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 Ch# 54 - Mother's Day

It is that time of the year to show thanks to all those special women that we call Mom!  This week at My Craft Spot's Monday Challenge we are challenging you to create something amazing for those special women in your lives!  Here is another one of my Mother's Day cards for this year!

I used one of the La-La Land Marci's for this card.  Isn't she cute!

The Happy Mother's Day stamp is part of the Happy Easter stamp set from My Craft Spot and I also tied on some beautiful crinkle ribbon and twine also available in the My Craft Spot shop!

Please stop by and check out the amazing work from the rest of the My Craft Spot DT and join us for our Mother's Day challenge!  I can't wait to see what you come up with!  Thanks for stoppig by today!

Made for Mom Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the Made for Mom Blog Hop hosted by the talented Jenny at Crazy about Cricut and the fabulous Thankful Thursday Design Team!  Mother's Day is around the corner and so we are busy making gifts for those very special women in our lives!!  If you just came from Jenny's blog, then you are heading in the right direction!  If you are just stopping by to say hi today (thanks), make sure you hop on over to Crazy About Cricut to start from the beginning!  There are going to be so many great Mommy's Day ideas that you are not going to want to miss!

This month we were asked to share any present from our kids, or what we give to our Mom's for Mother's Day.  I have a super cute project my girls have been wanting to make for some time!  They wanted to make one to give to their grandmother for Mother's Day and even though she helped us create them, she doesn't know it is for her yet!!  We already know she LOVES it!

We made Fairy/Butterfly Gardens!  Isn't it cute?

Much of what we used was re-purposed material making these perfect projects to make during Earth Day weekend!  We started with these big snack barrels which I've been saving all year at the preschool for a project like this!  They are made with very heavy, recycled plastic which made for the a great planting container.

After the first one, we found it was easier to drill holes in the bottoms for the water when they are not cut apart.  We put Daddy in charge of this job making it a true family affair!

The girls went around the yard collecting little things to decorate their gardens.

You can see all the bits and pieces they collected.  The decorative stones also line the bottom of the container.  They were from our wedding reception.  I was glad to finally find a use for some of them!

This element was one of the girls favorites!  They said the fairies needed a table so an upturned tea cup and saucer did the trick!

Here are the girls showing off their fine work!  This was there trial garden and they are going to be making more of them today with their friends!

Now, what Mother/Grandmother wouldn't love one of these adorable little gardens?  I'm sure their grandmother is going to LOVE placing this at her house although I don't know if she is going to be able to wait until Mother's Day to get it...hehe!

Thank you so much for hopping with us today!  I hope this inspired a fun project for you and/or your kiddos!  Now, hop on to your next stop, one of our talented guest designers...

Arcy at Arcy Scraps

Jenny - http://www.crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/
Amber ~ http://my3escrapbooking.blogspot.com/
(Guest Designer) Arcy ~ http://arcyscraps.blogspot.com/
Sandra ~ http://sweetpeascards.blogspot.com/
Cheryl ~ http://cardsbycg.blogspot.com/
(Guest Designer) Madison ~ http://funkycards.blogspot.com/
Lola ~ http://purplepeepstechniques.blogspot.com/
(Guest Designer) Lissa Marie ~ http://somanycrafts.com/
Leah Pagliaroli ~ http://www.leahscarddesigns.com

My Craft Spot Challenge #52 - Make it Pop (using dimension)

Hello Everyone!  It is Monday and time for another fun Monday Challenge at My Craft Spot!  I love the challenge for this week!  It is Make it Pop using dimension!  I LOVE making my cards POP and here is the fun card I created for your inspiration this week! 

I used the butterflies from the Once Upon a Princess Cartridge. 

I added a some glitter for a little extra POP and cut another butterfly a bit larger to give it another layer

Be sure to hop over and check out my talented design team friends over at

My Craft Spot.  Looking forward to seeing how your creations Pop this week!

Products Used:

Once Upon A Princess Cricut Cartridge

Butterfly Kisses Stamp Set

Deep Purple Crinkle Ribbon

Purple Plum Divine Twine

Divine Swirls CB Folder

MME Pattern Paper

SU Cardstock

Dazzling Diamonds Glitter

SU Scallop Oval Punch

SU Dimensionals

Helmar Dimensionals

SU Button

My Craft Spot Blog Hop Winner

Hello Everyone!  I'm knee deep in finishing up Easter projects so I'll get right to it!  The winner of the NEW My Craft Spot Happy Easter stamp set is...........................

