I Hate Scraps...

Happy 1/11/11!! I just think this is neat!

At least patterned ones. I always end up putting them in my scrap bin for later and rarely use them. They just pile up and I never remember what I have or what I might need. I'm sure that if I had a better system for them I might use them more, but I don't and I kind of like my system. So, I've decided that I will just try and use all the patterned paper at the time and not have to put any into my scraps bin.

So, that being said, this card is a little sneak peek at my Cooking with Cricut project for tomorrow. I used all the scraps from my project on this card.


All the patterned paper is from DCWV's "The ULTIMATE Premium Stack". It is awesome. I picked it up from Joann's for $11.99 and when I got it home I just fell in love. It is the one that is seperated by tabs into different categories. For example, these papers are from the "Winter" tab, but there are Christmas, Spring, Summer, Fall, Textures, etc. tabs. They are great. The best thing about it is that the papers in each tab go together perfectly. The buttons I'm not sure where I got, I've had them for a while. The sentiment, "Warmest Winter Wishes" is a My Pink Stamper stamp...love these!! The tag is from Once Upon a Princess (I think, sorry). I promise I will try and get better at making sure I know where things came from. Sometimes though I am just in the zone...I'm sure some of you can relate.

Well, this post has gotten extremely long and if any of you are like me, you have lost interested after the 1st sentence, so if you have gotten this far...I appreciate it! Make sure that you check in tomorrow for my Cooking with Cricut project!

Good Monday Morning

Good Monday Mornin!

I don't have a scrappy post this morning, but don't worry I will have one everyday for the rest of the week.

I did want to say how honored I am at home many people came by the Be Mine Valentine Blog Hop this weekend and left comments. I gained so many followers and I am so grateful. I will not disappoint you! I have some fun stuff to post this week. I did spend some time in my Scraproom, but it was just me most of the weekend, because my hubby had to work, so I didn't get a chance to get pictures taken and uploaded.

So, please stop by tomorrow and the rest of the week for some great stuff!

Also, remember that you have till Thursday night to enter to win the Blog Candy from the Hop, so take a look at that post and enter to win!

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!

Valentines Day Blog Hop!

 Welcome to the Valentine's Day Blog Hop. There are some really talented ladies on this hop!

If you came here from Scraps by Gracie then you are on the right path, if you want to start from the beginning then go to Wamfamily Creations with Kathryn. If you get lost along the way the list on blogs is at the bottom of this post.

Here is the layout that made for the hop, hope you enjoy it. Make sure that you check down below for some Blog Candy.

Recipe:
Sweethearts Cricut Cartridge
Bazzill Cardstock
DCWV Patterned Paper

So, now for the goodies. Here they are:

K & Company Specialty Paper for Valentine's Day (28 Double Sided Sheets)

Package of 4 Martha Stewart Glitter Glues (Valentine's Colors)

Michaels $1 Bin Stamp "I Love You"

All you have to do is leave a comment and become a follower if you aren't already. I will pick a winner the morning of Friday the 14th.

Your next stop is Deb's Electic Thoughts...

Here are the rest of the really talented hop participants!!

1) Wamfamily Creations with Kathryn
2) Crafty Sentiments
3) All Things Crafty
4) Tina Time
5) Paper Crafting Chic
6) Samara Gugler
7) Beyond Scrapin
8) So Many Crafts, So Little Time
9) The Crafty Creations Spot
10) Confessions of a Scrapaholic
11) Cricuting with Lisa
12) Scrapincovers Cricut Crafty Clare 
13) Croppin Momma Designs 
14) Deb's Electic Thoughts 
15) Scrappy Jess 
16) Ink and Paper Creations 
17) Tx Scrapper Mom 
18) Scrappin Nanapuddin 
19) Octoberbeauty Macy Bella Designs 
20) Java Jen Creations 
21) Oni's Wife Crafty Baskets 
22) S crappin' Place

Be Here on January 8th

It's Coming...

Join me here on January 8th for the Be My Valentine Blog Hop. There are a ton of talented ladies on this hop and it is going to be so much fun!!


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Rock On!

This year one of my resolutions is to make a card for all of our immediate family members and some close friends and send them. The first birthday is actually my father-in-law's.  He is young at heart and has always been very into music, so when I saw the Fox on the new Birthday Bash cartridge I knew it was perfect!

It is a pretty simple card, but I think it turned out great!

Recipe"

Birthday Bash Cricut Cartridge

Bazzill Basics cardstock


The next one is my husbands, but I won't post that one, since he reads my posts (I will after his birthday).

An Announcement

And now, I can finally announce...

Are

You

Ready??

Here

It

Is...

I have been chosen to be a part of the Cooking with Cricut Design Team!! I am so excited. This is such a group of talented ladies and Melinda is so, so, so talented! Her Digital Stamps are amazing and I can't wait to use them along with my Cricut.

For our first project we had to make something with a Snow theme. The first real snow that we had here in Michigan my kids, as you may assume, had to go outside and play. To my surprise they actually stayed out there quite a while and even made a snowman all by themselves. So, I made this layout for the pictures that I took of them and their snowman...

 

 Recipe:

Jolly Holidays Cricut Cartridge

Bazzill Basics Cardstock

DCWV Patterned Paper

Snowflake Jewels (from Joann's $1 bin, LOVE THIS!)

Glitter Glue (Also from Joann's $1 bin)

So, please on over to Cooking with Cricut and check out all the talented ladies and all of there projects as well as the GREAT cutting files.