An April Challenge

Hello :) Any spring cleaning going on for you? Well I got some planned and this is gonna benefit me and just might benefit you too.
So I got a plan for April :) I want to do spring cleaning in my craft room so while I'm doing whatever is getting clean at the time after cleaning it I will create something from what I cleaning. I'm thinking it'll be a fun way to create this month. Starting with a beginning picture an after picture and a picture of what I created :) for my blog posts. See how it goes on Sunday when I start the project.
So how can you get involved? This whole month all comments will be rounded up and a winner will be chosen for a prize pack that will come about from my Spring Cleaning. Each spot I clean I will take atleast one thing from it and add it to the box! How exciting is that! 
To win you had to made a comment throughout the month of April and you have to be a follower :) this is for US residents only, sorry due to the price of shipping I can only provide the price to ship in the states.

Huge Family Birthday Party Layouts

Good Morning :) Glad to see Friday has arrived, I always look forward to the weekend cause I get most of my crafting done then and Looking forward to this weekend to get this 1st Year Album done, whew it's been a big project one I have never tackled before. The 1st birthday actually got celebrated over 3 days-The small family party, The huge Family party, and the Gift opening. Today I have the Huge Family Party. This was put together with both the Jan 2014 and Nov 2013 Counterfeit kits-trying to kill the kits :)

 This is page 1, I started with the white card stock and the blue stripe paper cut at fit to page with the Elegant Edges cart-Hearts 2 @ shift. Added the Family cutout, Birthday-cut from Artbooking I think @ 3" real dial size . Party and the cluster on the top left is from a sticker sheet from the Nov. Kit. The 1 is from the Bryce & Madeline sticker sheet

 Added the photo of the cake with photo mat-hearts2 oblong @ 6". Added your big day from an old Mary Engelbert's sheet and the balloon stickers attached with twine from CTMH finished off the sticker sheet by placing the stars in various spots around the picture and on the 1 sticker added stickles too the 1 also.

 Couple more shots of the layout

Page 2:

 Is the page that holds the most photos and a spot for the journaling block

 The variety of photo mats were cut from the Elegant Edges cart- Hearts2 oblong @ 5". The birthday boy cut was fro that same Mary E. sheet. I used Making Memories Jewel paper ribbon (Nov Kit) for a border and the star border is from a cutout sheet: Oscrap Sampler.

 Family moments is from Life's Little Occasion's Pack (Nov kit)

 Make a wish is from a cutout sheet: Oscrap Sampler.

The Polaroid frame came from Heidi Swapp: Memory File Color InstaFrames. I was glad to get this fun shot of Zach eating his cake. Zach was really having a bad day, it was a bit hot and just to many people for him to meet with I think. The party ended a bit early for that because he wasn't feeling quite good. That is why there is another layout with opening the gifts and there wasn't enough room to fit that in yet. Thanks for stopping by today-the gift layout will be posted tomorrow, chat then.
 From the Jan Kit: Birthday Cutout-blue cardstock, White background cardstock, blue stripe paper, confetti photo mats, Journaling block.
From the Nov Kit: Left page upper corner block came from letter stickers, Creative Memories Border tape, Family Moment cutout.
From my stash: Brown cardstock-photomats, The birthday stickers & star border, 1 sticker, your big day sticker, the photo frame
Kit Items made this month: 3 cards and 8 layouts (It was a good month :)

 Thanks for stopping by today and don't forget to join in for the blog candy this week:
Oh yes their is some blog candy to talk about :)
 
My intentions are to blog each day this week so you'll have numerous chances to get in for the candy. You can comment each day this week which runs from today till Sunday Feb 2 (Superbowl weekend :) ) midnight eastern time. 2 conditions you have to leave a comment and you have to be a follower of my blog. The winner will be announced Thursday Feb 6th. That's it!
 Have a Fantabulous day!

Recipe for Superbowl Sunday

Hi you all
Are you excited to watch the big game this weekend? Are you still looking for something to serve? We may have finished off the local recipes swaps but I have alot of recipes that I never posted, so for this Throwback Thursday I have a new post on an old craft I made.

Barbeques are great for game day and easily kept in a crock pot to keep warm throughout the day. All cuts on this 6 X 6 cardstock for a swap that was made July 2011 was made using the cricut-From My Kitchen cartridge.
The Recipe:
1½ lb. beef stew meat             1½ lb. cubed pork

2 C. Chopped onions                 2 C. chopped green pepper

½ cup firmly packed brown sugar

2 tsp. salt                                1 tsp. dry mustard

3 tsp. chili powder                  ¼ cup vinegar

2tsp. Worcestershire sauce   1 (6-oz) can tomato paste

16 sandwich buns

In slow cooker, combine all ingredients except buns. Cook 1 hur on high setting; reduce hat to low setting. Cook for 7-9 hours until meat is tender. With fork, stir barbecue mixture to break up meat pieces. Serve in buns. 16 Sandwiches                                          recipe by Tina Campbell

Enjoy the game this weekend, who do you think will win? Who are you rooting on?

