on their sketch

3) Divas by Design-Anything Goes

4) Corrosive Challenge-Not too Shabby

Enjoy your crafty day and remember starting tomorrow I have daily DT posts coming up! 

Cooking with Cricut-Challenge 88 Flowers

So happy to see how many new followers on my blog. Welcome everyone and hope to be commenting on many of you in my challenge DT rotations.  Today we have another fabulous challenge at Cooking with Cricut. This week at Cooking With Cricut we are creating projects with flowers.

I have been trying my best to clear out my stash and use the items I have at had.  I decided to dig out a Cartridge that I have not used in awhile, Walk in My Garden.  I created a 4x9 card and used a retired stash of paper I had in my collection from CTMH and use it to cut out the stems and the center of the flowers.  I also used up some of my neverending pile of chipboard I have with the butterfly that I just sponged with three different ink colors and sponged and stamped the Sentiment.  Ribbon/Brads are from my stash. 

So lets see what you create with your Cricut.  I will be entering this one in:

1) Shopping our Stash-May flowers
2) Ladybugs Crafts Ink-Something with Wings
3) Latinas en America Retro-Mariposas/Butterflies
4) Die Cuttin Divas-Anything Goes with a Die Cut
5) Creative Card Crew-Dimension
6) Celebrate the Occasion-Anything Goes

Yeah..I have been chosen to be on the Loves Rubberstamps Design Team

Many of you know that if I had a choice between a good ole-fashion stamp and a digi...it would be a stamp hands down. I feel I can get so much more crisper and detail images, better coloring and makes my paper piecing madness even easier! 

I figured I would give it a long shot to apply for the Loves Rubberstamps design team and with luck on my side, Laura Love, was kind enough to pick me for this team!!! Yeah.  I am soooo excited to be part of the very talented team and to show you the fabulous items she has in the store....including some the most popular brands of Whimsy Stamps, Sweet Pea, Great Impressions, Belle & Whistles, Lawn Fawn, Flourishes, Mo Manning, Stamping Bella and MORE! She is also the ONLY USA Retailer of Crafty Sentiments Stamps too. She is constantly adding more and more retailers too so keep coming back to check on her inventory.

Our first challenge will be next Tuesday so I hope to see all of you there with your fabulous creations and to win some fabulous prizes!  To check out the store, please stop by Loves Rubberstamps to see the great items she has to offer.

Some exciting crafty news coming my way

Got some exciting news this weekend that I am just dying to share in regards to my new crafty endeavors. I think tomorrow will be the big reveal so please check back!

Happy Memorial Day USA.

Just wanted to take this moment to thank our servicemen past and present here in the USA.  Especially you Papi a proud Army man, siempre en nuestros corazones, as you are deeply missed.

May those who celebrate bask in the joy and remain thankful of the ones who live a life of freedom due to the selflessness of others.

Off to spend the day with my siblings and the kiddos.

Hugz and Happy crafting.

Sentimental Sundays-Pocketful of Poisies

Welcome to another Sentimental Sunday!

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ATTENTION!! UPCOMING SUMMER CHALLENGES!!!!!

Starting next week Sentimental Sundays will be providing you with a little extra inspiration during the Summer months of June, July and August.

What does this mean?

Well it means that we are adding a little “BONUS” to our already weekly challenges.

These “BONUS” are going to be in the form of sketches, color swatches and art inspirational pieces, that were all created and provided by our very own design team.

Now you must follow the weekly theme, but if you use the BONUS provided that week, you get to enter your entry twice!!! Sounds like fun right?!!

Well come back next week and see exactly what we have in store for you!

I hope that you will join us.

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Thanks so much to everyone who played along in last week's challenge. We really enjoyed seeing all your entries! Be sure to stop back on Tuesday and see who our random winner is and who has been chosen to be in our Top 3!

This week's Sponsors are:

Crafty City

Donating: $10 Gift Certificate

This week's challenge is:

Pocket full of Posies

(FLOWERS....FLOWERS..lots of flowers)

and DO NOT FORGET

(plus a sentiment)!

I will be entering this one in:

Karen's Doodles-Stitching

Just Keep on Creating-Anything Goes

Penny's-Anything Goes

CRAFT-Recipe-Tag, Glitter, and 2 or more designer paper

Aud Sentiments-Any Sentiment

Little Miss Muffet-Anything Goes

Karen Doodles-Get Well Card

Hello Everyone. I was finally been able to get my attention focused on finishing this card.  Sometimes my ADD gets in the way and I am doing like 5 projects at one time but I was determined to get this one in.

I created this one with two challenges in mind...one is Karen's Doodles. I do adore her images and the other one is Latinas en America. I cut out the character after coloring with my Copics...again some paper piecing and placed on a Spellbinders Scallop cut.  Paper is from my Stash.

I will be entering this on in

1) Latinas en America- based on their Sketch
2) Karen Doodles-Stitching (can you see my stitching on the edges?...I did faux stitching but think it may be too light on the pink background).

2 Sisters Challenges-This one for the Boys!

Good morning and welcome back to the 2 Sisters challenge. This week we are being sponsored by. . .

Our challenge is. . . .

Bring on The Boys!!

This week we want to see projects using male images only.

NO GIRL IMAGES ALLOWED.

The DT were kindly given some images from The Digi Garden to play with this week. We hope you are inspired by what we have made.

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Sparkle Creations

As many of you who visit me regularly...(I hope to have more of that) know I love Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps. Her stamps are fabulous and I always prefer red rubber stamps for their crisp pictures. I believe this stamp is called Daffodil Charlotte. They have challenges too but this one does not fit the theme so will be just going to other challenges.

