Getting Cricky with K Andrews Blog Hop- Stamp Release Party!

Welcome to the Getting Cricky Blog hop where we are showcasing the first 6 sets in K Andrew's brand new line of sentiment stamps!If you came from the wonderful and talentes Amy's blog then you are in the right place! welcome! If you are just joining me tonight, make sure to start with K Andrew's blog.



Each of Kristal's stamp sets benefit charity. Atleast $1 per stamp set goes to benefit the charity noted on the stamp set package. Kristal is donating to these charities: Cancer Angels, Storefront Shelter for Homeless Children, Intrepid & Fallen Heroes, Doorways Shelter for Women & Children (Domestic Violence), and Autism Research Institute. Kristal will donate $1 for every stamp set sold, retail or wholesale to the charity noted; and over time beleives this will add up to some wonderful miracles for these special people. So you can feel good that each time you purchase a K Andrew Designs art stamp set, someone around the country is receiving some good help!



K Andrew's stamps are all made and assembled here in the USA, which is very important to Kristal. This ensures all product materials are safe and that jobs are being provided and maintained here in America.

I want to show you the Food For Thought stamp set

This stamp set benefits  Storefont Shelter for Homeless Children which is a non-profit organization that helps take children off the streets and gives them a place to stay.

Here is what I made with the Food For Thought stamp set: It is a set notecards to put in your childrens lunchbox.

OK Here is the fun part. I am giving away 2 Stamp sets to 2 lucky followers!

 You must be a follower and you must leave a comment on this post telling what your favorite stamp set is out of the 6 that were released tonight. Make sure you visit Kristal's blog Getting Cricky with K. Andrews to check out all of her new stamps.
You can now purchase all 6 stamp sets HERE.
Now you can hop on over to  the ever so Awesome Erika's blog ......

Easter Eggstravaganza Blog Hop

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THE NO HOUSEWORK NATIONAL HOLIDAY BLOG HOP CLICK HERE

Hi Everyone

I am so excited about today! Today is the last Saturday I have to work because of Tax Season! and I could not be happier. It has been a very long and stressful season. And today we are celebrating the Easter Eggstravaganza Blog Hop! WOOHOO! If you arrived from the wonderful and talented Monica's blog then you are in the right place, if not please start from the beginning at Nadia's blog .
Ok on with the hop, for this hop we were asked to make something that you can eat, I am not the best baker but my aunt make these wonderful cupcakes last Easter and decorated them so cute that I wanted to share them with you.

She made one for each of us with our initials on it. They were chocolate and oh so yummy.

I love decorating Easter eggs it is one of my favorite times of the year. These are the eggs we made last year.

Ok for my food, I don't have a picture of it, but is is one of my favorite appertizer I love to make for parties. I call them Salami Tacos, here is what you need to make them:
sliced salami
cream cheese
sliced pepperoncinis
So you take the salami and spread a little bit of cream cheese on it them put a pepperoncini in it and fold it. (hence the taco part) They are so easy to make and soooo YUMMY!
Thanks for stopping by today, your next stop on the hop is Carrie

Lucky Charm Blog Hop! & Cricut Lite Giveaway!

Welcome to my Blog and the Lucky Charm Blog Hop! If you've come from visiting Carol you're in the right place. If you were just looking at my blog and want to play along with our blog hopping fun, you can start at the beginning at   Giselle - http://crossmyheartpapercrafts.blogspot.com/.   This blog hop is all about creating something for the lucky charm in your life..  So I created a notebook for my mom. she is one of my bestfriends and is always there for me. She always has the right words to make me feel better, never ending advice and just makes my life better all around. 

I bought this notebook at Michaels in the $1 section ( WOOHOO love the dollar section), but even better it was 50% off- heck yes! How awesome is that. It is a lined notebook and the covers are chipboard- it doesn't get any better than that!

This is what it looked like originally.

