This is another card based on the Scrapbook Steals sketch I posted last week - I left the sentiment off of this one until I knew what I was going to use it for!

The print paper is from the My Mind's Eye 'A Happy Heart' stack.  I used buttons/brads from my stash and the hemp is from CTMH.  I cut the scalloped half circle using my cricut and the CTMH Art Philosophy cart, the banners I cut by hand.

Here's the inside - again, I left it blank until I knew what occasion I planned to use it for!

Sorry I've been missing the last few days, I just finished a 5 night stretch at work - it went by so slowly, I felt every minute of those 13 hr nights!  So I'm definitely glad to be home with my family for the next few days and able to get in my craft room again!  Thanks for stopping by!

Fall Blog Hop!!

Welcome to the Fall Blog Hop with Circle Sisters!

You should be coming from the very talented DoodleDiva. If you've just happened to come across my blog, please check out each of these talented ladies' blogs. You will want to start at Kristen's blog for the beginning of the hop.

For my project, I made a Thanksgiving dinner hostess gift!  I made a pillow box from the CTMH Art Philosophy cart as well as a matching card/envelope.  I cut the box at 8", the border at 1.5" and the label at 2" - it was my first pillow box and so fun and easy to make!  And its a great size, will be perfect to fill up with chocolate!  :-)  Both stamps from the box and card front are from CTMH 'Jubilation' set and the inside sentiment is from My Pink Stamper 'Happiest Moments'.  All the paper is from my stash, though I wish I knew what brand it was so I could get more - I love it!

Your next stop is Lisa - thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of the hop!

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

1) Kristen http://fantabulouslypink.blogspot.com/
2) Michele www.michelegreen.com
3) Roberta http://www.txscrappermom.blogspot.com/
4) Mary http://www.marebearscraps.blogspot.com/
5) Renee http://icameisawicreated.blogspot.com/
6) Carolyn http://cccscraproom.blogspot.com/
7) Gamma http://gammascreativecorner.blogspot.com/
8) Colleen http://www.scrappycol.blogspot.com
9) DoodleDiva www.doodledivadesigns.com
10) Kimberli http://kimberliscreations.blogspot.com/  <-----------YOU ARE HERE!
11) Lisa http://addictedtothecricut.blogspot.com <--------------GO HERE NEXT!
12) Gonecampn http://www.scrapcavecreations.com/
13) Momto2cuties http://www.inlovewithpaper.blogspot.com/
14) Scrapalette http://scrapalette.blogspot.com/
15) Dana http://papermemories4u.blogspot.com/
16) Darcy http://dlmbscrapping-time2create.blogspot.com/
17) Rexann   http://ibecircled.blogspot.com
18) Brenda http://happyscrapper64.blogspot.com/      
19) Madylyn http://inspiredbycolor.blogspot.com/
20) Nancy http://lanancyworkshop.blogspot.com/
21) Debbie http://bugginattheseams.blogspot.com/
22) Tracy http://www.scrappininthewoods.blogspot.com/
23) Sharon http://designsbysharon.blogspot.com/

When you're done hopping, make a stop by my friend Chris' 400 follower giveaway on her blog Get Inspired with Chatterscene as well as her Back to School challenge on her messageboard Chatter Scene!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Baptism cards

My niece and nephew are being baptized this weekend, so I made them each a card to go with their gifts.  I was having a hard time figuring out how to make them with having limited religious diecuts on my carts - so I decided to go with fun colors and a simple cross. 

The paper was all from my stash, the crosses from Indie Art Solutions cart and inked with pewter ink, the card bases/envelopes from Art Philosophy and the inside sentiment from My Pink Stamper 'Happiest Moments.'  I got my twine order from The Twinery yesterday :-), so I used it on both cards!

I couldn't get this card to stand up to take pics, so I had to hold it - please excuse my hand!  I need to get something to hold my cards when I take pics but keep forgetting to look for something!

There's still time to enter my friend Chris' 400 follower giveaway at her blog Get Inspired with Chatterscene as well as her Back to School challenge on her messageboard Chatter Scene!

Have a great weekend! Its going to be a busy one here but I have so much to get done, so I hope to be spending a lot of it in my scrap room!

