You BRIGHTEN my day!!!

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Hi there! I felt inspired - for some reason or another! - to make a bright and happy card for this weeks Peachy Keen Anything Goes Challenge! It's pretty bright - so you've been warned! Here it is:

I started off with the rainbow from the February 2012 Monthly Kit. I covered each row one at a time with Glossy Accents, and then sprinkled on neon Martha Stewart Glitter. I left it plenty of time to dry, before fussy cutting it out. 

The background is the Peachy Keen Cloudy Day Background. I inked it up with Versamark ink, then with Tim Holtz blue ink, before stamping and heat embossing with clear embossing powder. LOVE the fun shiny look that gave it! 

Next, I cut the clouds out using a Lil' Inkers Die. I layered them on the rainbow, then attached to the cloud background with foam adhesive, before covering the clouds with Glossy Accents and more glitter. 

Finished off with a sentiment from Scrappy Mom's Stamps on a hand trimmed banner, and added a Tim Holtz paper clip and some bling on the bottom.

Finally, I attached the entire thing to a green cardbase with foam adhesive!

Thanks for stopping by to see my BRIGHT card! Hope it brightened your day!

Butterfly Map

Just a quick post today since my day is going to be one of those crazy busy ones! I made this card for the recent Paper Crafts Magazine call for submissions...but I never submitted it. I really liked how it turned out, but it wasn't what I was expecting. I ended up submitting something entirely different - and that is what ended up being my first acceptance! So I'm okay with that!

I used some My Mind's Eye 6x6 paper, and the map paper is from October Afternoon's Sasparilla 8x8 paper pad.

The butterflies are a Martha Stewart punch. I punched each one out twice, inked the edges with Tim Holtz distress ink (can we say tedious?!?!?!) - then adhered the first one to the blue paper, the next one just in the center, and ran a couple lines of machine stitching through the center. After they were all stitched and dry, I curled up the edges so it is very dimensional. 

You can see it here too:

Finished off with a machine zig zag around the edges, a sentiment from Scrappy Mom's stamps, and the little butterfly stamps which are from the same Scrappy Mom's set.

Thanks for stopping in! Hope your day is wonderful!!!

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!

Yep - I got that song running through my head! For some reason, I have had a little trouble getting inspired this year to put up Christmas decorations. However, this last weekend I had a moment of inspiration and jumped on it - so we now have some lights up around the house. Will be getting our tree later this week too - my girls are ecstatic!

Anyway, I have a card today that I made for several challenges!  The first is for the Cricut Cardz Challenge #97 - a Christmas card inspired by a favorite Christmas song (as mentioned as the title of this post!) Next is the Scrappy Mom's Stamps "Christmas" theme Terrific Tuesdays challenge. I am also entering this in the weekly challenge on the Cricut Circle blog - "Flower Fusion" - to incorporate store bought pre-made flowers on a project with at least 2 Cricut cuts. Lastly, I am entering this in the Basic Grey Flickr Pool Stitching December Challenge.

Whew! After all that, here is my card this time around:

I used A Child's Year for the ornament cut, as well as the tag. All the paper is from Basic Grey's Picadilly 6x6 paper pad.

Inked the edges of everything with Tim Holtz Distress ink in Vintage Photo, then smeared some Glossy Accents on the ornament, and coated it with Martha Stewart Coarse Glitter. I then attached the ornament to the card with pop-dots for some dimension.

Used some Prima Flowers, tied on with some Crinkle Ribbon and PTI twine with the tag, stamped with a Scrappy Mom's sentiment.

It is kind of hard to see in the picture, but I finished off with some faux stitching around the outside edges of the card.

Thanks for visiting! Hope you have a fabulous day - we are heading out to go for a drive in the snowy mountains! Fun fun fun!



Rainbow Buttons

Good morning! Just a quick post to share a card I actually made a while back and never posted. Now seemed like a good time, so I could enter it in the Moxie Fab World Random Fun Challenge - Button Day!

I used my Martha Stewart button punch, and some Bazzil cardstock for the buttons, then tied some jute cord through and behind them. Adhered them to the card with pop-dots, and rounded off one corner with my Martha Stewart corner rounder. 

