Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Hello Friend

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Hello all my bloggy friends!
Here's a fun card I made last week.


This is a close-up of the sentiment stamp I used which I stamped directly onto the ribbon.  
This stamp is from K ANDREW DESIGNS stamp set FASHIONABLE FRIENDS.


Smiles! :) Janis
RECIPE:
  • K ANDREW DESIGNS stamp set FASHIONABLE FRIENDS
  • Cricut cartridge DOODLECHARMS
    • Dog page 112 cut @ 3 1/2" with Shadow, Keypad overlay Row 4, Column 1
    • Dragonfly page 93 cut @ 2" with Shadow, Keypad overlay Row 2, Column 2
  • Lavender & Brown ribbons from stash
  • *Rhinestones & *Buttons from stash
  • Card base is 6" x 6" from DCWV The Glitter Stack

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Ruby Tuesday Scripture

Good morning! I have been so honored this month to be on the Ruby Tuesday Design Team over at Dee's Bugaboo Boutique!  Dee creates beautiful Scripture Word Art and formats them into DIGIS that anyone can download for FREE at any time.  Check back each Tuesday for the newest Scripture Word Art Creation.

Today our Scripture is James 5:16
"Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective."

Here's a reminder of what the Mini Album looks like so far until I show you the last page below that will complete side two:

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Here is the front side completed:


And here is the last Scripture page which completes the August Scripture Mini Album:


LIVE SIMPLY Cricut cartridge used for Snail cut @ 2" and found on keypad overlay Row 2, Column 10.


Here is the completed Mini Album front and back:



I have really enjoyed being a part of Dee's Design Team for August! Thank you, Dee!  I hope you'll hop over to Dee's blog and download her FREE Scripture Word Art.  We'd love to see what you create with it.  Have a great day!  :) Janis

Monday, August 29, 2011

FASHIONISTA


Welcome to another great challenge at PAPER PLAYTIME for our AUGUST STAMPING MONDAY CHALLENGE! Our theme for this challenge is VACATION.

How to play along: Make a project with the theme of VACATION using a Stamped or Digi Image/Sentiment. Easy Peasy! So for all you Cricut Lovers out there – you can still play along by adding a STAMPED sentiment. And for all you DIGI Lovers out there – use any Digi image or sentiment on your project.

You can enter as many times as you'd like as long as all your entries are NEW projects and NO backlinks to previous blog posts.

For my project, I used a DIGI image from one of our sponsors, PINK CAT STUDIO, and 2 STAMPED sentiments from the FASHIONABLE FRIENDS stamp set by K Andrew Designs.


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K Andrew Designs donates $1 to charity for every stamp set sold! Each set contributes to a different charity. The FASHIONABLE FRIENDS stamp set benefits CANCER ANGELS. You can find out more about it HERE.


Hop over to PAPER PLAYTIME and play along with us! Remember, use any STAMPED or DIGI  Image/Sentiment.  Hugs! :) Janis
RECIPE:
  • Fashionable Friends stamp set from K Andrew Designs 
  • Pink Cat Studio Digi Image
  • *Flowers - Creative Charms
  • *Paper Ribbon - stash
  • *Brad on tag - Creative Charms
  • Card Base - 5 1/2" x 5 1/2", *card stock from Cloud 9 Design, "Luster Candy Box Hearts in Green"
  • Image mats - Best Occasions Prismatic Paper Pack
  • Tag - Walmart pack from Office Supply section
  • Everything inked around the edges with ColorBox ink

Sunday, August 28, 2011

SIMPLE SUNDAY CHALLENGES WITH GETTING CRICKY - WINGED THINGS

Welcome to another Simple Sunday Challenge over at Getting Cricky!  This week the challenge is WINGED THINGS. Fun!! I know you are expecting a butterfly or bird on my project. Hate to disappoint you, but I really do love Ladybugs, and hey, they FLY, so I think this works. :)

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I used K Andrew Designs' stamp set called WINGED THINGS


This is a Mix n Match set, so the sentiment I used on my card was several stamps from this set put together on one block and stamped for my sentiment.


