You Take the Cake...

Hello and Happy Wednesday Everyone! Today is the day for the

Cricut Cardz Challenge! We are already up to #103 which is:

"You Take the Cake" Make a birthday card with a cake or cupcake

using any cartridges or colors you'd like!

Remember you must use your CRICUT Cartridges to play along with us!

I made mine very simple since I was trying to get sooo

many cards made in such a short period of time....

Card stock (Brown), Ink, Punch - Stampin' Up

Designer  Paper - Echo Park

Stamp - My Pink Stamper

Baker's Twine

Stickles - Yellow, Icicle

Cartridge - Everyday Pop Up (Cake) Cut @ 2 1/2"

Now it's your turn to join in on the fun over at:

Cricut Cardz

Make a project so I can stop by and see ya to

say HI! Don't forget to stop by my DT Sisters

blogs to check out the great creations they've made!

Thanks for stopping by I hope you all have an

AWESOME DAY!!!

Theresa

Magazine Winners!!!!!

Hello and Happy TUESDAY Everyone! I hope you're

having a good week so far! Mine stinks! I only say this

because we have SNOW! UGH!!! It's pretty messy out there....

I know winter isn't over with yet.... but it's been such good weather this

year that I guess I've gotten a little spoiled by it! :o) I should

know better by now.... Oh well... I guess I'll tell ya the winners

of the Magazine Giveaway!!!! That should perk me right up! LOL

I used Random.org generator and posted the generator on my blog to

make it easy to get to whenever we have a giveaway! :o) Soooo

here are the 5 winners of the Cricut Magazine Giveaway!

Drum Roll Please..................................................

Oh by the way.... this is the exact order in which the

generator picked the random Numbers......

OK....OK.... I'll tell ya who the winners are.....

Geez you guys are pushy! teheehehe

Winner #1 is...........

#9 - JAYNE!!!!!!

Winner #2 is..........

#13 MELISSA!!!!!!

Winner #3 is..........

#31 FRANK/SUE!!!!!!

Winner #4 is..........

#8 SHARON!!!!!!

Winner #5 is..........

#25 NEWBIE 2 CRAFTING!!!!!!

CONGRATS to EVERYONE!!!  I hope

you ALL enjoy your Magazine and THANK YOU

for all the sweet comments! And Welcome to ALL

the new followers... I hope you enjoy coming to our blog

and maybe getting some crafty ideas from it!!!

Please send your Mailing info to

cardaddict69@hotmail.com

And put "Winner of the Mag" as the Subject!!!

Have an AWESOME DAY!!!!!

Theresa

Banner Birthday.....

Hello and Happy Monday Everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

I know I did... I had a very busy week last week trying to get a whole bunch of

cards created for my Crop til ya drop.... I told you my goal was to get 16 sets

of 4 cards each done.... Well I didn't get 16 sets of 4 done... I did get 14 sets of

4 cards each done instead! I was really close to getting the 16 done but had a few

snags along the way and settled for the 14 sets! I got them all completed by about

4am... Which is about the same as last months crop.... After I finished them I went

to do some shopping for more paper.... It's not like I really needed the paper.. But

I LOVE PAPER! Sooo I picked up some of the New My Mind's Eye Line (Caroline)

It really is some pretty paper and I can't wait to create some cards with this line.....

It really was a lot of fun hanging out with my friends and chatting all night long!

I got home about 5:30am and I normally can't sleep right away after the crop so

I stayed up til about 7am doing some Internet shopping..... I know, I know....

I'm crazy! But one of my Friends (Elaine) has been creating her projects

with the really cool Velvet Paper by SEI.... and her cuts are soooo

cute with this paper.... so I decided I needed to get some of that paper....

I'm gonna cut out some really CUTE things with it once it gets here....

And I'll show ya what I'm talkin' about! This way you won't think I'm

toooo crazy for staying up and ordering it for my projects! LOL

Speaking of projects... Here's today's card for ya!

