Take off!!!

Everyday for almost the past two weeks we have been hit with storms and dreary weather.  So it inspired me to make something cheerful to help me look on the brighter side of things.  I fell in love with the Air Force Penguin file from KaDoodle Bug Designs websiteHERE.  This set can go in so many different directions.  Super, super cute and useful.  I decided to use the stretch card by Lori Whitlock which I purchased from the Silhouette Online Store.  Such a fun shaped card and perfect for this file I thought. The clouds are from the Pearly White Fairies collection.  I welded the rays of the sun for the shadow of the sun since I needed it to be joined considering it would be hanging off the fourth tier/back of the card. You can open the front flaps on either side to write your message.  Hope you like it because it was really fun to work with.  The paper is from Echo Park's Little boy collection except for the clouds, that paper is from Teresa Collins.  And make sure to stop on by KaDoodle Bugs online store..today is the last day of the sale which is an amazing 70% off a purchase of $25 or more!! You will get lost in her store like I did.  I fell in love with her files not knowing what ones to get first! 

Baking bears by Too Cute for Jessica

Hello All!  I am trying to get caught up on my projects because I have so many fun ones I want to share with you all.  Today I made a cute little Thank you for my neighbor using Jessica's Baking Bear file from Too Cute by Jessica.  I love this set and have many ideas on projects to do with it.  You need to stop by because she is having a fantastic sale that you don't want to miss out on.  Right now you can get 70% yes 70% off your purchase of $20 or more.  The sale ends soon so don't wait! OMG her files are just too adorable you will be glad you stocked up at these prices!!!

Sorry about the bad picture.  I had to take it laying down because the pies would of gotten crushed.  My original plan was to make this into a tag but I made it to big!! I still love it anyway and I am sure they will too!

This is the pies without the label.  I wanted to show you so you knew what was underneath!  I usually make a vast amount of these because they go quick and freeze well.  Not that mine ever make it to the freezer!! hahah

Off to get some more crafting done...Have a great day!

Blogger doesn't like me!

I swear my post keep disappearing!!! I had a post up here for the Sisterhood Of Crafters challenge that I am hosting and it has disappeared!  There is still time to play along.  The theme is Stars and Stripes.  I created my card with my Spectrum Noir markers and a mason jar stamp from PaperTrey Ink.

I punched the corners for a little added touch and distressed it in some Tim Holtz Vintage Photo.  The ribbon is from PaperTrey Ink as well.  I am just learning to use my SPectrum Noir markers so be kind! LOL

Another fun challenge is going on over at KaDoodle Bug Designs and it is an anything goes challenge.  I decided to try my hand at Step cards.  I don't think I ever did one and I had so much fun I doubt it will be my last!  I used a few different files to make this card.  First I used the surprise freebie( which you need to grab before it is replaced) called SIMPLY GIRL BEAR 1 .  The sun is from   and the ball as well as the glasses are from Beach Ball Bear.  The drink is from Sun Sheep  and the sun is from Pearly White Fairies. I had to add an adorable face stamp on the sun which I got from my last Peachy Keen Stamp of The Month club which you can find HERE. The sentiment is also from that kit which I just broke up to fit on the banner.

Hope you take time to play along with both of the challenges!

Tea for me and you..

Hello ladies!  I am hurrying to get this post up before the storm hits yet again.  I wanted to share with you all this tea bag caddy that I made with the adorable file from KaDoodle Bug Designs called Tea Time with Me. I am making a couple of pieces with this set and this is the first one I have to share with you all.  I made the caddy from SVG Cuts Tea For You and Me  set.  The paper is from Fancy Pants which is called Time For Spring.  I finished it off with an adorable face from Peachy Keen Stamps.  These would make cute gifts filled with the receivers favorite type of tea which is exactly what I will do with this!  I added the lace trim from Recollections.  Okay it is getting dark now. Hope all you out there in storm land stay safe! Happy Crafting!

Kadoodle Bug Design Projects

Hello everyone!  I hope you are all enjoying this gorgeous weather we have been having (well over here anyway!).  It sure is welcomed after all the cruddy cold and wet weather we have been having.  I wanted to pop on in and share some more projects that I have made with files from KaDoodle Bug Designs

For this cute little box I used the Train case from SVG Cuts Summer Holiday set but put a little boy Dinosaur theme to it.  For the cute tag I used the dinosaur from KBD's Cute Little Dino set.  The papers were from Basic Grey.