I covered the binding with green cardstock and the added the striped patterned paper to the front and back covers. Sanding down the edges so it fits perfectly on the covers.
Next I used my Gypsy to design a St. Patricks day theme to go on the cover. This is how I set it up on my Gypsy. I used Simply Charmed, which is the 1st time I have used this cartridge and let me say it is a MUST have- so many great images on it.

The grayed out areas are the parts I did not want to cut. Here is how I set the cardstock up on the mat.

I used mostly scrap paper for all the cuts. It seems like I have so many scraps, but with the Gypsy it is so easy to tell what size of paper you need and where to put it on the mat. I cut the little guy out at 3" and the pot of gold at 2"

I used Pk Retro Dolls stamp for the face and a white gel pen for his teeth, blue gel pen for his eyes and pink chalk for his cheeks.

The gold he is throwing out of his hand is bling from Imaginisce and I used the I-rock tool to adhere it. The grass is a Friskers punch.

My super cool Circle Pal Jenny K sent me this awesome stamp that just goes perfectly with the theme of the hop.

Ok, so now on to the good stuff! Who wants some blog candy??? I know you do! Okay, well for the hop I am giving away B is for Boy Cricut Lite Cartridge.

You have to do 2 things to enter....
1. Must be a follower
2. Must leave a comment with a way to get a hold of you

Simple, Simple Simple.... I will draw a winner Monday and post it by Monday Night.


I hope you have enjoyed my project. Thank you for visiting my blog. Your next stop is  Linda - http://www.fancyframework.com/  go check out the awesome creations she has made for this hop.
Thank you Giselle and Nadia for putting together this awesome blog hop and all the hardwork you have done to make this an awesome event.

Don't forget to stop by next weekend for the Make Your Own Holiday Blog Hop

Here is a list of the blogs in the hop in case you get lost along the way:
Giselle - http://crossmyheartpapercrafts.blogspot.com/
Nadia - http://nadiasbeautifulmess.blogspot.com/
Jennifer - http://creativearmywife.blogspot.com/
Alina - http://neverstopscrapping.blogspot.com/
Kim - http://rickettscricuts.blogspot.com/
Yolonda - http://www.craftyscentiments.blogspot.com/
Donna - http://donnasdreamworks.blogspot.com/
Carol - http://caroleesscrappinspot.blogspot.com/
Rebecca - http://www.creationswithbecka.blogspot.com/    ME!
Linda - http://www.fancyframework.com/             NEXT STOP
Amy - http://amydesigns.blogspot.com/
Lisa - http://prettypaperprettyribbons.blogspot.com/
Sue- http://ScrappinSuzy.blogspot.com/
Carrie - http://paperglitterstamps.blogspot.com/
Patricia - http://creativediva98.blogspot.com/
Wendy - http://wendyscreativecraftingcorner.blogspot.com/
Kimi & Pamela - http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com/
Darcy - http://dlmbscrapping-time2create.blogspot.com/
Julie - http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftidbitsnscraps.blogspot.com%2F&h=2aba9
Shawnte - http://shawnteparks.blogspot.com/
Amber - http://www.pixiperfectcreations.blogspot.com/
Melissa - http://adventuresinheels.com/

WINNER !WINNER! WINNER!

Hi Everyone,

Thank you all for participating in the Cricky Across 50 blog hop last weekend. I had such a great time reading all of your comments and visiting your blogs. I wanted to thank Kristel over at Getting Cricky for putting on the blog hop and coming up with all those great sponsors for the grand prizes, they were all awesome! I had fun visiting all the ladies blogs who also particated in the hop, what a great group of crafters.

I used random.org to draw the winner of Tinkerbell & Friend cartridge and it was #112-
Stephanie said... 112 Love your pictures and that sign is just too cute. I'm now a follower and will look forward to reading your blog in the future!
Stephanie

Congrats to Stephanie, please email your address by Friday February 18th so I can send out the cartridge to you. If I have not heard from Stephanie by Friday I will draw a new winner.
Thank you all for visiting my blog and leaving such awesome comments!

