Pucker Up + More

Happy Monday Scrappy Friends. I hope you had a good weekend and enjoyed it with a nice bbq (like I did) or a good craft-a-thon (like I should have)  lol. I have several things on my plate right now and I should have taken some time to take care of them but the sunshine was too good to pass up. The only thing that made me feel bummed was the fact that CHA is being held 20 minutes away from me and I cant go. Grrrrr..... 

Now onto my Valentine project....  I wanted to play with the Frog theme for this V-Day project. I mean, who hasn't had their fare share of "frogs". So I created them with my oldest niece and sister in mind. I know they will get a chuckle out of these.

Picture 1: Valentine Day Project: Card & Chocolate Mini Box

Picture 2: Size 5 inches

Prismacolor Pencils

Picture 3: For my card, I used Froggie Thoughts from Tiddly Inks. This is a really cute set that brings the frog and some cute sentiments - such as the one I used: "The Things We Do For Love", don't you just love this sentiment?

I will be playing with Tiddly Inks Challenge - Quote Me. Use a favorite or special quote. The quote/sentiment I used I think is soo true for all of us. What don't we do for love?

Picture 4: Sweethearts Cart

Martha Stewart Punches

For my chocolate mini box I used the cutie frog from the Sweethearts cartridge. However, I think I made this poor little fella look like he was put through the ringer. I used PKS Everyday Faces (slightly altered) but when my alteration went awry, I decided to give him an eye patch. lol. Eh, I think he still looks cute with it. But I couldn't stop at the eye patch, so I decided to give the poor guy some freckles/frog spots. However, I went a little bizerk with the black pen and he ended completely covered with them. But I like it. It turned out to be one of those accidental good things :) :D. Handmade Sentiment Used, "Pucker Up Baby" (lol)

I'll be playing with:

Scrappy Moms Terrific Tuesdays - Sweethearts
Peachy Keen Stamps (Let's Face It Friday) - X's and O's
Wacky Wednesday - Brown, Green and Pink (Used for both items)

Thanks for stopping by/commenting!!

Flaunt It Fridays: Pup + Kitty and more

After taking 2 weeks off, I'm back for Flaunt It Fridays. This week we are working with the Pup & Kitty border from Paper Pups (page 104). As always, if you don't own the cartridge you can improvise (like I did). I still used an image from Paper Pups but I know that some of my DT sisters used other cartridges to make it work this week. Make sure you head over to check out their work.

Picture 1:

I created this tag for my niece's V-Day class project. I kept it very simple because (1) It needs to be reproduced for 20+ kids and (2) They are kids. lol. They won't appreciate all the hard work or extra embellishments. All they will care about are the goodies that will be attached to the tag.  

Recipe

Tag - Walk In My Garden, Pup and Kitty - Paper Pups. (*I don't own these carts but I found these cuts on the Cricut Sampler Cartridge).

Friends and Oval Frame - A Child's Year

I would also like to say a big THANK YOU to all my new Scrappy Friends/Followers. I'm very happy to see that you liked my gothic cutie b-day card enough to click follow. I enjoy coloring digis and rubber stamps as much as I enjoy the cricut so I will be bringing you more coloring/cricut creations. If you ever have any questions regarding my coloring or anything, feel free to leave me a comment or send me an email.

Thanks for stopping by/commenting!!

"Just Be Me"

Good Morning Scrappy Friends. I wanted to share a card I made to play along with Tiddly Inks. Their challenge was "Just Be Me" - Create a card that represents who you are. Now that was a bit difficult to do because I couldn't really break it down to one picture. But last week I was lucky enough to win some images from Christy and I chose this one because I really loved the little girl/bug that is sleeping, relaxing and reading. I found this image appropriate to portray a bit of me because I enjoy relaxing, reading a good book and taking a delicious long nap :). Plus, It's also a good representation because i can be very carefree in other aspects of my life, sometimes a little to much. lol

Picture 1: Sunny HuggABug digi from Tiddly Inks

Picture 2: Sugar and Spice Cart used for base and layer

I'll be playing along with:
Tiddly Inks Challenge - Just Be Me
Simon Says Stamp Chellenge - Bingo (Ribbon, Brads and Flowers, I used brads for the center of the colored flowers )

Thanks!

**Now a side note: I hate having to do this but I just found out that some blog candy I gave away is being recycled and is being offered up as a bribe. Now if it would have been candy that I didn't care for I wouldn't be this upset but I gave away a set of Prismacolor Pencils and it was quite difficult for me to give them away. Those pencils are very special for me because as you know, they are what I use for my coloring and relaxation. However, I offered them up as blog candy because I wanted a fellow blogger/scrappy friend to enjoy them as much as I do. Now, I feel as if another Scrappy Friendfollower missed the opportunity to enjoy them. Am I being too sensitive?

