I Almost Forgot.....

I almost forgot to share the projects I did with the Smaller Than A Bread Box kit for October at Apron Strings Designs.  This kit was packed with wonderful paper from Bo Bunny, Studio Calico and Lily Bee....

Here are a couple of cards I whipped up with the scraps:

I hope that you are having a wonderful start to the week!!  I am in the process of making my kids costumes....I was hoping to have them done by now, but I have had a terrible cold that I am now just getting over.  I will have to share my little spooks for 2010 after the fun and candy filled day is over.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Hugs,

New Caardvarks Challenge With Penny Black

Hello everyone!!  I hope you have all enjoyed the JustRite blog hop this week and gathered some wonderful ideas for your Christmas cards. 

Caardvarks has a new challenge up.  It went up on Wednesday, but I didn't want to overwhelm you all with the JustRite hop and this card, so today I am going to share with you the card I created with the cute little Mimi's Christmas stamps that I received from Penny Black.  I used my Cricut and Gypsy to weld the shape of the card from the Once Upon A Princess cartridge.

      Supplies:

        Cardstock, ribbon: Stampin' Up!

        Patterned paper:

        Stamps: Penny Black

        Markers: Copic

        Pen: Sakura Souffle

        Die cut card: Cricut Expression with Gypsy and Once

            Upon A Princess and Winter Woodland cartridges

So, hop on over to the Caardvarks blog and check out the fun challenge that we have going on and the fab prizes up for grabs.......

I also have THIS SUMMER CARD featured on the Core'dinations blog today.  Hop on over and check it out.

Hugs,

JustRite 12 Weeks of Christmas Blog Hop 7

Hello and welcome to my blog and the Just Rite Stampers' newest Wednesday feature, 12 Weeks of Christmas Blog Hops 7!  If you have come from Beth Pingry's blog, you are in the right place.  If not and you just now stumbled on this blog post, hop on over to the Just Rite Inspiration blog to start at the beginning so that you can see all of the wonderful projects in this hop.

Every Wednesday up until Thanksgiving some of your favorite designers will be joining some of the JustRite design team for a series of Christmas blog hops, showcasing JustRite’s entire Christmas Collection of stamps! You also might see some projects from the JustRite design team, using some of their newly released line of CLING stamps! You can find the new collection of cling stamps HERE. This week, the designers joining us are most of the Spellbinders and Caardvarks design teams! So mark your calendars for Wednesdays at 9am Central for great Christmas gift, card & project ideas, starting at the JustRite Inspiration blog!

I created my card with Christmas Nested Sentiments & Verse, Christmas Treasures, and Hearts Come Home sets.

      Supplies:
        Stamps: JustRite
        Cardstock: Stampin' Up! (white) and The Paper Company (kraft)
        Markers: Copic
        Embossing: Cuttlebug with Swiss Dots embossing folder
        Scallops: Cricut Expression with Cindy Loo cartridge
        Twine: The Twinery
        Eyelets: We R Memory Keepers

Please visit these designers’ blogs to see what fabulous JustRite Christmas inspiration they have for you on the hop today!! Thanks for stopping by!!

JustRite Inspiration Blog
Spellbinders Blog
Debbie Olson
Kimberly Crawford
Sharon Harnist
Beth Pingry
Amy Crockett (this is me)
Kellie Fortin
Latisha Yoast
Becca Feeken
Lucy Abrams
Sankari Wegman
AJ Otto 
Beate Johns
Heidi Van Laar
Kazan Clark
Julie Overby
Peet Roeven
Michele Kovack
Judy Hayes
Kathy Racoosin
Stephanie Kraft
Terre Fry
Angela Barkhouse
Holly Simoni
Heidi Blankenship

Haunted House Card For Halloween

It is getting closer and closer to my kids favorite holiday.....HALLOWEEN and so I thought I would make this card to share with you today.  I used the October 31st cartridge to cut the house.  Since I cut it so small, it didn't cut extremely clean, but that just added to the spookiness of it.

