Peas & Carrots - with a Story....

Hello and Happy Thursday everyone!

You will not believe what happen yesterday!

I was working on some cards for a special order

and As I was doing this my Son Juston comes

yelling at me to take "DAD" to the Hospital!

I was like WHAT??? What the Heck Happen?

He tells me my Hubby Cut his finger off with

a Table Saw!!!! I Was like OMGOSH! Now some

of you know about my hubby and some of you may

not. My hubby had a stroke at the age of 36! He is

Medically disabled due to it and he can't work. He has

always been a worker.... LOVES WORK!! Soooo

since he can't work I've taken care of him over the past

7 yrs. due to his condition and other conditions that

have happen after the the stroke... Any way... Since he feels

 the need to work I always ask him to build things for me...

He's not a builder by trade but he makes wonderful items...

Like my turntable punch holder and things like that... Anyway...

He was out in his shop cutting up some wood by himself and he

cut off his pinkie finger!!!! He bleeds really bad due to the medicines

he takes.... so I'm taking him to our little local hospital since we

live down the street from it and I can't even look at his finger... YUCK!

Soooo they do an x-ray and can you believe it... he didn't lose his finger....

He cracked the bone and some of his finger was gone but I thought he

chopped it off at first from what my son was saying! Soooo they stitched

up what they could and gave him some meds to get through the next couple of days....

Boy.... was he lucky! This is the second time this has happen to him! YESSSS!

He's done this before with a different finger... And I remind him that he only

has that 1 good hand so he should really take care of it! He was also helping

my oldest son fix his car and now he has to put that off for a little bit... The Dr.

Wants him to "NOT USE" his hand for anything for at least 2 weeks! Well

that's gonna drive him and ME crazy!!! Cause if he has nothing to do guess

what happens next????? YUP he'll be bugging ME!!! UGH!!! Anyway... I'm

just grateful everything turned out OK! He's in a lot of pain at the moment

cause they didn't give him strong enough meds.... Ohhhh... And before the

Dr. sewed his finger up..... He was suppose to numb it.... right? Well he gave

my husband some numbing stuff but it didn't work and he told the Dr this....

Soooo the Dr. tries to give him some more.... and STILL doesn't work!! So

when the Dr. puts the saline on the open wound my hubby starts moaning

a lot! It's still not numb!!! So the Dr. sprays the numbing stuff directly onto

the open wound which helps some... sooo the Dr. ASSUMES that his finger

is numb and he starts to put the needle thru to stitch him up and my husband

starts groaning in PAIN!!! He's Not numb and he's stitching him up without

anything now! OMGOSH! I could not believe this... My husband is a really

tough guy! I mean he can tolerate a lot of pain but MAN that was awful to watch

the Dr. doing this to him.... Like I said his finger really hurts a lot right now and

I can only hope that he will fall asleep soon and the pain goes away....

I guess I will share a project with you after my LOOONNNGG Story!

I used my Imagine to make this card.... :o)

Card stock, Ribbon, Stamp, Ink - Stampin' Up

Designer Paper - Blossom Art Imagine Cartridge

Baby Food (Peas & Carrots) Cut @ 1 1/2" (2x's each) Using

The Nursery Tails Imagine Cartridge

Here's a close up side view... You can see the

baby food overlapping....  Perfect for someone

who doesn't know if it's a boy or girl.

Thanks for stopping by and

have an AWESOME DAY!!!!

Theresa

Bella Bird Praying for you.....

Hello and Happy Wednesday Everyone!

I hope you are all enjoying the middle of the week!

I've been busy making cards... I know I told ya

I would need to get some done before Friday and

I'm working really hard at getting all the pieces cut

out and inked and such! :o) I guess I'll get straight

to today's project! :o) Here ya go!

PHOTO REMOVED
FOR PUBLICATION!!

Card stock, Designer Paper, Oval, Scallop Punches

Stamp, Ink, Ribbon, Gem - Stampin' Up

Upper Crest Border Punch - Fiskars

Cartridges - Lacy Labels (Scallop Circles # 43 on Overlay)

Cut @ 2 1/2 with the Shadow

Picturesque (Bird # 34 on the Overlay)

Cut @ 2 1/4" with the Shadow

Well that's pretty much it for me today!

I gotta get back to my cards... :o)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have an AWESOME DAY!!!

Theresa

Beautiful Flutter..... and a WINNER!!!!

Hello and Happy Tuesday everyone!

I spent most of yesterday dreaming about getting

some cards done... and that's about as far as I got!

So my goal for today is to get some cards done or at

least prepared for my Crop til ya drop that's this Friday!

