GOOD LUCK!!

I have 3 friends doing their first triathlon in Tempe.  I got this idea from Robyn's post for a little treat she made for her tennis team...I thought I could do the same!!  I know they are super excited, maybe a little nervous...so I wanted to show some love and support.


I used my Going Places cartridge...it's a very underused, neglected cartridge.  I used, of course, glitter paper and some mirror/reflective type paper for the background.  In the treat bags are 2 types of granola squares (dark chocolate with peanut butter and peanut butter) and a package of almonds.

Have a wonderful day!!!
Cindy :)~  

My Pinkalicious Blog Hop Challenge:

Challenge: Make a goodie bag or 3-D item that is for a Holiday. Any Holiday or Occasion will be perfect. If you want to join in on the fun...click here.

I have 3 goody bags to share with you!! All 3 bags have the same sort of candy but different looks.

First Bag: Have a SWEEEET Fall Break. These bags were made for my son's school for all the teachers and staff. I used Smiley Cards cartridge to make the candy corn card. I am totally INTO glitter paper and just can't get enough. I used pop dots to put up the note from our parent group for the teachers. We filled the bags with several kinds of candy corn.







Second Bag: Pumpkin Tears. These bags were handed out to all the students in my son's class. I tweeked a poem I found online to make it a little bit more appropiate for the kids. I used my spots & dots embossing folder for my cuddlebug and just cut the poems out in ovals using my Creative Memories cutting system. (I had to dust that thing off...all my creative memories stuff is so neglected these days). I used ink chalk to give the spots & dots more pop. I filled the bags with candy corn.



Third Bag: MOMS Club Halloween Bags. I used candy corn filled bags and made the cutest spiders for our annual MOMS Club Halloween party. I used googly eyes, glitter paper and scraps of paper I had on hand. I cut at 2.55 width x 1.84 height on my gypsy. I found this CUTE spider using the Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge. The spider is found under accessories 2, 3rd row, first button. I hid the mouth and eyes so I could attach the googly eyes to each one. Each spider has a pop dot under them to raise them up a little. I think these might be my favorite goody bag I made so far.





I hope you enjoyed some of my goody bags...not it's time to go blog hop some more and get more ideas for more goody bags!!

Have a great, crafty, glittery day!
Cindy :)~

Show Your Style Blog Hop Challenge

It's time for a My Pinkalicious Blog Hop with My Pink Stamper and her brand new design team. Here is the challenge...Show Your Style.
Challenge: Show us YOUR style making your favorite thing! This could be your favorite color combo, your favorite Cricut cartridge, your favorite technique, etc.

Here is what I am posting as my favorite technique & color combo!!

THE BIG DAY:
I am going to a wedding next weekend in Mexico and I needed to make a card to go with the gift my parents and I are giving. I did some searches online for some cute ideas and came across this person's CUTE cards and such.

I am "borrowing" one of her wonderful ideas for my card. The bride's colors are turquoise and cobalt blue...so I think this came out so, so, so SWEET!


My favorite technique is square, with a mat, glitter paper and Stickles.
My favorite color combo black & white


RECIPE:
**Paper Doll Dress Up Cartridge (for wedding dress & tux lapels)
*Indie Art Cartridge (for diamond for tux)
*Beyond Celebrations Cartridge ("the big day")
*Glitter Paper Pack by Colorbok (loving me some glitter paper but I WILL NOT USE CHEAP PAPER AGAIN) As you can see some of the black glitter is on the white diamond and wedding dress
*True Blue Stickles
*Zots 3D clear adhesive dots
*Black 8 1/2 x 11 paper cut in half
*Tape Runner
*Darice Self Stick Gems
*Creative Memories Circle Punch 1 1/2"

I hope the new Mr & Mrs enjoy this homemade card.

Much love and crafting...
Cindy :)~

Papa can you hear me???

So this page was so fun to do...what great memories. We did a staycation in 2009 (yes I am that far behind) and I remember as if it were yesterday. We had called my parents who were doggysitting Rocky for us and Ryan wanted to "talk" to Papa...so here is how he looked while "talking" to Papa. He was 1.5 years old at the time.



I feel in love with this paper I used for the background and had to have it!!! I used my Best Occasions Glitter Paper pack for the belly, journal box tag & words. I made this page at my crop in Tucson so I was able to borrow the paper punch for the tag and the ........ cartridge for the words. I love going to these kind of crops like this because I am able to use other people's cartridges and tools.

I had a hard time finding paper to match the teddy bear that is behind Ryan, so I cut the bear using my Doodlecharms cartridge and then used a brown ink chalk to darken/tan him up.


