Bday Sundaes "Cakes & Cupcakes" Hop

One of my favorite blogs is having their first blog hop this week.  It's Birthday Sundaes and the theme this week is "Cakes & Cupcakes birthday cards".  Their design team has some awesome cards to share; I am always overwhelmed by their creativity and they are offering some great blog candy goodies for playing along.  
My entry for this challenge is an A2 sized card featuring a cupcake from the Cricut Imagine "Yummy" cartridge.  I had a hard time deciding which to choose ... this is such a soft pretty patterned cartridge.  I added a strip of ribbon from Pink Paislee and some Stickles.  The stamped sentiment is from Pink by Design's "Take the Cake" set.

- Cricut "Yummy" cartridge (cupcake)

- Cricut "Blast Off" cartridge (pink printed paper)

- Pink Paislee (ribbon trim)

- Pink by Design "Take the Cake" stamp set (sentiment)
- Stickles glitter

Simple Sympathy Card

A friend of mine lost both her grandfather and her aunt within 10 days of each other .... a sad time for her.  This card is the second sympathy one I've made for her in such a short time :(

- Martha Stewart punches (butterflies / doily lace border)

- The Paper Studio from Hobby Lobby (printed paper)

- Pink By Design "Sympathy" stamp set (sentiment)

- Glimmer mist

Another Birthday Sundaes challenge :)

This week's challenge at Birthday Sundaes is a fun one!  It's a photo inspiration challenge.  For my take on it, I pulled out my old Quickutz dies and used this cute little shark with the big eyes.  The cupcake is from the Doodlecharms Cricut cartridge and the paper is from Cosmo Cricket.  The embossed sentiment is from Pink by Design stamps "Simply Everything".  I added some Stickles to the candle flame and cupcake.  Ribbon is by KI Memories.

- Quickutz Shark

- Cricut "Doodlecharms" cupcake

- Cosmo Cricket (printed paper)

- Pink By Design "Simply Everything" stamp set (sentiment)

- KI Memories (ribbon)

- Stickles 

Mr. Pink's Photo Inspiration Challenge

Pink By Design's "Mr. Pink" has a GREAT challenge going on right now ... Create a project, card, layout or something else that is inspired by the picture below ...

I must say, Mr. Pink has great taste in photos .... wish I could jump in there right now and grab a tasty daiquiri.  I chose to create a card using Pink By Design's "Summer Vacation" stamp set for my sentiment.  It is definitely one of my favorite sets I have of Sarah's.   I used the Pack Your Bags cartridge for the beach scene and the SpongeBob Squarepants for the tiki frame.  The printed paper is from Bella Blvd.  

- Pack Your Bags cartridge

- Spongebob cartridge (frame)

- Pink By Design's "Summer Vacation" stamps (sentiment)

- Bella Blvd. (printed paper)

- Cuttlebug embossing folders (Swiss Dots & Seeing Spots)

"Lotso" Birthday Hugs

My son turned 17 on Tuesday ... just wanted to post this card I put together for him.  He had quite the encounter with Lots-o-Huggin' bear on our trip to Orlando this past March and I thought he would get a kick out of this.

- Toy Story Cartridge

- K & Company printed paper

- Pink By Design "Take the Cake" stamp set (sentiment)

Here's a pic of my son at Disney World this past March!

Scrappy Moms Terrific Tuesday Challenge - Life's A Beach

This was really a fun challenge as I absolutely love everything about the beach; it was hard to choose which images to use .... this is such a cute cartridge.  I chose the palm tree and hula girl ... reminds me of Maui.


Anyway, I used random cardstock scraps.  The blue background was embossed with Cuttlebug's D'vine Swirl folder.  I added Liquid Pearls to the lei and flower.  For the sand I used one of the neatest products ever ... it is real sand by MuddPuddles.  You spread it on wet ... kind of a glue-like consistency and it dries awesomely ... does not flake off at all.  The hula girl's face was stamped with the tiniest size of Peachy Keen's "Funshine Face Assortment."  The sentiment is from the "Summer Vacation" set by Pink By Design.  I am definitely going to be ordering the new one from Scrappy Moms though ... like I said I love the beach and anything summery ... it is one cute set!

- Life's A Beach (hula girl, palm tree)

- Everyday Paper Dolls (sand)

- Peachy Keen (Funshine Face Assortment) stamp set

- Cuttlebug D'vine Swirl embossing folder

- Pink by Design "Summer Vacation" sentiment

- Liquid Pearls in "petal pink" and MuddPuddles in "Malibu Beach"

Throwback Thursday challenge at My Creative Time

This card is for Emma's Throwback Thursday Challenge at "My Creative Time".  She is giving away a set of all 4 of her AWESOME stamps that are coming out this Friday .... can't wait to see them.

The challenge includes using the "Doodlecharms" cartridge and the color "blue".  I decided to use the sweet little seahorse and peachify her with one of the stamps from the Peachy Keen Critter Face set.

- Doodlecharms (seahorse); Baby Steps (label)

- printed paper by "Flair Designs"

- sentiment by "Pink by Design" (Summer Vacation)

- stamp for eye (Peachy Keen Critter Faces)

Welcome to my blog!

I am very new to this whole blogging thing, so please bear with me.  I have a ton to figure out yet, but thought I'd give it a try since I love seeing everyone else's crafty little blogs.  Here's one of the cards I made this weekend.  

It features the adorable Peachy Keen CottageCutz Duck Die and accessories.  Isn't she just the cutest?  Printed paper is by K & Company "Carolyn Gavin Greenhouse" pad.  Card stock is by Paper Trey Ink.  Used Cuttlebug "Spots & Dots" embossing folder and twine by "The Twinery" in Caribbean.  My sentiment is cut from Cricut "Once Upon a Princess" cart and the cute sentiment is from Pink By Design's "Summer Vacation" stamp set.  I used Stickles Fruit Punch on the little innertube and Waterfall on the water splashes.

Thanks for stopping by!