Cards, etc., etc.

Here is a card using the wonderful frosted card panels from SHORTCUTS. The BBTB team will do a challenge shortly  using these sheets, and my card for that challenge will be shown then and I will give you the link for their shoppe. . I love the way the design just sort of hangs in midair...




I made a pact. I was going to spend a whole week making cards that were comprised on ONLY scrapbin papers and trays of sitting-around embellished die cuts.  I made about 80 cards, some very very simple, others a little more design-worthy ...  Now, I must admit though...the papers are scrapbin contributions, but on the these cards I  had to seek final designs from the Indie Art and Home Decor carts for sentiments and die cuts. 

BBTB/Storybook/The Cutting Cafe..BLOG STUFF...

UPDATE: I am happy to announce the winner of the draw.  Our winner is: JENNRO. Please email me soon so that we can make arrangements for the win to arrive in your email box. 

Well, this is one exciting BBTB post because there is some fantastic blog candy for you to win.  Our BBTB challenge is to use one of Regina's printable stamps from The Cutting Cafe, and so we have the Cricut in the mix, we are to use the frame cut on Storybook.  This is the card I made. 

 You will see a cupcake on the card.  The Cupcake printable stamp is being offered by Regina as blog candy.  Here is the Cupcake Gallery so you can take a peek at the awesome cards made by the designers. http://thecuttingcafe.typepad.com/photos/me/index.html

Now, ...we will draw a winner for the Cupcake Printable Stamps on May 23rd. All you have to do is leave a comment here on my blog.  All comments left will be considered for the draw unless you state that you do not wish to be in the drawing.  And if you leave your name, be sure to check back ...in case you are the winner, I will need some information. The winner will  need to contact me no later than May 29th or I will do another draw.  If you want to see more wonderful cards, follow my lead to DeeDee's site, and once there you can sign up for more blog candy. Isn't this wonderful? Now...hurry to DeeDee's blog and drink in her fantastic cards and sign up for her blog candy.  http://deedeecampbell.blogspot.com/, 

Hallmark Challenge/Indie Art

We have so  much fun on Hallmark Messageboard taking turns with challenges.  It was my turn for the next challenge and since I so love the Butterfly cut on Indie Art, that is what I selected. 

There are several cards posted already and I had to hurry to catch up.  Here is my card. The butterflies were cut from a transparency that was colored with alcohol inks.  Shout out to Sandi (Celtic Woman)  http://wwwpapertrail-celticwoman.blogspot.com/ who does a most glorious transparency butterfly and it was from her I learned. 

Frog Blog Candy Winner

There is a winner on the Frog Tote.  Please scroll down to the tote posting for details. 

TCC/Cupcake

These two cards are designed from the darling Cupcake Set on Regina's The Cutting Cafe site. I love this set.

Please...stop by http://thecuttingcafe.typepad.com/ The little "wish" is from a Quickutz die, and the butterfly on the other card is from my oh so neat Indie Art cart. Be sure to watch out for posts coming up.  A wonderful blog candy will show up. 

You'll love it, I know....

BBTB/WC/SmileyFace

What a challenge!  Regina asked us to use the Smiley/Frown Face from the Wild Card cartridge for the current BBTB challenge and I had no idea what I could make from this.  But here is what I came up with, and I do hope you will hop over to the BBTB site and take in the challenges from the designers.  Wonderful ideas.

Hallmark Scrapbook Challenge/SYI/Paisley

We are trying to put some oomph back into challenges on the Hallmark Scrapbook messageboard.  This week was Deb's challenge choice and she asked all to do a card or design from the Stretch Your Imagination cartridge and to use the Paisley cut.  Here is my take on that challenge.  

BBTB/BB/Vase

Happy Monday night to all.  I am just back from Los Angeles with my friends from New Zealand and they are so excited to be viewing a completely different world here in Calif and Arizona. 

I am so thrilled they are here. 

