#77 Old Fart Birthday Card

Hi everyone today is a brand new Cameo Creations Challenge and this week we are using a sketch you can view it here. Our sponsor this week is Bugaboo Stamps the stamp I used is GUS Birthday Old Fart, the inside sentiment cracks me up it says "That's Mister Old Fart bTo You!" LOL!! I made this for my dad's 50th birthday coming up! 

Close To My Heart Products used:

AVONLEA WORKSHOPS ON THE GO KIT

CRICUT ARTISTE BIRTHDAY STAMP COMPANION

CHOCOLATE INK

Challenge I am entering:

Sentimental Sunday's- Clean and Simple

#40 Cupcake Card for Cameo Creations Challenge

Hi everyone today is a brand new challenge over at Monica's Creative Madness AKA Cameo Creations! For this weeks challenge our theme is to make a square card using a digi stamp and buttons. For my card I used the SKELEKINZ-CUPCAKE from our sponsor Bugaboo Stamps.

To cut and print my digi stamp first I printed the stamp in my home printer then I placed the image in my Silhouette Cameo and it cut out so super perfect! Here's the video I watched made by Monica which has helped me a lot! ***Print and Cut Video****  I colored the stamp with Prismacolor pencils and added Stickles. The scallop shape is from the Silhouette store and the sentiment is from Scrappy Moms, I also embossed the stars using my Cuttlebug.

I hope you all will come play along in our digi theme this week, you can use any Silhouette SD or Cameo for the challenge HERE for a chance to win 7 FREE BUGABOO digi stamps a $21 value!!

#260 Ornaments, Ornaments and More Ornaments Blog Hop

Welcome to

the KinderStampO Ornaments, Ornaments

and more Ornaments Blog Hop hosted by http://www.kinderstampo.com/. If you are here from http://scrappinpinkpiglet.blogspot.com/ then you are in the right spot!! This hop is all about beautiful ornaments that 24 designers will be giving away on our blogs!!

Be sure to leave a comment on all the blogs for some fabulous blog candy given by Kinderstampo, she will randomly select a winner from ANY random blog stop from the hop!

 For my ornament I used a Digi Stamp from Tiddly Inks and colored her with Prismacolor pencils. I used Martha Stewart glitter for the blue and white parts only and added silver ribbon to the backside to hang on a tree. To make this ornament more sturdy I layered it on 4 pieces of cereal box chipboard so it's pretty thick! You can use this ornament for other things too... like an embellishment for a mini album, scrapbook layout, etc. that's why I placed the ribbon behind the ornament!

Blog Candy!! I will be giving away my ornament here to one lucky follower who leaves me a comment here. I will select a random winner on Monday 12/19. This ornament is about 4x5 inches.

I hope you enjoyed the hop and Merry Christmas!!!

#259 Penguin Card

Good morning! Today I made a simple penguin card using Crafty Sprouts HAVE A COOL YULE stamp set along with this cute penguin digi stamp from our sponsor this week from Bugaboo Stamps. I colored the stamp with Prismacolor pencils and add some Stickles and a snowflake border using a Fiskars punch. If you would like to enter the Crafty Sprouts photo challenge for some great prizes CLICK HERE

#255 Gift Card Holder/Ornament Crafty Sprouts Challenge

Hi everyone today is a new challenge at Crafty Sprouts and this weeks challenge is to use the photo inspiration (below) to create any project, you do not have to use Crafty Sprouts stamps if you do not own them to enter the challenge. This week we were sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps and I chose to use "Christmas Brat Girl" isn't she so cute! You can win her if you just enter the challenge HERE. For my project I used my new Teresa Collins Sophisticated Cricut cart for the frame, and added ribbon and bling. I colored the stamp using Prismacolor pencils and added Stickles to the stamp.

Here's the back of the gift card holder, I stamped the sentiment using Crafty Sprouts Have a Cool Yule stamp set, most sets are on sale for $12.50 with FREE shipping!!! You can check them out HERE.

Here's the photo inspiration, I was inspired by the candy cane picture for my project!

P.S. Be sure to stop by my blog later today I will announce some winner's and also I am in the SVG Attic blog hop it starts today at 5pm PST!

#239 Crafty Sprouts DT day and 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop

Hi everyone, I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! Today is a very special day because it's Crafty Sprouts DT Day and also the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop hosted by Sylvia Bella Scrapbook Designs. If you are here from Sylvia's blog then you are in the right spot!  This hop is all about making 12 different Christmas gift 12 days in a row and the last day we will be posting is on December 6th.