I stamped with my Memento Black and then colored with my Copics markers. I decide to just paper piece her apron.  This paper set is called Sophia from CTMH but I am pretty sure this is retired.  The flowers I created with my Cricut with the Art Philosophy cartridge.  *****I am saying this with no benefit to myself but the Art Philosophy Cartridge is the BEST Cartridge I have ever had and soooooo happy with the many ways I can use it. It is pretty much my go to cartridge and I would strongly encourage you to get it for those serious Cricuteers (is that a word???).  Sentiment is from My Creative Times-This and That set.

I will be entering this one in:

Sweet Stamps-Anything Goes

Stamp with Fun-Sketch

Mayzy Designs-Flowers

Cute & Girly-Spring is in the Air

Lia Stampz-April Showers bring May Flowers

Cute Card Thursday-Pink and Green

Crafts and Me-Fabulous Flowers

CMC Copic Challenge-Pink & Green

Outlawz Challenge-Anything Goes

So Proud-D'arcy Diaries

This card was create with my babysitter in mind. She is graduating from high school and off to college in August.  She too enjoys scrapbooking and I often let her borrow my Cricut Cartridges for project cause I am hoarder of those too :-)..but at least with my DT-Cookin with Cricut I have been putting them to good use.

Anyways, this fabulous digi is from D'arcy Diaries. They appear to be a more recent digi company but I always appreciate unique talent and her drawings are like no one else I have seen.

I am not really happy with my shading of my dark blues. I am still working on using the darker colors since it is not a color I turn to often so forgive me...any pointers greatly appreciated.  The paper is from MME and I used my Cricut to create the background she is applied too as well as the pennants.

I will be entering this one in:

1) D'arcy Dairies Challenge-Bunting/Pennants
2) Charisma Cardz-No flowers
3) Hot Shot Crafts-Die Cuts
4) Bearly Mine-Anything Goes-2nd entry
5) Bunny Zoes-Anything Goes
6) Send a Smile for Kids-Anything Goes for kids
7) Ohh la la-Ribbon and Twine
8) Penny Paper Crafty-Anything Goes
9) Paper Crafting Journey-AG for Kids
10) Celebrate the Occasion-Graduation

Cookin with Cricut-Day 4 Tiara or Crown!

Welcome to Paper Crafting World and Cooking With Cricut's 2nd Blog-Aversary and our week long celebration! Each day for a whole week (May 19-26) we will be bringing you fabulous projects made by our Design Team members. We have some GREAT blog candy as well as some daily file and graphic give-aways -- so you will definitely want to make PCW-CWC your daily stop every day this week!

Our theme for today is Tiara or Crown and this is what I created!

I LOVE the color purple so this was the first thought that came to my mind. I used a paper pack from DCVW...I tend to actually combine paks so I can not say I used just one. I created the sentiment with the Crown from Once Upon a Princess Cricut Cartridge. The flourish is from Storybook Cartridge. This is actually an 8x8 piece of thick cardboard that I attached a white ribbon too so it can be used as a wall hanging.

The lovely digi image is from our lovely Paper Crafting World! It is called Bear Sitting Princess and staying with my favorite theme lately I paper pieced part of her outfit and then used my Spectrum Noirs to color the rest. Then what is a princess theme without Sparkles. The Stickles, gems, flowers and doily are from my stash

I LOVEDDDDD making this project. I hope you enjoy it too and being new to Google would love to add up those followers too so if you like what you see please stay awhile.

Thanks for stopping by and make sure you head on over to Cooking With Cricut to check out the rest of the projects by our amazing Design Teams!

I will be entering this one into:

1) MilkCoffee Creations-Die Cuts
2) Crop stop-Doilies
3) Dare to be Sassy-Hats off to you (crowns count too!)

Pinkalicious Challenge-Cookin with Cricut

Welcome to Paper Crafting World and Cooking With Cricut's 2nd Blog-Aversary and our week long celebration! Each day for a whole week (May 19-26) we will be bringing you fabulous projects made by our Design Team members. We have some GREAT blog candy as well as some daily file and graphic give-aways -- so you will definitely want to make PCW-CWC your daily stop every day this week!

Our theme for today is Pinkalicious and this is what I created!

To create the cut out in the center I actually use Wild Card Cartridge under the Frame option. I then used a flat square of the same patterned paper to give dimension to the front with foam strips. The sentiments is from Nursery Rhythms Cartridge.  The embellishments are from my stash.

And now it is your turn! Head on over to Cooking With Crict and link up your project with today's theme for your chance at becoming our next Top Chef!

Thanks for stopping by and make sure you head on over to Cooking With Cricut to check out the rest of the projects by our amazing Design Teams! Also come back tomorrow and see what our week long 2nd Blog-Aversary has to often too.

For all my Cricut lovers..make sure to visit the next two days.

I will joining in for our Weekly Challenge starting Wednesday and Thursday Blogaversary at Cookin with Cricut. Come back to join in the fun!

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Summer Fun with Simply Betty

Today I am working to make a dent in my stamp collection.  This is a stamp from Simply Betty in her Emo Summer Collection. It is actually a clear stamp for you clear stamp lovers! I thought it was perfect for the coming summer season. This one I colored with my Copics, added some freckles cause I am a big freckled lady.  I still trying to figure out how to do some nice red hair so forgive me for my attempt but practice makes perfect. Went bright and bold with this one since I always think of brightness when the summer is coming.

Paper is from Echo Park stash I have. 

I will be entering this one in

Twisted Tuesday-Vacation...loving going to the beach
Phindy Place-Summer Coming-2nd entry
Sketch Saturday-based on their sketch
Pile it On-Scales it down