Jaded Blossom November Release - Day 1!!

Welcome to this month's Jaded Blossom stamp release!!!! 

Today we are sneaking two awesome new sets and a must have set of dies!! 

Farm Candies $15.99

Udderly Adorable $15.99

Mini Tag Dies $19.99

And remember... 

We have our Gotta Have it Now Package for $129.99

November Release will include: 4 - 4 x 6 Stamp Sets 3 - 4 x 6 Candies Stamp Set  1 - 4 x 4 Stamp Sets 1 - Set of New Dies 1 - Free 2 x 3 Stamp for customers that spend $40 or more before Taxes and Shipping! FREEBIE is only available until Sunday 11/10, 11:59pm pst. NO PREORDERS! NO BACKORDERS! No waiting WEEKS for your stamps. WILL SHIP ASAP!!! This Package is only available till Wednesday 11:59pm pst, then will be back up on the store on Friday at 4pm pst during our Stamp Release Blog Hop!   Price for the Release Package will be $134.99 after Sunday Night, 11/10 11:59pm, pst Regular Price 144.99

Here is my project...

I thought I would make a fun little way to give money for a birthday gift! My girls always love putting money into their piggy bank! 

I thought a pail would be appropriate to put the money in, since it IS food for a piggy bank, and pigs are fed from slop pails!! 

Here is what I used to make my project...

- Farm Candies and Udderly Adorable Jaded Blossom Stamp Sets

- Mini Tag Dies from Jaded Blossom

- Treat Tag Die from Jaded Blossom

- Piggy Bank SVG from SVG Cutting Files

- Gusset Bags from Jaded Blossom store

- DCWV Patterned Paper

- Pebbles washi tape

Make sure to head on over to the Jaded Blossom blog to have a peek at all the other awesome projects from the rest of the Design Team!! 

Jaded Blossom Monthly Challenge - Gift Cards

It's the first Sunday of the month!! Know what that means?! A new challenge over at the Jaded Blossom blog!! Today also marks my very first day as a Jaded Blossom Design Team Member!! :) 

Tomorrow is the first day of sneaks of the October release!!! 

We have the "Gotta Have it Now" Package for $105.99

September  Release will include:

4 - 4 x 6 Sentiment Stamp Sets  with Image and Candy Stamps included 2 - 4 x 4 Stamp Sets (Candies/Poems)1 -  3 x 4 Stamps1 - Gift Card Die

 1 - FREE 2 x 3 Stamp for customers that spend $40 or more before Taxes and Shipping!

NO PREORDERS! NO BACKORDERS! No waiting WEEKS for your stamps.  

WE WILL SHIP ASAP!!! ** Since Monday is a holiday, shipping will start on Tuesday!! 

The "GOTTA HAVE IT NOW RELEASE PACKAGE" will only be available till Wednesday,12am pst then back again on Friday at 4pm pst during our New Release Blog Hop

The theme of this month's challenge is Gift Cards! Have you seen the awesome new die from Jaded Blossom?! It's a gift card die that you can use ANYWHERE!! So awesome! 

Gift Card Die $16.99

Since I mostly give out gift cards for baby gifts, I thought I would make a baby card that holds a gift card! 

When you slide the baby up... 

I love this little baby! :) 

Here is what I used to make this card....

 - new Gift Card Die from Jaded Blossom

- Sweet Baby Stamp set from Jaded Blossom

- Baby Block Slider card from SVG Cutting Files

- grey twine from my stash (Divine Twine, I think?)

- DCWV Baby Girl stack

- Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink

- white gelly roll pen

- Recollections adhesive pearls

Thanks for stopping by!! I can't wait to see what you all create!!! 

Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Day!

Happy Wednesday, friends!! It's Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons day!!

For my layout today, I played with Lisa's new Patriotic Balloon Files (a freebie in the store until Friday!!).