Meantime I am posting Regina's challenge to use the BB cart, the vase and the word Mom in a card design.  The designers for BBTB are just so so so awesome I hope you will stop by www.regina-bittenbythebug.blogspot.com and take a look at their creations.  Here is mine. My mother died when I was just 25 years old,  I was just barely married for 2 months. This card is for her.  TFL. 

BBTB/DC/Border/BLOGHOP

Now....onto explaining what you have to do for the Blog Hop. I am showing my Blog Candy, or as it were "blog fabric candy" and it's this small Butterfly tote done in a yellow striped fabric, embroidery is the Butterfly. Just leave your name on my comments in this blog, tell me you'd love to have a chance to win the Butterfly tote and I will put your name in the hat. If there are a lot of participants, I will use random.org for the selection. The drawing is Saturday, May 2nd. If your name appears on the blog post as the winner, please email me with your email address and I will get your mailing address. I leave for California on May 3 and return May 4th, so I will mail out the Tote on Wednesday May 5th. Meantime, to win even MORE blog candy and to see even MORE wonderful challenge cards, blog hop over to Jen's blog athttp://jenthecrazyscrapbooker.blogspot.com/ 
ATTENTION: Random.org with 67 names has been completed and the winner of the Butterfly Tote bag is...............PAS.  Pas, Please email me at crayola58@gmail.com, and leave me the mailing address.  Keep in mind I leave for California tomorrow, May 3,  for just one day...and I will return on Monday.  I will  mail the tote on Tuesday, May 5th. . IF PAS DOES NOT RESPOND BY MAY 10, I WILL DO A SECOND DRAWING. Thanks to everyone for playing the Blog Hop, and for stopping by to make nice comments on my blog.  I appreciated each and everyone. 

Next blog hop will  have some pretty neat blog candy from me.  Stay tuned!!!

AND HERE IS THE BBTB CARD.
Well...this is most exciting! Regina has put into action a Blog Hop.
And I am so pleased to be not only part of sharing my cards on the BBTB design team, but now I can participate in a new and exciting world of Blog Hopping.
First, I am pleased to show my card using Doodlecharms, and the border cut. We were allowed to use any cut we wanted off the DC cart so long as we used the border cut. I chose the ice cream cone AND the cupcake because I think these are sooooooo darling.
And of course I tossed in the hats as well. 

Frog Blog

Happy Sunday to all.  I am offering up a Frog Blog (Candy) for a drawing MAY 15TH.  For anyone who just leaves a comment on my blog in the Frog Blog Section, I will put your name in the hat for the drawing....and if there are enough participants, I will do the random.org process. 

This little tote is in pink and green with black stripes, and the frog is doing ....whatelse?...Leap Frog over the snail.  Hope you like it, and I hope you participate. 

MAY 15, 2009 ... We have a winner and the winner is....Fi. 

Fi, please email me .... give me your mailing address in the email and I will mail Froggy out.  A big thank you to everyone who stopped by my blog to take a look and join in the Frog Blog Candy. If Fi does not respond with her address by May 22, I will do another Random.0rg drawing.  

UPDATE: I have mailed the tote to Fi.  Thanks to everyone. 

DOIN' THE HAPPY DANCE

For months I have struggled to make direct links in my posts for the wonderful blogs I love to see.  And I simply could not.  Seems I had one little block of instructions secretly blocking my efforts.  But Mone' of Red Rubber Stamps just helped me cure all that stress and I am so proud to announce I CAN MAKE A DIRECT LINK NOWWWWWWW.  Slowly I will get all those apologies wiped clean of the post and see to it there is a direct link to those wonderful blogs and sites I want you to see. 

