Princess Wagon!

Happy Sunday!!!

Hope you all are having a fabulous weekend!

I want to share a little Princess themed "basket" I did for a little girl who just turned one.

Her party was Princess themed and they LOVE Disney so I thought Disney Princesses were perfect!

They are sitting in a wagon that came with some little people sized sand toys.

The princess were cut from the Happily Ever After and Dreams Come True cartridges. I don't remember which cam from where. But there were 3 from each...lol! I jazzed them up a little with adhesive gems and stickles!

Thanks for stopping by!

St. Patty's Day Lunch Box - Scrappy Frogs Challenge

Hi everyone!

It's time for another Challenge from the Scrappy Frogs Challenge Blog. This time our team leader Mindy challenged us, to Challenge our self. We were to do a project that we don't normally do....travel outside our comfort zone.

Well, being that I RARELY alter items, I decided to alter a little lunch box. I ran out and bought a bunch of these back before Christmas when I saw that "Okie" from the Cricut message board was altering these. She does such fab work...I wanted to give it a try. Well, needless to say, I never got around to it so I figured it was a good time to try! Okie has a cut file on her blog to cut the pieces to cover it. Then you just have to decorate! Easy peasy. Find the cut file here.

The paper was single sheets from Hobby Lobby. The little shamrocks are foam that were in a package. The ribbon was also from Hobby Lobby! The adorable little owl is a Digi stamp from Pink Cat Studio. They have the most adorable images over there. I colored him with my Bic markers. No Copics yet. :( He is cut out using Nesties. I doodled a little here and there!

Thanks for checking it out.

Why don't you Challenge Yourself and hop on over and join us. Click here.

Have a great rest of the weekend!

Happy Birthday!

Hi there,

We are getting more snow here in Ohio! UGGGHHH! I can't take anymore.

I need to see the SUN!

Anyway, enough complaining :) Here is a card I made for a family friend.
The layout is from this weeks MoJo Monday sketch.

The papers are from the new DCWV linen stack. I colored him with my Prisma pencils. I added a few adhesive pearls and a Prima flower.

Thanks for checking it out!

Happy Birthday Sadie!

Hi there,

I wanted to share a card I made for my neighbor's pooch. Our dogs are both around the same age and they play constantly in the summer months. Well Sadie just turned two today so of course I had to make her a card.

I used Paper Pups for the pup and the balloon. I cut the string off the balloon and added wire instead as the "string". To spruce her up a bit I added some pink adhesive gems and a googly eye. The back white layer was embossed with swiss dots.

Thanks for checking it out!

Happy Birthday Sadie!!

Hang in there

Hi there,

I wanted to share a card I put together last week for my hubby's uncle who was having some back troubles. He had to get a round of shots in his back to help alleviate some pain.

He is doing much better now...so that was GREAT news.

The sketch was last weeks MoJo Monday. I LOVE their sketches!

The stamp is a House Mouse colored with Prisma pencils. I mounted them on some scalloped circles cut with Nesties. I embossed the blue layers with the Swiss Dots folder and the Herringbone folder. Hang in there is a stamp from Stampendous and cut out with a Nesti.

Have a fabulous weekend and thanks for stopping by!!!

Feel better soon!

Hi there,

I am on a roll with my posting....feels good :)

I wanted to share a card I made for my hubby's cousin that had to have surgery today. She is doing well and can go home this weekend. We are so relieved!

Her favorite color is light blue so I wanted to go with a blue themed card.

Anyway, here is the card I made her....

That adorable little bear is a digi stamp from KLMdigi stamps. I just fell in love with him. I colored him with my Prismas and added a little tiny bow on the blanket to give it a little oomph. The paper is from a Boy stack at Hobby Lobby. I can't remember the actual company. The flowers are Prima. The little photo corners were punched from an EKsuccess punch then I added a few adhesive gems.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Sta - we love you and are glad you are doing well! :)

Mardi Gras!

Hi there,

Did everyone have a fun Fat Tuesday otherwise known as Mardi Gras!

I'm sure the folks down in Louisiana had a blast celebrating. Plus, the Saints winning the Super Bowl...wooohooo!

I wanted to share a Mardi Gras themed basket I did for a party at the Senior Center.

I cut the state of Louisiana from 50 States and the Fleur de Luis came from Sweethearts. I cut the crown from the Paisley cart and the balloon came from Celebrations. The masks and Mardi Gras are cut from SVG's I found at the Paper Yoga blog. Click here. The beads came from a cut file created with George and Basic Shapes that I found at the Fun 2 Cricut website. Click here.

Thanks ladies for sharing your cut files!