Have a fantastic, crafty day!!
Cindy :)~

CELE-BR8

Here's a card I made for our God daughter's 8th birthday. I used my Stretch Your Imagination Cartridge for the card. I used my Gypsy to hide the candles and the silhouette feature for the outline of the cake. I used stickles to color in the cake part. I used the Mickey Font Cartridge for the number 8 and Celebrations Cartridge for "celebrate". This was a super easy card, but yet looks cute.

I know she'll enjoy the card and I hope you did too.
Thanks for stopping by!!!

Have a great day!!
Cindy :)~

Thriller...

Here is a scrapbook page I made for my son's talent show he and other kids were in. We did a 2 minute "reenactment" of the Michael Jackson's Thriller video. I made this page using the Halloween Solutions & Hannah Montana cartridges while I was at my scrapbooking weekend in Tucson. I used Best Occasions Glitter & Metallic paper packs for this layout.





I made a backing for my scrapbooking journal box using a Martha Stewart Drippy Goo punch (again borrowed at my weekend crop). I also used this punch for the red paper top and bottom that I placed on top of the silver backgroup paper. I love how this page turned out, it's so CREEPY just perfect for all those cute Zombies.

Have a great day!!
Cindy :)~

Easy Thank You Card

One of the activities we did this summer was my oldest was a part of a swim team. I was asked by a friend to make a thank you card the kiddos could sign for their coach. She knows I am into making cards now, so it was NO TROUBLE. I made a very simple 5x7 thank you card.

RECIPE:
*White Card Stock
*Beach Theme Paper (from a paper pack sold at Target, several years ago in their dollar section)
*Orange Ribbon
*Best Occasions Glitter Pack (green and blue)
*Printed up Thank You Saying
*Tape Runner
*Xyron 1.5" Create-a-Sticker
*Zots 3D Clear Adhesive Dots
*Scotch Tape





1. Cut beach paper at 6.75"w x 4.75"h.
2. Attach orange ribbon to paper. My ribbon was a scrap piece, so I attached it on the back with scotch tape.
3. Attach paper to card stock with tape runner
4. Run Thank You saying through Xyron as well as one of the glitter squares. (the Xyron is probably one of the few adhesives that works on this glitter paper...it's cheap paper so glitter gets EVERYWHERE. Next time I buy glitter paper I am spending the $$$ to buy the kind that doesn't "shed")
5. Attach all squares, use Zots 3D adhesive dots to attach thank you square on top of ribbon strip.

VIOLA!!

This card literally took minutes and the kid's coach LOVED IT!

Have a fantastic day!!
Cindy :)~

Sunny Summer

Now that school's starting back up soon, I wanted to share the goodie bags I made for Sean's last day of school. (better late than never?!?) I think they are so stinking cute!! I was inspired by My Pink Stamper, she's always making treat bags for her kids and I wanted to do the same for my Seany Boy. I asked him to help me design the bags, so he came up with the saying..."Hope your Summer is very Sunny!" and he wanted a sun with sunglasses. SOOOOO here is what I came up with for him.

RECIPE:
*Gypsy Smiley Card Cartridge
*Best Occasions Glitter Paper Pack Yellow/Orange for the outside of sun
*Best Occasions Metallic Paper Pack Black for the sunglasses
*Various Paper Scraps for the back ground (bright, bold colors)
*Xyron 1.5" Create-a-Sticker
*Zots 3D Clear Adhesive Dots
*Creative Memories Precision Point Adhesive Pen

I cut the sun and sun rays at 2.63"w x 2.50"h
Sunglasses were cut at 2.21"w x 2.64"h


In order to make the sunglasses I had to do a lot of hiding of cuts and switching things around. The hid feature is my favorite thing about the Gypsy...it's endless as to what you can create. I first hid the cut on the sun and added the snowman's face into the middle of the sun. I hid everything on the snowman, this way the sunglasses and mouth will cut on the sun so I knew where to place black metallic paper sunglasses and mouth. It sounds like a lot of work but once you get the hang of the hide feature, you can personalize and change up lots of stuff with your cartridges.

In order to assemble the suns, I first used the Xyron for the sunglasses and mouth, it made my life sooooo much easier. I attached them to all the sun base. Then I used my Creative Memories Precision Point Adhesive for the outer sun rays...it was too big to go through my Xyron, so I used my next best friend and invention...my glue pen. This pen is great to use and so easy. It's like using a pen; just squeeze the glue out at your desired flow and amount. VIOLA! Lastly, I attached all the suns using my Zots 3D dots to the cards in order to make the sun POP off the cards.

