Circle Nevada Pennant Contest

Happy Wednesday! Is everyone having a lovely hump day? I am because my work day is almost over. YAY! I wanted to share with you a Pennant I made for the Cricut Circle Pennant Contest. We were supposed to make a pennant of our home state that represents our state. I live in NV and last year was our greatest college football season ever! GO WOLFPACK! We went all the way to the Championships with our home town hero quarterback Colin Kaepernick (who was drafted by the 49er's). We had a 13-1 season. It was awesome and totally brought NV pride to Reno. So with that in mind I made my banner honoring the NV Wolf Pack Football team.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to check back Saturday for our Operation Owl Blog Hop- where there will be lots of prizes and blog candy, it is sponsored by Amy Chomas.

Let's Get Cricky Blog Hop

Welcome to the "Let's Get Cricky" Blog Hop!!

This month's hop is in support our fallen HEROES...  We will each be featuring special "Thank You" cards to be delivered during the "Run for the Fallen" in Maine...

"Run for the Fallen Maine is an organization dedicated to keeping alive the memory of our military heroes that gave their lives to protect our freedom since September 11, 2001.

On Sunday August 21, 2011 the 4th run to honor our heroes will be held. This is a 65 kilometer event with each kilometer being dedicated to the memory of one of our heroes that lived in Maine, had family from Maine or had some ties to our home State."

One of our Design Team Sisters, Rebecca of The Crafting Misfit, will be hand-delivering these cards during this very special event...  If you would like to help support this cause, we invite YOU to join us in making a card or two to say "THANKS"...  You can find the address to mail your cards by clicking HERE.  The organization is also accepting donations for the event.  You can find more information about donating by clicking HERE...

If you've hopped along from Amy from Love To Crop then you are in the right place!! If you are just joining me from your dashboard, or reading this via email, please be sure to CLICK HERE to start at the beginning with K Andrew's blog (I wouldn't want you to miss a THING!!)...

Each of Kristal's stamp sets benefit charity. At least $1 per stamp set goes to benefit the charity noted on the stamp set package. Kristal is donating to the following 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 believes 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 Designs 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 am featuring the "Freedom Isn't Free" Stamp Art Set for tonight's hop.  $1 from the sale of each "Freedom Isn't Free" stamp set is donated to Intrepid Fallen Heroes -- a non-profiit organization that provides rehabilitative services to US military members who are severely disfigured from combat.
I made this adorable Thank you card to donate:

I have some Blog Hop CANDY for one lucky WINNER!! How about a K.Andrew Stamp set Food For Thought- WOOHOO. To be in the running to win this stamp set, you must be a follower and leave me a comment on this post. I will take comment until Sunday night and will draw a winner Monday.Now you can hop on over to your next stop:Becky

If you would like to see all of Kristal's stamp sets and learn more about the charities she is supporting, please click on the blinkie below...

Our special Guest Designer for this month's hop is Amy Chomas!!  Amy is the creator and designer of Chomas Creations.  Her family makes her products right here in the USA, and they ship each package out themselves.  Amy's mini gel pens and gel pen holders are the perfect accessory for any Cricut or Silhouette owner!!  She also features a mini marker holder and embossing kit that will take your crafting to new levels!!  To see more of Amy's incredible products, please click on her blinkie below:

In case you get lost along the way or need to revisit anyone, here's the entire line up!! :)


I hope you have enjoyed my card and will consider joining us with a card or two of your own...

YIKES! The monsters are out!

Hi Everyone
When the kids got out of school, I decided to make this little fun card. I do love Summer time, it is one of my favorite times of year. And the kids are out of school, so we always take a vacation in the Summer while they are out. This year we are planning on camping in the Redwood Forest in Northern California. We have never been there before so I am really excited. But in the mean time, we have to keep the kids busy with other fun.

I made this card from Mini Monsters and Mini Monster cuttlebug folders- 5x7 and Everyday Paperdolls for the briefcase and book.

Simply Sunday Challenge with Getting Cricky with K. Andrew

Hi my lovely crafty crafter friends,

This Sunday is Father's Day! Happy Father's Day to all the awesome dads out there! Today is also the Simply Sunday Challenge with Getting Cricky with K.Andrew. This weeks challenge is called Face It! You need to use faces in your project- whether its stamped, hand drawn or cut out. Since today is Father's Day, I made this cute card for my husband with Everyday Paperdolls.

My husband works for the railroad so this little person fit perfectly. I used Peachy Keen Wide Eye kids stamp set for the face and CM letter stickers for Father's Day.
Come play along in Kristal's challenge this week by clicking HERE.  If you are looking for the Stamp release blog hop you have until tonight to enter to win some blog candy click HERE to enter. And don't forget to check out all of Kristal's new stamp release by visiting her Store. Her stamps are awesome! The are high quality and stamp so crisp!
And come back tomorrow and join me for the Cupcake Blog Hop for Sylvia's Birthday.