Thanks everyone else for stopping by!
Have a good one!

Happy Thoughts & MoJo Monday

Howdy,

I'm just about out of my mind with all this snow now! I can't take anymore...lol!

Hope the rest of you are surviving this VERY long winter.

I wanted to share a card I made for a cousin of DH and I, she is having surgery on Thursday. I wanted to send her a "pre-thinking" of you card before she goes.

The layout is this weeks MoJo Monday! Click on the link in my sidebar to check out the sketch and give it a try yourself! Awesome stuff! The paper is from the new DCWV Mariposa stack. Oh how pretty those papers are...lots and lots of butterflies!!! The lacy border punch in a Martha Stewart punch. The sentiment is a stamp but I have no idea who's it is. The butterfly is cut from a Spellbinder die. I sprinkled adhesive pearls all over the card.

Thanks so much for checking it out!

Sta- We're thinking of you and love ya!!!

Valentine

Hey there,

Hope everyone had a fabulous weekend...especially if you got to celebrate a long weekend.

I wanted to share the Valentine I made for my mom and dad.

Cupid was cut from the Sweethearts cartridge and mounted on a white block that was embossed with the Tiny Hearts embossing folder. The background paper is from the Martha Stewart Valentine paper pack. The little hearts on the 4 corners of the white block are brads I found at Hobby Lobby.

Thanks for stopping by!

Bee Buddie Valentine

Hope everyone had a Happy Valentine's Day!

Hubby and I celebrated ours with a head cold...oh well. We ordered a pizza and sat on the couch all day. Not to bad...lol!

I wanted to share a card I made for my in laws.

The layout is this past weeks MoJo Monday sketch. The bees are Stampendous Bee Buddies. The are mounted on scalloped circles cut from Nesties and colored with my Bic Markers. I embossed the dark red areas with Swiss Dots and Hearts. The "hit me cupid" is a Studio G stamp. The little heart on the ribbon is a from a pack of heart buttons I found at Hobby Lobby!

Thanks for checking it out. Have a great rest of your weekend!

Hello Kitty Valentine

Hi there, Happy Saturday!

I just wanted to share a card I made for my little niece. It is her FIRST Valentine's Day!

The sketch is a past MoJo Monday sketch. Hello Kitty was cut from the Hello Kitty Greetings Cartridge. I embossed the block she's sitting on with the tiny hearts Cuttlebug Folder. The background paper was from the Martha Stewart Valentine's Day paper pack.

Thanks for stopping by!

Froggy Valentine

Hi there,

Hope everyone is ready for the weekend!

I wanted to share a valentine that I made for my niece. She is all about green. Loves it! So I wanted to create a Valentine that had a little green in it.

The paper is some I had left over from last year so I'm not sure who's it is. The frog was cut from the Paisley cartridge and he's mounted on some scalloped circles cut from Nesties. I gave him some googly eyes and I stickled the heart on his chest. The sketch is an older MoJo monday sketch but I can't remember the date...sorry :(

Have a great weekend!

Wedding card

Hi there,

Boy the snow here in Ohio has been wicked. I've been spending most of my time in the driveway shoveling...fun fun!

Anyway, I wanted to share a card I made for a former co-worker that just got married.

I made this exact same layout for a friend that got married back in September and I liked it so much I wanted to try it in different colors.

I used the Sweetheart Cartridge for the Mr. & Mrs. The "S" was cut from Storybook. Scalloped hearts are courtesy of Nestabilities. I used an EKsuccess punch for the corners and sprinkled some adhesive gems around.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Happy New Year!

Hey there,

Thanks for all the well wishes on my previous posts. I really appreciate it! I'm doing good just was out of my MoJo and so busy there for awhile. But I'm back! :)

We're waiting on a good wallop from old man winter this weekend. I'm so ready for Spring! I miss my Begonia's!

Anyway, I wanted to share a basket I did for Sunrise's New Years Party.

The balloons, hats, and honkers are all from Celebrations. The clock is from Locker Talk and the New Year block is cut from the new Calender cartridge. The paper is all glitter paper I found in the specialty paper section at Hobby Lobby. The little gold sprigs were from the Christmas Isle. I thought they looked New Year's Festive!!!

Thanks for checking it out!

Graduation

Hi there,

Here is another oldey but goodie....IMHO....LOL!

Our cousin Stacey graduated from Youngstown State University with her Master's Degree back in December! We are SOOOOOO proud of her! Well her hubby threw her a little shin dig at their house to celebrate her big accomplishment!

Here is a small bucket I put together for her. We put an engraved paper weight for her desk in the bucket.

