CPS Sketch 203

My submission for the Card Positioning Systems sketch #203 from this week.  I have an obsession with owls this week - Please comment and tell me what you think.

Card Details:
Card Stock: light green, brown, blue
Owl on Tree, Cricut Cartridge Hoot 'n' hollar
Misc: Brown Ribbon, Green Pearl Stickers

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Look what I purchased over the weekend.

4  baby plants,  frosty tipped fern, goldfish plant,   variegated ivy and  baby tears....   
Check back tomorrow  to see what I do with them.Any guesses?

Paper Playtime Digi Day!!

Happy Monday everyone! Today is a special day over at Paper Playtime. It's our first digi Monday. The last Monday of every month we will be being sponsored by some wonderful digi stamp companies and they will all be offering prizes :) The theme for digi monday will always be anything goes.

The design team was lucky enough to be given some digi stamps from some of the companies to play with. I was a little OCD and ended up making a card with a stamp from 4 of the companies... I know, insane...

Here are the cards I came up with:



This card uses an image from Digital Delights by Louby Loo. I colored her with my Prismacolor pencils. the sentiment is from Stampin Up.



This sweet bird and sentiment are both from Doodle Pantry. She is purple - which my daughter decided was the perfect color for her :) I used a CuttleBug folder - Victorian maybe??



These little cuties are from Prairie Fairy. they wer meant to be two boys, but I saw them as a boy and a girl - probably because I had a son and a daughter - so that's what they became... The stamp is from on of my favorite stamp sets Simply Sweet Stamps. I used my snowflake embossing folder and dragged a white stamps pad across it.



The final card has both an image and a sentiment from Digis With Attitude. Again colored with my prismacolor pencils. I thought the sentiment and image worked perfectly with each other :)

So head on over Paper Playtime, see what the digi design team came up with, and be sure to play along :)

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Teachers Pet

I had another GREAT weekend of stamping!

I did not leave the house the entire time. Home at 5:00pm Friday and stayed put!

It snowed and snowed and snowed....blech!

Yesterday afternoon I had a chance to create several cards. Many of them you will see this week ;)

This one below was created...well ....just because.

Chloe can give this to her teacher someday soon.

I've used the MFT set called Teachers Pet.

Stamps: Teachers Pet; Cardstock: White, Tempting Turquoise, Choc Chip, Kraft and MME dp; Inks: Memento Black; Accessories: Copics, Nesties, Sewing Machine, Dimensionals

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Handmade Cards (Owl Set)

Today I made this set of 'Owl' cards using the Cricut 'hoot n holler' Cartridge.

I thought they was super cute - This set includes 4 different designs; each card is 4" x 5 1/2"

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Price: $10.00 set 

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Handmade Cards (Owl Theme)

Today I made this 'Owl Hello' card using the Cricut 'Wild Card Cartridge'. I thought it was super cute -

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Price: $3.00 each

Card Details:
Card Stock: brown
Stamps: 'hello' by See D's 'say it again
Ink: brown distress ink

Still time to win...

Welcome to all my new followers, it was such a fun blog hop this weekend, with lots of great blog candy :) Anyone who is looking for my blog candy, can click right HERE and be sure to leave a comment.

Over the weekend my daughter and I completed most of her treat bags that I started for the blog hop. I only bought enough candy to make 17 bags, I will probably need to make another 10 or so for my daughter party/ sitters. My son thinks he wants some too, so I may need to make another 25 after that - yay me :)



So here are the ones I've made so far. Like I said, it is Cricutless - shocking, I know... The hearts are punches from Stampin Up, and Creative Memories. The topper is a 4x4 square of white paper, folded in half. The patterned paper is 3 3/4 x 2, and then punched out with an EK success edge punch.




The adorable faces are from Peachy Keen Stamps. The biggest and smallest hearts have stamps from Princess Faces and the middle one is from Basic Paperdoll Faces. I chalked, colored and doodled on them. I love how they turned out! This paper is from K and Co.



The pink ones are the ones I had finished for the blog hop. The pink paper is from Stampin Up.



I haven't got a clue where this cute XO paper came from. I found it in my stash of unused patterned paper, and knew it would be perfect for this project.



Doesn't this bag look yummy? Candy corn, gum drops, jelly beans and lots and lots of Hersheys kisses. Yummy!!