Say Cheese Card & Father's Day Mini Album

Hi Everyone
Today I have a special treat for you all! Two posts in one.
To get started I would like to share with you a sample card using the NEW Getting Cricky with K.Andrew stamps. Here is a notecard I make using her Food for Thought set called "Say Cheese". You can purchase Kristal's stamp sets here. I just love her stamp sets, all of them are adorable and affordable! They are made of the highest quality and they stamp so crisp! These are the best stamps I have used!

I used Create A Critter for the cheese and Getting Cricky Food for Thought Stamp sentiments.

 Don't forget to come back tomorrow for our Stamp preview blog hop and u-stream live video. Friday's Blog hop has some awesome giveaways, almost every DTM will be giving away one or more Getting Cricky stamp sets! So make sure you come and check it out! Keep reading below, because I put together this awesome Father's Day gift that is super easy to make.



This week our DT Challenge for Sweet Sassy Diva, was to create a Father's Day project. So, now that the kids are out of school, I knew they wouldn't have made anything for their dad so we decided to make a mini album for him. My son had such a fun time helping me make this album, he helped pick out the cartridges and the cuts we would use in the album.
Here is what we made.

First, I used some pre-cut chipboard that is 6 x 6, then I used the patterned cardstock out of DCWV- It's a Guy Thing stack and cut them to 6x6, and glued the patterned cardstock to the covers and then the other pages are also glued together to make them a little thicker. I glued the white side of the pages together. I inked the edges of the album with chocolate ink. I used my cinch to bind the album together which was super easy- after I learned how to use it LOL!

Next, I used Accent Essentials to cut of this circle shape. I had some clear stickers with sayings on them, this one says memories, and I used Tim Holtz Alcohol inks to die them. Used hemp twine for the bow.

Next, we started decorating the inside pages.

These were some leftover stickers I had from a different project, not sure who they are by.

I used the Boys will be Boys cartridge for the hammer and screwdriver, and cuttlebugged two DCWV metalic pieces of cardstock to make them look like tool box chrome.

The page on the left was done by my 2 year old daughter and the one on the right was by my 7 year, he wrote a list of reasons why his dad is the best dad in the whole world. Its hard to read because he has really sloppy handwriting but one of the reasons was because he plays with him...pretty funny huh.

I used Block Party for these cuts, dad is a great BBQer so we thought we would put some pics of that in there.

This is cuts from Everyday Paperdolls. We love to camp in the Summer.

These last pages are Super DAD from Paperdoll Dress Up and the back cover has a pockets for their Father's day present to him. They got him tickets to the Steve Miller Band concert up at the outdoor theater in Lake Tahoe.
So now all I have to do is fill it up with some pictures and cut of some cute sayings from the Cricut- like Dad Rocks etc.... Just a few finishing touches and it will be good to go.
Thanks for stopping by today! Don't forget to come back tomorrow for K.Andrew Getting Cricky Stamp release blog hop! With lots of blog candy!!!





Sweet Cheeks

Hi Everyone
This Sunday's challenge for the Simply Sunday challenge over at Getting Cricky is Designers Choice- Anything goes. WOOHOO! Well I just got my stamp set Food for Thought in the mail so I thought I would showcase a card with one the sayings on this set. Actually there are a couple of sayings that you can mix and match and this "Sweet Cheeks" is one of them.

As you can see from the picture of the set below, you can do some of your spacing with some of the words. Which I totally love, because sometimes you need to fill a bigger area of a card. This stamp set is really verstile. I love the font Kristal used on it.

How cute is this set. You can check out all of her stamp sets by clicking here. Make sure you stop by tomorrow to see what else I have made with this stamp set. Friday we are having a Blog Hop to showcase all the new stamp sets with lots of blog candy and a LIVE U-Stream video Friday at 6pm PST. Make sure you come and join us for a chance to win some awesome blog candy.

SSD DT Beach Theme Mini Album Layout

Hi Everyone
This week for the Sweet Sassy Diva challenge, Bobbi Jo asked us to make a Beach themed 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 mini album double layout.

Here is the layout I made:

I used Peachy Keen PK165 Dolly Dumplins face stamps

The patterned paper on both pages is DCWV Stack 6 collection, cut at 5.5 x 8.5 each side. The solid green cardstock is cut at 5.75 x 8.75.

I used Everyday paperdolls for the dolls cut at 4" and Life's a Beach for the beach chairs cut at 3.5.

Here is how I set it up on the Gypsy

And the paper set up on the mat

I ended up not using the black paper or the red,white & blue patterned paper.
I also used my new Seweasy to sew the border of the page, which I totally love. It was so easy to sew the paper after it punches the holes into it.

Hope you all enjoy!