The diploma and kitty are from Hello Kitty Greetings. The graduation cap is from Locker Talk. Congrats is from Tear Drop and the little penguin is from Christmas Cheer. The mascot for YSU is a penguin for those of you wondering why their is a penguin involved...lol!

Thanks for checking it out!

Stacey, we are so proud of you! Love ya!

HI!!!! I'm still alive!

Well, well, well!

I almost forgot how to post!

It's been a busy couple months. Christmas came and went rather smoothly except I got sick a week or two before with a TERRIBLE cold. It was awful!!! I got so behind and all the crafty adventures I had planned came to a screeching halt. Then, after Christmas, I haven't really had the mojo flowing. So, I've just been trying to deep clean the house and just get organized in the new year. Cleaning cupbords and closets can actually be quite fun! Ha ha!

Right now, I'm finally in the middle of completing my first project since before Christmas. So you can probably look for that some time on Sunday.

I haven't even had the chance to play with my new Gypsy yet!

Well, I figured I should get SOMETHING posted. I made this for my sister and brother-in law back in early December. My brother-in-law is Jewish and they have a party at their house every year for Hanukkah. I decided I would make them a little decoration for their table. I found the vase at Dillard's.

All the cuts are from Joys of the Season. You can't really tell in this picture but I used Martha Stewart glitter on all the silver parts. It was really pretty in real life.

Thanks for stopping by! I missed all my blogging buddies. I hope to have some time and check in on all of you and see what you've been up to! Hope you are having a wonderful start to 2010!

I WON!!!!

I woke up this morning to some AMAZING news!

Nilda, over at the Gypsy Spot along with Custom Crops were giving away a Gypsy!! Yep, a GYPSY!!! So I entered the contest never dreaming I would win. I never win anything much less a prize like that! But I did win! WOOOOO HOOOOO!

I cannot believe it! I signed on this morning to look at emails and I saw a comment from my blog in my email. It was from my bloggin' buddy Bridget. She always leaves such wonderful comments on my blog but, this one was especially exciting!!! She wrote: "Congrats on the big win over at the gypsy spot. Lucky you. Enjoy your new Gypsy! "

Well at first I thought she has to be mistaken....it has to be a different Chrissy....lol! SO, I hopped on over to the Gypsy Spot gave a click on #55 and low and behold it brought me right back here!

The laptop went flying and i did some, most likely, pretty awful dancing! LOL!

I cannot thank Nilda at the Gypsy Spot and the people over at Custom Crops enough for offering this awesome giveaway!

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

Golf is life...

Hi there,

I just wanted to share a card with you all. I made this for my hubby's grandpa that just turned 90. He loves golf and god bless him, he still plays!

Side note....poor Tiger Woods should have stuck to just golfing and he wouldn't be in so much trouble...lol!

I'm also entering this in this weeks challenge over at Just Buggin'. The challenge was Sew it. Well, I have a mini sewing machine but haven't got around to trying it out yet.

So here is what I came up with.....

I cut the golf images from Sports Mania. I cuttlebugged the golf ball and then distressed it with Tim Holtz ink. I mounted the "golf is life" on a block that I cuttlebugged with the argyle folder. It has tiny little stitch marks on it. Then I doodled some faux stitches around the brown border of the same box. I hope that will do for the challenge. That's about all my sewing talents for now....lol!

Thanks for stopping by!

Golf & 90th Birthday

Hi there,

I have one more basket to share with you today. My hubby's grandfather turned 90 today so the family got together and had a little dinner for him. He LOVES golf and still plays, god bless him, hubby and I got him a gift card for the golf course he has his league play at. So I wanted a creative way to give it to him.

The bucket is a driving range bucket. I filled it with tissue and put golf balls on the top. The golf cuts are all from Sports Mania. The balloons were cut from George and then run through the Cuttlebug using the argyle folder. 90 is cut from Storybook and finally Happy Birthday was cut from Hello Kitty Greetings.

He really loved it...so I was thrilled!

Happy Birthday Papa!

Thanksgiving Basket

Hi!

I wanted to share the Thanksgiving Basket I did last week for the assisted living Thanksgiving party/dinner.

The pilgrims, Indians, cornucopia, and turkey were all cut from paper doll dress up. I distressed some of their clothes and feathers. There is also a lot of cuttlebugging although it's hard to see in the picture. Happy Thanksgiving was cut from wild card as well as the scalloped oval it's sitting on. The turkey and pies were cut using the Cricut along with Sure Cuts Alot. They are patterns from My Scrap Chick!

Hope you all had a wonderful holiday weekend!
Thanks for stopping by.