Challenges:
Let's Face it Fridays - Xs and Os and PKS
Charisma Cardz - valentines
If the Shoe Fits - anything goes, except cards
Polka Doodles - party time
Craft Your Days Away - love
Stamp, Scrap and Doodle - get punchy
Cupcake Inspirations - inspiration photo




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Let's Get Physical SSSC102

I received another MFT order this week! Yippee!

The first time I saw this Let's Get Physical Set from MFT I knew I needed it!

I'm not a runner, I don't exercise on a regular basis and really have no motivation to do so....lol

BUT this set was screaming for me to buy it...haha!

Karen had a little sneak peek of the Sweet Sunday Sketch #102 on Facebook yesterday afternoon and thought it would work out perfectly with this set.

Stamps: Let's Get Physical; Cardstock: White, Bermuda Bay, Aqua Mist, DP; Inks: Memento Black; Accessories: Copics, MFT Flower Trio Dies, Rhinestones, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by today!

Bitten By the Love Bug Blog Hop!!

Welcome to Purple Monkey Moments and the Bitten By The LOVE BUG Blog Hop!
If you've come from visiting Rebecca at Creations With Becka, you're in the right place! If you've just happened across my blog and would like to play along with our fun hop, you can go to Inking It Up Crazy and start at the beginning. We would love to share a few projects and ideas with a valentine theme with you!

I had a hard time deciding what to do for this hop, so i decided to do 2 different projects. My first project is a set of 3x3 valentines cards:



I had planned to make a set of 10 cards, but ended up with a set of 11. Every card but one uses an image from Create a Critter, and every card, but one uses a stamp from the Simply Sweet Stamps set.



The paper is from a variety of sources, the cardstock is from Stampin Up, CTMH and my stash. The patterned paper is from K and Co, DCWV, Cricut and CTMH. The ribbon is from Michaels.



The fabulous "You are TREE-mendous" stamp is from a set by Scrappy Moms Stamps.



The rocket is the only image not from CAC. It is from Boys Will be Boys, and yes, it's upside down... The stamp was a little bigger than I had thought, and the only way I could make it fit, was to have it pointing down. SO it's a rocket on re-entry :)



Here is the little bag I made to hold my cards. I cut it from Forever Young as large as I could on my 12x12 mat. "Cards" is cut from Robotz - any of you who visit my blog regularly will know that it is my favorite chunky font.



Here is back of the card bag. The heart is from Create a Critter. When it was done, I felt it was missing something, so I did all the doodling.



The little bag, with all the cards inside.



I made envelopes for all the little cards with my Martha Stewart Score Board. I love that thing!! I used two Scrappy Moms Stamps on the envelope, SWAK on the back, and the cute little heart from the same set on the front - I didn't post a pic of that, i figure this post is pic heavy enough already!

On to project number 2. My daughter wanted some treat bags for her family birthday party, which is next week, and for her friends at her sitter for Valentines day. Here is what I came up with for both events:



Cute, eh? I want to make a project without my Cricut (GASP!!!) The topper is a 4x4 square, scored at 2 inches. The pink paper is 2x 3 3/4. Once it was punched with my EK Success edge punch, it is the perfect size. The hearts are punches. The largest is a Stampin Up Punch, and the 2 smaller, are Creative Memories punches.



Aren't those faces just precious?? The are from Peachy Keen Stamps. I used 2 stamps from Princess Faces and one from Basic Paper Doll Faces. I chalked them up a little, and colored them with my Stampin Up markers, and a white gel pen. I just LOVE these, I think it turned out so cute!!

On to my blog candy!! I am giving away the Everday Sentiments by Stampology. I think I need to get one of these myself!! So, how do you win this stamp set? Two simple steps:

a) Become a follower of my blog.

b) Leave me a comment on this post. You have till Monday at 10pm EST to leave a comment. I will post the winner on Tuesday. Good luck everyone :)



Next stop...Jenny's blog, Crazy About Cricut. Go see what she has in store for you today...

Here is the complete list of participants in today's hop, just in case you get lost along the way. Thanks for hopping with us!