My Teacher

My son starts preschool in 2 weeks, so I made his teacher a card last night, that he can "sign" to tell her how excited he is for the start of the new year!  I'm also making her a gift to go with it, that I'm hoping to finish up this weekend - so you will be seeing that soon! 

I love using primary colors when it comes to school cards/LOs, all the paper for this card were from my stash!  I used Locker Talk for the 'My Teacher' sign and CTMH Art Philosophy for the card base and front/inside layers - I LOVE this cart!  I embossed the front layer with my Cuttlebug using the Cuttlebug embossing folder 'Traffic Jam.'  I wanted to add some twine but I didn't have the right color - it will be here soon though, with the order I placed for their newest colors that I couldn't resist over the weekend!  :-)

And when I went to make an envelope to go with it, I realized that even though I have my 12x24 mat to make bigger envelopes, I don't have any 12x24 cardstock - oops!  So I will add that to my list of things to get so I can get an envelope made soon for this card!  I had intended to stamp the inside of the card and the envelope with a small apple but I didn't have one - so I will either cut one with my cricut or see if I can get lucky and find an apple stamp in the dollar bin at Michael's!

I left the inside blank so we could write a message to his teacher and he could sign it!

I'm entering these challenges...
Chatter Scene: School Time challenge
Cricut 360º:  Challenge #8 - Back to School

You Had Me At Craft: Week 12: Made It Myself Mondays

Thanks for stopping by!  And don't forget to visit my friend Chris' blog for her 400 follower giveaway - she's giving away a great book!

Hope card

**Go here for my 100 follower challenge/giveaway!!**

My aunt was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and is going through treatment now.  :(   I made this card for her, to give her a little encouragement and to let her know that I will be walking in the Race for the Cure walk in her honor - she will be out of town at her son's wedding and since I can't go, I am doing the next best thing and representing our family at the walk to raise money to find a cure for this devastating disease!

I used my new Cosmo Cricket stacks, the colors are so pretty - this stack was 'Delovely' and had the perfect shades of pink that I was looking for!  All of the cuts on this card are from Gypsy Wanderings Cricut cart, including the base which I welded together using my Gypsy.  I only attached the body of the butterfly to give it some dimension and make it look like its flying!  The twine is from The Twinery.

I'm entering it in the Made It Myself Mondays weekly linking party at You Had Me At Craft!

Thanks for stopping by!

NSD Challenge #9

This challenge from My Pink Stamper was to create a project with glitz, glam and glitter!  I don't often get to use a lot of glitz and glam with 2 little boys running around, so it was fun to be able to make a girly card to give to someone!  :-)

I used the Cheerful Seasons Cricut cart to cut the sunglasses and the Paper Doll Dress Up Cricut cart to cut the purse and hat.  I decorated them using my i-rock and gems as well as my sparkly Gelly Roll pen, the ribbon is from American Crafts!  I used Essentials to cut the scalloped rectangle and stamped the sentiment using the 'Everyday Occasions' set from My Pink Stamper in 'Hollyhock' ink from Close to My Heart.  The background cardstock is from the DCWV 'Blossom Song' stack.

I love how fun and girly this card is - that's the great part about challenges like this, I never would have made this if not for this challenge!  So thanks to Robyn for making me step outside my box!!  :-)

NSD Challenge #2

For the 2nd National Scrapbooking Day challenge on My Pink Stamper, she asked that we make a masculine project using Kraft cardstock.  I made this baseball themed card for a little boy!

I cut the baseball and bat from the Boys Will Be Boys Cricut cartridge using cardstock from my stash, I distressed the edges of the Kraft cardstock base and diecuts using Tim Holtz 'Tea Dye' distress ink.  The plaid cardstock is from the DCWV 'All About Boys' paper stack and the twine is from The Twinery.  The sentiment stamp is from My Pink Stamper 'Boy Crazy' set.

'Have a Tree-mendous Day!' card

I have loved this tree ever since I saw it and since I had the perfect stamp to use with it, I made the two into a card!

Supplies:
card base - DCWV
tree- Simply Charmed cricut cart
sentiment stamp - 'More Punny-licious' by My Pink Stamper
ribbon - 'The Boyfriend Collection' by Cosmo Cricket
paper - from my stash
adhesives - Zig 2 way glue pen, ATG gun, Stampin Up 'Stampin Dimensionals'

'Toad-ally Fabulous!' card