 I LOVE using Banners in my projects! And I seem to
keep running back to the same cartridge over and over again!
The cartridge I'm talkin' about is the Art Philosophy Cartridge!
It really has AWESOME cuts to enhance anything you
make! Sooo if you don't have this cartridge... you really should
look into getting it... Remember I don't work for Provo Craft...
This is just my opinion! :o) Here's how simple I made this card:

Card stock (Green & Black), Stamp (Cupcake), Ink, Pens, Glitter - Stampin' Up
Designer Paper - Bubblegum Stripes Imagine Cartridge
Banner Cuts - Art Philosophy Cartridge (3/4" x 5")
Scallops - Lacy Labels Cartridge (2 1/2")
I used Yellow Stickles on the flame and
I used a little glitter on the cupcake frosting for a
little sugary sparkle! :o) 

Well that's all I have for today! Thanks soooo much for stopping by!
I'll be back on Wednesday with my Cricut Cardz Challenge card!
Have an AWESOME DAY EVERYONE!!!!

Theresa

Industrial Birthday.....

Hello and Happy Wednesday Everyone! I can't believe we're

 already in the middle of the week! The month is almost

over with... Where did the time go??? I'm trying to get ready

for my Monthly "Crop til ya Drop"! I can't believe it's here

sooo soon! I've been running around my craft room like a

crazy lady trying to come up with things to make and bring

with me to the crop.... Most people bring Scrapbooking supplies...

NOT ME! I bring cardmaking supplies... :o) Sooooo I've

been trying to create like a mad woman! Not Fun! :o)

I don't know if I'll have enough stuff to make while I'm

there... but I'm gonna try my best to bring at least

16 sets of (4) cards.... I try to make 4 of each card I make so

I can sell them at my store.... at this point I got 8 sets of 4 cards

cut out and ready to go.... 8 more sets in 2 days????

Not sure that's gonna happen.... I guess it'll give me more

time to talk! LOL Well.... here's one of the cards that I'll

be making Friday Night! :o)

I LOVE making Masculine cards! I have 3 boys and a Sweet Hubby....

4 Brothers and a lot of Uncles! Sooo making male cards is kind of

"My Thing"! Or it kind of has to be with all those Males in

my Family! tehehehe Any who.... I created this with my Imagine....

I recently got the Industrial Glow Art Cartridge and HAD to try

something with it! I got it bascially for the COOL "Guy Feel"

Papers it has.... :o) Here's the recipe:

Card stock Base, Ink, Round Punches - Stampin' Up

Yellow & Black Card stock (For the cuts) - Bo Bunny Double Dot

Stamp - My Creative Time

Cartridges - Industrial Glow Imagine Art (Designer Papers)

Dude - (Bike) Cut @ 3 3/4"

I really like the simplicity of this card and the colors make

me want to say "DUUUDE" a lot! LOL

Well.... That's all I have time for today... I still have a lot of

work to get done in a short period of time! Thanks soooo

much for stopping by and I hope all of you have

an AWESOME DAY!!!!

Theresa

Cricut Magazine Giveaway!!!!

Hello and Happy Monday Everyone! I hope you all had

a Fabulous weekend! I'm still enjoying mine! LOL It is

President's Day today... So the store is closed and I'm enjoying

an extra day off! Which is probably good since it's been snowing since

yesterday! UGH! I don't like going out in the snow.... EVER! LOL

Any who... I actually don't have a project for you today! WHAT???

Well I made a couple of cards but haven't taken any photo's of them...

Soooo I decided to have a giveaway instead! I know my sister Mi-Mi

had a HUGE giveaway going on the last 2 weeks and I want to take a

minute and Congratulate the winners! You guys are sooo lucky! My sister

sends off a HUGE box of scraping goodies! :o)

Mine won't be that BIG! :o) Those of you who follow our blog

know that I've been published several times in the Cricut Magazine!

And when you get published they give you scrapping supplies and

2 copies of the Magazine after it's been published and out for 2 months...

Well I have 5 copies to giveaway to 5 wonderful followers.....

I wasn't expecting to be on the cover of the Cricut Holiday Magazine....

But I was and I didn't expect to receive 6 copies of that magazine.....

Soooo I gave 3 away to a couple of my friends and I want to give

3 away to my followers! YEA!!!

I was in the November Issue and I have

2 copies to giveaway as well!

I know they are holiday issues but I didn't receive them until a couple

of weeks ago... and My sister decided to have her giveaway first....

