Purple Cows & HSN Extravaganza Blog Hop

PURPLE COWS & HSN EXTRAVAGANZA!

If you happened upon my blog by random you will want to go back to the Purple Cows Blog and start the hop at the beginning... there is a lot to see and all of us designers have been very busy creating with some amazing and fun tools. 

We are very excited about all the great new tools that Purple Cows has to offer and hope as you hop along you will get just as excited!


Tomorrow April 24th HSN will have the Pin It, Wind It and Punch It featured during the following shows 12am, 8am, 1pm, 2pm and 9pm EST.  We hope that you will turn to HSN or go to there site and pick up your favorites as HSN will have them for an unbeatable deal.

Today, I created an easy-peasy Congrats card using the Craft Geek Pin It tool! MY FAVORITE!!!
It's SOOOO easy to use, and adds just the right touch to your projects! The pins come in various colors and shapes too! In fact, the pin I used, is part of the Bells & Holly set, which is really a Christmas themed pin set. Those bells reminded me of wedding bells for this time of year, so here we go!

Place the base where you want your pin to be set and align the top (super easy, since it's magnetized)

Then I used my Craft Trimmer to trim the card base, and the wavy edge for the background paper. The patterned paper is by Momenta. Pop-dotted the sentiment banner along the bottom edge, and voila! Cute simple card to give or send!

Be sure to get in on the fun and be entered into the drawing for some amazing Purple Cows tools. All you have to do is leave a comment on each of the designer blogs as well as the Purple Cows blog. Follow Purple Cows or become a Fan on Facebook if you aren't already and share the hop info with your friends or sharing the Purple Cows Hop on your facebook page.

And now you should be on your way to Cristal's blog for some more Purple Cows fun!

Howdy Friends~ YES! I'm finally posting something, AAAHH! With good reason too! It's Design Team Swap week with Momenta and Purple Cows! Be sure to check it out HERE! I made 2 cards, using Momenta's lovely Butterfly Garden Pyramid Paper Pack, and the SO cute coordinating stickers/embellishments!

Easy, and SUPER CUTE! That's it for today, but be sure to check out the partner blogs, and leave a comment on either (or both!) blogs, and you can share it/comment on their facebook pages to win some goodies at the end of the week! WHOO HOO! Momenta's fb page Sadie's fb page GOOD LUCK & Happy Scrappin'~

Dog Park

Oops, lol~
Forgot to upload my 'Out & About' layout & the 'Thx' card I did for Reminisce yesterday!
LOVE these new Dog Park papers! Who'd a 'thunk' it (as my Mom would have said), to use a Dog Line for making a TY card! lol. But here you go, living proof. And a simple, easy-peasy card that literally took 5 minutes to put together! Even better! Nothing wrong with Short & Sweet in my book!


Thanks for looking, and be sure to check out the Reminisce Blog next week as there will be some challenge fun to participate in! WHOO HOO!

Dog Days ~

Howdy Friends~
Not only are we in the 'Dog Days of Summer', for real (UGH to the heat & humidity here)! But on a MUCH more fun note, it's Dog Days (for the whole week) on the REMINISCE blog!
Be sure to stroll on over there and take a peek! Today you can see yours truly featuring the SUPER cute papers from the 'Who's My BFF?' line!

They are lots of fun to create with, and for puppy papers, quite versatile! The 'b' side can be used for almost anything, see my card? You'd never know those are a 'dog' line, now would you?

TFL! & Be sure to check out the REMINISCE blog for more great ideas!
Happy Scrappin' ~

Happy Independence Day!

Ok, so I'm a couple of days early! But, I'm working this weekend, and probably won't have time to get on here for a few days. So
Happy Independence Day America!
My card is simple and easy-peasy, which makes me like it even more, lol! I made it using Reminisce's 4th/DC collection. I LOVE this line! Maybe cuz it makes me think of where I grew up, who knows?

Anyway, cut a few star shapes with my George & Basic Shapes cartridge, and layered them. Done. Well, ok, I made a little ribbon banner and added a 'Congratulations' Stamp, so I could upload my card to the PC Gallery Idol Flickr gallery. I can't wait to see who makes it to the top 20 of that contest! LOTS of amazing entries!
Anywhoo ~ There you go, easy-peasy, my kind of card :)
Hope, wherever you are, you are are enjoying this beautiful weekend & celebrating our freedoms! Thanks to all those who serve to afford that for us all!
Happy Independence Day America!

Father's Day Cards

Reminisce makes the greatest themed papers, that are oh-so-versatile - as you'll see here. These papers & stickers are from the Monkey Adventures line! Lots of monkeys and race cars and spaceships vrooming and zooming around on these papers, SO cute! But I thought the blues & greens in this line would make for a great Father's Day card as well. Hopefully you'll agree! I cut out the monkey in the spaceship and inserted a photo of Matt - he even conveniently has his shades on his head, as if he's got his 'space goggles' on, ready to rocket into the atmosphere! While Matt happens to be my Brother-In-Law, and NOT my father (LOL!), I still thought it made for a cute Father's Day idea!


~AND~
The Reminisce Celebration Series has So many versatile papers, it's several mini-collections in one! I LOVE it! So I chose to use the 'Hollywood' papers/stickers to make another Father's Day Card! Also used some Glitter Factory on this - the Shimmering Rubies is at the bottom on the card front, and the black glittery 'Dad' is cut from Jetsetter Black! This is the BEST glitter paper! Honest!
On the inside, I used several word/phrase stickers from the coordinating sticker sheet to convey the sentiment and message!



You can see the post on the Reminisce blog HERE ! THANKS for stopping by, and hope you enjoy celebrating the Men in your life this weekend as we celebrate Father's Day!

It's Father's Day week at Reminisce!

So this whole week on the Reminisce blog we're celebrating the Men in our lives!

This is my layout about David & Matt having 'hit the jackpot' to have each other as brother's :D It's posted on the Reminisce blog today, and ~
Be sure to check out Angela's layout about her Dad too!
The week is young yet, so be sure to check back daily for new inspiration on how to celebrate the men in your life!
TFL!

Happily Ever After ~

So my In-Laws 50th wedding anniversary is upon them, and this is the card I made for them. The sentiment is from the Storybook cricut cartridge. I didn't photo the inside, but it's layered the same as the front, with swirly photo corners cut from the Home Accents cartridge. Finally doing some cricut-ing again :D TFL!

CARDS - Summer & Waves challenge ~

Ok, so the challenge on the CARDS blog this week is to make a Summer card with Waves! So, while I might still whip another one up, this one I had made actually uhm...a {long} time ago, but it meets the criteria, imho. This was the first time I used a photo on a card. I really like how it turned out. And I still have it! I haven't had occasion to give/send it yet! Seeing it again, and seeing the CARDS challenge is motivating me to make another one though:)
TFL!

Moxie Fab's Tuesday Trigger ~

Finally~ I'm back, and am shocked myself that I am making a post! Whew! Where has the time gone? Flying right by, I tell ya...
I am always inspired by the Tuesday Trigger, but I actually had time to make a card this week. And it was actually done 2 days ago, with the exception of letters that I had spritzed to get them the right color...and now they are dry, and I don't like how they looked, lol. So I will use them on another project, and I used a stamp instead (for the sentiment). Go figure.
Anyway, here it is.

TFL! Have a FAB Memorial Day Weekend! I'm off to nap, so I can go to work tonight ~