BBTB2 "Farm Animal" Challenge

Hello everyone!  It is time for another great challenge at BBTB2.  This week our hostess is our awesome DT sister Krista.  She has challenged us to create a project using a "Farm Animal".  

I decided to make a cow card as I knew I had the perfect stamps for it that I got at a Scrap Yard Sale at my LSS.  The stamp set actually came with its own cow stamp which I used on the inside. 

  (Please excuse the wrinkled background but if I edit it anymore you won't see the shape.)

All cuts from Create a Critter 

The barn cut from page 45 was welded with my Gypsy and cut at 4.5 inches.  

The cow is cut at 3.5 inches and the talking cloud  1.5 x 3.0 and the shadow at 1.75 x 3.25. 

White gel pen stitching 

Hope you liked my udderly silly card.  Please join us for the "Farm Animal" Challenge.  You have two weeks to create and link up your project at BBTB2.   Also don't forget the "Christmas in July" challenge.  You still have one week to link up to that challenge. 

Happy Craftin!

Slippery When wet

Had some cute pic of granddaughters playing in the bathtub.  

The title Slippery when wet is from Going Places cut at 4 inches wide 

and embossed with Cuttlebug bubble folder.

The cute little fish is from Create a Critter and cut at 2 1/2 inches 

and embossed with several different embossing folders.  

Fish ribbon from Michaels $1 section.  

I used gems for bubbles and a googly eye.  

Creative Scrappers Challenge #204 Entry- Count Your Blessings layout

This layout page is for the Creative Scrappers Challenge #204 

Sheep  are cut from Cricut cartridge Country Life 4 "

Count Your Blessings title  from the same cart 

Clouds are from Create a Critter 3.3 and embossed with Cuttlebug Divine Swirls 

Here is the sketch 

Closeup of sheep.Used a Pearl Ink Pen to make fleece   

Second page of double page layout. 

I used the SEI Zoo pals paper stack for both pages 

Sweet Dreams is  cut from Wall Decor 3.5
Hope you enjoyed my layout pages and Happy Craftin.  

Sweet Sassy Diva Button Challenge - Button Rainbow

So excited that I made 500 followers on Tuesday.  I so appreciate each and everyone of you. On March 10th my birthday I will draw 3 random winners of a $10 gift card.  All new followers up to that date as anyone who send another new follower will be in the random drawing.  

This week at Sweet Sassy Diva the challenge is to use Buttons.  I love using buttons on my layouts and cards.  I have a stash of vintage buttons from my mom and grandmothers old button tins.  I also buy different colored buttons (when they are on sale) in different sizes 

and keep them in cute little jars above my desk.  

So when I thought about the button challenge I decided to do a rainbow.  I found this cut my using my Gypsy search on the Create a Critter Cart.   The cut is from page 52 cut at 4 inches.  

I laid the buttons out on the rainbow before gluing.  I actually was going to put buttons on the heart too but didn't like it so removed those.  I used some teeny tiny buttons to keep theme on tag I stamped with a $1 stamp from Michaels and added a little wooden ladybug.  

Here are the cute pieces. 

I used some paper from my stash and some rainbow ribbon.  

Here are the pieces glued together.

Glued buttons down with Tacky glue and then I cut out a heart to put on top with glitter paper.  

I pop dotted it to raise it up and give it dimension.  

Simple and quick and love the way it looks.  Please join all the DT members this week to see how they use buttons in their projects.   

Scrappin' for Kenzie's 1st Blogaversary Blog Hop

Welcome to the very first blogaversary for Scrappin' For Kenzie!

We're so happy you could join us!!

I have been looking forward to this hop.  I love working with  Michelle on the  Lasting Memories Design Team.  Also her daughter's name is Kenzie and my middle granddaughters name is Kenzie.  I can't wait to see what everyone created for the hop.  So Happy 1st Blogaversary Michelle and may you have many more to come.
Before I share my project I want to show you what an amazing talent Michelle is.  She made this gorgeous Tim Holtz Configuration box and posted it last week.

Link to More pictures
If I hadn't already done my project for the hop and had time this week I would have been using this for my inspiration as I love love love it!

If you came from Karen then you are in the right place! If you just happened to come across my blog or are just visiting then please start back at Michelle's blog, Scrappin' For Kenzie to make sure you see everyone's projects and don't miss any super creative ideas!

Overall Prize!