Cricky Across the 50 States Blog Hop!!!!

A Big Cricut Hello & Chirp to each of you! Welcome to the Cricky Across the 50 Blog Hop hosted by K Andrew of Getting Cricky! . If you are here from CreateNCraft than you are in the right spot. If you just arrived here and would like to start from the beginning please go to KAndrew's Getting Cricky! For this blog hop K Andrew is celebrating her big move across the country with a big road trip, and of course this hop across the 50 states! She has asked us all to post a little bit about the state we are representing, and then to post our Favorite Craft Project. I am representing the state of Oregon.

Last year we took a family vacation and camped the whole way down the Oregon coast. This was such an awesome vacation. We actually started at the very top of Oregon and worked a little way down everyday. The first place we went was Fort Stevens. We stay in the actual state park camp ground and visited the military installment. It was actually really cool and the kids loved it. The state camp ground was huge, it had over 200 campsite, with really nice showers (always a plus) and its own beach with a real ship wreck on it.

This was the first time my daughter had ever been to the ocean, and even though it was August it was only around 40-50 degrees outside. But I just couldn't keep either one of the kids out of the water.

Constructed during the Civil War as an earthwork battery, it was originally called Fort at Point Adams. Fort Stevens was the primary military installation at the mouth of the Columbia River. The fort was built to defend the mouth of the Columbia from potential  British attack during ongoing regional tensions related to the Pig War of 1859–70 in the San Juan Islands and it was later used in WWII to protect again the Japanese.

 This place was really a site to take in.

Here are some more pictures of some of the other places along the way down the coast. Our next stop was Cape Kiwanda, this is just a picture of the giant sand mountain they people was sand boarding down.

Picture of  the ocean from the beach. Cape Kiwanda is a host of the National Longboard Competition every year.

This is a picture of a lighthouse that we could see from one of the beaches we went to.

The great part about this trip was that we went with my mom and step dad and we just had a blast. It was the first time for all of my family to go to the coast and we got to see and experience some really wonderful places. I will give you some advice if you plan on taking this trip. Pack lots of warm clothes, we were freezing! It was August and we live in NV where it is nice and very hot in the summer time. I don't think it ever got warmer then 55 degrees the whole time we were on the coast and we never saw the sun until we moved inland. It is very wet and every morning everything that was left outside was soaking wet. We did get to have a fire on the beach, very cool! That sort of thing would never fly in NV since we are so dry.

When we moved inland on the way home we stopped at Crater Lake. OMG!!! This place is absolutely the most gorgeous place I have ever been too. The whole lake is surrounded by mountains and the water is crystal clear. It was formed from volcano's that erupted thousands of years ago, and then again forming islands in the lake. You can only view the lake from the top of the mountains and no one is allowed in it(not that you could get to it anyway). The lake is almost 2000 feet deep, the deepest lake in the US. These pictures do not do it justice, but they will give you an idea.

Okay, so enough about Oregon. Here is one of my favorite projects I have ever made. This was a sign that I made for my daughter's bedroom.

If you would like to see more of this sign and details on items used to make it click HERE.

Okay how about some blog candy?? We can't have a blog hop without any candy...Right? Ok I am giving away Tinkerbell and Friend Cricut Cartridge.

 All you have to do to be entered to win is:

1) Be a follower of my blog

2) Leave a comment on this post

EASY PEASY!

I will draw a winner on Monday.

Your next stop on this hop is Midori Vasquez of Scraps for Me go check out PA and her awesome project!

Please make sure to leave comments on all of the blogs for a chance to win several different Grand Prizes on Getting Cricky's blog, from these great & generous companies: Scrap N Tote, Scrap N Easel, Cri-Kits, Creative Charms, Memory Miser, Scrappy Chic Cafe, Loralie Designs, My Pink Stamper, Peachy Keen Stamps, Cricut Town, The Scrappin' Table, Piktails, and Pink by Design. And make sure to visit ALL the blogs as every single blog will have fabulous giveaways!

