**giveaway closed**Meighan & Nicole's Birthday Blog Hop

 LOOKING TO JOIN MY LATEST CHALLENGE ( VALENTINE'S DAY PROJECT NOT A CARD)?? PRIZE SPRING HOLIDAY CARDS CRICUT CARTRIDGE DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES  2-9-11 at Midnight PST.  CLICK HERE


 Hey friends.


I am currently STILL having major issues with youtube, so the video I recorded for this project will have to come later.

I am so happy to be apart of the Birthday Blog-aversery Blog Hop that Nicol And Meighan have put together.

The theme for this blog hop was Holiday Inspired Birthdays and immediately when I heard of this theme, i instantly thought of my little brother's birthday and Fourth of July. Even though his birthday is not until July, I quickly got started on an idea for his card. His Birthday falls 2 days after 4th of July and nearly always has a red white and blue theme since the those party supplies are always on a good sale in time for his party.

Here is my card I created.

I used B is for Boy to cut the robot at 2 inches, I used my gypsy to hide contour the face cuts.
I cut a range of stars from George & Basic Shapes from .5-1.5 inches in Red and Blue with the largest being white star

I cut the navy blue cardstock at 4x5 inches then attached 1 inch circles in the same navy blue cardstock onto it to make it appear to be embossed with large polka dots. I then sliced the bottom of the piece at an angle.

I then went ahead and layed my robot onto that cardstock piece and the parts that overhung the angled cut I trimmed off using my scissors.

I arranged the trim of stars across the diagonal angle I created alternating colors.

The number 6 is cut from Birthday Bash font at 1.25 inches

Using my Sakura Microperm pen I doodled a cute face onto the robot as well as a dial onto him, I colored his face and dial using a Copic Marker

The sentiment stamp comes from Scrappy Moms Stamps Happy Hauntings.

I hope you enjoyed my card.

For my Blog candy for this hop I am offering a 10 dollar gift certificate to PEACHY KEEN STAMPS.

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you will get a maximum of 3 comments, if you are already a follower, and like me and subscribe make sure you leave your 3 comments as well and let me know.

You have until Monday to hop through and leave your comments,

I will announce the winner of the blog hop at my FEBRUARY U-STREAM CLASS on 2/25 at 10pm est. WINNERS DO NOT NEED TO BE THERE TO WIN, but of course it's always nice. I will have the winners posted on my blog on 2/26 as well.



after you leave your comments head on over to Chris, she's next

I have included the hop list at the bottom of this post so you don't get lost.





Blog hop list


1. Meighen - http://scrappin3rdeeschik.blogspot.com/


2. Jennifer - http://creativearmywife.blogspot.com/


3. Liset - www.hailemnat.blogspot.com


4. Jill - http://thescrapoholic.blogspot.com/


5. Pam - http://pammejo-scrapbookflair.blogspot.com/


6. Jess - http://www.kinderstampo.com/


7. Dawn - http://www.pinkyswrspaper.blogspot.com/


8. Tracey - http://thecroppingcanuck.blogspot.com/


9. Martha - http://pattisscrapingtime.blogspot.com/


10. Janie - www.typicalscrapbooker.com


11. Madison - www.funkycards.blogspot.com


12. Shannon - www.purplelionpaper.com/blog


13. Jenny - http://jennyplace26.blogspot.com/


14. Christine - www.scrapbookingtechnique.blogspot.com


15. Jessica - www.thecreativestamperspot.blogspot.com


16. Corri - http://www.buglvr.blogspot.com/


17. Lisa - http://bitbythecricutbug.blogspot.com/


18. Cristina -http://www.craftingwithcristina.com/ YOU ARE HERE


19. Chris -http://stinkydogdesigns.blogspot.com/  SHE IS NEXT


20. Nancy - http://fancywithnancy.blogspot.com/


21. A Scrap Above - http://ascrapabove.blogspot.com/


22. Holly - http://www.kricutkween.blogspot.com/


23. Danielle - http://fundamentalchange.blogspot.com/


24. DD - http://craftydeb-ddscrafts.blogspot.com/


25. Shelley - http://heartstring-designs.blogspot.com/


26. Mel - http://scrappymel.blogspot.com/


27. Kathy - http://kathyscozies.blogspot.com/


28. Ellen - http://lifeatwalnuthill.blogspot.com/


29. Alina - http://neverstopscrapping.blogspot.com/


30. Liz - http://www.lizspaperloft.blogspot.com/


31. Denise - http://deesdesignsfrommyheart.blogspot.com/


32. Nicole - http://canadiannickelscrapn.blogspot.com/

Companion Challenge #3, Kraft Green Blue Orange (episode 41)

Friends,

 I accidentally scheduled an additional companion challenge this month. I know this is not two weeks apart but since I'm on vacation, I thought it would be a good idea to go ahead and continue with the extra scheduled challenge.