- 8.5"x8.5" K&Company Berry Sweet Designer Paper

- K&Company Berry Sweet Chipboard Stickers

- K&Company Brenda Walton Chipboard Stickers

To be entered to win the overall blog hop prize you must:

1. Be a follower of Scrappin' For Kenzie

2. Leave a comment on all blogs in the hop

For this hop we were asked to choose one project that Michelle from Scrappin for Kenzie has made from her gallery or facebook and make our own project using hers as inspiration. 

For my project I have chosen to scraplift this project from her:
This is a slider card that Michelle made I believe for Kenzie's first birthday

Here is my inspired project:
I decided right away to use her card as inspiration to make a layout for one of our zoo trips with the grandbabies.  The paper I used was DCWV Animal Crackers and DCWV Safari Kids.  I also used some scraps from my scrap pile.
The animals and title are all cut from Create A Critter Cricut Cartridge.
Here is the double page layout

I also punched out one inch circles and put them in bottle caps.  

Zoo time Letters from K and Company 

Cut sizes- Create a Critter 

Monkey page 46, lion page 57 zebra page 47 and elephant page 55 all cut at 3 inches

The giraffe was cut from page 48 at 6 "

Please check out my blog candy give away going on right now at the top of my blog.  I am really trying to make it to 500 followers by March 10th which is my birthday.  If you are a new follower let me know and if you send someone to my blog to be a follower let me know.  

Thank you so much for joining us in this blog hop to celebrate Scrappin' For Kenzie's 1 year Blogaversary!

Your next stop is Kimberly

Just in case you get lost along the way here is your master list ;)

Happy Hopping!

Michelle

Brittny

Faith

Elizabeth

Michele

Karen

Suzanne

Kimberly

Amy

Denise

Jennasa

Marie

Amanda

Jen

Teresa

Lisa

Who who birthday card with Create A Critter

I made this card for my birthday stash and to enter in several challenges.  Inside it says "You that's whooooo!"

All the cuts are from Create a Critter and I used Fall paper.  

I am entering this in the Cricut Circle challenge which was to follow a sketch, the Birthday Sundaes challenge which was to make a Fall colored birthday card with a birthday sentiment, and the Mag Challenge which was to use Create a Critter page 25.

A great day for cards!

Yesterday was a non craft day since all three of my granddaughters were here visiting.  So today I was busy busy doing some of the challenges I had planned.  The first two I did with my Imagine. 

This card was done with the Imagine Nursery Tails cartridge.  I also used the Baby Words embossing folder.  I layered the top cuts and pop dotted them.   

I am entering this card in the Cricut 360 challenge- 

which was to use pastel colors, embossing and make a baby card. 

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This card was done with the Imagine More Cards cartridge.  I printed and cut the same parts twice.  

On the front I layered all the pieces and then deleted the words some of the words.  I pop dotted all the pieces and added black gems for owl eyes.  I then stamped the center to say whoo whoo and added 4  you  to front. I colored the stamped image with Prismacolor pencils to match the colors in the paper.  

On the inside I used the cut as it was printed without layers.   

This card is for the Tacky Tuesday challenge which is to use an owl and the word whoo.  

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This card is Damask Decor which I love.  I thought it was perfect for a monochromatic card.  This card and front cut is from page 33.  It is cut at 4 inches and then the inside is cut at 3.65 inches.  The ribbon was in my stash.  I then added gems.  

This card is for the Cricut Circle Blog challenge for Tuesday which is to make a monochromatic card and 2 Cricut cuts.  

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For the Halloween card I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder with black ink on the folder. I cut the extra row of embossing I didn't need on the front and used it on the inside.  I added purple and orange twine.  I cut the monster from Mini Monsters and added some fun eyes I got at Michaels.  The stamp was from the $1 section last year.  

Halloween card for Paper Playtime challenge using black, orange and purple and My Craft Spot challenge to make a Halloween card.  

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For this card I used the Create a Critter frog.  The papers were from the DCWV Lemon Stack and the Green Tea Stack.  I cut out the phrase Shop till you drop from Paisley and then cut off the S so it says Shop till you Drop.  The Its your birthday on the inside came from Just a Note (on E2).  

This card is for the BBTB2 challenge which is to use the frog from page 24 of Create a Critter.  The frog is cut from the DCWV Lemon Stack and Green Tea stack.  The phrase Shop till  you drop came from Paisley.  I then cut off the s so it said hop till you drop.  It's your Birthday on the inside came from Just a Note (on the E2).  