These pics are from when we brought our very last baby, Taylah, home from the hospital. I remember thinking about all journeys our sweet little girl would take over her lifetime. She has already flown all the way to Orlando, Florida, by the time she was only 7 weeks old! :) 

I used the Sunday Afternoon stack from DCWV, which I am in love with right now. 

Here is what I used for this layout...

- Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Patriotic Balloon Cutting File

- DCWV Sunday Afternoon paper

- American Crafts Thickers with Grey Martha Stewart glitter

- Peachy Keen ABCs and 123s stamps

- Recollections pearls

- natural hemp

Mark your calendars for this weekend's Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Get Well hop this weekend! 

I guarantee there will be some awesome projects and blog candy, of course! Have a great day!! 

PPPR Spring Blog Hop!

This has been the longest winter ever... but TODAY you are in for some awesome SPRING projects! It's the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Spring Blog Hop and we are all using Lisa's awesome files!! If you just stumbled on this hop, make sure you go back to the Pretty Paper Pretty Ribbons blog so you don't miss anything! There are some great prizes up for grabs and awesome inspiration!! PLUS - Make sure you read this whole post since there is some great news at the end!!! 

I decided to get another Mother's Day card made, since it's going to sneak up on us before we know it! :)

I used Lisa's NEW Spring Garden Cutting Files for my card, as well as a new stack from DCWV, Sunday Afternoon. Such a pretty combo!  

I always use a ton of foam stickers to give my projects a lot of dimension. 

Here are the supplies I used in my project...

- Spring Garden Cutting files from Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons

- DCWV Sunday Afternoon stack

- Caribbean twine from The Twinery

- My Creative Time button and flag dies

- Pink By Design Our Mothers stamp set

- Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink

How about some blog candy?! Lisa always puts together a great little package!! 

Here is what you have to do to win...

For a chance to win, you must be a follower of each blog on our hop and leave a comment on each blog.  For extra chances, you can also "LIKE" Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons on Facebook and/or sign up for the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Newsletter. 

A random winner will be chosen for the prize on Tuesday, April 23. Only US or Canadian mailing addresses, please.

And one more VERY important piece of information....

This is the biggest sale in the history of Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons and I'm assuming there will not be another sale this big any time soon. Happy shopping! :) 

Off to Jeanne's blog now!! 

If you get lost along the way, here is a complete list of the lineup...

Lisa ~ http://prettypaperprettyribbons.blogspot.com/

Nicole ~ http://teachdanz.blogspot.com/

Melisa ~ http://melisascraftycreations.blogspot.com/

Barb ~ http://bugbites411.blogspot.com/

Tanya ~ http://nonnascraftcorner.blogspot.com/

Candace - http://www.scrappin2littleprincesses.blogspot.com/

Jeanne ~ http://www.jeannespapercrafts.com/

Shannon ~ http://designsofapaddymack.typepad.com/

Brianna ~ http://www.Bloeffelbein.blogspot.com/

Ana Maria ~ http://www.shortycreations.com/

Dad... You're a FUNGI! :)

 Hey friends!! I am having a great day and I hope you are too! Taylah slept 6 hours straight last night!! Woohoo!! So much better than the 2-3 hours I'm used to!! Let's hope this isn't a one time thing for us! 

Today I have a fun little card I made for this week's Peachy Keen Challenge:

This was the photo inspiration..

As soon as I saw that mossy forest, I thought MUSHROOM!! And I knew just the little file from SVG Cutting Files to use.. 

Here is what I used to make this card...

- mushroom file from SVG Cutting Files (was a freebie...)

- Happy Lashes face assortment set from Peachy Keen

- Paper from The Green Stack by DCWV 

- Sentiments from two Pink By Design stamp sets: Plum Perfect & Our Fathers

- My Creative Time button die

- Natural Hemp from Liz's Paperloft Boutique

- white gelly roll pen

I have some fun, exciting news to share within the next few days!! Can't wait! :) 

So Loved

YAWWWWWN. Today I am so jealous of anyone who can catch a nap. :) When I first made this layout I thought my little angel was having a sweet little thought with her eyes closed... today, I'm pretty sure she's happily having a nap! :) 

I used my FAVORITE stack EVER by Recollections for this layout - Today, Tomorrow, Forever. This is the only stack I can honestly say that I am going to buy a second of. 