Oh yes their is some blog candy to talk about :)
 
My intentions are to blog each day this week so you'll have numerous chances to get in for the candy. You can comment each day this week which runs from today till Sunday Feb 2 (Superbowl weekend :) ) midnight eastern time. 2 conditions you have to leave a comment and you have to be a follower of my blog. The winner will be announced Thursday Feb 6th. That's it!
 Have a Fantabulous day!

A Little Something Special-Tags

It's a beautiful day here where I'm sitting eating my lunch, sun streaming in. Love seeing the sun out in the winter time it's so bright and beautiful. Brrr it's still cold though. I know Christmas is over, but I don't think I ever shown some of the tags I have made over the past 2 years. So here is some of the ones I made for Christmas 2012

These were all done with various cricut cartridges and will have to do some investigating to find out which ones. There is a large variety of tags on most of the Christmas/Winter cartridges to choose from and the tag gives an extra something special to your gift. You could also use the tag for a sentiment spot on a card too. To me this is the best use of Christmas scraps from all those sweet cards that we make. You all have a good day, I'm going to go and finish up my lunch :)

Thanks for stopping by today and don't forget to join in for the blog candy this week:
Oh yes their is some blog candy to talk about :)
 
My intentions are to blog each day this week so you'll have numerous chances to get in for the candy. You can comment each day this week which runs from today till Sunday Feb 2 (Superbowl weekend :) ) midnight eastern time. 2 conditions you have to leave a comment and you have to be a follower of my blog. The winner will be announced Thursday Feb 6th. That's it!
 Have a Fantabulous day!

Spotlight Sunday at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog

Wow! Awesome! and so Humble :) those are the feelings I'm going through today. I have the honor to be one of the 2 designers spotlight today over at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog :) and with that honor I make this week on my blog a Cricut only week, anything posted this week will have a cricut cut on it somewhere and to make the honor sweeter I have some blog candy to give away (details at the end of the post). To checkout the post you can see it here at Spotlight Sunday
Faith chose one of my favorite cards I have made:


You can see the post here abut the card: With Heartfelt Sympathy

 With being invited to be the spotlight Sunday guest your asked a few questions:
 So here is a bit about me:

I started scrapbooking in 2007, through some co-workers. I was invited to a crop and the gal that invited me provided my album, protective sheets and rough idea of what I need to do. I fell in love with scrapping then and there. Now my love for cricut came a couple of years later, when I was checking out the local scrapbook store and what she was doing with scrapbooks was so cool and a lot of the stuff came from the cricut machine so I started with the baby bug for Christmas one year, then a few years later the expression and I also have the imagine. Scrapbooking is my first love, but cardmaking is where I use my cricut the most.

My favorite product to use: Oh I use stickles probably the most on cards and I like to try to incorporate velum on scrapbook pages.

My favorite Cricut Cartridge: Oh this is a tough one-it’s got to be a toss-up of Art Philosophy and Elegant Edges, they are both so versatile. But I’ve been using the Artiste quite a bit and for some quick layouts the Art Booking is a fun one too.

Don't miss the project I did for their challenge tomorrow!


Oh yes the blog candy :)
 
My intentions are to blog each day this week so you'll have numerous chances to get in for the candy. You can comment each day this week which runs from today till Sunday Feb 2 (Superbowl weekend :) ) midnight eastern time. 2 conditions you have to leave a comment and you have to be a follower of my blog. The winner will be announced Thursday Feb 6th. That's it!
 Have a Fantabulous day! Check out the challenge tomorrow would love to see you enter :)

100 Blog Followers Giveaway

100 BLOG FOLLOWERS GIVEAWAY!

Wow I am speechless I reached 100 followers and I am now over that number!  Thanks to the last few that joined, as well as the first few and all those in between!!  I am humbled by your presence. I say lets have a party! I will be providing the prize.

So, here's the deal:

• If you have not already done so, sign up to follow my blog (must be a follower to win the giveaway).
• Leave a comment on this post, letting me know you were here (make sure I have contact information, in case you are the winner).
• On December 12 , I will let random.com draw the winning person (that is approximately 5 weeks from now) it will make a nice Christmas gift for someone.
• I will announce the winner on my blog on Friday Dec 13 .  If you have signed up also to "follow by e-mail," you won't miss the announcement!