I made an altered composition notebook to preserve your summer memories in.  The mermaid is from TOO CUTE BY JESSICA's Under the Sea file which you can find HERE.

This is the card I used for the last challenge which was black, white and one other color.  The image is the free faceless clipart bee which can be found HERE. Grab it before it goes away!! I used a Peachy Keen face stamp for the face.

I used one of those $1 frames from Michaels for this frame and covered it with Basic Grey paper.  I used the Endless Summer file found HERE to decorate it. I had a problem with the beak on the flamingo so I colored it in with my Spectrum Noir markers.

I loved this SVG set called Lemonade Monkeys.  I made a scrapbook page layout using October Afternoon papers. Those monkeys are just too cute!! Perfect for summer photos or Lemonade Stand pictures.

A few quick projects I made

There is another challenge going on over at the Sisterhood of Crafters.  We are doing a theme of "One for the Boys".  Asking you to create a project to celebrate the man in your life.  A man, boy, son, father etc. etc. whatever the project be make it male oriented.  I made a beer mug box, lime box and put it on top of an octagon shaped box.  I plan on giving it to my hubby for Father's Day filled with goodies.  Well I should say I HAD planned on doing that.  I did add some more decorations and embellishments to it.  But apparently my darling daughter thought it looked cool and played with it ripping the handle of the mug off.  The only picture I had was this one on my Iphone before she destroyed it.  The papers I used were actually WITCH HAZEL by October Afternoon meant for Halloween but I thought they looked boyish so I used them!  

I made these to give out as Thank you cards to those who came to my Twin's 4th birthday party.  It was ocean/sea themed so I used this whale from Kaboodle Bug Designs LITTLE SAILORS kit.  I know I am behind the 8 ball but I never used clip art before.  I was so excited that I would able to print out the files just the way they looked on her screen.  This enabled me to make several of these at once and super easy!  Safe to say I am now addicted to clip art.  You will be seeing more of it around...LOL

This is the card that I made from the Little Sailors kit.

This is all that comes with the kit  

Here is my beer mug ensemble from SVG Attic before it got destroyed.

I also made those cute little Tooth Fairy tin to keep those missing teeth safe until the Tooth Fairy comes! LOL I used the Pearly Whites Fairies set from KaDoodle Bug.  I measured the tin and made a shape in my SSDE that resembles the tin to help me get an idea of how to size my images.  I then did the Tooth Shaped house, Tooth Fairy on the outside and the Tooth Fairy on the inside.  While in SSDE I put the text into the cloud.  I think it is a cute way to get the little ones excited about the Tooth Fairy coming!

Here is everything that is included in the set.

Hope you enjoyed all my goodies.  Now I am off to button up and batten down the hatches.  We are expecting to get hit by round two of this horrible storm.

Hugs...

YAY for me!!!

I am running a bit behind due to my twin's birthday party.  But I wanted to share with you that I have made the KaDoodle Bug DT.  I honestly didn't think I would make it but sent my images just for the heck of it.  Much to my surprise I did!!! I couldn't be more excited. I am in awe of her files.  When you purchase them and open them your mouth will fall open.  Do you use MTC? Click that file and it opens in MTC.  Use SSDE?  Click that file and it opens up in Silhouette.  I never saw files so well organized.  And it even comes in Clip Art.  My first time ever using clip art was yesterday when I was in a rush to make tags for my girls birthday party.  I found an image that would work and I was able to print it just as shown!! OMG totally saved the day...only bad thing is now I am addicted to clip art..LOL!  Anyway I wanted to share some projects I have made so far.  You can find KaDoodle Bug's blog HERE and their Facebook page HERE.  Make sure you LIKE them on Facebook.  You don't want to miss out on the awesome freebies Melissa gives out.

My very first project I made was a graduation card for my friend's daughter.  Thank goodness she makes it so easy because I didn't have much time.  I love when you UNGROUP her files (all pieces come on one page) all the same colors move together. I can't tell you how awesome that is!!

For my first card I made an easel card using the following files: ConGRADulations Title, Graduation Owl and  SC Nature's Hoo. 