For my 1st day of Christmas project I made a sexy little vixen card to give to my hubby ;)

For Crafty Sprouts challenge this week the theme is "tag It". I cut the tag from Plantin Schoolbook and embossed the sentiment using embossing powder. The sentiment says "Is it too late to be good" using Crafty Sprouts Have a cool yule stamp set. I colored this digi stamp called "Cheeky Kitty" from The Greeting farm Stamps using Prismacolor pencils. I also cut the scallop shape from A Child's Year Cricut cart and embossed it with a Basic Grey snowflake folder using my Cuttlebug. Click HERE to enter in Crafty Sprouts "Tag It" challenge!

BLOG CANDY!! In honor of me creating 12 projects 12 days in a row, I will be celebrating by giving away ONE $10 gift certificate to one of my favorite online stores......  PEACHY KEEN STAMPS!!! All you have to do is leave me a comment on all 12 of my 12 Days of Christmas post and be a follower. The last day will be on December 6th. I will announce a random winner on Wed. 12/7 good luck!

NEXT STOP is PATTY

#229 Frech Fry Treat Holder Box

Hi everyone today is a brand new challenge at http://www.craftysprouts.com/ and this week's challenge is simple....its "Anything Halloween"!! You can submit your project Here for a chance to win Twine from The Twinery!

For my Halloween project I made another treat box using a FREE french fry box SVG file, if you would like to download this FREE Svg just click HERE!!! 

I used this file with my Cricut Expression and also SCAL2 and it was pretty simply to fold and glue together. The digital stamp is a witch stamp from The Greeting Farm Stamps and the sentiment is from Crafty Sprouts Totally Witchn stamp set. I hope you all have a great Halloween weekend, I'm going to try to post another Halloween project before Halloween so keep an eye out!

P.S. I am going to be in the Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the dead) Blog Hop on Tuesday November 1st hosted by Abby, be sure to stop by for some blog candy!

#217 Cards for Christian

Hi everyone today is a brand new challenge over at CRafty Sprouts and the challenge is to make ANY card with ANY theme or colors to send to Christian (son of Simply Betty stamps founder) he is a 17 year old boy who has been diagnosed with throat cancer. If you would like to participate in this weeks challenge we have a fabulous prize up for grabs HERE.

For my card I used a Simply Bettystamps image called Sandy Claus and colored him with Bic Markers, to make all of the white parts fluffy I used my Snow writer pen. I also added a spiderweb border with my MS border punch. The sentiment I used is from Crafty Sprouts "HAVE A COOL YULE" stamp set.

#213 Greeting Farm Challenge

Hi everyone here's a quick card I made for The Greeting Farm Challenge Blog which is to make a Fall/Autumn project based on their Fall photo inspiration. I was inspired by the pumpkins, and brown and  green colors, you can view the pic HERE. The digi stamp I used from TGFS was called "Spooktacular digi set". The stamp sentiment is from Crafty Sprouts "TOTALLY WITCHN" stamp set.

#212 Breast Cancer Awareness Blog Hop

Hi everyone welcome to the Breast Cancer Awareness Hop hosted by Dee. If you are here from Cathy's blog http://vintageheartfeltdesigns.blogspot.com/ then you are in the right spot! 

Please be sure to leave a comment on all the blogs to qualify to win the 3 grand prizes from our sponsors which are a stamp set from Jillian Vance, a gift card to Amazon or Oh my Crafts, and a Cloud 9 gift card!

For some reason lately I've been in the coloring mood so I found this awesome and FREE digi stamp on My Grafico, this stamp was plain and I stamped my own sentiment "Think Pink" using alphabet stamps. I colored the stamp with Prismacolor pencils and added pink Stickles to the bra. The lace punch border is from my Martha Stewart punch.

I am also linking my card for PINK @ Gaby's blog http://www.gabycreates.com/

Here's a close up of the glitter-iffic bra :)

BLOG CANDY!!!! Since I am in a few upcoming hop for the next 3 Saturday's I am giving away 1- Crafty Sprouts "Let's Go Blog Hopping" stamp set to one lucky follower, just leave me a comment here telling me your Halloween plans!! 

I will choose a Random winner on Monday October 24th, feel free to come back every weekend and leave another comment for a greater chance to win this awesome stamp set!

I hope you enjoyed this hop and have a great day!

#210 Sandy Claus Long Card

Hi everyone! I know it's a lot later then my normal posting time, but I just had to enter the Simply Betty Facebook challenge. The challenge is to use any Christmas stamp from Simply Betty Stamps. I totally forgot that I had this awesome freebie from last December that I've never used yet.... what's wrong with me?? I LOVE this stamp so much!!