Thanks so much for looking and for your comments.  Happy craftin!

My first Thursday tutorial for FCCB and a BUNCH of layouts

Today is my first day doing the Thursday Tutorial at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog.  This week the challenge at FCCB is Birthday Bash or making your own birthday card.  Come join us for a new challenge every Monday,  So with keeping with the them of Birthdays you will find several great birthday ideas.  First of all a link to a trifold birthday card tutorial by Shes a Sassy Lady.  Also you will find two links on how to make a tealight birthday candle.  Please stop by and check out these amazing projects.

Also I wanted to share a bunch of  layouts that I completed this week.  They are all rather simple as I am trying to make a dent in my picture pile.  For a lot of them I used the paper designs and added titles using my Cricut and a few other cuts as needed.

  For this one I used Baby Steps.

I used Mickey font for some misc pictures.  It says Play and Busy, Curls and Hats.

The Bloom title and flower and butterfly embellishments are from Michael's $1 bin.  The paper is DCWV new Baby Girl Stack.

Baby shower using Create a Critter Monkey

Second Baby Shower used paper from Zoo Stack.  Title Its A Baby Shower from New Arrival.  

Large owl from Paisley and Owl Always Love You title from Straight from the Nest.

Oh Baby Blog Hop August 4-6 Day 1

I am entering this in the Cooking with Cricut Anything Goes Challenge for the week of October 5. For the challenge we could select our favorite project of all times or a new project.  I decided to post my Monkey diaper tree as it is the first project that came to mind.   I designed it all myself and am proud of how it came out.  

Welcome to the Oh Baby! Blog Hop hosted by EMILY at Create Serendipity.  I have really been looking forward to this hop since I just had my third grand daughter in 18 months just 3 weeks ago.  I am so blessed and spend  a lot of time scrapbooking for them.  I am excited to  see all of the  fabulous Baby themed projects and don't forget to check out the blog candy.  This is a very large hop, so you have 3 days to check out all of the projects! This hop runs from August 4-6, so make sure you check back for new projects each day!  So now we are ready to hop away.  If you found this Blog hop through my blog please start at Emily's blog so you don't miss any of the baby cuteness. So speaking of cuteness here is a picture of my first granddaughter Katie 18 months holding her new sister Brittany.  These girls belong to my youngest daughter and her husband.

This is my middle granddaughter Kenzie who is almost 9 months old and belongs to my  oldest daughter and her husband.

 Now on to my baby themed project for today.  I  have been so excited to share this diaper cake I made for  my youngest daughters shower in honor of little Brittany.  The theme for the shower was monkeys so I got the idea of making a tree with monkeys hanging from it.  This is a project where I just started creating and this is what I came up with.  I realize you wouldn't have the exact things I had in my garage but it gives you an idea of what you could create.

Remember you can click on the pictures to make them larger.
1.  I started with a cake circle round I had.  I sprayed it with green glimmer mist to make it green.
2.  I used a cardboard cone and scissor rack I found in the garage.  I added a paper cone on top to form the tree.
3.  I placed diapers newborn around the scissor rack in a circle.  I used most of a 90 box of diapers.  I tied them tightly.  It really helps to have someone help with this.  You need to tie diapers so they are usable afterwards.
4.  I covered  the string  with a brown strip of paper.  

5.  I then measure the circle at the top and made a cover for the center.    Later I topped this with little blue stones to make it look like water.
6.  I cut scalloped borders 12 inches long and 3 inches high and then cut down the valley so I could wrap them around tree and turn down to give it the palm tree look.
7.  I used Life's a Beach and cut palm tree top to fit to page.  I think I ended up with 3 each of 2 different greens.  I then folded them in the middle and glued them to cone.  I added  coconuts.
8.  I cut 3 inch monkeys and then reversed to have three backs. I hung with thin thread and added google eyes.  

The last thing I did was add a grass boder and then a name banner using Storybook font and some monkey ribbon.  

My blog candy for the hop is a $10 gift card of your choice to either Michaels or Joanns.  If however I pass the 300 follower mark I will chose two $10 winners.  So please become a follower and send your crafty friends over to see the hop.   Remember to become a follower and make a comment all three days of the hop to give you more chances to win.

Tomorrow I will share the rest of the things I did for the shower so please come back.  