Kissy, Kissy

Happy Sunday Scrappy Friends. I wanted to share a card I made for that special time in your life. I didn't use traditional colors because I'm playing with new techniques I'm trying to master, Vintage look and mix mediums (art markers & Prismacolor Pencils). 

Picture 1: Kissy Kissy digi from The Greeting Farm

I'll be playing along with:

Cupcake Craft Challenge - Wedding Card

Southern Girls Challenge - Totally Loved Up

Stamp Something - Cute Somethings

The Pixie Cottage - Who Do You Love

Wee Memories - Free Your Creativity
Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge - Sketch
Music Mondays - "Golden" 

Thanks for stopping by/commenting. Have a good Sunday!!

KinderStampO's "34 Birthday Candles and Counting" Blog Hop

Hello Scrappy Friends. Welcome to KinderStampO's Big 34th Bday Celebration. Jessica lined up over 40 blogs for you to visit to get some birthday inspiration. The hop began at Jessica's blog, KinderStampO, and will end there as well. Ok, so lets get started....

You should be arriving from Jessica, Creative Stamper.

[Lovely name by the way, lol. And the host has an even lovelier name :)]

Today's birthday card project features one of my favorite tools (if you can call it that). Aside from using my cricut machine, I enjoy coloring digi stamps or rubber stamps. I find it relaxing to pull out my stamps and crayons and go at it as if I was still in elementary school. Granted I sometimes take over an hour to color an image such as this one but that's besides the point :)

Picture 1:

I chose this image because my bday is 2 weeks before Halloween and ever since I can remember, I've always had my birthday associated with the holiday. I even received an Orange Halloween cake from a friend on my 21st bday instead of a regular birthday cake. lol. So because of that, I like the cutie gothic bday images such as this one.

Picture 2: Pinky digi stamp from Tiddly Inks

Colored with my Prismacolor Pencils

RECIPE

A2 Size Base: 4.25x5.5

Layer 1: 4x5.25

Layer 2: 3x4.75

Happy Birthday Embossing Folder

Martha Stewart "Loopy Loop" Edge Punch

*I'm not certain of the name because I threw the packaging but it was something around that line.



In case you get lost, you can find the complete lineup at KinderStampO's blog.

Thank you Jessica for hosting this big bash and allowing me to be part of it. Happy Birthday!!!

** Your next stop is Jill,The Scrapaholic
Happy Hopping!

I {Heart} You, Part 2

I am back with another I{Heart}You project made for my beautiful niece. I know she is going to love this cute little altered canvas because she was stuck on me like glue when I was coloring in this gorgeous Lilith. So she saw the whole project except for her name and she was raving about it!!! So I'm extremely happy about that, especially since pink is a fave color of mine and not so much hers. Poor thing thinks that I made this to give away to someone else. She was bummed about so I know she will be extremely surprised when she finds this underneath the Valentine Day Tree. 

Christmas Lolita Lilith rubber stamp from Tickled Pink Stamps Store

*** Please note: I slightly altered her. This is not the way she comes*** 

You must go over to the Tickled Pink Shop and check out all the beautiful Lolita stamps in stock.

This is an Altered Mini Canvas, Size 6x6.

I am playing along with:

Tickled Pink Stamps Challenge: I Heart You

Friday Sketchers: Sketch #137 

Wee Memories: Ribbon

Stamp Something: Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by. As always I love to hear what you have to say.

Hello Card?

Good Evening Scrappy Friends. I hope you had a good holiday weekend and you were able to get back to your routine without much difficulty.

Today I wanted to share a cute, not so quick, card with you. I labeled my post "Hello Card?" because I'm still debating on what sentiment to use. I left the bottom left corner bare for this reason. I originally created this card to be used as a Hello card but now that I think of it, it can be used as a Birthday card, Thinking of You or Thank You card. I guess I can decided on that when it's time to mail it out.

Picture 1:
Cupcake Anya digi from The Greeting Farm

5.5x5.5 size

Picture 2: Today's card is a big one. I needed plenty of space to use my big headed cutie-patootie Anya :) I over estimated her size and it turned out she was much too big to fit on an A2 with all the embellishments. And I spent way to much time coloring her hair for me not to use her so here's a biggie. I decorated the inside with a lot of the features from the front. I like doing this to help eliminate some of the scraps. 

Ill be playing with:

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Sketch Time  
Stamp Something - Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by/commenting!!