You guys know I like to have the prep work done before

I go to it so I can chat as much as possible while just putting

the finishing pieces on my cards... But so far I haven't gotten

1 card done! UGH! So I have a goal and let's see if I can stick

to it! I do have a project to show ya today! Well if you are interested

anyway! :o) Here is a lovely Sympathy card I made....

I used my Imagine again! I'm really liking it for some of my cards!

Card Stock, Stamp, Ink - Stampin' Up

Upper crest border punch - Fiskars

Scallop Border punch - Stampin' Up

Cartridge - Lori's Garden (Flower) Cut @ 2 3/4"

(Butterflies) Cut @ 2" (4x's)

Designer paper (Blue) Page 38

(Striped) Page 36

 Here is a side view to show the popped up Dimensionals

with the butterflies and the flowers! I hope you like it!

Ok... I guess now is a good time to announce the WINNER

from our Chillin' & Grillin' Blog Hop! First I want to

THANK everyone who stopped by and left a comment and

for just hopping along with all of us! Your Guys are wonderful!

Now the best part! WHO WON the CARTRIDGE???

Hummmmmmm...............

The Winner is..................................

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Jessica said... SEVEN carts -- WOW! But they all worked together

to make your card amazing. TFS!

Jessica

http://cricutafterdark.blogspot.com

CONGRATULATIONS JESSICA!!!!!!

 Thanks everyone for stopping by

have an AWESOME DAY!!!

Theresa

Whooo's Birthday?

Hello and Happy Monday everyone!

I've had a very busy weekend how about you?

Did you check out my Chillin' & Grillin' Blog

hop this weekend? If not Click HERE to have a chance

at winning a cartridge! :o) Today's project is from

a sketch I've seen over at Splitcoast Stampers.

Every Wednesday they have a Card Sketch Challenge and

I seen this one about a week and a half ago.... and

thought I could make something really nice with their sketch!

I thought this turned out so cute!

Card stock, Ink, Stamp - Stampin' Up

Designer Paper - DCWV (Songbird)

Circles are Punches in sizes - 1 1/4", 1 3/4", 2 1/4"

Cartridges - Live Simply (Branch) Cut @ 2 1/4" then

inked around the edges

Hoot & Holler (Owl #43) Cut @ 2" then

inked around the edges and popped up on

Dimensionals from Stampin' Up

I used Diamond Stickles for the inside of the Flower cut

And I used Googlie eyes for him to see! LOL

And Yes the inside is done to some degree!

I used a strip of the DCWV paper and used a

EK Success Border punch for the edging. The

Sentiment is from my Hallmark program and then I

inked around the edges and put it all in place! :o)

I'm putting this into the Challenge over at:

Birthday Sundaes - Anything Goes Birthday Card

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look!

Have an AWESOME DAY!!!

Theresa

CHILLIN' & GRILLIN' BLOG HOP!!!!

Hello and Happy Saturday Everyone!

I hope you are all ready for a fun Blog Hop today

to Celebrate SUMMER!!!! Yes... it's that time of

year where everyone wants to be outside grillin'

and chillin' out with their friends!
This is the Bug Bites Very first time Hosting a Blog Hop!
She also has a Challenge on her blog
for a chance to win a great prize... So make sure you
join in on the challenge right after you hop through
all the stops! :o)  So if you just got here

from Heather's Blog then you're on the right track!

If you've gotten lost along the way or missed some

other wonderful blogs Start here at Bug Bites!

I guess I will show you my project for this

Fun Chillin' & Grillin' Hop!

You guys are not gonna believe this but I actually

used (7) cartridges for this card! I Know I've shocked

a lot of you! Trust me I was shocked too when I realized

I needed to pick things from so many cartridges! :o)

Card Stock, Ink - Stampin' Up

Designer Paper - DCWV

Peachy Keen Face Stamp - Happy Lashes 3/4"

Signo white gel pen, Apricot Zig Pen, Black Zig Pen

Cartridges - Pooh & friends (SUN) Cut @ 1 1/2" (2x's)

Life's a Beach - (Drink) Cut @ 1 1/4"

(Chair) Cut @ 2 1/2"

Live Simply - (Cricket) Cut @ 3/4"

Easter - (Grass) Cut @ 1" (5x's)

EDPD - (Grill) Cut @ 5 1/4"

From my Kitchen - (Steak) Cut @ 1 1/4"

Cuttin' Up - (Party Time) Cut @ 1 1/2"

I designed this card in my Design Studio when I was

trying to figure out what to make.... I normally

don't do Summer themed Cards so this was a

challenge for me... Which I think I did pretty good! LOL

Here is one of the hidden Critters you are looking for....

Can you see it in my Project? :o)

The next stop on our Chillin' & Grillin' Blog hop is

the TALENTED Peggy Sue! BUT.... Before you leave
I have some blog candy to give away!