Soooo I decided to wait until hers was over and then offer

these wonderful Cricut Magazines!

Soooo If any of you would LOVE to win a copy of these

Fabulous Cricut magazines...

You only have to be a follower and leave a comment on this post!!!!

I will choose 5 winners next week!

Ohhh.... Don't forget to leave a way

for me to contact you if you win!

Good Luck to everyone! And I'll be back on

Wednesday with a Project to Share!

Have an AWESOME DAY!!!!

Theresa

A Stitch in time......

Hello and Happy Wednesday everyone! My table is coming along....

Not sure if it's coming along good or bad yet.... Just that it's coming along! LOL

Any how.... Today is Challenge day over at Cricut Cardz Challenge (aka) Cardz TV

So the Challenge this time around is: A Stitch in Time! Make a card for

any occasion using real or faux stitching! Remember all the challenges

over at Cricut Cardz need to be made with your CRICUT! :o)

Soooo here is the card I created.... :o)

Card stock - Stampin' Up

Designer Paper - Gin-X (I've had this paper for a couple of years

and finally decided to use it!)

Twine - My Craft Spot

White Signo Gel Pen for the Faux Stitching (I can't sew) :o)

Devine Swirls Embossing Folder - Provo Craft

Sentiment - Computer Generated

Cartridges - Elegant Edges (Frame) Cut @ 4 1/4"

Sweethearts (Lock) Cut @ 3"

(Tag) Cut @ 1 1/2"

 And YES I had to do the inside of this.... It just had to go with

the outside sentiment "You Hold"! :o)

The (Key) is from the Sweethearts Cartridge

Cut @ 2 1/2"

White Card stock is Georgia Pacific

and the ink is from Stampin' Up

This is a 4 3/4" Square card!

I know Valentine's Day is over with.... but I  created this card

awhile ago and I'm really very happy with how this turned out

and I hope you guys like it to! Please take a moment and check

out what my Design Team Sisters have created.... They

are always wonderful to see! And I hope you join in

this Challenge over at Cricut Cardz (aka) Cardz TV!

I can't wait to come by and see what you've made!

Thanks soooo much for stopping by and I hope

you all have an AWESOME DAY!!!

Theresa

You've Got Mail.....

Hello and Happy Tuesday Everyone! I hope you're

all having a wonderful Valentine's Day already!

It's only Tuesday and I feel like the week is flying

by so fast! I'm running a 100 miles an hour right now

cuz I got a lot of things to get done this week! :o)

I know I don't normally post on a Tuesday BUT....

I had to show you guys something I made for my boys

for Valentine's Day! It's a 3D project and I just LOVE

how they turned out! So here ya go! :o)

I made the 3D Mailbox and a 3x3 matching card!

I wanted to make something for my boys and make it not

toooo girly! :o) I think I accomplished that! :o)

I used the CCR Program(Cricut Craft Room) And Downloaded

the 3D Mailboxes from Provo Craft!

3x3 Card - Card stock Stampin' Up

Designer Paper - Pebbles Inc.

Cartridge - Everyday Pop Up (Heart Lock)

Cut @ 2 1/2"

Card stock - Stampin' Up

Designer Paper - Pebbles Inc.

Cartridges - Digital Download 3D Mailboxes From Provo Craft

(Mailbox) Cut @ 6"

Designer's Calendar (Be Mine Heart)

Cut @ 2 3/4"

I used Red Stickles to highlight the "Be Mine"

I used my White Signo Gel Pen just to add

a little extra somethin' somethin' to the hearts....

I didn't want the back to be plain so I added a 3 1/2"

square of Designer Paper to it....

 I filled the inside up with Valentine's Candy so

that the 3x3 card could pop out of the Mailbox..... The box on the

inside really holds up well with the candy inside....

I made 2 of these in about 2 hours... After deciding on the

colors and paper choice.... :o) That's always the hardest part....

They were really easy to put together to my surprise!

 Well That's my Valentine's Project for my Boys!

I hope you all have an AWESOME Valentine's Day!!!!

Theresa

I Love You......

