A Freebie from The Cutting Cafe'

Happy Monday! 

Did you have a wonderful Christmas? We sure did!  We spent Christmas Eve with my sweet Mama and then Christmas Day was spent at home just relaxing and enjoying each other.

Today I'm working with The Cutting Cafe' goodies! Also, you can sign up for a chance to win a free set from The Cutting Cafe'.  I'll be giving away an oldie but a goodie, the Gift Card and Money Holder Set.

I recycled on this card.  The black and white background paper is the inside of a bill envelope.  Isn't it a lovely designer paper? Best of all...it was FREE!

The mustache cut out, I got HERE.  It was free too! YAY for free when you are creating! Pinterest is my friend!

I got the saying idea from Pinterest too.  THIS little project got my juices flowing! So adorable I must say!

I stamped Merry Christmas on the back flap for a little sweet message before they open the flap and find the good stuff inside!  Oh and the little green sprigs of fern are made by using my Martha Stewart punch and then adding some tiny glass beads for berries. Close up in the next picture.

This is another free patterned paper.  It's the most popular of my giant collection of bill envelopes.  Also, see the ric-rac trim.  I made that using a strip of red and a strip of white polka dotted ric-rac and wrapping them together.  Uuumm, yeah, Pinterest idea again! Look HERE for my inspiration!

Lastly, just tuck in a few bills and you have an adorable gift that everyone will love!  I suppose I should have decorated the back too, but I was in a bit of a last minute time crunch and I did not this time.

Please be sure to leave a comment so you will have a chance to win on Saturday, New Year's Eve when I draw a lucky winner! Good Luck!

Thanks for stopping by today. Please come again really soon, but until then...have a lovely day!  HUGS! :)

NOTE: The Cutting Cafe' is having a Cyber Monday sale today! Check it out HERE! 

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Mother's Day Blog Hop WINNER!

Happy Saturday!

Yay!  We made it to the weekend! I love weekends, don't you? I also love giving away prizes and today I have a prize for one lucky person.  As you can see I used Random.org to generate my number and the lucky person was number 15.....Tere!

Tere is my winner for the Mother's Day Blog Hop!  Congratulations Tere! Please email me your snail mail address so I can get your fun card making kit mailed off to you!

Thanks to all who stopped by and commented and I sure hope you had lots of fun hopping along and got lots of good ideas for Mama's Day!

I'm off for a day with my family, so until next time, have a lovely day! HUGS! :)

Mother's Day Is Coming Soon!

Happy Monday!

No card today.....sorry, my new house has kept me uber busy!  I just wanted to remind you that Mother's Day is just around the corner.  Also, if you need some ideas for that special lady, there are lots of great ideas on the blog hop we had on Saturday.  Please see my post HERE and hop along and visit some wonderful ladies and their awesome ideas!  There are prizes involved! Heehee!

Until next time! Have a lovely day! HUGS! :)

Mother's Day Blog Hop

Welcome to our Mother's Day blog hop. We are making some great projects that will hopefully inspire you to make some beautiful crafts for whomever you cherish on Mother's Day. If you came here from Lisa's Blog then you are in the right place. If not start at the beginning at Jamie's blog for all the wonderful projects lined up for you today.

 Happy Saturday!

I know I don't normally post on the weekends, but today I have some FUN for you!  I am participating in a blog hop with other crafters around the bloggy world that features Mother's Day projects. How fun is that?
Of course I created a card for the occasion.  It's a really happy green sparklee card to celebrate that special Mama in your life!

I used one of my mini cupcake liners to create this little embellishment.  I just flattened it out and scrunched it in the center and then topped it with a white vintage button tied up with green and white baker's twine and a little 'love' tag stamped with a Kim Hughes stamp.

I also added some gathered crepe paper to the top with a little line of pom-poms.  To gather the crepe paper, I used my sewing machine to run some gathering stitches and then tied a knot on one end and then pulled the other end to gather it.  I gathered it until I got just the right length for my card and then glued it on to the card front.

I used a digi stamp from The Cutting Cafe' called Mom Word Block and I turned it to the shade of green I needed by using my Printmaster program.  I love this shade of green...don't you? :)
I'm the final stop on the blog hop.  If you didn't see all the projects, go back to the top of this post and just follow along and see all the wonderful creations and hopefully at the end you'll have lots of Mommy Day ideas to create something to make your Mama SMILE!

I have a little give away today for all your hopping efforts. All you have to do is leave a comment on this post and you will be entered to win enough supplies to create your very own greeting card. I will draw a winner one week from today.
Thanks for visiting me and please do come again real soon! Until then, have a lovely day! HUGS! :)

My WINNERS - My WINNERS - My WINNERS!

Happy Saturday My Friends!

I don't know if you know it or not, but I just love snapping random pictures. And yes, I take pictures of EVERYTHING! If it stands still long enough....it may get its picture taken by ME! LOL! This picture is actually from last year's snow storm. Poor little guy is all fluffed up to try and stay warm.....Brrrrrr, it was COLD that day!