Being that this is extra, My prize is sponsored by me. a little bit of blog candy shown in the video. I will probably add a few more things to the prize that I purchase on my vacation. I decided to do something a bit different for this video. I show you how I designed the project in my gypsy, then show you the finished product. I wanted to complete a few posts before vacationing, I hope you all don't mind my little shortcut!!!

My Companion for this Challenge is Sarah from Pink Cricut

here is a little blurb from her "I am so super honored to be a Companion in Crafting with Cristina's Companion Challenge!  She has so many adorable projects on her blog--just check out her cupcakes and ice cream projects!  She asked me to craft something using the colors: Kraft,green, orange and blue.  At first, I thought about the sky, grass and sun--but wanted to think outside of the box.  Since, I just got Country Life in the mail, I thought it would be the perfect cartridge to make something with those colors!"

COLOR CHALLENGE
Make an original project using the Colors Kraft Green Blue Orange.

Supply Credits
All Colored Cardstock- Recollections Spice Market
Designer Paper- Recollections Friends Forever (Open Stock)
Kraft- The Paper Company
Tim Holtz Frayed Burlap Distress Ink
EK Sucess Scallop Dot Border Punch (small)
Basic Basic Satin Ribbon from M's
Nancy Kubo Little Owls Graphic Set
Make the Cut/ Inkscape/ Gypsy
American Crafts Gold Gel Pen


To qualify for the giveway, you must:
****Link your project up below
****Your project must use the colors KRAFT, GREEN, BLUE & Orange
****Must be an ORIGINAL project made especially for THIS challenge
****Deadline for project will be Sunday @ midnight PST-- 8/9
****Last but Not Least~ HAVE FUN my friends!!

Forever Pregnant!!!

Hey There Friends,

I've had this card planned for a while, I just forget to assemble it. This was my first time ever using the forever young cartridge, and I thought I would play with some of the shapes on my gypsy in order to make it a bit different. And I came up with this card.

I created my forever pregnant diecut, by welding a circle to her belly using my gypsy, on all her layers except the top one

Supply Credits
Copic Markers, Rose Red, Light Pink & Aubergine

Designer Paper, Text Style Black and White Basics Paper Trey ink
Ribbon Scraps
Cardstock- Raspberry Fizz and Plum Pudding- Paper Trey Ink
Reflections Metallics Stack- White (has metallic Sheen to it)
Papertrey ink - TrueBlack ink
Papertrey ink- Year Round Puns Stamp Set

Rest of Paper is Various Scraps

Happy Independence Day!

Friends,

I hope each and every one of you is enjoying this independence day holiday weekend. I have been busy as a been cleaning up my craft area in hopes to make a Craft Space video to show you soon.

I also want to thank each and everyone of you who graciously signed up to be my crafting companion. The response was overwhelming. I plan on emailing each and everyone of you today, and send you your challenge. So far we are extending into SEPTEMBER and beyond. If you do not recieve an email from me, CHECK YOUR SPAM BOX.

Before I get back to cleaning just wanted to wish everyone a restful and enjoyable weekend and share this card with you!

Supply Credits
Cardstock- Papertrey ink, Stampers Select, Pure Poppy & Enchanted Evening
Designer Paper- Papertrey ink Beautiful Blooms Stack ( 8x8)
Stardust Sticles
Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen
Darice Self Stick Gems
Stars, George , Independence Day, Designer's Calendar
Fiskars Scallop Border Punch

Episode 28: Piece of Cake Favor Boxes

Hey Friends ,

Today is another awesome Friend Request and it comes from Amanda, who wrote on my facebook page, that she was having a baby shower and was having a bit of a mental block when it came to creating things for the shower. I ran through a bunch of different types of things that I could showcase, a banner, an all paper flower floral arrangement, but then I decided to make a piece of cake, that is really just a piece of cake to make

Well then I said, wait how am I going to make this? I didn't have a pie box template or any sort of cartridge that had a triangle box. [Side note: you can find a box similar on Tags bags boxes and more (retired) and Tie the Knot] So I did what any other crafty woman would do, make my own. I literally had to do a bit of math to figure it out. And thank god I took those calculus courses in College!