Finished off with a sentiment from Scrappy Mom's stamps, and a bit of faux stitching with my white gel pen.

Thanks for stopping by!



Pumpkin Spice Latte Birthday Card!

I am still having so much fun with the Love You a Latte cartridge - and here is what I was able to create today:

It is for several different challenge, the first one the sketch challenge over on the Cricut Circle blog. Here is the sketch:

I am also enterering it in the Anything Goes challenge at The Cuttlebug Spot, as well as the Tea Time Challenge at Getting Cricky with K Andrews (I am hoping this is close enough, since a few of her design teams creations used coffee instead of tea!)

For my card, I used Love You A Latte to cut the heart in the background, as well as the cup and steam, and ran them through my Cuttlebug using my PTI linen impression plate. Instead of putting the heart on the cup, I used a little pumpkin from Disney Happily Ever After.

I inked the edges of everything, including the doily with Tim Holtz distress ink.

The tag is cut from Sentimentals with a sentiment from Scrappy Mom's stamps. 

I added a tiny it of PTI twine with the tag as well.

And that's it! I'm so happy with how this one came out!!!



One final Scrappy Mom's sneak peak!

If you are looking for the Cricut 360 Spooky blog hop, scroll down or click HERE, and if you are looking for Unity Friends with Flair, scroll down 2 posts, or click HERE.

I couldn't resist doing one last Scrappy Mom's sneak peak, and I have been playing LOTS with my Peachy Keen stamps, getting ready for next week - since I get to be the guest designer for the week!!! SOOO excited for that, and I have a couple of things ready that I can't WAIT to show you! But in the meantime, here is what I got done - and don't forget that Scrappy Mom's stamps still has FREE SHIPPING through tomorrow, so don't miss it!

I used Winter Frolic for that cute Angel, and added a Peachy Keen face. Cut a little extra so I could add a layer of bangs with pop-dots for a bit of dimension.

Added stickles to the wings and halo, as well as around the dress and cloud, did some machine stitching, and used my white gel pen to do just a bit of doodling.

Finished off with the sentiment stamped on the clouds from this new release set by Scrappy Mom's stamps:

Here is the other new release - isn't it perfect for the month of October? And $2 from the sale of each set goes directly to cancer research and support for patients and families. Isn't that even better?

Thanks for stopping by, and I will be back Monday morning with some Peachy Keen goodness! Can't wait!!!!



Cricut 360 Blog Hop

Welcome to Houses Built of Cards - and one of the stops along the Cricut 360's Spooky Halloween Blog Hop. I'm a bit of a twist along the way, since my family and I don't celebrate Halloween...so I made a little different card to meet the requirements!

If you have just arrived here from Jo then you're in the right spot!!! If you just happened along here and want to go back to the beginning and join in the entire hop, then head back to Cricut 360 for all the details! Make sure to check out each design team member along the way for inspiration, and to collect the clue words along the way to play along in this weeks challenge. There will also be prizes along the way at some of the Design Team's blogs, as well as a GRAND PRIZE - a Freshly Picked cricut cartridge if you link up your project at Cricut 360! Fun, right?

Here is what I came up with for the theme. I used Elegant Edges for the background shapes, and Nursery Rhymes for Little Miss Muffet. The sentiment is from Scrappy Mom's stamps. I did lots of inking with black ink to make it pop. I love the PURPLE background, don't you? (hint: that is my clue word!)

I don't have a giveaway today, since I am celebrating my first blogiversary next week, and have LOTS of giveaways planned for that! So you might want to visit next week and see what is going on!

Now it's time to hop on over to Darlene and see what she has waiting for you! Don't forget to link up your project on Cricut 360 when you find all of the clue words! Here is the blog hop line up in case you get lost:

Sonia

Patty

Diana

Barb

Stacey

Sonya

Jo

                       Heather (You are here)

Darlene

Leirad

Lisa

Have a great weekend!



A couple more Scrappy Mom's sneak peaks...

