#142 Father's Day Gift Box

HI everyone! Here's a little gift card holder box for Father's Day that I made with my new Sure Cuts A lot 2 software. I found this SVG file box online and cut in my Expression. The paper is DCWV and the tage is hand cut my me! The sentiment is Pink By Design. Hope you are having a great day, be sure to check back later for a layout that I made! Here is the link to get this adorable box at MY TIME TO CRAFT

#141 Graduation Card

***This is my 2nd post today.....Please scroll down for my Paper Playtime post***

Hi everyone! Today is a brand new challenge at ABBY's Blog and the challenge is Graduation and we were sponsored by Ka Doodle Bug Designs with some very cute SVG's. This was actually my very first time using my Sure Cuts A Lot 2 and I think I'm going to be hooked! It was very similar to using my Gypsy and yes it works in my original Cricut Expression. I embossed the background paper with my Cuttlebug using my Tim Holtz texture fades.  I added pop dots under the grad cap and diploma and sprayed all over with Gold Glimmer Mist.

I hope you are all having a wonderful holiday weekend!

#140 Paper Playtime Love/Wedding

Hi everyone today is Digi Monday at Paper Playtime and our theme is Wedding/or Love. I made both of my love cards with these adorable stamps from our Sponsor Karber Digital. I embossed the Queen's card with my Cuttlebug using a Tim Holtz texture fade and colored her with Bic markers and added stickles. 

For my 2nd love card I printed the image a few times to do paper piecing and added stickles. The background stamp is from Market Street Stamps. Both sentiments are from Scrappy Moms Stamps.

#139 Memorial Day Blog Hop

Hi everyone welcome to the Memorial Day Blog Hop hosted by Sylvia of Bella Scrapbook Designs. If you are here from Sylvia's blog then you are in the right spot! I was super excited when Sylvia asked me to join in her wonderful hop because it's for such a great cause.......

For this hop Sylvia has asked us all to donate our  cards to this sweet 10 year old boy named STEPHEN who is trying to collect 180,000 cards to send to the troops!!! That is so amazing!! I can not believe that someone so young can make a difference, he really has me thinking about making some changes in my own life too!! Stephen if you are reading this you are truly an inspiration to us all!!

For my card I was going for a Memorial Day themed card which I had my hubby help me create it, he told me which cuts and stamps to use for my card, thanks honey!  For those of you who do not know my hubby is a Marine Veteran who served at Camp Pendleton for 5 years, and now he is working as a Government Contractor who has to deploy overseas very often; so anything military related is very close to my heart.  

The cuts are from Stand and Salute which I added pop dots underneath, I stamped the sentiment with Pink By Design "Our Heroes" stamp set and embossed with my Cuttlebug.

I am so touched by Stephen's story and plan and sending him some cards. If you would like to help out by thanking our troops you can send a card Here or if you don't want to fill out all of their information  you can send your card directly to me and I would be happy to mail it out along with mine email me at critterbugg365@gmail.com for more info.  They have a sweet trip up for grabs to the winner and I would love to win a trip especially since it's not to far from my home!

Now for some blog Candy! In honor of Memorial Day I am giving away 5 cuts of your choice from the Stand and Salute Cricut cart OR  5 cuts  of your choice from the Independence Day Cricut cart.

NEXT STOP is KRISTAL

#138 Robotz Card

Hi everyone today is the Robotz anything goes challenge at Flaunt It Friday's. Here's a simple card I made using the "Retro Botz" function on the Robotz cart. The sentiment is from My Creative Time Stamps. I am so sad to see Flaunt It Friday's come to an end and so thankful for everyone who has been on this creative journey with me. Thank you everyone!

#137 Nate's 2 Page Layout

Hi everyone! Here's a 2 page layout I made using only Nate's ABC's. I used this cart for the dog, bird, sign, kite, and title font. All of the papers are from the DCWV All Boy stack from Joann's. The paper flowers I made are from the Tim Holtz Rosette dies that I put in my Cuttlebug.

#136 Ladybug Charm Card

Hi everyone, there's a brand new challenge this week at Paper Playtime and this week's challenge is to use a charm on your project. I made my own charm using the ladybug from Doodlecharms and added some twine and rick rack ribbon and stamped the sentiment from My Creative Time Stamps.

#135 Father's Day Truck Card

Hi everyone here's a quick card I made using Nate's ABC's cart. I placed pop dots underneath the wheels for some dimension and stamped the sentiment with My Creative Time Stamps, and also did a little doodling around the edges. I am entering in Simply Sunday w/ K Andrew which is a Retro Daddy Challenge.

#134 Nate's ABC's Lion

Hi everyone I am so excited that everyone got a chance to vote on my little poll, it looks like Nate's ABC's won, so that means I will give you plenty of Nate's ABC's inspiration this week. This cut little lion is from Nate's and I stamped the face with PKS Wide Eyed and Bushy Tailed stamps and added bling with my I-Rock and stamped the sentiment with Pink By Design. I am entering in the Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge which is to follow the sketch, and use PKS if  you have them. Be sure to check back later tonight for another card I made using Nate's ABC's cart! Have a great Saturday afternoon!

