Blog Award :) Thanks Denise

Hi Everyone! I hope that you are all doing well. I am sorry that I haven't had a project up this week but life has been pretty crazy! ( isn't it always lol)   I was wonderfully surprised this morning when I came to my blog and had an award from Denise over at cricut my way.  

                       
Denise has such wonderful crafts, She is a must check out! Thank you so much for the wonderful Blog award!


Here are the rules for this award:
1.  Thank the person who sent it to you
2.  Tell 7 things about yourself
3.  Send this to 15 bloggers



So 7 Things about me
1.  I love all things crafty, I have to keep my hobbies to just a few because if I didn't, my whole house would be full of different craft supplies and we would have no money.
2. I am a simple country girl. I love all things country like fishing, 4 wheeling, camping and gardening. But( big but there) I still love to be pampered. 
3. I love to play the Sims. Its a computer game.
4. My favorite parts of the day is when the sun is rising and setting. I love watching the sky turn beautiful shades of orange, pink and purple.
5. I have been married to my best friend for 3 years. We have been together for 14 years. Things just never worked out for us to get married until DEC 2007.
6. My dream place to live is the North Carolina coast. I live about 5 hours from the ocean now and I visit the beach every chance I get. I love living in the foothills of NC but my Heart is at the Beach. 
7. I love my cricut. I only have 7 cartridges but I have always been able to figure out a way to do what I want, with them. My next purchase will be a cuttlebug! Oh how I want a cuttlebug, I dream about it!




Ok so after all of my rambling here are the blogs that I have chosen to have this award. I wish that I could give one to every blog that I follow but It says 15, In no particular order here they are!


Pam@ The Arctic firefly  She has great videos and projects
Jamie@Jayden's Mommy great crafts and post about giveaways
Busybee@double click connections wonderful crafter
Tisha@Tisha's craft cove great projects
free svgs  great blog for svg files
Kristins crafty kitchen beautiful projects
Kaliegh@Nana's crafting buddy  sweet little 4 yr old crafter
Jen@Just Dahling sweet girl, great videos
Amber@staying crafty  great cards
Victoria@http://victorias-creations.blogspot.com I just started following but here projects are amazing
http://truesgiftsfromtheheart.blogspot.com beautiful cards
http://wendysscrapbooknook.blogspot.com great crafts
http://simplexpressionscards.blogspot.com wonderful crafter, dont understand why she don't have more followers, so check her out
http://pumpkinbutts.blogspot.com/ great blog, 
http://thecraftykaity.blogspot.com/ cute blog


Ok so there is my 15 blogs, I hope that you will all check them out. They are all great and have wonderful projects, Many of them don't have many followers and They deserve more. 


Thank you again Denise for giving me the award!


I hope you all have a great day and a wonderful weekend! Check back soon because I will have new projects up next week! I promise!


Crafty hugs
Sarah

BUNNY BAG!

HI EVERYONE! I HOPE THAT YOU ARE ALL HAVING A GREAT WEEKEND! I WANTED TO SHARE A QUICK PROJECT THAT I MADE WITH YOU TODAY!
A CUTE LITTLE BUNNY BAG.

I CUT THIS CUTE LITTLE BUNNY FROM THE CREATE A CRITTER CARTRIDGE AND THE BAG IS FROM PLANTIN SCHOOLBOOK.

I ADDED A LITTLE RIBBON AND STAMPED EASTER EGG HUNT AND 3 EGGS ON THE BOTTOM. BOTH THE STAMPS ARE FROM THE DOLLAR BIN AT AC MOORE.

OH AND THE FACE ON THE CARROT IS THE FACE STAMPS FROM SIZZIX.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY! I HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND!

BIG CRAFTY HUGS!
~SARAH

Iris folding card

Hi Everyone!
I hope that you are all having a great week. I have been having a lot of spare time with week and I am loving it!
The other day in the mail I received my card maker of the month kit and it the technique that was demonstrated was iris folding. It is not to difficult and the results are AMAZING! I had so much fun doing it.