Good morning! I meant to post these yesterday, but ended up waking up with the stomach flu - YUCK! I felt better by the end of the day, but wasn't really doing to much, so I just decided to save these for today! I also wanted to make sure and remind you that Scrappy Mom's Stamps is still offering FREE SHIPPING through this Sunday the 16th! Don't miss that opportunity if there is something you have been wanting for a while!

Anyway, I have this card I made using Everyday Pop-up Cards - and lots of pink! Inked the edges of the dark pink with dark pink ink, and the light pink with light pink ink and pop-dotted the balloon from the background. I used my Martha Stewart score board to do the edges, and added some stitching. It is kind of driving me nuts that my stitching along the bottom got a little crooked though! It actually looks worse in the picture than in real life - but I still might have to redo that part of the card! Oh well...

I will be linking this one up as well to the Link-up for Pink Party over at Gaby Creates.

This second card I used A Child's Year for all the cuts. The black polka dots are a background stamp from Unity Stamps, and I added some crinkle ribbon as well.

Here is a picture of what I put on the inside - one of the icons that I cut out once in green and once in red - did some snipping with my scissors, and layered together for an inside embellishment. You can also see the pop-dotting on the front image.

I also made this for the Blogiversary sketch challenge over on the Cricut Circle Blog. Here is the sketch that I followed:

And here are the 2 new sets of Scrappy Mom's Stamps that I used for my sneak peaks:

Thanks again for visiting today! See you again soon!



More Scrappy Mom's Sneak Peaks!

Good morning! I have a couple more cards I made with the NEW sets of Scrappy Moms stamps! Remember - they are offering {FREE shipping} through October 16th - so it's a great time to pick up any new sets you might have been eyeing for a while!!!

Here is my first card:

I used the new set A Holiday to Remember.

The house was cut from Joys of the Season. I added some gray Bakers Twine for smoke from the chimney, lots of stitching and doodling with my white gel pen, and pop-dotted it from the background.

The sentiment tag is cut from Sophisticated, and I found the little hearts on Birthday Cakes cartridge - they are also pop-dotted from the background! Finished off with some more faux stitching around the edges of everything else. 

My second card is so simple - but I love how it came out! I just used my Martha Stewart Score Board to add an embossed double square, then took some pink ribbon, twisted it, and glued it down with Zip Dry glue where I wanted it to stick.

Finished off with the sentiment from this set - Believe in Miracles! Remember - $2 of from the sale of each of this set goes toward research and support for families and victims of cancer. I am also linking this card up to the Link up for Pink linking party over at Gaby Creates! And...adding it to the Hand Stamped Sentiments Think Pink Challenge! 

That's it for today! I will have some more sneaks up for you tomorrow!!! Thanks for stopping by!

Scrappy Mom's Stamps - October Release - Guest Designer post!

Good morning! I am SOOO excited to be a guest designer this month for Scrappy Moms Stamps, because it meants I get to help show off the newest stamp sets for the month of October!!! And as an added bonus, Scrappy Moms Stamps is offering free shipping on any purchase made today (October 7th) until October 16th!!! 

So, without further ado, here they are, with a card I made to go with each of them! The first one is called Believe in Miracles - and this set is unique, because $2 from the sale of every set will be donated to a national cancer group that funds research and support for patients and their families!

For my card, I cut the ribbon from Stand and Salute, inked the edges, then covered it with Glossy Accents and Martha Stewart chunky glitter. Added some tulle behind it which I also inked a bit on the edges, and put it all on a doily, again with inked edges. I cut a plain circle for the center of the doily, and inked it as well (can you tell I inked a LOT on this card?) Stamped the sentiment from the new set, and added some crinkle ribbon and a flower that I cut from Mother's Day Bouquet and layered with a button and some jute cord.

I am linking this first card up to the Link up for Pink over at Gaby Creates and Celebrate the Occassion's weekly challenge: Breast Cancer Awareness.

This second set is called A Holiday to Remember and is LOADED with great holiday sentiments all the way from Thanksgiving to New Years!