Hello and Happy Monday Everyone! I hope you all

had a wonderful weekend! Mine was busy.... Got some

crazy ideas swirling in my head for my additional craft

room... YES.... I said additional! LOL I have a nice size

room already but I've always wanted to knock down the wall

to make it bigger.... YES.... I have that much stuff! LOL

It's mostly due to my machines.... :O) Any who.... My friends

told me not to take down the wall in case I ever move... It's

another bedroom soooo I decided not to do that cause at the

time I was thinkin' of moving out of state! Then I got the store

and well.... I'm not moving anywhere now! Sooo I started thinking

about tearing down the wall again....  My friends told me not to

do it and their reasons why I shouldn't... Sooo I decided NOT to tear

down the wall (again), which also made my hubby happy! LOL But it's still

additional space for my crafting and I decided to turn it into a classroom/

scrap area for my friends!! I craft alone most of the time except for my

Crop til ya drop all niter that's once a month.... I do have a card

swap group too, which is also once a month... but that's pretty much

it! I like hanging with my friends and I don't think that should

only be once a month! Sooo I thought about having my hubby

make me a big table for us to craft on... I already had him add an 8ft

table that's attached to the wall for my machines... and I have all

my cartridges on a large book shelf in there too.... We already

did the flooring back in August... So that was done...

Soooo... this week we are working on the table! :o)
On with today's Valentine's card!

Another Creation while at work! :o) It's been on and off

busy/slow.... sooo I take the slow moments and create

a design in my Gypsy... I was thinkin' of taking one of my

machines with me to work.... but then that would involve me

taking papers and card stock and inks and well you know the drill!

So here's the specks on this card:

Card stock - Bo Bunny, Stampin' Up

Designer Paper - Pebbles Inc.

Gems, Pink Pen, Ink - Stampin' Up

Stamp - Megan Elizabeth

White Signo Gel Pen

Cartridge - Gypsy Wanderings

(Heart & Scallop Heart) Cut @ 1 1/4"

CTMH Art Philosophy (Banner) Cut @ 2"

Well, that's all I have for today.... Thanks soooo much for stopping

by to say Hi!!! I hope everyone has a

Lovey Dovey Amazing

Valentine's Day Tomorrow!!!!!

Theresa

Valentine's Day....

Hello and Happy Wednesday Everyone! It's the middle of

the week already! WOWZER! I have a super quick post for today!

I'm in the middle of making Valentine's for my son...

Sooo... here's my card.... :o)

Another Card using my Gypsy while at work! :o)

Card stock - Stampin' Up, Bo Bunny

Designer Paper - Bo Bunny

Ink - Stampin' Up

Stamp - Studio G

Embossing Folder - De'vine Swirls

Cartridges - Martha Stewart Occasions

(Border Hearts) Cut @ 1" ea.

CTMH Art Philosophy

(Label Shape) Cut @ 1 1/4"

Plantin SchoolBook

(Brown Heart) Cut @ 1 1/4"

The Rosette I made myself using my Gypsy and

The Paper Trimmings Cartridge with the Plantin SchoolBook Cartridge!

 I welded together some rectangle shapes from Plantin,

then welded the first shape from the overlay on the Paper trimmings

cartridge.... Once I got them all welded together I cut a trial piece

to see if it had worked and it did! Soooo then I scored it and attached

the brown heart on the front and back side of my rosette.... And BAM

I made myself another rosette! I know I told you that I own the

Ribbons & Rosette cartridge.... but when I cut the first one that I wanted

from that cartridge, it turned out tooo big... soooo I thought I would try making

myself another one as I did with my wedding card! But this time I wanted

to add a scalloped look..... Thus creating my own with my Gypsy and weld

Feature.... If I knew how to download a Gypsy file for ya

I would totally give you guys this file to use if you'd like!

Sooo if someone out there could tell me how to do it

I would gladly post that for you... So you could have a small

rosette for yourself without using the ribbons & rosette cartridge!

Just remember you have to have the Plantin SchoolBook &

Paper Trimmings one in order for this to cut with your Gypsy!

Thanks soooo much for stopping by! I hope you

all have an AWESOME DAY!!!

Theresa

Button Heart......

Hello and Happy Monday Everyone!!! I gotta tell ya some good news!

I did secure the other building for my Store! YEAHHH! I'm so excited!