I colored Sandy Claus with my Prismacolor pencils, and added a spiderweb border with my MS punch and bling. The sentiment is from Crafty Sprouts "Have a cool Yule" (Christmas stamps). I also added some tiny bats and Stickles to the white parts. This card is very long it measures 4 x 8.5 inches and fits perfectly in a long business envelope.

Here's a link to Crafty Sprouts stamps!

#209 She Devil Halloween Card

Hi everyone here's a quick card I made with The Greeting Farm stamps She Devil Digi stamp. I colored her by using Distress inks, stamped the sentiment with Crafty Sprouts Totally Witchn stamp set. The bat border is from a Martha Stewart punch.

Have a great day!

#185 World's Best Kid gift card holder

Hi everyone! Here's my gift card holder that I created with our sponsor this week at Paper Playtime which is http://www.whimsiedoodles.com/. They were so generous and sponsored our DT with several awesome Digi's please be sure to check out all of the fabulous creations the Dt created HERE the challenge is Anything goes!

#172 Glitter Fish Card

Hi everyone! Today's a brand new challenge at PAPER PLAYTIME and this week's challenge is to use a Digi stamp or Stamped image with a Summer theme! For my glitter fish card I used a digi stamp and printed it on pink and white paper then ran the fish upside down in my Xyron sticker machine and poured Martha Stewart glitter or it. The sentiment is from Scrappy Moms stamps, and I ripped the paper and inked it up to make an ocean wave. The digi stamp I used is from our sponsor AI Factory Stamps.

#164 Digital Delights by Louby Loo Blog Hop

Hello everyone and welcome to the

Digital Delights

It's a Celebration Blog Hop

30June-1July   2011.

This is a 2 day hop with TONS of amazing prizes! Wendy (AKA LoubyLoo) is celebrating the migration to the new store and wants to celebrate with this fun co-design team blog hop! You have a chance to win the digital stamp used by each designer on the hop!! And then we have awesome prizes from our generous sponsors that you can win by playing our blog hop game!

Details of the Blog Hop Game:
1. Start with Anita A. and hop through the great projects of all of our designers--make comments on the way, follow their blogs if you are not already a follower as they are all talented ladies and you will want to be coming back for more awesome work from them!
2. Collect letters along the way--not all stops have a letter, but you will need all the letters to play the game!
3. Order the scrambled letters to build a word or phrase related to this hop. Return here to this post and add you name, link and email to the inlinks for your guess--DO NOT REVEAL YOUR GUESS JUST YET!
4. At the end of the two days, we will choose winners for the over $130 in prizes and contact them via email to confirm the winning word/phrase. If you have it correct, YOU WIN! How exciting is that!?!?

For my card I cut the base and scallop frame from the Slumber Party LITE Cricut Cartridge at 5x5 inches. The stamp is called Stars and Stripes Lara and I colored her in with Prismacolor Pencils and added Stickles to the stars on her hat. 

Blog Candy! I am giving away this really cute stamp that I used for my project, I will announce a winner on Tuesday July 5th. 

My letter for the hop is "T", have fun and good luck!!

NEXT STOP is SHELL

#162- #163 Red, White and Blue

This card was made using the Leslie Vacations stamp from Karber Digital, I colored her with Prismacolor pencils and inked up the white circle with chalk ink.  The scallop circle is from the Lovel Floral Cricut cart. I embossed the blue paper with my star embossing folder and inked it with white chalk ink. The sentiment is from Scrappy Moms Yankee Doodle Dandy. This card was made for Scrapbookaholic by Abby challenge which is red, white and blue...you have 2 weeks to enter the challenge.

This image is called Ella at Peace from Ai Factory they have some really cute designs and also printable color graphics. I colored Ella with Prismacolor pencils and added red Stickles to her hair bows, and I also made a small white rose that she is holding. The sentiment says "God Bless The USA" and it's from 

Scrappy moms Stamps  new release- Yankee Doodle Dandy. Both cards were made especially for Paper Playtime red, white and blue challenge. You have 2 weeks to enter have fun!

#159 Summer Surf card

Good evening! Here's a sweet summer card I made for the Design Team over at Digital Delights by Louby Loo the stamp I chose was Surfin Pippn....isn't he cute!?! I just love all of the Pippin the Mouse stamps I'm a sucker for those huge ears LOL! I colored the stamp with my Prismacolor pencils, and added blue Stickles to the waves. I also added twine to the top corner and used some bright summer patterned paper, the patterned paper I used was perfect because it had a lot of different summer phrases  so I positioned it so it  says Summer Fun, I also ripped the paper a little for a distressed look. Be sure to mark your calendars because next week on Thursday 6/30 we are having a blog hop with everyone on the Digital Delights by Louby Loo Design Team, and Challenge Design Team I can't wait to see everyone's amazing creations!!