I decided to start off with a Christmas card! I used the Christmas Solutions cartridge - it is retired, but a great cartridge if you have it or can get your hands on it! I cut the bell out with the shadow layers, inked the edges with black ink, and covered it with Glossy Accents and Martha Stewart chunky glitter. The bow I cut out and covered with flocking - LOVE how fuzzy and cozy it came out! The frame for the sentiment is cut out from Sophisticated, and also inked before stamping the sentiment. Finished off with some crinkle ribbon, a button, and some jute cord on the bow, and then added some corners that were punched with a Fiskars corner punch.

I am also linking this up to the newest challenge in the Moxie Fab World - Textured to Perfection. That flocked ribbon just has the softest texture! It just makes me want to touch it!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great weekend - and don't forget free shipping from today until the October 16th on any purchase from Scrappy Moms Stamps! Great time to shop if you have been waiting!

Have a Fairy Nice Day!

I had so much fun with this card! Can you tell I have little girls and love to make all the fun girly stuff? Anyway, this is for one of the WCMD challenges over at Inking it Up - Glitter and Bling! I am also entering it in the blogaversary challenge over on the Cricut Circle Blog - to use some of the Circle Exclusive cartridges for a project.

For this card I used Shall We Dance for the magic wand, and Pop-up Neighborhood for the frame in the background. Did some inking and glossy accents and glitter on the wand. Added some doodling, a sentiment from Scrappy Moms Stamps, and a bit of Bakers Twine.



World Cardmaking Day - Birthday Card Challenge

This is the only card that I actually got accomplished on Saturday for World Cardmaking Day! We were so busy with my daughters birthday party, but then I remembered that we were celebrating my nephews birthday on Sunday! So I was more than happy to sit down and play! And...I can also enter this into the Birthday Card Challenge over at Inking it Up!!!

I used Boys Will be Boys for the robot and background cut, and added some doodling with a black pen.

And...put him on an action wobble!!! Isn't it just so much fun?!?!?!

See him wobble?!?!?

Added the top part of the sentiment from a Pink by Design stamp set, and the bottom part from a Scrappy Mom set!

Thanks for stopping in! Hard to believe it is Monday already...ugh. My hubby is working really long hours right now - 13 and 14 hour days, 6 days a week. So Sundays are his only day off, at least hopefully he continues to get them off! So, we really enjoyed our time together as a family yesterday! And now we take a deep breath and try to get through another week! Should only be for a month and a half or so though, so we will make it! I might be doing LOTS of crafting to pass the time!!!



Scrappy Mom's Stamps World Cardmaking Day Blog Hop!!!

Good morning!!! I'm SOOO excited to be joining the Scrappy Mom's Stamps Design Team as guest designer for the month of October!!! And...since this is October first, I get to participate in a special World Cardmaking Day Hop!!! Scrappy Mom's is giving away a set of their stamps to one lucky commenter from *one* of the blogs along the hop. The more comments you leave, the better your chances of winning!

Scrappy Mom's Stamps are some of my very FAVORITE sentiment stamps - they are so cute and fun! I got kind of carried away using Quirky Quotes and my Sentimentals Cricut cartridge. I made 3 different cards, all in about 1 1/2 hours - which is pretty quick for me! I had actually had them all in my head since I got quirky quotes, and just hadn't had a chance to make them yet - so glad to finally get them in paper! The paper is all from the same mini stack - Echo Park's Happy Days 6x6 pad, and I added a bit of Baker's twine to them as well (which Scrappy Mom's stamps just so happens to sell also, by the way!) So...here they are:

The first one I added a brad on the scissors, and pop-dotted them from the background.

This second one has a bit of inking on it. I am also entering it in this weeks Cricut Circle blog weekly Challenge.

Here is the stamp set that I used for all three cards:

And here is the line up of everyone on the hop - in case you get lost! Remember, the more comments you make, the better your chances of winning!

Tammy

Saundra

Heather (That's me!)

Nicole

Melanie

Corri

Cristina

Bonnie

Lauren

Lezlye

Laura

Trish

Sarah

Scrappy Moms Stamps Blog

And here is what you have a chance to win! Have fun hopping, and Happy World Cardmaking Day!!!

And finally, if you are joining the World Cardmaking hop, then click HERE for your next stop!