I fell in love with these turtles from TURTLEY CUTE and knew I had to work with them.  I paired it up with a stamp from Peachy Keen. I love that I can make those adorable eyes with a SVG file.  I stink at drawing!! LOL

My twin's 4th birthday party was an ocean/water theme.  These adorable creatures are from KaDoodle Bug's sister site TOO Cute by Jessica. The file I used called CUTE LITTLE SEA CREATURES can be found HERE.  I made them into cupcake toppers and everyone loved them.  I have pictures of the rest of the decorations and I will post them once I get them all downloaded. What is even better is today is the last day of the sale she has been running.  You get 70% off a purchase of  $25 and more.  WOW you can't beat that!!

Hope you enjoyed my new projects I have made to celebrate my new journey as a DT member of KaDoodle Bug Designs.  I will be sharing more projects shortly!

Check out this new kit!

Svg Attic just released an awesome and unique set this week.  How fun is this set??? It is called Feel Better Soon.  And what is even better is you get this set free with a $9.98 purchase. I am so excited at all the possibilities of this set. The tissue boxes alone make gift giving even easier. How cute would these be dressed up and decorated for all and any season or occasion.  And the first aid box...a fun idea would be to pack it with cold medicine supplies, packs of chicken noodle soup etc etc. Truly there is so many fun ideas to do with this kit. Well I am off to play with this new kit!  I just wanted to pop in to share it with you all...have fun :)

Say it out loud

Hello everyone!  I hope you are enjoying the nicer weather that we have been having lately.  My girls preschool has ended sadly.  They loved going to school.  That also means less crafting for me!  I am late in posting this for that reason.

There is a new challenge over at the Sisterhood of Crafters.  We have a fun challenge for you to play along with.  We are asking you to SAY IT OUT LOUD!  Make a project with only a sentiment, no pictures or images.  I had fun with this one.

For my first project I made a gift bag set using some files from SVG ATTIC.  First I used the sentiment from the G is for Gratitude set and enlarged it to fit a gift bag. The tag and sentiment are not shown in the stock photo but I found that goodie nestled in the files so I took full advantage! I took the tag from the same set and merged it to make a card.  I chopped it down to fit my needs.  The adorable flower is from Mom's English Garden.  I didn't change the size at all.  I loved that paper.  I only had one sheet of it which really stinks.  It is by Cosmo Cricket.

Next I took some scrap pieces of paper from My Mind's Eye I believe.  I found a vellum sentiment so I designed the card around that.

I hope you stop on by and play along with us over at the Sisterhood.

Birthday boy gift set

Hello everyone!  It's been awhile since I posted.  I have been a very busy woman.  I went from doing a 80+ hour volunteering week (yes in one week) straight to baking for a charity birthday party of which 1,000 people were invited to!  Not to mention taking care of my everyday life and my twin little girls!  I couldn't wait to start crafting again.

I was invited to a birthday party next week.  I wanted to work ahead and get it done before I ran out of time.  I made a race track gift box and gift bag from SVG ATTIC's recently released set called DAY AT THE RACES.  I used my knife feature on my SSDE to cut out the Big Hat lady and I replaced it with a race car which I welded to the bottom and then layered it.  I added the ribbon from the ribbon card along with paper from Echo Park's paper line Little Boy.  I made the set complete with a racetrack gift box.  What little boy wouldn't love his very own race track??? LOL I took the picture before my Stickles dried so the windows on the cars look funny.

The Day at the Races set includes the most beautiful peony flower.  Not only does it go together really easy it is just gorgeous.  I will say it is probably my favorite SVG of a flower so far!  You don't even have to make the race track into a car or horse track  You can make it into a regular gift box.  And you HAVE to check out the Big Hat Lady gift bag...it is just adorbs!

I got to work on another SVG ATTIC project today.  It is almost finished so I will be sharing it shortly. It is so good to be crafting again!  See you soon :)

It's a Free For All at the Sisterhood

Good morning everyone!  I don't know about you but I wish Mother Nature would make up her mind.  Last week it was so hot that I almost put on my central air.  It was 80 degrees in my house.  I didn't because I thought it was obsurd to put it on in April.  Now this week I had to turn the heat on and bring back out the hats and coats...bbrrrrr

We have a fun and super easy challenge for you all over at the Sisterhood of Crafters.  It is a free for all.  Make whatever you please!!  How easy is that????