All About Smiles

I am so pleased to show these two Awards. The "Your Blog Makes Me Smile" award comes to me from Margie (http://bellabugcreations.blogspot.com) and Patti http://thefrustratedcrafter.blogspot.com/ and the darling LadyBug Award was given to me by two lovely ladies, Krista http://bellaaideesmom.blogspot.com and Anna Dawn (http://memoriesbyannadawn.blogspot.com). How wonderful is this to get TWO? Thank you, ladies...and now I pass these on to the following blogs that give me inspiration, and certainly make me smile.
Margie http://bellabugcreations.blogspot.com
Kris http://www.klcardcollection.blogspot.com
Sandi http://wwwpapertrail-celticwoman.blogspot.com
Shelly http://cardsbyshelly.blogspot.com
Scossie Jane http://scossiejane.blogspot.com

TCC/All About Mom/Happy Birthday

Here is another card that was created using a wonderful round sentiment tag from Regina's The Cutting Cafe' I so love these round sentiments and I plan to make a gazillion cards using them. That Regina.... she is so awesome! I added, as well, one of the neat flowers that I learned to make from looking at http://inspirationaltechniquesandtutorials.blogspot.com/2009/03/cuttlebug-and-nestie-tutorial-make.html. DeeDee led me to this site when I saw her darling cards featuring these flowers. Awesome stuff. You can see DeeDee's blog  here....http://deedeecampbell.blogspot.com/

BBTB/TB&M/E-Mail

What a darling challenge Regina lined up for us on the BBTB team this week. She let us select an image of our choice from PEGGY LOVES VINTAGE. I liked them all, but the sweet Elephant caught my eye the most. We were to use the Inch Bag on the TB&M cartridge and incorporate the image from Peggy's darling designs. Do stop by the Bitten By The Bug site ( http://www.regina-bittenbythebug.blogspot.com/) just look at the darling creations that the designers submitted. And I think I was in good company because so many selected the cute little Elephant. Hence my E-Mail bag. And although I am not able to make a direct link, here is the link for Peggy Loves Vintage. You'll like what she has to offer.http://www.peggylovesvintage.com/

All Smiles

Dear sweet Margie has given me a Blog Award and I so so appreciated it. I was blog surfing earlier and I saw this Award on someone's blog and I wanted one too. Thanks to Margie, I have one now. Stop over to visit Margie's blog. You'll smile at the creations. http://bellabugcreations.blogspot.com/
Now I shall pass on this Award to 5 of blogs that make me smile.
Carla http://moralia.wordpress.com/
Carol http://crazyforcrafting.blogspot.com/
CPeep http://extremecards.blogspot.com/
Lillie http://d-swat.blogspot.com/
Michelle http://bcr8iv.blogspot.com/

TCC/All About Mom

Regina did it again.... The Cutting Cafe' has the most awesome Mother's Day printable stamps. There are so many to choose from and .....well......you will see that I made several cards because I just couldn't stick with one. The flower is something I just learned from DeeDee's site (Scrappin with DeeDee,...(http://deedeecampbell.blogspot.com/) this flower is awesome and so easy. And every time you make one with different papers, you get a different look. Please...stop by The Cutting Cafe' and take a look at the wonderful printable stamps from Regina. The printables for All About Mom will be released very soon and these are not just about Mother's Day  http://thecuttingcafe.typepad.com/

BBTB/GS/Time

Our design challenge this week from Regina was to use the Graphically Speaking cartridge, and design with the 24/7 cut. I do not have the GS cart, but my dear friend Kris Lancaster graciously sent me cuts. Thank you, Kris. Please stop by the BBTB site so you can see the fantastic cards and projects being presented. You will find the link under my Places I visit....Awesome! Here is my take on that challenge.

SALE at The Cutting Cafe'

Happy Friday all...Regina just announced a Two For One sale at The Cutting Cafe'. Please stop in and take a look at the wonderful printable designs that Regina does.. Here is the link: http://thecuttingcafe.typepad.com/the_cutting_cafe/2009/04/easter-weekend-special-two-for-one.html

TCC/Flower Card

Hello and Happy Friday.... Easter is just a few days away. I used to love Easter, I looked forward to family gathering and picnics, my new Easter Dress and Shoes. Now sadly it's whittled down to a quiet day. I will take a nice dinner out to my Uncle Jack's to enjoy on Sunday. Here is my second card designed for Regina's http://thecuttingcafe.typepad.com/ . I picked the stems this time because I love their twisting and swirling little messages. I have a tray of these wooden flowers so I added that to the cute stem, put on a ribbon, put on a leaf cut from my Sizzix die, ran the card through the Cuttlebug Embossing Folder and said "it's done". I like the simplicity of this card and I hope you do too. Although the photo of the card is correct, when I upload it, the photo shows the card sideways. I can't seem to fix that. I apologize for the tilt... Please take a look at the wonderful printable stamps ... 

