Friday Tip of the Day! ~ Episode 366

HAPPY HAPPY FRIDAY!!!! Good morning & welcome to another "Friday Tip of the Day"! For today's tip, I wanted to let you know that you can "Mix & Match" my older sets w/my newer stamp sets & come out w/some NEW, CUTE & SUPER FUN projects! 

Today's card, I mixed one of my featured  "My Favorite Stamp of the Month" ~ "You're My Best Buddy" along with "Here's Lookin at You" & "What's Growing On?" stamp sets!  Did you notice that I "Peachified" it? Yep, I used the ADORABLE "Boy Mate Face Asst" & they were just PERFECT for my card today!  Isn't this card not ONLY SO STINKIN CUTE, but I also think it is super fun &  PERFECT card for that special man in your life! You can always change the sentiment inside the card to even say "Happy Birthday" or just anything you want!;)

Here is my quick video for you today!;)

If you missed my NEW project from yesterday, here it is! Here, you can see I ALSO mixed & matched up my older set "Have Fun in the Sun" w/my newer sets "All Around Everything Accessories"! You can see the video HERE on how I created this sweet fun invite!:)

I hope you enjoyed my "Friday Tip of the Day"! Since it's Friday & I have been waiting for this day to come since Monday, I thought that I would end this week w/a giveaway, sponsored by Liz's Paper Loft Boutique! All you have to do is leave a comment w/a way for me to contact you  here telling me which stamp sets of mine YOU would like to mix & match to make a cute project with! 
Next Friday I will pick ONE LUCKY winner to win ONE of these sets of Metallic Hemp! I wanted to post a picture of both of them so you can see how BEAUTIFUL all the colors are!:)

Have a FABULOUS weekend my sweet friends & I will see you back here on Monday!! xoxo

P.S. Come play along w/our latest "Throwback Thursday Challenge" HERE!
Come play along w/our latest "Scrappy Monday Challenge" HERE!

My Creative Time Friday Tip of the Day! ~ Episode 354

GOOD MORNING & welcome to "Friday's Tip of the Day"! Today you are ALL in for a treat! I have sweet Miss Debbie joining me again & she has the CUTEST projects EVER! Let's get started! For my card I used the Peachy Keen's March Stamp of the Month for the CUTE little mushroom! Other items used: Scallop & Stitched Circle Die, Recycled ribbon & So Grateful For You stamp set!

Here is my Tip for You in my video! ALSO, Miss Debbie & I are doing a FUN giveaway! See details below!;)


Now onto my FABULOUS "Guest Designer" MISS DEBBIE from "Bugjuiced"!
Ball Jar $1.99

Memory Jar......PRICELESS!!

Good Morning Everyone and thank you for stopping by to see another Friday tip of the day for my monthly guest spot for sweet Emma. Today I wanted to show you a cute project to make that is really quick and simple and just sweet!

The tip of the day here is to re-purpose old jars such as canning jars, pickle jars, spaghetti sauce jars and make something that holds a special meaning/message...make a Memory Jar!

This one is all about my sweet daughter. She is the best thing that ever happened in my life and at 26 years old I still think of her as my little girl and that will never change. So I made a Memory jar for my project.

I used the "Teeny Tags" dies and stamps as well as stamps from "Turn that frown upside down" and "This and That". I cannot tell you how much I love Emma's stamps and dies. The quality is just far superior than other stamps. Her dies I am loving. I didn't know what I was missing before I had them.

I took a ball jar (purchased at Michaels for $1.99) and bought a spool of 20 gauge wire and just twisted them up to hold my little sentiments. I had originally plan to use long tooth pick type sticks but couldn't find them anywhere!

I just bent up little swirlies to put the tags on and hot glued them to the lid.

I put sand originally in the bottom but think I will buy something else to go in the bottom so by the time this pic is put up it will maybe change. I added a cute little sentiment for the front and used from "This and That" set. I used the circle die from "Build a Banner" to put her Date of Birth on.  I used "Turn that frown Upside Down" for the You complete me, It really looks cute in person.  "My minds Eye" 6x6 paper pack Lost and Found and it is Market Street.

I also used the "TeenyTags" die to make a cute little banner for the top. I was going to use the banner kit but needed my banner to be a bit smaller. I bought these cute little letters at target for $1.99. There is a whole bunch of them. They just redone our target and I have to say the crafting area is much better. I used the dies from Teeny Tags both sizes to make the signs inside jar.

$1.99 Ball Jar at Michaels (Do you know how hard it is to take a good picture of a jar!!)

 It was covered up by the sand but you can use moss etc. It probably would be better since its hard to screw it on with all the loose sand.

This is such a wonderful sentiment! The papers were all from MME Lost and Found Market Street

 I dream of going back in time to when my baby girl was a baby! I LOVE YOU LINDSAY!!

2nd Project

I did a cute little gift card for a sweet friend. I used Close to My Heart Die cut Cards with envelopes and used Miss Emma's New sets "You are Perk-fect" and "Coffee break". I love this die!! I also used her Curly Label Die. Click on each of the products I listed for the store page they are on!

I printed pattern paper from my cricut cartridge "Kates Kitchen"and also used the Homemaker stack from October afternoon. I used my Close to My Heart Art Philosophy cart to do that cute little flap shape! I knew the special person I am sending this too loves Red. I think all of these stamps are just so Delish!! I will be putting a starbucks gift card in place of the "fake" one I printed here. I didn't have time to get their today since I was super busy at work!

CLICK ON PICS FOR LARGER VIEW

"Teeny Tags" used again for the Sweet Friend and the Many Thanks in pic below. 

 "You are Perk-fect" set 

"You are Perk-fect" set again for the cup stamp and sentiment above.

