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My First Blog Candy Entry!!!!!

Wow... is all I can say about this tasty blog candy!!!!Have you checked out Make it Crafty Big News Giveaway Candy! I will be honest,  I was not a follower, but I am so one now. Now I know what your thinking..."because of the blog candy she has to offer"... No, I actually spent some time checking out Make it Crafty blog and I absolutely love her work. TONS of talent I only wished that I had.  Zoe asked to check out her favorite 3 post and pick one of our favorites and why. The post I picked was the Pop Up Card post.  I have always been in love with turtles and this one just stood out to me. When I was younger I also loved pop up books and this card is just so darn cute. Don't you think?? You can check out this post here


Take at look at the blog candy Zoe is offering!!!!!

It a Toy Story Theme!!!!!!

Well after much time spending on PTO business, I am finally making time for crafting again. My son turns 6 in June and I really wanted to make my own birthday invites for him. I was searching for some time for a file for SCAL because I just don't have the time yet to sit down and create my own files. So after much searching, Lindsay from The Frugal Crafter's posted her free file for me to snag!!! This was perfect and now I am so happy that I have finally finished them!!!! I decided to make 20 invites for my son's class and a few extra for friends not in his class. I did not have the same stamp as Lindsay, but found these cute Toy Story Martian stickers that fit perfect inside the gear. As much as I love the screw brads on Lindsay's card, I just went with plain silver brads. To save time I used Gunmetal Stickles for the small gears rather than using eyelets. I do want to make sure that Lindsay knows how thankful I am for her sharing her file with me!!!! My son was so excited after I finished the first one that he ask if he could have one too. How cute. He is so in love with Toy Story right now.

Once again, Thank you so much Lindsay for your AWESOME file!!!!! I hope you like the way it turned out.
I really missed playing around with my cricut with my SCAL software!!!!!!

Thanks for stopping by.

Starting to take time for myself.

In the last 2 months or so I have finally been able to sit down at night and work on crafts. No pages, just ART. I recently joined the yahoo group

ART Haven Creations Friendships I have always admired the vintage, nostalgic and just artsy look. The ladies in the group are just so warm and welcoming. I use to swap a lot and that really use to get me in the mood to scrapbook. So I joined in some of their swaps. Though I am not use to sending different swaps to different places because they do 1 for 1 swaps, I really have enjoyed it. Here are some of the swaps I created for the group swaps.

This was a card swap that you had to use purple, gold and green colors. Mardi Gras Colors!!! This card reminded me of my good friend Kristine!!

This swap was for a destination tag. I have no clue why I picked Paris or London but I thought it turned out okay. I love the color combination.

Now I must be out of my mind for taking on this swap, but it sounded fun. This is a altered compact. I purchased the compact at the 100 Yen shop. The neat thing about this make up compact is that it was a refillable compact to where the metal powder container popped right out. NO MESS. This actually was very fun to make.

These are swaps for March using wallpaper that a group member sent out to members of the group. There are so many gorgeous pattens in the stack she sent me. I like the way this one came out.

A few ATC's I decided to create and just play around with. Nothing fancy. Took out the Alcohol Inks and used some wallpaper.

Last I made some altered notebooks. My old notebooks were just about filled up. So I decided to make one for just passwords and one for swaps.

Now I think I am going to start back up on some more scrapbook pages.

Such a delay.

Delay, Delay, Delay.... Boy. I miss crafting and making my cards. I have been so busy at school that I have no time to myself. So now I am finally working on my holiday cards. Having such crafting blocks is keeping me from getting the job done. I am searching for influence to get my creativity back.

So maybe in a day or two, I will be posting my projects. :)

Mojo 100 Day 7

The week of Mojo 100 from Mojo Monday is now complete. I made it everyday this week. How good is that for a challenge?? For me that is a big challenge. I am proud of myself and I love the sketches the Mojo Team put together. So much fun indeed. Well here is my last card. Today's sketch was submitted by Mary Fish. This was a lot of fun. Until Monday...Have a great Sunday.





And to wrap up my post with all cards I made this week.

Monochromatic Color Challenge & Guest Designer

So last week I goofed when I posted way to early for being the Guest Designer for my friend Cheri and their
team blog with other team designers at Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturdays. I created one card earlier last week for the challenge, but since I already posted it, I decided to create a new one and post another to add. Since I have been creating a new card each night, what was one more right??
Take a look at their
blog and see if you are up to their challenges?



You can also take a peak at Cheri's blog too.

Here is the card I created.

Mojo 100 Day 6

Wow.. I loved this sketch. I am a bit disappointed in the lighting of the picture, You can not tell the card is made from shimmer card stock and does not show at all.
I have been really excited every night waiting for the new sketch. I have really enjoyed them all. Thanks Mojo Design Team!!!!!

Mojo 100 Day 5

Well I just completed my 5th card and it is 2am right now. I really need some sleep, but it was so much fun taking this on this week.
Here was the sketch for the day and the one I completed.

Mojo100 Day 4

Well I am keeping up. Today is the 4th day of the sketches and though it is 11:22 at night I am still have the "Mojo". Here is the sketch for the day and the one I created. Wanted to do a bit of Halloween. I just the purple & orange colors together.

Mojo100 Day 3

So I am behind and tired. I am not too impressed with my card, but it was all the Mojo I had today. It is now midnight and I need to go to bed. I have challenged myself to complete a card each night so my goal for today is done. In the spirit of the Mojo Design team and their holiday cards, I created one myself. Okay until tomorrow. Night.

MOJO100 Day 2

So I never thought I would be so involved. I actually love it. This is my second card for Mojo Sketches. They have a new sketch everyday this week. Lets see how long I can last. lol. It actually is helping me get my "Mojo" back. Love it. Here is what I created for Day 2.

Mojo Monday Turns 100.

This week Mojo Turns 100 and to celebrate with them I have completed my first card for their sketch.Since we are coming near the end of summer I like the idea of a fall card.

Monochromatic Card

I love browns and what goes best with browns than a beach theme. My family and I have also found a new hobby finding & collecting sea glass at our local beaches. Tons of fun. So what better way to accent my photo of my monochromatic beach card with brown sea glass.

Playing catch up.

I am honored and ashamed at the same time. I have my first blog award. I am speechless. My blog is so plain jane and not how I want it to look. I don't know how to do half the stuff on here. Insert and change layout. Thank you so much Penny for this wonderful award. I am sorry I am so late in accepting it. Penny has a beautiful blog and is amazing at the SCAL software. I need to find to learn more about, but so busy with the kids and keeping them busy this summer. Please check out Penny's Blog, she is awesome.
Thank you for this award.
She only has 2 requirements for this award.....

1.) Post on my Blog
2.) Pass it on to whoever I want

So here goes my blogs that I am passing on too:
VisualDesignsbyChris
Penny
Adventures from the Monkey Hut
Cheri G

Thank you for such a great award.