My Craft Spot Post Details

Hello Everyone! Today I am posting over at My Craft Spot.  I am sharing a crafty tip with a card using My Craft Spot's Happily Ever After stamp set. A few weeks ago I posted a Baby Boy giraffe card using the set and today I have a Baby Girl card using the same little giraffe!  Here are the details!

I've been cutting several cuts at a time on my 6x6 paper sheets lately. This way, I don't have the scraps of paper laying around and I can throw a card together in no time when I need one!  We all know how hard even the littlest of pieces are to throw away, but this way, I feel like I got good use out of it and I can throw those tiny tid-bits away!  The giraffe is from the Sugar & Spice Cricut Cartridge and I didn't save it on my Gypsy but I believe I cut 4 or 5 of them at 2.5" each on the 6x6 sheets. 

This weekend, those pre-cut giraffes came in handy because I needed a card made quickly.  I started with the little giraffes that I had cut a few weeks ago and placed it on some pieces of MME Oh La La paper until I found the pattern I liked.  Then I picked my layers to match from there, sewed them together, popped this adorable little guy on their with some dimensionals and added my current favorite Baby sentiment (which yes, I know I need to stop using it so much but it works great : ) 

The Twinery Pink Sorbet and Green Apple Divine Twines matched my colors perfectly so I tied them onto a coordinating button and I was done with my quicky Baby Girl card and off to the Baby Shower!

To see the entire Happily Ever After Stamp Set, click HERE  or  HERE to check out the great selection of Baker's Twine available at My Craft Spot! 

I hope you enjoyed the card today!  Stop by My Craft Spot to see more great tips and amazing projects from Kimberly and/or the Design Team each day!   Thanks for stopping by today!

My Craft Spot Monday Challenge #60 - Cool Treats

Hello Everyone!  It is time for another fun Monday Challenge at My Craft Spot!  This week's challenge is perfect for the hot summer days we are having!  This week we are challenging you to create a project with a Cool Summer Treat (ice cream, popsicles, etc.).  We are on a health kick this summer, so I went for a healthy Cool Summer Treat, Cold Juicy Watermelon....mmmmmm!!!

I used MME Oh La La for Her 6x6 paper and Simply Charmed Cricut Cartridge for this delicious card. 

I cut the paper lace using the Martha Stewart Lacey Border punch and stamped the My Craft Spot Sweet Sentiments Set #1 directly on the Snow White Crinkle Ribbon.

Please stop by this week and check out the other delicious Cool Treats the DT have created for your inspiration at My Craft Spot!  We hope you have fun playing along!  Thanks for stopping by today!

Products Used:

• My Craft Spot
• Sweet Sentiments Set #1
• Snow White Crinkle Ribbon
• Stampin' Up!
• Cardstock
• Soft Suede
• Whisper White
• Soft Suede ink
• Dimensionals
• Cricut E2 with Gypsy
• Simply Charmed
• MME 6x6 Paper
• Oh La La for Her
• Martha Stewart Lacey Border Punch
• Singer Sewing Machine
• Scotch ATG Adhesive
• Archival Brilliance Pigment Ink
• Graphite Black
• Queen & Co Pearls

My Craft Spot Monday Challenge #59 - King of the Grill

Good morning everyone!!  I'm happy to be back to my blog after being MIA for a few weeks!  I'll have some special things to share with you soon but for now, we have a fun challenge going on over at My Craft Spot this week!!  This week we are celebrating all those special men in our lives just in time for father's day!  Our challenge this week is King of the Grill and we would like to see all those projects you are making for father's day! 

Since my father is no longer with us and my girls are making their own special projects for their daddy, I thought I would make a card thanking my hubby for being the best dad in the world!  He really is an awesome father and an even better husband and I couldn't imagine my life without my best friend!  He is also obsessed with his grill, so here is the card I made!

 The little tag is from My Craft Spot's Tiny Tags Stamp set and the bakers twine is Lemon Drop also available at My Craft Spot.  I used the burger from Simply Charmed (he is so cute) and I sponged it then layered it with dimensionals.

I used my sewing machine to stitch a border around the MME background paper before adhering it to my card base then randomly added some scraps of paper/cardstock.

Make sure you stop by and check out the rest of the AMAZING King of the Grill DT projects at My Craft Spot this week and share your Father's Day projects with us for your chance to win a fabulous prize!  Thanks for stopping by today!