      Supplies:
        Cardstock, stamp, punches, ribbon, twine, ink: Stampin' Up!
        Patterned Paper: Scribble Scrabble
        Die cut: Cricut Expression with October 31st cartridge

I made this card for the Halloween project challenge at My Pink Stamper.  I also used the Mojo Monday sketch 159 for this card.  Thanks for visiting!!

Hugs,

Welcome Card

Here is another card with my new Copic markers and Unity Stamps.  I used Sketch 188 at CPS for this card.  For those of you who have a Cricut, did you know that the Once Upon A Princess cart has tons of labels on it??  I found that out when my friend Tomi used it to design last month on the ScrapbookPal blog.

      Supplies:
        Cardstock: Stampin' Up! (white and berry), The Paper Company (kraft)
        Patterned paper: Stampin 'Up!
        Stamps: Unity (houses), Stampin' Up! (sentiment)
        Die cut labels: Cricut Expression with Once Upon A Princess cart
        Ink: Stampin' Up! and Momento
        Markers: Copic
        Other: ribbon and button (both unknown)

I love the rich colors that I get with the Copic markers with little work.  Just like when I was a kid, I do need to learn to color within the lines again.....LOL

Thanks for stopping by!!

Hugs,

Two In Love Card With Some New Favorites

Hello everyone!!  I hope you have had a fantastic start to your weekend.  Today, the sun is shining and we will be reaching some pretty warm temperatures for this time of the year.  I think that the kids and I may have to sneak down to the park this afternoon.

Over the last few weeks, I have discovered two new favorites......Copic markers and Unity stamps.  I have tried many other coloring techniques and I absolutely love how easy that the Copic markers make coloring my stamped images.  I bought mine from ScrapbookPal.  Did you know that they have free shipping on all orders over $25?  I paid a great price and free shipping for my Copic markers.  I also have been wanting to try some Unity stamps and so when they had a great sale a couple of weeks ago, I picked up a couple of sets.  Today, I have this card to share with you that combines these two new favorites in my scrap room.......along with one of my long time favorite sketch challenges at 2 Sketches 4 You.

      Supplies:
        Cardstock, linen thread: Stampin' Up!
        Stamp: Unity
        Markers: Copic
        Die-cuts: Cricut Expression with Straight From The Nest and
            Gypsy Wanderings created with the Gypsy
        Embossing: Cuttlebug with Swiss Dots embossing folder
        Ribbon: Seam binding I crinkled and dyed with Glimmer Mist
        Button: Fancy Pants

So, tell me, what are some of your new favorite tools/supplies??  How about some of your favorite stand by's??  Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment.  Check back later today.....I may have another card to share with you that uses these two new favorites again.........

Hugs,

Howdy Card With Woody From Toy Story

I don't know about you, but I have a son who is a major fan of the movie Toy Story, so when this cartridge was announced, there was no doubt that I would have to get it.  I have many wonderful ideas on how I want to use this cart.  This is the first card I have made with it.  I cut Woody and this fabulous wood frame image from this cart.

Here are the steps to re-create this card:
-Cut the frame and layers at 3 1/2 inches and assemble
-Cut Woody and layers at 2 1/2 inches and assemble
-Attach silver brads in the corners of the frame
-Cut brown cardstock at 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches
-Cut denim blue cardstock at 5 1/4 x 4 inches
-Using the Distressed Stripes embossing folder and the Cuttlebug, emboss the denim blue cardstock
-Cut vanilla colored cardstock into a 1 1/2 x 4 1/4 inch strip
-Stamp sentiment in the center of the vanilla cardstock and then tear a little cardstock off the long edges
-Ink the edges of all the cardstock and die cut pieces with a Colorbox Fluid Chalk Cat's Eye ink pad in Dark Brown
-Adhere the denim blue cardstock to the brown cardstock and layer the rest of the pieces as shown in the picture above
-Tie a red ribbon below the frame and add two silver brads to each end of the vanilla cardstock
-Finish it off by attaching this to an A2 cardstock base (5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches and folded in half the long way)

Supplies:
Cardstock, stamp: Stampin' Up!
Die cuts: Cricut Expression with Toy Story cartridge
Embossing: Cuttlebug with Distressed Stripes embossing folder
Ribbon: Creating Keepsakes
Brads: Making Memories
Ink: Colorbox Fluid Chalk (Dark Brown), Stampin' Up! (blue)

Here is the sketch that I created from this card:

If you use this sketch, I would love to see it.....please post a link in the commnets.  Thanks for stopping by!!

