Pretty in Pink

Good Morning! Hope that everyone had a great New Years Even and it starting the day out not too hungover! Anyway, here is the last of the layouts that I made for my mom. This one is for her to put my daughters pictures in. She is definitely a princess, so this suits her. If you would like to see the one that I made for my neice you can go here Big Girl, or the one for my son you can go here Here Comes Trouble. Enjoy!

Recipe:

Cartridge Used - Once Upon a Princess, Plantin Schoolbook (Frames)

Paper Stack - DCWV

Cardstock - Recollections

Here Comes Trouble

Here is another layout that I made for my mom to add to her scrapbook that I made her. If you would like to see the first one that I posted yesterday then go here, Big Girl. The first one was for my neice's pictures, this one is for my son's. Tomorrow's will be for my daughter. Hope you enjoy!

Recipe:

Cartridge Used - B is for Boy, Plantin Schoolbook (Frames)

Paper Stack - DCWV

Cardstock - Recollections

Big Girl Layout

This is a layout that I made for my mom for Christmas. Two years ago I had made her a Scrapbook with about 20 pages already done in it that she could just add to...however, she has never added to it. So, I decided that I would make her another 3 pages so that she would have one for each of the current grandkids and all she would have to do it add the pictures.

Recipe:

Cartridge Used - Baby Steps, Plantin Schoolbook (Frames)

Paper Stack - DCWV

Cardstock - Recollections

I hope that you enjoy and everyone has a Happy New Year. I know that I will. My little girl is due to arrive on the 3rd, so I will probably MIA for a while. Wanted to get a few layouts posted before then that I have been waiting on.

Happy New Year!

Sweet Shop Blog Hop - Day 2

If you missed my post from yesterday with all the Hop Info go HERE...and if you want to start at the beginning of the hop from yesterday go HERE (there are lots of great projects and goodies).

 Welcome to the 2nd day of the Sweet Shop Blog Hop!!

You should have just come from Michelle at Purple Monkey Moments and if so you are in the right place. If you've just happened across my blog and would like to play along with our fun hop, you can go to CookingWithCricut.com and start at the beginning HERE.

So, here is the project that I made for today. I used my YourStory Photo for this project.

The first thing that I did was cut a Cheerios box up into 5 - 5x7 pieces of cardstock using my Fiskars trimmer. It worked much better to cut them then I thought.

The next things that I did was cover each of the 5 pieces with Valentine's paper, front and back.

Next, I cut out a square at 4.25 x 4.25" from the Plantin cartridge and made it into a little pocket that I adhered to each of the pages on the right side. I then cut out tags at 2.78 x 4" for each of the pockets using the Tags, Bags, Boxes, and More cartridge and hole punched them and tied a ribbon on them.

After I had the pockets and tags assembled I cut out a few of the images from the Sweethearts cartridge in black to accent the pages.

On each of the tags I plan on writing a little note to my husband for Valentine's Day (sorry folks, you don't get to see those).

On the left side of the booklet I am planning on putting some pictures of the two of us along with some pictures that my kids have drawn.

The cover I also made using the Sweethearts cartridge (Couple Standing @ 1.87 x 4", the Perfect Pair @ 3 x 3.39"), my NEW i-Rock to add some bling and my cuttlebug and hearts folder.

Hope that you enjoyed my project, now head over to Raven's blog, Love 4 Stamps, and see what she has in store for you! Remember before you go to leave a comment on my blog to win the fabulous prize that I am giving away tomorrow (comment on yesterday's post for an extra chance to win).

Here is the beautiful cutting file that Melin has given to me for a prize:

Here is the Hop lineup:

1. CWC - Melin

2. Abby

3. Anita

4. Becky

5. Cathie

6. Christel

7. Dalis

8. Deb

9. Erika

10. Gaby

11. Jean

12. Jenna

13. Jennifer

14. Jenny

15. Karla

16. Madison

17. Maria Elena

18. Melissa

19. Michelle

20. Nicole

21. Raven

22. Roberta

23. Ronnie

Sweet Shop Blog Hop! with the Cooking with Cricut DT - DAY 1

Welcome to Croppin Momma Designs and the CookingwithCricut.com Sweet Shop Blog Hop! If you’ve never enjoyed a blog hop before, it’s where you ‘hop’ between blogs following a chain of links, with each blog in the chain posting something exciting for the event! There will even be some great blog candy to win along the way! More on that in a moment!

If you've come from visiting Michelle at Purple Monkey Moments, you're in the right place! If you've just happened across my blog and would like to play along with our fun hop, you can go to CookingWithCricut.com and start at the beginning. Go HERE.

With Valentine’s Day just a few days away we are sharing some wonderful ideas and inspiration for your viewing and crafting pleasure! Each Design Team member will be featuring an original project each day (Saturday & Sunday) made especially for this hop. Make sure to check out each DT member's blog and collect the special letter there. There will be prizes along the way at our DT members' blogs, AND there will be some nice PRIZES with a few different ways to win at CookingWithCricut.com!