I know this angel is super adorable, but please take a moment to appreciate that awesome chevron ribbon behind her clouds. Isn't it the prettiest ribbon ever?! I bought it from Little Free Radical (Etsy) but I know there are a few places that sell it. 

Check out how fine the letters in my title are... Super intricate and my cameo had NO problem cutting them. Man, I LOVE that machine!! 

What I used to make this layout...

- Today, Tomorrow, Forever Recollections stack

- Kadoodle Bug Designs Angel SVG

- Clouds & stars from Silhouette store

- sentiment from Baby Love by Pink By Design

- Chevron ribbon from Little Free Radical

- Martha Stewart gold glitter glue

- Colorbox fluid chalk ink

Hope you all have a great day!! :) 

Big Things Come in Small Packages

Hi everyone! The one type of card that I can never have too many of are baby cards.... 

When I saw the sentiment 'Big things come in small packages' I immediately thought of a baby. 

I looked around and found the perfect stork carrying a little package in the Silhouette store. 

Here is what I used to make this card...

- Scrappy Moms Dancing in Circles 2 stamp set (see below)

- My Creative Time stitched circle die

- Gold Shimmer twine from The Twinery (sold in the Scrappy Moms store)

- DCWV It's A Boy stack

- stork from the Silhouette store

- colorbox fluid chalk ink

- rich cocoa momento ink

 And since I was really happy with how this card turned out, I decided to make a girl version as well!! 

Here is what I used to make this card...

- Scrappy Moms Dancing in Circles 2 stamp set

- My Creative Time stitched circle die

- Chocolate Cupcake twine from Trendy Twine

- colorbox fluid chalk ink

- stork from the Silhouette store

- rich cocoa momento ink

I hope you are loving all of my projects using the new release from Scrappy Moms! Make sure to head on over to their store - they have a lot more than stamps!! 

Mini Me Layout

Hey Everyone! I have a quick layout I did the other day that I thought I would show you. It's definitely not my best work, but it's still ok.... I wanted to play with the Today, Tomorrow, Forever stack by Recollections. I think it's my favorite stack ever made!! 

Just a question.... Do you just HOARD those crafty items that you buy and totally LOVE? I do... I'm trying not to though. I find that I hoard them, and then they sort of lose their appeal!! The ribbon on this layout is one example. I bought this rose ribbon in two colors about 7 months ago, and this is the first time using it. Now, it just doesn't seem so beautiful! :( Consider this my pledge to stop hoarding my favorite crafty goodies! :)

This layout was super quick compared to most of my layouts since I used design elements included in the stack. I think I'd also better get using this stack before I lose interest in it as well!!

Thanks for stopping in! :) I have had a few projects on my blog this past week you should really check out, if you haven't already. Next week I have a TON of projects I want to share. I have been crafting like CRAZY! ANNNND lovin' it! :) 

Have a great Sunday! 

We Appreciate You Teacher

Tomorrow is Bria's second First Day of Playschool! :) She went last year too, but this year she's one of the BIG kids! She told me she's going to teach the other kids how to sit on the carpet when they get there, where their cubbies are and also that she is allergic to nuts and dairy.... I hope she's not too bossy!!! :) 

This week's challenge over at Peachy Keen is to create a teacher card. I recently picked up a free graphic over at MyGrafico and I thought this was the perfect opportunity to use it. I knew it would look adorable with a little PK face! 

Aww... cute! :) The plaid paper is from the Animal Crackers DCWV stack, inked around the edges with Faded Jeans Distress Ink. The doily is from the dollar store, twine from The Twinery and banner plus sentiment are from two different Pink By Design stamp sets - Our Teachers and Everyday Banners. 

I know I have said sooo many times before that I am obsessed with using print and cut with my cameo..... WELL, I'm going to say it again... :) I used some digital paper from Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbon to make the circle with the chalkboard writing.

