Episode 99: Birthday Shaker Card and Blog Hop

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First off, Happy Thanksgiving!  I hope you all have a great turkey day.  :)  Today is also Cathy aka Mimi w/ Crafting with Mimi's birthday!  Happy 60th!  To celebrate her birthday we are having a birthday blog hop with LOTS of giveaways.  If this is your first stop be sure to start off at Crafting with Mimi's blog.  If you are here from Lady Luv Bug's blog you're in the right place.

For my card I decided to make a shaker card since it's been a while since I made one.  I used the Elegant Edges and Yummy cartridges to make it.  I had a lot of fun making this card.

I used two stamps from the My Pink Stampers Sweetest Cupcakes to create my sentiment:

I do have a giveaway for this blog hop.  I'm giving away the My Pink Stampers Sweet Goodness stamp set.  It has the sweetest sentiments.  :)  To win this stamp set leave one comment on this post before Sunday, Nov 27th 10pm MST.  I'll announce the winner on the 28th.  You don't have to be a follower to win this goodie but I won't kick you out if you follow.  ;)

Cathy is also having a giveaway on her blog for those that leave comments and those that want to participate in creating a birthday project as well.  FUN!

Your next stop is my crafty bestie Glora w/ Glora's Crafts.

Card Recipe:
Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge
Yummy Imagine Cartridge
My Pink Stampers Sweetest Cupcakes stamp set
PTI - Simply Chartreuse & Hibiscus Burst cardstock
White Gel pen
Multicolored beads
All Night Media Pop Dots

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Winner of Follower & Blogaversary Giveaway

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Before I get to the winner I have a couple of things I wanted to mention:

- Tomorrow I'm in another blog hop that has a lot of giveaways so be sure to stop by.
- And Happy Thanksgiving!!!  :)

Thank you to all who participated in my 900 followers and 2 year blogaversary giveaway!  I hope you had a lot of fun and I enjoyed reading each of your comments and what you love to craft.  :)  The winner of Hello Kitty cartridge and the My Pink Stampers stamp is:

Karen with Empty Nest Boutique!!!  She said:

Congrats to 900.  Here's to 1,000.  Thanks for all your inspiration.  I love to make cards and have somewhat of a crafting problem. Once I start, I just can't seem to stop  LOL.  Thanks for the chance to win.

Congrats to Karen!  I've sent out an email to you for your mailing address.

I also had to share this picture of one of my dogs.  It cracked me up.  I swear Kyla finds the weirdest places to sleep.  While the place isn't weird in the picture the way she is sleeping is.  Man, I'd wake up w/ a crick in my neck for sure!  :)

Have a great day and see you tomorrow!

Episode 98: PSA & PPC Blog Hop

If you are here for my giveaway click HERE.  You have until tomorrow night to sign up.

Welcome to the Paper Playtime and PSA Essentials blog hop!  If you are here from Pause Dream Enjoy with Janis you are in the right place.  If not go HERE to start at the beginning.

For my card I am showcasing the PSA Essentials North Pole stamp set.  Below is an image of the whole stamp set:

I love it because it has fun and classy images in it.  Very versatile.  Here is the card I made with the stamps:

Upclose of the stamp:

Inside:

Your next stop is Maria the Joyful Stamper.  You can still join in on the Paper Playtime challenge.  The theme is use an image and stamped sentiment.  That's it.  :)  You have two weeks to participate in the challenge.  You'll also find more details on the giveaway that PSA Essentials is giving for this blog hop.  Fabulous company and stamps!

Card Recipe:
PSA Essentials North Pole Stamp Set with Red & Hunter ink
Trim the Tree Cricut Cartridge
Cricut Craft Room
PTI - Pure Poppy & Simply Chartreuse cardstock
Sew Easy Fancy Fiber gold thread
SU! Real Red marker
White Cardstock

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Celebration and Giveaway

Hi Crafters and Friends!  I wanted to celebrate two things today.  My blog has been up and going for 2 years now (as of a couple weeks ago) and I've reached 900 followers!  I think that is SO amazing.  So one lucky winner will get the chance to win the following two things.

Hello Kitty Greetings Cricut Cartridge - I love this one because it has cuts for all year round.  You can even use some of the cuts for boys.  I swear.  :)  Anyway, it's one of my faves.

The next is the Friend-tastic My Pink Stamper stamp.  I really like this stamp set but I just LOVE the My Pink Stamper stamps.  It stamps great and has some fabulous sayings.  I use them for almost all my projects.

Rules of the giveaway:
 - Since this is a celebration due to my followers you need to be a follower to win.
 - Leave ONE comment on this post no later than Tuesday Nov 22nd, 10pm MST
 - Let me know what's your favorite thing to craft (style, product, etc) or let me know of something you'd like to see on my blog.

I have something HUGE planned for when I hit 1000 so pass the word on to your friends.  :)

Again, thanks SOOOO much for following my blog and leaving me comments.  I thrive on your comments.  :)  You're the best!

Thanksgiving Table Decorations

Happy Tuesday!  For my Creative Critterz Imaginations design team post we are asked to make Thanksgiving table decorations.  I decided to do a table setting.  What I ended up doing is REALLY simple.  I used Create a Critter for the leaves and the Heirloom Imagine cartridge for the patterns.  This year there are only 4 of us that will be at Thanksgiving dinner so I wanted to do something a little special.

Here is what the setting looks like:

For some reason the middle leaf is coming off orange in the pictures.  It's actually more of a maroon color in real life.  :)

Here is a look down at the plate.  The brown and green leaf is cut at 7", the maroon one is cut at 5.5".  I cut a band w/ the maroon paper and put it around my silverware and then wrapped some linen thread around that w/ a green leaf cut at 1.5" to hang from it.

This name plate is cut at 4" x 3" and scored at 1.5".  The brown leaf is cut at 1.5" and the maroon one cut at 1.1".

I wanted to do something that decorated the cup so I wrapped the linen thread around it and hung a brown and maroon leaf from it.  The brown leaf is cut at 2.5" and the maroon one is cut at 2".  To keep the thread in place I placed a glue dot on the cup first then wrapped the thread around it.  The glue dot should come off easily.

Thanks for stopping by!  Remember I will be having a giveaway that I will be doing later this week on my blog.  Be sure to stop by.

Project Recipe:

Create a Critter Cricut cartridge

Heirloom Imagine cartridge

SU! - Linen Thread & Chocolate Chip marker

White cardstock