CS Father's Day Blog Hop

Welcome to the CS Father's Day Blog Hop, hosted by Chris at Get Inspired With Chatterscene -  I hope all of our craft creations inspire you to make something great for the men in your life for Father's Day!  Thanks for joining us!!

You should have arrived here from Chris's blog Get Inspired With Chatterscene.  If you missed the beginning of the hop, please go back to the start of the hop at Chris' blog to start so you don't miss any of the projects! There is blog candy offered so you want to start at the beginning and read how to participate to win!

For my projects, I made 2 father's day cards - one for my dad and one for my husband from the boys and I!

My poor dad, who is the master of all things handy, has been helping my siblings and I with projects around our houses lately, so I wanted to make him a card with a recliner on it - in hopes that it will encourage him to ignore all of us and take it easy on father's day!  ;-) 

The Father's Day Seasonal Cricut cart had the perfect recliner on it!!  I used the Dots, Stripes and Plaids stack from DCWV - its perfect for masculine cards!  The sentiment stamp is from the 'Our Fathers' set from Pink by Design, ribbon from American Crafts and the jewels I found in my stash.  I used the Cricut Essentials cart on my E2 for the tag as well as my Cuttlebug and the 'Argyle' embossing folder by Sizzix for the card base embossing, I used embossing powder and my heat gun to emboss the sentiment stamp and finally I inked the front of the card base as well as the edges.

Then for my card for my husband, I wanted to use a sports car - he's forevering talking about how much he wants a sports car but unfortunately it isn't in the financial cards for us right now.  :-(  So the best I can do is a sports car on his father's day card - its better then nothing, right?  ;-)  I found the sports car on the Father's Day Seasonal Cricut cart as well.  I used paper from my stash for this card, sentiment stamp from 'Our Fathers' by Pink By Design, twine from The Twinery as well as my Cuttlebug and the 'Argyle embossing folder by Sizzix again.

I have a fun giveaway here on my blog - an i-rock by Imaginesce as well as some bling to go with it, which I plan to pick up this weekend so that part will be a surprise!  :-)  I have been using mine for a couple of months and I do love it to add bling to my projects!  To be eligible to win, leave a comment on this post as well as become a follower of my blog!  I will use the random number generator to draw a name on Thursday, June 23 and will announce it here on my blog!

Thanks for hopping along with us!!  Remember, if you leave a comment on every designers blog hop post, your name will go into the drawing for the blog candy offered by ChatterScene.

Next up on the hop is Cassie at Scrappin' Palace, you'll love the fun project she has for you!

Here's the whole lineup in case you get lost along the way!

http://chatterscene-mom.blogspot.com/ -- Chris (Get Inspired With ChatterScene) - START
http://kimberliscreations.blogspot.com/ -- Kim (Kimberli's Creations) - YOU ARE HERE
http://www.scrappinpalace.blogspot.com/ -- Cassie (Scrappin' Palace)
http://www.myamusinglife.blogspot.com -- Jamie (My Amusing Life)
http://fantabulouslypink.blogspot.com/ -- Kristen (My Fantabulous Life)
http://greengirlscraps.blogspot.com/ -- Michele (Green Girl Scraps)
http://happyscrapper64.blogspot.com -- Brenda (Happy Scrapper)
http://www.txscrappermom.blogspot.com/ -- Roberta (TX Scrapper Mom)
http://kbiendesigns.blogspot.com/ -- Kelly (Kbiendesigns)
http://polkadotpaperprincess.blogspot.com/  -- Doreen (Polka Dot Paper Princess)
http://icameisawicreated.blogspot.com/  -- Renee (I Came, I Saw, I Created)

Have a great weekend!

NSD Challenge #1

Last night, I started working on the National Scrapbook Day challenges that My Pink Stamper posted on Saturday, the first one was 'Anything Cupcake' so I made this card for my niece's birthday next month!  She wanted them to be completed in an hour and I doubted at first that I could do that, but they are averaging me about 45 minutes to complete!!

cupcake - Smiley Cards Cricut cartridge (with face removed using my Gypsy)
paper - DCWV Dots, Stripes and Plaids Stack and cardstock from my stash
ribbon - American Crafts
Crystal Stickles
i-rock and gems
sentiment stamp - Paper Company 'Happy Birthday' set
Cuttlebug with Sizzix 'Scallops' and Cuttlebug 'D'vine Swirl' embossing folders

Have the Happiest Birthday!

I made this card for my best friend but couldn't post it until this weekend, since her birthday was Friday and I didn't want her to see it on here before she had it in her hands!  :-)  Hopefully she's gotten it by now, so I can post it!

I cut this dragonfly from Cheerful Seasons Cricut cartridge but I don't remember the size. All the paper was from my stash, I used the D'Vine Cuttlebug embossing folder for the dragonfly.  The sentiment stamp is from My Pink Stamper 'Fabulous Phrases' and I used my i-rock, gems and stencil to make the swirl.  I still haven't figured out how to not make the glue squish out on the sides, as you can see on some of them, but hopefully one of these days I'll get that mastered!  ;-)

Happy Birthday Diane!!  I hope you had a wonderful weekend and this card made you smile!  :-)

Flaunt It Fridays Challenge

I found a new blog, Flaunt It Fridays, that posts weekly challenges so I wanted to play along!  I didn't have the required cartridge, Simply Charmed, so I used the fish from Create A Critter instead, she is cut at 2.5 inches and the bowl I cut at 5.5 inches after I welded 2 together using my Gypsy!