Here is a list of the blogs in case you get lost along the way!

 BEGIN: Getting Cricky With K Andrew http://www.kandrewdesigns.blogspot.com/

1. ALABAMA Tanya of Scrappy Scavenger http://www.scrappyscavenger.blogspot.com/
2. ARIZONA Renee Kowalchik of KoolChik Crafts http://koolchikcrafts.blogspot.com/
3. ARKANSAS Teela Young of Coffee24Tea http://coffee24tea.blogspot.com/
4. CALIFORNIA Jess Marin of My Scrap Diary http://www.myscrapdiary-jess.blogspot.com/
5. Nicolette Simpson of Beyond Scrapin http://www.beyondscrapin.blogspot.com/
6. COLORADO Jennifer Anderson of Scrappin Lil Turtle http://creativearmywife.blogspot.com/
7. Amy Courchaine of Scrapbooking, Card Making, and Living with Fibro http://lv2scrapandfibrofacts.blogspot.com/
8. DELAWARE Meagan Jarjabka of Beyond Paper Designs http://www.beyondpaperdesigns.blogspot.com/
9. Peggy Brustman of CeltikGirlCreations http://celtikgirlcreations.blogspot.com/
10. FLORIDA Stephanie Hedderick of Always Crafting http://www.alwayscrafting.com/
11. GEORGIA Brenda Haskin of Simply Bren is Having too much fun http://simplybrenhavingfun.blogspot.com/
12. ILLINOIS Lori Brown of Saving My… http://savingmine.blogspot.com/
13. INDIANA Angela Urell of Creative Crafting http://creativecraftin.blogspot.com/
14. LOUISIANA Darlene Saucier of Simple Southern Blessings http://www.talesoftayandbay.blogspot.com/
15. MAINE Karen Madden of Lilac and Lupines http://lilacsandlupines.blogspot.com/
16. MARYLAND Karen Turner of Midlife Mysteries & Masterpieces http://www.midlifemysteries.com/
17. MASSACHUSETTS Andrea Fogleman of Scraplity http://www.scrapality.com/
18. MINNESOTA Krystal Gibson of Krystal’s Kreativity http://www.krystalskreativity.blogspot.com/
19. Jenny Johnson of Paper Crafting Crazy Me http://www.papercraftingcrazyme.blogspot.com/
20. MISSOURI Kathy Northup of I Love My Crazy Life http://www.ilovemycrazylife.blogspot.com/
21. MONTANA Kathy Floen of The Beautiful Life http://kathy-thebeautifullife.blogspot.com/
22. NEBRASKA Gloria Sleeper of Oma’s Crafts http://www.omascrafts.blogspot.com/
23. NEW HAMPSHIRE Kristal of Getting Cricky http://www.kandrewdesigns.blogspot.com/
24. NEW MEXICO Brynn Thornburgh of Flair and Frills http://www.flairandfrillscreativity.blogspot.com/
25. NEW YORK Erin Span of I am SpantastiKreations http://www.spantastikreations.blogspot.com/
26. NORTH CAROLINA Amy Westray of redwolfSCRAPS http://www.redwolfscraps.com/
27. OHIO Patricia Logan of MDN Creates http://www.triciatreasure.blogspot.com/
28. Joe, Carol, Joe, and Betty of CreateNCraft at http://www.createncraft.com/
29. OREGON Rebecca Maddux of Crafting with Becka http://www.creationswithbecka.blogspot.com/  ME
30. PENNSYLVANIA Midori Vasquez of Scraps for Me http://www.scrapsforme.blogspot.com/  NEXT STOP
31. RHODE ISLAND Karel Jennings of One by One the Flamingos are Stealing my Sanity http://karelj.blogspot.com/
32. SOUTH DAKOTA Brenda Burffrau of Creativity is a State of Mind http://createbyburffrau.blogspot.com/
33. TENNESSEE Shannon Lefew of My Scrappy Creations http://shannonleffew.blogspot.com/
34. TEXAS Kista Orr of Scrapaleupagus at http://www.scrapaleupagus.blogspot.com/
35. UTAH Kathy of Creative Cutter at http://www.creativecutter.org/
36. VIRGINIA Chris Hanselmaan of Chris' Crafty Creations from the Corner http://scrappinchris.blogspot.com/
37. WASHINGTON Mariam Satchell of Purple Lily Studio http://www.mariamsatchell..blogspot.com/
38. WISCONSIN Janice Wilson of Stamping with Janice http://www.stampingwithjanice.blogspot.com/
39. WYOMING Jamie Larsen of Baby Jayden’s Mommy http://babyjaydensmommy.blogspot.com/
40. Lindsay Loo of Lindsay Loo Designs http://www.lindsayloodesignz.blogspot.com/
41. END: Getting Cricky with K Andrew http://www.kandrewdesigns.blogspot.com/