Hop over to GETTING CRICKY and come play with us! What WINGED image will you use? Dragonfly? Bat? Heart with Wings? Can't wait to see what you come up with!  GETTING CRICKY will be giving away a $15 Gift Certificate to the K ANDREW DESIGNS store to one lucky challenge participant!  AND she'll also be giving away a set of Creative Charms BUTTERFLIES to one lucky person who leaves a comment on her post!! Hugs! :) Janis

RECIPE:
  • Card Base - Recollections card stock
  • K Andrew Designs - "Winged Things" Mix n Match Sentiment Stamp set
  • Buttons - Hobby Lobby, "Bag of Buttons"
  • Cricut cartridge - DOODLECHARMS:
    • Sun page 96 cut @ 3 3/4", Keypad overlay Row 3, Column 9
    • Tree Border page 125 cut @ 2 3/4", Keypad overlay Row 5, Column 4
    • Ladybug page 94 cut @ 1 1/2", Keypad overlay Row 2, Column 3

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

HAVE A BALL!

 It's Your Birthday!  HAVE A BALL!!

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It's WEDNESDAY! That means that Mary @ CRICUT CARDZ CHALLENGE has posted a brand new challenge for us all! I love being on her Design Team #2!!  Her challenges are always so much FUN!!
For Challenge #89, 
 "It’s a jungle out there! Make a child’s birthday card using something you’d see in a jungle…monkey, lion, tiger, giraffe, zebra, hippo, etc, and any cartridges or colors you’d like."

The first thing I thought of was the KING OF THE JUNGLE.
B IS FOR BOY LITE Cricut Cartridge
Lion cut @ 4" found on keypad overlay Row 5, Column 9.


LACY LABELS LITE Cricut Cartridge
"Flower 9" cut @ 5" and 4 3/4" and 4 1/2", stacked & layered.
Found on keypad overaly Row 5, Column 9.


K Andrew Designs clear stamp sentiment "Have A BALL" from "SPLASH-TASTIC SUMMER" using the MIX 'n' MATCH option that I just LOVE about some of her stamp sets!!
Did you catch our Getting Cricky blog hop last weekend? Kristal showcased the New Release stamps coming up. They are amazing! I can't wait to get my order in the mail and start creating with them.  You can check out the New Release pre-order stamps and all her other stamp sets by CLICKING HERE. Feel good about your order not only because you are getting high quality stamps with sayings you can use on everything, but also because  you are helping contribute to a variety of charities with every purchase.  To see which stamp sets benefit which charity, CLICK HERE.
Ribbon from stash.
Papers from *Crate Paper Season Collection Kit"
I hope you'll hop over to CRICUT CARDZ CHALLENGE and play along with us this week.  We'd love to see what you come up with for this challenge!
:) Janis

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

KICK UP YOUR HEELS!

I know... it's a little early for Halloween cards, BUT I just got the Cricut cartridge HAPPY HAUNTINGS and the K Andrew Designs stamp set FASHIONABLE FRIENDS, and the ideas... they are a flowing!

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Here's a close-up of the stamp I used:


This stamp set has TONS of great phrases!  Expect more creations using these soon.


RECIPE:
  • Card base is cardstock from *Echo Park "Happy Halloween"
  • "Kick up your heels" stamp from K Andrew Designs, "Fashionable Friends" set
  • HAPPY HAUNTINGS Boot p. 51 cut @ 4", Keypad overlay Row 3, Column 4
  • *Paper Ribbon from stash
  • *Rhinestones from Target
  • October 31st sticker from Echo Park "Happy Halloween" 
  • Buttons from stash
  • Hemp from stash
The winner from last weekend's GETTING CRICKY Blog Hop is 



Congratulations, Teela!  I'll be sending you an email with how to claim your prize.
Hugs! :) Janis

Ruby Tuesday Scripture

Good morning! I am so honored to be on the Ruby Tuesday Design Team over at Dee's Bugaboo Boutique for the month of August!  Dee creates beautiful Scripture Word Art and formats them into DIGIS that anyone can download for FREE at any time.  Check back each Tuesday for the newest Scripture Word Art Creation.