I used my Cuttlebug on this card and 4 different embossing folders - Tiny Mosiac (fish), D'Vine Swirl (water), Forest Branches (seaweed), and Swiss Dots (sand).  The sentiment stamp is from My Pink Stamper 'More Punny-licious' and the face stamp (eye part) is Peachy Keen 'Critter Faces Set A Medium.'  The twine is from The Twinery.

Thanks for stopping by!

Thinking of You Today!

I made this for a friend to let her know that I'm thinking about her.  I'm entering it in the April Showers challenge at Get Inspired With Chatter Scene.

I used a DCWV card base and some paper from my stash.  I cut the chick and umbrella from Create A Critter Cricut cartridge at 2.5 inches.  The cloud and rain drops are also from Create A Critter, cut at 2 inches.  The face stamp is from Peachy Keen 'Critter Faces Set A Medium' and I colored it in using Stampin Up 'Stampin Write' markers and 'Stampin Pastels'.  The sentiment stamp is from My Pink Stamper 'Fabulous Phrases'.  I used my Sizzix 'Winter' and Cuttlebug 'Divine Swirl' embossing folders with my Cuttlebug for the embossing on umbrella and cloud.  The ribbon is from American Crafts.

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Easter card

One more for the Chatter Scene challenge - I've really enjoyed making these!!  :-)  This one will either be for my parents or my MIL, I haven't decided yet.  So I've got to make one more Easter card and then I can decide!

I found this purple and green paper and that decided my color scheme for this card!  The goodies I won on Getting Cricky with K Andrew a couple of weeks ago came in the mail yesterday so I scooped them up and took them to my scrap room with me!  When they happened to match the paper I wanted to use, it was perfect!

Supplies used:
card base - DCWV
paper - from my stash
sentiment stamp - My Pink Stamper 'Happiest Moments'
butterfly - Creative Charms
Cuttlebug, Sizzix 'Paisley' embossing folder

Happy Easter flower card

Here's another one for the Spring Challenge on Chatter Scene!  Its an Easter card for my Grandma - I saw this flower and thought of her!

Supplies used:

card base - DCWV

paper - from my stash

flower - Creative Memories Cheerful Seasons Cricut cartridgge, cut at 3 inches

sentiment stamp - My Pink Stamper 'Happiest Moments'

ribbon - American Crafts

Cuttlebug & Divine Swirl embossing folder

Easter card and tag for spring challenge

I participated in a Spring Challenge on Chatter Scene and it was so fun, I love making spring cards when its dreary outside, it really helps my mood!  With all that has been going on lately, I didn't get these done until late last night and the contest ends today, so they are all done in the nick of time!  :-)

These will be going in/on one of the boys' Easter baskets!  So I went fairly simple but they still turned out cute!

Supplies used:

card base - DCWV

paper - from my stash

duck - Doodlecharms Cricut cartridge, cut at 3 inches

duck tag - Doodlecharms Cricut cartridge, cut at 3.5 inches

setiment stamp - My Pink Stamper 'Happiest Moments'

'to' stamp - Joy's Life 'All Around Sentiments'

twine - The Twinery

Cuttlebug and Divine Swirl embossing folder

A Cherry Hello!

I've had my Preserves Cricut cart for awhile and haven't done much with it, so I'm bound and determined to use it more, as it works perfectly with My Pink Stamper 'Fruit and Veggie Puns' stamp set!  Here's my newest card with it!

Supplies used:
cherries - Preserves Cricut cart, cut at 3.5 inches
card base - DCWV
paper - various from my stash
sentiment stamp - 'Fruit & Veggie Puns' by My Pink Stamper
ink - Stampin' Up 'Basic Black'
Cuttlebug 'Swiss Dots' embossing folder

Just a couple more...

Valentine's day cards! 

In making all the cards for my boy's cousins and friends - I completely forgot to make ones for the boys from us, so I got those done yesterday!

Supplies:
dino - 'Dinosaur Tracks' Cricut cart, cut at 3.5 inches
cardstock - The Paper Company
card - DCWV
embossing - Cuttlebug & Sizzix Impressions Embossing folder 'Argyle'
adhesives - Stampin Up 'Stampin' Dimensionals', ATG gun, Zig 2-way glue pen
sentiment stamp - My Pink Stamper 'Punny-licious'
ink - Colorbox Mini 'Magenta'
heat gun
Stampendous embossing powder

Supplies:
bunny - 'New Arrival' Cricut cart, cut at 3.5 inches
cardstock - The Paper Company
paper - various from my stash
card base - DCWV
adhesives - Stampin Up 'Stampin' Dimensionals', ATG gun, Zig 2-way glue pen
sentiment stamp - My Pink Stamper 'Even More Punny-licious'
face stamp - Peachy Keen 'Critter Faces Set A Medium'
ink - Stampin Up 'Chocolate Chip'