Anywhoooooo! On to my WINNERS! I have two to announce today. One for the BLOG HOP and one to celebrate my getting 200 followers! Woohoo! And now the WINNERS are:

BLOG HOP WINNER: #56 QueenDavia

200 FOLLOWERS WINNER: #12 Kim

YAY! CONGRATULATIONS ladies! Please email me with your snail mail addys and I will get your goodies right out to you! Thank you all very much for playing along and for taking time to comment on my blog posts! Please come again soon for more card FUN! HUGS!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my nephew Kyle!

From My Kitchen Phone - Bitten By The Bug Challenge and Blog Hop

BLOG CANDY TIME!

Happy Monday Friends!

Today is not only Monday which means a new challenge from Bitten By The Bug, but it's also our monthly Blog Hop time! YAY! The top picture up there is what you could win from ME!
This week the wonderful Ms. Regina herself is hosting the challenge on Bitten By The Bug. She asked us to use the phone from the Cricut From My Kitchen cartridge. Guess what I did? I used my new Gypsy that I got from Hallmark Scrapbook to design it! Woohoo! Oh and speaking of the Gypsy, I made a little informational video with some tips for getting your cartridges loaded and ready to go! You can see it HERE!
I love pink and brown together, so I dug through my scrap bin till I found some pink and brown goodies and put this little "Phone me for coffee?" card together! I love how it turned out!
My sweet friend Sherri sent me some tiny little charms for my birthday and I remembered there was a cell phone in the bunch, so I got it out and used it on my card. I thought it was neat to use the older model phone along with the new age cell phone! Hee hee hee!

This little card is for sale in my Etsy shop if you're interested. This would be a fun card to send to a girl friend or Mama or Sister. She would surely say yes when she saw this card! LOL!

That's all for this weeks new BBTB challenge.

Now, if you are blog hopping you should have arrived from my very special friend Regina Easter, and if you want to keep hopping on to the the next talented lady in line, please go visit the oh so sweet Jennifer Wuthrich and then keep on hopping for even more tries to win some blog candy! If you get lost along the way, you can always refer back to the BBTB site for a list of designers that are participating in the blog hop. Please leave a comment below by Friday at midnight my time for a chance to win my blog candy. I will draw a name and announce the winner on Saturday morning!

One more little bit of exciting news.....I am Guest Designer for Hallmark Scrapbook this week, so hop on over HERE and see what I have posted! Have a lovely day! HUGS!

Pumpkin Treat Bag and My Blog Candy Winner!

Happy Halloween!

This is my final Halloween project for 2009. It's the Pumpkin Goodie Bag from The Cutting Cafe'. Although my boys are grown up, they still love candy, so I made them a goodie bag full of yummy chocolates.

I used double sided papers so that even when you're peeking in from the side, it's still pretty! I also used some glitter paper for the pumpkin outline on the front of the goodie bag.

I used my Nesties and few stamps out of my stash to created the tags. To keep the bags closed, I placed some big ole eyelets in each corner and then tied some twine through them for a closure. I thought that looked more boyish than ribbon did.

I used some of the little Stampin Up cellophane bags to put the candies in and then stapled them closed. These are really fun to make and easy too. Regina offers the cutting files for your die cutting machine and also the PDF file for cutting them out by hand.

Okay, now to the WINNER of my Blog Candy! I used random.org and the winner is #26, Patti's Scrapinings! YAY! Please email me your snail mail address and I will get your goodies right out to you!

Thanks for dropping by to see me today, please join me on Monday for a new Bitten By The Bug Challenge! HUGS!

SPOOKY Pointed Tag - BBTB Challenge & Blog Hop!

Look what you could WIN just by leaving me a comment!

Happy Monday to All My Bloggy Friends!

So, it's Monday again and its time for a new challenge from Bitten By The Bug. This week Regina asked us to use the pointed tag from the Cricut Stretch Your Imagination cartridge. She also asked us to use a Halloween or Fall theme as well. I decided to make a Halloween banner.

I cut out all my pieces then I started stamping my orange paper with a cheese cloth stamp and brown ink, just to give it a little extra sumthin' to look at. Then I made some paper flowers, added some buttons, ribbon, ric-rac, dew drops, flowers and dots.

After I finished all the pieces, I glued them to a long piece of ribbon....tah-dah, a Spooky Halloween Banner! LOL! Jake will be using this banner to decorate his apartment door for a Halloween contest they are having at the end of this week.....I hope it helps him out!

I hope you can go over and visit the Bitten By The Bug site and just look at all the wonderful creations the other designers made this week....WOW, they are awesome! Now if you are playing along with the blog hop, you should have arrived from the UBER talented Ms. Carole and now to keep playing along.....please hop on over to the wonderfully talented Shelly's blog for more chances to WIN!

♥For a chance to WIN my blog candy up at the top of this post, just leave me a comment by Friday night at midnight my time. I will draw a name using random.org and post the winner on Saturday.

THANKS for popping in to see me today, please join me next time for more card fun! HUGS!

A New BBTB Challenge and A BLOG HOP!

Happy Monday to you all!