DDLL Watermelon Card

Hi everyone today is Design Team day at Digital Delights by Louby Loo and there's also some new release in store HERE. The stamp I used here was the watermelon stamp from the Barbecue Cooking Set, which I printed on pink and green paper and did paper piecing.

#133 Sad doggy card

Hi everyone! I am so excited to be entering a Throwback Thursday Challenge since I haven't had much time to enter challenges lately. The challenge is to use Doodlecharms and the color blue. I've had Doodlecharms a long time and have always wanted to use this cute dog for something. I figured the My Creative time sentiment would go great with this PKS wide eyed and Bushy Tailed stamp.  I also added black & white twine and some black buttons.

Friday the 13th Hop Winner

Hi everyone! The winner of the Friday the 13th Blog Hop is GINA W. Congrats Gina! Please email me at critterbugg365@gmail.com to claim yourPeachy Keen Stamps!

Thank you everyone who came out this weekend and supported our Friday the 13th Blog Hop even though we had some issues with blogger!

#132 HK box

Hi everyone!! Today is challenge #5 for Scrapbookaholic By Abby which is to make a box or bag with Hello Kitty, the winner will receive a fabulous Hello Kitty watch!. This bag was cut from Once Upon A Princess and  HK is from Hello Kitty Font. I made this little bag to put my clear stamps in it that need to be cleaned right away. It's a much cuter way to have a spot for them before I clean them instead of just having them sit on my desk. If you would like to enter Abby's challenge click HERE.

#130-131 Friday the 13th Blog Hop

Thank you to ELSA CRICUT LVR for making this amazing blinky!!

Welcome to the Flaunt It Friday's Friday the 13th Blog Hop hosted by Sandra! This is a fun, cute and spooky hop where we will be featuring the Happy Hauntings Cricut Cart. We are so sorry that this is up way late because of problems all day posting with Blogger, and we are aware of some missing links in the hop so be sure to keep checking back when you can!

For this week's challenge we are asking you to use the HAPPY HAUNTINGS cartridge and the cut choice this week is the FRIDAY THE 13th phrase on Page 54! You can create anything you want and for an extra challenge try to challenge yourself to create something different from last week's project. If you do not own this cart feel free to use any similar cut from any cartridge, you have one week to enter the challenge. 

For my first project I made a layout just for today! I have to admit I don't think I've ever took any pictures on such a spooky day! I stamped the sentiment on this Tim Holtz tag with Fired Brick Distress ink and inked it up I think it looks bloody! I also punched some borders with my MS Drippy Goo Punch. I made a little Jason doll with my Gypsy and the hockey mask I made using the Blackletter "Free" Gypsy cart and got the circles from Plantin Schoolbook. The body, gloves, ax, clothes and shoes are all from Everyday Paper Dolls. I also added some blood to the ax and used my chalks to give his clothes a dirty look. I embossed the photo mat with my woodgrain embossing folder and inked it up and added some buttons. Isn't this paper so perfect for this theme!! Luckily I found it hidden in my stash of papers and it's from Rusty Pickle. The phrase is from Happy Hauntings and I added pop dots underneath

Here's a close up  of my masterpiece LOL!

Now onto my 2nd project which is a mini album made out of coffee filters!!  My 2nd cut choice from the Happy Hauntings cart was the large pumpkin with a curly vine. All papers and embellishments are from K & Company.

The title says "Aidan's 1st Pumpkin Carving" and is filled with the "extra" pics that are leftover from my scrapbook layouts, a good way to use more pictures instead of just having them sit in a box. I used drippy goo punch for the green slime, used my branch punch around the title and embossed the pumpkin. The letter's are from Tim Holtz Typset die. I also added some stickles to the pumpkin vine and added several pieces of ribbon.

Page 2 and 3 I punched each photo mat with the cracked branch punch from Martha Stewart and also added a pumpkin border.

Page 4 and 5 I stamped all faces with Peachy Keen stamps which I used Pumpkin Faces, and Pumkin Face Assortment and Monster Faces. Yes that picture is of me and my son when he was only a 1 year old!

Page 6 and 7 I also embossed all large pumpkins with my woodgrain embossing folder in my Cuttlebug. Isn't he cute! He was so little LOL! The little owl was a piece of patterend paper that I cut out.

Page 8 and 9 here's our final pumpkins...can you guess which one was mine? I made the skull pumpkin and my hubby made the ugly man face haha! I also carved my son's little baby pumpkin!

Back cover more green slime and I also stamped both sides of all of the pumpkin tags. Here's a little pumpkin monster that I also cut from patterned paper.

I cut all tags from Sweet Treat, and all pumpkins from Create A Critter.

On this side I wrote cute pumkin poems on all of them which I found online, and did my journaling on one of them.

