Stars and strips!

Hey Everyone! I hope that you are all having a beautiful morning. It is a wonderful morning here in NC, we had some bad storms last night. I love thunderstorms, and watching the lightening so it was wonderful for me. but my dogs not so much; God saw us through them and now the birds are out singing and the sky is blue. I wanted to share a card that I have made for a few challenges. I will list them below!
Here's my card:

for my card, I cut the star from Potpourri Basket @ 2 1/2". The America is cut from beyond Birthdays@ 1" I also cut the shadow layer for it.  I added light blue ribbon and metal stars that have to be heated to stick. They are not for the I-Rock but some off brand from Walmart. ( * i used my hot glue gun tip to set them, no glue was in the gun, I just left it on them for a few seconds a BAM they were set, just like the I- Rock)
I used the Swiss dots folder on the red back ground and the Star paper is from Paper Studio open stock @ Hobby lobby.

I had so much fun making this card, it just seemed to come together, I had no idea what I wanted to do when I started.


My Crafty Spot Challenge 14 ( seeing star)
my Sheri Crafts Challenge 63 ( independence day or Canada Day)
Cupcake inspirations Challenge 117 ( use pic as inspirations)
Celebrate the Occasion Challenge 20( red, white and blue)
Fantabulous Cricut Challenge 66(red, white and blue)
scrapbookaholic by Abby Challenge #8 ( red, white and blue)
Whimsical Wednesdays Challenge 12 (lets-get-patriotic)

Just wanted to share a little card that I made last night!

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Sweet Birthday!

   I made this sweet birthday card to enter into a challenge over @ Scrapalicious USA blog challenge #8.
The challenge was to make a "Summer Cold Treat"  well what is more cool than ICE CREAM! YUMMY!

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my entry!

3d calender! super cute

Hey guys and dolls!
I found the cutest little 3d calender set and I had to share it with you all. I found it at Curiosity Group! They have 3d's that you and cut and glue and it is a super cute calender.

Here is the one that I made.  OH MY Gosh! I know right super cute!


well I hope that you will go and check out their site! You can find it HERE

useful scraps!!!

Hi everyone! I hope that you all had a wonderful weekend that was full of crafting and spending time with family.  I had a pretty good one. On Saturday my hubby had to work so I worked in my craft area and tired to help my overflowing scrap pile! * You know what I'm talking about* I am sure that you have one too. Scraps seem to be everywhere you turn, they are all over the desk in the floor, * I think they multiply overnight sometimes*
I have been trying to use up my scraps lately and they have gotten more manageable. I had tried the scrap basket. It went from small wicker basket to laundry basket, I had to do something. What I did was take an old file box and I labeled the dividers and that was working but They just keep growing, and growing; soon the lid was popping off and it wouldn't close, I could never find the right color or the folder for that matter. AND THEN Just like a light switched on I decided that I would take those useless scraps and turn them into things of beauty, and something that I could actually use.

I just grabbed Create a critter and I started flipping through and I decided to cut out not really the animals but some of the other elements.

I cut the all at 3 1/2" because that seems to be the size that I go to a lot for my cards and such.

It really helped use up some of my scraps and now I have these cute little elements to use on my card. they are much easier to store.

So what I decided to do from now on when I have scraps is I have a large Ziploc baggy that I place them in until I get them sorted and I do that at the end of each day. That way when I get ready to craft the next day, my desk is clean and I am not so bogged down.





It seems to be working so far. You may be asking what size scraps I keep well it really depends on the paper. if it is something that I could use as a border then I might keep it but Usually nothing smaller than 3" That kinda keeps all the little scraps down.


I hope that this might help some of you and please share you scrap organizing ideas if you may have something that is working for you.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope that you have a wonderful Monday!

sunshiny day

Hey Everyone! i have a card that I created for a few challenges.
Fantabulous Cricut challenge 65
Celebrate the Occasion challenge 19


both of the challenges were to include a sun on you project. Here is what I came up with

Thanks for stopping by my blog! I hope that you will enter in theses challenge and enjoy the fun of making something new!

Check out Cricut 360

Hi Everyone! On Man can you believe that it is finally FRIDAY!!! WOOHOO! 
I am super excited to tell you about a new challenge blog that will have its first challenge July 1st it is call Cricut 360 .
 They have an AWESOME design team lined up and are already getting the fun started by having a give away! 
Here is a little bit about Cricut 360 (taken from their site)

About Cricut 360º

Cricut 360º is a challenge blog for crafty people all over the world who love using the Cricut die cut machine by Provo Craft to make cards and to scrapbook. Every week, starting July 1st, we will have challenges using the Cricut. Challenge will be posted every Friday, and you will have until Wednesday at midnight to add your creation.

 so head on over and follow them and get entered in a chance to win 

the best cartridge I think! I know that it is my favorite!

Again the blog is Cricut 360

Hope you all have a great day and enjoy your weekend!

anything summer

Hey Crafty Gals!

here is a summer/ beach card that I created for a few challenges!

I cut the girl from everyday paperdolls @ 4"

The sand castle came from create a critter cut at 21/2"

I embossed the back with dvine swirls folder and added some stickles.

I hope you enjoyed!

Thanks for stopping by!

Again this is for Gimme A Break & my Sheri Crafts