A Berry Special Friend

Wow!  I don't know about you, but I am always so thrown off when I don't start the work week on Monday.  It seems to make me confused the rest of the week!  I certainly enjoyed the extra long weekend though :)  My mom got me the Everyday Pop Up cartridge this weekend and I was so excited to use it!  

I made this card for the Cricut Circle challenge.  The challenge is to make something with the shape of your favorite "sweet" item from summer and to incorporate stamps somewhere on the project.  My favorite summer time treat is a bowl full of strawberries!  The pop up on the inside was much easier to figure out than I thought it was going to be!  Enjoy!

~Emily

Ingredients

Hello Kitty Greetings Cartridge

Everyday Pop Up Cards Cartridge

Cricut Papers and Scrap Papers

Peachy Keen Stamps: Teacher Says Phrases and Faces

Thank you Flowers

I have fallen in LOVE with creating flowers!  I think they are so much fun and love the way they turn out.  I had to make a lot of cards this weekend for teachers at my school, I only show a few below.  Using the Mother's Day Bouquet cartridge I made these beautiful flowers and added a sentiment with My Creative Time So Grateful for You stamps.  I hope that you enjoy these cards as much as I do!!!

Emily

Ingredients

Mothers Day Bouquet Cartridge

My Creative Time So Grateful for You Stamps

Paper Company Bright Buttons

Entering Into:

Make It Monday: Anything Goes

PaperCrafting Journey: Anything Goes

Inspire Me Fridays: Anything Goes

Green and Yellow Challenge

Happy Memorial Day weekend!  I hope that everyone is having a great weekend.  I am very sorry to those of you who I regularly comment on your blogs.  Blogger is still not letting me leave comments on most blogs.  I have been looking at all of your blogs though and have seen many beautiful creations that I love :)  So keep up posting all of the great inspiration!

I have created a card to enter into My Creative Time's Throwback Thursday Challenge.  The challenge is to create something using an older cartridge with the colors green and yellow somewhere.  I created this card using Stretch Your Imagination.  Hope you enjoy!

Emily

Ingredients

Stretch Your Imagination

Kassie's Brocade Cuttlebug Folder

Celebrate It Ribbon

Facebook and Blog Award Thank You!

Happy Sunday Everyone!  I just started up a facebook page today.   If you have Facebook and want a heads up on new posts and fun you can click the "like" button on the right side bar.


I would also like to thank Erlinda from Stampin' with Erlinda who passed along the Cricut-tastic Award to me.  Go check out her awesome blog and talent!  You can see who I passed it along to here. 

Have a great night!

~Emily

CC May Challenge

I hope you are all having a great Saturday!  Today I created my submission for the Cricut Circle Monthly Challenge.  The challenge was to use three of the prompts in a row from the tic-tac-toe board. 

I choose to use the bottom row and make a wedding card for my friends who are getting married in a few weeks.  I am really excited with how the card turned out!  Enjoy!

~Emily 

Ingredients

Wedding Cartridge

Nursery Tails Imagine Cartridge

Blossom Imagine Cartridge

Gypsy

Distressed Stripes Cuttlebug Folder

Martha Stewart Sticker Pearls

Inkadoo Stamps

You are Appreciated!

Here is my submission for My Creative Time's Throwback Thursday Challenge.  The challenge was to use Doodlecharms and the color blue somewhere on the creation.    I used Doodlecharms along with My Creative Time: So Grateful for You stamps.  Hope you enjoy it! 

~Emily

Cricut Blog!

Hello Everyone!  I hope you are having a great week!  Be sure sure to check out the new cricut blog here.  It is going to have a lot of great inspiration and fun things going on :)  I am very excited for this blog and it is a blog open to everyone!  Enjoy!

~Emily

Blog Award

Thank you to Donya over at OKScrappinMama who gave me this wonderful Cricut-tastic Award.  I am very honored.  Please go check out her blog for more inspiration!

