Red, White and Blue........{The Kraft Journal}

Good Morning and Happy Monday everyone!!!

It is time for a new challenge over at

 The Kraft Journal!

This week's challenge is... 

Red, White and Blue

seeing that my son will be celebrating his 10th birthday in just a few weeks I used this week's

Seize The Birthday 

sketch

and came up with this fun birthday card...

So here is what I did.... I started out with a Brown Kraft Cardstock base and added a mat of Peebles Let Freedom Ring pattern paper.  Using my cameo and a star file from the Silhouette store, I cut 2 stars....one using the kraft and another one using some Bazzill blue. Since there is no white in my pattern paper, I added some white gel pen doodles (wanted to make sure I was following TKJ challenge) Again since this is for my son's 10th birthday I added the number's "1" and "0" using Tim Holtz Mini Numerals and popping them up using some foam adhesive.

Moving onto the sentiment and embellishments.. 

I wanted my sentiment to be on some Cream Twill Tape , so I stamped The Alley Way Stamp Wish BIG birthday sentiment using  Stazon Black Ink directly onto the ribbon. Didn't it turn out awesome????? To finish my card up I added one of my favorite embellishments from The Kraft Outlet~ the Custom Fasteners. Two of the stickers that come with this set were a perfect match to my card!

So there you have it....my inspiration for this week's challenge.

I hope you have enjoyed my card and will play along with us!

As always I have linked all the supplies I used from The Kraft Outlet throughout my description.  If you have not checked out the store yet....make sure you do! There is so much available, the prices are so reasonable and shipping is super fast!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT Monday!!

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Entering this into the following challenges:

Seize the Birthday~ Sketch #16

Ribbon Carousel Blog~ Celebrations

Pile it On~For a Teen

Simply Create Too~Anything Goes

Diva's By Design~ Anything Goes

Everyday is an Occasion~ Linky Party

DL Art~ May Linky Party

Pause Dream Enjoy~ Happy........

Simon Says Stamp and Show~ Little Paper

The Pink Elephant~ Masculine Birthday 

You are my Favorite..... {PKS Challenge Entry}

Happy Saturday Everyone!!

I have a quick card to share that I made for this week's 

Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge

The Challenge was Anything Goes...but you have to use your Peachy Keen Stamps.

So here is my card...hope you like....CAS again :)

I just bought the adorable Pretty Paper Pretty Ribbon~ Java Great Day SVG file

Love that coffee to go cup so I cut it 2 times, made a shadow so it stood out on my cream cardstock and instead of using the faces from the file I removed them and added my PK~146 Piles of 1" smiles

Here is a close-up of those faces....how cute are they!!!

I added some white gel pen to the eyes, chalk to the cheeks and more white gel pen freckles and then colored their noses with my copic marker.

See the his and her stitching...LOL!! I wanted to make each of them slightly different. Finally to finish them off I added a stitched heart button die from My Creative Time and so hemp twine from The Kraft Outlet

Here is a closeup of the sentiment. This one is from My Creative Time~ More of My Favorite Sayings.

I just LOVE the font and messiness of this. 

Well there you have it....Hope you like it :)

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT night!!

Merry Christmas w/Peachy Keen

Morning Bloggers!!!

I hope everyone is in the Christmas Spirit...I know I am 
but I have to say I am alittle overwhelmed...
Lots to do for both my home, the kids school and here in bloggy land!!
Anyways I have a Shaped card to share that will be entered into several challenges
Here is it...

I just LOVE my peachy keen stamps and all the cuteness they bring!!
Don't you think??
So for my card I used a file from SVG Cuts~ Gingerbread Chalet Village 
parts of the Baking Card from that file.

Here is a close-up of those adorable Gingerbread peeps from the PKS
Gingerbread Doll Set.
I added some white gel pen to the arms and feet and some chalk and more gel pen doodles 
to the sweet little girl doll.
For their hats I used the santa stamp from the same set, cut off the bell part of the stamp and added my own jingle bells with some Trendy Twine in Holly Berry
I also added some white fluff using my snow writer pen.
I am making a baking gift basket for my son's school auction fund raiser and thought this would work out perfectly to put in the basket.