Since this is a SUMMER blog hop I thought it would be fitting
to giveaway the CAMP OUT Cartridge! I know we use to go camping during the
summer months and I figure a lot of you do! So if you would like to win
this great cartridge you need to be a follower or become one and
leave a comment! I will announce the winner on June 7th!
Thanks for stopping by and have an AWESOME DAY!!!
Theresa

Father's Day Imagine Challenge!

Hello and Happy Thursday everyone!

I asked Mi-Mi to post today since I'm

doing a blog hop on Saturday but I have nooooo

clue where she is at! :o) Sooo I thought I would

post my card for a challenge over at:

Creative Critterz Imagination - Make a Father's Day

card using your Imagine! They are asking everyone to

join in and then you get to vote for your favorite card!

Soooo if you don't have an Imagine or plan to participate

I would LOVE it if you can vote for me! The winner will

receive the YUMMY Imagine Cartridge! Nice Prize! :o)

I've contacted Tammy about the challenge because there

is a problem with linking my project up so as soon as I know

all is well with linking I'll let you guys know too! :o)

Anyway.... Here is the project I made for their challenge!

I really like how this turned out! I used the Cricut Craft Room

to design my card.... They are working on getting the Imagine

to cut but it's not 100% yet... Or at least it's not for me! :o) They

are very close to getting both the I and the CCR to work together

and I'm soooo super exited about that! :o) Any who...

Card stock, Scallop border Punch - Stampin' Up

Designer papers - Imagine More Cartridge

Cartridges - George & Basic Shapes (Scallop Border)

was done in the DP & cut @ 4.4

(Striped Rectangle) was Cut @ 4.4

(Spotted DP) was Cut @ 4.3 x 5.8

Celebrate w/Flourishes (DAD) Cut @ 3 1/2"

(1) was cut out (2x's)

(#) was cut out (2x's)

(D) was cut out (2x's)

(D) was cut out (2x's)

And then I added some Baker's Twine

Here is the side view to show the added dimension

that I used to pop up some of the cuts on the #1 Dad!

And yes the inside is done just a little bit!

I don't like to waste any paper so I took the

extra piece from the Imagine Circle DP and cut it in

half then used the border scallop punch on them

they are about 1/2" wide and 4" long

and the sentiment is from my Hallmark program....

Someone asked me how I use my program with my

cards and basically I get a sheet of white Card stock

and add a few different sentiments to the sheet since

I don't like to waste paper/Card stock and I usually get

about 4 different sentiments on 1 sheet and then I cut them

out that way instead of using my Cricut & the Center point...

I actually have 1 piece of card stock as my template already

It's a 4 x 5 1/4 piece and I have a 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 for my

square cards that I use.... and I flip my paper over and use my

template to mark my cutting area.... If this doesn't make sense

to anyone please let me know and I will do a tutorial on it....

It's really easy to do and maybe someone else has a better

method but this is what works for me.... So let me know

in the comment section... Thanks for stopping by...

and make sure you go check out

Creative Critterz Imaginations to see

how crafty those design team gals are!

They come up with such cute projects using the I!

Have an AWESOME DAY!!!!

Theresa

Card Feature....

Hello and Happy Wednesday Everyone!

I hope you are all enjoying the week so far!

Today is our Challenge over at Cricut Cardz !

We are to make a card using the Card Feature

from any cartridge! This one is a lot of fun to do!

I think we all forget there are card features on

a lot of the cartridges! Even the Imagine has some

card features.... And that is what I chose for today's Challenge!

This is a Tri-Fold Card & it's a regular A2 Size Card!

I used my CCR program to measure out the size first

because I like to make 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 Cards.....

The Cartridge I used was Imagine More Cards

Card Shape was cut @ 9.8 (2x's) & I flipped

one to go inside the card...

I used the "Separate Layers" Button for

the Whale.... The Get Whale soon portion

was cut @ 3"

I cut 2 Whales, 2 Brown/Blue Circles, 1 Blue Circle,

1 Whale Water Spout, 1 Get Well Soon Sentiment

I used Pink Bakers Twine

Pink Button from Papertrey Ink

Flowers are from Making Memories Blossoms

Here is the side view to show the layers of the

Whale, Spout, Circles

 And here is the inside... I don't like to
have a white inside... I don't know why... I just don't!
So I used the flip feature to make the inside match up to the
front of the card... and I cut the sections off just
enough to show a little of the white...
 I think this turned out pretty nice!
Now I'll just save it until I need to mail it
out to someone! :o) OK... Now that you've
seen what I made, head on over to Cricut Cardz Challenge
and play along with us! And don't forget to check out
the other design team members blogs.... they've all made
some great creations! :o) Thanks for stopping by
Have an AWESOME DAY!!!!
Theresa