Hugs,

Halloween Tag and Cri-kits WINNERS!!

Hello everyone!!  I hope you are having a great weekend.  I had the wonderful opportunity to attend the Utah Cricut Swarm.  It was so fun to see and meet some wonderful people.  I forgot to take my camera *sigh* and my phone camera was acting up and so I didn't get any shots to share with you.  I did make a tag and take some ribbon to swap with everyone.  It was so fun to see some of my message board friends, meet some other message board members and also to meet some new friends.

Here is the tag that I took to swap with other attendees:

      Supplies:
        Cardstock, ribbon, pen, hemp twine: Stampin' Up!
        Patterned Paper: Scribble Scrabble
        Die cuts: Cricut Expression with Gypsy Wanderings, Mini Monsters and
          October 31st cartridges
        Embossing: Cuttlebug with Heritage embossing folders
        Ink: Colorbox Fluid Chalk
        Button: Fancy Pants
        Glitter: Stickles

I was drawn to compete for an Imagine, and they had three of us do a witches cackle into the microphone....I didn't walk away with the imagine machine for that one (my heart was beating so fast and I totally forgot to breathe....lol), but I did get a consolation prize of the Rose Quilling kit for the Cuttlebug.  I can't wait to try it out!!

Now, on to the winners in my latest blog giveaway.......

Thanks to everyone who entered and also those that have chosen to follow my blog.  It was fun reading about all of your favorite cartridge....there is a wide array of choices and just as many different repsonses.  My favorite cartridge right now is Winter Frolic....but that can change from day to day like so many of you stated.  ;)

I have gone to Random.org to draw for the two winners for the Cri-Kits giveaway and they are:

Winner #1 is:

 Lori at Sentimental Xpressions

and

Winner #2 is:

Tracy at Scrappin In The Woods

Congrats Ladies!!  I will be contacting you shortly.  If you don't hear from me before you see this, please click on the Email Amy link on the left sidebar and send me your shipping address so that I can forward it on to Cri-Kits and they can ship out your prizes.  I wish I had something to send to all of you because I totally ♥ my blog readers.  If you are not one of the randomly drawn winners, you can hop on over to the Cri-Kits website and purchase your own set.....they are FABULOUS!!

I have some more wonderful goodies to give away soon, so don't forget to check back.

Hugs,

New Caardvarks Challenge With SRM Stickers

There is a fun new challenge up today at Caardvarks today....it is a Sensational Stickers Scrap-lift challenge.  You get to pick one of the DT's cards and scrap-lift it.  We got to use the new SRM stickers.  These stickers are so wonderful....they are so easy to work with and they melt right into your paper or cardstock.

First up is the card that you can scrap-lift from the Caardvarks blog.  I used my Winter Frolic cartridge to create this cute little bunny and the SRM stickers are the "•let it snow  •let it snow  •let it snow" sentiment:

For this card, I used my Cricut and Gypsy to create the scallops with the holes and the SRM stickers are the cupcake and "eat cake" sentiment:

I used my Cricut to cut the leaves and the "count your blessings" is from SRM Stickers.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Don't forget about my giveaway that you can find HERE.....I will be picking a winner on Friday 10/8.

Hugs,

World Card Making Day - Part 2

Hello again!!  I hope that you have had some time to get cards made for World Card Making Day.  I have been busy getting some DT projects completed, but I wanted to take a moment to share this card with you that I created with the current card sketch at Twisted Sketches.  It is my last one as a member of the card design team at Twisted Sketches.  It has been really fun to stretch out and try new things as well as work with the wonderful sketches Anam provided us with.

      Supplies:
        Cardstock: Stampin' Up!
        Die cuts: Cricut Expression with Sweethearts, MS All Occasions
          Cake Art, and  Stamping Solutions cartridges
        Brad: Making Memories
        Ribbon: American Crafts
        Button: 7 Gypsies
        Other: printed paper from a book, sewing machine and thread

The sketch for this card was really fun to work with....the twist was "Love".  If you are looking for some inspiration for your cards today, hop on over to the Twisted Sketches Blog and play along with us.