Products Used:

• My Craft Spot
• Lemon Drop Bakers Twine
• Tiny Tags Stamp Set
• Stampin' Up!
• Cardstock
• Soft Suede
• Crumb Cake
• Pacific Point
• Chocolate Chip
• Real Red
• Old Olive
• Pretty in Pink
• Dimensionals
• Cricut E2 with Gypsy
• Simply Charmed
• MME 6x6 Paper
• Quite Contrary Jack & Jill
• Singer Sewing Machine
• Scotch ATG Adhesive

My Craft Spot Challenge #56 - Congratulations

Good morning!  The lazy days of summer are almost here!  We had preschool graduation yesterday which means I'm off for the summer now....WOOHOO!!!  Did you all have a chance to meet the new DT members at My Craft Spot last week?  They are all incredibly talented and we are so excited to be working with them this term!  We have a new, fun Monday challenge this week.  It is Congratulations and we want to see all those graduation, new baby, new job, etc projects!  Here is one of mine.

This one is very dear to me.  It is going out for a soon-to-be new member of the family.  We are so excited for this little one so I made a special card for Mommy-to-be!  I used MME Fine & Dandy Boy paper and the little giraffe from the Sugar & Spice Cricut Cart.  I hand cut the little banner and tied it up with some Chocolate Truffle Trendy Twine available at My Craft Spot.

I used My Craft Spot Milk Chocolate Crinkle Ribbon and stamped the "So happy for you!" sentiment which is from the My Craft Spot Happily Ever After stamp set.

I also have some little graduation cards to share with you. 

I used the My Craft Spot Tiny Tags Stamp Set and Grad Anya and Ian from The Greeting Farm. 

They are for my little preschool class who graduated yesterday.  They are not as nice as I would have like but I was working on them until 2 am Sunday morning.  I may have procrastinated a little too long but they kids loved them, especially since they each got one that looked like them!

Please stop by and check out the amazing Congratulation projects from the rest of the DT at My Craft Spot and play along for your chance to win a fantastic prize!  Thanks for stopping by!

My Craft Spot Spring Stamp Release Blog Hop

Goodmorning and welcome to the My Craft Spot Spring Stamp Release Blog Hop!  I hope you have been enjoying the beautiful sneak peeks Kimberly and the Design Team have been showcasing this week!  What do you think of those stamps!?!  I'm loving each and every one of them! 

You should have arrived from the talented Ally at Rock Paper Cricut.  If not, make sure you hop on over to My Craft Spot to start at the begining of the hop because you are not going to want to miss a stop!  There are gorgeous projects and a set of stamps to be won at each stop...WooHoo! 

My first project uses both Happily Ever After and Tiny Tags. 

It is a baby boy card and I made it to show you how versatile the Happily Ever After Stamp Set can be!  The little toy is cut from B is For Boy Cartridge.

I added a Tiny Tag with some Vintage Blue Bakers Twine.  It is all layered onto MME Portobello Road pattern paper and Stampin' Up cardstock.

Across the bottom I used the "So happy for you" sentiment off of Happily Ever After and tied some Stormy Day Crinkle Ribbon.

Next I have a little spring card to share with you. 

I absolutely LOVE the  new Butterfly Kisses Stamp Set.  I couldn't resist using this sentiment this week!  I paired it with the cute little HG Rain, Rain Digi from The Greeting Farm and MME Jack & Jill pattern paper.

I layered the pp panels, sentiment, digi with dimensionals and added some Gold Seam Binding to finish it off!

My last card didn't turn out so nicely. 

I saw a card like this at my Stampin' Up Demo's house and thought I could make it.  Well, it turned out to be a lot harder to scraplift than I thought it would!

I LOVE the sweet treat cups, but have a hard time bringing myself to use them.  It took me a while to figure out how to make it stand like a regular card but still get the M&Ms out!

A slider on a 3x3 attached to the card is what I ended up coming up with.

I thought after all the hard work, I would turn this into a Mother's Day Card.  I used the "Happy Mother's Day" sentiment from the new Happy Easter set.

Ok, so what do you think so far?  As promised I have a special stamp set to give away today.  One LUCKY winner will win the Happy Easter Stamp Set!  Please leave me a comment letting me know which is your favorite new stamp set!   I'll draw the winner next week so stop back to see if you've won!

Well, thank you for hopping by today!  There is a copy of the Blog Hop line-up below in case you get lost along the way.  I also added my sneak peeks for the week in case you missed them!  It is time for you to hop on to your next stop to see the amazing work from my talented friend

Jayne at Jayne Designs

Blog Hop Line-up

Kimberly

Kate

Ally

Amber

Jayne

Bobby

Aymee

Candy

Marlene





Happy Easter

Birthday Wishes 

Happily Ever After 

Tiny Tags

 Tiny Tags

Butterfly Kisses 

Enjoy the Hop and Good Luck!