It is coming upon Communion and Confirmation season.  It is very hard to find SVG's for this occasion.  I have 5 total that I am invited to with 4 of them being boys.  SVG ATTIC released a set that was perfect for this.  It is called FULL OF GRACE.  I was excited that the card made it so easy for me to make the cards that I needed in literally minutes.  I changed the communion wafer to the cross card since it was already a circle.  I cut the chalice out in several colors but couldn't decide what I liked.  So I took a white one and colored it in with my new Spectrum Noir markers to give it some detail. Then I took the label from the Kiss the Cook set also from SVG ATTIC and used the knife feature in my Silhouette Designer edition (I just love this tool) and cut the file to fit the card.  Added some TH distressing ink and wallah I was done! I just fell in love with the cross box that is also in the kit.  Those flowers look so detailed but yet they are easy to put together.  Gotta love that.  I thought that the cross box would be a cute and different way to put a gift inside. They could always keep it to put their Rosary beads in or a little keepsake. I love those little boys and girls and have lots of ideas to make projects with those cuts.

Next I took some papers and stamps from Stampin up! and made a quick card to add to my stash.  I don't have many of these cards and sadly you always need them. I love, love, love this paper and it is to bad that I covered most of it up :(

I hope you stop on by the Sisterhood and play along with our challenge.  It lasts two weeks so there is plenty of time for you to get crafty.  Have a great day!

Peachy Keen Spring Blog Hop Day #1

Hello everyone!  I am super excited to be part of this awesome blog hop. If you came here from Gigi's blog then you are right on track.  If not, you can start at the beginning by clicking HERE.  I am sure you have read  about the awesome prize being offered on this hop.  You need to leave a comment on each blog along the hop in order to be in it for the prize.  One current or past DT member on this hop will be picked to chose a comment from their blog to win an awesome and I mean awesome prize. 

If you win you will receive the April Face Assortment stamps, The Moodies in ALL THREE SIZES.  This prize package is valued at $50. We won't know who it is until the blog starts so that is why it is important to leave a comment on each and every blog.

Want more?? On Thursday, April 25th the second day of the hop will be held with more prizes up for grabs so don't miss out on the chance to get your hands on some Peachies!

I am very excited to now own some markers to color with.  I invested in some Spectrum Noir markers.  Okay not some I got them ALL..LOL An early birthday gift to myself.  Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to learn how to use them for this hop but I had so much fun using them I couldn't stop.  Now I have a very far way to go before I know how to use them properly but I am having a blast learning.

This is my very first project that I did with my markers. I used the PKS June 2012 Stamp of the Month kit for this project.  

For my next project I wanted to make a little THANK YOU set to have on hand, an easel card and a gift box.  This one took me many many tries to get stamped the way I wanted it to look.  I took the adorable mouse from PKS-350 Colby and Jack  stamp set and stamped him first.  Then I masked him off and stamped some extra chunks of cheddar cheese around him.  The cheese wedge is from SVG ATTIC's Aged to Perfection set.  I took one slice from the wedge to use it as a gift box to go with the card.  I thought it would be cute since it matched my image.  I used PKS-298 Grampa's Pajamas background stamp to jazz up the yellow card stock on the cheese. I just love having background stamps in my stash.  

And last but not least I made this card up quick.  I decided last minute to round the corners and it is something that is irking me as I stare at it while I do this post.  I forgot to round the DP before I made the card first!!  I tried to remove the center image that I popped up with Stampin' Up! dimensionals but man those suckers stick good.  It started to rip so I decided to leave it as is. The butterflies and the sentiment come from the freshly released 

April SOTM kit. I originally colored the butterflies to match this paper other paper that I loved.  But when I started to put the card together I decided on going for a much simpler approach and changed direction all together. 

So there you have it, you have all seen my very first, second and third projects I did with my spanking new markers.  I am so excited to have them if you can't tell already...LOL I have some AMAZING, AMAZING Peachy Keen DT members work to study to give me some guidance in this whole new journey I am trying out.  I feel like a kid again coloring..