TCC/Bunny Card

I was so elated to be chosen to serve on the team for Regina's The Cutting Cafe', and I was anxious to get my very first card designed. Here it is. I hope you like it because it makes me grin. I love this bunny card..and I've added TCC circle Calendar for April. One April calendar is great, but now we have three! I ran the calendars through my Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, gave Bunny a sweet polka dot bow. TFL... and stop by The Cutting Cafe' to admire the work there. You can tap into the site by visiting Places I Visit on my blog.

BBTB/HK/Happy Birthday

This week Regina asked us to design with the Happy Birthday cut from the Hello Kitty cart. I love this little cartridge as it has so many cute cuts on it ... Here is my take on that challenge. I made this card so that the balloons would hover above the card line. TFL And as always, please stop by the BBTB site and take a look at the wonders therein.
Cricut: HK, (Happy Birthday/ Kitty with Balloons)
Double Sun Punch with Jewel

So Excited I am

I am just giddy. Regina has accepted me on the Cutting Cafe' Design Team. I am a happy happy girl to be able to shed a little shine among those wonderful design team gals ...they do the most awesome cards and projects using Regina's printable stamps.
So ...watch for my stuff.... and do stop by to see Regina's Cutting Cafe' site. You'll love it. I promise.
http://thecuttingcafe.typepad.com/

Hello Kitty FUN FUN FUN

I ordered the Hello Kitty cartridge from that wonderful Hallmark Scrapbook place....and I had been so anxious to just sit and do up a bunch of the dies. I haven't made any cards yet but here are some views of the cute dies on this cartridge.

BBTB/Doodlecharms/Bunny

Regina asked us to design with the Doodlecharms cart and to create a little sumpin'-sumpin' with the bunny face. I love this bunny face...and you must go to BBTB and see the creations. Absolutely awesome stuff. I am so proud to be part of the design team. I am surrounded by great designers and wonderful ladies.
Here is my challenge.

Published Me...

I was published again in Ready Set Create. For the Feb/March issue, I am now able to post some of the cards. I love submitting to Ready Set Create. Jen is fantastic and she's right here in AZ too. Here are some of the cards.

BBTB/SYI/Spring

Regina gave us a darling challenge. We were to use the Stretch Your Imagine cartridge, and the word "spring". The gals did a most awesome bunch of cards on this challenge, as always. Please do visit the Bitten By The Bug site. You can link it from my Places I Visit. Here is my take on that challenge. TFL
Cricut: Stretch Your Imagination (Spring, House, Birdie)
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder
Flower: Cut from pattern papers, felt flower from HL. (I bought every color in these darling felt flowers)
Punch: Butterfly

BBTB/Wedding/PillowBox

This is my take on the challenge from Regina to use the Cricut Wedding cart and design with the pillow box. I don't like doing these challenges because my mind's eye hits a brick wall on what to do what to do. I do love this paper, however..and only for Regina would I rip a page of it from its pack and use it...!! The paper is double sided, and there are about 15 different pages of beauty....Black backgrounds, red poppies, bright white and yellow daisies It's deliriously gorgeous paper. Thru the transparency window you might see those poppies dancing about.

Bunny Challenge/Hallmark

On the Hallmark Scrapbook Messageboard we have the most wonderful fun challenges issued by a bunch of the gals. This latest challenge was to use the Bunny cut from Paper Dolls. I LOVE this cute bunny. Here is my take on that challenge.
Cricut: Paper Dolls (Bunny) Home Accents (Scroll) Jasmine (Harlequin Corner, Flower Punch, Sewing Machine, Raindots

Still Sewing...!!