Supplies Used:
Paper~Kraft, White
Authentique~ 
Wonder
Bazzill~ Gumdrop, Lollipop, Candybar
Stamps~ Peachy Keen Stamps
PK~408 Gingerbread Doll Set
Cuts/Dies~ SVG Cuts~
Gingerbread Chalet Village
Ink~ Memento Tuxedo Black
White Gel Pen
Other~ Trendy Twine~
Holly Berry
Jingle Bells
Cameo
Snow Writer Pen

I hope you have enjoyed my card!
Thanks so much for stopping by!
Have a GREAT Monday!!

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Entering this into the following challenges:

Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge~ Just Cards~ Shape it Up

Love to Create Challenge~ Holiday Cheer

DL Art~ Thankful Thursday Linky Party

Everyday is An Occasion~ Linky Party

Pause Dream Enjoy~ Christmas Colors

Pile It On~ Pile on the Embellishments

Oozak~ Anything Goes w/Red
Cardz TV~ To Die for
Tuesday Throwdown~ Lots of Layers
Go Fish Challenge Blog~ Christmas 

Have An Owlsome Fall Y'all Blog Hop!

Welcome to the 

Have An Owlsome Fall Y'All 

Blog Hop!

We are so happy to have you join us today!

The hop starts at Heather Lynn's blog so please start there.
You won't want to miss out on any of these wonderful projects! This is a 2 day hop and the line up will be different each day. 

 Our first "Well Owl Be" Blog Hop went over so well,
we decided to do an owl themed hop 4 times a year!
Our next hop will be right before Christmas and we hope you will come back and join us then, too!
So lets get this hop going....if you arrived here from 

Norma G's Blog, 
then you are on track!

 If you are just stopping in you will want to head back to 
Heather Lynn's
There is awesome Blog Candy up for grabs but you will have to comment on
all the blogs in the line-up to be eligible to win them!

Now onto my project...
I made this fun Fall/Halloween card using a freebie
from Treasure Box Designs and the sketch
from this week's Mojo Monday

This is my take on the sketch...

Isn't that owl just a Hoot...LOL!

I designed my LO in the Silhouette Studio  and cut all my pieces using

my Cameo.

Supplies Used:
Card Stock~ Kraft
PTI~ Dark Chocolate, Stamper Select White, New Leaf Summer Sunrise
Bazzill~ Easter Grass, Licorice Twist
Designer Paper~ Simple Stories~
Take a Hike 6x6 Pad
Cut File~ Treasure Box Designs~
Single Owl Witch
Sentiment~ Joy's Life Stamps~
It's All Fall Puns
Extra's~ Trendy Twine~
Chocolate Truffle, Krazy for Kraft
Sewing Machine
Distress Ink
White gel pen

Now it is time to head over to 
Scrapbook Joe  

But before you go I have 
BLOG CANDY!!

~Some twine and stamps~
In order to win my Blog Candy
you need to do the following:
~Leave me some bloggy love :)
and
~be a follower of my blog
Want another chance to win????
put my blog button on your blog....
if you do this come back an leave me another comment!!

Here is the whole line-up in case you get lost..
Heather Lynn 
Jessica S 
Ashley
Norma G. 
Jessica E ~~ME~~
Scrapbook Joe 
Paula D. 
Lisa 
Heather E. 

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Entering this into the following challenges:
DL Art~ Thankful Thursday Fall/Owl
Mojo Monday~ Sketch259
The Kraft Journal~ Lavish Layers
The Ribbon Carousel~ Fall into Fall
Pile it On~ Stitch it Up
Divas By Design~ Layers
Joyful Stamper~ Inspire Me Fridays
DL Art~ 1000 Post Linky Party
Sunday Funday~ Linky Party
Little Scrap Pieces~ Green and Black
2 Sisters Challenge Blog~ Things with Wings

The Cutting Cafe~ Strawberry Treat Box

Good Morning Bloggers!!

It is DT day for me over at

The Cutting Cafe

and this week we are showcasing the awesome

Strawberry Treat Box

                        This STRAWBERRY TREAT BOX....TEMPLATE CUTTING FILE is approx. 6 inches long. 