If you are not a Stamp of the month member and would like to see what you are missing click HERE. Below you will read some of the benefits you receive when becoming a member.

KIT Details:

• Kit subscriptions are a recurring monthly payment that you may opt out of at any time. 
• Each month, you will receive one 8.5" x 11" stamp kit containing tons of mix and match elements for many occasions! No repeat images, each month is unique and original.
• Several Kit options (International subscriptions and ala cart) are available. Shipping is included, please be sure to find the correct item for your country.

KIT Schedule:

• Kits will be automatically billed* and mailed to all subscribers on the 6th of each month (*we will contact subscribers if there is a problem processing your payment).
• Previews will be available to subscribers on the 1st of every month, and sneak peeks will begin on our blog from the 2nd through the 5th.Products will be launched on the evening of the 5th for shipment on the 6th.
• Order your kit before the 5th of each month to receive the past month's kit.  

Now get on hopping and head on over to the ever so talented Leanne's blog!  Have fun hopping!!

SPRING FLING BLOG HOP

Blog Hop Order Thursday, April 18th:

Peachy Keen Stamps Blog - http://www.peachykeenstamps.blogspot.com/

Kristi Bennett - http://littlepapersprinkles.blogspot.com/

Janice Wilson - http://www.stampingwithjanice.blogspot.com/

Samantha Casey - http://samanthacasey.blogspot.com/

Cindy Beland - http://www.cindybcreations.blogspot.com/

Jennie Garcia - http://earthyscrap.blogspot.com/

Gigi McKellips - http://www.thecricutbug.blogspot.com/

Lisa Buttafuoco - http://www.our2angelsinheaven.blogspot.com/ ** YOU ARE HERE**

Leanne Garner - http://createdbyleanne.blogspot.com/

DoBea Alberts - http://www.dobeaalberts.blogspot.com/

Heather Hoffman - http://housesbuiltofcards.blogspot.com/

Heidi Giebel - http://gotscraps.blogspot.com/

Emily Kluender - http://www.creationsofanarmywife.blogspot.com/

Tanya Adams - http://www.nonnascraftcorner.blogspot.com/

Cristina Garcia - http://www.craftingwithcristina.com/

Sandra Rosario- http://365daysofcricut.blogspot.com/

Animals in the house!

Hello everyone!  I am happy to be hosting the new challenge over at the Sisterhood.  The challenge is all about animals.  We are asking you to create a project with an animal (s) on it.  I had fun with this one.  I created a lunch box for my niece Beth who loves frogs.  I completed the whole box and the frog but I was stuck on the eyes.  She loves red eyed tree frogs so I wanted to make a box with a frog on it.  Every time I went to put on the red eyes it just looked like it was possessed.  I struggled with it and struggled with it and put it aside. I decided to put on googly eyes instead.  Well I couldn't find the eyes I wanted and I was trying to get the picture done before the sun went down.  I found these giant eyes and started laughing.  I put them on the frog and I just couldn't stop laughing.  I had to leave them on there just for giggles!  I hope she finds it as funny as I do!! I may end up taking them off but who knows! LOL

Next I came up with a quick tag for a baby.  It can be attached to any gift or package.

I hope you stop on by and play with our challenge over at the Sisterhood!

I have been locked out! But I am finally back!

Hello everyone!  It seems that blogger doesn't like me.  I have been blocked out for days and not even able to leave comments.  Not to mention that the past couple of posts that I scheduled didn't go up.  There is still a couple of more days left on our Easter challenge at the Sisterhood of Crafters.  We do have an awesome sponsor this week so stop on by and link up your projects to be entered into the drawing.  I made this card with some Peachy Keen stamps and a file from SVG Cuts.  The card came from the Cotton Tail Village SVG set.  The paint splats on the egg are from the PKS Easter Egg Paint fight stamp set  and the eye is actually a penguin eye.  For the life of me I can not remember which set but I masked off the other one so only one would show. I believe most of the paper is Cosmo Cricket but don't hold me to it!

Now this is the card that I made for the past Sisterhood challenge that never posted!! ARRGGHH 

The challenge was to make a card using mostly green papers.  Since I am not much of a St. Patty's Day stamper I used some scraps and a stamp from PaperTrey Ink.  I can always use Thank you cards in my stash!