 I am so in love with digital paper... I think every project I have made in the last couple weeks has used digital paper. 

I wanted to mention I hopped along with the PK Design Team last week and ended up winning a $20 gift certificate to the Peachy Keen store!! Just wanted to say THANKS PK!! :)

I'm off to run some errands and entertain my kids for a while!! Have a great day!! 

Baby Boy

Hi out there! What have you all been up to??? This weekend we were super busy with throwing a baby shower for my cousin's baby girl! I made a few cute little projects that I was sooo excited to show you all.... but I deleted most of the pics!!!! :( In the craziness of the shower my memory card in my camera was full and I started deleting pics, obviously not paying much attention!!  I was pretty mad at myself when I realized what I did!! Anyways... I have a baby BOY card to show you today! I have been so busy with my cousin's little girl's projects, I thought I would change things up!!

I have made some pretty simple projects lately... I've been trying to get done a lot of projects, and this is another quick, easy card. 

I placed my very first Trendy Twine order not too long ago and I have to say, I am in love.... The twine I used on here is the kraft twine. I bought it and thought I MIGHT use it and I have used it on sooo many projects already! I'll definitely be buying a spool of this next time I spot a sale over at Trendy Twine! 

I wanted to make sure how much dimension this card has.... The white and kraft layer is popped up with foam stickers and there is a piece of patterned paper underneath. 

Love this sentiment from the Baby Love Pink By Design set. I have used it so much lately. 

I'll be linking this project over at Trendy Twine's monthly challenge in hopes to win some more of this awesome twine!!

Look Who's One!

Happy Monday everyone!! I have a couple things for you today!! I'm going to start off with my project - THEN let you know who the winners from the 'It's a RAINBOW' Party Blog Hop are!!! I don't want you to skip over my project to see the winners though... ;)

August is such a BUSY month for us as far as birthdays go... Both my girls are born in August, four of Bria's little friends were born in August (myself and four of my friends were due within three weeks of each other four years ago!!!), my niece's birthday is in August and my cousin (best friend) is due to have her little girl in a week!!!! I have to make more birthday projects in August than I have to make Christmas cards in December!! :) 

This project was for my neice, Lailah's first birthday a week ago. 

I am sooo in love with print and cut so I used this cute little baby (purchased from MyGrafico) and added some embellishments to make even more cute!! I used some glossy accents on the cake, some Recollections pearls as earrings and a cute little Peachy Keen face (with a blush copic marker for some rosy cheeks). 

I used my scalloped circle and circle dies from My Creative Time along with the all around sentiments stamp set. The background paper is from the It's A Girl stack by DCWV. 

I wanted to show you how much dimension this card has... It looks great in person because the baby is popped up, then the cake is popped up twice as high. 

Now onto the WINNERS!!!!!!! 

The winner of the Flirty Girl stamp set from Pink By Design is.... 

AJ SCRAPBOOKING AND CARDS!!! 

Winner of the $10 Gift Certificate to Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Graphics is... 

Linda!! 

Winner of the $25 Pretty Little Studio Gift Certificate is...

Margie!!

Winner of $10 Gift Certificate to 3 Girl Jam is...

PinkDaisy/CricutLover!! 

Last but not least, winner of my prize pack is...

Jennyplace2!! 

I have contact information for most of the winners and for those that I don't - I'll look around and try to find it somehow!! If you see this, please contact me!! :) If I can't contact you within a week, I'll draw new winners!! 

Thanks soooo much to all the sponsors for your great prizes, all the talented ladies who created projects for the hop and of course to all of you who hopped and left such sweet comments!!!!! :) 

A Clean House is a Sign of a Wasted Life...

To check out the 'It's a Rainbow Party' Blog Hop - Click HERE!! 

Happy Friday, Friends! :) I know I say it all the time, but I'm so glad you've stopped by!! Since it's been a busy couple weeks I just have a quick little card for you today!! 