                                               The box itself is approx. 4 inches long, 2.25 inches high with a 2 inch depth.

The file comes in the following formats: WPC, PDF AND SVG.

The set also comes with 14 TAGS....

these tags will punch out using STAMPIN UP'S LARGE TAG PUNCH

And here is what I made

Yummy I love chocolate covered strawberries~ usually make them myself but when I went to pull out the chocolate to dip them....I didn't have any

So they are just plain....just picture them covered in chocolate...LOL!

Supplies Used~

Card Stock~  Kraft, Red, Brown, Green and White~
all from my stash of scraps

Cut File~ Strawberry Treat Box~
The Cutting Cafe

Sentiment~ Strawberry Treat Box~
The Cutting Cafe

Extra's~ White Gel Pen

Button

Twine

Cuttlebug~ Swiss Dots and Divine Swirl Folders

I hope you have enjoyed my project!

Make sure to hop over to 

The Cutting Cafe

for lots more inspiration! 

Remember to comment for your chance to win some files!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a GREAT day!!

Bunnies and Blossoms Banner Hop~ Day 2

Welcome to the Bunnies and Blossoms Banner Hop for Special Needs Children.

Yesterday and today (March 24-25), 30+fantastic papercrafters have come together to create Spring-themed banners.They will then donate these banners to Ellen (CardMonkey), who works as an Admissions Coordinator at Pediatric Specialty Care (PSC), www.pediatricspecialty.com.

PSC is a long-term care facility for special needs children who are medically-fragile and/or technologically-dependent. The babies, children and youths at PSC range in age from birth to 21, and are admitted from all over the country.

Some are infants, born prematurely and before their lungs have had a chance to mature. Others have serious birth defects, illnesses or injuries from accidents that cause them to need tender loving care in a home-like environment -- many for their lifetimes.

Our banners are meant to cheer the young patients, their families, and the staff at PSC. Here is the banner that I made and will be sending to Ellen to decorate a child's room:

Here is a close-up of the middle

I heat embossed each of the eggs using Tim Holtz Distress Ink

and clear embossing powder

Here are each of the sides.....

These adorable files I recently won from 

Paper Piecing by Nikki

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Supplies Used:

Card Stock~ K & Company Animal Tales

Stamps~ My Creative Time

Hello Spring &  Spring Chicken Background

Die Cutting Machine~ Silhouette Cameo for Banner and all cuts

Cutting Files~ 

The Cutting Cafe~ Egg Shaped Card Set

Paper Piecing by Nikki~ Hoppy Easter Pattern

Distress Ink~

Broken China, Wild Honey, Gathered Twigs, Peeled Paint Seedless Preserves and Victorian Velvet 

Extra's~ Versamark for Embossing on Eggs

White Gel Pen

White Tulle

 How about a little Blog Candy!!!
Emily over at E.A.D Designs has very generously donated a $25.00 Gift Certificate to
E.A.D Designs.
So.....
In order to be entered into my Blog Candy:


~Please consider being a blog follower here :) (1 entry)
if you already are let me know!
~Leave me a comment....I would love to know what you think of my banner (1 entry)
~ hop over to FaceBook  become a follower and let E.A.D Designs know you are hopping through from my blog~ (1 entry)
~Very important...leave me a way to contact you....trust me you will want this shopping spree! Winner will be posted on Friday March 30th!
3 ways to win!!

I hope you like my banner.....but it is time to hop on over to

Nancie's

Entire lineup is listed below in case you get lost along the way

 Thanks so stopping by!!