Here's a picture of some of the items in the giveaway:

 It's on it's way please keep checking back this prize is huge!

Creepy Crawlers and More Blog Hop & a Card

Welcome to our Creepy Crawlers and More Blog Hop!!! This is such a fun time of year! Our creative juices start flowing and it all begins at Halloween. This is probably the one time we can get really silly and SPOOKY with our projects. It’s like we become little kids again. So we gathered up some very talented Witches who wanted to show off their projects. NOW DON'T MAKE THEM MAD, BY NOT LEAVING A COMMENT! THEY HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO PUT SPELLS ON BLOGS.
And of course we have CANDY!! You have to give out CANDY on Halloween. All you have to do, to be entered into the drawing is,

• To hop to every blog and leave a comment
• Go to Jennifer’s Face Book page, Leave a comment and Like her page 

           http://www.facebook.com/wunderscreations


Here is our line up:

1. Pamela ~ http://kraftykatstampstudio.blogspot.com
2. Colleen ~ http://www.cbcscrapbooking.blogspot.com
3. Katie ~  http://katiesworldofcrafting.blogspot.com/
4. Jennifer ~ http://wunderscreations.blogspot.com
5. Jennifer J ~ http://creativecricutdesigns.blogspot.com
6. Tina ~ http://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com/--------> You are here
7. Cathie~http://cathiescafe-scraphappy.blogspot.com/
8. CallyAnn-http://callyanncraftycreations.blogspot.com/
9. Miriam ~ http://miriamscreations.blogspot.com/
10. Rachelle~http://creationsbyRachelle.blogspot.com/

Hi you all. This is the card I made for the hop. I like it so much, I made for a swap too.The card was cut out from various cricut cartridges. Card base is from CTMH craft cardstock cut from A Child's year on page 48 @ 5.5" the shift cut was cut from Rock Star Paper. From Happy Hauntings-cut phrase @ 3.75" in orange and the shadow in purple. Frame 10 @ 3.5" white background, Dk gray frame, purple hand and green Ghoul. I'm glad I had a chance to bring you this card.
It wouldn't be Halloween without some candy so leave me a trick or treat comment and be a follower of my blog and I will randomly draw a winner for some blog candy. Check back Tuesday to see who won.

Now it's time for you Witches to grab your Ghosts, Wizards, and Bats and jump on your broom to fly to Cathie from Cathie's Scrap Cafe
Thanks so much for spending this Halloween Hop with us! Don't eat too much candy!!! And watch out for those black cats!!!

My Crazy Dogs!

Welcome to our Crazy Dog and Cupcake Blog Hop!  What started out as a random idea for a blog hop turned into a funny theme!  We threw out some ideas on different "odd observances" in the up coming months ~ one being National Dog Day and the other Cupcake Day ~ everyone seemed to like these two themes so we put it to a vote!  Who would have thought it would have turned into a tie?!  So we voted once more ~ thanks to Pamela's creative thinking, she put the two together.  What could be more fun than working with dogs and cupcakes!  So sit back and enjoy the fun and creative projects the group has put together for you today!
No blog hop would be complete without some fun blog candy to win!  Today we have a very gracious
sponsor ~ KaDoodle Bug Designs is giving one lucky winner $15 in free files!  All you have to do to win the prize is:

• Comment on each stop along the way
• Like KaDoodle Bug Designs Facebook page:  http://www.facebook.com/kadoodlebugdesigns
• Join their fun group at:   http://www.facebook.com/groups/246353225477746/

Your line up today is:
Colleen ~ http://www.cbcscrapbooking.blogspot.com
Jennifer ~ http://creativecricutdesigns.blogspot.com
Maria ~ http://JoyfulStamper.blogspot.com
Nancy ~ http://alwaysastorycreationsbynancy.blogspot.com/
Tina ~ http://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com/       You are Here
Jennifer F. ~ http://wunderscreations.blogspot.com
Amanda ~ http://cricktncrafts.blogspot.com
Tahi ~ http://tahisscrapcorner.blogspot.com
CallyAnn-http://callyanncraftycreations.blogspot.com
Miriam ~ http://miriamscreations.blogspot.com
Edwina~ http://edwinascreations.blogspot.com/

 My project for the hop is a 2 page layout

 My Crazy dogs just love the snow! On January 21, 2012 we got 5.25" of snow. Jake the older dark color dog loves to just lay out in the snow, rub in the snow and eat the snow. Now Buddy he is a bit more crazier about the snow. When we shovel snow off the porch, Buddy likes to jump and try to catch the snow in mid-air. So I took this day to get the memory of this on film so while my husband was shovelling I took the pictures and a video. For me to get the complete jump for the page I took clips of pictures of him jumping from the video taken.
It was just a fun filled day in the snow.