I hope you have a Sunny Summer and enjoyed our little goodbye treat bags my son and I created.





Keep on craftin' and smilin'...
Cindy :)~

It's a Girl...

I am really getting into making my own cards. I have been inspired by several blogs and people I have met. I went to a baby shower on Friday and I made this card with a gift card inside.

Recipe:
Baby Face: Doodlecharms


Paper: Provo Craft Doodlecharms "It's A"
Paper: The Paper Studio The Basics Pink back ground and "Girl"
Paper: Best Occasions Glitter Paper Pack pink bow & flowers
Stickles: Cotton Candy
Gems: Darice Super Sparkley Stickers
Dolly Lace Edge Punch: Martha Stewart



TIP: I used my gypsy to cut "It's A" by using "It's A Party" from the Celebrations Cartridge and brought the image all the way to the bottom so it didn't cut "Party"

This was a super easy card once I figured out the paper to use.

Hope you enjoy the card.
Have a crafty day!!
Cindy :)~

Challenge #9- Use Glitz, Glam and Gitter

Challenge #9--Use Glitz, Glam and Glitter in your project!
One of my bestest friends from high school got engaged...so this is the card I made for her. I love using glitter paper...it's messy and ruins my mat but I still love it!!

Challenge #8- Make a summer themed project

Challenge #8--Make a summer themed project!
I am 2 years behind in my scrapbooking. This is a simple two page spread of when we went to the botanical gardens to see the butterflies. My mother likes to call them "flutterbys"...so that is what I call them.

Challenge #5 Any 3-D Item

Challenge #5- Any 3-D item OR if that is too much of a challenge then add a 3-D item on your scrapbook page or card!

Challenge #1 - Anything Cupcake!!!

Challenge #1 - Anything Cupcake!!!
Scrapbook Page, Card, Mixed Media, or other! You do not have to make cupcakes!! NO TIME, next challenge begins in an hour!!

Red, White and Blue

I am so excited to share this project with you. Kassidy a.k.a. Inking It Up Crazy picked me to be a guest designer on her blog. I was asked to make something with Red, White and Blue on this President's Day. I had this 12x12 page 1/2 made for a long time....so I figured NOW was the time to finish it (now let's see how long it takes me to print up the 2 pictures for this page...LOL).

I hope you enjoy this simple page.

Cindy :)~

Recipe:
All American Boys Cuttin' Up Cartridge Serifs Font (used Gypsy to weld the letters)
Summer Stretch your Imagination Silhouette
Star paper from All About Boys paper stack
Royal Blue chalk by Color Box

YAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Birthday Challenge Submission

I made this birthday card for a dear friend. She loves dogs and green. I am going to submit this to the Inking It Up "It's a Birthday Challenge" Inking It Up Crazy
Have a YAPPY day!!
Cindy :)~

Birthday Card Swap and Inking it Up Design Team Submission

Hey crafty crafters out there!! I have posted a new card I made for a birthday card swap I have been invited to. This is my first card swap ever and I am super excited. I made a simple 3 1/2 x 5 inch birthday card. I used my Gypsy and brand new 12x12 teal cricut expression. I love her, she's soooooo beautiful to look at!! I used the Smiley Cards cartridge. I used the devine swirl folder to emboss the icing with my cuddlebug. I used the star dust Stickles to bling up her cheeks and tongue.

I have recently starting following another blog Inking it Up. I see she has a Design Team Call, so I am going to submit this card to possible get on her team.

Have a super crafty day!!

12 Days of Christmas (Day 6 Challenge)

The Pink Stamper has the 12 Days of Christmas Challenge. Day 6's challenge is to make a Christmas card or scrapbook layout. If you don't celebrate Christmas then do a Winter themed project. I made a Christmas card to send to my niece with a gift card inside. It's super simple because I have the holiday head cold and can't be that creative. I hope she likes it.

Merry Christmas Kisses...
Cindy :)~

Throwback Thursday Challenge

Here is my "Throwback Thursday" challenge entry. I have found another crafty blogger, Emma at My Creative Time, who is helping me get my crafty MOJO back. I used my gypsy and the gypsy wanderings preloaded cartridge to create the "celebrate" word and shadow.

Hope you like...if your birthday is coming up you might be seeing this in your mailbox.

TOOTLES!

:)~

School Thank You's

I am a part of the PTO this year for Sean's school. We like to recognize every month the Volunteer, Employee and Teacher of the month. Each person that wins receives a gift along with this handmade card. Here are some examples of the cards I have made for the upcoming months. Hope you enjoy!

Toodles!

School Thank You Cards - slideshows