• Ellen ♥ CardMonkey - http://cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com/
• Ashley - http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com/
• Pam - http://pammejo-scrapbookflair.blogspot.com/
• Rachelle - http://creationsbyrachelle.blogspot.com/
• Jessica Esch- http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/ ~~~You are Here~~
• Nancie ~ http://alittlepieceofmebynancie.blogspot.com/~~ Next Stop~~
• Tami ~ http://tamboscreations.blogspot.com/
• Susan E Bermudez - http://susanascorner.blogspot.com/
• Beckie - http://justbcreativecrazy.blogspot.com
• Jamie M. http://craftygirl21.blogspot.com/
• Vicki Wilson http://scrapbookingcreationsbyvicki.blogspot.com/
• Robin - http://scrapandchat.blogspot.com/
• Jennifer - http://craftycardgallery.blogspot.com/
• Alina - http://neverstopscrapping.blogspot.com/
• Debbie T. - http://debbiescrafttime.blogspot.com/
• Lisa T. - http://bitbythecricutbug.blogspot.com/
• Cindy Potentier. -  http://toolsofacropingqueen.blogspot.com/
• Yvette ~ http://gammascreativecorner.blogspot.com/

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I am linking this up over at:

Little Scrap Pieces~ Use Yellow

DL Art~Thankful Thursday Flowers

Celebrate the Occasion~ Spring
Clear It Out Challenge~ Easter and Pastels
Kaboodle Doodles Challenge~ How Cute is That?
PaperPlay Challenge~Spring Colors

From Our Roost~ PKS Challenge Entry

O.k  so a little change in plans....

I will be back later with my Cutting Cafe DT Post

but

I wanted to share and get my entry in for this weeks

Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge~ Anything Goes

For those of you that follow my blog...I recently shared pictures of my "Girls"

yup ....my chickens

I have received lots of questions so here are the answers...

We have had these girls for 3 1/2 years.

We started out with 16 and have 9 left :(

~due to age and sickness~

We order our chickens through the mail....yes you read that right online and they get shipped to us at 3 days old. 

They hatch at the chicken hatchery and immediately get boxed up and shipped.

Since they are shipped at hours old they can survive for 3 days without food or water.

They come by USPS and I receive a phone call as soon as they arrive at the post office.

They lay beautiful and yummy eggs!!!

There is nothing and I mean nothing better that fresh eggs!!

I highly recommend if you have the chance to try fresh eggs at least once!

You can totally taste the difference!!

The best part about our girls.....they are so super friendly!

They let my boys pick them up and as you can see from the picture they will come right up to you!

Since they are at the end of their laying time we will be getting more and these girls will be moved into

a new "retirement" home to live out the rest of their lives!

They really are the best pets!

I <3 my Girls!

So that takes me back to my card.....

Here are the details:

Card stock~ Kraft, PTI Dark Chocolate, White and Pure Poppy

Stamps~ Peachy Keen Stamps PK~221 Henny Penny

Peachy Keen Stamps PK~531 Simple Sallies

My Creative Time~Spring Chicken Backgrounds

Cornish Heritage Farms~KH5044 Sweet Spring (Kim Hughes Collection)

Sentiments~ My Creative Time~Hello Spring

E.A.D Designs~ Just Chicken In Stickerz

Cuts~ Cameo (!!) Basket

Dies~ My Creative Time~ Build a Banner

Extras~ Copics 

Gathered Twigs Distress Ink

White Gel Pen

chalk

brads

Thanks for stopping by again.....see you in a bit with another project!

Card for Mason~ Sending Fishy Hello's

Hi Guys!!

I have a card to share that I made for this adorable little man ~ Mason.

You can read all about him  here

My blogging buddy Monica has a challenge up ~ Monica's Creative Madness to make and send this adorable little boy and his family a card of encouragement and I knew I wanted to jump in!

Here is the card I created...

I love fish and know Mason probably does also so I thought this would bring a smile to his face :)

Details for this card are as followed:

Card stock~ PTI in Ripe Avocado, Vintage Cream, Dark Chocolate, True Black

Designer Paper~ Me and My Big Ideas~ Destination Paradise

Stamps~ Cornish Heritage Farms (Kim Hughes) Gum Sweet Spring

Dies~ Tim Holtz Tiny Tags and Tabs

Twine~ The Twinery in Cappuccino and Honeydew

Extras~ White gel pen

Distress ink 

Letter's from my stash

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Entering this into the following challenges:

Monica's Creative Madness~ Cards for Mason

Paper Playtime~ Say it With Sentiment using Pet Image

Little Scrap Pieces~ Use Green

Celebrate the Occasion~Thinking of You

Cricut Creative Cutter Room~ Shape Card

The Paper Shelter~Add a Sentiment

D.L Art~Thankful Thursday

Clearly iStamps~Let's Get Shapely

Die Cuttin Divas~ Favorite Pet

Alota Rubber Stamps~Shaped Card

Scrappy Mom's Stamps~Tag your It

SuperBowl Party Invite

Hi everyone!