I am also sharing this at My sherri crafts challenge which is party decor.   

Now hop along to your last stop and see what Libby: http://psastampcamp.blogspot.com/

has  made for today!

Here is the entire list in case you get lost.  

Emily: http://www.createserendipity.net/

Jen R: http://www.memorieswithjen.blogspot.com/
Dawn: http://dawnsdesignsthatdelight.blogspot.com/
Lisa: http://bitbythecricutbug.blogspot.com/
Corrine: http://celebratingordinarymoments.blogspot.com/
Kathie: http://kathleessnippitsncricuts.blogspot.com/
Lisa P: http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/
Gill M : http://creationsbygillm.blogspot.com/
Nancie B: http://www.alittlepieceofmebynancie.blogspot.com/
Kathy: http://kathyand3kids.blogspot.com/
Kimmarie: http://kimmarieskorner.blogspot.com/
Janet: http://www.createatdreamscrapbooks.blogspot.com/
CrafterBerly (Kimberly): http://www.crafterberly.com/
Deborah ~ http://www.scrappingmamma.net/
April: http://www.curlsandgrins.blogspot.com/
Michelle: http://www.designsoncloud9.blogspot.com/
Gina: http://californiascrappin-gcinderella21.blogspot.com/
Anita:http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com/
Dana:http://www.Danascraftycorner.blogspot.com/
Elsa :http://www.justafewdesigns.blogspot.com/
Rachelle: http://www.creationsbyrachelle.blogspot.com/
Theresa : www.thescrapbookingqueen.com
Lisa: http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/ You should have come from here
Suzanne: http://cricutcraftingrammy.blogspot.com/ This is me!
Libby: http://psastampcamp.blogspot.com/ Next

Brynn: http://www.flairandfrillscrea​tivity.blogspot.com

the latest "Moo's card- so udderly cute

This card is for the Cooking with Cricut Challenge.   

Was funny to see a cow challenge as over the weekend I went to a scrap yard at my local LSS  this past weekend and I got a cute cow stamp with two sentiments.  This one the latest Moos and  the other one said You are udderly wonderful.  The cow is from Create A Critter and the frame is from Toy Story.  Added Baker's Twine and little flowers to match the background paper.  

Sea you whale soon cards

These two cards are made using the whale from Create a Critter cut at 3 inches and the wave from Cake Basics cut at 1 x 5 ".  I also added some of the punched out part of wave under whale to make more dimension.  I used a little Smooch ink, gems and googly eyes.  These cards will be sent to Cards for Soldiers.  

Entered in  Tacky Tuesday Challenge on facebook- use a play on word and a sea creature.

Also I designed this on Gypsy following the Doubles Challenge at She's A Sassy Lady.  

Wow did I spend a lot of time on this layout!

This month Provo Craft is having two Magazine challenges.  For this challenge you were to use 3 Imaginesce products and  4 Cricut Cuts.  I knew right away I had this cute Imaginesce paper I had bought because I knew it would be great with Create a Critter.   So I used the following papers - Mushroom Fancy, Critter Chatter, and Hey Foxy.  I also used the Itop to make 3 flower buttons and the I  rock for the gems on flowers and butterflies.   I tried to duplicate the animals on the paper with the cute little animals on Create a Critter cartridge.  Took a lot of time but I am really happy with the way it turned out.  Hope you like it!

This is the left side of a two page layout

This is right side of  two page layout

Close up of deer

Close up skunk and bee

Close up butterfly and I top flower 

Closeup other butterfly and border

Close up of hedge hog  and Smooch ink on flowers with I rock gems

Closeup of owl and tree which I used Cuttlebug Dvine Swirl embossing folder.  

I also used chalk on edges and on embossing, beads for eyes with Pearl pen accents, MS punch for flower corners and leaves behind I top flowers,and  Smooch ink for accents.

Cuts for this project-
Elegant Edges p. 32 book cut and shadow cut at 7 "
Elegant Edges border p. 32 shadow only
Create a Critter Page 62 hedgehog 3", all flowers 1"
                            Page 61 skunk 3.5 ", butterfly 2 "
                            Page 25 owl 2.5"
                            Page 68 bee 3 "
                            page 69 deer 4 " and So Dear title 3"
                            page 68 tree 6"
Paper Doll Dress Up page 77 black out shift hill cut  at  2.9 x 12 inches on Gypsy