Today our Scripture is 2 Corinthians 5:7
"We live by faith, not by sight."

Here's a reminder of what the Mini Album looks like and the front side we've already completed this month:

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And here is last week's Scripture page:


Ready to see this week's Scripture page?  Here you go:


PAISLEY Cricut cartridge was used for Flowerbud. It's the "Button" Layer on page 70 cut @ 1 3/4" and found on keypad overlay Row 5, Column 7.


Next week is our last Tuesday in August, and will complete our August Scripture Mini Album.  Be sure and come back to see the entire album completed.  I hope you'll hop over to Dee's blog and download her FREE Scripture Word Art.  We'd love to see what you create with it.  Have a great day!  :) Janis

Monday, August 22, 2011

Link Up the Love Party with K Andrew


This is my first LINK UP THE LOVE PARTY WITH K ANDREW! I love this because the Link Up Love Party is a way to get to know each other and find new blog inspiration.  You can find all the info with how to play along at GETTING CRICKY.

One of my favorite projects I've made this year is my "Stopping by to say I LOVE YOU" card. You can see the original post HERE.

Project #208 this year

I am so grateful for my hubby and our children! Tomorrow is our 25th Wedding Anniversary. WOW! We did pretty good with our four children too.  We made mistakes as all parents do, but our kids turned out to be responsible, loving adults. I am so proud of them!

I used K Andrew's "Splash-tastic Summer" stamp set. She has such GREAT stamps!


Link Up Love Party: How it Works


  • Link Up Party runs from Tuesday 8/16 to Tuesday 8/23. Winners announced 8/29
  • Grab Kristal's blinkie and post on your blog's sidebar
  • Be a follower of Kristal's blog, and I'd love for you to follow mine as well, if you would like.
  • Create a new blog post that is titled Link Up Love Party with K Andrew.  In your post, you must mention that the link up love party is a way to  get to know each other and find new blog inspiration, mention Kristal's blog, with a link back to it 
  • Post your favorite project that you've done in your blog post WITH ONE thing you are grateful for!
  • Copy and paste the link up code into your blog post so the Inlinkz will show up on your blog
  • Spread the word so everyone can join in!
  • You must visit, follow, and comment on the 5 people before you AND the 5  people after you in the Inlinkz. It would be fantastic if you would visit as many as you can--maybe everyone? If you are one of the first 5 then you will need to blog the ones before you and a few more after--as long as it's a minimum of 10 near you in the link up tool/gadget)
  • If you do not do the above your link will be deleted, because it's just not fair to those who work so hard linking up and showing love to the ones on the list. Kristal has two moderators who will be checking this out to keep it awesome!


Here is the code for the link up party
get the InLinkz code




Friday, August 19, 2011

GETTING CRICKY'S August Blog Hop!


Welcome to GETTING CRICKY'S August Blog Hop!  Woo-Hoo!  Fun, fun, fun!!
If you're joining us after the Ustream, thank you!!  Each of us on the Design Team, along with our Special Guest - Amanda from Amanda's Crafts and More, are so pleased to have you here with us!!  What an exciting night of NEW RELEASES we've had!!  So let's get HOPPING so we can each show you what we've created using one (or more) of Kristal's NEW stamp sets!!

Happy Friday! Who's going to a Luau? Not me... but it sounds like fun!
Who wants to Blog Hop?  ME! ME! ME!
Thank you for joining us for Getting Cricky's Blog Hop!
If you arrived here from
Deborah of Scrapping Mamma
you are in the right place!
If not, please start at the beginning at Kristal's Blog!
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Cardbase is A2 size - paper from scraps.  Buttons & Jute from stash.
Background papers from *Cosmo Cricket - Nutmeg Autumn.
Black squares cut @ 2".  Red wood grain squares cut @ 1 3/4". Pattern paper squares cut @ 1 1/2".
Sentiment strip:  Black cut @ 4" x 1" and red wood grain strip cut 
@ 3 3/4" x 3/4".
"Aloha" stamp from K Andrew Designs "Splash-tastic Summer" set.