So without further ado, here is my Valentine Banner...

Here's what you'll need to make it:

Birthday Bash (Banner)

Cindy Loo (Font and Shadow)

Sweethearts (All Black Images)

Plantin Schoolbook or other comparable (Circles and Heart)

(Little Tip: I used the top layer of the "O" from Ciny Loo and "Hide" the "O" part and layered it on top of the Heart and welded them to make the same effect.)

So, onto the prizes!! At each of the stops along the way the DT members will be giving away one of Melin's fabulous cutting files and/or digi stamps. Here is the one that I will be giving away:

Beautiful isn't it!

So, what do you have to do to win this fabulous prize? Just leave a comment under this post with a way to get a hold of you! That's it! I will draw a name on Monday! Remember leave a comment on both days posts for 2 chances to win!

Here is the “secret” letter you need to collect to be eligible for a prize package at CookingWithCricut.com...L

Now it's your turn! Let’s see your sweet Valentine projects. Be sure to include a Cricut or other die cut machine cut on your project and link it up at CookingWithCricut.com. The Design Team will pick their three favorites and one lucky sweetheart will be chosen randomly to win one of the six prize packages being offered in this hop.

Next stop... Raven at Love 4 Stamps. Go see what she has in store for you today.
And don’t forget, when you're done, make sure to head back to CookingWithCricut.com and get entered to win one of SIX prize packages! Here’s how:

1. Link your sweet Valentine project and be one of the top three chosen by our Chefs.
2. Link your project and be the randomly drawn winner.
3. Collect all the letters and unscramble our “secret” phrase correctly and leave it in the special comment section on CookingWithCricut.com.
4. Or just leave a comment at CookingWithCricut.com and let us know how you liked our Sweetshop Blog Hop.

Here is our Hop line-up:

1. CWC-Melin

2. Abby

3. Anita

4. Becky

5. Cathie

6. Christel

7. Dalis

8. Deb

9. Erika

10. Gaby
11. Jean
12. Jenna

13. Jennifer

14. Jenny

15. Karla

16. Madison

17. Maria Elena

18. Melissa

19. Michelle

20. Nicole <---YOU ARE HERE

21. Raven Go HERE Next

22. Roberta

23. Ronnie

Mix It Up

If you hopped with me on Saturday then you saw my "Spring Fever" layout. If not, then you can go HERE to see it. Well, with all the bright pinky colors I thought that it would go perfectly in my daughter's scrapbook. However, I wanted to make sure that I had a similar one for my son's scrapbook also. So, I made the same layout, just switched it up a little bit. Hope you enjoy it!

Recipe:

Playtime for the Little Boy and Jar with Grasshopper
Birthday Bash for the Title
Plantin Schoolbook for the frames 

Think Spring Blog Hop

Welcome to Croppin Momma Designs and the Think Spring Blog Hop! If you’ve never enjoyed a blog hop before, it’s where you ‘hop’ between blogs following a chain of links, with each blog in the chain posting something exciting for the event!

If you've come from visiting Toni at Happy Scrapper, you're in the right place! If you've just happened across my blog and would like to play along with our fun hop, you can go to Kathryn at Creations with Kathryn and start at the beginning.

With so many of us getting bad weather and a ton of snow it is hard to imagine that Winter will ever be over. But, with Punxsutawney Phil seeing his shadow there is a sliver of hope that Spring will eventually come, and may even be earlier than we thought. However, if you just can’t wait another 6 weeks then I hope that I can bring a little of that Spring feeling to you now.

Recipe:

Playtime for Little Girl (4")

Doodlecharms for Flower (3.5")

Birthday Bash Font for Title and Shadow (1.5")

Plantin Schoolbook for Frames (6.25"x4.25", 6.5"x4.5")

New Martha Stewart Scallop Heart Border Punch

Martha Stewart Glitter Glue

Patterned Paper is DCWV Ultimate Stack (Spring)

Cardstock is Bazzill Basics

Hope that you liked my little piece of Spring. And if you did, leave a comment and follow me and I will pick one of those lovely comments Wednesday the 9th and that person will receive a $15 gift certificate to their favorite little spot (store) on the web. As long as they do online gift certificates I will get you one.

Next stop... Sarah at Scrapping with Sarah. Go see what she has in store for you today.