Per rules of the award, you must share five cricut related things about yourself and pass the award onto 10 people. 

5 Cricut Facts

1. I own 3 cricuts (baby bug, expression, and imagine).
2. My favorite Cricut cart is Create a Critter.
3. My Cricuts are my favorite hobby on the weekends.
4. I really want a Cricut E2.
5. The last Cricut cart I bought was Disney Classics and I can't wait to use it!!!

10 Blogs to Pass the Award onto.  Go check out all of the fabulous work on these blogs :) 

1. Kimberly at Kimberly's Crafty Spot
2. Agnes at Flowerdisco's Scrap Hut
3. Jan at A Day in the Life
4. Julie at A Little Bit of Bling
5. Saundra at Luv Scrapping Together
6. Liza at Hoo's Crafty
7. Carri at DoubleClick Connections- AKA ABusyBee
8. Valerie at The Best is Yet to Be
9. Katie at katieO's
10. Jovan at Cards by Jovan
11. Enjoy Everyone!  Keep Up the great work!

~Emily

Last of NSD!

Here are my last NSD challenge projects for MPS.  I wanted to get them posted last night, but was too exhausted!  My first project was for the 3D challenge.  We are starting to learn about bugs and insects this week and I thought how cool would it be to start out the day with these awesome "antennae" glasses!!!  The kids thought it was a blast ;-)

Now my last project I am a little partial to because I LOVE these photos.  I am always so behind on my scrapbooking so I decided to make a page with my monkey photos from last summer and bought this frame that works perfect with the lo yesterday at Joanns!  The cuts are from my favorite cart Create a Critter.  I can't wait to hang this on the wall!!!!!!!  Enjoy!

Emily

NSD Challege 6: Tags

Happy Mother's Day to everyone!  I hope that you all are able to find some time to relax with family and enjoy the day :)

Here is my submission for challenge number 6 for MPS to incorporate a tag into your project.  I used the Just Because Cards cart.  Hope you enjoy!

~Emily

NSD Challenge 4: Mother's Day

Every year, we always get my mom a gift card to buy flowers in the summer.  I was just going to put it in a card I already made, but I decided to make a gift card holder for her gift card.  Works perfectly :)  Have a great night and I plan to finish the last 3 projects tomorrow!  Visit the other submissions here. 

~Emily

Ingredients

Easter 2010 Cartridge

NSD 12: Kid Theme

Whew!  I finished number 12 and then had a lot of computer projects :)  Now I have 4 others that I missed to go back and do.  This is my favorite card of the day so far.  Hope you all like it too!  Visit the other submissions here.

~Emily

Ingredients

Boys Will Be Boys Cartridge

Fishing Line

D'vine Swirls Cuttlebug Folder

NSD Challenge 11: Pink, Black, and Green

This one made me think since I had made my card for challenge #9 out of pink, black, and green.  So I decide to stick with the same type of theme and make a wedding card.  Visit the other submissions here. Enjoy! 

~Emily

Ingredients

Stretch Your Imagination Cartridge

Kassoe's Brocade Cuttlebug Folder

Martha Stewert Sticker Pearls

Stamp by Hampton Art

NSD Challenge 10: Pet Theme

Wooohooo!  I finally have an excuse to use Create a Critter which is my favorite cart.  I also love dogs so the type of pet was an easy choice :)  Check out all of the other creations for the challenge here. 

~Emily

Ingredients

Create a Critter Cartridge

Martha Stewart Sticker Pearls

TCP Studio Stamps

NSD Challenge 9: Glitz, Glam, and Glitter

Hello again everyone!  Here is my card for the next MPS challenge.  I used the Forever Young Cartridge along with DCWV glitter paper for a simple glitz card :)  Enjoy!

~Emily

NSD Challenge 3: Breast Cancer Theme

Here is my submission for the MPS Breast Cancer theme challenge.  I used the Stand and Salute Cartidge again along with some Prima flowers and twinery twine.  Visit the other submissions here.  Enjoy!