As you know I have been busy making Superbowl treats for our upcoming Staff Appreciation Luncheon next week.

Well good news....I had 80 to make

17 are totally completed and I have 34 almost done

I was on a roll yesterday.....cutting, cutting,cutting, inking, gluing and more cutting :)

Now I don't feel like I wont get them all done!

But another one of my projects for this upcoming luncheon was the invite that gets posted in the Teachers Lounge.

I am happy to say it is completed and hung!!

What do you think?

I used DCWV The Athletics Stack for the base

Dark Chocolate and Stampers White PTI card stock

and

Kraft card stock

for the mats

Cuttin' Up cartridge for the letters~ those all cut at 1.5"

Sports Mania for the Football~cut at 3"

(I did  add some white floss for the laces....love the way this turned out!!)



 

Those helmets are also from the Sports Mania Cartridge~cut at 3"

I found the Patriots Logo as a SVG cut

and the Giants Logo was one I traced into an SVG

both then cut using SCAL

My banner is from MCT~ Build a Banner Set and I also used

Cuttin' Up for the Roman Numbers

Of course I added some white gel pen doodles

Charcoal Twinery Twine

Foam Dots

and my computer generated invite wording.

Now off to make some more treats!!

Thanks for stopping by and see you all later!

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Entering this into:

My Craft Spot ~ Let's Hear it For The Boys

Happy Birthday~ The Cutting Cafe DT Day~ Winner!!

Good Morning everyone!!

Today I am sharing my project for The Cutting Cafe and along with the rest of

 the DT we are showcasing the Long Sentiment Tags file.

What a GREAT bunch of tags....

perfect for all your cards or LO pages.

~~But before I share my project I want to announce to winner of my blog candy from the Love Bugs Banners for Kids Hop~~
Using Random.org the lucky winner is.....
JUDY!!!
Congrats Judy...please email me at
eschfamily@yahoo.com with your mailing address and I will get your ribbon right out!

Now on with the show....LOL!!

For my project I used the Birthday Tag from the set and made a masculine birthday card.

I have to say I really LOVE the way this turned out!

What do you think?

So in addition to the Long Sentiment Tag file

I also used the Fun With Pockets file......

another packed file full of 14 different pockets!

I re sized my tag to 2 1/2" x  4 1/2" and printed it out on white card stock.

I colored all the wording using my copics in colors matching the DP.

I did add some white gel pen doodles to the wording because....well I have a hard time not using my gel pen :)

The DP is from Simple Stories..another fun birthday print

and it was layered on white card stock all on a Kraft Card base

The balloons were cut from the Simply Charmed Cartridge at 2 1/2".

I used foam dots to give some dimension to the red balloon and again added my gel pen doodles.

The ribbon is from American Crafts...one that I love but can not seem to find any more :(

Here is the inside of the card along with the whole tag.

I am making it another goal of mine to complete the inside of my cards as well...that way they are 100% ready to be used!

Some additional items used for this card include:

Distress ink in Gathered Twigs

eyelets

white ribbon from my stash

and

"X" stamp from Stampendous (Typewriter Alphabet)

Now for even more inspiration and to be entered to win some of your own files from The Cutting Cafe

make sure to hop over and check out the rest of the DT's projects.

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I am also entering this card into the following Challenges:

The Kraft Journal~Favorite Colors (Blue, Brown, Green)

Fantabulous Cricut~Challenge Me Monday

Celebrate The Occasion~Child's Birthday

Simon Says Stamps~Spots or Stripes

Pile it On~Manly Card

Crafty Creations Challenge~ Something New (The Cutting Cafe File)

For Fun Challenge ~ What Fun

Paper Pretties~ Sentiment as Focal Point