And here is our Hop line-up in case you get lost along the way:

1) Wamfamily - Creations with Kathryn http://wamfamily.blogspot.com/

2) Scrappin' Palace - Scrappin' Palace http://scrappinpalace.blogspot.com/

3) Ms Dee - Dee's Special Things http://dees-specialthings.blogspot.com/

4) Buggin Out - Paper Crafting Chic http://papercraftingchic.com/

5) lechristina3 - All Things Crafty http://allthingscrafty3.blogspot.com/

6) TinaB - Tina Time http://ollieanddextersmommy.blogspot.com/

7) Lissa - So Many Crafts, So Little Time http://www.somanycrafts.wordpress.com/

8) Crafty Baskets - Crafty Baskets http://craftybaskets.blogspot.com/

9) Java Jen - Java Jen Creations http://javajencreations.blogspot.com/

10) Stephanie J - Stephanie's Scraping/Stamping/Cardmaking Site http://stephaniejohnsonscraps.blogspot.com/

11) CraftyCreations - The Crafty Creation Spot http://thecraftycreationspot.blogspot.com/

12) Jennifer Hawkins2 - Confessions of a Scrapaholic http://scrapaholicjen.blogspot.com/

13) Laura Mason - Scrappy Craft Corner http://scrappycraftcorner.blogspot.com/

14) Scrappy Jess - Scrappy Jess http://scrappyjess.blogspot.com/

15) TX Scrapper Mom - TX Scrapper Mom http://txscrappermom.blogspot.com/

16) Kreimers - My Fantabulous Life http://fantabulouslypink.blogspot.com/

17) SoonerMT - Paper Renee http://www.paperrenee.com/

18) ToniBaczek - Happy Scrapper http://happyscrapper-baczek.blogspot.com/

19) Croppin Momma - Croppin Momma Designs http://croppinmommadesigns.blogspot.com/ <--- YOU ARE HERE

20) Sarahbeth - Scrapbooking with Sarah http://scrapbookingwithsarah.blogspot.com/

21) Nicolette Simpson - Beyond Scrapin http://beyondscrapin.blogspot.com/

Beep Boop Beep Bop

So, on Saturday my son had his first big birthday party for his best friend at school. It was at a Bounce House place here in Michigan, so much fun!! A lot of his little buddies from school were going to be there and he was super excited!

When I asked his best friend what he wanted for his birthday he said that he wanted a Star Wars Lego set. So, since that is exactly what we got him I decided that I just had to make him a Star Wars card. Well, of course we all know that there is no Star Wars cartridge out....yet!?! So, I went to work and put together shapes and details from a couple of different cartridges. Here is how it turned out...

What do you think? Do you like it?

Well, if you said yes, than you're in luck, because I have the Gypsy cut file for you right...HERE. You need the Plantin Schoolbook and the Cricut Classic Font cartridges...if you don't have them then you can substitute for another cartridge with basic shapes, like George or Accent Essentials. Go on ahead and download it and see how you like it. Also, if there is anything else that you might want to see then please leave a comment or if you think that there is something that could have been done better or differently please let me know. I hope that you enjoy and if you create it I would love to see your version!

Princess Adorable

Good Morning! Today's challenge for Cooking with Cricut DT was to make a project with at least 3 flowers on it. Always, fun!

I picked out the patterned paper from the DCWV Premium Stack (if you haven't been following my blog for the last week or two, I am in love with this stack). The solid black is Recollections, the sparkly white is also DCWV, and the sparkly red is Bazzill.

The flowers were cute from the Cindy Loo cartridge, at 3.5" and 2.45".

The princess title is from the New Playtime cartridge at 3.5" (I think). I didn't get a knew expressions from Walmart, but I was lucky enough to win both the Playtime and Cricut Classic Font off Ebay. They were used, so no one was really bidding on them, but they were from a respectable seller and weren't linked to a Gypsy and I won them for $50 for the set!! Anyway, I got them and they were in perfect condition and I love them. 

The tag was cut from the Sweethearts cartridge. I am not sure of the exact measurements, because I had to finagle it so that it would all fit, so it is not exactly how it originally was, it ended up odd measurements. The jewels are from the Joann's $1 Bin (Love this).

Lastly, I just had to show you all this photo. The photo on the layout is my daughter when she was around 9 months and then this is her yesterday. She was so excited that this was a picture of her when she was little that she wanted to take a picture with it. So cute!

Now, if you haven't been there yet hop on over to Cooking with Cricut and take a look at the other Design Team members creations and play along on this challenge with us!



Also, remember that I drew the winner of the My Valentine Blog Hop and you can see if you won HERE! I haven't heard from the winner yet!

Happy {heart} Day!

Before you scroll to see my Valentine Card please go on over to Scrappin Palace. She was suppose to be the last person on the Be My Valentine Blog Hop yesterday, but because of technical difficulties some people did not get to see her BEAUTIFUL banner! So, please stop on over there and give her some love!

This card was made completely from the Sweethearts cartridge. I just got this cart and I am absolutely loving it for Valentines Day. I made this card for my someone special.

Recipe:
Sweethearts Cartridge:
Heart Card Cut at 5.64" (Page 74 - card shift)
Hearts from Card Cut at 5.64" (just Hide the actual card outline along with the bottom 3 hearts)
Plantin Cartridge:
Square from Inside Cut at 4.94"
Rectangle Cut at 4.54"
Happy {heart} Day stamp from $1 bin at Michaels
Bazzill Basics Cardstock

Don't forget if you missed the Valentine's Blog Hop from yesterday you can go HERE. Remember I'm having a giveaway and you have till Thursday night to enter, I will pick a winner Friday morning. I will also have a lot of new stuff this coming week, so come on back and check it out!