Now it's time to grab your cupcake and Fido and head to Jennifer F. blog.

Thank you for hopping along with us today!  We hope you have enjoyed our fun hop.

You'll find plenty of cupcakes in the blog candy I'm offering today-Just leave a comment today and your in the draw. I will post the winner on Wednesday. Thanks for stopping by have a fantastic day!

Superbowl Blog Hop Day2-Blog Candy too

If you are here to check out the Marion Smith's 2012 31 day challenge you can find that post click here

If you came for the Card A Day Blog Superbowl Blog Hop then You are at the right place. Day two of the hop, I hope you all have checked out all the stops on this hop there is some amazing work to see.

It's BLOG HOP TIME!
The designers at Card a Day Blog are joining together to do a blog hop this weekend! The theme is Masculine cards!
Let's not let the guys have all the fun on Super Bowl Sunday....let's get a little of our own fun in!


To join in....visit all the participating designers by visiting their sites, some are having prize give aways...so make sure you pop in!
Make sure you comment on all the blogs too, becasue adt the end of the weekend, they are going to send a list of all who commented on their blog,
and we are going to do a grand prize drawing of all comments on each blog!





So JOIN IN TODAY....comment on the main blog page, and visit the other hop pages and comment there too!

Here is my rendition of a card I received at our local card swap last weekend, love to get inspiration from other places!

Isn't it a cool idea for a card! The one I received from the swap was snatched up so quick by my husband for Albert's birthday on the 1st that I didn't even get a chance to take a picture of the original card. I think I came similarly close to the same idea that she had done.

Oh yeah, I have some blog candy I'm giving away too.

I also have some blog candy available and this is what you need to do to get a chance to win it:

The drawing for the Barbeque sticker pack and the chipboard album will be drawn Monday by  random.org. All you need to do is: today and tomorrow to qualify either become a follower or leave a comment, if you do both you'll have 2 chances, that's it. If you come both days you really have a lot chances.

Enjoy the Superbowl if your watching, Since my favorite team (San Fran) didn't make it I'll have to root my husband's team the New England Patriots. Go Patriots!

Superbowl Blog Hop Day1-Blog Candy too

It's BLOG HOP TIME!
The designers at Card a Day Blog are joining together to do a blog hop this weekend! The theme is Masculine cards!
Let's not let the guys have all the fun on Super Bowl Sunday....let's get a little of our own fun in!


To join in....visit all the participating designers by visiting their sites, some are having prize give aways...so make sure you pop in!
Make sure you comment on all the blogs too, because at the end of the weekend, they are going to send a list of all who commented on their blog,
and we are going to do a grand prize drawing of all comments on each blog!





So JOIN IN TODAY....comment on the main blog page, and visit the other hop pages and comment there too!

Hi all and I hope your enjoying the hop, we wanted to give the crafters something to do this weekend. (especially if you not interested the bowl game. If you came here without being at the Card A Day Blog then you are gonna want to start there (Look above), you don't want to miss that fabulous prize pack over there! Since it's the weekend of the super bowl we decided that masculine was in order, so my card will be a future birthday card for my oldest son (he's quite the collector of superman stuff and a Giants fan too)

Isn't this just a SUPER card! It comes for the cricut Superman cartridge. Superman was cut out at 3.5" and super was cut at 1". The card is 4.25" X 5.5" card.

I also have some blog candy available and this is what you need to do to get a chance to win it:

The drawing for the Barbeque sticker pack and the chipboard album will be drawn Monday by  random. All you need to do is: today and tomorrow to qualify either become a follower or leave a comment, if you do both you'll have 2 chances, that's it. If you come both days you really have a lot chances.

Check back later and hopefully if I can get it completed in time I will have an you-tube video of a project that I have been working n for the Marion Smith's 2012 31 Day Challenge and all entries have to be in by the end of the day. I have most of the pages done just need to add the journaling and the pictures. So check back later and see what I've done. You all have a fun day!

Challenges:
Stamp, Scrap & Doodle

The Winner of the Blog Candy is

Hi you all,

I apologize for the delay in having random.org draw the winning name for the blog candy from last weekend. I worked quite a bit to get time off the past 4 days, my husband and I enjoyed the weekend and the weather was a bonus, to have the summer return for the past week. So the winner is:

This was placed on 10/5/11 at 9:00 PM

The drawing is for the blog candy for the Oct Hop with Card a Day blog. Consisting of followers and comments both days.

Number 72 is

Cindy-Up in Northern Michigan

Thanks to all my followers and all the comments I received. I look forward to doing this again sometime in the future.