Here's the Master Hop List:
1. Flaunt It Friday's www.flauntitfridays.blogspot.com

2. Sandra www.365daysofcricut.blogspot.com

3. Sharon http://meemeescreations.blogspot.com

4. Lisa P. http://www.crop-and-create.blogspot.com/ 

5. Corri http://www.buglvr.blogspot.com/

6. Monica http://simplycricutting.blogspot.com/

7. Celeste  http://ccscards.blogspot.com/  

8. Carley http://www.the-real-icarley.blogspot.com/

9. Laurel http://www.blog.littlepeaceofmyheart.com/

10. Deborah www.bugjuiced.blogspot.com

11. Lisa N. http://prettypaperprettyribbons.blogspot.com

12. Mel http://scrappymel.blogspot.com/

13. Yolonda http://www.craftyscentiments.blogspot.com/

14. Jess http://myscrapdiary-jess.blogspot.com/

15. Brynn http://flairandfrillscreativity.blogspot.com/

Since we are behind we are giving you an extra day to finish the hop, all winner's will be chosen on Tuesday 5/17

To win the Grand Prize which is one Peachy Keen Jack O Lantern Face  Assortment sponsored by Peachy Keen Stamps all you have to do is enter our Friday the 13th challenge! Just link your project to the Flaunt It Friday's Blog and Leave me a comment. You do not have to be a follower but I would really love it if you did!

NEXT STOP is SHARON

#129 Honey Bee Card

Good evening! Here's a sweet honey card I made for Design Team day over at Digital Delights By Louby Loo and the stamp I chose to use was the Sitting Honey Pot Larry and I also used digi patterned paper here can you tell!?! The yellow and black flower paper is from the Busy Bees Paper Pack. I colored Larry with Prismacolor pencils, embossed the yellow paper with my Cuttlebug, added twine, bling and a butterfly and lace border from Martha Stewart punches. Please be sure to check out the rest of the DT's amazing projects HERE.

Just a reminder that I am hosting the Friday the 13th Blog Hop tomorrow 5/13 at my other blog www.flauntitfridays.blogspot.com hope to give you some spooky inspiration on a spooky day!!

Hop Winners

The winner of the Grad Bash Blog Hop is jessica 

The Winner of the Cinco de Mayo Blog Hop is Lillian Child

The Winner of the Disney Blog Hop is Corrine 


Congrats ladies!! Please email me at critterbugg365@gmail.com with your mailing addresses!
@Jessica please let me know what colors of the Cricut bug head you would like and also male or female bug heads you choose 5 cuts!


Thank  you everyone for taking the time to hop with me! Check out my blog later for a new project!


Sandra

#128 MPS NSD #9 Glitz, Glam and Glitter

***This is my 9th post tonight!!! Please scroll down for my Robot Mini Album, Toy Story Layout, Birthday Cupcake Layout, Breast Cancer card, Groovy card, Altered Tag, Hawaiian card and more!!****

Hi everyone! Here's my last project for MPS NSD challenges, I really tried hard to make it to 12 projects but  I ran out of time. I cut this heel from Happily Ever After Cart, it's Cinderella's glass slipper! I stamped the sentiment with PBD, and added stickles to glam it up on the heart. This is challenge #9.

#127 MPS NSD #8 Summer

Hi everyone I'm still here LOL! Here's my card for NSD challenge #8 Summer, I was inspired by Hawaii because it always feels like Summer there! The hibiscus flower is from Car Decals, and I got the letters from Tim Holtz Typset die, and embossed with my Cuttlebug.

#126 MPS NSD #7 Toy Story Layout

Here's a closeup of my stitching from my Sew Easy:

Hi I am so excited I was able to get a few layouts done during these challenges. For MPS NSD #7 the challenge is to make a Layout! I made this one using my Toy Story cart for Woody and for the title. I also used my Sew Easy for the Stitching.

#125 MPS NSD #6 Tag

Here's my 6th project for MPS NSD challenge #6 which is to use a tag. For my tag I stamped all flowers and sentiments and inked it up with Distress Ink and sprayed Glimmer Mist all over. I used my Brayer to flatten it out and added some bling.

#124 MPS NSD #5 Robot Mini Album

Hi everyone, I back again! This time it's for MPS NSD challenge #5 which is 3D Art. I decided to make a quick an easy mini album using a 6x6 circle chipbord album from the $1 bin at Michael's. All of the paper and embellishments are from a Robots page kit from Joann's. I cut each circle out from Plantin Schoolbook, and sprayed with Glimmer Mist and embossed with my Cuttlebug.

#123 MPS NSD #1 Cupcakes- Layout

Hi everyone! Here's a sweet birthday cupcake layout I made for MPS NSD challenge #1 which is cupcakes! This is my niece Natalie on her 1st birthday! The cupcake and crown with sentiment are from Once Upon A Princess, her name is from foam glitter stickers. I also added bling on the cupcakes, Stickles and Glimmer Mist.

#122 MPS/ NSD #3 Breast Cancer Theme

Hi everyone! Here's my Breast Cancer themed card for MPS NSD challenge #3. I stamped the background with Market Street Stamps, sentiment is KinderStampO, and the ribbon is from Car Decals. I placed a pin in the ribbon to make it look like a real ribbon that you would pin on your shirt.