Here is the card that I made using the square iris folding tech.

close up of the folding 

This is the folding guide that was included with my kit. It is really easy to follow. You just use 4 different colors of paper cut at 2 1/2 by 1 and fold in half the long way, and a paper frame cut to the size that you want. Then you layer the papers following the guide numbers. making sure that the folded edge is toward the inside of the design.

I hope that you will all give this a try. I have made several of the frames. It is so much fun and something that you can do while watching TV. 

Thanks for stopping by! Crafty Hugs!~Sarah 

St. Patty's card

Hi everyone! I hope that you are doing well, It has been so rainy here in NC this week, so I have been stuck inside and get some crafting done! YIPPY!  I have made this card for a few challenges.
They are
More than favors St. Pattys day theme
fantabulous cricut Hip to be square green and gold
Abby's choose your own holiday challenge
Throwback Thursday Challenge @ creativetimeforme

So Here is my card

The Horseshoe is cut at 4 1/4 from create a critter and the lucky is cut at 2 1/4
 I stamped the background paper with a studio g stamp in 2 colors of green, a bronze, yellow and white
I used homemade glimmer spray on the horseshoe to tone down the yellow.
added chunky gold glitter to the u and k

Thanks for stopping by!
~Sarah

check out this cartridge giveaway

little bit of bling  is having a cartridge give away. go and check out her blog for your chance to win this awesome cartridge.

Thanks for viewing

~SARAH

love to crop giveaway!

LOVE TO CROP IS HAVING A 100 FOLLOWER GIVEAWAY! THEY ARE GIVING AWAY AN AWESOME CARTRIDGE.

SO HURRY ON OVER TO LOVE TO CROP AND FOLLOW AND ENTER TO WIN!

~SARAH

unfinished card :( what do I do?

Hi everyone! I have been working on this card on and off for a few days and it just doesn't look right to me. I was hoping that maybe some of you could tell me what would make it look better. I really wanted to use some punny sentiment on it but I don't have those stamps yet. Any suggestions? Please help me!

I really don't know what to do with it? does it look ok? does it look unfinished? Please help me before this card makes me go insane! lol

Hip Hip Hooray!

Hi everyone! I made this sweet little card for my niece and I have decided to enter into K Andrew sugar and spice challenge. I think that it is adorable!

Thanks for stopping by~

~Sarah

pretty bird

UPDATE!!! Several of people have emailed wanting to know where the bird cage is from. Well after looking around I found it again and here is the direct link to it. I found it on a amazing site called We can bea original.com and it was a free file! 

Hi everyone and Happy Monday!
i have a cute little card for you today that I made. I am entering this one in
 getting cricky sugar and spice challenge
mypinkstamper
http://www.gettingcricky.com/2011/03/simply-sunday-challenge-all-flutter.html

Here is my card!

Thanks for stopping by 

Sarah

decoupaged cookie tin

Hello Everyone!

I wanted to get my fingers sticky yesterday so I made a decoupaged cookie tin. I took scraps of paper and modge podge and got busy. It acutally went pretty fast. I added a little glitter in with the final layer of glue and this is the result.

 I think that it looks like a quilt.
Thanks for stopping by!
~Sarah

Altered formula can

Hi Everyone! Happy Thursday!
Today I have a little project for ya! I tried to make a video of this project but it was a major fail. lol!
I made a little bank from a formula can. I chose to do a little summer theme to save up money for my beach trip this summer!

All the things that I used
formula can, zip dry glue, stretch your imagination cart and plantin schoolbook

I love the little turtle. Now its time to put some moo la in it!

Have a great day everyone!

Hello Kitty card

Hi Everyone!

I hope that you are all doing well. Sorry that I have been MIA the past week, I have been really busy taking my mom to doctors appointments, and haven't been able to get any crafting done.  Well yesterday I was finally able to squeeze a card out. 

I don't have the "Hello Kitty" Cart yet but I was able to find a adorable svg party set @ skhedrdesigns for free. It has several papers and different cuts in the set. It was a wonderful find!