#156 Cupcake Birthday Blog Hop

Hi everyone!! I am so excited to be celebrating Sylvia's birthday with her, this is going to be a sweet hop it's all about cupcakes!! If you just arrived here from Sylvia Bella Scrapbook Designs then you are in the right spot.  Here's a sweet little card I made for Sylvia's birthday:

I have been experimenting a lot with my coloring lately so I decided to use this adorable digi image from The Greeting Farm Stamps and she is called "Cupcake Anya" I printed her at a wallet size on my home printer then colored her using Prismacolor pencils, I also added yellow and pink Stickles to the cupcake. The sentiment is from Scrappy Moms Stamps- Sweet Somethings, I embossed the pink background with my Cuttlebug. The pink doily shape is from the Cricut LITE cart Cupcake Wrappers, I used a 3 inch Marvy Uchida punch for the cirlcle shape, and inked it up with Worn Lipstick Distress ink. I found the most perfect pink glitter ribbon in my stash that matches the cupcake and guess what......it's Christmas ribbon from Michael's that I got on clearance for .25 cents after Christmas score!!!

Blog Candy yay!!!  Since I am totally loving the stamps from THE GREETING FARM I am going to purchase ONE individual DIGI STAMP for one Lucky Follower!!! Just leave me a comment below telling me which digi stamp you would like to WIN, here's the store link again... The Greeting Farm Digi Stamps Store. I will announce a winner tomorrow evening on 6/21 good luck!

NEXT STOP is The Scrapbooking Queen

Happy Birthday Sylvia, have a great day I hope you enjoy all of those cupcakes!!

#154- #155 Scrappy Moms Stamps Sneak Peak

Hi everyone!! I am so excited to be a guest designer for Scrappy Moms stamps because I love their stamps!! I have purchased several different stamps over the past year and I have to say Scrappy Moms stamps are my favorite!! They are the perfect size and all of their sentiments are so fun!!

Scrappy Moms Stamps just released 2 new sets for June they are Yankee Doodle Dandy and Good Eats. For my sneak peak today I chose to make 2 cards using the "Good Eats" stamp set. For my first card, I used the "Chore Chart" Cricut Lite for the pot this was my first time using that cart lol! I used all of the kitchen themed paper from DCWV and added some twine. I also stamped the pots face with PKS Laughy Taffy Assortment.

For my 2nd card I colored this adorable digi from The Greeting Farm stamps with my Prismacolor pencils  and added ribbon and a border from a MS punch. I also added red  Christmas Stickles to her, I love when I can use holiday stuff on non-holiday projects lol! The stamp  is called "Cheer anya"

Below you can see the awesome new stamp sets!!! Guess what Scrappy Moms Stamps are having **FREE SHIPPING****  until June 30th!! Hooray!!! I Love free shipping!! Be sure to check out their stamps HERE

Here's a list of the DT's Sneak Peaks!

Melanie - http://scrappymel.blogspot.com/

Tammy - http://scrappycritters.blogspot.com/
Laura - http://makinprettythings.com
Joanna - http://scrap-making.blogspot.com/
Lauren - http://laurenscreative.blogspot.com/
Liz - http://lizspaperloft.blogspot.com/
Bonnie - http://www.pinkbonbons.blogspot.com/
Sarah - http://www.liveloveandscrap.blogspot.com/
Corri - http://buglvr.blogspot.com/
Trish - http://techniquesbytrish.blogspot.com/
Nicole - http://canadiannickelscrapn.blogspot.com/
Lezlye - http://www.lezlyes.blogspot.com/
Cristina - http://www.craftingwithcristina.com/
June Guest Designer - Sandra -http://365daysofcricut.blogspot.com/

Be sure to  check back everyday this week for a new Scrappy Moms project with these new stamps! I have some pretty cool stuff to show you guys!!

#152 Birthday Pippin Card

Hi everyone! Today is design team day over at Digital Delights by Louby Loo and this adorable birthday mouse is called Birthday Pippin and can be purchased HERE in non colored or colored form. Did you know that Digital Delights also has a new Freebie every Friday!?! They are so adorable, I just love this week's Gnome! I colored this digi with my Prismacolor pencils and added a Prima flower with bling.  Eventhough my card is very simple I chose a bright colorful piece of patterened paper for the background.