BITTEN BY THE LOVE BUG BLOG HOP & SSD-DT Valentine's Project- Altered Journal

Welcome to Creations with Becka and the Bitten By The Love Bug Blog Hop!


If you've come from visiting Amanda- http://www.myscrappinobsession.com/
you're in the right place! If you've just happened across my blog and would like to play along with our fun hop, you can go to http://www.inkingitupcrazy.blogspot.com/  and start at the beginning. We would love to share a few projects and ideas with a valentine theme with you!

Make sure to check out each member's blog. There will be some fun prizes along the way, AND there will be some AWESOME ideas!  So for this blog hop I made this altered journal.

So for this project I picked up this journal at Michael's in the dollar section, WOOHOO gotta love the dollar section.

So the 1st thing I did was inked the edge with the spiral so that I could cover the rest of the cover with paper.

This is CM paper and stickers from the LOVE paper album kit they make. These were the left overs from the kit.

For this project I used Martha Stewart Holiday Cake cartridge. I cut the images at 4". I used the Love/Valentines image. This is how I set up the paper for the cuts, but I ended up not using the brown paper.  Instead of using the XO and Love sayings that were cut out I used the CM stickers.

Recipe

1- premade journal

CM Love paper album kit/ paper and stickers

light pink and dark pink cardstock

dark pink ink

Martha Stewart Holiday Cake cartridge

I hope you all enjoyed the project, it turned out nicely and was pretty easy to make.

OK, how about some blog candy?? Everyone loves blog candy. Today I am giving away another 3m Pink ATG gun. I absolutely love mine! It is so easy to use and works totally awesome! So  all you have to do to be entered to win is become a follower or if you are one already YEAH! and leave a comment on this post. I will draw a winner Monday!

Next stop Michelle- http://www.mumoftwoblog.blogspot.com/  Go see what she has in store for you today...

Here is the order of the list. Some of you may want to add the entire blog hop list so no one gets lost and confused where to go next.
Kassidy- http://www.inkingitupcrazy.blogspot.com/
Jessie- http://www.scrappyjess.blogspot.com/
Denise- http://www.lalasworldblog.blogspot.com/
Jamie- http://www.jmecreations.blogspot.com/
Sherri- http://www.sherrisspace.blogspot.com/
Erika- http://www.cricutlove1.blogspot.com/
Celeste- http://www.ccscards.blogspot.com/
Kacee- http://www.youhadmeatscrap.blogspot.com/
Lisa- http://lisa-craft-blog.blogspot.com/
Amanda- http://www.myscrappinobsession.com/
Rebecca- http://www.creationswithbecka.blogspot.com/   ME!
Michelle- http://www.mumoftwoblog.blogspot.com/  NEXT STOP
Jenny- http://www.crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/