Here is the card that I created using one of the svg files and SCAL2

I added a big rhinestone to her bow and a few rhinestones to some of the flowers. I did a little glitter paint on her nose and bow. 

I just love it even though I am not a big "Hello Kitty" fan, I think that this SVG file may just change my mind about getting the cart. 

Thanks for Stopping by!

~Sarah

liebster Blog award

I was giving an award from scrappinc.Thank you so much for thinking of me!  The Liebster Blog Award is given to bring new blogs into the light. It's a great way to share blogs that might not otherwise be noticed and should be. As a recipient of this award
1) I am to pick 3 - 5 blogs and pass it on.

2.) Let them know you chose them.

3.) Copy and Paste the award to your blog.

4.) Have faith that your followers will rally and show their crafty love back out to those awarded.

5.) and Have fun!!

My choices are:

Rose @ A little spare time
http://victoriascraftyideas.blogspot.com
Tisha
http://stitchybearskids.blogspot.com

Thank you so much for the award!
~Sarah

St. Patty's pop up card

Hi Everyone!

Happy Thursday to you all!  Today I have to go with my mother to see a surgeon a few towns away so I wont be around for most of the day, so I thought I would leave you with this little cutie that I made!

This card is super easy to make. I just cut 2 slits at the top and folded them inwards so that they made a little step, which I added a shamrock to. It creates a great little 3d element to the inside of the card. 

I added a little hand stitching to the clover. 

The sentiment is from the dollar stamps at acmoore

Pop Up section

see the little pop up section!

I think it turned out great.

Have a great day everyone!

~Sarah

manly Birthday recessed window card~

Hi all my crafty friends!
I don't know about all of you but for me masculine cards are one of my weaknesses. It is really hard for me to create something that I think looks manly and great.  I was flipping through my K&Co Paper stack last night and I saw this dark navy blue paper with cream dots and a strip paper. I thought that they would be great for a guys birthday card. I am really digging the recessed window cards, so thats what I did!

I added metal Happy Birthday tags! Love the look

I added a little brown ribbon and the saying if cut from a K&Co paper.

Thanks for viewing!
Crafty Hugs to you!
~Sarah

blog award

I received another blog award today! I was given this award by Tisha's craft cove. I love being part of the crafty community, You are all so wonderful. I have never felt so accepted by a group of people before. You all give me wonderful compliments and encouragement. Thank you all so much.

In order to accept this award, I need to give 3 details about me and list 5 wonderful artists out there so here we go...

1.  I love reality tv

2. I love thunderstorms

3. I love eggrolls, I could eat them for every meal. YUMMY!

Now the 5 people I choose are:

debbie

Tanner

http://www.krazyquilling.com/

http://inkingitupcrazy.blogspot.com

http://www.erinleecreative.com

These are some fab. people! go and check them out!

Recessed window card

Hi Everyone!
I hope that you are all doing great today! Yesterday it stormed like crazy, we had tornado warnings and hail and wind gust of 50 miles an hour. Wow, it was kinda scary.
Well, why we were having a storm, i made a cute little card.  It was very fun to make, and not to complicated.

Here is the card: I love it!

sentiment for a K&Co paper, Just cut out and matted!

I used paper from The K&Co Huge Paper Stack. " The Best of K&Co"   The paper flowers are from memory makers.

Here's the how to:

• 5 1/4 by 10 3/4 Cs scored @ 5 1/4 and 5 1/2
•  on the card front Draw line 1" in from card edges to form a square and then  again @1 1/4 
• score the marked lines
• once scored cut w/ xacto from opposite corner to corner forming an X
• Turn the card over and fold the triangles out and make the "frame window"
• Then decorate.

 the window measures 3 1/4
to decorate the outside the measures are 5" square and the other is 4 3/4"
cut out the center. * use the cut out to cover up the "X" on the inside of the card.

I hope that you will try out this card. It was really fun to make and so many options when decorating.
let me see your creations if you do!

Crafty love
~Sarah