The cutest cup die in the world from "Coffee Break" 

3rd Project...yep its the last one!

I made a quick little card with the "Cocoa Motion" set

I used my Art Philosophy cartridge to cut this shape card. It is cut at 4 1/4" I think of "Do the locomotion" when I think of this set!! Although in my head I sing Cocoamotion instead of Locomotion!

I hope you enjoyed my long post and hopefully my tip of the day! 

THANK YOU MISS DEBBIE for ALL of these FABULOUS projects today!;)

Now onto our GIVEAWAY today! If you watched my video, I showcased one of my favorite little tools that I have had for years, my Ribbon Iron! I thought it would be fun to end this week on a "happy note" by giving this away to ONE LUCKY commenter! All you have to do is leave a comment HERE and on Miss Debbie's blog HERE to give yourself 2 chances to win! GOOD LUCK!;)

THank you SOOO much for stopping by & I will see you all back here Monday morning! Have a FABULOUS weekend my sweet friends! xoxo

Throwback Thurs & My Design Team! ~ Episode 162

Good Morning & welcome to another Throwback Thursday Challenge!!!! WOW, my last challenge was SOOO AWESOME!!!! The projects that were entered were ALL SOOOOO PERFECT!!! I LOVED them ALL! For this challenge, we are featuring 2 cartridges! "Just Because" & "Wild Card" cartridges! My team & I made cards & make sure your card has a "Stamped Sentiment" on it!!! Here are the specifics to this challenge:

*** Link your project up to Mr. Linky, then leave a comment!

*** Deadline for this challenge will be on Wed, February 16th!

***Use either "Just Because" OR "Wild Card" cartridge for this challenge*** Create a Card of your choice MUST include a "Stamped Sentiment"!

***IF you do NOT have any of these cartridges, feel free to use any OLDER cart just make sure you have a "Stamped Sentiment" on it!!;)

*** ONE project per person please!

*** Next, HAVE FUN!;)

Here is my video on how I created my card! I hope you enjoy it!

  Now onto my card along w/my AWESOME Design Team's cards! This 1st one is mine & I am featuring my brand new set called "Paper Princess" stamp set!

Here is Nikki's card & she is featuring "Color Me Happy" stamp set!

Here is Abby's card set & she is featuring "Mom You Rock" stamp set!

Here is Vicky's card & she is featuring "I Believe in Leprechauns" stamp set!

Here is Glora's card & she is featuring "You Had Me At Chocolate" stamp set!

Didn't my Design Team make the BESTEST CARDS EVER??? I am SOOO PROUD of ALL of my Design team members & VERY proud to have them on my team! Don't forget to click on their names above the cards & visit their lovely blogs & leave them some love!;)

Now, random.org chose ONE lucky winner to recieve my NEWEST Stamp set called "Paper Princess"!!!

Okay, DRUMROLL PLEASE...........The winner of the last "Paper Doll" challenge is:

Congrats to Jeanne Siegel!!!! Click on her name to see her "Winning" card!  Jeanne, make sure you email me your addy so I can get your prize out to you!;) Have a FABULOUS day & I will see you back here for another CHA post!! You DON'T want to miss it!;) You can go HERE to see my 1st CHA post!

CHA 2011 in FUN L.A.!!! - Episode ~160

Good Morning My Creative Friends! WOW, it's been a while! lol..... I have to say that I had the BEST time this weekend! I wanted to thank Sarah for being a FUN roommate!!! L.A. was such a FUN city! We ENJOYED the FOOD, ALL the NICE people we came across everyday we were there & we also had some FUN Adventures! Well, where do I start? Let's start w/our meet & greet Saturday morning! Sarah & I decided to have a meet & greet at our hotel the "Wilshire Grand Hotel" which was in downtown L.A. We met the ladies at one of the lovely restaurants in our hotel! All of us had a BLAST & I just wanted to give a HUGE SHOUT OUT to ALL our "Crafty" ladies who drove some distances just to meet us!!! I felt "Special"!;) Sarah & I REALLY APPRECIATED it! Here are some pics that were taken!

Chris

 Yvonne

 Karla

 Cathy

 Jenny

 Angie

Stacy ~WOBBLE LADY! Stacy was SOOO SUPER SWEET to have brought all the ladies their very own pack of wobbles!!! THANK YOU Stacy!;)

 Theresa

Alex

Valerie

 Ruth

 Cristi

Kathy

Sarah & I!;)

All of us!

After the meet & greet, Sarah & I just HAD to go across the street & pick up a starbucks before heading to CHA!

Then we FINALLY made it!!!

Our FIRST stop was DCWV!!! We were SOOO LUCKY to have met Erin & she was just as sweet in person as she is on her blog!

Here is a video of this AMAZING space DCWV has created along w/some other booths we visiting along the way!

Met a few FANTASTIC ladies along the way! The FIRST one is MY FAVORITE lady who I just ADORE, "THe Peachy Queen"!! whoohooo!!! I just love this lady as well the the "Peachy Princes" Angelica!!;)

We even got to me the "Cricut Chick"!! How exciting!

I was THRILLED to see Diane w/Capadia

Got to meet "Cat in the Hat"!

Ran into Miss Robyn Pink Stamper!



Got to meet "Miss" Abovie Ruby's Studio herself, Megan!

I Also got to see Tammy Skinner!;)

We even ran into those cute twins from DIY!

NOW, the BRAND NEW Expression! whatcha think?

okay! that's it for now! It's good to be back home! I missed my 3 favorite men like CRAZY!;)  I will be back later w/a video from Saturday night's gala!!!! Have a FABULOUS day!;)

P.S. look where our cricuts were!;)