Today is BLOG HOP day over at Bitten By The Bug and also since it's Monday, we have a new challenge! This week we are challenged to use the priceless tag from the Cricut Graphically Speaking cartridge.
I can think of many things that are priceless, but one thing that is most priceless to me lately is when my youngest calls me from college just to fill me in on his day.....I love that!
Since he left for college, I've been trying to send him a card here and there just to brighten his day and give him something to find in his mailbox too! LOL! I printed the sentiment out using my Printmaster program and the Gilligan's Island font...it was a freebie I found online.

Cute huh? This little phone is from my newest Cricut cartridge, From My Kitchen, I got it from Hallmark Scrapbook.

It's hard to see in the pics, but the big oval behind the phone is embossed with the numbers Cuttlebug folder which I also got at Hallmark Scrapbook.

Now, I know you you were wondering when I would get to the good part! LOL! This is the blog candy I have for you. I have put together a little card making kit. There is enough card making stuff for 5 cards. I have thought of a few more things to add that's not in this pic...so if you win...there will be a surprise for you when it arrives.

I also added two of my world famous recycled frozen dinner box pumpkins for you to play with as well. (NOTE: They aren't really world famous, but it sounded real impressive.....didn't it?) LOL!

All you have to do is leave a comment WITH YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION! You have till Friday October 2nd to leave a comment and then I will draw a name and post the winner on Saturday. After I contact you, you have 3 days to respond and if you don't, then I'll draw another name.

Okay now hop on over to the wonderfully talented Donna Mundinger and check out her excellent works of art, then keep hopping for MORE PRIZES! Oh and be sure to go see all the other wonderful creations that the other BBTB designers came up with this week!

Good Luck! See ya next time! HUGS!

29 Again? - Bitten By The Bug Challenge and Blog Hop

Hello there! Today is challenge day over at Bitten By The Bug and also we are doing a BLOG HOP with prizes! See that little set of cards up there all done up in a big pink bow? That's what you will win if you are the lucky winner at my stop! Woohoo! There are 3 cards with envelopes in a nifty little clear acrylic box all handmade by ME just for YOU! See deets below on how to win!

Now, on to my challenge card. This week Regina asks us to use the ribbon cut from Cricut's Paper Pups cartridge. I have not ever used this cut before, but I'm glad I have now!

This is a birthday card I made for my cousin. She is 11 days younger than I am and we always joke about who's older before we both become the same age again. So I thought I'd make her a funny card this year.

Since our birthday is in August and our birthstone is Peridot, I used some yummy green rhinestones all the way around the ribbon top. I also used Diamond glaze on the lettering.

Here's the inside of the card. If you zoom in, you can see that I glittered the lettering on the "me too!" Those little flowers are from a Martha Stewart punch...it punches two small and one large flower each time.....love it!

The top circle was made using one of the 100s of digi stamps you can find over at The Cutting Cafe'.

That's about it for this little "Smart Alic" card...LOL...I hope you can join in on the challenge with us this week. Be sure to visit the BBTB site to see all the lovely creations the other designers made this week. If you arrived here from Donna Mundinger's blog, then you are hopping in order. If not, start at the BBTB site and be sure to start at the top so you'll have a chance to win more prizes.

OKAY...for your chance to win the card set at the very tippy top of this post.....Please leave a comment and give me your favorite quick snack......details please! My favorite is fresh veggies (cauliflower, broccoli, cucumbers and carrots) dipped in peppercorn ranch dressing...YUM! Your entries must be in by Friday, September 4th at midnight. I will draw a name on Saturday morning and post the winner then! Now then, hop on over to Kazan Clark's blog, you will be thrilled beyond amazement with her works of art...she's one talented chica! Till next time, HUGS & Smoochies!

Happy Birthday - BBTB Challenge, Blog Hop and GIVEAWAY!

Happy Monday!

Today's the day Regina announces a new challenge over at Bitten By The Bug. This week we are Blog Hopping and giving lots of prizes away! This week's challenge is to use the frame from the Cricut Storybook cartridge. You can find it on page 56 of the manual, or it's the shift cut on the Accent Blackout feature for the number 3 on the key pad.
The fun part about today's challenge is that we are being sponsored by The Cutting Cafe' and each designer got to use a different file from TCC. I got the FRAME JOURNALING FILE to play with on my card and GUESS WHAT? I'll be giving the stamp set file away along with the sweet little birthday stamp I created for my card using Regina's awesome frame shape!
I colored the images in with my Copic markers and then used my paper piercer to go around the outer edge of the frame for a little extra zing! Now, remember to try and do the whole blog hop because each designer will be giving away a different stamp set on each of their blogs. That's a lot of prizes you could be winning!

This little stamp I created to give away to my luck winner was created using my Printmaster program, Regina's awesome frame design, a dingbat cake from Scrapnfonts and a standard font from my computer. The file is yours along with the TCC file if you are the lucky winner.

Now hop on over to see the uber talented Donna Mundinger (Popsicle Toes) for another bit of eye candy and another chance to WIN! GOOD LUCK and thanks for playing along today! HUGS!

Deadline to enter is Friday May 22 at midnight my time. Oh, and be sure to leave an email address for me if you comment anonymously!