Emily

NSD Challenge 8: Summer Theme

Ok.  I got back just in time for challenge #8.  Yes, I skipped 3-7 right now and will get back to creating them throughout the night.  However, here is challenge #8 from MPS.  I love the bright colors on this one :)

~Emily

Ingredients

Pack Your Bags Cartirgde

Extra Embellishment from my Jolees Box

 

NSD Challenge 2: Masculine Card using Kraft Paper

Here is what I came up with using the Stand and Salute cart!  I will be back later in the day with more projects!  I am off to volunteer at a healthy kids day event :)  Visit the other submissions here.

~Emily

NSD Challenge 1: Cupcake

Happy National Scrapbook Day Everyone!  I will be in and out today with projects as I have some other things I need to attend to here.  However, I will kick things off with MPS Challenge 1 for National Scrapbook Day.  The Challenge is to make something with a cupcake theme.  Last week I bought the Cuttlebug all in one Cupcake Celebration Folders so I thought it would be great to do something with that since I haven't had a chance to use it yet!  I made this card in about a 1/2 hour and really like it!  Enjoy!

~Emily

Ingredients

Wrap It Up Cartridge

DCWV and Cricut Papers

Cuttlebug All In One: Cupcake Celebrations

Action Wobbles

Winner :)

Using random.org the winner of my blog candy is ES from Cricut in Kansas.  Sorry I am not tech savvy enough to post the picture of the winning number.    Congrats ES!  I will be contacting you by email shortly!  Thank you all for following my blog and giving me so much inspiration :)

Emily

Surprise! (and Giveaway Reminder)

**Enter giveaway HERE**

Who doesn't love a good Birthday surprise, right!?!  Here is a fun card that I made for a friends birthday.   I used the Straight From the Nest cartridge, and I love this fun tree cut.  Have a great day!  Remember to enter the giveaway by Thursday night :)

~Emily

Entering Into:

Birthday Sundaes: Anything Goes Birthday
Make It Monday: Anything Goes

Sympathy Card

**Still time to Enter the Giveaway HERE**

Hello everyone!  I hope you are all having a great day.  Here is a sympathy card that I made with another image from Delicious Doodles.  I also used the Cuttlebug All in One Thank you set to emboss the background. Enjoy!  Don't forget to enter the giveaway here.

~Emily

Ingredients

Delicious Doodles Lovly Lillies

Easter 2010 Cartridge

Cuttlebug All in One Thank You Set

Martha Stewart Sticker Pearls



Entering Into:

Hippity with Ippity Challenge: Flowers

Paper Take Weekly: Anything Goes

Giveaway!

I am so thankful to all of you that follow my blog and I have gotten to know through the blog world.  I hope that you are all able to get as much inspiration from me as I get from all of you!  I see that I reached over a 100 followers and would like to give my followers a chance to win something.  So to giveaway I have a Martha Stewart Paper Pad, 2 clear stamps, and scrapbookin' kids vacation foam stickers.  It is not much, but I know you are all so talented and can come up with something new to make :) 

All you need to do to win is make sure you are a follower and leave a comment on this post with a way to contact you!  Due to cost, I will only be able to ship to U.S. addresses, sorry.  I will base the giveaway on comments that are left up until 7PM CST on May5th.  Have a great week and thank you for visiting!

Emily 

Cricutless Card

Happy Sunday Everyone!  It has been awhile since I have been able to create something.  The weeks have been so busy, but I finally have had time to make something today.  The other week I was lucky enough to win some digi-images from Delicious Doodles through Make it Monday.  I have never really used Digi before in my creations so here was a perfect chance to try.  I am in love with these flowers and and going to give this card to my mom for Mother's Day.  If you use digi or are interested in trying be sure to check out Delicious Doodles.  There are some amazing images to choose from :)  Enjoy!

~Emily

 Ingredients

Delicious Doodles Vase of Roses

My Creative Time So Grateful for You Stamps

Cuttlebug All in One Thank You