Kimberli from Kimberli's Creations

Kimberli said...

Love these cards, especially the baby boy one - I may have to scrap lift that one! Thanks for the inspiration! I think Tiny Tags is my favorite of the release!

YAY Kimberli!!!  I loved reading each and every one's comments last week!  Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who visited and thank you to Kimberly for this awesome new release!  Thanks for stopping by today! 

My Craft Spot Monday Challenge #50 - Easter Projects

Goodmorning!  What did everyone think of the Stamp Release Party last week?  My mind is still cranking with all these new ideas.  Well, it is time for another Monday Challenge at My Craft Spot!  We want to see all your Easter projects this week!  Here is my inspiration for you!

My daughter and I made these cute little pencil toppers for her classmates. 

I stamped this fun sentiment from the new MCS Happy Easter stamp set.  I cut it out with an oval spellbinders to look like an egg, added some white glossy accents, bubblegum crinkle ribbon and Cotton Candy Divine.  We added it to a little pink bucket and filled in with the pencils.

The bunnies are cut from Create A Critter, outlined, inked with a PKS Critter Face, and blushed up!

The pinwheels are created from MME Happy Go Lucky pattern paper.

We just cut a 3" x 3" piece of paper, cut a 1" slit at each corner, folded toward the center and held them down with brads.

A little close up of the details.

My daughter is thrilled with how they turned out and is excited to take her buckets to her class. 

The design team have created some amazing projects so stop by My Craft Spot this week for more Easter inspiration!  Thanks for stopping by today!

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!

My Craft Spot Stamp Release Party Day #5

Today is the last day of sneak peeks at My Craft Spot!   Tomorrow, Kimberly will release all five new sets!  Woo Hoo!  Which one is your favorite so far?  Well, today we are sneak peeking my favorite new set, Butterfly Kisses!  Here is my Sneak Peek!

I absolutely LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this sentiment!  Perfect for my little dirt monsters in the spring/summer.  They love making mud pies and planting with Mommy!  I embellished the card with some Navy Crinkle Ribbon and Blueberry Divine Twine both available at My Craft Spot! 

I used my SU cardstock and MME Jack & Jill pattern paper.  The edges are all sponged and sewed down.

The adorable little garden gnome comes from Paper Smooches Forest Whimsy set.  I inked it up with my Copics and layered it to make him pop off the page!

My Oldest E was so in love with this card and the sentiment that she insisted that she needed to give it to her teacher and class for the first day of spring so now this little gnome lives in her classroom!

Ok, so now that you have seen our sneak peeks all week at My Craft Spot, are you ready for the blog hop?  Tomorrow, we will be hoping and there will be fun prizes to be won along the way!  If you missed this week's peeks at My Craft Spot, make sure you stop by and check them out for your chance to win!  I myself have been blown away by the Design Teams work and I can't wait to see what is in store for tomorrow!  Thanks for stopping by today!

My Craft Spot Stamp Release Party Day #4

Hello Again! Day 3 of the My Craft Spot Stamp Release Party! Have you had a chance to check out all the amazing DT projects and giveaways this week! If not, make sure you go to My Craft Spot and check it out! Today we are sneak peeking Kimberly's new set called Tiny Tags! I can't even start to describe how fabulous this set is! There are just so many fun sentiments! Here is my favorite project using the set.

The weather has been so nice here, that we have been walking to/from school each day. I wanted to make some special cards for the school crossing guards since they help us get there safely each day!

I cut them to make 3.5" x 3.5" sized card and stamped the "Thanks!" sentiment around the outside! The little bear is cut from Create A Critter and I added a PKS Critter face. The little vest is from Paper Dolls and I hand cut the details. I finished the little cards off with some Orange Divine Twine.

We live quite a distance from the school so we pass through several of the crossing guards. I made sure to make a card for each of them!

For the next project, I actually used one of the tag stamps on a retirement card for a teacher. 

the "Happy Retirement" stamp is Stampin' Up and is not part of the new stamp set

Here is a close up of the adorable tag stamp!! They are all so cute and all the sentiments fit into the tags!

 

I used the apple from Doodlecharms and the super cute bookworm from Create A Critter!

I made sure to add a PKS Critter Face and glossy his glasses.

Tomorrow is the last day of Sneak Peeks then Blog Hop on Saturday....YAY blog candy! Make sure you stop by My Craft Spot and check out Kimberly and the DTs amazing projects! Thanks for stopping by today!