Winner of My Favorite Things Blog Hop

Good morning fellow crafters,

I just want to thank everyone for hopping along on My Favorite Things Blog Hop last weekend, I had so much fun making those cards and boxes. You all had such wonderful comments and seems like you all would like a tutorial on how to make the boxes. So I am working on the video and hope to have it posted by the end of the week. Thank you so much to Kassidy at Inking it up Crazy for hosting the hop.
I used random.rg to draw the winner and it drew #83, so the winner is:

Amanda said... 83 Super cute! Love the box for the cards! TFS!


amandawoodau at hotmail dot com

Please email your address so I can mail out your candy. I need to hear from you by January 22th or I will draw another winner. Please email me at scrapperbecka at yahoo dot com

Please check back later this week for the instructions and tutorial on how to make the card box holders.

A Few of My Favorite Things Blog Hop!

Welcome to Creations With Becka and the ...A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS Blog Hop!


If you've come from visiting Meagan at http://beyondpaperdesigns.blogspot.com/, you're in the right place! If you've just happened across my blog and would like to play along with our fun hop, you can go to http://www.inkingitupcrazy.blogspot.com/  and start at the beginning. We would love to share a few of our favorite things with you today!  Before we start I would like to give a special thanks to Kassidy over at http://www.inkingitupcrazy.blogspot.com/ for putting together and hosting this awesome hop today!

Each Design Team member will be featuring a project made especially for this hop using their favorite crafting tools and techniques. Make sure to check out each member's blog. There will be some fun prizes along the way, AND there will be some AWESOME ideas!

So I would like to share some of my Favorite things with you! Of course my all time favorite cartridge is Create A Critter, my favorite stamps are My Pink Stamper Stamps and my favorite adhesive for cards is the 3M ATG Gun!!! YEAH!!!
For todays project I made card sets and boxes to hold the cards in. Here are some of the pictures of the cards I made to put in the card holders:

For this card I used Pink 8 1/2 x 11 card stock, cut it in half to create an A-2 size card, then the patterned paper I am not sure who from, I bought it a long time ago, I used Create A Critter cut at 3.5" and then My Pink Stamper stamps.

I used 8 1/2 x 11 light blue card stock cut in half for an A2 card, Create A Critter cut at 3.5" and My Pink stamper stamps

Again, I used Create A Critter and My Pink Stamper stamps.

I used Create A Critter at 3.5 and My Pink Stamper Stamps.

Here are the boxes I made to hold the cards. I just thought these would make really nice gift sets.

I used Storybook for the letters and DCWV cardstock as it is a little thicker and better for holding the cards weight.  If any of you would like more information about how to make the boxes please leave it in your comments and I will make another post with a video to show you how.

Okay, so what is a blog hop with out some blog candy??? So for todays hop I will be giving away one of my favorite things that Bobbi Jo over at SweetSassyDiva introduced me to last year. I have been hooked on it ever since. So to win this awesome Pink ATG Gun, you must be a follower and leave a comment on this post. Please one comment only and US residents only, unless you would like to make up the difference in shipping costs.

On now you are off to  the next stop...Theresa's blog, http://www.thescrapbookingqueen.com/. Go see what she has in store for you today...

Here is the order of the list. Some of you may want to add the entire blog hop list so no one gets lost and confused where to go next.

Kassidy – http://www.inkingitupcrazy.blogspot.com/
Lisa – http://www.lisa-craft-blog.blogspot.com/
Kristin – http://www.kristinscraftykitchen.blogspot.com/
Jessie – http://www.scrappyjess.blogspot.com/
Jamie – http://www.jmecreations.blogspot.com/
Susan – http://www.itsmesusanp.blogspot.com/
Erika – http://www.cricutlove1.blogspot.com/
Celeste – http://www.ccscards.blogspot.com/
Amanda – http://www.amandascraftsandmore.blogspot.com/
Meagan – http://beyondpaperdesigns.blogspot.com/
Rebecca – http://www.creationswithbecka.blogspot.com/   This is ME!
Theresa – http://www.thescrapbookingqueen.com/   NEXT STOP!