We went down to Moab on Saturday to check out the thrift store they

have down there.... They actually have 2 locations, 1 for their clothes,

the other for all the other items they sell! Well they are also a much bigger

city than us so I can see why they have 2 different locations for all their stuff!

But I wanted to see the layout of the place and see what they're using to

hold/store the items they get in..... And all I can say is WOW! I got some

great ideas for my store! I mean some things I seen in their store

was exactly what I was thinkin' about, so it made me feel better

knowing they had that same idea... Since it was a "Business Trip"

we went to a nice restaurant and had a "Business Lunch" too! My son

was bored listening to me talk to my Hubby & Mom about changing

some prices and the layout of the new location... I told him he was getting

a nice lunch out of it but once he ate he really didn't care! LOL

It turned out to be a really nice day and I came home and started

shopping online for items to go into my new location... Since I'm

"stuck" where I'm at until June... I thought now would be a good time

to start ordering new clothing racks and shelves and such so when

it's time to move it'll be an easier transition for us! That's my plan

anyway... and since I'm pretty good at planning and organizing I think

things will work out great! I'm gonna start moving in on June 1st while

I'm still at the other location.... that should give me 30 days to get

both places in shape for another "Grand Opening"!

I guess I should talk about my project for today instead of talking

about my crazy business life! LOL Here's my Card! :o)

I created this while at the store... It's been a really slow week!

Here's how I made it:

Card stock - Stampin' Up, Bo Bunny, Georgia Pacific

Designer Paper - Pebbles Inc. (Loverly)

Ink - Stampin' Up

Sentiment - Word Program

Twine - My Craft Spot

Assorted Buttons - My Thrift Store :o)

Cartridge - Doodlecharms (Scallop Heart/Heart)

Cut @ 1.43 & 1.45 using my Gypsy

I putting this into the Challenges over at:
My Craft Spot - Valentine's
Fantabulous Cricut - Include a Heart on your project
Paper Playtime - Heart or Love Theme
My Sheri Crafts - At Least 2 Hearts on your project
Whimsical-Designs - Use something "OLD" on your project
(I used the Pebbles Inc. Designer Paper) I've had it for 3 yrs. and
never even thought about using it.... And the Cricut Doodlecharms
Cartridge... hardly ever take that out and use it either....

Well that's my sweet card for today! I'll be back

on Wednesday with another Valentine card!

I hope you all have an AWESOME DAY!!!

Theresa

Be mine Cardz Challenge....

Hello and Happy Wednesday everyone! I do hope you're

having a great week so far.... mine has been steady at work

and yes I'm still creating with my gypsy when I get some free time....

Today is Challenge day over at Cricut Cardz (aka Cardz TV)!

The Theme is "Be My Valentine" You are to create a card

for Valentine's Day using any cartridges or colors you'd like!

How super easy is that? It's a great fun challenge that

everyone can play along with! Here's the card that I created!

Can you tell the pattern I did this week with square boxes?

I don't know what I was thinkin' but it's kind of what I was

making with a couple of my cards, along with the banner...

I just LOVE the banner cut..... LOL

Any who.... here's the info on this card.....

Card stock, Button - Stampin' Up

Designer Paper - Bo Bunny (smitten)

Twine - Chocolate (My craft Spot)

Cartridges - George & Basic Shapes (Squares)

Cut @ 1.33 each

Love Struck 2010 (Heart) Cut @ 3 1/4"

Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake Art (Be Mine)

Cut @ 1 3/4"

The paper is really pretty shimmer paper and I had to

take lots of photo's to get the right shot without

the shiny glow.... :o) Anyway.... I hope you like my card

and join in the fun over at Cricut Cardz (aka Cardz TV)

I look forward to seeing what everyone has created....

Don't forget to stop by the Design Teams blogs to see

the wonderful creations they made!

I'm also going to put this card in a couple of Challenges!
My Creative Time - Throwback Thursday - Valentine's Card
My Craft Spot - Anything Goes
More Than Favors - Love Theme
Paper Playtime - Anything Goes
My Sheri Crafts - New things
(My New Thing is the twine & Button) I just got them 3 days ago!

Thanks soooo much

for stopping by... Have an AWESOME DAY!!!!

Theresa