Don't forget to enter for my giveaway on THIS POST.  Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful World Card Making Day!!

Hugs,

Happy World Card Making Day 2010!!

Hello!!  Did you know that today is World Card making Day??  It all started in 2006 with Paper Crafts Magazine and card makers all over the world take the opportunity to make and share cards with each other in celebration.  I have joined in on the Celebrate - Blog Tour that you can find by clicking the picture below (and then clicking on the Mr. Linky icon):

I have a couple of cards to share with you today, but lets start off with this card that I made from this weeks sketch at 2 Sketches 4 You.  I used my Cricut to cut a label from Once Upon A Princess for the card base and then folded it in half.  The cute little deer is from the Give A Hoot cartridge.

For the deer, I added some fun flock to make him fuzzy.  I also couldn't find a stamp with the sentiment that I wanted, so I stamped "friend" with a Stampin' Up! stamp and then wrote "dear" above it:

      Supplies:
        Cardstock: Stampin' Up! (white, pink, kraft); Bazzill (green, brown)
        Die cuts: Cricut Expression with Give A Hoot and Once Upon A Princess
        Ribbon: Michaels
        Stamp, ink, pen: Stampin' Up!
        Flock: Doodlebug
        Other: button, embroidery floss

So, what are you plans today??  Do you hope to make some cards or scrapbook today??  There are many blog hops and giveaways going on today.  Do you plan to participate??  I have a few design team projects that I am working on and then I will be off to have dinner with some family.  Don't forget that I have a giveaway going on HERE.

Hugs,

Birdcage Thank You Card Using Cri-Kits & Giveaway

This giveaway is now closed.....check back soon for another chance to win some more goodies!!

A couple of weeks ago, I attended the Scrapbook USA Expo in Sandy, Utah and I got to meet some wonderful people (see the post HERE).  I also met the awesome people in the Cri-Kits booth and they gave me a set of pens to try out.  Cri-Kits is a company that has developed a gel pen holder that goes inside your Cricut and you can draw with it....they worked wonderfully and the gel pens were so smooth....no skipping at all.  I used my Gypsy for placement with the drawing and cutting.

You just insert the Cri-Kits gel pens inside the holder (there is a little magnet that pulls in and holds the gel pens in place).  I used the Metallic gel pens on my card.

Next, I replaced the blade housing with the Cri-Kits holder.  After you are done drawing, you can unload your mat if you don't intend to cut around the image you drew, but if you want to cut around it, like I did on the bird cages or the label on my card, Do NOT unload your mat.  You will want to place a piece of scratch paper under the pen (to keep the pen from marking your paper) as you carefully unscrew the holder and replace it with the blade and blade housing.

Return to your image and continue with cutting around your images and then assemble your card.

I also drew out this title for a scrapbook page and colored it in with red stripes.  I used the Lyrical Letters for the font.

Guess what?!?  Cri-Kits has offered to give away TWO sets of the Cri-Kits gel pens with a carrier on my blog. 

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  If you would like to enter for a set of these Cri-Kits gel pens along with a carrier, please leave a comment below telling me what your favorite Cricut cartridge is. 
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  Be sure to leave contact information in your post so that I can contact you if you win. 
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  You don't need to be a follower to win, but if you like my blog and want to see more, I would be happy if you decided to sign up on the right sidebar.  I also plan on doing another giveaway for my followers soon and if you follow or subscribe, you will get updated when I post that giveaway. 
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  Only one comment per person, please. 
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  I will be drawing the winners, by random draw, one week from today, on Friday October 8th, so check back to see if you are one of the two lucky winners. 

Thanks to Cri-Kits for sponsoring this giveaway.  GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!

  Supplies:

        Cardstock, ribbon: Stampin' Up!

        Cricut Expression with Serenade and Lyrical Letters carts

    Cri-Kits

    Rhinestones: Creating Keepsakes

Hugs,