Kassidy- http://www.inkingitupcrazy.blogspot.com
Jessie- http://www.scrappyjess.blogspot.com
Denise- http://www.lalasworldblog.blogspot.com
Jamie- http://www.jmecreations.blogspot.com
Sherri- http://www.sherrisspace.blogspot.com
Erika- http://www.cricutlove1.blogspot.com
Celeste- http://www.ccscards.blogspot.com
Kacee- http://www.youhadmeatscrap.blogspot.com
Lisa- http://lisa-craft-blog.blogspot.com
Amanda- http://www.myscrappinobsession.com
Rebecca- http://www.creationswithbecka.blogspot.com
Michelle- http://www.mumoftwoblog.blogspot.com - THAT'S ME!
Jenny- http://www.crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com - NEXT




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Dreaming of Spring

The Sweet Stop sketch is up! Yeah~

Check this one out!

Make sure you stop by the Sweet Stop Blog to see what the other girls have created. We hope you'll play along!

My card was created with spring in mind.

This past week the weather was BEAUTIFUL! The temps were about 10C or 50F and the snow was melting~

BUT....

All good things come to an end :(

Now we are in for some snow all weekend....boohoo

I used one of my fave SU! sets called Branch Out.

The cloud was created with a piece of white felt and the PTI Cloud Die. Pretty easy!

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you enjoy your weekend!

CPS Sketch 202

I made this card using the Card Positioning Systems sketch #202 from this week. I choose basic colours and designed a quick ‘Valentine Day’ Card


Card Details:
Card Stock: white, black, white
Stamps: Miscellaneous Heart, ‘I do love you’ by Kolette Hall
Ink: White by Studio G, Onyx Black by Versa fine
Misc: Used Cricut Basic Shapes for 1” circles, Ribbon

Lego layout

My son loves Lego so we knew we had to visit the Lego Store while on a family vacation last year. Of course, I had to scrap the pictures!



The font for this layout is Opposites Attract but I fattened up the letters a bit with the Gypsy. The journal tag-Lego block is welded rectangles from the George cartridge. The letters and mats have all been Cuttlebugged with the Polka Dots folder to look like Lego.

The Star Wars paper is by Creative Imaginations. My son chose the paper from Archivers to match the Star Wars Lego statues/creations.

LRW # 65 Lace

Little Red Wagon's challenge this week -use lace.

Happened to have some lace  that my Mom gave me..  covered some red  card stock added   some  bits and here is my Valentine  card.

Flaunt it Fridays and a Blog Hop...

Happy Friday! I wanted to let you all know that tomorrow I will be in a blog hop that Kassidy put together. We have been Bitten by the Love Bug! I can't wait - I will have some blog candy too, so be sure to pop on by!

Over at Flaunt it Fridays the challenge is to use Paper Pups Border Feature Dog & Cat page 104 from your handbook. Paper Pups is not a cartridge I own, so I changed it up a little and used Sweethearts. I think this may be the Valentines Day card I use for my son. He loves cats.



The heart is from George and Basic Shapes, the animals are from Sweethearts. the "I woof you" stamp is from my Simply Sweet Stamps. I ran the heart through my Swiss Dots embossing folder and used black ribbon from Michaels. This is a fast and easy card to make.

Hop on over to FIF to see what everyone created, and I hope you play along with us, this months winner gets a Birthday bash cartridge!

Some challenges:
Scrappy Moms - sweetheart cartridge
A Spoonful of Sugar - valentines
Creatalicious - love and ribbon
SEI Challenge with Abby - all about love
Lexi Creations - valentines

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Embrace Life

It's FRIDAY!

Embrace the weekend!

I'm a little behind on this week's Mojo sketch but better late than never, right? ;)

The stamp set is called Dream Big from Verve. I stamped and cut the flower out three times and popped the layers up.

In the photo the red ribbon is really red and the vanilla looks white. I suppose I should have sponged that vanilla layer....oops!

I have a relaxing weekend planned. The weather has been beautiful the entire week with double digit temps! It's going to snow a bit this weekend which means a LOT of stamping time ;0)

Thank you for stopping by today!

Enjoy your day!

Friendship Seeds

Introducing Friendship Seeds... a cute folder for gifting plantable seeds.

Sentiment inside reads “Plant a seed of friendship; reap a bouquet of happiness.” Quote from Author: -- Lois L. Kaufman.

This makes a great between friends. I will be featuring this item at an upcoming craft show. I haven't finalized the price yet, but was thinking about $2 each;

Email me to order these today or BUY IT in my etsy shop today.

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Post-it Stands

Introducing Post-it Stands... yet another great way to dress up a post-it note pad. These set includes ones 3" x 3" post-it pad and a matching pen displayed with an acrylic stand.