The sewing bug is rampant. A while back I did about 16 embroidery blocks with some Christmas designs. I pinned them together and set them upon a stack of other embroidery designs, with the full intent of making a quilt someday. I decided I would take those Christmas designs and make some table runners, a small table center square, maybe a tote or two.
So that's what I've been doing...and I am happy with what I've finished. I have 4 left and I am insistent on getting them into something other than a silly stack on a waiting table. Here's a few.

BBTB/GoingPlaces/Highway Sign

This is my take on Regina's challenge. I did not have the Going Places cartridge but that sweet Regina sent me a .pdf so I printed it off and decorated around it. I am going to CA on May 3 to pick up some friends flying in from New Zealand. My neighbor's daughter is driving over with me because she met their son when she was in the Orient, she and I will get to stay with my son and DIL, and my friends (named Beath, no relation) will get to meet Brent and Lee...who happened to be able to meet their daughter and beau when they came from NZ to L. A. last summer. How's that for a small world? I am very excited so this card is a take on my pending trip. Please visit BBTB and see those wonderful cards the designers did. Awesome stuff....
Cricut: Going Places/New Arrival (Boat) Trees (ZooBalloo)
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder
Punch (sun)

Tagged I am it...

That nice Lillie taggie Margie (BellaBug) and Margie tagged me. You can see Margie's wonderful creations on her blog that can be selected on my Places I visit. As I understand it, I am to post the 4th photograph in my 4th folder. I am not sure if I am counting four folders over or four folders down, but you would have to see my desktop to understand it is plethora of folders. However, I went four folders across and that happens to be my PHOTO folder, and the fourth photograph down is........OMG, there I am.... 25 years old and this was my engagement photograph. And now I tag the following four:
Kathy (KitKat)
Carla
CPeep
ScossieJane
You can see their work by selecting their names on Places I Visit. Again, I apologize.I simply cannot make a direct link.

Birthdays Galore and Cards to Match

Well, I have a lot of birthday cards this month, so I was on a card making marathon. Here are a few.... Some are just cards, and I hope you like them. You'll see Jane's birthday card with pretty jewels in the flower centers. And I had a lot of fun doing the name on my DS with Basic George. (thanks again, Kris, for making me use it..) The card that has the flower and the sentiment fabric tag is to feature those items shared with me by Krista Norman. Thanks, Krista. What a lovely gift. The really beautiful rust colored paper with poppies and daisies is from that wonderful paper-pack from Michaels. I figured when I bought that pack I would never ever use it...it would lay there, staring at me while I admired it. But actually I did a challenge for Hallmark Scrapbook, used part of the page and that gave me enough to make a lovely birthday card for my dear friend in OH.

Blog Stuff

They call it Blog Candy but in this case it's Blog Fabric. I am placing my sweet Tea Bear up for grabs in this post.
If someone will please link a card or project with a Teddy Bear, I will put their name in the hat and draw on March 20th.
Be sure to post your link so I can see the submission. Thanks for looking...

Ready Set Create Pubs

Another wonderful Sampler is out from Ready Set Create. This features Altered Arts and I am so pleased to report that Jen has published two of my submissions. I am on page 57 and 63. These would be a wooden thread spool, and a giant wooden clothespin that Nancy Turnbaugh sent me a year ago and I altered it into a Pink themed baby table decor. Here is the cover of the magazine. If you would like to purchase the whole issue, please see www.Readysetcreate.com.

BBTB/BB/Laugh Often

Ahhh, I love this cut from Beyond Birthdays. What better advice? Regina asked us to design from this cartridge, and to use the Laugh Often die. The gals on the team did wonderful cards and I rush each Monday to see what Regina has put on the site for the weekly challenge. Go see the BBTB site. You can access the link from my Places I Visit. Here is my card:
Cricut: Beyond Birthdays
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder/Nestabilities/Punches