So I will make this gypsy file available via email, if you would like it let me know and i'll be more than happy to send it your way because file sharing sites on the computer scare me! I do not know how to covert it to DS files... but if any of you out there know how to, you're more than welcome to it! I made the file using George and Basic Shapes because everyone who owns a cricut has George Preloaded on it (more info here,and yes it works)


Anyways in the video there are a few different tricks on how to make 3D prima flowers as well as tying the perfect bow using just your fingers :)

Just wanted to note that it takes 9 Triangles to make a cake layer, I did make 9 Triangles but only decorated 3 because I could not figure out for the life of me what I would do with a party favor box cake just sitting around!

Supply Credits:
Michelas white Cardstock
GCD Studios- Cloisonne Designer Paper 8x8 Pad, Double sided
Assorted Prima Flowers, I couldn't even begin to name the different types because I mix them all together!
Floral Dew drops
Pink Satin Ribbon (Michael's)
Zots, Quick dry, ATG

** if you would like the .gypsy file for this box, send me an email and I will drop it your way**

Pink Stamper Color Challenge

Hey there Again Friends,

I decided to do the My Pink Stamper Challenge. This time around it was to create a project using the colors, Green, Pink, Brown and Orange.

I had no idea what to do for this. So This is what I came up with. This type of cardstyle is a trifold pocket card

I was inspired by my paper this time. The brown pattern paper had a huge rose on it, and it was almost a shame to cut it up, so i decided to make some spiral paper rosses out of coordinating cardstock to match with it

For this challenge, I used Gypsy Wanderings for the Single Card shape, and I welded a circle from George to get the sircle at the top,  I also used gypsy wanderings to cut out the branches that I used for the roses as Leaves.

Supply Credits
K & Company Brenda Walton Madeline Designer Paper 8.5x 8.5 stack
DCWV Neutrals 8x8  Cardstock stack
Reflections brown Cardstock
Martha Stewart Eyelet lace Punch
Martha Stewart Embossed Button Punch
Michaels Basic- Basic Satin Floral Ribbon
Sentiment "Where flowers bloom so does hope- lady bird johnson" Paper Trey ink Garden Sentiments
Ink- PTI True Black
Paper Piercer 
Crop a Dile & Joann's Brand Eyelets

Episode 26: La Isla Bonita Double Page Layout

Finally the much awaited Episode 26. Thanks so much you guys for being so patient with me while i was working on the My Pink Stamper Design Call. Once Again I'm Killing 2 Birds with One Stone for my Episode today. This week over at Emma's Blog the challenge was to create a scrapbook page using Doodlecharms. Unfortunately that is not a cartridge I own, so I jumped at the opportunity to use my Life is a Beach cartridge and make a double page layout for my upcoming vacation. This is something a do sometimes when I know of a specific event that is coming up that I will have a bzillion pictures for.

Supply Credits
Black Cardstock (Base) and Blue Cardstock- We R Memory Keepers Teen Angst Stack
All Other Pattern Papers- K & Company Wild Saffron (one of my faves)
Hemp Cord- Not sure, Found in Jewelery Aisle at Michaels
Tim Holtz Distress ink- Pumice Stone & Black Soot
Kraft Cardstock- The Paper Company
Brown Eyelets- Joanns Essentials Neutrals
Stickles- Icicle & Diamond
Gel Pens Sakura Gelly Roll, White and Black
Lipstick Red Copic Marker (for tounge on Sun)
Dark Brown Copic Marker (Hair)
Cat's Eye Peony Chalk
All Die Cuts made with DCWV Neutrals Cardstock & or Various Scraps
Cuttlebug Folders: Forest Branches (Hula Skirt), Swiss Dots ( Purple Flower)
Adhesives, Zig 2 way Glue, Scotch Tape, ATG 714