A great inexpensive gift idea; ideal for teachers, friends co-workers ect. I will be featuring this item at an upcoming craft show. I haven't finalized the price yet, but was thinking about $5 each;

Check out more photos in my Gallery - Other Paper Crafts

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Pink, Brown and Green colour challenge

This card is for a challenge at More than Favors You could create any project but you must use green, pink and brown. They are offering the new Disney Classics cartridge as a prize!

I am also entering this card at My Pink Stamper for her birthday challenge.



For this card I used one of the cute frogs from Paisley. I actually put together my Cuttlebug for the first time and ran the frog through using the Polka Dots folder. The pink paper was put through using the Happy Birthday folder (borrowed from a friend). Her heart is stickled in pink and her eyeballs are coated with Glossy Accents. The ribbon is from the Dollar Store and the sentiment is computer generated.

Reflowering

My Christmas Cactus that flowered in November must be  very happy .

It is flowering again.  It hasn't as many blossoms on it as November...

Still it is nice when all is white outside to have  bright pink flowers.

This Way To Love

Happy Thursday!

It's ALMOST Friday! Whew!

It's been a busy week for me and I'm looking forward to the weekend.

Last night was the first time I've stamped since last weekend and it was nice to get down there creating.

I pulled up the SC317 from SCS and got to work.

These fun Bo Bunny Designer Papers will soon be used up and it's a good thing since Valentine's Day is fast approaching!

This is an older Taylored Expressions set. Can't recall the name right now....sorry!

Thanks for popping by today!

Esty store

... check out my new Esty store.

Etsy is an online marketplace for buying and selling all things handmade. You'll find a creative community of independent artists and designers and the very best in handmade goods, craft supplies and vintage. It's an excellent place to find one of a kind items, to give as gifts - or as gifts for yourself!

As always custom orders are welcome - Please email me for inquires.

Piglet Loves You Too!

So it is double challenge day for me, if you are looking for my Cooking With Cricut submission click HERE. The challenge today at Cricut Cardz Challenge is to design a valentine's card for a child. Easy, peasy! I have two kids, and they need some Valentine's cards... what a perfect challenge. Here is waht I designed for my daughter:



Isn't it cute? I love how it turned out! I used Pooh Font to cut out Piglet. The paper behind him, is Stampin Up patterned paper, and the top part is embossed with Seeing Spots from CuttleBug. The stamp on the tag is from an old Stampin Up set, and the Big Bear Hugs stamp comes from my Simply Sweet stamp set. The tag punches are from Stampin Up and the ribbon is from my Michaels.

I hope you all swing over to CCC and play along with us. I will be back in the next day or so with my card for my son :)

Some challenges:
Craft Your Days Away - Love
Pile It On - love is in the air
Aud Sentiments - sentiment with love theme
Simply Create - use your punches
Simon Says Stamp - animal antics (Piglet is an animal...)
The Res-Q-Challenge - dry embossing
Stamp Something - something cute
Tellens Place - polka dots
Really Reasonable Ribbon - ribbon and hearts
My Time to Craft - emboss
Creative Craft World - cute and cuddly
Southern Girls - dry embossing
Paper This and That - valentine's card

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Happy Birthday

Good morning everyone. It is a double challenge day for me. If you are looking for my Cricut Cardz Challenge submission click HERE. Today at Cooking With Cricut the challenge was to come up with a Birthday related project. This was a no-brainer for me. My daughter turns 5 one week from today, so I made a project for her, and here it is:



Pretty cute, eh? She is obsessed with Ariel, and has been for over a year. So I used Disney's Dream Come True cartirdge, and cut Ariel big - 4.5 inches. Some of the pieces were still really small! I cut the Happy 5th Birthday from Robotz. I designed everything on my Gypsy girl, to make sure everything fit. The patterned paper is from a stack I bought YEARS ago, when the Michaels first opened near us. The rest of the paper is from SU. I blinged up her flower, and I think my daughter will love it!

So, hop on back to CWC, get inspired by the Design Team, and paly along with us :)

Some challenges:
Paper Playtime - party
The Crafty Pad - something girly
Sarah Hurley - birthday girl
Alphabet Challenge Blog - L for ladies
The ABC Challenge - M for magical
The Crazy Challenge - dots and stripes (in the background paper)
Prairie Fairy Fridays - birthday
Creative Inspirations Challenge - celebrations
Made by Momo Challenge - princess theme

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