I am so in love with this stamp!! I've had this set - Days Like This - for a little while but haven't had the chance to play with it until now!! I thought this set went perfectly with the Nanna's Kitchen stack by DCWV. When I bought this stack I wasn't sure how much I would actually use it but it has come in handy!! :) And how much do you love this ribbon? I am so in love with gingham - especially RED!! 

Well, that's about it today!! Other than TWO reminders!! The 'It's A RAINBOW Party' blog hop that has been going on since Wednesday! You have until today at midnight MST to leave comments on all the blogs in the hop to be entered to win some great giveaways!! Also, Pink By Design is having a great sale on right now!! They have a ton of sets that are up to 60% off, plus free shipping!!! The sale ends today, so make sure you head over there right away! 

Hope to see you back again Monday!!!

Halloween Tag Tutorial

I know this sounds crazy, but I've been working on Christmas, Easter and Halloween projects lately!! I started working on a couple layouts to try to submit for publications and that got the holiday ball rolling! I'm on a mission to get my scrapbooks semi caught up before the new baby arrives and so far I'm doing ok. I have my fingers crossed that tonight I will get a couple done. 

The project I am showing you today is a little tag I made to put onto a layout using all the supplies shown below.

I started by cutting out a large spiderweb using my cameo that I later used as a mask.

On a tag that was dyed in tea, I laid the spiderweb and sprayed black Ditto shimmer spray over it. FYI I had the tag placed in a 12x12 cardboard box to catch any of the black overspray - which there was a lot of! When I lifted up the spiderweb this is the design that was left... 

I also inked around the edges with the orange Tim Holtz Distress Ink (sorry, not sure what the color is and I'm too lazy to go downstairs into my craft room!). I added a vintage kitty cutout from Pretty Little Studio, a little Smash washi tape, a button/twine, and some paper from the DCWV Ghosts and Goblins mini stack.

The little border from the DCWV stack is adorable... 

I'm going to link up this little project over at Pink Cricut's Link Up Tuesdays! Make sure you stop over there for a lot of awesome projects!! There is everything from furniture to altered glasses to furniture!!  It's super inspiring!! 

 Today we're taking the girls to the spray park in a town about an hour from here, then coming home to pack up the trailer and go camping for a few days next week. Should be lots of good summer fun! :) Have an awesome weekend everyone!

Homespun Affair Color Challenge - June

Hey everyone!! Hope you all had a great weekend!! I know we did!! My husband has had a little more time off than usual and we have been doing all kinds of fun things with the girls. It's been great!!! 

Last night I found time to get a card put together for the Homespun Affair June Color Challenge. I LOVE the colors in the challenge - so bright and summery!! The colors are salmon, pink, and yellow. 

I have been really wanting to work with some glitter and this was the perfect project!! :)

How cute and summery is that?? 

I used some foam tape to make sure these little suckers stood out - not that all the glitter didn't already make them pretty eye catching! :) Speaking of glitter... A little trick I'd like to share when I use glitter is to spritz the glittered pieces (before putting the cuts together) with some hairspray to keep the glitter from falling off all over the place. :)

Of course I had to add a Pink By Design sentiment... 

Here is what I used for this project... 

- Martha Stewart glitter (adhered with a large ZIG 2 way glue pen)

- Popscicle cut from Simply Charmed (YES - I had to dust off my cricut!)

- loop borders from the Silhouette store

- paper from the Carnival stack from DCWV

- sentiment from Be Mine by Pink By Design

I am also linking this card up over at Pink Cricut for Link Up Tuesdays. 

Make sure you head on over to check out the Homespun Affair Magazine!! It has some awesome information in it!!! Love it! And you still have a couple days to link up your projects to this color challenge! Hurry! :)

ALSO head on over to Ginger Snaps Scraps to add some of your projects to the Link Up Party going on!!

OH! And just one more thing! :) Tomorrow I will be announcing the winner of the twine giveaway I had over at the Pink By Design blog!! Make sure to stop back to see if it's you!