DINOSAUR TRACKS Cricut Cartridge
Palm Tree page 66 cut @ 5" and again in black @ 5 1/4" for shadow effect. 


Palm tree is popped off of card with Pop Dots for dimension.

Who wants BLOG CANDY?!!
To win one of Kristal's AWESOME, FUN stamp sets, I'm giving away a $15 gift certificate to her stamp store.  Ssimply leave me a comment on this post with your email address in case you win so I
can contact you, and become a Follower. That's it. Easy Peasy!
I will notifiy the winner next week.


To check out all her stamps and see the charities each stamp set sale helps to support, CLICK HERE.

Here also all the stamps showcased



Now, you are off to your next stop which is
Becky's Blog
Have fun everyone! There are BUCKETS of FUN ideas in this hop!
Hugs!  :) Janis
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Ruby Tuesday Scripture

Good morning! I am so honored to be on the Ruby Tuesday Design Team over at Dee's Bugaboo Boutique for the month of August!  Dee creates beautiful Scripture Word Art and formats them into DIGIS that anyone can download for FREE at any time.  Check back each Tuesday for the newest Scripture Word Art Creation.

Today our Scripture is John 6:35
"I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in Me will never be thirsty."

Here's a reminder of what the Mini Album looks like:

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Here is the first side of the Mini Album showing the front cover, Aug 2nd's Scripture, and Aug 9th's Scripture:



Today, the Scripture page looks like this and starts the other side of the Mini Album:


DOODLECHARMS Cricut cartridge was used for Basket page 116 cut @ 1 3/4" and found on keypad overlay Row 4, Column 5.


The apples are also from DOODLECHARMS page 118 cut @ 1" and found on keypad overlay Row 4, Column 7.


I hope you'll hop over to Dee's blog and download her FREE Scripture Word Art.  We'd love to see what you create with it.  Have a great day!  :) Janis

Monday, August 15, 2011

You Deserve A Hand!

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I think YOU deserve a Hand! LOL
Cardbase is white cardstock from Wal-mart cut into A2 size card ( 5 1/2" x 4 1/4").  I bought a 2-pack of playing cards from the Dollar Tree, so I don't feel bad about using the cards on a card since they were 50 cents a pack.  *Black gem rhinestones brads from stash.  Sentiment printed from computer using font "Atriste 2" @ 20 pts. Background papers from K&C "Best Of" stack. Everything inked around the edges with brown ink from ColorBox.  I plan on sending out a couple of cards like this to some special friends who I think 'DESERVE A HAND'. I hope it will make them smile.  This card idea came from PaperCrafts magazine July / August issue, page 25, Designer: Kim Kesti.
Come play with us over at PAPER PLAYTIME where the challenge theme right now is ANYTHING GOES!
  :) Janis

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Getting Cricky's Simple Sundays

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 Good morning & Happy Sunday to you!
Today it's time for SIMPLE SUNDAYS over at GETTING CRICKY!  I'm so excited to be a part of this awesome Design Team. Go check out what all the girls have created to inspire you. Our theme this Sunday is FAVORS.  These Windmills I made as Party Favors are super easy to make, and you don't need a lot of supplies.  


"Buckets of Fun" stamp is from KAndrew Design's "Splash-tastic Summer" set. 
I'm telling you, I'm getting tons of unique uses out of this one set! It's  Mix 'n' Match set, so the possibilities are only limited by your imagination. Kristal gives $1 for every stamp set sold to specific charities. By purchasing the Splash-tastic Summer set, you are helping AUTISM RESEARCH INSTITUTE. To find out more about the charities your purchases support CLICK HERE.

The label was made with LACY LABELS Scallop3. Keypad overlay Row 5, Column 4 cut @ 3".


To make the Pinwheels, follow the easy instructions I found by CLICKING HERE

Guess what is coming up on Friday, August 19th?!?!?!?! Getting Cricky's August Blog Hop!!  I'm so excited about this hope! You guys DO NOT want to miss this one! Grab your pen. Grab your calendar. And MARK THE DATE!  :)  

Have a Happy Sunday. Hugs! :) Janis