Birthday Sundaes Ch #48 - Animals

Goodmorning!  It is time for another Birthday Sundaes challenge!  This week we are challenging you to use Animals on your Birthday Cards.  I had so much fun with this challenge!  The possibilities are endless!  Here is the card I created for your inspiration!

I used this adorable Big Panda Marci digi from LaLa Land Crafts for my Animal!  Isn't she cute!?!

I layered her onto the super sweet MME Quite Contrary - Jack & Jill paper that my dear friend Kristie sent me for my Birthday last month...Thanks Kristie!!  I'm in love with this paper so be ready to see more of it!

This week we have a super fun sponsor, JustWordz!  Make sure you stop by Birthday Sundaes to check out the details for this week and to see the super cute Birthday Cards with Animals the DT has created!  Thanks for stopping by today!

Thankful Thursday - Grandparent's Day Challenge

***Click HERE for the Once Upon Paper Blog Hop***

Hello my crafty friends, and welcome to another Thankful Thursday challenge.  This week our challenge is to create something for Grandparent's Day.  This challenge was a little bittersweet because it was me and my little assistant's last project together before she headed off to Kindergarten last Friday!  We made some thank cards for her and her sisters to give to their favorite Grand P's for Granparent's Day which is on Sept 11 (don't get too attached to this one Mammy and Nokomis because she made a few different ones, I don't want to spoil your surprises...hehe)!

I didn't realize that my assistant had stamped everything on shimmer paper until after she did it.  She really like the "sparklies" on it and worked out ok.  I was going to let her do the sewing again on this TT project, but it got out of control before she got too far and Mommy had to take over and try to cover up her spot!  She used my new "Doctor Marci" stamp that I had won at Fantabulous Cricut from In a Scrap Creations!  I thought this adorable stamp was fitting since Oldest E is on a kick right now saying she is going to be an animal doctor when she grows up!  I used my Stampin' Write Markers to color her.  Since we are talking about my assistants, here are some pics from their first day of school (since Mommy has been so preoccupied and hasn't put them up yet)!

Oldest E's First Day of Kindergarten

Middle E's first day of Pre-K 

Make sure you stop by Crazy About Cricut to check out the rest of the awesome creations from the Thankful Thursday DT!  There is a fabulous prize for one lucky winner from the challenges this month so grab your little ones and get crafting!  Thanks for stopping by today!

Once Upon Paper Anything Goes Blog Hop

Welcome to the Anything Goes Blog Hop celebrating the one year Blog Birthiversary of our hostess Stephanie from Once upon a Paper .  You should have come here from Carla at OCD Scrapology.  If not, you can start at the beginning of the hop at Once upon a Paper.  My talented friend Stephanie is celebrating her Blog Birthiversary with Seven Days of Giveaways so make sure you check it out each day for the next week. 

Today I have created a card!  This hop is Anything Goes but as I was typing up my post, I wasn't feeling my original project so I went hunting for inspiration last night.  I was inspired by the Flutter By Wednesday Challenge for this week!  I came up with this card in the middle of the night and I thought it was fitting for a the 1 year celebration of Stephanie's blog!  This card says exactly what I have been feeling lately!  Here it is!

Products Used:

• Stampin' Up! Cardstock
• My Mind's Eye Happy Go Lucky
• The Greeting Farm Dressy Ebony-digi
• My Craft Spot Happy Fall Stamp Set
• WRMK Maple Grove Stamp Set
• Stampin' Up! Butterfly Embosslit
• Spellbinders Ovals
• Stampin' Write Markers
• Copics
• Helmar ZapDots
• Stampin' Up! Dimensionals

Don't forget that Stephanie is celebrating all week with giveaways everyday so stop by and check them out!  While you are there, make sure you check out her projects!  She shares the cutest and most creative layouts that I know you'll love!  Thank you for stopping by today and thank you Stephanie for inviting me to be a part of your celebrations!  Your next stop on the hop is Cassie from Scrappin’ Palace! 

In Case you get lost here is the rest of the line-up:

Stephanie from Once upon a Paper 

Kristi from Craftin’ on my Door

Txscrappermom

Scraplette from Around the Block with Scraplette 

Renee from I Came, I Saw, I Created  

Michele from Green Girl Scraps 

Ali from Scrapping with Alicat

Carla from OCD Scrapology 

Amber from My 3 E Scrapbooking YOU ARE HERE

Cassie from Scrappin’ Palace NEXT STOP